Like everyone who saw it for the first time, Alice had questions.
Kashiwagi opened his mouth slightly, then thought about it and smiled: "It's called Porygon. It was also called 3D Dragon before. It is a special virtual Pokémon created by Dr. Akihabara of Kanto."
Because he forcibly translated the vocabulary from Chinese into the language of the Pokémon world and combined it, Alice sounded a little strange.
But it's not a big problem.
"Dragon? It's a dragon-type Pokémon?"
"It can be."
"ah!!"
The girl with dragon cancer flew towards the polygon and said in surprise: "There are indeed many kinds of children with dragon attributes! But they are also very cute! Like building blocks!"
"Crack!?"
The polygon looked at Alice who was rubbing her head violently, and then looked at the trainer helplessly.
what's going on?
And what is 3D Dragon? When did I get this name?
Something’s not quite right!
"Ha ha……"
Kashiwagi was very happy, but while joking, he also carefully explained the situation of Porygon before Alice was completely wrong, causing the latter to look at him speechlessly.
"childish!"
"Ahem, cough, cough, let's get down to business."
He coughed twice and said seriously: "Now that we have initially figured out the rules, there is no need for us to go head-to-head with those Pokémon statues. First, we can use Porygon's teleportation to take away the luggage, and then we can return to a place by falling into a trap.
Floor, and finally run out through the door opened by the sandstorm. Isn't it very simple? "
"Oooh!"
Alice nodded quickly with the two Pokémon in understanding.
Due to various reasons, Porygon's teleportation cannot span too far and invisible distances in time, otherwise Kashiwagi and Alice can wait for it directly at the exit.
But even if there is no way to do this, the content of the plan can be called childish.
But the question is whether there will be some annoying changes in the middle, and whether it can be implemented smoothly...
Kashiwagi looked at Alice and Axetooth carefully. The latter two looked confused, as if there were question marks on their heads.
"What's wrong?"
"fine."
He decided to be extra safe and said, "Get ready."
"Do you still need to prepare?"
"Of course, everything that can be prepared, such as the route map, mobile phone signal, timing of opening the door, etc., must be prepared in advance so that there will be no mistakes in actual actions."
A string of nouns made Alice dizzy.
Although she is not as stupid as Xiaozhi, she rarely makes such careful plans. She usually only sets a goal and then rushes past it.
For example, after seeing Rayquaza, I wanted to chase its back, so I came to the Hoenn region.
I want to become stronger, so I challenge powerful dragon tamers and trainers everywhere.
Therefore, this was her first time to experience such an action that was planned from beginning to end——
Feeling not bad?
It's just too troublesome, and she definitely won't be able to do it by herself.
the other side.
Kashiwagi wrote down the detailed plan in a sketchbook.
The previous agreement with Big Steel Snake was to make a phone call to remind him. In order to ensure that it could open the door in time, he planned to make the call when Porygon took action.
In this way, the time should be just right if they fall all the way to the first floor and then go around to the front of the door.
"This is the route, do you understand?"
Kashiwagi sketched a route map in his sketchbook and said to Alice in front of him.
The latter glanced down at the sketchbook and nodded seriously, "Understood!"
"...Can you really understand if you look at it backwards? And you only looked at it once. You were looking at the polygon just now."
"I, I'm not an idiot! One glance is enough! I have a good sense of direction!"
"Then you were walking in the opposite direction outside before?"
"It's just a small mistake! Isn't it childish to always focus on one thing? You are still an adult!"
"Okay, I made a mistake."
He did not continue to argue with a twelve-year-old kid and said: "Let's practice it again. This way we will be safer and avoid making mistakes."
Alice responded angrily.
Really, why do you assume that she will definitely get lost?
Although...she really forgot the route at this moment, but it was because of the quarrel, she had already memorized it!
The two returned to the stairs on the fourth floor and started practicing without stopping.
Then.
Then Alice ran in the wrong direction, almost triggering a Pokémon statue. Fortunately, Axetooth's reaction was quick enough to find that Kashiwagi was standing still and stopped her in time.
"ah!"
Alice, whose feet fell off the ground due to inertia, quickly turned her head and immediately found Kashiwagi looking at her condescendingly.
"Thirty centimeters further you will be able to trigger the mechanism. Congratulations."
Seeing this, Kashiwagi didn't care anymore, "Since you don't know the route, just follow me and don't run away alone."
She nodded quickly.
