Why is my Pokémon acting a little weird?

She loves Pokémon and people who love Pokémon.

"Do you want to explain it briefly or in detail?" Qiao Ran asked.

"Of course, tell me in detail." Zhulan couldn't help but roll her eyes at him. Is this guy asking questions even though he already knows the answer?

She had read so many ancient scientific research documents, so why would she be afraid to talk about them in detail? Besides, it was already evening and she didn't lack such a little time - at least, she was still very happy when chatting with him.

"Then I'll start from the first time we landed on Ula'ula Island."

"Speaking of our first time landing on Ula Ula Island, it all started with a Exploding Muscle Mosquito..."

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At this time, on Ula'ula Island, in the House of Ether.

"What...what should I do, Meiyi? Qiao Ran hasn't come back yet!"

At the door of Qiao Ran's room, Lillie, with a wavering look on her face, grabbed Mei's hand, completely unsure of what to do.

"Wouldn't it be better to just say he's sleeping and resting? Just assume he's really tired and resting..."

Mei also looked embarrassed.

"I've given you this reason, but Acerola seems to be worried about his condition too. She keeps wanting to go in and take a look. I'm about to lose control of her!"

Lillie was relatively easy to deal with other people, but she had no idea what to do with the ghost captain of Alola. Besides trying hard to persuade her, she would also get close to her and act cute. The most important thing was that she was really worried about Qiao Ran's situation. Lillie really had no reason to refuse her.

"Little—Li—Li—Ai—"

Suddenly, while Lillie and Mei were talking, Acerola's voice slowly came from a distance.

"Huh!" Liliae was startled. In order to protect Qiao Ran's secret from being discovered, she stood here on guard. It was not easy.

"Let me in, please let me in. I will definitely help you. Qiao Ran hasn't even had dinner yet. If he doesn't eat well, his body will definitely collapse."

Acerola came to Lillie's side, grabbed her hand and tried to persuade her for a long time, but in the end, Lillie was embarrassed, and Acerola had no choice but to stomp his feet.

"Why don't you let me in? I won't take anyone away... Humph."

She really cared about everyone in this facility. When she heard that Qiao Ran had done that, closed a huge rift, and saved Alola from a crisis that could have destroyed it, she took on the responsibility of taking care of Qiao Ran alone.

Even though Lillie, Mei and Mitsuki would stand by most of the time, Acerola would also intervene.

I have to say, she is really good at taking care of people. Although she looks like a child on the outside, she has already become a good... mother on the inside?

At least, seeing how she took care of other orphans, Lillie couldn't help but have such an association. During that time, Lillie also learned a lot from her that she didn't know before.

but now……

"No...you can't go in...you just can't go in!"

Lillie is about to cry. Stop asking me questions like this all the time!

What…what should I do? The secret is really about to be exposed, it’s really about to be exposed!

Finally, during the constant tug of war between the two, the door in front of them finally trembled.

——A man in loose clothes... stood in front of the two of them, looking at the scene with a puzzled expression.

"Wait……"

"What are you two doing???"

Chapter 467 [Reason]

At this time, Qiao Ran didn't know that his appearance stopped a possible confrontation. Seeing his appearance, Acerola, who was originally unhappy, also showed his

A smile appeared.

"Xiao Qiao Ran—so you're okay? Lillie kept stopping me, I thought something unexpected had happened..."

"How...how could there be an accident..." Lillie's expression was a little stiff, and she hurriedly explained.

"Eh—" Acerola couldn't help but mutter after hearing Liliae's explanation.

"I'm quite scared. It's like those movies where they secretly take someone for surgery, and then something unexpected happens during the surgery, so they keep blocking me from going in, just because they're afraid I'll see something weird... Actually, when a person is undergoing surgery..."

"This... this is not a movie!" Lillie interrupted Acerola's nonsense. She stopped her just to protect the secret, and she didn't have so many bad intentions.

Besides, the current Ether Foundation is a healthy and progressive organization. Even if my mother did a lot of shady things in the past, she will definitely get better in the future.

