[Pokemon] Sycamore

In a flourishing flower field, a crooked plow mark appeared. The irregular trajectory looked like something had been pressed to the ground, rubbed hard, and rolled several times.

At this moment, the originally white wooden house has been shaved off at the eaves, and there are traces of scorch all around. The carbonized wood is peeling off, making it look quite miserable.

With such a scene outside the house, the atmosphere inside the house was no less impressive.

In a fairly tidy interior, on a beige warm-colored sofa, an expressionless woman sits relaxedly. Her shoulder-length ice-blue hair, paired with a cold temperament, looks like a tall flower blooming on the edge of a cliff. The flower of collar.

An ice elf lay lazily on the woman's lap and swung its tail casually. If you look closely, you can see that the short hair on its body is a little messy, but it was caught by the cold woman's fingers sliding back and forth. Smooth one by one.

The harmonious scene of the interaction between the elves and their trainers is unmistakable. It is a moment that makes the artist want to pick up his pen and preserve it.

——If you don’t turn your attention to the other side.

The scene that was completely opposite to the one on the other side showed an embarrassed man covered in mud and whose clothes were wrinkled.

The most conspicuous thing was the red mark that appeared on the originally handsome right face. It seemed to be a little swollen and it seemed that it would not subside for a while.

The man was slightly hunched over in pain, sitting alone on a high chair that had been brought from the kitchen. His figure looked inexplicably desolate.

"My memory is still a little unclear, I'm sorry." In the silence, the woman spoke first to break the silence.

Sara paused and added again: "You were the first to follow the message that I deliberately leaked and that only certain people can understand."

Hearing this, Du smiled bitterly.

The oncoming blow just now was really fatal. If Kuailong hadn't reacted in time, I might not have been sore all over.

The joy that should have been lost and recovered is now mixed with a lot of depression.

But what else can he do, of course, forgive her.

after all.....

"Huh...it's okay." He stretched out his hand to wipe his face, and after exhaling heavily, he suddenly laughed. "It's better to say that nothing makes me more aware that this moment is real than this shocking blow."

"You're really back, Salal."

"...Yeah." Seeing the relief and unabashed joy in Du's eyes, Salar was silent for a while and then responded softly.

She could feel that the man in front of her seemed to have put down a heavy burden, and the somewhat dull atmosphere surrounding her had dissipated a lot.

It seems that his disappearance had a great impact on him?Salal tilted his head slightly.

However, as some areas of her memory were still hazy, she couldn't respond much to this.

Subconsciously, I always felt that I couldn't respond so hastily.

[By the way, how are you thinking about it?Please give me the answer after this mission is over...]

"Speaking of which...is it time to answer my question? What happened to your current situation and that time?"

Just when Salar was trying to remember the fragments of the conversation between the two, Du's tone changed and suddenly became much more serious.

"We spent a lot of energy but still had no clue. Did you have a problem with your memory? But now that you almost remember it, why do you still use this method to guide the attention of interested people instead of directly contacting us?"

"You have to know that President Zifuchi and that guy Daigo have never given up looking for——"

"And I......"

"..." Salar looked at the excited Du and pursed his lips, as if he was organizing his words. After a few minutes, he slowly said, "For protection."

"Protect?"

Salar nodded, but said nothing.

Du now has a headache.

It's either that he doesn't know the personality of his colleague, or he knows it too well, so he feels helpless at this kind of character that cherishes words like gold.

Although the two of them had a tacit understanding, they had not seen each other for several years and had a huge gap in everything the other had experienced. The gap in information was so big that even he could not do anything about it.

"Ahem...can you explain more?"

"Snapped!"

As soon as Du finished speaking, a bunch of data files appeared out of thin air in front of him and fell on the table like a mountain. Du was stunned again.

"Too troublesome."

"........."

Well, he can understand this sentence, but isn’t it just too troublesome for you to explain it yourself?

Look, there is another manuscript floating in front of him with blue light waiting for him to take over!

Not to mention where Salar's super power came from, Watari, who was a little tired from the series of 'surprises', rubbed his head and stopped talking nonsense. He just grabbed the data in front of him and read it.

1 minute, 2 minutes...

Half an hour later, Du's expression was no longer as relaxed as it was a while ago.

Putting down the manuscript that Salal had compiled in his hand, Du stared at Salal solemnly, "How credible is this news...?"

"Nearly 100%." ​​Salal answered decisively, and reached out to touch the cold fur of the ice elf on his leg. "This child was also rescued when he escaped."

What did he see just now... I feel like the days after Watari will be busy again.

"So the one you want to protect...is the child named Xiaotong? And she is actually related to the original mission?"

The mission they received at that time was to find evidence that the Rockets were illegally researching artificial life. What they didn't expect was that when they were almost exposed to the truth, they would face such a fierce counterattack by the Rockets. The core research data was in The last moment was completely destroyed by the fierce battle, and all that was left were some scattered research reports.

The most troublesome thing for the alliance is yet to come, because the important research results seem to have been transferred by the Rockets, and although the place they attacked was one of the most important bases, it was decisively abandoned before being searched, except for No one except the members of the team that initially broke in had access to the core plan of artificial life.

And that team member is Salal.

The content of that manuscript is the contents of several experiments listed by Salar.

Experimental Subject God and No. 2... a special individual who has no heartbeat response but has brain wave activity... the possibility of waking up... has a brief conscious communication with the experimental subject codename - Chaomeng. ...To be seen...Failure...Handle...

The appearance is a little girl with long blond hair. The source of the material is ■■■■■

"Bang!" Du put down the data in his hand and looked at Salar, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"how do you want to do it?"

"No matter it's an alliance or any organization, no one can take action against Xiaotong!" Salal, who had always been taciturn, expressed his determination sonorously and forcefully at this moment.

Upon seeing this, Watari understood.

"Okay, I'll help you."

"?!"

The lack of consideration for Du's supportive attitude once again made Salal feel a dull pain somewhere in his mind.

[Give me the answer after this mission is over and let me become——]

"What are you doing with that face?" Du stood up funny and walked over to Salal, leaning against the sofa and gently holding her pretty face.

Gently, as if holding a treasure, he rubbed it gently between his fingers.

"Since it is what you want to protect, it is also what I must protect." Du's eyes were full of tenderness.

"Do you remember the question?"

"Can you... give me the answer now?"

With no thought of getting rid of him, and strangely not feeling repulsed by the intimacy at this moment, Salar looked into Wataru's eyes, the light in his eyes kept flickering, and the torrent of memories in his mind was almost ready to come out.

Why did she, who had not yet fully recovered, not be able to trust anyone except Xiaotong for the time being, but chose to show off all her cards when this man came to her door, and released all the information without reservation without fear of him reporting it directly to the alliance?

【——Let me be the other half of your life. 】

".....it is good."

When Salar heard his answer, his doubts about his behavior were instantly answered.

Her answer, the answer that emerged in her mind from the past, has not changed even now.