Xiaozhi and three others have entered this small town.
The scale and area are not too large, about the size of 1.5 new towns. The urbanization is not very obvious. Most of them are single-story square houses, and the folk customs are simple.
It's just that from the outside, these houses don't have any bricks or wooden roofs. They are covered with dense yellow straw bark and they don't look very stable.
"This house is not good. When the wind blows, won't the roof lift up?"
Xiaozhi couldn't help but complain.
Looking around, almost all the houses in the town have this structure.
Moreover, pink hippopotamus-like Pokémon can be seen everywhere on the roadside, sitting with dull expressions, or lying on the street corners, wondering what they are thinking.
Or maybe he's not thinking at all.
Slowpoke!
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Many people are familiar with this Pokémon, and Xiaoxia has one in her hands.
"Didi. Jupi Town is a small town surrounded by juniper trees. The folk customs are simple and hospitable. The status of Slowpoke here is extremely high. If a passing tourist accidentally steps on the tail of a Slowpoke on the roadside, he will be killed.
The entire town was disgusted and driven out of town, so please watch the road carefully."
The illustrated book in his hand was telling a few people the basic information about this town.
This sentence also caused Xiaozhi to stop quickly and let the sole of his right foot hang in the air.
At this moment, under the sole of his shoe, was the tail of a Slowpoke sleeping on the street corner.
"call out..."
"call out..."
Several residents of Jupi Town also gathered around them in an instant, their eyes raised, staring unkindly at Xiaozhi's thighs.
As long as Xiaozhi dares to make this move, he will be expelled from the country together with his backhand.
"hehe..."
Xiaozhi quickly smiled and carefully moved his feet away.
"hehe..."
Seeing this operation, the residents of Huipi Town also showed smiles and dispersed in a hospitable manner.
This set of operations also confused several people.
Although I have long heard that there are Slowpoke everywhere in Jupi Town, and if you throw a random stone from the sky, you may knock out a Slowpoke.
Didn't you expect that your status is so high?
It's a bit like the position of the trumpet bud in Platycodon City. If you catch it casually, you will be arrested by two golden arhats.
Isn't this the case in other cities?
"Our next city should be Manjin City. There won't be such a mascot Pokémon there, right?"
Xiaogang couldn't help but ask.
Make sure you have some confidence in your mind first so that you don’t violate any taboos when the time comes.
The illustration recognized the keyword and replied:
"Didi. The mascot of Manjin City, ever-changing and strange."
"Didi. If you use Diarios indiscriminately in Manjin City, whether it is humans using Diarios or Pokémon, you will be expelled from the Johto area."
This time they were not just driven out of the city, but directly out of the entire region.
"I really want to remember it. There seem to be many breeding houses in Manjin City, right?"
Xiaogang nodded. His dream was to become a breeder, and he had learned a little about it in advance.
By the way, how do humans use Variety Monsters...?
...
Several people were still heading towards the Pokémon Center in Jupi Town, and the illustrated book continued to introduce the customs, customs, and legends of Jupi Town to them.
"Didi. Legend has it that a hundred years ago, a drought occurred in Huipi Town that lasted for several months. The land was cracked, the rivers dried up, and the people were in dire straits."
"In the end, Slowpoke yawned, and it rained heavily, finally easing the drought."
"Since then, the God of Slowpoke has become the belief of Huipi Town. Slowpoke has a very high status here. Every household has a sacrificial temple dedicated to the God of Slowpoke."
After hearing this, several people nodded, secretly thinking that there was such a legend.
Although it is a little more earthy than those legends about the volcano god and the sea god, it is still quite interesting.
"You yawned? That must be because you used the "rainfall" trick, right?"
Xiaozhi couldn't help but said.
As a trainer, when considering problems, you naturally have to start from the Pokémon itself.
"But it's very strange. If the legend is correct, can the natural disaster of drought that lasted for several months be resolved just by relying on Slowpoke's rain trick...?"
Next to him, Xiaogang frowned and squinted in thought.
"Maybe there are a lot of Slowpoke?"
Xiaoxia pointed at the Slowpoke beasts that could be seen everywhere in the streets of Huipi Town.
One won't do.
What about a hundred?
One hundred people using Rainfall at the same time should be powerful enough, right?
"Or maybe the drought period was over, and Slowpoke just happened to yawn, and became the God of Slowpoke?"
Xiaozhi gave a new guess.
People in desperate times will desperately hope for a spiritual belief, and maybe they just put Slowpoke on the altar?
But what really happened behind this legend is probably impossible to answer...
From a distance, the three of them had already seen a Pokémon Center. The roof was also covered with brown cypress bark, which was a local characteristic Pokémon Center. They quickly quickened their pace and approached it.
...
"Thum~thum~thum thum!"
Soon, the Poké Ball and Pikachu were pushed into the inner room by Miss Joy to replenish their magic. Ash and the other two were sitting in the public lounge waiting, looking around idly.
In one corner of the hall, they found a brown ancestral hall.
It is a person tall and made of mahogany, with a wooden statue of Slowpoke placed on the top.
Half of the body stood up, raised his head, with a sleepy expression, like a yawn.
Not only the local residents, but also the Pokémon Center must follow the local customs and adopt the God of Slowpoke as their faith, so that local residents will like to come to the Pokémon Center.
"Speaking of Xiaozhi, should we go find Mr. Steel first or go directly to the gym to challenge?"
Xiaoxia asked.
The target of the GS ball delivery that Dr. Oki mentioned at the beginning was none other than Mr. Steel who lives in Huipi Town.
Xiaozhi took out his illustrated book and looked at the time. It was just after noon now.
"No rush, let's go challenge the gym first!"
Xiaozhi immediately made a decision and said in a deep voice.
I had just experienced the Charizard Valley and fought with Scar, who was at the level of the eighth-level Heavenly King.
Witnessing Brother Chi's Charizard against the King Charizard with his own eyes, Xiaozhi's passion could no longer be suppressed, and he urgently needed a battle to vent his anger.
"Oh, the Jupi Gym seems to be a bug-type gym. The Fireball Rat you just conquered should be a good choice for battle."
Xiaoxia prompted.
She and Xiaogang were already in a hurry, so they were not in a hurry.
Xiaozhi nodded.
Now that the fire-attribute Charizard has temporarily left the team, he plans to cultivate Fireball Rat as his flame-attribute trump card.
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We should watch the theatrical version of Celebi soon. The plot has nothing to do with the movie at the moment. It is purely original and has some new features.
The various background descriptions starting from this chapter are all foreshadowing.
