Why is my Pokémon acting a little weird?

Except for some guys who might like to raid at night.

“At night, there’s something really beautiful going on.”

Shui Lian smiled mysteriously, her eyes passing over Qiao Ran... and the Kapu Butterfly behind him.

"I want to take you to see it."

It seemed that she was a little surprised because Qiao Ran brought Kapu Butterfly with him.

"...Is that what you said before?"

"What? Did I say anything?"

Shui Lian blinked, started to play dumb, and then changed the subject.

"...Now is the perfect time. I'm telling you this secret, and only you."

"I'm already down here, so I'll go with you and take a look."

Of course, Qiao Ran would not "expose" the other party, so he could only cooperate with her performance. Moreover, he had actually run downstairs specially, and of course he would not think of returning empty-handed. However, he was still a little surprised that Shui Lian would invite him like this.

"...By the way, why me? Acerola and Mitsuki should be on better terms with you, right? Why didn't you call them over as well?"

"..."

Shui Lian, who was walking in front, did not answer. She seemed to be thinking about something. After a while, she gave her answer.

"Because there's only one fish to catch today, and they've already been hooked too many times."

She didn't seem to want to explain this question. Sometimes there really weren't that many reasons. Among these outsiders from the island, apart from the more familiar Aserola and Miyue, and a few "elders" whom she respected very much, the one who interested her the most was probably the very eye-catching Qiao Ran.

This might be the first time that she has seen such an outstanding male of the same age. He has very strong leadership and seems to be very powerful in Pokémon battles. Not only do Mitsuki and the others recognize him, but even seniors like the Sinnoh Champion praise him highly, and Capu Butterfly likes him very much.

Of course, in addition to these, Qiao Ran himself has excellent qualities. According to Shui Lian's secret observation, his movements in the wild are very agile and his strength is also amazing. Through Qiao Ran's thin clothes, she can roughly guess Qiao Ran's figure. If Qiao Ran can change into the swimming trunks of the swimming trunks boy, he will definitely be a tough guy on the beach.

Shui Lian is quite fond of this.

So, all in all, Shui Lian also hopes to get to know Qiao Ran better, but they will be leaving tomorrow, and tonight may be the last chance. Even if there is only a little time, it would be nice to get to know him better.

These things didn't require any reason, and she didn't know what her reason was. She just... wanted to know a little more.

The scene of Koniko City at night is different from that during the day. Due to the widespread lack of electricity here, everything around is pitch black, with only occasional faint lights coming from certain places.

Along the way, Shui Lian didn't seem to say much, just leading the way in front, while Qiao Ran and Kapu Diedie followed behind.

From this angle, Qiao Ran once again realized Shui Lian's height - it was indeed the same level as Acerola. However, according to the information Qiao Ran learned from certain places, Shui Lian's mother did not seem to be like Shui Lian, but was quite amazing in all aspects. Could it be that... Shui Lian simply had not started to develop yet?

It would be interesting if, after a few years, Shuilian changed her appearance, but Acerola remained the same.

"arrive."

They didn't walk far, only about ten minutes, when Shui Lian turned around and announced to Qiao Ran that they had arrived at their destination.

Qiao Ran looked up and found that this was actually a place that looked like a "big courtyard". There were high steps and the streets were surrounded by walls. It was indeed very special and very consistent with the appearance of some "rich families" that Qiao Ran had seen in some film and television works.

"Come in, there's no one in there now."

Shui Lian turned around, stuck out her tongue at Qiao Ran, and made a mischievous face. This further confirmed Qiao Ran's idea that this place might really be someone's house.

In order to get Qiao Ran to catch up with her quickly, she directly grabbed Qiao Ran's hand and walked in with him. After stepping over the high wall, she found that there was indeed a different world inside. In addition to the uniquely decorated small building, there was also a very special landscaping. It looked like a garden inside.

"This looks like a vacation home for some important person. However, after something like this happened, the other party must be busy and unable to come."

Shui Lian had a mischievous smile on her face. She thought it was quite "interesting" to be able to sneak in here and enjoy the scenery that was usually blocked by the walls and could not be seen by ordinary people.

"It's just that Sister Liz never lets me in, even if something like this happens, so I won't tell her."

Shui Lian walked here with ease, and did not forget to look back at Qiao Ran, with a proud look on her face.

"...Indeed, it is a very unique place. If you want to build a courtyard like this, it must cost a lot of money."

It was also the first time that Qiao Ran saw such a luxurious

The "yard", with its corridors, houses, pavilions, flowers and plants, looks a bit messy now that no one is taking care of it. But just a glance at it reveals its past beauty.

“No matter how much we spend, it can’t be as exaggerated as the artificial island built by the Ether Foundation.”

Shui Lian complained, these were words she would never say in front of other people.

"...Chairman Lusamine is truly amazing."

While chatting, the two walked deeper into the yard. After passing through a round stone gate, they finally arrived at the real destination of this trip. When Qiao Ran saw the "scenery" in front of him, he finally understood why Shui Lian had said such words to him before.

