Elves: Goal, help Pokémon fulfill their wishes

"Senior Weakling Fish, how long will it take to reach the Ether Paradise?" Liang Yin, who was sitting cross-legged on the back of a school of fish, asked weakly, "My legs seem to be a little numb."

God has pity on them. The fish-shaped weaklings are not suitable to be "beasts of burden" or "vehicles" at all - because they not only do not have the reliable hard shell of Laplace, but the tiny scales on their bodies are slippery and difficult to grasp.

Liang Yin could only hold the shark fin on his back with both hands, with his legs bent, maintaining an ugly stiff posture, for fear that the heavily polluted green water splashed by the tilapia when riding the wind and waves would get on him.

But compared to him, the black cat Zeraora was at the other extreme. It stood steadily on the head of the weakling fish in the form of a school of fish, with its arms folded across its chest. The wind pressure from the air flow could only stir up its fur, and it looked like it was doing it with ease.

"Young man, I know you are anxious now, but don't be anxious yet."

The sound of the weaklings in the school of fish came from below like thunder: "If there is still half an hour left, then it should be about another half an hour..."

Are you putting it here?

You have figured out the meaning of nonsense literature.

Liang Yin was full of black lines on his head: "Senior Ruo Dingyu, please don't be sarcastic to me - you are not still brooding over losing to us, right?"

"How could that be? I am a very tolerant person, so I don't need to argue with you two youngsters," the weak fish retorted, and then put on the appearance of a skilled fish and taught him earnestly, "You guys, you were lucky enough to win against me once, but don't be proud and complacent."

So you still mind, right?

Liang Yin couldn't help but roll his eyes and thought to himself.

"Hey, Old Seafood," Zeraora, who had been silent all this time, suddenly interrupted, "I want to ask you for some information."

The Overlord Weak Fish was quite curious about this - after all, given the nature of this big cat, it would have been absolutely impossible for it to take the initiative to ask for things.

So the Overlord Weak Dingyu replied with interest: "Go ahead, I dare not say anything else, but I have lived long enough and have heard a little bit about everything."

Zeraora didn't hesitate to ask directly, "Have you heard of the three Pokémon Lugia, Kyogre, and Suicune?"

"Ah? I haven't heard of them. Who are they?" The Overlord Weak Dingyu was stunned, and then said with some suspicion, "You little kitty, you didn't just make up a few names to trick me, just to make me look bad, right?"

"You are so young, how can you be so narrow-minded?"

It added angrily at last.

Zeraora: ...Who is the one who is so petty?

Forget it, at least I know it’s not because I’m ignorant that I haven’t heard of the names of these legendary Pokémon mentioned by Liang Yin - otherwise I would be in big trouble.

The big black cat rubbed his face with his paws, changing his expression back to... expressionless and cold.

On the other side, Liang Yin heard their conversation and nodded secretly, becoming more certain of his previous guess about the background of the world.

"It's OK if you don't know," Zeraora tried not to get angry and asked another question, "Then do you know the whereabouts of the Tapu?"

There was a reason why the cat asked this question. When it faced the "worst possibility" raised by Liang Yin, although it said "it will not fail" very firmly, it still had some ripples in its heart.

A backup plan is indeed needed, it thought.

Seeking help from the missing guardians of the island is the backup plan it has come up with that seems feasible - after all, it was humans who annoyed Tapu and the others, so what does that have to do with Pokémon?

"do not know."

The Overlord Weakling answered decisively, and then shut his mouth. No matter how Zeraora asked, he remained silent and refused to talk about the Tapu and the others.

The rapid change in attitude before and after this, I'm afraid even a fool can tell that there is something fishy going on...

"It seems that Senior Ruo Dingyu is hiding something from us?" Liang Yin instigated a few words intentionally or unintentionally, and Zeraora immediately understood his intention and fanned the flames a little stiffly, "Senior Ruo Dingyu, I have always respected you as an elder, but I didn't expect that you would hide something from us two juniors..."

Overlord Weak Fish: When you need me, call me senior. When you don’t need me, call me Old Seafood… I am old, but I am far from suffering from Alzheimer’s disease!

"Don't ask anymore," the Overlord Weakling Fish remained unmoved, insisting on this point, "If they really want to see you, they will naturally show up on their own initiative."

The topic ended abruptly, and Zeraora, who didn't get the information he wanted, seemed a little unhappy.

Liang Yin should have gone forward to comfort the fish, but the problem was that he was a little unstable sitting on the fish's back, so how could he approach Zeraora standing at the fish's head? Should he wave at it and shout, "Hey, Zeraora, come over here, I see you're unhappy, so I'll comfort you a little"?

This sounds completely different, doesn't it?

……

Looking from afar, a giant island made of cast steel suddenly appeared in Liang Yin's sight.

"Is that the Ether Paradise? It's so spectacular!" Although he was mentally prepared, for Liang Yin, who was just an ordinary person, the thing before his eyes was still "the first time for a young lady to ride in a bridal sedan", so he was inevitably amazed.

On Blue Star, the only thing that can rival such a large-scale mechanical product is probably the space station floating in outer space, he thought.

When the weaklings in the school of fish swam closer, Liang Yin could see them more clearly and slowly put on a solemn expression.

Because the island is full of potholes, but it doesn't look like a natural collapse - instead, it looks like it was gnawed by something.

"The ultimate beast, the evil-eating king," he murmured, "has a horrifying appetite to eat everything in sight."

After the school of fish-formed Weevil sent Liang Yin and Zeraora to the island, it instantly disintegrated, leaving the Overlord Weevil looking at the man and the Pokémon.

It is worth mentioning that Liang Yin, whose legs had been numb for a long time, staggered and almost fell, but Zeraora quickly supported him and avoided the tragedy of falling flat on his face as soon as he got on the island.

"Be careful," the Overlord Weakling Fish said with his big watery eyes as always, "I will be waiting here to pick you up. Call me towards the sea, I can hear you."

After saying that, it gurgled, leaving behind a string of bubbles, dived into the water, and disappeared.

It's not that Overlord Squidward doesn't want to help Liang Yin and the others, but as a fish Pokémon, it's difficult for it to get ashore. Even if it forcibly goes ashore, it won't be able to form any effective combat power, but will affect their actions.

Liang Yin nodded, indicating that he understood, and then handed the can of Tiantian Tian that he had exchanged four days ago to Zeraora, and instructed: "Zeraora, proceed according to the plan made before. Find a place far away to pour the Tiantian Tian, ​​and then rush back as quickly as possible. Remember not to let yourself be contaminated with Tiantian Tian."

Dianmao solemnly took the small glass jar containing the sweetness, nodded, and quickly disappeared from his sight.

Liang Yin was not idle either.

He turned his gaze to the badly damaged silver-white building in the center of the island.

"Our target is most likely in the laboratory area," Liang Yin recalled the plot related to the Alola region, "which is the B2 floor, the core area of ​​the entire Aether Paradise."

"I have to find the elevator first," he quickly confirmed his goal, "I hope the elevator is still usable."