Chapter 22 The Identity of the Man in Black, Summer Celebration
The waves slapped against the ship's deck, and the sound of the waves spread into the cabin. Wuma opened his eyes and slowly sat up.
"Stinky Flower." Wuma saw Stinky Flower sitting beside the bed guarding him.
"Hey~" Stinky Flower was very happy to see Wu Ma getting up.
"I'm fine now, thank you." After sleeping, Wuma felt much better.
"What time is it now?"
Wu Ma took out the Pokédex, checked the time, and found that it was already six o'clock in the morning. He slept for more than ten hours after taking medicine yesterday.
"Let's go, Stinky Flower, let's go out for a walk."
Wuma walked out of the room and came to the hall. At this time, the waiters in the hall were placing tableware and preparing breakfast.
Wuma walked to the deck and stretched. The sea breeze brought fresh air, which made people feel refreshed.
Wuma saw a man standing next to the railing, the same man who helped him yesterday.
Wuma walked next to him and said, "Thank you very much for yesterday. Sorry, your clothes..."
Wuma remembered that she accidentally vomited on him yesterday.
"It's okay. Seasickness is normal. Are you feeling better now?"
Wuma nodded: "It's much better now, thank you. My name is Wuma, what's yours?"
"My name is Yu."
Only then did Wu Ma see Yu's appearance clearly. He had very rare short blue hair, a smooth, white and angular face. His thick eyebrows were slightly raised, and under his long eyelashes, there were dark and deep eyes. He
The three-dimensional facial features are as handsome as a knife, but they give people a very gentle feeling.
To be honest, Wuma has never admitted that any boy is more handsome than him before, but Yu is an exception. Wuma feels that there may not be anyone more handsome than him in the world, because being second is already a huge concession for Wuma
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"Yu, what are you doing on the boat? It shouldn't be a trip, and you don't look like you are traveling either." Wuma asked in a strange way. He had said before that he would not mix with Jade, but now it has completely changed.
"I'm here to work."
"Work? Is it related to those black boxes on the ship?"
"How do you know?" Yu looked at Wuma with some surprise.
"When I saw someone moving a box that day, you were staring at it intently. I guessed that you might be interested in that box. I originally thought you wanted to steal the contents, but now it seems that it is not the case."
Yu smiled and said, "How do you know? What if I just came to steal something?"
"My intuition tells me that you are not." Wuma said with great certainty.
Maybe it's because the three senses follow the five senses, plus he helped him yesterday. Wuma thinks Yu is a good person.
"It's better that you don't know about this matter. I'm afraid it will bring you danger."
Wuma nodded. Since Yu said so, he didn't ask any more questions.
"If you need help, you can tell me. By the way, let's add a communication number!"
"Can."
Wuma and Jade exchanged contact information.
"I have to go to the boat to eat something. I almost vomited yesterday." Wuma smiled sheepishly and turned to leave.
When Wuma entered the restaurant, the food had already been placed. Although he was seasick, Wuma still had a good appetite. He filled a plate full of food and started eating.
As time passed, there were more and more people in the restaurant, and Xiaogang and Xiaomi also came.
"Brother Wuma, were you okay yesterday?" Xiaomi asked with concern.
"I'm fine, I feel much better already."
"I know some little ways to treat seasickness. You can try it." Xiaogang said.
"Okay, I'll trouble you then." Wu Ma was not polite.
Although taking medicine can also cure seasickness, there are ways to treat it without taking medicine, so you can try it.
"How's it going? Did you catch Pokémon yesterday?" the devil asked Xiaomi.
"I caught it, I was just about to tell you." Xiaomi said very happily, "I caught a Magikarp yesterday and I have captured it."
Magikarp is one of the waste Pokémon, but of course after it evolves into Gyarados, it will enter the first tier. Magikarp is probably the best Pokémon to catch.
"I'm going to go fishing for Pokémon soon. Maybe I can catch Pokémon I've never seen before." After tasting the benefits yesterday, Xiaomi was very interested in fishing for Pokémon.
The Sante Annu continues to sail on the sea and should be able to reach Golden City tomorrow morning.
After having supper, Wu Ma was about to go back to the room. When he opened the door, he suddenly saw Yu wearing black clothes and walking out of the room.
Wu Ma guessed that he might have to go on a mission. Since he had agreed to leave it alone, he did not follow him.
After entering the room and closing the door, Wu Ma took out his diary from his backpack and started writing in it. It had been almost two months since he had been traveling, and he had already written half of his diary.
After finishing writing the diary, Wu Ma flipped through the front pages to see if anything had been missed.
Just when Wuma was about to go to sleep, he heard a rapid knock on the door.
