Late at night, not too far from the wee hours of the morning. A crescent moon hung high, but it was mostly hidden in a thick dark cloud. Xiao Gang and Xiao Xia were in their respective tents, and Xiao Zhi was the only one around the campfire swaying under the dark moon and wind, and he had already gotten up early and read the book by the firelight. Next to him, on the left and right were Pikachu who was sleeping on his stomach, and Sika who was lying on the ground.

Sika finally couldn't continue to bear the resonance effect caused by Ash's increasingly strong waveguide power, and while maintaining the existing high-intensity training, more waveguide power was continuously transmitted to Ash.

This caused him to be in a trance all day long and had a splitting headache. After all, the waveguide is the power of the soul, the embodiment of the spirit, and giving it to others at will is a mild symptom.

I vaguely remember that a long time ago, there was a Lucario who had lost his soul because he had extracted too much power from the waveguide and died violently overnight. It's scary to think about.

The firelight jumped among his fiery red pupils, and Sika gradually lost his mind as he felt the strange sensation of the cold night breeze blowing on his thick fur.

This is the fourth day after leaving the hospital, and Ash, Xiaoxia, and Xiaogang are back on the trip. After all, the three young people who have experienced the drastic changes in their lives are still young, but after a period of adjustment, they persevered and embarked on the journey to continue hiking.

The air in nature is very different from that of a hospital. Think about the smell of mixing together all kinds of disinfectants, ointments, and the weird smell of many Pokémon with a peculiar smell in the hospital.

Sweet, salty, smelly, sour!

Especially when this hospital is one of the few hospitals that allows trainers and Pokémon to be treated at the same time, the smell of human special potions is mixed with all kinds of strange flavors of Pokémon...

The smoker sniffs, and the day rises;

A bite of the gods, it is not a pity to die.

That's what it tastes like, especially after Sika found out more than once that there was a stinky mud that was always wandering around, and the whole Pokémon was not good. However, it felt that it could endure it, and the real unfortunate thing was that it not only had to endure this gutter-like living environment, but also had to face an attending doctor whose mouth was more smelly than stinky mud and more poisonous than the Abel monster.

Sika thinks that many grumpy patients are probably eager to suck this mouth to death. I'm afraid that many people will have the heart to have a life-and-death race with this poisonous and ruthless doctor.

The mouth is so poisonous...

A warm hand gently draped over its chest. Sika came back to his senses and turned to see Ash, who was smiling at him with a thick book in one hand.

"It's so cold outside, is it okay?"

[I have a little fire attribute myself, and I won't be cold. 】

Sika sighed and continued to look at the cloudy sky in silence.

It's already a forest not far from Dead Leaf City, and during the day, you can see more or less scattered small villages and a few trainers walking around.

The book says that when approaching these towns with Pokémon League recognized gyms, he can always see a lot of trainers walking around, but during the day, he inexplicably senses a lot of negative emotions such as frustration.

[Did you know? You weren't so careful before. 】

“... Well. I've been ignoring you a little bit before. I'm sorry. ”

Ash closed the book with his backhand, raised his aching neck, and retracted his right hand.

"Two or three hours before dawn, don't you sleep for a while?"

[It's not that I don't want to sleep, I just can't sleep, my head hurts all the time...]

"Bear with me. You're not far from maturity, and with the quality and content of your body's waveguide power, it's estimated that you'll evolve as soon as you become an adult, and you'll be able to make the Flower of Time at that time..."

Ash shrugged as he looked at the introduction of the Flower of Time on this thick waveguide Pokémon cultivation encyclopedia. However, seeing that Sika's face was full of exhaustion and pain, he gently picked him up and put him in his arms, put the book aside, and gently rubbed Sika's temples.

The warmth from behind and the gentle rubbing of the hands on the temples made it feel so much better.

"Although you have some fire-attribute energy in you, you're not a real fire-type Pokémon after all, are you?"

Ash muttered that Sika wasn't like Pikachu next to him covered with a quilt, so he would catch a cold. After all, the weather was very cold, and Ash came out wearing a thick coat.

Sika shook her body, and Ash unzipped her coat and tucked Sika inside. Warmth wrapped around her body, and Sika squinted her eyes comfortably and lay on Ash's body.

“... It feels like the experience of the past few days is like a dream, a confused dream. ”

"I feel like I'm wandering through the memories and experiences of the past, and I can't come back to my senses..."

Sika felt a hand gently caress his head, and Sika gently pouted his head and let him go.

"Since Zhenxin Town, that dream is so long."

"Late and out on a trip with Pikachu. When he first went out, he was attacked by a fierce sparrow and was forced to jump into the water to escape, and finally ran into Xiaoxia and was rescued by Xiaoxia..."

"The Tokiwa Forest has subdued the green caterpillar and recovered the Bibi bird... It's pretty much the same as my memory, but... But I can't find you. ”

Ash hugged Sika very tightly, and Sika's pupils shrank slightly, but then returned to their original state, didn't say anything, just listened silently.

"In my dreams, I always felt that something was missing, but I couldn't find it. Later, the green caterpillar evolved into the Bada butterfly, and we finally walked out of the Tokiwa forest. ”

"Before leaving... I knew I seemed to be missing something. ”

"Later, I traveled like that."

"Without you, without meeting Team Rocket, without encountering anything, going on a trip peacefully. Ba Da Butterfly didn't die, and Bibi Bird didn't leave me, so I went all the way and walked to the quartz conference accompanied by Xiaoxia and Xiaogang. ”

"Top 16, a good term."

"I always felt that something was missing, and I felt that something should not happen, but I never remembered. During this time, I have no realistic memory, I just think that everything is reasonable, but at the same time, I feel that something is not reasonable..."

"For example, the bada butterfly who didn't die, and the Bibi bird who didn't abandon me, without you, without the Wuwu, without the oak wood, and without a lot of experience..."

"I also saw a lot, a lot of incredible things."

Ash's hands were very warm, and it felt strange to be touched, but Ash's heart at this time didn't know why it fluctuated so much. Inexplicably, but Sika felt his heartstrings tugged at too.

fluctuating, a frequency.

"But I know that's not true."

"In the end, it was you who woke me up."

"I'm glad I was able to meet you, Sika."

"Although I have done a lot of wrong and dangerous things compared to my dreams... But with you, you can always feel at ease inexplicably. Thank you for your company..."