Why is my Pokémon acting a little weird?

"Walk."

To be on the safe side, Qiao Ran also let Mew and Latias follow him. In addition to Ran who was always sticking to him, and Garchomp and Lucario who were also sticking to Ran, this was already a layer of insurance.

When she came out of the ruins of life before, Zhulan was reflecting that she must have paid too much attention to the fog and ignored Qiao Ran's situation. This time, she must learn from the last lesson and shift all her targets to Qiao Ran.

This time, she will definitely not make any mistakes!

“Tramp, tramp, tramp…”

The two people moved forward cautiously. Although maintaining this posture made their movements extremely slow, under this close state, each step seemed extremely solid.

"Qiao Ran, do you feel it?"

"Ah."

Gradually, both of them felt the familiar fog. Even if they didn't look directly at it, and even if it was difficult to see clearly in this slightly dark corridor, the hair-raising sense of dislocation was still the most obvious feeling.

That's something that shouldn't exist in this world.

No no no no no no no.

It was as if there was a voice - a voice in their bodies warning them not to get any closer, hindering their progress. However, facing two trainers who had already forged strong wills during their journey, these obstacles were nothing.

And

Moreover, they came here just for this thing.

"What should we do if that thing comes closer?" asked Qiao Ran.

"Retreat first, and then observe. The more time we can observe, the better." A gleam flashed in Zhulan's eyes. What she needed now was the observation data of that thing, not a confused coma.

"Last time, we should have all passed out when we came into contact with that thing, if there weren't any other accidents."

"That means, even if you come into contact with that kind of thing, it probably won't have any effect."

"perhaps……?"

Although Zhulan seemed to be very confident, Qiao Ran could still clearly feel her hesitation. He could not only sense her thoughts, but their bodies were now tightly pressed together.

"...Probably... but it's better not to touch them actively... but... we have to hurry, so if there is no other situation, we will have to take the initiative to touch these things."

Although Zhulan really hoped to have more time to observe and their actions could be more cautious, one thing that cannot be ignored is that the location of this relic is too special, and the time they have now to advance was also won by other companions.

If they delayed too long, they might have to retreat on the spot and come back later.

That is definitely not an easy result to accept.

"Go in and take a look first."

Compared to Zhu Lan, who talks a lot of academics but takes action in her actions, Qiao Ran decided that it would be better to decide based on the circumstances. The so-called choice is made under the conditions. If there is no chance to choose the conditions, then they can only do the same as last time.

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After passing through a long corridor, Qiao Ran and Zhu Lan arrived at the very center of the war ruins, which was the sacrificial hall.

Similar to the sacrificial halls of Diedie and Moo, they are basically surrounded by gorgeous carvings, and in the center there is a huge altar placed high on countless steps.

It is said that during the festival, each island has a ritual dancer who performs a ritual dance before the gods. These dances are the predecessors of the dances that use Z-moves. The annual festival is the most lively time in Alola.

Of course, these were just legends of the past in Qiao Ran's ears. In the present Alola, let alone any festivals, they had even lost their previous lives. As the captain, Alola could only guard the group of children in the House of Ether. Shui Lian, who wanted to swim in the water to her heart's content, could only sneak into the house that Lizzie was not allowed to enter at night to take a look at the largest artificial pond in the city.

"Qiao Ran, stop first."

Zhulan exerted a little force on her body, and Qiao Ran instantly sensed her thoughts.

"Just like before, that thing also surrounded the altar in the center."

"Ah."

Qiao Ran also caught traces of "that thing" in his eyes.

It was like a cloud of constantly surging smoke, or like a trembling creature. It was the scar growing on this world, a corner of the "broken world".

"I'll try it first."

Although time is tight, Zhulan does not intend to give up the idea of ​​doing some experiments first.

"Grimoire! Lucario!"

At her command, Garchomp created a stone block in front of him, and then flew towards the fog opposite at an extremely fast speed. At the same time, Lucario also launched a small wave missile, wrapping the stone in it.

The stone dragged a blue tail and rushed towards the opposite side like a meteor. However, when the meteor came into contact with the mist, it seemed to penetrate something and disappeared in front of everyone.

"Lucario?"

Zhulan quickly looked at her Pokémon, and saw a flash of blue light in Lucario's hand, but she immediately shook her head.

“Luca… … ”

"Didn't you feel it?"

The tacit understanding between Zhulan and Lucario allowed her to understand the other party's intention in an instant. The stone covered with wave power directly escaped from Lucario's sensing range. It was not that the power dissipated, nor that the stone was shattered, but that it directly escaped from the sensing range.

"I didn't feel that either."

Qiao Ran, who had been forcing his eyes, also opened them at the same time. In his perception, the stone had disappeared and became an object that could not be found in this space.

"It seems... indeed, it's just as I thought before."

Zhulan showed a happy expression, her chest heaving with excitement.

This thing can indeed pass through!

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Zhu Lan was obviously excited after getting the information she wanted, and once she got excited, Qiao Ran would basically get excited as well.

