Pokémon the Movie: The Journey of a Slate

"Ah - we're finally here, Suzuran City..."

The sun was high in the sky and the sunlight was still scorching. Looking at the coastal city just around the corner, the golden-haired Ajun couldn't help but stretch himself. They would be able to hide in the cool room to rest soon.

"Well... speaking of Dakodo, this seems to be your hometown, right?" Aislo recalled what Dakodo told him when they were chatting in the past. As the young man finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to the gray-haired young man.

Suzuran City is named after Suzuran Island where the Suzuran Conference is held. The headquarters of the Pokémon League of the Sinnoh region is located here. At first it was just a small town, but later, with the arrival of more and more trainers, places such as commercial streets and shopping centers also came here. However, since the Sinnoh region already has Coastal City and Water City with similar positioning, Suzuran City did not become a key city in the Sinnoh region due to its geographical location, conditions and the lack of many excellent ports.

It is worth mentioning that almost all the permanent residents in Lily of the Valley City are staff members and their families of the Alliance.

"Ah... I haven't been home for several months, and I don't know if there is any dust..." Dakodo nodded and smiled.

[Oh, I'm here, so why worry about this?] Latios jumped out of the Poké Ball, beaming with joy, [Don't worry, I'll come back to clean it for you every once in a while.]

"Thank you, Latios."

【What are you thanking me for? We are friends. 】

The group continued to move forward. Darko and Latios were chatting over there, while Eslo and Shinji were discussing their itinerary after entering Suzuran City.

"Where are you planning to go after entering the city?" Aislo asked Shinji and Tamaki.

"Let's find a hotel first, and then go to the Alliance to register." Shinji's voice was light, and his brows were still as cold as ever.

Dakoto interrupted the conversation at this time, "Xiaoluo, Mary, if you two don't mind, why don't you stay over at my place? My house is pretty big."

"Okay." The two did not refuse their friend's invitation.

Ah Xun raised his hand at this time, "After we finish registering, why don't we go out and have some fun? I heard that the entertainment industry in Linglan City is pretty good."

"Well... I'll see when the time comes." Aislo did not agree directly. Although he really wanted to take his elves to play, the competition was approaching and the elves were eager to train as if they had been injected with chicken blood.

"I'll follow A'Luo." The girl spoke concisely.

"I have to go to the card club to check." Darko directly refused. After registering at the Pokémon League, he also had to register at the Pokémon Card Club. There was a Pokémon Card World Championship Sinnoh Division there, and the two conferences did not conflict in time, so he planned to participate in both.

"Boring." Shinji lowered his eyes slightly. This guy was even more direct.

"Huh? Why is it always like this..." Ah Xun turned gray in an instant.

Amidst laughter, a group of young boys and girls walked towards the nearby Lily of the Valley City.

……

About 10 minutes later, in Suzuran City, Aislo, Mari and Darko, who had separated from Shinji and Tamaki, stood in front of a separate house.

"Is this your home? It's just like in a fairy tale." Aislo asked the young man beside him.

The house was a standard two-story villa, all white in color, sparkling silver in the sun. From the outside, it looked like there were quite a few rooms and two balconies with good lighting.

In front of the house is a yard surrounded by a fence. The fence is brightly colored and colorful, like a child's graffiti. The yard is covered with tender grass, but unfortunately there are no flowers. However, judging from the neatly trimmed grass, the owner here takes good care of it.

"Well, let's go in and take a look." Although there was no change on Dakodo's face, anyone could see the pride in his eyes. No one would not like to have something they cherish praised by others, and this house was something he built from nothing.

[Hey! After you went on a trip, I have been taking care of this house. What are you so proud of?] Latios seemed a little dissatisfied, so he started to dismantle the stage for Darko.

"Of course I'm proud that I have an elf like you." Darko completed the counterattack easily this time. This was what Eslo taught him not long ago. This kind of rhetoric was also one of the boy's secret weapons used to deal with Yveltal.

But the same thing is that what Dakodo and Aislo said came from their hearts without any falsehood.

As expected, Latios, who was about to continue the attack, was stunned on the spot after hearing Darko's words. If Darko didn't mean it, it would be fine, he could use it as an excuse to make a few more sarcastic remarks, but in Latios's perception, there was no trace of lies in Darko.

This is not surprising. Although they may bicker with each other on a daily basis, if things get serious, Dakdo can admit without hesitation that he loves each of his partners.

[……] For the first time, Latios paused in his bickering with Darko, [Tsk, why are you suddenly saying something like that…Tell me, have you done something to offend me again?]

"Hehe, aren't you two always watching what I do?" Darko raised the corner of his mouth. Years of experience in bickering made Darko realize that Latios was a little cowardly now.

Ignoring the bickering between the man and the elf, Mary looked at the interaction between Darko and Latios and asked Aislo with a strange look, "Aluo, why do I feel that the way they get along is a little weird?"

"Mobei Mobei!" Morube nodded in agreement.

"It seems a little bit..." Aislo scratched his head, he couldn't tell what was wrong.

[Actually...] Darkrai from Darko suddenly appeared behind the two of them, [I've always been a fan of both of them.]

"?"

"...!"

By the time Aislo realized what Darkrai was saying, it was too late.

"No, what do you usually look at on the Internet? How could Dakduo give you the phone so confidently?" Aislo felt his heart was shocked.

[Of course not.] Darkrai shrugged, [I bought my phone with my own money.]

In this world, there are quite a few Pokémon that come to the human world to work. Powerful Pokémon like Darkrai naturally make money quickly, so it is not surprising that they can buy mobile phones.

[Hmm? Good idea!] Yveltal, who had been silent all this time, suddenly brightened up his eyes. He had the opportunity to snatch the right to use the mobile phone from Eslo's clutches.

"Don't even think about it!" Eslo tapped Yveltal's advanced ball with his index finger as a warning.

[Okay, okay, if you don't want to, then don't.~] Yveltal chuckled and surrendered, but there was more doting in his words.

"Forget it, I can't do anything about you anyway... If you want to buy one, I'll go buy one with you later." Aislo looked at the other Poké Balls on his waist, "And you too, it seems quite inconvenient for Pokémons to not have mobile phones now..."

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