Pokémon Beyond the Blue

After Joey's comprehensive examination and a lot of time wasted, Riolu finally got rid of the bandages, but Chirulian still insisted on checking him again to avoid any sequelae in the future.

Although it is unnecessary, her healing ability is really much stronger than taking medicine and irradiating healing light.The remaining pain gradually dissipated under her gentle light waves.

"Phew~, this should be no problem." She wiped her sweat and patted Riolu's back gently, signaling the end of his work.

Wrapping up his scarf, Riolu jumped from Ikki's bed to the ground. He glanced at her gratefully and then walked to the corner to pick up his backpack and rummaged around for something in it.

"Well, I'm giving this to you, just think of it as a gift!"

He took out the red tie that Ikki had given him from his backpack, handed it to Kirulian, and jumped on the bed again.

"This... should be given to you by Ikki, right? Doesn't it matter?"

Looking at the exquisitely crafted small bow tie on her hand, Qilulian quite liked this style, but she hesitated whether to accept it or not.

"It doesn't matter, I think Ikki will definitely agree. After all, it's a question whether I see you in the future, so it's natural to give me some souvenirs, right?"

Riolu smiled and looked at Kirulian, who blushed.Because Nazi's prophecy is still there... we will definitely meet again!

Unknowingly, it was already past noon, and Ikki also came back to find Riolu to prepare for the closing ceremony.

"Is it okay? You recovered really fast!" Chirulian said hello to Ikki and prepared to leave, "I'm going to find Nazi, Ikki don't be afraid of the stage!"

This was a sarcastic comment on him, but it didn't make anyone angry at all. Ikki even laughed: "Don't worry! I won't have stage fright again!" He added as if he remembered something: "Nazi is in the east In the auditorium, go there to find her, don’t get lost.”

Kirulian agreed casually, bid farewell to Ikki and Riolu and disappeared into the corridor.

"Well, let's go, it's time to wrap up."

"Um!"

After removing Riolu's state, Ikki simply carried him out of the lounge.

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The conference venue was buzzing with people, and all kinds of flashing lights lit up one after another in every corner of the auditorium, dazzling everyone.

Nazi, Yukino, and Hai were looking into the passage, while Xiaozhi and others were sitting at the back of the auditorium, waiting to watch the final closing ceremony. The place was filled with excitement.

"...Well, even though I said that, if I really have to go on stage, I still feel a little uncomfortable..."

Ikki's legs began to shake unconsciously again, and Riolu, who was hugged, didn't know what to say.

“The top eight contestants will be invited to enter next!”

Accompanied by the music and the host’s resonant voice, the final moment finally arrived.

But Ikki is like this, no matter how you say it, it's impossible not to be embarrassed.Riolu broke free from the restraints of Ikki's hands, turned around behind him after landing, and slapped him hard on the back.

"Hi~ It hurts!!" Feeling the severe pain coming from behind, Ikki looked at Riolu with some dissatisfaction, "Why did you hit me?"

Riolu couldn't speak anyway, so he simply pointed at his legs.

"Eh?! It works!"

As if the pain diverted his attention, Ikki stopped shivering.

After nodding, Riolu grabbed his sleeve and walked outside.

As soon as they walked out of the tunnel, the bright sunlight shone on all the players, giving them a warm feeling, as if all the fatigue from the previous games had been swept away.

"Hey, good afternoon, Ikki."

Kalest came over and greeted him warmly.

"...Uh, good afternoon, where's Karen? I don't think I saw her in the audience."

Ikki and Riolu looked toward the audience, but they couldn't find the frail figure.

"Well, there are actually many reasons..."

Kalest lowered his head for a moment, looking thoughtful.

But Ikki could probably guess that Kalest might have said something to Kallen again, which made her sad...

"If you don't talk about this, it will be over soon. I think it should at least end happily, right?"

Kalest put his hands on his waist, and after saying that, regardless of what Ikki did, he turned around and walked to the team of players.

"Even now, I feel like he is a strange person."

Riolu nodded in agreement.

