Pokémon: I, Xiaozhi, return to the beginning

The next day, nine in the morning.

After several hours of rushing, Xiaozhi and others finally arrived at the shore of Lizhi Lake, which is the place where the Mikri Cup competition will be held soon.

"Hmm~~ The scenery is so beautiful! Thinking of being able to participate in the Mikoli Cup in such a place, I feel like my fighting spirit is about to be ignited!"

Leaning on the guardrail by the lake, Xiaoguang stretched his waist and sighed. Xiaogang, who was flipping through the travel guide, couldn't help but twitched:

"But the location of the Mikoli Cup is indoors. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with how beautiful the scenery outside is."

Xiaoguang: "..."

"Atmosphere! I'm emphasizing a sense of atmosphere! As long as you know in your heart that you are playing in such an environment, that's enough!"

Xiaoguang expressed his opinion with his hands on his hips so dissatisfied.

Feeling the fresh lake breeze in the morning, Xiaoguang looked around, and then asked suspiciously:

"Speaking of which, where did Xiaozhi go? Xiaozhi seems to have disappeared early this morning."

"Well...Although Xiaozhi didn't tell me, I guess he should go to the Pokémon Center, because our companions who traveled in Fangyuan before seem to be here today."

"Huh? Really?"

There was a little excitement in Xiaoguang's tone that was hard to hide.

Originally, Xiaoguang's character was like this, coupled with Mikri's appreciation last night, all these made Xiaoguang's mood even higher.

But before Xiaoguang continued to ask the names of their former companions, Xiaozhi's voice came from behind——

"Hey! That's fine, she's coming soon!"

Xiaozhi, who came from a distance, saw Xiaoguang's questioning look just now, and probably guessed that Xiaogang had told her about it, so Xiaozhi called the two of them towards the east side of the lake without much explanation. Walk to the pier on the side.

.......

After standing on the edge of the pier and waiting for a while, a ship came slowly from a distance with its whistle sounding.

"So who was the companion who traveled with you in the Fangyuan area before? Xiaozhi, you didn't tell me the specific name when you were in Futaba Town."

Having seen the shadow of the ship, Xiaoguang continued to ask questions that he hadn't asked just now, but at this time the object of Xiaoguang's question had become Xiaozhi.

"Well... You should know it after meeting, logically speaking."

Xiaozhi said this first, and then he didn't forget to add.

"I should know? I know? And since I'm here at Lizhi Lakeside, that means I might also participate in the Mikri Cup...coordinator trainer, Yoshien...?!"

After conjecturing so much to himself, Xiaoguang suddenly seemed to realize something.

"Could it be—"

"Hey!! Xiaozhi! Xiaogang! And Pikachu—"

Before the words were finished, a beautiful figure appeared in front of several people as the boat approaching on the lake.

She stood at the forefront of the ship's deck and waved to Xiaozhi and the others.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, Xiaoyao!"

"Pickup!!"

Xiaozhi and Pikachu also greeted the figure on the deck. Xiaogang was relatively restrained. He didn't shout out loud, but just did the same movements as Xiaozhi, raising his hands and waving his arms.

"Xiaoyao... Huh?! Could it be that Fangyuan dancer?!"

Now following Xiaozhi and Xiaogang's line of sight towards the deck, combined with each other's names, Xiaoguang finally realized who Xiaozhi's previous traveling companions were.

Xiaoyao.

Although it was a pity that she left the field with the No.8 score in the large-scale celebration, her performance in the large-scale celebration attracted the attention of many coordination trainers.

Among them is Xiaoguang himself.

It's just that she never thought that Fangyuan dancer was actually Xiaozhi's former partner.

"Are you surprised? I can understand it, but Xiaoyao is not the talented player you imagined, so don't feel alienated."

"No, not really..."

When Xiaozhi stepped forward to pick up Xiaoyao, Xiaoguang also denied Xiaogang's almost certain guess.

Xiaoguang looked at Xiaoyao on the ship with a slightly surprised and stiff expression. Although Xiaoguang wanted to look away, at this moment she found that the other person's gaze did not seem to leave.

what's wrong?

Xiaoguang thought so inexplicably.

.......

Not long after, the ship docked and stopped. Xiaoyao, who got off the ship, saw Xiaozhi coming up, and before she could say a word of greeting, she crossed her hips in dissatisfaction, leaned forward, and her eyes were a little questioning said:

"Why did you hang up in the Pokémon Center before?"

"what?"

Suddenly being asked such a question, Xiaozhi himself was a little confused, but his brain was spinning quickly in such an atmosphere. After a while, he remembered what Xiaoyao was talking about, so he wanted to give it to Xiaoyao with a smile. Make a round of yourself.

"Aren't you arguing with Xiaosheng at that time? I think you guys are still going to quarrel for a long time, so you just hung up the phone first. Anyway, we can meet soon, right?"

"...Damn it, talking about Xiao Sheng makes me angry!"

Hearing what Xiaozhi said, Xiaoyao couldn't help feeling resentful towards his younger brother who was far away at home.

He clearly knew that Xiaozhi had encountered so many things here, but he didn't even talk to him properly, and even blamed himself for the fault.

He couldn't even guarantee that he didn't steal the snacks he brought back from the store that day!

Xiaoyao was planning in her heart to educate Xiaosheng after she went back, and then her gaze met Xiaoguang who walked over in a daze again.

There was not much excitement and uneasiness when meeting for the first time, and there was not much formal greeting. Xiaoyao just stretched out his hand to Xiaoguang and said:

"Hello, my name is Xiaoyao~ Your name is... Xiaoguang, isn't that right? I've seen reports about you in magazines, please give me more advice."

"Hmm... Please, please give me more advice...."

Xiaoguang nodded blankly, and shook hands with Xiaoyao, which can be regarded as a formal acquaintance with each other.

.......