What appeared in front of Qiao Ran was a huge "pond".

——The sparkling water surface and the cool breeze blowing from the water surface.

Even if it were placed in the wild, this area would be considered huge. It is hard to imagine that such a thing would appear in a family's "yard". No wonder Shui Lian has a special liking for this place.

"This is probably the largest 'lake' in Koneko City. No other place can compare to it. So, I put all my water-type Pokémon here."

"Such a wonderful place cannot be monopolized by one person. It must be shared with everyone."

As she spoke, the originally calm water surface began to glow with dots of fluorescence, which was a faint, natural light emitted from the bottom of the water.

Chapter 709 [Water Lotus]

In the oceans of the Pokémon world, there live a large number of water-type Pokémon. Some scholars who specialize in the study of Pokémon population ecology have even written in their papers that there are still many undiscovered Pokémon in the ocean. In this ecosystem that is many times larger than the land, there are countless secrets waiting to be discovered.

And in the dark water, "light" becomes something very important.

Agate jellyfish, stinging jellyfish, lantern fish, fluorescent fish, neon fish, weakling fish... These water Pokémon all have a faint glow on their bodies, and the dark night is indeed the best time to watch water Pokémon -

These lights, which are usually barely visible during the day, can now be seen clearly.

"...I've never seen...such a scene before."

Looking at the various water Pokémon swimming in the pond, watching their figures rise and fall in the waves, and the lights disappearing and reappearing, Qiao Ran was a little stunned.

After traveling for so long, this might be the first time he has seen such a scene.

If Suiren, a trainer specializing in water-type Pokémon, hadn't brought him here specifically, he probably wouldn't have been able to experience these things for a long time, and this... was just a glimpse of what water-type Pokémon naturally produced.

"But unfortunately, the Pokémon here are all familiar to me, so I can't experience the feeling of fishing... Many of them are Ultra Beasts and have nowhere to go."

Shui Lian sat on the stone by the pond and quietly talked about her thoughts with Qiao Ran.

Starting with the recent events, she continued to talk about some trivial matters at her home. As the captain of the island, she was naturally given high hopes when such a serious incident happened on the island. At home, she had two younger sisters. Although Shui Lian did not look old, she was actually much more mature than Qiao Ran imagined.

Qiao Ran listened quietly, and Tapu Butterfly also did not say a word, lying in Qiao Ran's arms. There was silence all around, with only the sound of the wind and the sounds of water Pokémon swimming on the water.

In exchange, Qiao Ran also rarely told some of his own things. Of course, these were based on not revealing certain core secrets. As for the fact that he could travel between two worlds, he simply told this world about it as well.

Qiao Ran was leaving tomorrow, so he planned to leave some of the supplies he'd bought in the real world for the people on the island, as a return gift for their gifts to him today. Compared to him, who could return to the real world at any time, the other people on the island clearly needed these things more.

"Eh?? You're from another world?"

Shui Lian was shocked when she heard what Qiao Ran said. However, since she usually liked to make up stories to attract attention, she soon looked at Qiao Ran with suspicion.

"...You're not lying to me, are you?"

"Why would I lie to you? I was just in a hurry and didn't have much chance, so I didn't explain much."

Qiao Ran rolled his eyes at Shui Lian, but honestly, it was his mistake not to explain these things in detail to Mao and Lizzie. They were both trustworthy trainers, and explaining these things to them would also be beneficial to his next activities.

"However, you must not tell anyone else about this. I will not easily tell others that I come from another world."

"What about Mao and Sister Lizzie?"

"They...are okay."

"Eh……"

Hearing Qiao Ran's words, Shui Lian stretched out her voice, as if she had lost interest all of a sudden. Perhaps in her opinion, Qiao Ran was just playing a joke on her.

"You'll find out tomorrow morning."

Qiao Ran couldn't disturb Loto now.

Mu, asked her to help perform a magic trick for Shui Lian. If Rotom knew that this was the reason for disturbing her in the middle of the night, he would probably lose all face as a trainer.

The most important thing is that once Rotom finds out, it will spread throughout the entire frontier the next day, and everyone will then make fun of him for how he turned out like this.

Therefore, no matter how much Qiao Ran wanted to show her the truth that he was "from another world", he had to wait until tomorrow.

"Oh, by the way, why don't you take a look at this?"

Qiao Ran suddenly remembered something and took out his cell phone.

In order to cope with emergencies, Qiao Ran also prepared a lot of charged power banks in the frontier. Moreover, with the help of the electric Pokémon in the frontier, he can basically operate it in time. Therefore, even if he came to Akala Island where there is a shortage of electricity, his mobile phone can still remain full of energy, although it still cannot connect to the Internet.

"Is this... a cell phone?"

"Let me show you the video on my phone."