——
Formal action.
Kashiwagi held his cell phone switched to the call screen, standing at the stairs with Alice and Axiodon waiting.
The polygon looked at the luggage in front of it, looked at its surroundings, and finally landed on the trainer, and their eyes met.
"start!"
He gave an order and pressed his finger on the call button.
Beep!
The polygon leaned down and grabbed the luggage, its block-like body shook suddenly, disappeared from the spot and appeared next to Alice in an instant.
The latter quickly took the luggage, and the ground on the fourth floor began to shake. Ancient armor and cradle lily stone statues poured out from all around the walls, and there were dozens of them in an instant!
But at this time, Kashiwagi and Alice had already turned around and slipped away, running towards the established trap.
"Angled!"
He shouted, and the Porygon immediately turned into a hammer and flew over, taking the lead to smash the cracked ground with a loud bang, allowing the two of them to jump down smoothly.
The height of only four or five meters is really nothing to people in the Pokémon world.
Do the same thing on the second floor.
In less than two minutes, the two of them had arrived at the "gate".
The door has not yet been opened, but the sound of the wind and sand raging outside can be faintly heard. It is not as terrifyingly quiet as before.
"Phew~ They seem to be still on the fourth floor."
Alice let out a breath and stared up at the ceiling.
When she made the plan, she didn't feel it so clearly, but when she actually acted on it, it had a huge impact on her soul.
If she had come back alone to pick up her luggage, she would probably still be chased by a large number of Pokémon statues. With better luck, she would be able to reach the bottom in time.
At this time, not only were they far away from the Pokémon statues, but they were about to leave.
This is very incredible for Alice, who has always been busy.
Amazing!
She looked at Kashiwagi with eyes full of admiration.
And if the latter knew what she was thinking at the moment, they would probably only wonder how many unreliable people she had met to make her think that such a cautious little plan was powerful.
"The door is open!"
Kashiwagi shouted, making Alice quickly come back to her senses.
I saw the originally solid earth wall suddenly disintegrating into sand, turning into a portal blooming with dazzling white light.
The door is open.
The Pokémon statue...has disappeared.
The two took one last look at this magical phantom tower and walked out.
The white light in front of my eyes flashed, and the yellow sand in the sky came into view. A little further away on the high slope was the big steel snake of the sandstorm making machine. When it saw the trainer coming out, it immediately stopped the rotation of its horizontal steel frame, twisting and turning this way.
Swim over.
Alice waved to it happily, "Big——"
Suddenly.
With a strong sixth sense, she subconsciously turned her head and saw the huge phantom tower collapse and shatter from above, and the gravel in the sky crashed down like a wall.
Boom!
"Danger!"
She always moved faster than she thought, and took steps forward, even trying to grab Kashiwagi's hand, but there was no doubt that with the speed of her legs, she couldn't escape.
"Hurry up! Move at high speed! Gyro ball!"
Urgent shouts rang out, and she felt her arm being pulled violently onto something smooth. Then her body was suddenly pulled away by a huge force, and a silver light flashed in front of her eyes, and a terrifying roar sounded again in her ears.
Voice.
Poof!
Alice looked up and suddenly saw the super-giant steel snake rotating its horizontal steel frame and smashing the sand and gravel that fell towards them. When she lowered her head, she found that her hand had grabbed the tail of the polygon beast at some point.
Kashiwagi is holding the leg of Porygon with one hand, and the dart-like teeth of Axetooth with the other hand.
next moment.
They successfully arrived outside the collapsed area of the Phantom Tower. The Porygon suddenly flicked its tail like it was drifting and stopped on a high slope, allowing the two people and one Pokémon that were dragging it to land.
Thick smoke and dust shot straight into the sky, but a giant silver shadow could be seen moving in it.
Both Kashiwagi and Alice let out a sigh of relief after the disaster.
"Are you okay?"
"It's okay, thank you!"
The two checked each other's status, such as whether they were injured or something.
The collapse of the Phantom Tower was too sudden. To be honest, Kashiwagi originally thought that after the fossil left, it would disappear again like in the game, but he didn't expect it to collapse directly.
Fortunately, there are Big Steel Snake and Porygon.
"Are your driving skills getting better and better?"
He patted the sand on his hands and praised Porygon.
"Pah~"
Porygon swung its legs happily. It didn't expect that the [high-speed movement] it had learned through practicing its driving skills could actually be used to save its trainer. It was simply awesome.
