Pokémon Legends Ash

"I'm starting~~"

Facing the neatly arranged sandwiches on the plate in front of her, Xiao Ai took one without hesitation and began to savor it carefully.

The Pichu that was originally sleeping soundly in Xiaozhi's pocket was awakened from its sweet dream by the fragrance, and Hanako naturally prepared special food for Pichu.

Because Pichu is a newborn Pokémon and still a baby, it can only eat bread and milk that Hanako breaks into small pieces.

As for Xiaozhi, he was already starving when he picked up Xiaoai. Now faced with the food made by his mother, he couldn't help but devour it. He ate so fast as if he hadn't eaten for several days.

"Slow down, slow down, no one is competing with you~"

Seeing how Satoshi and Ai were enjoying themselves, Hanako couldn't help but smile happily.

Breakfast time passed quickly, and Pichu, who had just eaten, consciously crawled into Xiaozhi's pocket and fell asleep again.

"Come on, Xiao Ai, try on these shoes. They are the sneakers Xiao Zhi used to wear. I wonder if they are suitable for you."

"it is good."

Xiao Ai took a pair of sneakers handed to her by Hanako, put them on the ground and compared them with her own feet. After finding that her feet seemed smaller, she immediately started to try on the sneakers.

"Oh, I didn't expect it to be so suitable. Then Xiao Ai will wear this pair of shoes next time."

"Yeah, I think this is better too."

As expected, Xiao Ai put on the shoes because the summer camp was about to begin. After simply thanking Hanako, she went out with Xiaozhi and walked towards the Oak Research Institute.

In Professor Oak's laboratory, Xiaomao, Xiaolan and many children from Pallet Town gathered here, quietly waiting for the summer camp to begin.

"That's weird, why hasn't Xiaozhi come yet?"

"Is there something that delayed him? Don't worry, it's no problem. With his personality, he will definitely not be absent."

Xiao Mao patted his chest and promised solemnly, as if he knew Xiaozhi very well.

Is it really okay?

Xiaolan unconsciously recalled the figure of a girl, who was Xiaoai who had been playing with Xiaozhi these days. When he thought of her, Xiaolan's thoughts became confused, and he always felt that something was wrong.

At this moment, the door of the Oak Laboratory opened, and sunlight shone in, accompanied by two tall shadows.

"That's... Xiaozhi, but why is she here?"

Xiao Mao looked towards the door and saw Xiao Zhi and Xiao Ai walking slowly into the research institute hand in hand.

"The plan failed. I knew it wouldn't work."

Xiao Lan looked at Xiao Ai's figure and noticed the sneakers she was wearing. She immediately understood what was going on.

"Then in ..."

"Forget it. This is the last time for summer camp. Let's enjoy it. Isn't it fun to be together?"

"Okay, now that you say so."

Xiaolan stopped Xiaomao's idea. After all, Xiaoai was also Xiaozhi's friend. She felt very guilty and tormented because she messed with Xiaomao out of jealousy last time.

"Xiao Mao, Xiao Lan, I haven't seen you for a few days~"

"Yeah, Xiaozhi has been very busy these days~"

Xiaolan smiled and glanced at Xiaoai behind Xiaozhi.

"Ah, let me introduce you, this is Xiao Ai, a friend of me and Pichu~"

Xiaozhi took a small step to the side, allowing Xiaoai to appear completely in front of Xiaolan and Xiaomao, no longer hiding behind him with only her head showing.

"Hello... Hello, my name is Xiao... Xiao Ai."

Xiao Ai's face was full of shyness, as if she was suddenly pushed out by Xiao Zhi and was not prepared, so she looked embarrassed.

"Hello, my name is Xiaolan~"

"I'm Xiao Mao."

After the three of them introduced themselves to each other, the atmosphere fell into a strange silence. Seeing that something was wrong, Xiaozhi immediately broke the atmosphere.

"Hey, is Pichu up yet?"

He reached his fingers into his pocket and gently shook the Pichu to wake it up, then slowly took it out of his pocket.

"Skin~~"

Pichu made a delicate sound, which instantly attracted all the children around and made them look towards Xiaozhi.

"Huh? What is that?"

"I heard that it seems to be a Pokémon that Ash hatched from an egg."

"so cute!"

The other kids whispered to each other until a brave girl approached Xiaozhi, looked at the cute Pichu and said, "Can I touch it?"

"of course can."

Xiaozhi had no reason to refuse, so he held Pichu in his palm and slowly approached the girl. The girl also stretched out her palm in response.

"Qiu~~"

"This...this...this is so cute!"

Pichu rubbed the girl's outstretched palm, and the soft feeling of the fur on the surface made the girl scream. Suddenly, all the children around approached Xiaozhi like crazy.

"what's the situation?"

Professor Oak, who was still negotiating with his assistant, saw this amazing scene. Countless children wanted to squeeze next to Xiaozhi and touch Pikachu's cute little face.

"Ahem... kids, stop making trouble~"

Seeing how Satoshi and Pikachu were in trouble, Professor Oak stepped forward and dispersed the gathered students the moment he made a sound.