Fortunately, there are obviously more important things that he needs to deal with now, so even if a beautiful, powerful and perfect being like Zhulan is so close to him, he can remain calm.

“Although the stone has passed, the other things are still uncertain.”

Although Zhulan looked happy, Qiao Ran still poured

The disappearance of the stone only proved that there was probably a "space" on the other side of the fog, and they were still unclear about the conditions for penetrating this space.

"Yes...indeed."

Now only a stone can pass through, but no one knows whether other things can pass through, or even whether objects as "living things" can pass through directly?

Testing other objects is easy to conduct, but when it comes to "living things", how should we conduct the testing?

Countless questions arose in Zhulan's heart and turned into a desire to explore.

"Try it first and then talk."

Zhulan felt more and more that what Qiao Ran said before made sense.

She was now a complete pragmatist. Theories and preconceived ideas were of no importance in the face of immediate practical application.

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About four or five minutes later.

Under Zhulan's command, the test is proceeding in an orderly manner.

Unlike the fog on Akala Island before, the fog here seemed to be much more obedient. After Zhulan tossed it around for a long time, there was no special movement. During this short period of time, Zhulan asked Lu Shark to throw countless stones of all sizes into it, but in the end the result was the same.

The other objects also suffered the same fate—disappearing into an undetectable place.

Whether it was Qiao Ran or Lucario, their perception results were the same.

"Qiao Ran, we can get closer and observe."

In order to save time, Zhulan decided to take a little risk and get closer to the fog to check it out.

She planned to observe the moment when the stone and the fog came into contact at the closest distance, and she had to observe it with the naked eye, because she and Qiao Ran had tried to take pictures of the fog before. Although they were able to take pictures, the effect always felt "not quite right".

Perhaps, there’s something about the “anti-world” that doesn’t mesh well with the camera equipment?

Zhulan is not sure, so she has to try more. If she can continue to get information, then even if she can't rescue Kapu Mingming directly this time, it will be worth it.

After all, there is such fog everywhere in the Pokémon world. Only by mastering its characteristics can we have a solution to deal with it. Only the strangeness and the unknown can make humans feel fear. After the previous round of tests, Zhulan's understanding of this fog has increased a lot, and she even thinks that this thing looks cute.

"You be careful."

Qiao Ran could only remind her not to be too radical, and Zhu Lan nodded, indicating that he could rest assured.

Zhulan's position was not closely attached to the fog, but maintained a certain distance from it. At a farther distance, Garchomp and Lucario were also ready to serve.

The stone with a blue tail flew through the air, and then - passed directly through the black and purple mist. At that moment, both Qiao Ran and Zhu Lan captured an even more shocking scene at a closer distance.

They saw something "splash" from the surface of the mist, and then, from the center of the place where the stone disappeared, a ripple appeared. The two looked at each other, and having the same association, they couldn't help but say the same word.

"water surface?!"

Yes, this scene is exactly the situation on the water surface!

Zhulan became even more excited. If she could record this discovery and then publish it, it would definitely be a major discovery of the century!

"Because it's water from the antimatter world, its state and appearance are completely different? Then the time we were engulfed by the mist before, we should have been submerged as well."

Zhulan was speaking very quickly, but - at this moment, an accident suddenly happened in front of Qiao Ran and Zhulan.

The cloud of mist not far behind Zhulan began to wriggle rapidly after being hit by the stone, and then swallowed Zhulan's body at an extremely fast speed.

"Eh?"

Neither Qiao Ran nor Zhu Lan reacted at once. Qiao Ran could only hold the other tightly, trying to prevent the other from being involved.

"Qiao Ran! No, let me go!"

This time, Zhulan finally panicked.

If this goes on, not only myself, but also Qiao Ran will be dragged into it!

"Didn't you say you wanted to be with me this time?"

Qiao Ran ignored her desire to make drastic changes. As the Sinnoh champion, she certainly had her own pride, but Qiao Ran also had his own persistence.

If he were to let go like this, he wouldn't be himself anymore.

"Then I won't let go..."

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"Not bad. You're here again so soon...?"

Confused and confused feeling.

In the chaos, Qiao Ran opened his eyes in shock, then sat up with a grunt.

"Zhulan? Zhulan?"

He looked

Looking at his own hands, he seemed to still feel the other person's touch in his hands, and the same was true on his body, but... in front of him, Zhulan had disappeared.

All that appeared before him was that big ball of light.

"Light...ball?"

A big ball of light?

"That's rude. Just call me Rotom."

"here it is……"

Qiao Ran looked around and saw the same extremely "familiar" scene: the floating island and the black and purple substances surging above and below, which seemed to be in pieces.

However, Qiao Ran soon discovered that something was wrong.

"No, that's not right."

She quickly shifted her attention to the large ball of light.

"Wait, have you gotten bigger??"

"illusion."

The light ball refuted him on the spot.

"Why don't you reflect on yourself and ask yourself if you have become smaller?"

"This……"

Qiao Ran was stunned for a second or two. Faced with this sudden question, his mind, which was already a little confused, didn't know how to respond.

"Isn't that right? This floating island is about the same size as before!?"