When Ash woke up, the first thing he saw when he opened it was Sika's gray-blue tail sitting at the head of the bed.

[Awake? 】

Sika silently watched the fiery clouds rendered by the sunset outside the window, as if burning half of the sky.

There was a slight touch from the quilt, and Sika tilted her head slightly, skimming over to look at Ash who slowly sat up from the bed.

[I suggest that you lie down and don't move first, otherwise the ribs that have just been connected may be broken. You know, the ointment used to connect your bones seamlessly is very expensive, Dr. Oki, and that friend of yours said that the ointment used up at one time is enough to buy an apartment. 】

“... Bada Butterfly, Pikachu...? ”

His voice was hoarse and faint, but Sika could hear it in his ears.

[Before caring about them, it's better to care about yourself first.] 】

Sika got up from the bed, jumped out of bed, and sat cross-legged on the chair across from him.

[I said I was coming back to pick me up, but now it's my turn to wait for you to be discharged from the hospital.] 】

“...”

Ash's eyes were a little empty, and he stared at Sika for some reason. In the end, Sika had no choice but to sigh and respond.

[Bibi Bird's whereabouts are unknown, Ba Da Butterfly... He's dead. 】

He's dead.

Ash took a deep breath, only to tear the wound and tremble in pain.

[Shouldn't I tell you this?] 】

Sika squinted his eyes and glanced at the white-coated doctor who walked in from the door, as well as Xiaoxia and Xiaogang.

"You're awake."

The cold voice of the doctor with eyes stabbed Ash very uncomfortable. But Ash felt that it was nothing, and Xiaoxia and Xiaogang came to his bedside and asked Ash how he was feeling now.

Sika was blinded by the three of them, so she simply jumped out of her seat and walked towards the door of the ward.

Maybe I'm not used to this kind of scene.

Probably because of dusk, the patients, Pokémon, and their trainers who were originally walking around the corridor have become sparse. The light shining in from the skylight in the center of the hospital was a little dim, making the snow-white corridor more indescribably depressing.

“... Have you heard? ”

At this time, Sika, who was walking slowly, suddenly heard a whispering in his ears, and turned his head to see two young girl trainers in regular clothes holding an Eevee, sitting on the low wall of the corridor in the garden of the center of the hospital, talking about something.

It didn't care much about the usual chores of these trainers, and Sika continued to walk forward, but as he listened, his pace slowed slowly.

"That madman in room 095 woke up again today..."

"Number 095? ... It's the policeman who always took Absolu with him..."

"Shh

As if thinking of something bad, the other girl hurriedly reached out to cover the other girl's mouth and shook her head gently.

"That gentleman is a poor man, too... It's not good to be heard by him. ”

She raised her eyes slightly and gestured to the ward not far away.

“... yes, it's so pitiful... He saved me once before, and I wanted to find some kind of opportunity to thank him... Now we meet again, but it has become like this. ”

Sika's footsteps gradually stopped, thoughtful.

That person... I heard that the relationship between the two Pokémon who depended on each other died in the forest, and they have been hysterical since they woke up yesterday.

Looking at the door with a blue label prohibiting disturbance, Sika gently pushed open a gap and dodged inside.

This man's name is Shiwu. From the mouths of Xiao Gang, Xiaoxia and Xiaomao, I learned that it was probably because this person was besieged by the Bagnasaurus when he saved Ash, and his Pokémon died in it.

The light in the ward was dim, and a doctor in white was sitting on a chair, looking after a young man on the bed with his eyes open, holding two empty Poké Balls.

The sound of the door being gently pushed open attracted the doctor's attention, and he turned his head, his brow furrowed slightly, and glanced at the quiet young man rubbing the Poké Ball uneasily, before slowly getting up and stretching out his hands to blast Sika away.

Watching the doctor's movements, Sika jumped between the doctor's hands with just a slight jump.

"Hey... Go, go, go. Sika, get out, here... Ay. ”

Because of Sika's particularity, almost most of the doctors here are not very unfamiliar with Sika's existence. It is also known that it has a high level of intelligence and is able to communicate normally.

"You can do it here, be quiet, don't disturb the patient."

Sika nodded, jumped onto the ledge, and sat down.

“... Alas. ”

The doctor sighed, but he knew that he couldn't really grab Sika, so he sat back in his chair and continued to read the book he was holding his chin on.

Shiwu was still silently rubbing the Poké Ball, lying quietly on the bed, his eyes empty, looking in the direction of the ceiling.

Absoru was still conscious when he jumped out of the Poké Ball.

It was very uncomfortable to watch Absolu die in his arms.

Iron-clad Tyrannosaurus, who has been by his side since an ironclad rhinoceros, and his partner, who grew up together, died of serious injuries in order to protect him, and passed away not long ago, making him feel that the sky supporting him had collapsed for a moment.

He didn't say anything, he couldn't say anything. The loss of his mind made his mind clear as Sika's waveguide power explored...

Thank you. 】

Some childish voices quietly resounded in his heart.

The pupils of Godless shrank slightly, as if they had returned to reality from the other side of nothingness.

Who are you? 】

The voice was a little dead and a little indifferent, Sika squinted slightly, turned his head out the window, and as the sun slowly fell, the last daylight gradually left the world.

[I'm Sika, a Leluo, the trainer you saved, Ash's Pokémon. 】

【...】

I don't know why, Sika suddenly felt a strong hatred coming from not far behind him, but he didn't wonder anything, but instead sneered and asked:

Do you regret your decision? 】

[Turn back time once, and I'll let him die there.] 】

He hatefully propped himself up from the bed, and his two pairs of vicious eyes stared at Sika's back, as if he was about to devour Sika alive.

【...】

Sika glanced back at Shiwu, and for some reason thought it was a little ridiculous. I guess my brain was burned out by anger and sadness.

But after all, it's the one who brought Ash back, and he always has to do something for him no matter what.

Now that the way forward has been lost, then... It doesn't hurt to give him another one.

[What you are looking forward to is going back in time?] 】

Sika's eyes radiated a faint cold light, and he met the blood-red eyes of Shiwu.

[In this world, there are several Pokémon... But it can take humans through time and space and return to the past world...]