After clearing away the props and decorations for the banquet, Xiaolan noticed Xiaozhi's movements.
"Well, I'll just take a walk, you can go back first..."
Xiaozhi went in the opposite direction to everyone's return to Silver Town, with his hands in his pockets and Pikachu on his shoulders.
Walking alone along the bank of the small stream outside Baiyin Town.
A bright full moon reflects on the calm stream water, reflecting a white luster and sparkling light.
As the finals approached, Xiaozhi felt calmer inside.
Until we walked along the shore for about a hundred meters.
At this time, Xiaozhi suddenly noticed a person sitting on a protruding rock platform on the shore in front of him.
Looking closer, he saw a familiar figure under the moonlight.
"Xiao Mao? Why are you here...?"
Xiaozhi came closer and couldn't help but blurt out a question.
No wonder I didn't see this guy when I was cleaning up the mess before. It turned out that he had sneaked away a long time ago.
"Xiao Zhi? I should be asking you this question...?"
Xiao Mao turned his head and spoke in a low voice without getting up.
At this moment, Xiao Mao no longer had the energy to fight openly and secretly before, and was much calmer.
Seeing that there were still some spots on the rock platform above the water, Xiaozhi, who had walked some distance away, also sat next to it.
"Pika~!"
The Pikachu on his shoulders fell down and stood in front of the two of them.
Just like that, the two of them raised their feet on the water, sometimes looking at the stream in front of them, sometimes raising their heads to look at the full moon in the sky.
No one spoke, they were all silent.
The atmosphere seemed a bit awkward.
Plop!
Only from time to time, a Magikarp leaps out of the water and falls back into the stream.
...
Finally, it was Xiaomao who took the lead to break the silence.
"By the way, the full moon was also like this the night before we set off on our trip..."
Xiaozhi touched the back of his head and said with a dry smile:
"Really? I didn't pay attention at all."
The day before he received the initial Pokémon and set off for the trip, he was so excited in the house from morning till early morning that he had no time to care about the moon outside.
"Hmph, you were late that day, and as a result, all three of Yu's family were taken away by others, leaving only a faulty and disobedient grumpy Pikachu..."
Xiaomao smiled softly and said, as if he was reminiscing about something.
Before setting off for the trip, he saw this electric mouse from his grandfather, and Dr. Oki didn't have much to do about the latter.
"Pickup?"
The Pikachu in the middle stood up with his ears as if he was scolding himself.
"But now, Pikachu has become your most important partner..."
Hearing Xiaomao's words, Xiaozhi subconsciously looked at Pikachu.
really.
"This world is really wonderful. If you hadn't been late, you might have received a Charmander or a Bulbasaur. Now it's a completely different situation."
Xiao Mao held the stone platform with his palms and sighed repeatedly:
"The choice at that moment creates infinite development in the future..."
Xiaozhi: "?"
His expression became confused.
Today, Xiaomao has become very strange. He actually started to think about life?
Philosopher?
Is this still the arrogant and domineering rich second generation he knew?
Then again, he really couldn't imagine the scene without Pikachu on his shoulders.
At this time, Xiao Mao slowly stood up and stared at the full moon in the sky.
"We are still very immature now..."
This also made Xiaozhi stand up and finally said:
"Xiao Mao, what happened to you today?"
Having grown up together, he is familiar with everything about Xiaomao.
But Xiaozhi has never seen such an expression on the latter's face, which makes Xiaozhi feel extremely strange.
"It's nothing, I just thought that even for us now, there are still many possibilities in the future..."
Xiao Mao's eyes flickered, as if he was thinking about something.
Finally, his eyes were fixed and he looked at Xiaozhi.
Immediately afterwards, Xiao Mao took out a small hard-shell object from his pocket.
The shape can be vaguely seen as half of an ordinary elf ball. It looks like a shrunken ball, and its surface is covered with a faint trace of rust.
"You remember this, right?"
Seeing this, Xiaozhi immediately reached into his pocket and also took out the other half of the shrunken Poké Ball.
"Of course I remember, I always carry this thing with me."
This was a worn-out Poké Ball that the two of them caught at the same time while fishing in the river in the mountains behind Zhenxin Town before they officially set off on their trip.
During the stalemate, the old Poké Ball's middle joint cracked, and in the end the two of them got half of the Poké Ball each.
"We didn't know the winner at that time..."
At this time, Xiao Mao suddenly held half of the elf ball in his hand, with fiery eyes, and issued a final declaration of war.
"No matter what the future holds, at least in the finals three days later, I will completely defeat you and become the winner of the Silver Conference!!"
At this moment, Xiao Mao's eyes were no longer confused at all.
Now he knows what he really wants and finally made a choice.
"Hmph, I won't just hand over the victory to you so easily!"
Although he didn't know what the latter was thinking, Xiaozhi also held half of the Poke Ball tightly and gave a thumbs up to his face.
"The person who can win the trophy in the end will be me, Ash from Zhenxin Town!! And then along the way, I will become the most powerful Pokémon Master in the world!!"
Xiaozhi shouted in a low voice with the same determination.
This ideal has been engraved in the bones of his soul from a long time ago and has never wavered.
"Pickup!!"
On the shoulder, Pikachu also called out.
On the bank of the stream, under the moonlight, the two of them stared at each other passionately.
The burning fighting spirit makes the surrounding air seem to become solemn...
...
In the soul space.
This time, only green and red are left.
"Hey, Xiaomao..."
Qinglu sighed for a rare moment, feeling quite regretful.
Even if he obstructs the latter in every way, and even wants to force the latter's idea...
But at this moment, Xiaomao undoubtedly finally made up his mind and made his own choice.
This is not the road that Qinglu likes.
But this is the future that Xiaomao chooses independently, and even he can't interfere.
"..."
Chi just watched quietly, somewhat aware of what riddle the other party was telling.
"Although I have never had much desire for victory or defeat between us, in this Silver Conference, the winner will only be Xiaomao! It's like you are destined to be defeated by me!"
At this time, Qinglu looked at Chi in front of him passionately.
During this time, he taught the latter a lot of mysteries, and Xiao Mao's strength improved by leaps and bounds.
Definitely win!
red:"..."
Although he did not answer, in his heart, a rare desire to win was aroused...