Pokémon Padea Adventure: The Journey Continues

In the early morning, Xiaozhi and Pikachu were sleeping comfortably on their beds in the dormitory of the academy. The long adventure had made them sleep in the open air and were physically and mentally exhausted... Even after noon, they still showed no sign of waking up.

A figure quietly sneaked into Xiaozhi's dormitory, looked at Xiaozhi and Pikachu who were still lying on the bed, and sighed deeply. He turned to the window behind him, pulled open the curtains, and the dazzling sunlight hurt Xiaozhi and Pikachu's eyelids.

"What...what happened? What's going on?!"

"Pika Pika..."

The two people who had just woken up tried hard to open their eyes and looked in the direction with their backs to the sun. It turned out to be a suction cup puppet wearing a shower cap and a scarf. It was holding a broom in one hand and pulling open the quilt covering Xiaozhi and the others with the other hand, and loudly woke Xiaozhi and Pikachu up.

"Moni! Moni!"

Xiaozhi and Pikachu then woke up from their sleepy state, stretched, and greeted the suction cup puppet.

"Morning, Suction Cup Doll!"

"Pickup!"

Looking at the lazy faces of Xiaozhi and the others, the Suction Cup Doll became even more angry and continued to shout after raising his voice.

"Nemo...!"

"Ah!... What's wrong, suction cup puppet?"

In response to Xiaozhi's questioning, the suction cup puppet threw the alarm clock on the table onto Xiaozhi's face.

“Ouch! That hurts…”

The alarm clock slid from Xiaozhi's face to the bed, and Xiaozhi then saw the numbers on the alarm clock.

"What! It's already 10:30..., Pikachu let's run, we're late!"

After returning to the academy, Xiaozhi changed into the academy uniform, called Pikachu and ran out of the house in a hurry.

"Suction Cup Doll, we are going out now. I leave the door of the dormitory to you. Bye!"

"Nemo Nemo!"

After the Suction Cup Doll waved and watched Xiaozhi and Pikachu leave, it continued to busy itself with its cleaning work.

Xiaozhi knocked on Piper's door next door, but got no response.

"Piper, hurry up, we're going to be late for the midterm test..., Eh! Is there no one here?"

After knocking on the door for a long time, Xiaozhi still didn't get a response from Piper in the house, and then Xiaozhi immediately realized.

"It's so late, how could Piper not be awake yet? They must have gone to the academy playground to gather..."

As he spoke, Xiaozhi and Pikachu flew over, and when they passed through the corridor, they passed by a group of four who were cleaning. Those people looked up at Xiaozhi and the others who were leaving. They were the members of Team Rocket, and they only heard them say.

"I'm going back to the academy to give Clavel some face, so I won't make any plans!"

"That's right, meow. After the midterm return, I'll show you outside the academy, meow!"

"Sonans..."

The members of Team Rocket who were chatting were stopped by a suction cup puppet that appeared from behind.

"Nemo Nemo!"

Team Rocket immediately got to work.

"Okay! Let's get to work right away..."

Among the busy figures of Musashi and Meowth, there was no sign of Kojiro. Turning back, I found that Kojiro was diving into the grass by the roadside, as if he was busy looking for something.

"Kojiro, what are you doing? You can't be lazy..."

"That's right, meow. Finish your work as soon as possible and go back to rest, meow."

"Wait, Musashi, meow, have you seen my pair of rats? I wonder where they ran to..."

Xiaozhi ran out of the dormitory area and passed by the teaching area. The keel had been erected on the roof of a damaged building in the teaching area, and several workers and Pokémon were busy repairing it.

This is the building that was damaged by the wreckage of the giant Meowth robot that was blown away by the energy-running Pikachu at the beginning, and the day for repair is coming soon. This is why Team Rocket stayed here to work, why Xiaozhi stayed here to enroll, why the suction cup puppet became a cleaning staff... and the beginning of all the stories.

On his way to the playground, Xiaozhi took a detour to the farm behind the academy, which was where the Pokémon of the academy students were kept. After Xiaozhi had more than six Pokémon on hand, he stored his Earth Dragon here.

Before Xiaozhi could get close, Earth Dragon Jiejie seemed to have telepathy. He jumped over the farm fence and ran straight towards Xiaozhi. Seeing Earth Dragon Jiejie coming, Xiaozhi immediately opened his arms to welcome him.

"Jiejie!"

"It's the Earth Dragon Festival! Are you doing well..."

"Pika pika!"

Xiaozhi and Tulongjie snuggled together intimately, and after reminiscing for a while, Xiaozhi also told the purpose of this trip.

"Earth Dragonite, I'm here to replace the Pokémon I have. After my former companion Infernape returned to the team yesterday, I already have seven Pokémon on hand. With you in the custody here, I now have a total of eight Pokémon in the Padia region!"

"So I want to deposit one of my Pokémon here so that my Poké Ball with Infernape in it can be used normally! By the way..., Tsuchiya, you've been living here for a while, how about exchanging you out so that we can go on an adventure again?"

After hearing Xiaozhi's suggestion, Tulongjiejie nodded immediately and rubbed against Xiaozhi with great joy. Tulongjiejie, who was already a distance taller than Xiaozhi, was still acting as spoiled as when he was Tulong's younger brother.

"Alright, alright, Dragonite! Let me think about replacing those two Pokémon and putting them back on the farm..."

As he said that, Xiaozhi pushed away the Earth Dragon that was acting coquettishly on him, and after a brief thought, he made a decision. Oliva and Slark were left on the farm, while Earth Dragon and Infernape returned to the team.

