Pokémon: An Encounter with You

"Can I meet you?" The young man smiled brightly and enthusiastically, "My name is Tel Lauren."

Shi Qiu responded briefly: "Huaxia region, Cunhe."

Tel's eyes widened with a look of surprise: "Are you a friend from China? Your spoken English is very authentic." He praised.

“Have you ever lived in America?”

Shi Qiu quietly looked at this handsome young man, who looked carefree and optimistic, with a very rich expression, so he also laughed and talked nonsense:

"Yes, I grew up in Yorkshire." He pointed to the foam squirrel on his shoulder: "This is my original Pokémon."

The foamy chinchilla is a very common regional elf in America.

"But my brother took me back to Huaxia to study when I was old enough to go to school. So I took advantage of this summer vacation to come back and have some fun."

"I see." The two followed the guide and continued forward.

Tel opened the Poké Ball, and a bug-type Pokémon with sun-like tentacles appeared: "This is my partner, the Burning Bug."

"The antennae are bright red, and look like they were well-bred. Are you a breeder?"

"Well... not really, but one of my companions is. I was able to cultivate the Burning Bug so well thanks to the training experience he gave me." Tel's fingers gently rubbed the Burning Bug's fur. "You came with your brother? Why didn't I see your brother?"

Shi Qiu remained calm and continued to talk nonsense: "Oh, there was a problem with his bill, so let me come in and take a look first, and come back to me later."

As he spoke, the Bubble Squirrel behind him seemed to be having a headache because of the noise from the crowd, and moved into the backpack little by little with a bitter face.

The tour group first visited the right side, which is the ruins of Reshiram.

"Reshiram, the god who is said to have constructed the true side of the world with fire." Tel sighed as he listened to the introduction of the tour guide in front of him.

Shi Qiu smiled and asked him: "Do you like the white dragon or the black dragon more?"

Tel's face showed some confusion, and he was a little hesitant: "Ah? Do you prefer this way of saying it?"

He showed some longing and enthusiasm: "They are all dragon gods of the world, the synonyms of ideals and reality, and the embodiment of the spiritual and material realms."

“I admire them very much.”

Shi Qiu subconsciously looked up at the mural in front of him. The engine at the tail of the white dragon ignited the turbine, and a raging fire descended on the crowd kneeling and praying.

The young man's voice changed from sacred to a little cunning: "However, from a personal point of view, I don't really believe in things that are too illusory."

"Which one do you prefer?" the young man asked.

I prefer Rayquaza. Shi Qiu had no expression in his heart, but when he looked up, he smiled, "Of course I like White Dragon the most."

Tel was stunned by his decisive answer: "Is there any reason?"

"Because I like furry creatures the most." Shi Qiu pointed at the flowing white hair of Reshiram in the mural.

The visiting group returned to the original starting point of the statue.

"Brother!" Tel was about to say something else when he saw the young boy next to him suddenly tiptoe and wave his hands vigorously towards a place not far away.

A green-haired young man wearing a baseball cap in the crowd was obviously stunned for a moment, then rushed towards them.

Shi Qiu obviously had no intention of introducing the two to each other, and waved to Tel: "My brother is here, so I'll leave first, you can continue to visit with the group."

After saying that, he walked towards the ruins in the direction of Zekrom with N who had just arrived.

Tel also waved his hand with a smile: "Have fun, little sir."

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After the two walked in silence for a while, Shi Qiu finally put on a sour face, caught the foam squirrel that jumped from N, and rubbed his cheeks that were stiff from smiling.

"Tsk, it turns out that boys should protect themselves well when they go out." He muttered.

N remained silent at this nonsensical and incomprehensible sentence.

Shi Qiu looked at N, who was walking in the Zekrom ruins in a daze, and stretched out his tone:

"Question! Didn't you expose Zekrom in front of Team Catholic before?"

That was the time when we defeated Zeraora.

"...It should be, no, not necessarily." N thought for a moment, "When I played against Zeraora, there was no living... conscious member of Team Catholic on the field."

"So if they can't extract information from Zeraora, they may not know it?" Shi Qiu smirked, "Do you remember what you said before? Team Catholic lost the first battle after the retreat, and the future will be peaceful for a long time, don't worry."

"The foreigner standing next to me just now is a 100% Catholic."

"……How did you know?"

"No evidence, no reason, pure intuition." Shi Qiu had a blank expression on his face. "Mr. N, can you let Zoroark follow him? We will take the Black Dragon to overthrow them tonight."

N nodded and replied, "Zoroark has already followed."

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At night, Shi Qiu followed N along Tel Lauren's trail and came to a deserted place.

"Tsk, there really is something wrong. Which good kid would run to the wasteland every day?" Shi Qiu whispered.

A very common house bird, the dove, flapped its wings and landed leisurely on Shi Qiu's head.

"Have you figured it out?" Shi Qiu asked him while impatiently knocking down the arm that Zoroark had placed on his head.

Zoroark nodded and led them to a secret base with ease. "Go in. I have already knocked down the guarding humans and elves. These are all illusions."

Shi Qiu walked past the lifelike cool leopard and the guards in white and blue uniforms at the entrance, and followed Zoroark around the base.

The whole journey was quiet, and not even a single person or elf was seen.

“Wait!” Shi Qiu felt a little dizzy and called out to the Pokémon in front of him that had transformed into his appearance, “Are you going the right way?”

Shi Qiu kept walking: "Please don't underestimate a top-level elf of the Heavenly King rank, especially when he is a Zoroark."

After walking for dozens of minutes, the narrow passage finally became wider.

"What is this place used for?" Shi Qiu frowned when he saw the boxes and computers placed everywhere.

"Don't ask me." Feeling his gaze, Zoroark waved his hand: "How can I know about you humans?"

A familiar cheerful voice sounded out of nowhere: "Of course it's to welcome you."

Tel Lauren suddenly appeared not far away, with a lively and sunny smile on his face. Behind him, a huge Vulcan moth flapped its wings quietly, hanging in the air.

"I knew you were coming, young sir."