Why is my Pokémon acting a little weird?

"but--"

Youli glanced at Qiao Ran, her eyes full of boiling flames.

"Don't think you win just like that. I... will come back ahh ...

After saying this, she also ran out of the room.

Faced with the other party's unwarranted provocation, Qiao Ran could only roll his eyes speechlessly again and complain in a low voice.

"Neuropathy……"

Chapter 171 168 [Countermeasure: Plan]

Mary and Youli left the room, and Qiao Ran got some time to rest alone. It was still a while before dinner, so Qiao Ran was ready to sort out his thoughts.

Qiao Ran first looked for the charging cable in his backpack, and then took out the unresponsive Rotom. Although he didn't know what was wrong with Rotom, it would definitely be a good idea to charge her first.

However, when he plugged the charging cable into Rotom, there didn't seem to be any special reaction.

"what happened?"

Qiao Ran frowned, pulled out the plug, looked at it for a while, and plugged it back in again, but there was still no response. It was not until he had inserted and pulled out the plug several times in Rotom's hole that Qiao Ran finally realized that there was no problem on his side, but that there was no electricity in the socket.

"power cut?"

Qiao Ran tried other sockets in the room, but none of them had electricity. It was only then that a very absurd idea came into Qiao Ran's mind.

"Could it be... that this place has a power outage, just like the Ether Foundation did back then?"

Following this line of thought, Qiao Ran felt more and more that this idea was extremely real. After all, Jianding Town was just a small town with a very small population. It was basically impossible for it to produce a decent industry. Industries like power plants were even more impossible to be built directly here.

Now that the entire Galar region has suffered severe damage, it is possible that there is no external power input.

"Without electricity...what kind of life did they lead before?"

Qiao Ran shook his head helplessly. It seemed that the life of the people here was even harder than he had imagined.

There was no other way, so Qiao Ran could only put away Rotom and the charger and put them in his backpack.

"Forget it, I'll ask Mary what she can do during dinner."

Mary is the current leader of Spike Town. She might know some special methods. If she is helpless, then Qiao Ran can only take a gamble and let the electric Pokémon give Rotom electrotherapy.

But logically speaking, this method might be effective, but it is more likely to cause damage to Rotom's components and even cause all sorts of messy problems. So Qiao Ran is unwilling to use this method unless it is absolutely necessary.

After putting Rotom away, Qiao Ran took out the Poké Ball and released Diancie and Vulpix from the ball.

Two Pokémon appeared in front of Qiao Ran in the form of little girls, holding some clothes and other things in their hands.

"Thank you. Rotom can't be activated right now, so I'll have to rely on you to fetch some things for me."

Qiao Ran looked somewhat helpless. Without the system mounted on Rotom, he had no way to go directly to the frontier. He could only rely on his own Pokémon to accomplish these tasks.

Fortunately, they are still quite capable.

"Master, if you can't go back for the time being, there's no need to be too anxious."

Purple-haired Diancie looked at Qiao Ran's left hand with some worry. In her opinion, Qiao Ran's own situation was

If the problem is not so good, then to care about other things is putting the cart before the horse.

"Actually... as a Pokémon with a master, everyone can feel the connection. If that girl had been a Pokémon with a master before, she would have known about it. She would definitely know what happened to her master."

"You mean..."

Qiao Ran blinked. What Diancie said was undoubtedly a possibility. If this theory was true, he could feel a little more at ease.

Although he suddenly disappeared in the ruins, if Lillie could sense it, she would be able to pass on some information to the people around her.

At least... let Meiyi and the others not worry too much about his safety. Apart from his own Pokémon, Qiao Ran was also worried about them.

"Yes, I can definitely feel it... Even if it's in another world, as long as the master is still there... this connection will not be broken."

Vulpix on the side also gave an affirmative answer. They are definitely the ones who have the most say in this matter.

"I hope so."

A faint smile appeared on Qiao Ran's lips. He knew very well that they were comforting him. Even if this was possible, he still had to hurry back.

After all, besides them worrying about themselves, he was also worried about them.

And... Mitsuki was far away at the Aether Foundation. If he and Lillie didn't show up at the Aether Foundation on time, who knew how she would react...

"Our mission this time is definitely related to this Dynamax, but the specific details... we'll have to wait until Rotom recovers. For now, we can only take it one step at a time."

Qiao Ran looked at the two Pokémon in front of him and expressed his next thoughts.

"Master... what are you going to do?" Diancie knew that this was no time to joke. Every singularity was bound to be extremely dangerous. Although there seemed to be a temporary respite now, both this town and the entire region were actually shrouded in a huge layer of terror.

This kind of terror is even worse than the previous Ether Foundation.

The previous monster, as just an ordinary Pokémon, had the strength to make Diancie and Suicune feel difficult. What if it was replaced by a more powerful Pokémon, or even a legendary Pokémon?

And...what if there are dozens or even hundreds of Gigantamax Pokémon attacking the city together?

How do humans resist? How do Pokémon resist?

By that time, will it be the end of humans and other ordinary Pokémon?

"Next, I plan to visit a larger town."

Qiao Ran glanced at the long sword in his left hand and pursed his lips.

"Being passive in a singularity is definitely not an option. Even last time... we won because we took the initiative. If we don't take the initiative, there will never be any hope of success."

"Besides, there's no energy source for Dynamization in Spike Town. Even if we wanted to Dynamize, we wouldn't be able to--"

Listening to Qiao Ran's words, Vulpix tilted his head in confusion, while Diancie seemed to have thought of something and widened his eyes.

