No.257 If you want to be a partner

Even compared to the most experienced Tyrannosaurus, Leolu's bravery is not inferior. Born in the Giant Wood Forest, where grass-based Pokémon are extremely xenophobic, it has experienced countless battles since childhood, and has never been afraid of its enemies. Leolu certainly has reliable strength, but when it tries to fight under the command of Sayo, it has a lot of problems.

It has developed its own unique combat habits and judgments, and it is difficult to completely obey the instructions of others. Of course, Leolu himself does not reject Saya and wants to try to fight according to instructions, but the fighting instinct that has been formed over the years is not so easy to reverse.

One Pokémon for one person, starting with the simplest instructions, running, jumping, or using moves, until the progress here is very smooth. However, as soon as it was the turn of actual combat training, various problems began to arise in the cooperation between the two sides. For example, Leolu instinctively dodged the opponent's attack before Xiaoye's instructions were given, or habitually attacked when he didn't receive instructions - after an hour of tossing and turning, even the opponent's Pichu was exhausted.

"Is it really that hard to listen to orders?" "Both of Pichu's ears are about to curl into the shape of question marks, "Even a stupid guy like Charizard can do it." ”

Charizard was shot with an arrow blank on his face, and when he turned his head to see Leolu, who was so criticized, that his face was full of unacceptability, and he was immediately aggrieved to the point of deformation.

Leolu scratched his ears and cheeks and repeated "listen to the command" many times in his mind, but as soon as he started fighting, he reappeared in his original form. The rhythm of the fight in the battle is very fast, how to act is in a thought, and the result of restraining yourself is that it stiffens into a pillar, and before she reacts after hearing Xiao Ye shout "Strength", she is confused by Pichu's tail.

Looking at the already dark sky, Pichu sighed, "I really didn't expect to accompany you for such a simple matter." You see the snow boy is almost asleep!"

Leo Lu turned his head to see that the well-fed Snow Boy was already lying on the ground and drowsy.

I just fought ...... Is it that boring?Leolu fell into deep self-doubt.

Xiao Ye shook her head and gently poked the Snow Boy's little hand to make it wake up, "Snow Boy, if you are sleepy, go back to sleep in the Poké Ball, right?"

The Snow Boy thought for a moment, nodded, and slammed his head into the red and white ball on Xiao Ye's waist.

And then...... He sat on the ground with his head covered.

Xiao Ye couldn't help but smile and picked up the empty Poké Ball that was knocked off by Snow Boy, "That's wrong, it's not this." ”

The Snow Boy finally sobered up a little now, and saw that the ball with the little Snow Boy Q version sticker hit it, turning into a red light and entering the ball. Xiao Ye's other hand, which was about to get the Poké Ball, froze in the air and reluctantly put it down.

I was so anxious to get back into the Poké Ball with a headbrush, and it seems that it is indeed very sleepy.

Seeing that Leo Lu next to him had finished his self-loathing, Saya smiled encouragingly at the blue puppy.

"So ......"

As soon as he started speaking, Xiao Ye heard a slight "click" sound from behind him.

They are now located next to the trees at the end of the beach. There are a lot of dead branches and leaves scattered on the ground, and when you step on them, you will make such a crisp sound.

However, when she heard this familiar voice, Xiao Ye instinctively felt a chill all over.

All Pokémon are in front of her. Under the coverage of the waveguide detection, there was no biological breath behind her at all. So, who would have made this obvious stampede?

The crisis alarm bells ringing in my head washed away the familiar feeling. Without hesitation, Sayo flicked the empty Poké Ball in his hand, and threw it in the direction from which the sound came from, and at the same time, he quickly turned around, and the brilliance of the waveguide's power had already wrapped around his right hand.

And then...... Then Xiao Ye froze in place with an embarrassed expression.

The silver-haired young man caught the red and white balls steadily, and said a joke with a smile, "Xiaoye, do you want to subdue me like that?"

The ice-blue eyes of the father and son in front of him were the same, Xiao Yezu was speechless for three seconds before answering, "Yes, I didn't succeed last time, so I had to try again this time." ”

It's no wonder that Xinghai would say such an exclamation. The scene in front of her was almost exactly the same as when Sayo and Xinghai first met in the underground base of Rainbow City - the same inability to sense each other's breath, and the same use of the empty Poké Ball as a weapon to buy time to respond, so recalling, Sayo suddenly felt that she should reflect on whether her combat routine was too simple.

Seeing Xiao Tian coming over with a puzzled gaze, Xiao Ye hurriedly waved his hand, "I'm sorry, I just probed your breath during the day, but I didn't expect to suddenly feel it now, and I thought it was someone with bad intentions approaching...... Mr. Xinghai, is this your family's ancestral secret technique?"

"It's not a secret technique, it's just a little trick to hide the aura. Xinghai smiled and returned the Poké Ball to Xiao Ye, "It's a pity, you also failed to accept it this time~"

Sayo covered her face with a snap, "I'm really sorry, I won't try to subdue you for the third time......"