The super-giant steel snake flew out of the smoke and seemed to be unharmed.
Lean less.
The smoke dissipates.
The two of them looked at the Phantom Tower, which had completely turned into a pile of yellow sand, and felt a little strange emotion in their hearts. After all, they had taken risks there not long ago.
"Ah! Fossil!"
Alice suddenly remembered the reason why they went through so much trouble to retrieve their luggage. She opened her backpack and took out the two fossils inside, "I will give you one as agreed! You choose!"
Kashiwagi turned around and saw that it was indeed the same claw fossils and root fossils as in the game.
It is well preserved and there is no damage to the main body of the fossil.
He took out his phone and asked, "Do you mind if I ask a professional?"
"professional?"
"Well, I'm going to give it away."
Kashiwagi nodded, and after getting Alice's consent, he took a photo of the two fossils and sent them to Lysa who was far away in Kanaz City.
There is no doubt that he intended to give the fossil as a gift to Daigo.
After all, I have received a lot of care from him, but I have not been able to give him any substantial reward other than letting him study the wishing star.
It really doesn't make sense.
The right way is to reciprocate with courtesy. Even if you don't have any special intentions, giving the other person something they like during the holidays can help maintain and enhance the relationship.
Just do what you like.
As for keeping it for myself... to be honest, rather than resurrecting a fossil Pokémon and training it from scratch, it would be better to use the Pokémon clues I have accumulated earlier.
That was his destined Pokémon.
The phone buzzed and vibrated, and it was a reply from Lysa.
Lysa: "...Don't tell me this is the fossil you discovered."
Kashiwagi: "To be precise, it was a fossil discovered by someone else, but I was asked to choose a piece at random. Which piece do you think is more suitable for Daigo-san? I want to give it to him as a gift."
Lysa: "Ah - Arceus! How come there is such a lucky guy like you in the world! How many days has it been? Is it two weeks? Or one week? How many good things have you encountered!"
The researcher lady seemed to be driven crazy by his "exposed", and she started to make expressions with bleeding knife.
It's like a Krypton gold mobile game player who has not yet shipped the product after making a deposit, but suddenly received the seal message "Is this a good new single draw?"
Kashiwagi: "Ahem, Miss Lysa?"
Lysa: "Don't call me Miss Lysa! I don't deserve it! I don't deserve your line number, I will delete it immediately..."
Kashiwagi: "Don't, don't, don't, don't... wait until next time you encounter a good stone, why don't I give it to you?"
This person who helped him identify things for free for so long responded within one minute every time. It was appropriate to give him a small gift.
Lysa: "Really?"
Kashiwagi: "It's absolutely true."
Lysa: "Well...no! You're showing off again, aren't you? What do you mean we'll meet again next time! Do you think good stones are pebbles picked up by the roadside?"
Kashiwagi: "I really don't mean that. Let's get down to business. Which piece is in better condition?"
Lysa: "...That rhizome fossil is the one on the left. The structure is complete and the appearance is perfect, and the shape is also very good. If a knowledgeable fossil collector sees this, it will cost tens of millions. After hatching, it will be a tentacle lily."
, a Pokémon that Daigo likes very much.』
Kashiwagi: "Okay, thank you, I will pay you back next time."
Lysa: "If the reward is a stone, I will kill you, seriously."
Scary and scary.
He took back his phone and when he raised his head, he found Alice interacting with the Porygon and the Big Steel Snake.
Although he knew that Porygon was not a dragon-type Pokémon, the latter did not dislike it. Instead, he became more curious as Porygon showed its power.
"I want this."
Kashiwagi picked up the fossilized rhizome on the ground and shook it.
"Okay~"
Alice picked up another fossil and stuffed it into her bag without saying a word.
It's getting late.
The two of them toiled in the Tower of Phantoms for almost two hours. If they didn't hurry up, they would inevitably end up sleeping in the desert, and this was definitely not in Kashiwagi's plan.
"I plan to go to the Pokémon Center in the south, what do you say? Where are you going next?"
he asked.
Alice looked around and smiled sheepishly: "I plan to go to Meteor Falls... To be honest, I got lost here chasing desert dragonflies and I don't know where I went."
“I don’t know where to go even though I have a mobile phone…”
Kashiwagi was also speechless about this guy's road-crazy attribute, "Then let's go to the Pokémon Center to spend the night first. We'll talk about anything tomorrow."