What is a heavy girl? I want to be a Pokémon master!

The clever Lillie immediately realized the problem.

Given this, Lillie, being a good girl, wouldn't casually steal someone else's crush; instead, she would choose to support them.

"I understand, I will support you, Miss Xiangzi."

Lillie smiled innocently, clearly having no such thoughts at all.

It's a bit like my past self...

Chu Hua! Why are you all blonde? Why did you do this?!

Toyokawa Shoko couldn't help but think of her childhood sweetheart.

This... Chu Hua is truly despicable. Last night, she even stopped acting and told me what happened between the two of them.

Simply put, Xiangzi understood from Chu Hua's words that her thoughts were: "It's understandable that I've fallen for Xiao Zhi... I have a clear conscience!"

That despicable Chu Hua, her motives are so impure!

Xiangzi clenched his hands, revealing a look of resentment, and then turned his attention to Lillie.

"Thank you."

The two girls turned to talk to each other, their eyes meeting, leaving only Xiaozhi completely unaware.

"Pika Pika~ (I really feel sorry for Ash)" Pikachu had already started walking normally on the desert and decided not to get close to this strange feeling, and took the opportunity to beat down the attacking Claydot and Dugtrio.

Ash's gaze fell upon the desert, where there were surprisingly many Pokémon, including Diglett, Flygon, Hippowdon, and Garchomp, which are generally found in caves.

Ash, Shoko, and Lillie leisurely wandered to the place where the Psychic Z was located.

"Gaba~" But a Garchomp lying on the ground immediately caught their attention.

What they held in their hands was the Z-Power they were looking for. Garchomp loved shiny things and often stored all the treasures it found in caves while expanding its den into its own den.

After Garchomp evolves into Garchomp, its strength in single combat is quite high, and it is very strong against most pseudo-legendary monsters, except for Goodra!

The Garchomp in front of Ash was clearly different; for example, its color was different, being bluer than the usual Garchomp.

That's a flash...

[It's a flash.]

"Gardevoir, prepare for battle." "Gardevoir~"

At this moment, Toyokawa Shoko had already taken out a Poké Ball and summoned her Shiny Gardevoir, preparing to compete for the Psychic Z-Power through her strength.

As a young lady from a wealthy family, Xiangzi certainly has Shiny Pokémon!

Hmm...something's not right, Freya, can you tell?

Looking at the Pokémon in front of him, Ash sensed something was wrong. Although the Pokémon didn't appear to be injured, it seemed quite weak!

[Zhibao, where would I get that kind of ability? But Garchomp must be hungry.]

Ash looked at Garchomp and noticed that it was so weak that it couldn't even turn over in its sleep, and it didn't even flinch at them. Its eyes seemed to have lost all light.

“gaba~~”

Its voice sounded extremely weak, without any strength, and its appearance was underdeveloped. A normal Garchomp should be 1.4m long, but this one was only about 1.2m long, probably because it had never eaten any proper food since birth.

It seems so. Thank you, Frico!

【You're welcome, Zhibao~~ Consider it my thanks that you came to my bed today~】

Stop acting crazy here!

[Waaaaah...]

"Wait, Xiangzi, can you hold back for now?"

Xiao Zhi took the backpack off his shoulder, unzipped it, and prepared to take out the emergency food.

"Hmm?...I understand." Xiangzi blinked, then readily accepted Xiaozhi's suggestion.

She probably already understood what Ash was planning to do...

After all, he was someone she liked, and it was precisely because of his gentleness that Toyokawa Shoko fell in love with him.

"You're the kind of person who only thinks about other people."

Xiangzi muttered to himself, feeling his heart racing and a feeling of love welling up inside him.

It's so pure that it's impossible to hate it; instead, you just become addicted to it.

[Zhibao, is there enough food stored?]

It's okay. I'm thinking of my Pokémon. I only keep berries and medicine in my bag.

Doesn't Frey have a system space or something?

【There really is one, I forgot~ Hehe~ Frey forgot~】

[Zhibao, that's no problem~ You can stuff everything into my body, because I'm a system, so I have that huge backpack you only see in game worlds, come on!~]

...never mind.

Ignoring the crazy girl, Ash took out a bunch of berries from his backpack.

No Pokémon can resist a berry!

Other berries may have issues with taste, but the berry is just delicious, and Ash often eats it.

It can even be used as a material in crafting to make full-cap medicine!

These are absolutely perfect tree fruits!

“Gaba…” A weak voice came from the side. Ash slowly helped Garchomp up and placed the Berry in front of its mouth.

"It's alright, there's food here if you want to eat."

The tone was quite gentle, and just listening to it made people and Pokémon feel a warm embrace and a great sense of security.

But Lillie was starting to lose her balance; this was far too dangerous.

Without understanding the other party's hostility, you'll only get hurt.

