Elf: I am the adopted son of Sakagi

There is no sunlight inside Yuejian Mountain. Even if you come in at noon, it is still dark.

Fortunately, Mercury had already conducted comprehensive investigations before arriving and was equipped with a high-power flashlight for searching.

But despite this, the visible range does not exceed a distance of ten meters, which is far less bright than the flash move.

This limited vision is very dangerous for trainers, who are very vulnerable to attacks from wild elves.

Fortunately, he still has an elf who is well adapted to the current environment to protect him.

The big-mouthed bat flapped its wings and glided over the cave, nimbly dodging the protruding rocks, feeling very happy.

Coming to this kind of cave, away from the sun, feels like returning to his own home. He likes it very much!

The reflected ultrasonic waves tell him all the time which direction is a dead end, which direction contains wild elves, and can even receive some sound waves from his own race.

What makes mercury regretful is that the big-mouthed bats and super-sonic bats are not sensitive to the fluctuations of the moon stone. Otherwise, they can use the power of the super-sound bat group in Yuejian Mountain to help them find it.

Nidorino has become much more obedient since entering the cave, like an immovable king quietly waiting beside his trainer.

His nature tells him that evolution is important, but his reason reminds him to protect his trainer.

After once again sending away a group of small Fist Stone families who were frightened by the dazzling light, Nidorino let out a low roar.

"Nido."

"Didn't you feel it?" Mercury scratched his head with a headache.

He has been exploring Mount Moon for nearly two hours, and has deliberately avoided areas where ordinary trainers are active, but he still has not found any clues about the Moon Stone.

This made him wonder whether those rumors were deliberately released by someone with a heart.

But that’s not right, there is no profit.

Yuejianshan is not a museum in Dark Gray City or an aquarium in Cerulean City, and there is no admission fee.

Ah Xing glanced at Mercury's tangled expression, and she didn't know whether to say something or not.

There are so many trainers coming and going every day in Yuejian Mountain, but there are only two or three trainers who happen to pick up the moon stone.

This probability is almost the same as Pachinko's probability of winning the first prize. What does the young master think...

At this moment, there was the sound of gravel rolling down behind them, as if someone accidentally kicked it.

Ah Xing decisively stopped thinking, subconsciously stood in front of Hui Hu, and sneered in the direction of the sound: "Who is that person!"

"Don't be nervous, I'm not here to cause trouble. I just saw that you seemed worried, so I wanted to help."

"Is it you, the thief?"

Mercury frowned slightly, and the girl who appeared in front of him was the thief he met in Zhenxin Town.

"What a thief? It's so ugly. I also have my own name. Little brother, please remember it. My name is Xiaolan."

"Hmph. Even if I let you run away last time, you actually dare to appear in front of me this time..."

Mercury waved his hand to get Nidorino and the Big Mouth Bat ready to attack.

He didn't have any good impressions of such a person with bad behavior and sneaking behind them with unknown purpose, even if it was a cute girl.

"resembles……"

Xiaolan murmured, and then saw that Mercury had the idea of ​​attacking if he had a disagreement, and quickly said: "Wait a minute! Don't you want the Moon Stone?!"

"Ok?"

After hearing the keyword, Mercury's attack momentum faded slightly, and he asked: "What does it mean?"

"That's what it means."

Xiao Lan took out a round stone from his pocket, with a crescent-shaped depression in the middle. It was the moon stone that Mercury had been looking for for a long time!

However, Mercury was not as excited as Xiao Lan imagined. He just glanced briefly and signaled Xing, Nidorino, and Big Mouth Bat to leave.

This surprised Xiao Lan, who had already written the script, and asked: "Little brother, don't you want the Moon Stone? Your Nidorino has reached the bottleneck of strength. Without the Moon Stone, he will drag He’s the back of the team.”

"I'm not called little brother. I also have a name. My name is Mercury."

Mercury's expression was calm, but his eyes were full of disgust for Xiaolan: "I have no interest in black goods."

"Also, even if Nidorino cannot evolve, I would rather raise him for a lifetime than have any stain on him."

Nidorino, who was still staring longingly at the Moon Stone, had a struggle in his eyes after hearing these words, but it disappeared after a moment, and then he shook his body and resolutely walked to Mercury and growled. There was a sound.

"Nido!"

"Good boy, I knew you had a plan."

Mercury smiled and patted Nidorino's head, then turned to Xiaolan and said, "Do you hear me clearly? It's Miss Junsha's business to arrest you, so forget it this time. But I hope you won't show up here next time. In front of me."

"Little Lord……"

Ah Xing tugged on Hu Hu's sleeve to signal him to stop talking.

She had trained her eyesight, and in this dim environment, her field of vision was much wider than that of mercury.

She saw that the eldest sister was already crying at Hug's words, her face was red, and her emotions seemed about to burst out.

"What do people like you who are born to enjoy know?"

Xiao Lan slammed the moon stone in her hand to the ground, and it instantly broke into pieces. One of the fragments rolled down to Hui's feet and stopped, freezing his steps.

"I don't want to steal things! I don't want to lie to people either! I also want to be like a normal girl! But do I have a choice?!"

"Have you ever had someone roll your eyes for asking for food?"

"Have you ever gone through the trash can because you were hungry?"

"Do you know that the price of a piece of clothing on your body is enough for my brother and I to survive for a year?!"

"You don't know anything at all! How can a child like you, who has lived in a privileged environment since childhood, accuse me of my way of survival?!"

"If you haven't experienced my life, please don't criticize me from the highest moral point!"

Tears as big as blue beans burst out of Xiaolan's eyes as if they were asking for money, her voice gradually became lower, and her body seemed to lose strength at the same time, falling to the same spot.

"I just...want to survive."

Mercury picked up the moonstone fragments at his feet and rubbed them twice. The ash on the fragments stained his fingers.

It’s not black stuff, and it’s not real, but the emotions that burst out are real.

He understands that one should not persuade others to be kind until they have suffered.

Compared with Xiaolan, he was just the luckier one, being adopted by Uncle Sakaki.

Otherwise, will his life be like the girl in front of him, doing whatever it takes to survive in this world?

The resistance deep in his heart told him that one day, he would definitely do the same thing.

This went against the education he had received in his two lives, so he did not dare to think about it carefully.

"Huh...", Hui Hu exhaled the anger in his heart, then took out a tissue from his pocket and handed it to Xiao Lan.

"Just wipe it, what I just said was indeed a bit too much."

Xiaolan instinctively took the tissue and continued to stare blankly in place.

She was actually an 11-year-old girl. If she hadn't been protecting the young Yin, she would have been unable to hold on long ago.

These emotions had been suppressed in her heart for a long time, and the sudden release made her energy and spirit drained away.

But why didn't she feel sad when her deception was discovered before?

Only when facing the disgusted eyes of the young man in front of her, would she be so worried and unable to control her emotions?

Xiaolan, who had regained her composure, looked at Mercury and had the answer in her heart.

Because he is so similar to Xiao Yin.

Not only the appearance, but also the same stubbornness and arrogance engraved in the bones...

No wonder she cares so much about his opinion.