The mournful sound of alarm bells echoed through the cavern, faintly mixed with the explosion of electricity and almost hoarse shouts. Perhaps because the spatial distance increased the number of reverberations, the sound reached the ears like ghosts crying, and the wind thieves who thought they were well-informed all shivered in unison.

"What's the situation, murder?" said one of them, trembling, looking in the direction from which the voice had come from.

As soon as these words came out, someone immediately collapsed on the spot, "Heaven and earth conscience, we are little thieves, not murderers, if someone dies in our base camp, we can't wash it by jumping into the Middle Polar Ocean......"

"I—I'll take a look!"

The bolder "little thieves" decided to forget for a moment the order from their boss's boss to "stay away" and tiptoed deeper into the cave.

It didn't take long for him to run back, patting his chest and saying, "No dead people, no dead people, it's that little ghost from the Narugami family who provoked our chief, and was beaten down, but he can still catch his breath when he looks at it." ”

When the thieves heard this, they let out a long breath in unison.

"Children are bold enough to look for a partner beforehand...... someone muttered quietly.

For wind thieves, petty theft is still a good thing, and killing people and setting fires is an "over-the-top subject". Just the black-clothed people who instructed them to run around as coolies and were full of evil anger were enough to make them coaxed for a second, not to mention the "chief" who was ahead of them was even higher.

After making sure that he would not suddenly be burdened with the cauldron of killing, the little courage of the wind thieves was also used, and they honestly curled up in the corner according to the instructions and did not dare to move again.

The intense feeling of dizziness was fleeting. When her vision regains clarity, Sayo instinctively senses that something is wrong.

Her five senses are clear at the moment, she is in good condition, and there is no pain in any part of her body, but her vision is suddenly raised, and she needs to droop slightly to see the "purple-haired girl" in front of her-

The strange feeling of seeing his face from a third perspective made Xiao Ya's heart chill.

Before she could figure out what was happening, she saw herself fall to the ground as if unconscious, and the red-haired teenager threw himself at the unconscious man in panic, shielding his body between friend and foe.

Saya felt "herself" turn around, ignoring the screaming child, and walked calmly into the dimly lit tunnel.

Artificial light and pitch-black shadows flickered in front of the eyes. She saw a wind thief hurrying by, not forgetting to bow to "herself", the dust in the utility room almost buried the supposed white surface of the huge Wupe drum, and the red and white Poké Balls were scattered aside, an iron door was closed in the distance, and the guard in front of the door muttered, "I have to keep an eye on this sleeping guard captain", and several men in black robes slowly walked in the shadows, nodding coldly to "myself".

The vision flickered, and the sunlight pierced into the darkness, casting dazzling white spots in front of the eyes. "She" walked out of the underground tunnel and onto the surface. Towering Mt. Aso stands right in front of you, and a light smoke escapes from the crater, filling your nose with a pungent smell of sulfur.

Before anyone could catch up, she heard "herself" say something as if she were talking to herself. The voice, which was no longer deliberately lowed, was clear and gentle, just like she remembered.

"After sunset today, the guards will be evacuated to only a third of the time. Escape by then, following the route I just walked—Saya. ”

"......! Saya......!

Hazy voices echo in my ears, dizzying from near and far.

It takes a few minutes for your senses to come back completely. Xiao Ye slowly opened her eyes and saw that Yang Yu was staring at her for a moment, as if she was about to cry.

Someone outside the door was peering into the house. Xiao Ye made a gesture of "silence", and Yang Yu's surprised expression was stuck halfway through, and he hesitated to turn into a daze.

After calming down, he quickly noticed the prying eyes of the wind thief, and cautiously did not change his posture significantly, only leaning down slightly, hiding his expression in the shadows.

"Don't worry, listen to me. ”

The girl's low voice rang clearly in her ears.

"That person is our partner. ”

No matter how the appearance changes, the pattern of the waveguide power of each living form cannot be changed. Xiao Ye does remember the breath - it was the breath of Alia Galax, a temporary teammate who met at the Pokémon Tower in Aster Town and traveled through the Dark Forest together.

While the journey was too short to be evidence that he was necessarily a good man, his subsequent actions undoubtedly illustrated his true position - as the "boss" of the Wind Thieves, he had too many ways to make the young trainer who recognized him disappear here, and there was no need to disguise himself as a good person to show Saya the way.