"Who is it?"
"It's me."
Wu Ma recognized the other party's identity.
Wuma opened the door, and a figure rushed in. Then, Wuma quickly closed the room and locked it.
"Jade, what happened?" Wuma asked.
"I was discovered by them when I was going on a mission. I was worried that they would search the room next to me, so I hid here for a while."
Not long after, Wuma heard knocks on the door one after another outside, and someone was checking the cabins one by one.
They did not detect anyone leaving the ship, so they knew that Jade must still be on the ship. As long as they checked closely, they would be able to find it.
Soon, there was a knock on Wuma's door.
Wuma picked up the water on the cabinet and took a sip, then walked over and opened the door.
"What do you have... vomit!" Wuma vomited directly.
The other person stepped back and slapped his nose with his hand.
"Sorry, I'm a little seasick."
"Did you see a man in black clothes?"
Wuma shook his head and said weakly: "I'm seasick. I stayed in the room today and didn't go out. I didn't see any men in black. What's the matter? Did something happen?"
"It's nothing, there's just a thief. Please have a good rest, sorry for disturbing you."
Most of the people who were able to get on the ship were people with status, and they did not dare to break into the room directly. Of course, they also took a look into the room and left after finding that no one was there.
After they left, Wuma closed the door and locked it again.
After a while, a "bang" was heard, and a room was forcibly opened. The room where Yu was staying.
They found no one in the cabin, so they went to other places.
"Okay, you can come out."
Jade walked out of the closet.
"Now can you tell me what's going on?"
"Sorry for dragging you into this."
"It doesn't matter. I told you to come directly to me if you need help. They should be people on the Sante Annu! What's wrong with this ship?"
"After my investigation, this ship appears to be a cruise ship carrying important guests, but is actually a tool used by Team Rocket to transport stolen Pokémon."
Team Rocket! Wu Ma didn't expect that this was actually Team Rocket's ship. Sure enough, as long as you are in the Kanto area, it is difficult not to encounter people from Team Rocket.
"What about you? Where are you from?" Wuma asked.
"I am a special agent of the alliance, and my name is indeed Jade. I didn't lie to you. The ships are carrying important guests, and we can't come up for inspection for no reason. We did inspect it once before, but there was no
Even if I found anything, I got a complaint instead. So, this time I came in to investigate secretly."
"Then you found the evidence?"
Jade nodded: "They put the Pokémon in a secret room. It is difficult for people who don't know to find it."
"Then what to do now?"
"I have passed on the message. Alliance people will intercept this ship before it docks."
Wu Ma breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that the matter was almost over.
"You can't go back to your room now, so just sit here with me for a while."
It was quite awkward for two people who were not very familiar with each other to be in the same room, so Wu Ma decided to find something to talk about.
"How much do you get as a special coordinator for the alliance?" Wu Ma asked.
Yu didn't expect Wu Ma to ask this question, and replied with a smile: "It's not too high, but it has the right to act conveniently in many places. If you are interested in a special coordinator, I can recommend you to join.
Although it is a little difficult to become an official special coordinator, it will be much easier with my help."
"Thank you, but I don't have this idea for the time being. We still have to travel to various places."
These professions in the alliance are more like jobs after retirement. Of course, jobs like special coordinators are still quite dangerous.
Not long after, the two suddenly heard a lot of noise outside, with someone shouting.
"What happened?"
Wuma opened the boat door and saw someone running outside.
"The boat is leaking and will sink soon!" a man shouted.
Wuma and Yu understood what was going on. It seemed that the Rockets knew that the news had been spread and planned to run away in advance. Sinking the ship was the way to destroy the evidence.
"What to do now?" Wu Ma asked. He was not worried about the ship sinking, but was mainly worried about capturing Team Rocket.
"There is nothing we can do. I didn't expect them to dare to sink the ship. We'd better get out quickly."
"Then let's go. By the way, take off your clothes. This way you won't attract so much attention."
After Yu took off his clothes, Wuma put on his backpack and left the room with him, running towards the outside of the cabin. At this time, everyone ran to the board of the ship, and the people on the ship put the lifeboat into the sea, and everyone jumped in an orderly manner.
Got down.
"Brother Wuma, get on the lifeboat quickly!" Xiaomi shouted from below.
"Jade, let's go."
Wuma turned around, only to find that Jade was gone. He probably wouldn't leave without saying goodbye, and was probably going to do something. Wuma suddenly guessed what he wanted to do, probably to rescue those Pokémon.
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"Xiaomi, you stay in the lifeboat first, don't worry about me."
