[Pokemon] Late Autumn

"Yes, that's it...Okay, now I'm going to let go of my hand, and you have to fly by yourself with the help of the vibration of the wings."

Late Qiu and Yasha were walking around these days, heading towards Yinyu City, the city where the sixth gymnasium is located, while taking advantage of the break to train the ultrasonic larvae. After these days of hard work, the ultrasonic larva has indeed made enough progress. Compared with the initial shaky and frightening moments that made people worry about whether it would suddenly "crash", it can now fly forward smoothly on its own. Although It's not that fast, but at least it's smooth enough.

Late Autumn was not in a hurry to speed up, but first exercised its hovering ability and flight stability.

"Take your time, don't be anxious yet. Just move forward smoothly...!"

Before Shen Qiu finished speaking, she felt a strong wind blowing in front of her, and the balance that the Ultrasonic Larva had managed to maintain was immediately destroyed. Shen Qiu hurriedly held the Ultrasonic Larva's body to prevent it from letting it go. Fly directly upside down.

It seemed like some elf rushed past from the side just now?

"Who!"

Late Qiu increased her vigilance and looked around, only to find that there was no unusual movement around her. Only the rustling of leaves responded to her.

"Heiluga, go..."

Late Qiu blurted out subconsciously, but forgot that Heiluga was not next to her at all at this time. Only then did she remember that she had just asked Heiluga to follow the young tooth dragon to find an open space to practice sparring with each other, and the reliable Lucario was also practicing their respective moves with Benbenyu next to the river.

Only the Ultrasonic Larva is with her now.

The trees next to it were swaying slightly, and Shenqiu immediately cast a sharp gaze over, pulling the Ultrasonic Larva back a step.

The ultrasonic larvae also realize that something is hiding inside.

It raised its head, looked at Shen Qiu's frowning brows, and determinedly flapped its nascent wings to block Shen Qiu's face, and chirped menacingly, looking like a protector.

Noticing that the ultrasonic larvae had to stand in front of her even if they had not yet fully mastered the ability to fly, Shen Qiu felt warm in her heart, but the next moment, she restrained her softness towards her companions, and directed her cold and merciless voice directly Stab into the bushes not far away.

"No need to hide, I have already seen you." Shen Qiu said coldly.

She would never let this guy who suddenly appeared hurt the Ultrasonic Larva.

After a long time, an elf with a yellow head and a black body, also fluttering its small wings, flew out from the bushes and was looking at Late Autumn warily with its big and timid eyes.

It's the Ninja in the Iron Mask.

Late Qiu immediately recognized this strange elf, and the brows that finally relaxed were furrowed again the next moment.

This extremely fast spirit with insect + flying attributes is one of the evolved forms of the earth-dwelling ninja. But the iron-faced ninja in front of him seemed to be injured in some way, and his flying posture was even more unstable than the ultrasonic larvae.

The Iron Mask Ninja seemed to be observing whether the human being in front of him was trustworthy, but before he had time to think too much, the pain in his wings made him unable to hold on, and the wings that vibrated at high speed seemed to be pinched directly by someone, forcing him to Interrupt.

It fell uncontrollably. I thought it would be in direct contact with the earth. Unexpectedly, a pair of hands caught it.

"Sure enough...the wings are injured."

Shen Qiu took out the wound medicine from the backpack behind her and immediately treated the wound on the Iron Mask Ninja's wing, trying to make it less painful for the time being.

Fortunately, the Iron Mask Ninja's injuries were not very serious and he could still maintain consciousness. While looking up at the late autumn bandage, it looked at the friendly-looking ultrasonic larva next to it with curious peripheral vision, and silently lowered its inner vigilance.

When she tried to take out the gauze, Shenqiu carefully observed the wings of the Iron Mask Ninja again, and then discovered that a short twig was stuck on the innermost side of the wings and next to the body - obviously, This is what makes Ninja in the Mask so painful.

"It turns out it's because of this thing..."

Shen Qiu carefully took out the "culprit", waved it in front of the Iron Mask Ninja, and smiled at it reassuringly, "Look, it's because a small branch got stuck in your wing. It's okay now."

Ultrasonic Larva also seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

It nervously watched the movements of Late Qiu's bandaging, and seemed to feel that its wings were inexplicably painful (?). It felt somewhat sympathetic to the experience of the ninja in the iron mask.

The Iron Masked Ninja tried to take off by flapping its wings, happily spinning in circles in the air and thanking Shen Qiu.

"Ninja in the Iron Mask—Ninja in the Iron Mask, where are you—"

Not far away, there was a boy calling around. When he saw Shenqiu and the others, his eyes immediately widened, "Ah! Ninja in the Iron Mask!"

