Pokémon: Start with an Admiral Crab!

"Meow~"

Although the desire to refuse to admit defeat was very strong, it was obviously not an easy task for an ordinary wild lizard to find the mechanisms and traps in human ruins.

After jumping up and down for half an hour, the somewhat exhausted Xianla reluctantly found a brick that had fallen to the ground to sit down and rest.

“Meow…”

After a failed start, Xianla was obviously a little disappointed, with his little ears drooping and looking dejected.

As Xianla was looking down at the sharp claws, a bottle of soda suddenly appeared in front of him.

"As a newcomer, you've done pretty well."

Wang Yao stuffed a bottle of Jinshuang soda into Xianla's arms, touched his little red ears and comforted him.

"Meow?"

Xianla was holding a glass bottle of Jinshuang soda, and his crooked reflection was reflected in the bottle.

"Let's take a rest and then search slowly. The stone chamber is so small that we will eventually find the mechanism."

The reason why Wang Yao, who usually looks like a capitalist, has become so anthropomorphic.

Because the Xila feels very good to the touch and looks small like a kitten.

So he treated it as an ordinary pet.

"Meow~"

With the encouragement from the trainer, Ula regained his spirits.

But it was indeed a little thirsty, and it had seen its trainer drink this kind of drink before, but it had never tried it itself.

Looking at the drink bottle in his hand, Xianla stretched out his claws and was about to pry open the bottle cap.

On the side where Xianla didn't notice, Wang Yao quietly moved two steps to the side.

Bo--hiss, hi-hi-hi!!

“Nya——?!!”

After a crisp sound, the soda from the bottle sprayed all over his head.

“Hahahaha~hahahahaha!”

The trainer who had been acting like an anthropomorphic being just now suddenly laughed mercilessly.

“Meow! Meow!!”

The angry Nula dropped the empty soda bottle, stretched out his claws, and launched a series of small moves including glaring and madly scratching at the trainer.

However, since his height and arm span were far inferior to the opponent, the little guy could only be blocked in front of him by Wang Yao by holding his head, and he easily fended off the attack.

"Okay, okay, don't be angry. I'll help you wipe it off."

Wang Yao took out a towel from his bag, wet it, and then wrapped it around Xianla's head and rubbed it like kneading dough.

“Meow… meow…”

After he cleaned it, Xianla's head was dizzy and he completely forgot what he was going to do.

boo~

Wang Yao freed his hands, opened a can of soda and handed it to Xianla again.

"Here—drink it. It won't come out again this time."

Wang Yao said with narrowed eyes, like a bad uncle who was trying to trick children.

“Meow…”

Xianla shook his head and took the soda bottle with a suspicious expression.

This time the lid has been opened, and through the bottle you can see the liquid inside is still bubbling with small bubbles.

Carefully holding the bottle with his paws, Xianla tilted his head back and gulped down two gulps.

"Meow...hiccup! Meow~"

The stimulating bubbling taste after taking the drink made Xianla a little uncomfortable at first.

However, it tastes sweet, and has a cool and refreshing flavor, which is in line with its taste as an ice-type Pokémon.

"Meow~"

Having tasted the good stuff, Xianla held the bottle of soda and started drinking it sip by sip.

"Don't drink too much at once, it will make your stomach bloated. Don't blame me if you can't eat dinner later."

Wang Yao took the opportunity to stroke the little head of Xianla with his hand, and gave him a shot of prevention in advance.

“Meow~ Meow~”

Una paid no attention to the trainer's instructions. He sat on the stone bricks, swinging his feet, and completely immersed in the wonderful taste of the refreshing soda.

"I say, you two, stop doing weird things! Come and help me when you've rested enough..."

"Nonsense!"

Wang Yao and Xianla's passive resistance obviously caused protests from Uncle Xin Zhao and the Hu Shuo Shu duo.

"But we have been searching for so long and still haven't found anything. Does the mechanism you mentioned really exist?"

Wang Yao leaned against the stone wall. He felt that there was nothing here that the two were looking for.

"Ouch, I'm so tired. I should take a break for a while... I shouldn't do that."

Uncle Xin Zhao also sat down on the ground without any image, took out the water bottle on the side of his backpack and took a sip.

"Unless it's as you said - due to geological changes over the past thousand years, the original mechanism has become ineffective."

"But look around... the interior of this stone chamber is still relatively intact. It doesn't look like it has been destroyed. Maybe our exploration method is wrong."

Uncle Xin Zhao also frowned at this time and looked around again.

"Actually, there is another possibility..."

Wang Yao turned around and stroked the mottled stone wall.

"I felt something was wrong from the beginning... Don't you think so? The existence of this stone chamber is a bit too abrupt."

Wang Yao had put on a pair of large half-frame glasses and a striking red bow tie around his neck.

"We are currently in the core area of ​​the mountain, right?"

The lens in front of Wang Yao's eyes suddenly reflected a bright white light.

"Hmm? What's with that attire?"

Uncle Nobuaki made a reasonable complaint.

"Don't worry about those insignificant details... Anyway, the ancient civilization spent so much effort to dig a tunnel inside the mountain and build such a place..."

Wang Yao quietly hid behind Xianla.

"Hello! Hello? What are you talking about? And why did your voice suddenly change?"

A few black lines appeared on Uncle Xin Zhao's head.

"No Road Race!"

Wang Yao waved his hand and a shrill sound similar to a bark came out through the voice-changing bow tie.

“…Remove all the impossible factors, and what remains, no matter how much you don’t want to believe it, it is the truth!”

"There is only one truth - the real stone chamber with the mechanism is actually hidden on the road we came from!"

Wang Yao's brain was working at high speed, and his IQ had reached 18,000 points!

"Meow!" (That's it!)

Although he didn't know what happened, Xianla felt that the trainer's voice at this moment sounded very kind.

So I couldn't help but let out a cry of approval.

"Um, you mean..."

Uncle Xin Zhao resisted the urge to continue complaining, and instead carefully thought about the reasoning of the great detective A Yao.

"The true purpose of this stone chamber may still be in doubt, but before we came in, we passed through such a long corridor. Don't you think it's strange?"

Wang Yao put away the detective transformation props, as if nothing had happened, and asked Uncle Xin Zhao seriously.

“You’re right…”

"In ancient civilizations whose production capacity was far less than that of modern times, whether it was carving stones or digging tunnels, it was a very time-consuming and laborious task. The existence of this tunnel is very unusual."

Uncle Xin Zhao had been completely convinced by Wang Yao's brilliant reasoning (loud nonsense) at this point.