Chapter Ninety-Eight: Thorns and Vines
As the smallest city of the Seven Islands, Ninoshima is rarely visited by many people due to the strong currents around the island.
Meng Lei and his entourage got off the "Sea Flame Horse" and finally stepped on the ground of Ninoshima.
"Yikes! It's so comfortable. Dai Hai stretched his waist and burped a lobster-flavored satiation in the sea breeze.
"Let's take a look at the Pokémon-friendly Shop." Meng Lei looked around and found that the surroundings were a little deserted, and frowned.
Although Ninoshima is not the largest in the Nanachi Island, the pier in Qiba Bay is a little deserted.
"Wow! Wow! Wow! ”
A woman rushed over like a gale, Meng Lei was startled, and hurriedly dodged sideways.
"Hatch!" The woman's voice was deafening, and Meng Lei felt the danger of being blown away when she stood beside her.
The bridge of the woman's nose is high, and she wears a black double ponytail on her head, and the ponytails are arranged on the left and right, which looks a little playful.
Her eyes are very smart, her body is slender and well-proportioned, but her hands are crossed on her waist and her posture bursts out with a tiger-like powerful spirit, which makes people dare not compliment her.
The woman was carrying a basket of what looked like a bento, and she ran to the cruise ship and waved her hand.
The crew of the cruise ship seemed to know her, and there was a burst of laughter from inside, and then a red-robed man with a flushed face was pushed out, it was the same staff member who had stopped Meng Lei when he got on the boat.
"Huh... A blush appeared on the woman's face, and her voice suddenly became soft, and she carefully handed the bamboo basket under her arm to the man.
"Jimei, thank you." Hatch scratched his head, an idiotic smile on his face.
There was a boos on the cruise ship, which made the faces of the two more and more red, and Meng Lei felt that if this continued, their faces would become tomatoes.
"What are they doing?" Meng Lei swallowed his saliva.
"In love, I don't understand this." Dai Hai rolled his eyes, knocked on the back of Meng Lei's head angrily and said, "Sure enough, it's still a little kid." ”
"How much older are you?"
"Humph!"
Meng Lei looked around, feeling that the dock was a little quiet, and was thinking about whether to find someone to ask, when he heard the conversation between Hatch and Jimei.
"Xiaomei, why is there no one here at the dock today?"
"Little Hatch, something strange has happened to Ninoshima during this time."
"What's the matter? May. ”
……
Then Jimei explained in detail to Hatch what happened on the island, and because of Jimei's loud voice, Meng Lei easily heard her story, and also understood the reason why there were almost no people on the dock of this small island.
It turned out that a week ago, I don't know why a lot of thorns and vines had popped up here, and at first these plants were only scattered all over the south side of the island.
But before you know it, these plants are pushing towards the east side of the island, and these plants look very ordinary, but they are invulnerable to fire and water, and their vitality is extremely tenacious, many of the houses of the inhabitants were destroyed overnight, and even the wooden planks that formed the fence were assimilated into plants.
Most of the island's inhabitants are now recruited to find a way to deal with the plants that are growing all over the place, so not many come to the docks to pick them up.
At the same time, Meng Lei also got the bad news, the "vitality fragments" they were looking for were only found in the trees on the south side of the island, and it happened to be in the area infested by plants.
"This is a problem." Meng Lei lowered his head and thought about it, feeling a little tricky.
The nearby Elf Center also ran out of supply due to this incident, and the "Vitality Fragments" stored in the center are said to have been used up three days ago.
Meng Lei naturally knew that this was impossible, and he had never heard that the Pokémon Center would lack life-saving potions, but others were soft-spoken, and it was impossible to persuade the Pokémon Center to sell the goods at a low price.
Under the speculation of well-intentioned people, the price of "vitality fragments" finally reached an abnormal six times, chasing 10,000 gold coins.
"Ten thousand gold coins? They want to go crazy for money, right? Dai Hai was dumbfounded, angrily slapped the table in the elf center, and said to Meng Lei.
"No way, there are always people who make a fortune at this time, and if I had a lot of 'vitality shards', I guess I would do the same." Meng Lei looked out the window and said, "Now I can only break into that area." ”
"Are you crazy? Didn't you hear that the residents couldn't figure it out? Dai Hai stood up, his head came to Meng Lei, and the tip of his nose was about to touch Meng Lei's forehead.
"Don't worry, I'm sure." Meng Lei smiled and said: "If my life is in danger, I will never take a step forward, although it is not good for mini dragons to say this, but I will not pay the price of my life for a Pokémon that only has one side, even if it is a rare dragon Pokémon, you can rest assured." ”
Dai Hai saw that Menglei knew what he wanted, so he stopped persuading each other, and the two left the elf center with Pokémon.
The two gradually approached the south of the island, the scene here was shocking, many ruins and broken walls were covered with thick thorns, and the path was full of Pokémon and humans who were entangled in thorns and could not break free.
There were many nearby residents with hoes who were fighting the thorns in a fierce manner, but these plants seemed to be endless, and they immediately regrew after being broken, and the strength of man is limited, and the number of these plants seems to be unlimited.
After a while, several more panting, exhausted residents tripped and became entangled in the vines.
"Proud Bone Swallow attacks with a peck!"
"Shhhhh A white light erupted from the yellow beak of the proud bird, and the long cyan vine that bound one of the inhabitants snapped in response.
"Help!" The middle-aged man fled from the shattered green vines in a state of confusion, and ran all the way in a panic, not even caring about the neighbors who were trapped together.
Meng Lei frowned, but still ordered: "Do it again!" Proud Bone Swallow, cut off the vines on their bodies. ”
These residents don't have any spiritual energy flowing on them, they don't look like academy-educated physical or mechanical factions, and most of them don't even have a Pokémon, and people like them have no other way to resist when they encounter these strange vines than to rely on the tools in their hands.
Meng Lei's arrogant bone swallow finally encountered the counterattack of the cyan long vine after saving the three people who seemed to be a mouthful of family.
"Whew! Swish! The long cyan vines around him seemed to come to life again.
"Hurry up! Run north! The family was a couple and a little boy, and the man in the middle saw more and more cyan vines and hurriedly reminded: "If you can't finish fighting, hurry up!" ”
After saying that, the man grabbed his wife and children and rushed out.
"Let's go too!" Dai Hai glanced at Meng Lei and said.
"Hmm." Meng Lei and Dai Hai were about to leave, but they saw a cold female voice say: "Since you're here, let's stay!" ”
Eight crescent-shaped green leaves flew from the depths of the bushes and shot down the arrogant swallow in mid-air on the spot!
"Shhhhh Ao Gu Yan was attacked in the abdomen, Meng Lei stepped lightly, and quickly jumped into the air to catch Ao Gu Yan lightly, Meng Lei checked the injury of Ao Gu Yan and found that it was not serious, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Gollum..."Dai Hai and Meng Lei twisted their heads to the side and found that the sound came from the belly of the little Kirbymon.
“......”
The little Kirby beast scratched its head, and when Meng Lei wanted to say something, his face was condensed, and the serpentine bear next to his feet showed a fierce gaze at a bush, his eyes were blazing, and he seemed to have turned into a man-devouring beast.
"By the way, the snake bear has a very keen sense of smell! Let it be responsible for directing our enemies. Dai Hai saw this scene and proposed.
"Okay, Serpentine Bear, please help us lock the other party's position."
"Trumpet!" The serpentine bear raised his head in response, and happily agreed.
"Proud Bone Swallow! Use a peck attack on that bush! ”