"Okay, okay, stop talking for now."

Qiao Ran wasn't quite sure what exactly happened between them, but it seemed quite complicated.

He touched his stomach. He had been wandering between several worlds for so long and had not eaten anything. At this time, he felt a little hungry.

"Um... do you have any food or anything like that here?"

“Yes.”*3

Not only Acerola and Lillie, but even Mei next to them rushed to answer. Because of Qiao Ran's special situation, they specially left a portion of food for Qiao Ran during dinner, actually just for this moment.

"Let's go to the restaurant together."

Acerola jogged forward a few steps, turned back and looked at Qiao Ran with a smile.

"You seem to have recovered well. The kids really want to meet you."

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The child that Aserola mentioned was the orphan adopted by the House of Ether.

In the relatively backward Alola, there are many families who are unable to raise children for various reasons, and of course there are some irresponsible parents among them. As a welfare facility, Aether House provides a temporary residence for these children and homeless Pokémon.

Lusamine was also standing next to a group of children. Looking at these children who loved her very much, Lusamine felt a warmth she had never felt before.

In the children's minds, she is not a conspirator with ulterior motives. In their minds, she is the "mother" who adopted them and has always been good to them.

"Aether House... Fortunately, I didn't close it down then."

Lusamine sighed. To her before, the Ether House was just an insignificant fringe project. It was a necessary existence to demonstrate the legitimacy of the Ether Foundation, and through the Ether House, funds could also be raised from all walks of life.

But now it seems that there is more to it than that.

During this period, Lusamine would take a lot of time every day to spend time with these children.

However, children's interest in one place will not last long. After discovering that Qiao Ran, Liliae and others had also come here, the group of children rushed forward and surrounded Qiao Ran.

"Brother Qiao Ran, which Ultra Beast is the most powerful? Are there any Pokémon that are more powerful?"

"Brother Qiao Ran, did you really defeat hundreds of Ultra Beasts back then?"

"Nonsense! There's no such thing as hundreds, there should be thousands!"

"It's not just a few thousand! There must be tens of thousands!"

"Ah ha ha ha ha."

Looking at the group of overly enthusiastic children in front of him, Qiao Ran didn't even have time to eat. Not only that, he didn't know where they heard the news from. Aren't they bragging too much about themselves?

If there really were thousands or tens of thousands of ultimate beasts, they would have swallowed him up directly. Would he have to hit him with his head?

"I'd estimate it to be around... maybe one or two hundred in total? Anyway, I wasn't the only one dealing with the Ultra Beasts back then. They also gave me a lot of help, as did Lillie's brother Gladion... I wonder how he's doing now."

Qiao Ran tried his best to answer the children's questions. Boys seemed to have a natural interest in fighting strength. After a while, they began to discuss the strength of several trainers. For example, two of them even started arguing over whether Qiao Ran or Mo Dan was stronger.

The other little girls behaved much more gently and only asked some more serious questions, such as what Pokémon Qiao Ran used and his favorite Pokémon.

"The Pokémon I was using at the time were... Yveltal, Reshiram, and Latias."

"Puff." Mo Dan, who was lying on the sofa next to him, was drinking water and couldn't help but spit it out.

what?

Are you kidding me about this team configuration?

He was an old man who had worked as an Interpol officer in all the Pokémon countries. However, one day, he saw through the world and retired to this small Alola to be a local police officer. From his perspective, he had never heard of such an outrageous team configuration. Even those super-powered people who had intimidated the entire region were...

A criminal organization must gather all of its technology and power to be able to briefly control one of the Pokémon.

Is this a joke?

"My favorite Pokémon... well... I actually like them all."

On the other side, Qiao Ran was still answering the child's question. If he were asked to pick a favorite one, he would definitely not be able to choose. As long as they were his Pokémon, he would cherish the time he spent with them. After all, being able to come to this world and experience all of this was something he could not have imagined before.