Although the other children left Xiaozhi's side, their eyes were still staring at the Pichu in his arms from time to time. But even so, Xiaozhi could take a break temporarily.

Thanks to Professor Oak, I almost couldn't breathe.

Xiaozhi has never even gone out to travel. Before, he only interacted with Xiaolan and Xiaomao in town.

The sudden enthusiasm of the children in the town caught him off guard, and the crowded crowd made him breathless. He always felt depressed, perhaps he was not used to the scene of so many people rushing towards him.

"Okay, kids, let's get ready to go to the campsite for our five-day summer camp~"

"oh!!!"

All the twenty children in the town, including Xiaozhi and his friends, cheered enthusiastically. They looked extremely excited, as if they had been waiting for this day for a long time.

"Really? Look at them like that. I don't know what's so exciting about it."

Xiao Mao looked at the group of children who were cheering, even Xiao Ai who had just arrived joined in. He couldn't help but complain, but his restless feet on the ground seemed to betray his inner thoughts.

He is still like this at this time, he is really worthy of being Xiao Mao.

Xiao Lan, who was standing by, saw Xiao Mao's look and just shook her head helplessly. She didn't say what she was thinking, otherwise a verbal battle would be inevitable.

"Okay, everyone please follow me!"

Dr. Oak's assistant walked up to the children, acted as the leader, and directed them to walk out of the research institute.

Walking down the steps of the institute, a pure white bus stopped at the door. An assistant was standing at the door letting the children get in and sit down in an orderly manner.

At the end of the team was Xiaolan. As she entered the car and sat behind Xiaozhi, all the children had also entered the car.

"One, two, three... twenty!"

"Great, it looks like everyone is here, so fasten your seat belts, we're ready to go."

"it is good!"

The assistant turned around and poked his head towards the driver's seat: "Doctor, everyone is here, we can set off."

"Well, you should find a place to sit down."

"Yes!"

The assistant said, and walked to the back of the bus and sat down.

"Rumble, rumble..."

Professor Oak turned the car key, the engine roared, he stepped on the accelerator, and the wheels of the bus began to spin.

To the south of Pallet Town, there is a river that winds into the sea, but the grass growing along the river bank is somehow surrounded by guardrails.

In the woods surrounding the grass, some Pokémon were jumping, chasing and playing, having a lot of fun.

A pure white bus appeared on this muddy road. The wet mud was rolled up by the wheels, and the body of the bus near the wheels was covered with mud.

"crunch-"

The bus stopped by the river, the door opened, and the first person to get off was Professor Oak's assistant.

He was guarding the children by the door, making sure they got off the car in an orderly manner. Otherwise, a few naughty kids might start fighting and accidentally push each other, which could easily lead to an accident.

"Doctor, everyone is down~"

The assistant shouted towards the car, and just as he finished his words, the pure white car became completely silent and the doors were tightly closed, presumably the engine had been turned off.

"Everyone, from now on we will be divided into five groups, each with four people to carry out our activities over the next few days."

As soon as Professor Oak finished saying this, the children began to chatter, as if they were all discussing who they were looking forward to being assigned to a group with.

"Alright, be quiet. The next four people I call will form a team!"

Professor Oak's voice sounded again, but this time there was no chattering. If you see the children all prick up their ears and listen carefully, you might think they are afraid that they will miss it if they don't pay attention when their names are called.

"Team one: Karen...Team...Team five: Xiaozhi, Xiaolan, Xiaomao, Xiaoai."

"Please prepare tents, campfires, food, etc. for camping according to the current group..."

After the assistant finished speaking, he stopped taking care of the children. He chose an unoccupied piece of ground and carefully built his and Professor Oak's tent.

On Xiaozhi's side, Xiaomao and Xiaozhi, who were boys, were hammering the nails of the tent into the mud, while Xiaoai and Xiaolan, who were girls, gathered the cloth used for the tent and covered the tent frame with it with a wave of their hands.

Xiaozhi and his friends chose a fence near the woods and the river, which was convenient for fetching water and picking up materials for making fire.

It's neither too far nor too close to other teams' camps, but other teams are crowded at the guardrail on the other side, so if you want to get to Xiaozhi's camp, you can only walk straight along the main road.

The other groups are still busy setting up the tents, but judging from the current progress, Xiaozhi's group is faster and is a heavyweight in terms of speed.

But even so, the tent has not been completed yet. Xiaozhi and others are continuing to work hard to make the tent more comfortable so that they can better replenish their energy when they sleep.

The problem of making the tent comfortable was given to Xiaolan and Xiaoai, while Xiaozhi and Xiaomao tried to find a way to start a fire, otherwise there would be no fire to cook food at night.

Although they didn't know the intention of Professor Oak and his assistant, it was still new to Satoshi and his friends. Fortunately, they had camped together in the research institute before and had relevant experience, so they didn't take a long time to complete the task because they were clumsy.