Although she looks like just a little girl, Diancie is indeed the smartest of all Qiao Ran's Pokémon.

"Master, do you want to..."

"Yes."

Qiao Ran raised his head, his eyes filled with confidence.

"If other Pokémon can Dynamax, why can't we?"

"Now that we've come to Galar, of course we have to use Dynamax to defeat Dynamax!"

Chapter 172 169 [Dinner: Family]

"Gigantamax..."

Qiao Ran didn't say anything wrong, but Diancie and Vulpix looked at each other with some hesitation in their eyes.

However, in the end, they did not say these words, because they understood that this was indeed the best option at the moment. Instead of focusing on personal shame, it is better to focus on the battle in front of them and fulfill their duties as Pokémon.

"It's settled then. I'll go talk to Mary and the others tonight."

As Qiao Ran spoke, he stretched out his right hand, touched the heads of the two girls in front of him, and gently ruffled their long hair.

Coming into this world alone can actually make people feel anxious, but fortunately they are still by his side.

"Also, I'm sorry... I had originally planned to give you a surprise after the inspection, but there's nothing I can do about it now."

"It's okay. It doesn't matter if it's a little late."

Diancie grabbed Qiao Ran's hand, placed it on her face, and rubbed it gently, while she closed her eyes comfortably.

It was absolutely impossible to say that they didn't care. Back then in the ruins, it was precisely because of the anticipation of this surprise that they burst out with even greater fighting power. However, the current situation was not the time for them to think about these things.

Not to mention the dangers in the singularity, just the sword in Qiao Ran's hand that he couldn't take off could be a huge hidden danger.

"Well... it doesn't matter if it's a little late, as long as the master hasn't forgotten."

On the other side, Liuwei also climbed onto the bed and leaned against Qiao Ran's side.

The bag rested on his shoulder, and Qiao Ran could even smell the faint fragrance coming from her... Was it some special spice?

"……Um."

Qiao Ran didn't make a sound. Even he didn't want to disturb the tranquility. When he achieved his dream and completed his responsibilities, he would find a place to live in seclusion like Phoebe and live with them... Maybe it would be nice.

However, this tranquility was eventually broken by a loud shout.

"Come out quickly!!! It's time to eat!!!"

With this scream, the door of the room was opened a few seconds later, and Yuli, wearing a green hat, appeared at the door of the room.

With the idea of ​​finding Qiao Ran's weakness and getting evidence of him doing bad things, Youli did not give Qiao Ran much time to react and quickly opened the door.

However, what surprised Youli was that Qiao Ran was actually sitting upright on the bed at this time, but his right hand was in a strange posture, and his clothes were a little messy.

Apart from these, it seems...there are no problems?

"what?"

Looking at Qiao Ran's surprised eyes, You Li could only glare back at him.

"Hurry up and clean up and come out for dinner. Did you just roll in the mud? Your clothes are all messed up."

After saying that, Youli turned and left. If it weren't for Mary's request, she wouldn't have wanted to do this. Besides, she hadn't caught Qiao Ran's little trick this time, which made her even more unhappy.

How can we get rid of this guy who covets Mary's beauty?

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dinner time.

Since this town has no electricity, dinner time is a little earlier than other places so that we can finish dinner before the sun completely disappears.

However, in addition to Mary, Youli and Qiao Ran, there were two middle-aged couples at the dinner table. Their curious eyes kept wandering over Qiao Ran and Mary - there was no doubt that they were Mary's parents.

Unlike other members of the Shouting Team, Mary's parents look like ordinary people, which makes them very special in this punk spike town.

"That... is Qiao Ran, right? This sword... does he have to hold it even when eating?"

Mary's mother looked at Qiao Ran's left hand and finally couldn't help asking this question.

The boy seemed to be fine in other aspects. This was the first time that Mary brought a man home. As a mother, she could see the changes in her daughter.

But what was puzzling was that this boy actually had to hold the sword while eating... It was really frightening to watch. "This..."

This was not the first person to question his sword, however, Qiao Ran did not know how to answer this question.

be honest?

No... this is his weakness. He is not worried that Mary and the others will harm him, but if someone with ulterior motives finds out, he will most likely be in danger. They can still do a lot by taking advantage of his inability to move around.

"..."

Looking at Mary's mother's eyes full of sincere curiosity, Qiao Ran's mouth twitched, and he couldn't think of a more appropriate explanation for a while.

How can I talk nonsense...better? ???

Are we going to make this into some kind of fairy wand or transformation device or something like that???

Fortunately, just when Qiao Ran didn’t know what to say, Mary stood up.

"Mom, that's the Holy Sword. Qiao Ran must have his own reasons for holding it, so don't keep asking."

"Holy Sword..."

Mary's mother and father looked at each other and nodded to show that they understood.

"Indeed... We also saw the news on TV at the time, and the picture on it was the same as this one."

In the Galar region, there has always been an ancient legend that when the world is in danger, the Sword Hero and the Shield Hero will appear on the earth and save the world from danger.

And now, there is no doubt that this is the moment of crisis.

Since he's the Sword Hero, then... a little bit of strange behavior is understandable, right?

With Mary's patient explanation, the doubts on Mary's parents' faces were gradually dispelled. After everything calmed down, Qiao Ran couldn't help but thank her.

"……Thanks."

"It doesn't matter. Isn't this natural?"

Mary glanced at Qiao Ran, her long eyelashes fluttering gently, and a faint curve appeared at the corner of her mouth.

"Um……"

Qiao Ran responded without making any other sound. At that moment, he actually felt his heart pounding.

Did she just smile?