Sometimes, in order to kill time at night and relax, Qiao Ran also downloaded some videos from the real world. Of course, this was also for the purpose of learning other people's video production methods. After all, in the real world, they still had to make a living by making videos.

If Qiao Ran only relied on the pocket money issued by the League, there was no way he could afford to raise such a large group of Pokémon. Generally, a novice trainer would only train three Pokémon to challenge the gym. After obtaining more badges, they would consider increasing the number of Pokémon in their team little by little. By the time they really challenged the League, they could afford the expenses of six Pokémon.

As for Qiao Ran, although he saved a lot of effort by pioneering the land, and did not buy some IQ-tax products that were said to increase the strength of Pokémon like some obsessed trainers, but even if he had to pay for the extra food and drink for these Pokémon, plus some things they occasionally wanted, the money from the alliance alone was far from enough.

"Hey...you're still charging your phone."

Shui Lian took Qiao Ran's phone and looked at it, then couldn't help but speak curiously. After this incident in Alola, although everyone was a little uncomfortable at first, gradually, everyone had given up charging their phones. After all, a phone without internet access or calls was just a brick that looked like it could glow.

So, now seeing Qiao Ran take this out, Shui Lian really felt it was quite novel.

"Let me take a look at what's in here... Hmm? I haven't seen any icons before... Is this software from another region? And this... How do I use this?"

Seeing Shui Lian clicking around awkwardly, Qiao Ran couldn't help but reach out and give her guidance. Although it was partly because she hadn't used a cell phone for a long time, the main reason was that Shui Lian was not a person who liked to use these things.

After all, she likes to go swimming in her swimsuit when she has nothing to do, and carrying these things is a complete burden. Moreover, one must concentrate when fishing. What she hates most is these sudden noises and noisy things.

Normally, she wouldn't carry this thing with her unless there was a special reason.

"Ah...really? I opened it. When was this video made? It must have been ages ago, right?..."

Shui Lian still stubbornly believed that Qiao Ran was from another region. After all, she could understand the text on the phone. Moreover, thinking of her previous behavior in front of Qiao Ran, she felt that Qiao Ran was definitely playing a trick on her.

However, as the video continued, Shui Lian began to doubt herself more and more.

"...Hmm? Where is Huaxia? Longjiang Food Street...where is this?..."

She had never even heard of many of the things inside. The most important thing was that some of the items, furnishings, and decorations inside... all made her feel very unfamiliar.

This feeling is indeed subtly different from seeing things in other areas of the Pokémon world.

“…That’s why I said I came from another world.”

Qiao Ran continued to show her some videos uploaded by his account "Trainer's Diary". If the other videos only reflected this fact indirectly, then his videos basically confirmed it completely.

Shui Lian watched several videos in a row. Finally, her eyes fixed on the battle between Qiao Ran and Nian Hai, and she tremblingly pressed the pause button.

"Wait...wait, this is you???"

In this battle, Shui Lian saw several legendary Pokémon in a row, including Cang Xiang, Diancie, and Yveltal. Each of them was a famous existence, and all of them actually obeyed Qiao Ran's command.

"Also... Also, the one you're fighting against, is he from which region's Four Heavenly Kings???"

What surprised Shui Lian even more was that the old man on the opposite side could actually fight Qiao Ran to a standstill. This was a bit too exaggerated.

"He's the former gym leader of the Magic City in my world. The current gym leader is Nancy... the gym leader of Golden City in the Kanto region. She's also in my world now."

Qiao Ran patiently calmed Shui Lian, who had a face full of "???", and then patiently explained a lot of things to her.

After a long time, Shui Lian seemed to finally accept this fact.

"It turned out to be true!"

The excitement was no more than when she lied to others that she could capture Suicune with one ball, and the next day others found out that she had really captured him. This completely impossible thing actually happened right in front of her.

Qiao Ran...actually didn't deceive himself at all!

Isn't this too exciting?

"Another world..."

Shui Lian couldn't help but feel a strong attraction to this term and concept. She liked fishing not only because she liked "water" and "water Pokémon", but also because of the sense of unknown after each hook. Each time was a brand new experience, and no one knew what would happen in the underwater world.

Unknown things are always full of temptation, just like those boys in swimming trunks and big sisters in bikinis who always attract so much attention on the beach.

"If I have the chance, I'd like to go and see it too."

Naturally, she also said this. Living and growing up on the island, she had actually thought about going to other areas of the ocean and lakes to swim and fish, but she really hadn't planned to do so before. After all, she had two younger sisters at home. If she didn't help her mother take care of them, she would definitely not be able to handle it alone. And now, with such a big disaster happening, she was even more helpless.

"There will be opportunities in the future."

Shui Lian is not very old, so it is naturally very easy for her to travel. Moreover, judging from the fact that she can become the captain of the Alola region, her strength must be quite strong. Although Qiao Ran has never fought against her, if she is compared horizontally with the Acerola, who is very similar to her in figure and height, Shui Lian must still be able to reach a certain level.