Wuma ran back to the cabin and came to the space below the cabin. He followed the sound and found Yu who was banging on the door.
"Why are you here?"
"Let me help you."
Jade took out the Poke Ball and released a Pokémon.
"Fire Eevee, use jet flame."
Fire Eevee used jet flames to melt the door directly. After entering, you can see many black boxes inside. Yu ran in and opened the boxes one by one.
"I'm here to help, too."
"Greymon, use sharp claws."
Wuma released Greymon. Greymon used its claws to release the Pokémon inside.
"Everyone, get out quickly!"
Wuma and Jade took the Pokémon out of the cabin and onto the deck. At this time, everyone had jumped onto the lifeboat, and the ship was about to sink.
"Everyone, please leave quickly," Wuma shouted.
The water-type Pokémon jumped directly into the sea, and the flying-type Pokémon flew into the air. However, there were still some non-water Pokémon standing on the deck, at a loss.
"Jade, what should we do?"
Jade clenched her fists, looking a little confused.
"There is nothing we can do. We can save as many as we can."
"Everyone, there are some Pokémon here, can you put them in the lifeboat?"
There were still some places on the lifeboat, so Wuma and Yu put some smaller Pokémon on the lifeboat, but there was nothing they could do about the large Pokémon.
"Everyone, if anyone has an ice-type Pokémon, use freezing light to create an ice surface on the sea." Wu Ma suddenly thought of a way and shouted.
"Go ahead, Ice Eevee, use the freezing beam."
Jade took the lead and sent out an Ice Eevee.
Ice Eevee uses freezing light to freeze a piece of ice on the sea surface. However, Ice Eevee alone cannot create a large amount of ice floes.
"Come out, White Sea Lion, use freezing light."
"Iron-clad shellfish, use freezing light."
Several passengers released several Pokémon that could use Freeze Beam. Among the Pokémon they released just now, two Pokémon came out to help.
Thanks to the efforts of the Pokémon, the ice surface is getting bigger and bigger.
Just then, the boat sank into the sea, and all the Pokémon fell into the water.
"Gomamon, the fish are on a rampage!"
Wu Ma released Gomamon. Gomamon used a school of fish to go berserk and lifted up the Pokémon in the water. The school of fish held up the Pokémon and allowed them to climb onto the ice.
The ice surface is large enough to support the weight of the Pokémon, and everyone is safe for the time being.
Seeing that all the Pokémon were rescued, Shiheyu breathed a sigh of relief and smiled on his face. Fortunately, their efforts were not in vain.
Wu Ma also thought that if the Pokémon were not rescued on the ice, those Pokémon would probably die. He did not expect that the people on Team Rocket would be so cruel and ruthless.
Wu Ma sighed. He originally thought this was a beautiful world where humans and Pokémon traveled and grew up together, but he didn't expect that there were so many tragic things in this world.
Strength, only when the strength becomes stronger can you protect yourself and others. For the first time, Wu Ma has a strong desire for power.
Not long after, the people called by Yu arrived here. However, their work changed from arrest to rescue.
A large ship was dispatched directly from the Jinhuang City Port and rescued all the people and Pokémon on the lifeboat.
Early the next morning, the ship stopped at the port of Jinhuang City.
After getting off the boat, Wuma and Yu stood aside to say goodbye.
"Are you leaving now?"
"Yes, this mission has ended. Although it was not successful, it is time to go back and deliver the mission."
"Well, you can come to me if you need anything in the future."
"Okay. You are going to participate in the league competition this year, right? I will come over to see you." Yu said.
"Okay, it's a deal." Wu Ma was very happy.
"Then you can persist longer and don't even pass the preliminaries. I think back then, when I first participated in the alliance conference, I entered the quarterfinals."
"Really? Then I will enter the semi-finals this time."
"Hahaha!" The two laughed for a while.
"I have to go. I'll see you again later."
"goodbye!"
After saying goodbye to Jade, Wuma went to the Pokémon Center with Xiaogang and Xiaomi.
This trip was not a pleasant one, especially for Wuma. Of course, Wuma was very happy to have made a friend like Yu.
Arriving at the Pokémon Center, the three of them found a room to stay in. They didn't have a good rest last night and just wanted to catch up on some sleep.
In the afternoon, everyone got up one after another and had afternoon tea in the Pokémon restaurant.
Wu Ma originally planned to challenge the Golden Gym, but after asking Miss Joy, he learned that there is not Golden City here, but Maiden's Gap. What they arrived at was not the port of Golden City, but the port of Maiden.
Miss Joy also told the three of them that a summer celebration was being held in Maiden Gap.
"Brother Wuma, after we participate in the celebration here, can we go to Jinhuang City?"