Well, there is only one answer.

After listening to Xiao Ye's narration, Yang Yu's eyes widened in surprise.

That is to say...... During that time in a coma, that person made you see what he saw?"

"Hmm, that's probably some kind of special ability usage?"

While on the same path in the Dark Forest, Alia once introduced Saya and Ling to the ability called "Prayer". At that time, the display was just a child's play to double the size of the ghost-type Pokémon, and as for whether the incredible "sharing of the five senses" could be realized, it was just a random guess by Xiao Ya.

The wind thief who had been probing his brain before seemed to have lost interest in the prison and disappeared. Saya was finally able to sit up and tell her companion exactly what she had seen.

The information obtained from the sharing of the five senses allowed Xiao Ya to roughly find out the number of patrols in this underground cavern, and realized that it was almost impossible to escape rashly. The two of them put it together, and decided to wait until dusk to do what the mysterious "boss" said.

The young refugees had not eaten for more than ten hours, and their mouths were already dry and hungry. Fortunately, the wind thieves clearly did not mean to starve them, and at noon they threw in a few dry biscuits and two bottles of water.

When Xiao Ye saw the dusty cake that was hard enough to be used as a weapon, she thought that the wind thief was abusing the captive. Until she saw the masked fur thief guarding the door crouching in the doorway, munching on the same bread while the captives were eating to prevent the captives from escaping while the others were eating...... Suddenly there was nothing to say.

She turned her stunned gaze to Yang Yu - did it turn out that the wind thieves were so miserable?

The red-haired boy responded with a determined look and puffed out his chest - yes, they don't have a future at all, far worse than us Flame People, right?

The wind thief squatting at the door looked at the two of them vigilantly, and suddenly became angry, "Red-haired boy, don't think I don't know you're scolding us!!"

Yang Yu turned his head with a cold expression, looking disdainful of seeing things like a wind thief, and doubting life with a cake in his mouth.

...... How do you know?

The hairy thief with his face covered was already an opponent with Yang Yu's eyes, and unilaterally started a scolding battle. In order to prevent choking to death from the dry cake, Saya moves to a corner of the prison and decides to concentrate on eating.

The torn steel rope had been re-tied by the wind thief, and he could only hold his lunch in a position of holding his hands in the shape of a heart. She reached out her finger and touched the wound on her neck.

The scorch marks on the surface were still there, but the pain from the shock was almost gone, and even the burning sensation had faded considerably—no doubt caused by the white light that bloomed from the young man's fingertips.

Xiao Ye leaned against the wall, recalling the face of the young man he had met in Ziyuan Town.

Mr. Aliyah ...... What exactly do you want to do?

After lunchtime, the thief locked the door again and left.

The sweltering afternoon was quiet, with almost no one walking around. The air seems to have frozen, and the mixture of heat and sulfur is unsoothing.

Yang Yu silently calculated the passage of time in his heart. After drawing a seventh mark on the dirt, the boy raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Ye.

"It's almost time. He whispered, his eyes falling on the blood stains on Xiao Ye's neckline, and said with some concern, "Is your body okay?"

"Of course. Sayo replied simply. Fingers that shimmered with a blue light clasped the neck ring, and the long-defunct device was broken by the sound. Guanghua then turned into a sharp blade, and after a few seconds, the steel rope that bound the hands and feet of the two broke silently and fell into the soft earth.

Yang Yu leaned on the door and listened for a moment, then nodded to signal that there was no one nearby.

The girl stepped forward and tapped her finger on the already rusted metal deadbolt. The trail of the blade of light flickered, smoothly slashing the door lock in two.

The two carefully opened the door and quietly exited the cell where they had been trapped for nearly twenty-four hours.

They had already agreed on a plan of action after they escaped. Although Yang Yu was worried about Jing Mu's situation, he knew that Jing Mu had been injected with hypnotic drugs, and even if he found him, it would be useless. Therefore, the first priority is naturally to go to the utility room to get their Poké Balls back, as long as they have Pokémon by their side, even if something happens to them, they will have the power to protect themselves.