As early as when she first met Rainbow City, Sayo knew that Xinghai had the ability to conceal her aura and make waveguide detection uncapable. I didn't expect that even Xiaotian learned this trick, and it seems that you must be cautious when losing hidden weapons in the future.

She didn't want to smash the Poké Ball in her captain's face.

Xinghai and Xiaotian came to find Xiao Ye after detecting that Xiao Ye hadn't left yet - Xiao Ye didn't ask them why they knew their location, and they were as lame as Xiao Ye could detect the location of Shen Yu's father and son from a distance, and it was even easier for Xinghai to perceive Xiao Ye's location.

Although Xiao Ye didn't feel the power of other waveguides passing through the sky at all, he was a little skeptical for a moment if Mr. Xinghai's waveguide power also had its own concealment effect.

"Xiao Ye, don't you want to go back?" Xiao Tian really didn't think that night was the time to train in the wilderness.

"Well, today's training mission is not yet complete. Xiao Ye nodded.

Xiao Tian looked at Leo Lu, who looked depressed, and Pichu, who was even more depressed, "Got a problem?"

"It's not a problem. ”

Seeing that Xiao Tian and Xinghai had no intention of leaving immediately, Xiao Ye briefly described the problems encountered by Leo Road.

Xinghai was the first to express his understanding. Many experienced trainers also face this problem after subduing very powerful wild Pokémon, and the better they are at fighting, the more difficult it is for a wild Pokémon to fully accept human commands. According to Xinghai, he himself once subdued the leader of a clan, and it took several months for them to gradually cooperate with each other.

"Don't be in a hurry, there's enough time before the Quartz League starts to run in. Xinghai winked at Leolu, who was clearly in a bad mood.

"Yes. Xiao Ye nodded in response.

When Xiao Ye was thinking about whether to stop today's training, Xiao Tian suddenly said, "Xiao Ye, let's fight." ”

"Huh?"

"I think for Leolu, the opponent is also a Pokémon that follows instructions, which will make it adapt faster. Xiao Tian explained, taking out the Poké Ball under Xinghai's approving gaze, "How?"

Xiao Ya thought about it, swallowed the "That's too much trouble for you" that was almost habitually uttered, and instead smiled and nodded.

"Thanks, then please. ”

As a result, the training content was temporarily changed, and Pichu finally no longer had to be a boring sparring partner. Leolu's new opponent is the Flying Mantis of Xiaotian.

This Pokémon is one of the elders of Xiao Tian's team, and Xiao Ye has seen it many times as early as Red Lotus Island. It has a tacit understanding with Xiaotian after countless battles, and Leolu, who is not used to working with trainers, can be described as two extremes.

The battle between them lasted from the faint darkness of the sky until the stars and moon appeared. Leolu's performance was still so bad, but seeing that the humans and Pokémon on the other side were in unison, and even the rate of breathing echoed each other, Leolu did feel something.

At the end of the training, the silver-haired human walked up to it and said a few words to it.

"If you really want to be her partner, trust her and entrust her with the outcome of the battle. ”

Since you've chosen her as your partner, you should be able to do it. ”

Leolu, who is used to being a lone ranger, doesn't understand the meaning of "trust" very well, but he does remember what the boy said and looks forward to the future in the near future.

It also wanted to fight alongside the trainers it identified with, just like the boy and the Flying Mantis—a wish that had been around since the last day of the lands.

The training days passed. Xiao Ye and Xiao Tian still occasionally meet in the back mountains, and they fight each other to hone their skills. With Xiao Tian's assistance intentionally or unintentionally, Leolu grew rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and was already able to boast to Pichu that he had successfully executed ten consecutive orders from his trainer.

Although it will still be ridiculed by the electric mouse in three words, it will grab the ground with its head.

Ten days later, the tyrannosaurus appeared on the southern coast. Covered in scarred wounds, it looked tired and embarrassed, but it had changed dramatically. After seeing its new abilities, Sayo is surprised and asks what happened to it, but the tyrannosaurus stubbornly refuses to tell what happened.

Curious, Pichu was tormented to jump up and down, and after a lifetime of exhausting his language skills, he was unable to get the tyrannosaurus to speak, only to get a lot of condescending glances, which made Pichu say that he wanted to discharge.

After skillfully stopping the infighting, Xiao Ye didn't ask anything more. Tyrannosaurus has a straightforward and rough personality, and usually never hides anything. If it refuses to speak, it may mean that its experience in the past half a month is indeed a secret that can only belong to the Pokémon in the sea.

And, among the other team members, there are new changes that attract Sayra's attention.

- She noticed that Charizard's resistance to water had weakened.

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Small Theatre:

Leolu: (proud) I can already execute ten commands in a row without making a mistake!

Pichu: (Half-Moon Eyes) So I can laugh at you every ten commands.

Leolu: ......!!! (annoyed)