When the boy slammed the door and left, the air in the room froze.

Pichu barely understood Luke's words, but instinctively sensed something was wrong. It didn't know that the silver-haired young man outside the wall had already widened his eyes in shock, and he didn't dare to speak out for a while.

Pichu had never seen his trainer look like that—though only for a split second.

Just as it hesitated to poke the trainer with its little paw, Xiao Ye suddenly tapped his palm.

"If I knew this would happen, I would have bought a voice recorder first!"

“…… Qiu?"

The gloomy atmosphere was swept away, and Pichu's worries vanished, leaving him with a look of daze.

"Although the tone is not very polite, Luke has just revealed a lot of important information that I don't know. Xiao Ye said, and really took out a notepad and began to write wildly, "It's a pity that he said it too quickly, and I can't remember it all." If only I could record it. ”

Pichu looked at Sayo in confusion. The girl's demeanor was the same as usual, and there was a familiar smile at the end of her words. The tip of the pen that slides over the paper flies so briskly that anyone will think that this is a carefree, untroubled guy.

The anomaly, which was revealed for half a second, was more like a hallucination caused by dazzling eyes.

"Important Information...... Qiu?" Pichu racked his brains, still thinking that the nasty guy was saying something similar to the catty dog's babbling, "I didn't understand Qiu at all. ”

"For example, he mentions 'the first nine years that I have a blank memory'. Sayo closed the notepad and casually explained to Pichu, "I haven't told anyone about this, not even you, have I?" but Luke does, suggesting that he may have something to do with the 'me' of the past. ”

The electric mouse nodded, shook his head again, and didn't know if he understood it or not. The human unit of time is really difficult for Pokémon to understand, and maybe it is thinking about how many meals it can eat in "nine years".

After rubbing a handful of small hair balls, Xiao Ye looked at the cover of the notepad and fell into deep thought.

When Luke suddenly throws a description like "a foreign object that wanders outside the world" at Nighto's face, she almost thinks that Luke knows that she is not a resident of this world, but a ghost from another world. But when you calm down, you will find that this is not the case - she really does not have the so-called "memories of the first nine years", because she came to this world on the day she was nine years old in the "Starry Night", and it is naturally impossible to know the story before this. If Luke knew her true identity, it would never have been possible to think that the first nine years in her own memory were blank.

Obviously, the target of Luke's words is not "Liang Xiaoye", but the "Starry Night" himself who exists in this world. But doesn't that mean that her "host" doesn't have the memory of the previous nine years himself?

Thinking that the past of "Starry Night" before his arrival was a blank, and he had never experienced anything other than being dominated by ghosts from another world, Xiao Ye even had a sense of absurdity like a new game character.

If we think about it along this conclusion, the contradiction still exists. Luke spoke clearly of "disobeying orders", and before moving into the Players' Village, Blanc had shown that she should know something. But Saya can be assured that every minute and second of her memories have been legible since she woke up on January 1, 999 AH, and none of them have mentioned anything in them.

After going around and around, the problem is back to square one.

- Who is "I" and why did "I" come from?

Despite the rare shock and confusion of Saya as Luke's revelation of the secret, she put aside these philosophical questions for some reason. For Xiao Ye, it's always difficult to prioritize issues that are only related to herself. If it weren't for Luke coming to her door like this, she wouldn't even care much about the mystery of her alleged identity.

What's more, she had already planned to explore the reason for her arrival and the way to return to the original world.

Looking at the wall clock on the wall, Xiao Ye realized that the bath she had planned was probably going to be in the soup. It's time to have lunch with everyone soon, so let's go eat first.

Since all the restaurants in the contestant's village are free for contestants, few people go to the Pokémon Center cafeteria, which has long been tired of eating, and Xiao Ya and his party are naturally no exception. They had agreed on a place for today's lunch last night, met at the door at twelve o'clock in the afternoon, and walked into the restaurant giggling.

Xinghai greeted the children with a smile as usual, but the afterglow stayed on Xiao Ye.

Luke's words not only stunned Xiao Ye, but also set off turbulent waves in Xinghai's heart. In just a few minutes, he had thought of a lot of things, even more than the person in question, Xiao Ye, - when he was in Shin Shin Town, he read the letter that Xiao Ye couldn't read, and the familiar handwriting clearly read, "Stay away from the people on the list from this moment on", and Luke had personally admitted that Shenyu Xinghai and his son were in the scope of the list just ten minutes ago.

Coupled with the name that was initially thought to be just a coincidence, but now seems extremely suspicious, Xinghai is almost certain that Xingyu Night must have some kind of unknown connection with his master, Xingyu Baiye.

Although one of the parties does not seem to know anything about it yet.

Luke's impulse does reveal a lot of information that cannot be ignored, but whether it is for Xiaoya or Xinghai, the known information is too little to deduce a decent conclusion. After deciding to keep this matter in mind and not pursuing it for the time being during the competition, Xinghai was actually secretly a little relieved.

He knew what a kind person his master was. Whatever the truth, it was impossible for the former Chief Search Officer, Star Shower, to harm the people he wanted to protect.

After suppressing the chaotic thoughts, Xinghai once again set his eyes on Xiao Ye.

The purple-haired girl talked and laughed as usual, almost exactly the same as when she walked into another restaurant with her companions yesterday, and if you called up the surveillance footage to edit it, it could almost be used for two purposes. If she hadn't "witnessed" the whole process, Xinghai would never have thought that she had just experienced an excessively vicious abuse.

"Xiaoling, you won't be able to eat lunch like this. Seeing Xiaoling holding a bag of snacks and gnawing happily, Xiaojie couldn't help but remind him. However, his preaching soon stopped, because Xiao Ling simply and rudely stuffed a small cake into her brother's mouth.