This underground cave is intricately dug, with many forks, and the ground and walls are still in the shape of primitive mud tamping, and it is full of the bleak atmosphere of "no money to renovate". The piles of debris in the corridors were largely convenient for the escapees—there were very few people walking around, and the occasional wind thief passed by, so long as they hid behind the pile of debris in time, they would not be noticed.

Xiao Ye followed the direction of the utility room in her memory and led the way. After turning a corner to the left, Yang Yu's eyes suddenly lit up.

The dimly lit tunnels were empty, except for a room at the end. Through the iron fence, you can see the red and white Poké Balls stacked on the table in the corner.

"Little night, we ......"

"Squeak—"

The sound of the rusty iron door opening interrupted Yang Yu's words. Just as they had just walked before turning the corner, the closed door on the left side of the corridor was pushed open, and someone walked out of it talking and laughing. It was the accent of the familiar Wind Thief, and the number of people could be judged to be no less than five just by listening to it vaguely.

The two sides are separated by a corner, and the distance in a straight line is less than five meters. Yang Yu clearly heard the door being shut, and the sound of chaotic footsteps coming this way - and the tunnel in front of them was a dead end, and there was no hiding place at all!

The boy's hair stood on top for a moment, and he almost stopped breathing. And the next moment, the earth suddenly shook.

The mud and gravel fell with the tremors, and the tunnel was dusty and impossible to see, and the wind thieves were choked and coughed.

Fortunately, the earthquake did not last long, and the wind thief finally recovered his breath and spit out the soil foam in his mouth, "It's another earthquake, it's the second time today! I think this place really can't stay for a long time, and I have to finish playing when the firebird wakes up." ”

"Then why don't you work neatly, can't you quit when you're done!" the man behind him pushed the speaker.

A group of people continued to walk noisily. The utility room stood alone at the end of the tunnel on the left, and the wind thief casually turned his head to look at the empty tunnel, and quickly walked away.

The scene in front of him made Yang Yu almost unable to believe his eyes.

There is no doubt that the fortuitous earthquake helped the escapees once - when the earth began to shake, the boy was grabbed by his companions, and ran almost blatantly against the corner of the wind thief's coat while the dust was flying. The rumbling ground muffled the sound of the iron doors being opened, and they rushed headlong into the path of the wind thieves, hiding themselves before the smoke cleared.

Yang Yu had planned to hide behind the furniture after entering the house, and if someone in the house found another way to escape. But the moment he stepped into the house, he was stunned.

It wasn't even a room, to be precise - the stone platform stretched forward, the end of which was fainted by the red glow of lava. A pungent smell that almost brought tears to my face came to my face, and the churning lava beneath the stone platform could be faintly seen.

They are located in the crater of Mt. Aso.

The stone platform is surrounded by a fence, and next to it are several instruments with intricately shaped screens flashing, making it look like an observatory of unknown purpose. Directly opposite the two escapees, a figure hung silently.

Solid ropes bound the humans tightly, and the slender shadow hung in the middle of the crater. Her situation looks precarious, and if the rope breaks, she will surely fall into the lava and be burned to death.

But the girl just fell asleep, as if unaware of the situation she was in. The short gauzy white nightdress reflected the color of lava, like a flame burning against the body.

They recognized the all-too-familiar face—the face of the future successor of the Flame People, Harina Hiohara.

The fabric of the short coat didn't completely cover her skin, revealing a sleek back that was red from the heat.

There wasn't a single scar on it.

The youngsters of the Outlanders and the Flame People froze in place, a chill creeping from their feet up their backs.

If the person in front of you is Harina Hibara herself, then-

The "Harina Hibara" who had received a stab wound on the back that would never heal within a week, and was still recuperating in the Valley of Flames, laughing and chatting with her clansmen...... And who?

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Small Theatre:

Yang Yu: Glare-

Wind Thief: Red-haired boy, don't think I don't know you're scolding us!!

Yang Yu: Glare-

Wind Thief: How dare you say that we are poor!

Yang Yu: Glare-

Wind Thief: What!?You actually scolded us for not eating as well as beggars!!

Yang Yu: Glare-

Wind Thief: You only live in a gopher hole, and your whole family lives in a gopher hole!!

Night: ............ (Starry Sky Cat .jpg)