……

Riolu rested lazily on Ikki's shoulder and looked around indifferently.

'Sure enough, it's still the same and boring. '

That's what he thought, but after all, it was Ikki's first time, so he was naturally a little excited.

Yukino hugged Hai and jumped up and down excitedly, "Hai, did you see it? Ikki is there!" "I saw it... Can you, can you let go of me first? I'm about to die... "

Two coughs came from the broadcasts hanging throughout the venue, and the audience that had been noisy just now immediately fell silent.The old man who was the organizer slowly walked onto the stage.

Riolu didn't want to listen to him anymore anyway, so he simply jumped to the ground and sat cross-legged with his eyes closed to relax.

As the final ceremony, the gun salute exploded in the air, and the speech that lasted for nearly half an hour finally ended with the cheers of the audience.

Ikki also woke up Riolu who was almost asleep, leaned down and touched his head with a smile.

"Okay, it's over now, let's go find Nazi and her parents!"

Riolu stood up, dusted himself off, looked at Ikki who was in a good mood for some reason, and lowered his head and smiled.

'Really, he can influence the people around him so much. If he continues like this, he will probably become like him, right? '

But this feeling is not bad, there is always a feeling of comfort.

With this thought in mind, Riolu took steps to follow Ikki.

"Riolu! Get down!"

Ikki suddenly shouted, but Riolu was stunned by his words. Time was running out, and he had no time to explain, so he threw himself at Riolu with all his strength.

"Ikki, what do you want to do..."

Before he could finish asking, Ikki threw him down, tightly protecting Riolu's body with his hands, and slammed him to the ground.

At that moment, Riolu saw a huge hole in his high-flying scarf, and heard an extremely weak sound of breaking through the air.

"boom!"

A deep pit appeared on the ground in line with the hole in the scarf, and the contents inside were still smoking.

Riolu took the opportunity to use the waveguide to see what it was, but he understood

For a moment, his face almost turned green.

"Olu! [Ikki, get up quickly!]"

After vigorously supporting Ikki's body, Riolu found a large area of ​​scratches on his arms, but he had no time to deal with them. He dragged Ikki, who had already stood up, and ran towards the passage.

"Everyone, hurry up and take cover, there's an attack here!"

Riolu didn't know how Ikki found out, but his shout was just right. All the trainers around him nodded to each other and let some elves with thick carapace cover them and move towards a safe place.

After all, no one would hesitate in such an obvious situation. This is a matter of life and death.

However, the shooter seemed to be targeting Ikki. While they were running, the second bullet hit them less than one meter in front of them, completely treating them as prey for entertainment.

With a flash of light, Kirulian suddenly appeared in front of the two of them, and at the same time created several walls of light to block the front.

"You two hide behind me, that gun is no ordinary thing!"

Kirulian continued to add more layers to the light wall while speaking to Ikki and Riolu.

Delang is a terrifying guy who can easily defeat the fighting type Riolu. Although Chirulian doesn't know it, the strong sense of oppression he brings is the second time Chirulian has felt in her life.As for the first time she felt like this... it was him.

"Hahahahaha, it doesn't look so boring, you kid!"

Hearing this familiar laughter like thunder, Ikki immediately looked at the huge figure standing on the roof of the venue, and the modified spear in his hand.

"Delang!"

Riolu burst into seething anger the moment he saw him, but at such a disadvantage, he did not dare to act rashly.Because Ikki behind him had no ability to protect himself.

The old man at the organizer also understood what happened at the venue and immediately began to loudly evacuate the audience through the radio.Although Natsu wanted to rush to Ikki like Kirulian, as the gym leader, she had the obligation to help evacuate the crowd first.

"That guy...I won't let you go, how dare you shoot Ikki!"

Nazi's eyes were so terrifying that the audience running past her instantly calmed down, and some of the timid ones even had their legs weak.

It seemed that Delang's targets were only Ikki and Riolu. After all, he was holding a gun, but he kept aiming at the three of them who were still on the field. As for the others, Delang didn't even look at them.