"This is no ordinary dessert. This is the signature work of the famous lava cake shop in Mihara City, and no one can resist eating it just by looking at it, right?" Xiao Ling replied confidently, not forgetting to poke Xiao Ye and Yo Zhen - although the latter sprang out five meters away when he saw her reach out, causing Xiao Ling's claws to not fall on the target, "It's the one we went to together last time." I thought the shop was destroyed by lava worms like that, but I definitely won't be able to open it recently, but I didn't expect it to be renovated yesterday afternoon!"

"Hmm, the shop with the bomb exploding?" "Sayo remembers the chaos of that day.

"I heard from the shopkeeper that it was just a misunderstanding, and there was no bomb. Xiao Ling explained, and quickly took out a small cake and handed it to Xiao Ye, "Xiao Ye, do you want to taste it?"

Xinghai has been living in Mihara City for many years, and has also heard of the reputation of the lava cake shop. It is said that the restaurant uses only the flame of lava worms to bake, and all the sweets have a hot and intense texture like lava, and the unique production method has made this shop a famous restaurant in the city. Perhaps the only downside is that it's too expensive.

Somehow, the vicious words of the young man of the Radiance Association suddenly crossed Xinghai's mind. At the same time, Xiao Ye on the other side also said with a serious face: "No need, I don't have the courage to say anything about its price, or the bread from the friendly store is more suitable for me." ”

Xiao Ling stopped, revealing a speechless expression, "...... Saying that, your hands aren't very honest. ”

Xiao Ye looked at the delicate snack in his hand, revealing an innocent expression of "Oh, how did it run into my hand by itself", "Yes, give it back to you." ”

"I don't want it!"

Xiao Ling didn't care about Xiao Ya's casual jokes at all, and happily distributed the rest of the cake to the others, and inevitably staged a chase with Yojin. The two noisy children attracted everyone's attention, and no one noticed the expression of the silver-haired young man who walked at the end.

Xinghai looked at the children who were playing as usual. He could see Xiao Ye's eyes—clear and calm, like a cold pool that could be seen to the end at a glance, and there was nothing negative hidden.

He knows that when a person really cares about others "talking about topics you don't understand, buying things you can't afford, and using fighting techniques that you have never heard of," the look in the eyes is not like this. When he was a teenager, Xinghai did have such a partner: his father disappeared shortly after he was born, and his mother was also sick, so he had to bear the weight of the whole family at a young age. That partner did have excellent talent and perseverance, but his temperament was much more extreme and sensitive than ordinary people, and his pale yellow eyes were always full of complex and dark emotions. Even after a long time after joining Dragon's Tooth, he would still be angry because others casually mentioned money, valuables, connections, and all the topics that belonged to the so-called upper class, and even felt that everyone was mocking him and looking down on him, either explicitly or implicitly.

But it was also at that time that Xinghai understood that people's sensitivity and inferiority actually come from unattainable pride - thinking that they should not be in such a position, thinking that they should be better and more shining, but they have always been stuck in the quagmire and cannot get out, and are looked down upon, at this time, people will be unwilling, painful, and will feel "inferiority". If a person thinks that he is inferior, or does not care who he is, then he will not have such complex emotions as inferiority, just like an old beggar who has been begging for food all his life will never think that kneeling down to others will damage his face.

So, what is this kid thinking about in a position that is extremely similar to the person back then?

…… What the hell was Mr. Xinghai thinking?

Years of battlefield experience have long since left Xiao Ye with the ability to perceive the gaze of others. At first, she didn't care about the gaze from behind, until Xinghai began to stare directly at the back of her head, making her almost break out in a cold sweat.

Xiao Ye had a calm smile on her face, and her heart was already full of confusion. She probably didn't do anything to anger Mr. Xinghai, did she?Why did she stare as if she was a humanoid suncake......

As soon as he remembered the sun cakes that Xinghai had once stuffed into piles for himself, Xiao Ye suddenly realized. She turned around and raised the lava cake in her hand that she hadn't had time to eat—only she didn't start her mouth at the first time, "Mr. Xinghai, do you want to taste it?"

"Huh?" Xinghai was stunned.

"I think you seemed to like these kinds of treats. Xiao Ye said calmly. Not to mention that Xinghai once had the feat of buying dozens of sun cakes and eating them with relish, and the old grandfather next to him was also staring at the half cake in his grandson's hand, looking salivating - so it must be normal for the mature and steady Mr. Investigator to also look at the cake and look at it.

Xinghai, who was suddenly pulled back from complicated thinking back to the entertainment world, was stuck for a long time before he shook his head and smiled dumbly, waving his hand again and again, not planning to snatch snacks from the hands of children. And Shuai Lie Yen had no baggage in this regard at all, and seeing that Xinghai "hesitated to express his refusal", he immediately looked at Xiao Ye with sparkling eyes.

In the end, Xiao Tian sighed and grabbed Xiao Ling and Yang Zhen who were running in a circle, took two more cakes from the bag, and stuffed them into the adults who had no interest. Looking at his son's expression full of "Why do you even grab the cake", Xinghai rarely felt a little crying and laughing.

As a result, the day's lunch was as smooth as ever, as if there had never been an uninvited guest intruding into the contestants' lives. In the afternoon, Xinghai rarely did not accompany Xiaotian to adjust the state of the Pokémon, but arrived at the C branch venue an hour early.

Before Koten's match, Saya and her opponent will play their first battle of the afternoon in this arena. He believes that there are things that need to be confirmed through this game.

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Small Theatre:

Luke: (smirk) Hee-hee, let me pretend to leave, but sneak a peek at how this in-oil bastard reacts, is it all scolded and cried by me?

Sayo: (tapping his palm) (regretful) If I knew this would happen, I would have bought a voice recorder first!

Luke:...... Your uncle's.