He rushed over quickly and saw that the wings of the Iron Mask Ninja were carefully and carefully bandaged. He was so excited that he almost shed tears: "So you are here! How great!"

He hugged the Iron Mask Ninja who flew into his arms and bowed gratefully to Shen Qiu: "Thank you for helping the Iron Mask Ninja!"

"It doesn't matter, it's easy. But you and your Iron Mask Ninja, don't be so careless next time."

"Sorry, we were actually preparing for the ring competition. I didn't expect the Iron Mask Ninja to be so fast. I didn't pay attention and..."

The boy also knew that it was his problem and lowered his head in shame, "I will be careful. Thank you sister."

Ring contest?

Looking at the back of the leaving little boy, Shen Qiu raised her eyebrows in confusion and silently memorized the key words in this episode.

"Ring contest? I've actually heard of that."

Back at the camp, apart from Heiluga and Young Tooth Dragon who were still sparring, Asha and the others were back. Yasha, who was eating curry and drinking a drink, wiped her mouth, couldn't help but smile when she saw Miqiu's confused look, and started to explain briefly.

"This competition is held every year in Yokodo Town. The general rule is that each trainer and an elf form a team, command the elf to fight in the air, and compete with each other for a ring on a balloon. The first one to win the ring The team that hangs it on the hook at the end wins.”

Shen Qiu, who understood the rules, nodded and asked curiously: "Have you ever participated in Yasha?"

"Unfortunately, no."

Late Qiu glanced at the ultrasonic larva regretfully and sighed silently in his heart.

She had the idea of ​​participating, but quickly gave up the idea. After all, this kind of competition is also prepared for those flying elves, like Ultrasonic Larva - not to mention that it has just evolved - if Ultrasonic Larva is really allowed to participate in this kind of competition, she can be called It's cruel.

Yasha gave Shen Qiu an unceremonious blow on the head: "I think you have some dangerous ideas."

"I didn't!...Okay, okay, I did...but it was just a flash! I'm not going to let the ultrasonic larvae participate in this kind of competition."

Shen Qiu was quickly defeated and changed the subject with a slight cough, "You and Fiery Arrow Eagle are so powerful, winning shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Hearing this, the Fierce Arrow Eagle next to Asha fluttered its wings proudly, looking confident.

"Huh -? Do you think so highly of me?" Yasha deliberately prolonged her voice and teased her with a smile, "Then call me sister and let me listen."

Late autumn:? ? ?

Resolutely ignoring Yasha's triumphant expression teasing her, Shen Qiu snorted and turned her head to the other side.

How could this person take advantage of her like this?

"You won't be angry, will you?"

Hearing that Yasha was still laughing, Late Qiu blushed suddenly and said in a strong tone: "No."

Yasha found that such an angry Late Qiu was much more interesting, so she was always happy to try to destroy the calmness that had always been maintained on Shen Qiu's face. (Late Qiu: What? That’s too bad!)

"How about it? As long as you call me sister, I will participate."

Although she was joking, her eyes were serious. Such a look made Shenqiu slap Asha's arm off her shoulders, turned her head, and carefully looked at Asha's expression.

"Are you serious?...No, I mean, there is no need to..."

Facing a pair of hesitant, confused and overly beautiful eyes, Yasha spread her hands helplessly: "...Okay, okay, actually, I am actually a little interested. You have to know, I haven't actually been to many places. Such interesting things I don’t want to miss the game at all.”

Late Qiu nodded doubtfully.

Although this explanation sounds strange, it is impossible for Asha not to be a little interested in a game that even she is interested in.

Just as Asha believed in her, she also believed that Asha would win this ring competition.

After coming back to his senses, Shen Qiu realized something was wrong: "Wait. So you clearly want to participate, why do you still let me..."

"..." Yasha's eyes dodge.

"I know. You just want to take advantage of me verbally."

"Did you just find out? Little fool."

"You are the stupid one!"

The meaningless quarrel between the two people made Lucario sigh with a headache. He looked at the Arrow Eagle next to him and found that the other person had exactly the same expression.

"Then before challenging the gym, let's go to Yokodo Town first."

In late autumn, I looked at the map and planned a clear route.

However, after passing through the lush woods and crossing the rushing river, what caught their eyes was the gradually becoming desolate scene around them——

The tall and steep hills are barren of grass. Due to the long-term erosion of strong winds and sand, the bare hills have been shaped into the shape of a platform. And the small town not far away surrounded by those hills is their destination, Yokodo Town.

The sky has turned dark yellow, and thick clouds have completely blocked the sun. The strong wind mixed with sand and dust was extremely fierce, and the sound of the wind became more and more anxious, always making people feel like a sandstorm was about to break out.

Late Qiu looked at the sky above his head with a complicated expression.

"Is it really possible to compete in this weather..."