Everyone swarmed towards the exit, but before the first person could get close to the exit of the venue, the ground began to shake.A black robot with a capital "R" printed on its chest emerged from the ground.It broke through the roof easily, and the falling rocks blocked the exit.Everyone had no choice but to run towards the players' lounge.

"Meow meow, can't you find a better place to get out? What if the paint is scratched?"

"Musashi, what about me, nya? Didn't you choose this position, nya?"

"What did you say?!"

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Kojiro couldn't control the two of them, so he could only watch the monitor silently. After a while, he suddenly screamed as if he was frightened. He turned around and greeted the two of them who were already torn together, "Isn't this the Delang?" ?Why is he here?"

Delang seemed to be surprised by the sudden appearance of the robot, but he didn't say anything and continued to look at Ikki, Riolu and Chirulian in front of him.

"I didn't expect that there are people from that guy Sakaki here. It's really disappointing. Let's just say hello today." He laughed and turned to the old man from the organizer who was still evacuating the crowd. "You dare to do this at this level?" Hosting a convention? That’s ridiculous.”

The Rocket trio were completely frightened.Who is this old man who holds the conference? His strength is naturally top-notch, but Delang actually said this about him, which shows how confident or arrogant he is.Even if the two of them and the cat were inside the robot where Delang couldn't see it, they didn't dare to move.

"I heard that anyone who made him angry would end badly..."

"Meow, I'm still young, and I don't want to be disabled so early, meow..."

"Hope he doesn't notice us..."

Riolu has learned through the waveguide that the robot is Team Rocket. Although the three of them pose no threat, it is hard to say what will happen if Delang is still there.

"Riolu, what should we do? The exit is blocked and everyone is gathered together. If Delang has any ideas, the situation will be very dangerous."

Nodding, Riolu looked at the dense crowd that was still pouring into the lounge passage, and suddenly felt a cold sweat behind him.

If Delang wants to commit a crime, now is the best time...

"Hey, that guy driving the robot over there!" Delang suddenly said to the Rocket trio, "Blow up your robot. If you don't want to be caught, retreat quickly! We're not here to participate in the sideshow today!"

Riolu was wondering why Delang would think of retreating in the first place, but then the sirens outside the venue revealed the reason.

Under pressure, the trio didn't even have time to hesitate. They pressed the self-destruct button and sat in the escape cabin with tears in their eyes. Delang also jumped off the roof at the same time, leaving only a word and disappearing in the blink of an eye. .

"Ikki...right? I remember you and look forward to our next meeting."

Listening to the disturbing noise coming from inside the robot, Kirulian said to the two of them.

"Get out of here quickly!"

At the same time, all the light walls that were just intended to block bullets were moved to the entrance of the passage, forming a huge barrier to seal the entrance.

The robot had already started making harsh noises, and its appearance had begun to deform and turn red, looking extremely dangerous.

Within ten seconds, the robot exploded into pieces like a heavy bomb. However, the surrounding passages also exploded and began to burn.

Everyone who saw such a grand scene was shocked and at the same time deeply worried.

The building at the venue was reinforced with special materials and could not be destroyed even by the elves using all their strength.The explosion of the robot only caused a few cracks in the surrounding area.However, the exit was blown open, and the flames followed closely behind, blocking everyone in front of them like an orange barrier.In other words, the only way to escape is to put out the fire.

Trainers with water elves released their elves one after another to help suppress the fire, but the speed of the spread was too fast. Even if they were gathered together, they could only barely open the passage to the outside, and they could not care about other places at all.

Arriving at the open exit, Riolu breathed a sigh of relief and nodded to Ikki and Kirulian.

However, not far away, Caluster's hysterical voice and the scoldings of two strangers came.

"Let me go, I have to go to the lounge!" Kalest struggled to get rid of the restraints of the two.

"Are you kidding? Can't you see how big the fire is over there?" One of them said to him angrily, and the strength in his hand seemed to be a little stronger, "If you go in, you will die!"

"It's because I might die... I have to go, because, because Karen... my sister is still there!"