Pokémon: What should I do? My father-in-law always wants to tear me apart

"Hey, hey, Lu Xinghui, wake up."

Lin Yi called Lu Xinghui softly, and at the same time pushed her a little harder with his hand.

Lu Xinghui was startled by the sudden sound and movement and slowly opened his eyes.

Her eyes were a little confused, as if she had not fully woken up from her sleep.

"Um...what's wrong?"

Lu Xinghui's voice was a little lazy and confused. She rubbed her eyes and looked carefully, and found that Lin Yi was standing in front of her with a serious face.

"I'm going to be alone for a while. Please keep watch for me. It will probably be dawn in less than half an hour."

Lin Yi spoke quickly, pointing his finger at the sand not far ahead.

"Be careful there. When everyone wakes up, tell them there's a group of rogue crocodiles there."

However, Lu Xinghui didn't seem to listen to Lin Yi's words. Her eyes slowly closed again, and a slight snoring sound came from her mouth.

Seeing this, Lin Yi shook his head helplessly. He reached out to shake Lu Xinghui again, trying to wake her up completely.

"Hey, Lu Xinghui, wake up!"

Lin Yi's voice was a little louder, but he didn't dare to wake up others.

Lu Xinghui was finally woken up again. She looked at Lin Yi with sleepy eyes and a look of impatience.

"I know, I know. I will keep watch."

Lu Xinghui muttered to himself, and then leaned limply against a rock like a deflated ball.

Lin Yi looked at Lu Xinghui like this and couldn't help feeling a little worried.

He was already worried about Lu Xinghui's sense of responsibility, and now he felt that asking her to keep watch might not be a good idea.

However, apart from Lu Xinghui, he really couldn't find any other more suitable candidate.

In the first half of the night of Cen Zhishou, Xiao Yichen and Yunshang Lin Yi were worried that the conflict between them would lead to not waking each other up after something happened, so he could only choose to leave temporarily to see how Mewtwo could appear in this desert.

"Yeah...I know...go ahead."

Lu Xinghui reluctantly crawled out of the sleeping bag, shaking his head and looking at Lin Yi seriously.

"Really remember?"

"Remember, remember!"

Lu Xinghui patted his chest to assure himself, but he secretly pinched his palms with his fingertips to stay awake.

Lin Yi nodded, "Then I'll leave it to you. Tell everyone not to worry about me. I'll use Gardevoir's superpowers to lock onto your positions and catch up."

After that, he released the fossil pterosaur, which lay on the ground and fell asleep.

Ride on the back of the fossilized pterosaur and pat its head.

The fossil pterosaur opened its eyes confusedly, spread its wings and flew in the direction Lin Yi pointed.

At dawn, Chaomeng was suspended in the sky above the desert, its silvery white outline gilded by the morning glow. It lowered its head and stared at the sea of ​​sand, as if searching for something.

"Mewtwo——"

The shout pierced the morning mist, and Mewtwo turned his head, his pupils shrinking slightly.

Lin Yi was riding on the back of a fossil pterosaur. The wings of that super ancient Pokémon were already shaking and it could fall at any time.

[Why are you here?]

"The Chinese team is training here."

Lin Yi patted the fossil pterosaur's neck and said, "Let's land first. If we fly any further, it will fall asleep."

Two figures landed among the sand dunes. Lin Yi took back the snoring fossil pterosaur and looked at Mewtwo: "What about you? Is there something wrong with this desert?"

[You're not here for training?] Mewtwo raised an eyebrow.

"The training ground was chosen by the champions. They have never been to the desert in previous years."

Lin Yi kicked the sand. "They refused to tell me the reason. I can only guess that there is something fishy here. What did you find?"

Chaomeng was silent for a long time, and his fingertips stroked the sand: [I don't know, I'm traveling around the world now, but I sensed... familiar fluctuations when I passed by.]

It suddenly raised its head, a faint light flashing in its red eyes, [There is something related to me underground.]

"Is it related to you?"

[Well, I want to confirm it. Before that, I need to dig out the sand that's in the way.]

"Sand? How do I dig it? I don't have any tools."

[Use this.]

A huge shadow ball condensed in Mewtwo's palm. Lin Yi's face changed and he quickly ran back.

"boom--"

The shadow ball slammed into the sand dunes, and waves of sand rose into the sky like a tsunami.

Lin Yi was blown back half a step by the air wave, but he saw in the yellow sand that in the cracks on the ground, some kind of metallic luster was flashing in the morning light.

[Found it.]

……

After Lin Yi left, Lu Xinghui sat on the sand like a chicken pecking at rice, his head nodding off.

"Snapped!"

Suddenly, Lu Xinghui seemed to be awakened by something and slapped himself hard in the face. The crisp sound was particularly abrupt in the silent desert.

"I can't sleep! The captain asked me to watch over everyone!"

She murmured to herself, a hint of exhaustion and self-blame in her voice.

Lu Xinghui forced himself to cheer up and stood up shakily from the ground, his body a little unstable.

She leaned against the sand dune, hoping to support herself and prevent herself from falling asleep again.

"Well, I won't fall asleep if I stand up."

Lu Xinghui comforted himself and nodded with satisfaction, as if this could keep him awake.

Time passed minute by minute. The desert night was unusually quiet, with only the occasional breeze gently brushing Lu Xinghui's face.

Her eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and although she tried hard to open her eyes, sleepiness still came over her like a tide.

"Hold on a little longer, the day will dawn..."

Lu Xinghui muttered silently in his heart, trying to drive away sleepiness in this way.

However, not long after, her consciousness gradually became blurred.

Although her body was still standing upright, her brain had fallen asleep and she was even snoring.

Not long after Lu Xinghui fell asleep, scarlet pupils quietly opened in the sand under the distant dunes, and more than thirty pairs of eyes were locking onto their prey following the sound of snoring.

Several black-eyed crocodiles crawled closer to the roar of their leader. The weak energy fluctuations emitted by these young Pokémon made Lu Xinghui's psychic detection network mistakenly think they were harmless Pokémon.

They used their pointed snouts to gently hook the Poké Ball belts around everyone's waists and carry the Poké Balls one by one into the sand holes.

This is a tried and tested hunting strategy of the Desert Bullies, and they obviously know exactly what a Trainer is.

They may not be a match for the Pokémon under the trainers, but that doesn’t matter, as long as they can be a match for the trainers.

After confirming that the last Poké Ball was hidden, the rogue crocodiles under the sand finally set off.

The carapace of the adult crocodile beast cut through the sand, and its scarlet pupils locked onto the sleeping human.

The leading rogue crocodile opened its huge mouth like the abyss, its sharp teeth flashing coldly in the sun, facing Yun Shang's fragile throat, slowly approaching bit by bit.

Yun Shang's eyelids trembled twice, then she suddenly opened her eyes. The scene before her made her body turn cold instantly.

"Ahhh-"

Her scream resounded throughout the space, as if it could pierce people's eardrums. This sudden scream also woke everyone up from their sleep.

Yunchang's mind went blank, and her first reaction was to touch the Poké Ball on her body. However, when her hand touched nothing, a feeling of despair surged in her heart.

Without the Poké Ball, she was like a warrior who had lost his weapon, Spider-Man who had lost his uncle, Akasaka Akira who had lost his horse, Tomoe Mami who had lost her head, and Gojo Satoru who had lost her lower body. She could only watch the rogue Crocodile getting closer and closer, without any ability to fight back.