An unknown amount of time had passed, and the tents of Xiaozhi and his friends had been completed long ago. However, other children were still trying to figure out how to build their own team's tents, and why they had to build the conical tents into squares.

"The connection here is wrong. How do I connect the top support part to the wall?"

The assistant then joined the remaining children who were setting up tents and began to instruct the teams that had not yet finished their work on setting up tents. The assistant looked at the boys in the team who were not sure what to do and smacked his lips: "Are you just sitting there? Light a fire, or what are you going to eat tonight?"

"Matsumoto has always been like this. He treats everyone like this, except to my grandfather."

Xiao Mao looked at his assistant named Matsumoto and shook his head helplessly. He continued with lingering fear: "Fortunately, we have experience and have already set up the tent. Otherwise, we would have been scolded by him again."

"Is Mr. Matsumoto so scary?"

Xiaozhi held Pichu in his arms, frowned, and was very skeptical of what Xiaomao said.

"I remember him being a very nice person."

Xiaozhi thought of his assistant Matsumoto in the Oak Laboratory. Although he was not very warm and friendly, he was not particularly strict either.

"I don't know that."

Xiao Mao said as he picked up the flints used to light fires. They were shaped like two long sticks, about one-third the length of chopsticks. They were given to everyone by Assistant Matsumoto after they got on the bus. They would produce sparks by rubbing them together.

"We found some dry grass and branches near the woods. That should be enough."

Xiaolan and Xiaoai returned to the camp where their team was located, threw the hay and a large bundle of branches they had collected on the ground, and wiped the sweat from their heads.

"By the way, what were you talking about just now?"

Xiao Mao did not answer, but just pouted at Assistant Matsumoto, picked up the materials that Xiao Lan and Xiao Ai had just collected, and started to make a fire.

"It's Assistant Matsumoto. He's still as strict as ever~"

"Lan said so too. Mr. Matsumoto is obviously a very nice person~"

Xiaozhi frowned, thinking that the Mr. Matsumoto that Xiaolan knew was different from the one he knew.

"Xiaozhi has never studied in the school in town, so of course he doesn't understand. Assistant Matsumoto is a teacher there, and he usually treats students like that."

"Ah! That's it."

Xiaozhi didn't reply. After all, he had never been to the school and had never seen Assistant Matsumoto in the school.

As for why he didn't go to school, it was naturally because of the family's financial problems. So Xiaozhi always wanted to become a professional trainer, aiming to become a Pokémon Master to earn a lot of bonuses for his family. After all, only in this way would his mother not have to work so hard.

"Success!"

Xiao Mao's excited voice reached Xiao Zhi's ears. He turned around and saw that the dead branches in front of him had begun to burn, making a crackling sound.

The light from the flames shone upon each of us, and we couldn't help but begin to share the warmth.

"Why did Xiao Ai want to come to the summer camp? Why did she come all the way from out of town?"

Xiao Lan sat next to Xiao Ai around the campfire and started talking to her, as if she was worried that this new friend was a little uncomfortable, or perhaps it was a way of atonement for what had happened before.

All in all, Xiaolan is particularly concerned about Xiaoai.

The setting sun remained level with the horizon, revealing only a little light, which cast a blood-red glow on the green grass.

Xiaozhi and his friends gathered around the campfire. In order to help Xiaoai adapt to the atmosphere here, they chatted with her about interesting things in the past, until the last team had completed everything, including the tent and the campfire.

"Ahem, look here, kids!"

An old but lively voice sounded, and all the children participating in the summer camp saw a familiar-looking old man standing in front of them. It was the initiator of the summer camp, Professor Oak.

"I think everyone is wondering why you need to set up a tent and light a fire by yourself, right? In fact, the question is very simple. You are all people who are about to embark on a journey and adventure outside."

Upon hearing this, Xiaozhi turned around and looked at the people around him. Just like Professor Oak, just by looking at their faces, he could tell that everyone was of the same age.

"But you know what? The wild isn't that safe. Although most Pokémon won't attack humans, they often sleep outdoors."

"At this time, you need to build the tent by yourselves and light a campfire. After all, a comfortable and warm environment is the basic guarantee for the journey to continue."

"For the remaining four days, we will provide food, but you will have to cook for yourself."

"You can spend the rest of the time exploring or doing anything else, but remember to do what you can. That's all I want to say. Next, let my assistant Matsumoto distribute tonight's food to you."

Professor Oak said this without any lingering thoughts and turned to go into his tent.

At this moment, the setting sun completely disappeared and the moon rose. In addition to the silver light provided by the moon, only the bonfire made by the children could provide lighting.

Assistant Matsumoto, who had just disappeared for a while, appeared in front of everyone holding five large plastic bags, and began to distribute them according to the order of the teams from the smallest to the largest...

[Professor Oak's summer camp has begun. It lasts for five days. There is no purpose. It just lets the children cook, set up tents, and make fires. Perhaps it is to let the little ones who are about to embark on a journey adapt in advance... Then, what will happen to the fifth team where Xiaozhi is? Let us look forward to the next chapter... To be continued...]