"Um... why did you become so powerful? You look so much younger than Uncle Mo Dan..."

A little girl with twin ponytails timidly stepped forward and asked in a low voice.

Mo Dan: “…”

Why do you have to mention my name in this way when I wasn't there?

"As long as you love Pokémon, you will become powerful."

Qiao Ran stretched out a finger.

"This sentence was said by a league champion. Now, I'll tell you a secret too."

Chapter 468 [Next Step]

Sometimes, all it takes is a few words to ignite hope in a trainer's heart. At least, that's what Qiao Ran thought.

Love Pokémon.

He felt this belief from one of his favorite champions, and he deeply identified with it.

"This sentence is very important, so don't tell anyone else, just keep it to yourself."

Liking someone is not something that can be said casually, but rather an action that has always been taken. Looking at the group of children in front of him who were standing there in a daze, seemingly lost in thought, Qiao Ran didn't know how much they had actually heard. At least, they could understand some of it... What he said was valuable.

While the children were thinking, Qiao Ran also took the opportunity to quickly eat a few bites of food. He had no time to rest after running around several worlds before. Now that he finally got to eat something, he had to be chased by a group of people asking questions. It was actually quite difficult for him.

If he doesn't eat something quickly, he'll starve to death.

"Do you like Pokémon..."

Mo Dan, curled up on the sofa, stroked his Meowth and couldn't help but let out a chuckle. He was worthy of being someone who could fight alongside those legendary Pokémon. At least, he couldn't say such cheesy words.

On the other side, Acerola looked at Qiao Ran wolfing down the food and seemed to have a thoughtful expression.

She didn't know much about Qiao Ran. She had only met him once before, and she had heard Lillie and Mei's comments about him. In their words, Qiao Ran seemed like a very, very good person. However, when she actually saw him interacting with the children today, Acerola really felt that she and he had become a little closer.

"Like is power..."

Was this something a champion said?

Which champion is it?

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night.

There were plenty of rooms in the Aether House, and even after a number of staff and children moved in, there were still some empty rooms. Therefore, Qiao Ran, Lilia, and the others each had their own room, and as for wanting to live together, that was definitely out of the question.

There are so many eyes watching in the House of Ether. If there is any movement, everyone will know about it in less than half a day.

Besides, since Lusamine and others were there, Lillie, Mei and the others kept a little distance from Qiao Ran. At least... in front of her mother, Lillie was still a very traditional lady and had to save some face.

If you want to meet at night, you have to sneak out.

"So, you all sneaked out at this time?"

Looking at the girls who came to his room in the middle of the night in their pajamas with lights on, Qiao Ran couldn't help but feel a headache.

"Shh - there's nothing we can do at other times." Lillie wanted to find a chance to be alone with a few people, but there were too many people here, and it was impossible to find such an opportunity. So after thinking about it, she realized that this was the only time she could do it.

"Yeah, do you think we want to do this?" Meiyue glanced at Qiao Ran with an unfriendly tone. She was not a woman who would sneak into a man's room in the middle of the night.

"So, where did you go when you disappeared before?" Mei asked about Qiao Ran's previous movements. Lillie even helped Qiao Ran cover for a long time. Qiao Ran must have had his own reasons for disappearing.

"I just went to the frontier for a bit, and then went to the real world for a bit."

Qiao Ran briefly explained what he had done, mainly mentioning some real-world situations to reassure them. As for the sudden humanization of the Qixi Bluebird... we could talk about that later when we had the chance.

Besides, when they go to the frontier themselves, they might see it, so he won't need to say anything.

"Things are going pretty well with Nancy. I heard from Zhulan that she hasn't been staying at home these past few days. Instead, she's moved to the gym for the gym leader competition the day after tomorrow."

"This

"So fast?" Miyue gently covered her mouth. It turned out that Nancy was already competing for the gym leader position.

She is worthy of being the pride of Kanto, worthy of being Miss Nancy. No matter in which world, she can become the owner of a gym.

"We will definitely go and show our support when the time comes."