Wuma nodded and agreed. Everyone was very tired from the previous trip, so it would be good to take part in the celebration here and relax.
Xiao Gang on the side was also very excited and seemed to be imagining something.
The Wuma trio came to the street. There were various stalls on both sides of the street, some selling food, some selling toys, and places selling various souvenirs and playing games. There were crowds of people on the street.
, very lively.
"So beautiful." Xiaogang suddenly said.
Wuma followed Xiaogang's gaze and saw a girl with lavender hair. She was indeed quite beautiful. However, in the blink of an eye, the girl disappeared.
"Strange, where did she go?" Xiaogang remembered that he had been staring at her, but she suddenly disappeared.
Wu Ma was also a little confused. He didn't even know if he really saw the girl.
"Brother Wuma, there are a lot of delicious food here."
When he heard that there was delicious food, Wuma's attention was immediately attracted. There were many snacks here with unique taste, and Wuma liked them very much.
While eating and strolling around the celebration, the three of them came to a temple together. A lot of people gathered here. There was an old man with a white beard in front of the temple, showing some treasure.
"Everyone, come and see, the treasure display of Shoujo Shrine has begun! This painting is a treasure of Shoujo Shrine that was handed down 2000 years ago. It can only be seen every year during the summer festival."
Everyone was attracted by the old man's words. When the old man saw that almost all the people were coming, he pulled down the canvas.
"Please watch it carefully!"
The canvas was pulled open, and a black and white painting appeared in front of their eyes. Wuma and Xiaogang were stunned when they saw the painting. They felt that the woman in the painting seemed familiar.
Xiaogang walked over unconsciously.
"It's so beautiful. Why is it so beautiful?"
The old man stopped Xiaogang and said: "This girl passed away 2000 years ago. The girl had a lover, but his lover went out to fight on a boat. She has been waiting for him on the shore. Waiting and waiting,
However, the man never came back. According to legend, the woman finally turned into a stone statue and is still waiting for his lover to this day."
Wu Ma suddenly felt that this story was somewhat familiar. There were many love stories that seemed to be like this. Many of these stories were true, but of course, there were still many embellishments.
"Where is that rock?" Xiaogang asked.
"Don't you know Maiden Rock? It's on the rock by the sea."
The three Wuma and Wuma were all very interested in the stone statues, especially Xiaogang, who couldn't wait to rush to the Maiden Rock.
Everyone came to the location of Maiden Rock and saw a stone statue of a girl. The girl looked into the distance, waiting for her lover to return.
After watching it for a while, Wu Ma felt that it was not interesting and decided to leave. The main reason was because she had already eaten all the food in her hand.
"Xiao Gang, let's go!"
Xiaogang sat on the ground, looking closely at Girl Yan, unwilling to leave.
"I want to watch it for a while longer, you should go back first."
Xiaogang wanted to stay here, but Wuma couldn't force him to go. So, Wuma and Xiaomi returned to the streets of the celebration. The two were eating and playing games, and were very happy.
The celebration lasted the whole day, and even though it was getting dark, the streets were very lively.
Wuma bought some food and came to Maiden Rock. He found that Little Kong was still here.
"Xiao Gang, let's eat something first." Wuma placed the food next to Xiao Gang.
Xiaomi sat next to Xiaogang and asked, "Brother Xiaogang, what are you looking at?"
"I don't know, I just think this story is very sad, as if I have seen it with my own eyes."
Wuma and Xiaomi sat next to each other and watched Xiaogang for a while. When the sun completely set, Wuma decided to go back.
"Aren't you leaving yet?"
"No, I'll go back later."
"Okay then, come back early."
There was no danger here anyway, so Wuma and Xiaomi walked back to the Pokémon Center.
Wuma bought some midnight snacks on the street, and then took them back to the Pokémon Center to eat. After taking a bath, Wuma fell on the bed and slept.
Early the next morning, Wuma went to the hall to have lunch after washing up. Not long after, Xiaomi got up.
"Where's Xiaogang?"
After finishing the meal, Wuma didn't even see Xiaogang. Xiaogang was usually the first to get up, but today it's been so long and he hasn't gotten up yet.
"I don't know, I'll go look for it."
Xiaomi came to Xiaogang's room and knocked on the door. But no matter how hard she knocked, there was no response.
Wuma found Miss Joy and asked her to use the spare key to open the door. After opening the door, she found that Xiaogang was not inside at all. Things were still arranged as they were yesterday. It seemed that Xiaogang had not come back.
"Let's go to Maiden Rock and have a look."
Wu Ma suddenly had some bad premonitions, and he felt that something had happened.