Pokémon the Movie: The Journey of a Slate

On the canal that runs through the entire Shuimai City, huge ships are sailing one after another, but no one knows where they are going.

The canal was spacious and blue, and people could only vaguely see the other side of the river. Gusts of fresh breeze blew from the sky above the river, but unfortunately after being scorched by the sun, the originally cool breeze became a little hot.

On the streets along the river, Aislo and Mary were trying their best to walk in the shadows created by the tall buildings and strolling around casually. After all, the remaining trivial matters at the Changlan Newspaper Office no longer required them to get involved.

Amid the sound of rippling water, the boy and girl listened to the stories passed down by the citizens carried by the wind - the early arrival of a terrible nightmare, and the brave Satoshi, Pikachu and others.

"Aluo, where are we going next?" Mary looked at the busy waterways and the scenery of the coastal city, then asked softly what they should do next.

At the same time, Zorua, who had transformed into a Mouth, was running in front, teasing the Mouth and Molbeco who were chasing him, while Moon Eevee, whose eyes had curved into crescents, was watching the scene with a smile.

"Well... let's just walk around first... like go to a restaurant, or a snack street?" Aislo, who was originally observing a few little ones playing, became a little hesitant.

As the most developed city in the western part of the entire Sinnoh region, Shuimai City is undoubtedly worth a visit. But as for where to go specifically, he really doesn't know much since he has never read any guides. After all, this is Aislo's first time to visit a big city in the coastal area.

After a pause, Aislo finally mentioned the two places. Every time he went to a place, he would try the local specialties. This awareness had been deeply rooted in his mind, even though Shuimai City was not famous for its delicious food.

"A snack street? That's fine. I remember seeing it on the Internet before. There's a pretty good snack street in Shuimai City... Eh? That snack street is not far from us, and the Shuimai Gym is nearby. Do you want to go over and take a look after you finish eating?" The girl asked with her head tilted after checking the navigation.

"Okay, Mr. Donggang should be almost done with his work by then, so we can go visit him..." After Aislo finished speaking, the two of them walked towards the snack street.

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The wonderful dining time passed quickly. Some of the seafood in Shuimai City was amazing, but not to the point of being eye-opening.

Because with the research and development and progress of space technology, seafood that was originally extremely easy to spoil and difficult to store can be transported to extremely remote inland areas more easily. More people can taste the unique coastal customs without relying on flying and psychic Pokémon, which also loses a lot of freshness.

But for Aislo, a more important reason than the lack of novelty was that he did not find any sweets that he liked.

After the two walked out of the restaurant, the scorching afternoon sun shone on every corner of Watermai City, creating waves of heat that seemed to be able to scorch the earth. This was also the reason why Zoroark and Umbreon, who had been very lively just now, calmed down because it was too hot outside.

The closer they got to the Water Vein Gym, the fewer tall buildings there were around them. Although no one knew why, this also made Aislo and Mary's idea of ​​walking in the shadows go awry.

At this time, Mary, who was looking around for trees, couldn't help but complain about the poor greening of Shuimai City. The proportion of green here was even almost the same as that of the Black Gold City that the two had passed by.

At the same time, Aislo silently retracted his palm that was emitting blue light. He couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. The wave force did not have the effect of heat insulation, or he had not yet developed this ability.

Fortunately, Aislo had already thought of a way to deal with it. A silver-white parasol that seemed to emit a sacred glow in Mary's eyes was taken out from Aislo's space backpack. After opening it, the two of them could finally hide in a shadow that was a little cooler.

"Strange... why is it so hot here?" Mary frowned slightly. She felt the heat waves sweeping around her. She even had the illusion that a lava snail emitting high temperature was crawling around them.

While listening to the girl's words, Aislo reached out and touched the umbrella. Although it was not hot, the temperature was much higher than when he took it out 5 minutes ago. You know, it was still silver-white with weak heat absorption ability.

It was obvious that the temperature in the air had not reached such an outrageous level before the two of them had dinner. Combined with the gradually decreasing number of people on the streets just now, it can be seen that the sudden increase in temperature in Shuimai City at this time is not normal.

[Hehehe~ You still refuse to call me out at this time, Xiao Luo you are really cruel~] As the laughter died down, Aislo and Mary suddenly felt a chill sweeping over them. They turned around and saw a large crying emoticon.

"Okay, okay, I was wrong, Grandma Gengar. I won't do it again next time." Eslo apologized to Grandma Gengar helplessly. To be honest, he didn't want to trouble Grandma Gengar or Darkrai for too much help, because in the eyes of the young man, this was inconsistent with his dream of protecting the things he loved.

As for how to achieve this dream now... Eslo said that there is a long way to go, and then he stopped thinking. The details should be discussed after he recovers his previous strength. Now he is even restricted in using the evil power sealed in Yveltal. (Note that here it means restricted, not impossible)

As soon as he thought of this, a trace of resentment rose in Eslo's heart. This resentment was directed at Arceus. God knew when he would be able to know the "Arceus' solution" mentioned by Yveltal during his journey.

However, perhaps because of Slate's natural dependence on Arceus as his "father", Aislo mostly has the idea of ​​"not understanding, but respecting" Arceus' decisions.

[Hmm~ That's more like it.] The voice of Gengar's grandmother is like that of a kind old lady in her 50s or 60s. At the same time, her words are mixed with some accents from thousands of years ago. There is a unique power that seems to calm people's hearts... Although this power may come more from the physical low temperature.

Under the cool shadow, Aislo and Mary walked for a while before a huge building came into their sight from afar. This was one of the core buildings of Shuimai City - Shuimai Gym.