While working at Dr. Kukui's lab, Lillie also became aware of the danger posed by some Pokémon, and at the same time, she herself was attacked by strange Pokémon.

I don't remember it very well... a jellyfish... a scary Pokémon.

"Miss Xiangzi, is this really okay? Isn't Xiaozhi afraid of getting hurt?"

Lillie turned around and looked at Xiangzi uneasily.

We hoped to stop it, but unfortunately, the other party didn't seem to have any intention of doing so.

"It's okay, trust Xiaozhi, he's always been this kind of person."

She was simply captivated by Ash's actions.

“But…” Lillie still hesitated.

Noticing this, Toyokawa Shoko's lips curled up slightly, revealing a smile.

"Xiao Zhi is the person I like, and I will not stop him."

177 Garchomp~

Ash picked up a berry and offered it to his Garchomp. A hint of anticipation flashed in Garchomp's eyes, then it stood up and swiftly swallowed the berry in one gulp.

"Gaba~Gaba~" It savored the delicious fruit with satisfaction, then looked at Ash with expectant eyes.

This Garuda was simply too weak from hunger to move properly.

It did not exhibit any aggressive behavior and was quite docile, or rather, to the point of being delicate.

Garchomp should be a rather aggressive Pokémon, but in Ash's eyes, it looks rather chubby and cute, not the cool and handsome type.

"It's alright, I have plenty more here, eat up, Garchomp."

Ash smiled and handed over another berry, which Garchomp excitedly took and ate with relish.

"gabagaba~ (Delicious~ Thank you~)"

They ate with adorable expressions, without a trace of irritability, and even with a grateful heart.

Ash, who could roughly sense Garchomp's thoughts, couldn't help but internally complain.

This guy... could he be the offspring of Fatfish and Garchomp?

[Maybe so~ And this one is even a girl, just like Cynthia's Garchomp.]

But Cynthia's Garchomp looks really majestic!

"Eat as much as you want!" Without paying too much attention, Ash kept taking berries out of his backpack.

There are several kinds of fruit trees inside, including flowering fruit, peach fruit, cherry fruit, and leafy green fruit...

"gaba~ (Everything is so delicious)"

As it turned out, this Garuda wasn't picky at all and ate them all without leaving a single one.

Fortunately, Ash was thinking of his Pokémon, so his backpack was mostly filled with food and medicine.

If I had known there was system space, I would have put the tree fruit in there, and then just pretended to take it out of my backpack when needed.

Actually, Frico mentioned it once before, but Super Rookie's memory isn't very good, so she forgot.

"It's incredible that Garchomp didn't attack Ash and steal his food, but instead gently asked him for it."

Observing the interaction between the two, Lillie, who felt uneasy about Pokémon, couldn't help but sigh.

Garchomp is a ferocious Pokémon, but if you give it a glass bead that it's interested in, it will immediately become docile and friendly. The Garchomp in front of me is really a bit of a loner.

Lillie initially thought that Garchomp would attack Ash and steal his food.

In fact, they made completely different choices.

Hearing this, Toyokawa Shoko nodded, feeling a surge of pride within her.

"This is normal when interacting with Pokémon, but there are some Pokémon I'm afraid to approach. It must be because Ash is special."

My boyfriend is just that kind of man!

Although they were not lovers, Toyokawa Shoko could no longer tolerate this feeling.

She'll probably confess her feelings sometime after today...

The gifts have all been bought.

After finishing the berries, Garchomp was able to stand up normally, and it even kept thanking Ash.

"gaba~ (Thank you) gaba~ (Thank you)"

"It's okay, I don't care about this kind of thing at all."

Xiao Zhi didn't seem to care about the overly humble attitude.

More than that, he was probably more concerned about why Garchomp was so weak and frail, being much smaller than a normal Garchomp.

Although it's cute because it's small, it's purely due to maldevelopment, and Ash can't just sit idly by and wait for it to die.

"Can you tell me why I'm not growing properly?... Is there no food around here?"

Ash looked at Garchomp with concern, then took out some healing medicine and sprayed it on the scratches that had appeared on the Garchomp's body due to friction.

“gaba~gaba~gaba~”

Garchomp responded quickly, and then pointed to its own body, looking particularly aggrieved.

Such a fast speaking speed!

“It’s a different color, isn’t it…” Xiangzi walked over to Xiaozhi.

As a customer service representative, Xiaoxiang was able to understand what Pokémon meant.

This is the confidence that humble customer service representative Xiao Xiang gave me!

Having worked at the Eco Dome for a year, mostly dealing with customer complaints, Xiangzi also had the experience of going inside the Eco Dome to see Pokémon. Over time, he gained a general understanding of Pokémon's ideas, which made him happy.

My only complaint is about customer service; it's really not a job for a human being.

Don't complain anymore~~

In your question, when it came to Toyokawa Shoko, did she have the strongest reaction?

The answer is... don't deduct money from my pay!