Pokémon: An Encounter with You

"(Sneaky...)" Greninja walked up to him from behind:

"(I noticed it as soon as you took a step.)"

Even so, you still complain about howling whales being naughty every day. This is what we call birds of a feather flock together.

"...Greninja, it's time to go back to bed." Shi Qiu said in a low voice.

Greninja sighed, wiped away the cold night frost from the boy's brow, nodded, and lowered his voice as he did:

"(Well, let's go.)"

The amplitude of the movement of the man and the elf going back woke up the little crocodile. The little crocodile frowned and immediately opened his eyes. After seeing Shi Qiu and Greninja in front of him clearly, his tense body finally relaxed.

"(Hmm... why aren't you guys asleep yet...)"

Even though he was one of the best-cared-for group pets, as a child he still developed the habit of being vigilant.

"It's time to sleep."

Shi Qiu gently patted the little saw crocodile's head, and let the strength of his little claws hold the little crocodile tightly in his arms.

Roaring Whale and Nanny Mambo were in the shallow water, while Greninja, Crocodile, Golduck, and King Spinosaurus were all gathered around the campfire.

Although they are all water elves, they don't feel sticky or wet on the skin.

Shi Qiu thought about it, leaned on Greninja, and fell into a deep sleep.

……

The next morning, Shi Qiu took out some things from his backpack and made a simple breakfast.

When he just woke up, there were already a lot of Slowpokes gathered on the beach. When Shi Qiu passed by, one of them grabbed his trouser leg.

"?" Shi Qiu looked down at the Slowpoke in confusion.

"What's wrong?" He squatted down and asked in a good temper.

Slowpoke: “…”

It did not react to Shi Qiu's words.

He was still staring ahead with a dull gaze, looking comfortable and seemingly leisurely.

Shi Qiu: “…”

If it weren't for the pink little paw tightly grasping his trouser leg, Shi Qiu would have thought that he had accidentally disturbed Slowpoke.

Shi Qiu couldn't help but poked this strange Pokémon gently with his hand and found that Slowpoke felt soft. He gently touched Slowpoke's head again, but Slowpoke remained motionless.

Of course, the little paw didn't move at all.

The touch between his hands felt great, and seeing that Slowpoke didn't react no matter how he touched it, he began to grow bolder.

The Thorn Dragon King saw this strange scene nearby and couldn't help but ask: "(What are you doing?)"

Shi Qiu: “…”

The boy gave an awkward but polite smile.

He thought about it and decided to strike first.

"It's the one that's holding me back and won't let me go!"

Shi Qiu raised his hand high, as if telling tales, and then pointed at the little paw.

The next second, Slowpoke's hand loosened.

Shi Qiu:?

He looked up and met the Thorn Dragon King's uncontrollable smile.

The silent three minutes passed silently...

Slowpoke suddenly made a new move: its tail slowly fell off, and was caught by Slowpoke, who slowly handed it to Shi Qiu.

"(……for you……)"

Shi Qiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

The little saw crocodiles have all woken up. Looking at the situation here, they all gathered over.

He took the tail and signaled to the elves, "That's great. We can have an extra meal this morning."

The tail of Slowpoke that has naturally broken off is a valuable ingredient that is easily available. The tail of Slowpoke that is dried and then boiled in salt water is a common delicacy in the Alola region.

Shi Qiu picked up the silly Pokémon with a smile on his face: "Thank you, do you want to enjoy breakfast together?"

They waited patiently, and after five seconds Slowpoke responded by nodding slowly.

The silly and funny attack had a great effect on Shi Qiu.

"No, this is too funny, hahahaha... cough cough..." Shi Qi couldn't help but burst out laughing, but was choked by his saliva and lost his voice.

Greninja had no choice but to step forward, support the child and pat his back.

The boy laughed and choked, his cheeks flushed, and tears came out of his eyes: "Ahem... I'm going to give you a name, Flash."

"Cute Flash, Mr. Flash, hahahahahaha..."

It's simply a replica of Mr. Sloth from Zootopia.

He resisted the urge to tell Slowpoke a joke.

Only the small screen could understand the jokes that spanned the world, while the other elves, including Zoroark, looked at the boy with a confused look on their faces as he made himself laugh.

Shi Qiu was holding a Slowpoke, with a group of Slowpokes following slowly behind him, and they came to the extinguished campfire.

"It's time to eat!" Shi Qiu shouted.

The roaring whale handed a piece of pomelo to Shi Qiu on its head.

"Where's the Gotha duck?" Shi Qiu caught it accurately, started to chew it, and then asked the nanny Mambo next to him.

"(Should have gone...already come back)"

Not far away, the Gotha Duck was staggering towards this side.

However, the Gotha duck that Ling Shiqiu lived in Bengbu was followed by a group of little yellow ducks covering their heads.

Shi Qiu: “…Pfft.”

Help! What's going on? Is the mother duck taking her ducklings out for a group outing?

The male mother Gotha Duck did not seem to be in a good mood. She took some fruits and food from Shi Qiu and ate them with tasteless taste.

The group of Slowpokes and the group of Psyduck met in Shi Qiu's trembling pupils!

"Yeah~", "Da?"

Shi Qiu assured that he could still understand the elves' words.

But! These two sentences! Really don’t contain any meaning!

When two completely different but inexplicably similar faces looked at each other, this time, even Greninja and King Dragon couldn't hold back.

These two seem so smart!

"(Ha ha ha ha……)"

Shi Qiu and the elves laughed heartily, and the two groups of elves stared at each other blankly. At Shi Qiu's signal, the small screen took a group photo of them in the group of Slowpokemon and Psyduck.

......

A photo fell into Shi Qiu's hands out of thin air.

He sat on the back of a howler whale, skillfully and nimbly dodged the attack of the water column below, and wrote a paragraph of text on the back of the photo.

[Toki, Zoroark, Nanny Mambo, Greninja, King Thorn, Golduck and his children, Crocodile and Roaring Whale, led by Slowpoke, were photographed on a certain day in a certain month at an unknown "Slowpoke Island".]

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After enjoying breakfast, Shi Qiu and Houhou Whale packed up their luggage, left the "Slowpoke Island" and continued their exploration on the sea.

Time had quietly passed and it was the ninth day, when a light mist finally spread over the sea.

"(It might rain.)" Goduck stared at the sky, the red bead of telekinesis on his forehead shining frighteningly bright.

The roaring whale also whispered: "(Shi Qiu, you, Soroya, and the little saw crocodile just lie on my back tightly, don't move.)"

Storm is coming.