Carrying the Poké Balls containing Raptor and Infernape, Ash and Pikachu headed straight for the playground.

After a while, they arrived at the playground, where many students had already gathered. After not seeing each other for half a semester, they had endless things to talk about when they met again, and they were gathering in groups of three or five to reminisce about the past.

As he ran all the way here, Xiaozhi said with emotion.

"Wow! There are so many students gathered here, and there are so many familiar faces that I haven't seen for a long time. I really miss them... But where are Xiaoqing and Piper? Nemo and Mudan should also appear..."

In addition to the students wearing orange and purple uniforms, there were also many outsiders participating in the homecoming event. Xiaozhi was running and looking around, not paying attention to the road in front of him. His eyes went dark and he accidentally bumped into the person in front of him.

"oops!"

"It hurts..."

Xiaozhi, who fell to the ground, held his forehead, slowly stood up, looked at the person in front of him who was also holding the back of his head, and said embarrassedly.

"I'm sorry, classmate... It's all my fault that I was in a hurry and didn't look at the road. Are you okay?"

After the other person and Xiaozhi stood up together, Xiaozhi saw the other person's face and said in surprise.

"Oh, it's you! You're Natsu... Wait, that's not right..."

As he spoke, Xiaozhi looked the other person up and down and found that he was wearing a gorgeous, high-end dark dress decorated with sparkling decorations, which was very different from Natsu's simple attire. He suddenly realized and continued.

"…You are not Natsu, you are dressed so ostentatiously, you are his twin brother - Namor!"

Namor also recognized Xiaozhidao after rubbing the back of his head.

"It's you, Xiaozhi. Why are you in such a hurry... But it's been a long time since we last met. The last time we met was in "Brewlight City". Thank you for letting me and my brother get back together. I haven't thanked you properly yet, and now I'm even with the fact that you bumped into me just now."

Xiaozhi smiled and nodded, reminiscing about the past.

"Don't blame me, that's good! By the way..., may I ask how the Moore family business is going between you two brothers? Is Natsu okay?"

When Namor heard Xiaozhi asking about the Moore family's industry, he immediately became interested and said proudly.

"Thanks to the Padiya Alliance and my eldest brother's foresight, our declining family exchange business has cooperated with the Padiya Alliance's new LP point business to establish the "Drop Exchange Company". The combination of old-fashioned and new businesses has produced unexpected results and set off a nationwide "collection boom" in the Padiya region."

"However, the company's emerging businesses have yet to be improved. A large amount of LP points were lost internally, and it was confirmed that they were stolen by a hacker. Now my brother is actively investigating the matter with the staff of Padiya..."

Xiaozhi nodded and replied.

"I see. That must have been hard on you, Natsu..."

Namor still spoke to himself about this matter.

"Are you asking about my current situation? I've been doing pretty well lately. As the saying goes, a dragon makes a tiger. My eldest brother is so promising, how could I be any worse..."

Xiaozhi muttered in confusion.

"What! I never asked that question..."

Seeing Namo talking, Xiaozhi was too embarrassed to interrupt and continued to listen quietly.

"With the company under my big brother's full agency, I also began to think about what path I should take. Hard work pays off... I took root in Pokémon and established the first "Pokémon Fan Club" in the Padiya region."

"It is used for the exchange of Pokémon between trainers. Our important task now is to collect the rare Pokémon in the Padia region. In addition to the Pokémon that rarely appear under normal evolution with a 1% chance of evolution, there are also Pokémon of different colors. For this purpose, I lived in the "Big Pot Lake" for a while, and finally collected three..."

Just as Namor was talking excitedly, he suddenly noticed the Pokémon he was looking for appeared in a corner of the playground and ran in that direction.

Namor was heading towards the side of the playground, where Team Rocket was looking for a pair of lost mice. They were exhausted and collapsed on a bench nearby.

Kojiro, who was concerned about a pair of mice in high danger, ran out first and discovered them. He was eating a sandwich for lunch on a bench, waiting for the arrival of Musashi and Meowth.

"Ojiro, did you finally find a pair of rats?"

"Yes, it turned out that this guy was attracted by the smell of the student's sandwich and followed him to the playground. When I found it, the kind-hearted student gave us his sandwich..., so we decided to have a 'picnic' here and wait for your arrival."

Musashi and Meowth, who came later, were tired and hungry, and sat next to Kojiro.

"What an unexpected disaster. I still have work to do. A pair of rats really makes me worry."

"Kojiro, do you have any sandwich left? Give me a piece..."

Musashi said, spreading his hands in front of Kojiro, who sheepishly rubbed the pair of rat paths on his stomach.

"Uh..., no more. That piece was eaten by a pair of rats."

Musashi was speechless, and Meowth, who was also growling with hunger, complained to the pair of mice.

"What a greedy mouse! They are so small, but their mouths are so big and their appetites are so voracious. Compared to their previous companion, Morubeko, they are even more greedy."

Meow Meow looked at the pair of mice, as if he had discovered something unusual, and rubbed his eyes.

"Strange! I don't know if I fainted from hunger, meow. How come a pair of mice turned into three? Am I dazzled?"

Kojiro said with a smile.

"Meow meow, you are so hungry that you are fainting. I have a name for you. A pair of mice. Of course, a pair of mice is a group of two Pokémons..."

Kojiro said this in a decisive tone as he stroked a pair of mice and suddenly noticed something strange.

"Strange! Why do the pair of mice in my arms have three bodies..."

After Kojiro's exclamation, he looked down and saw Musashi and Meowth on his left and right looking towards the middle at the same time. They discovered that in addition to the original pair of two mice, there was a smaller white mouse. Musashi and Meowth were so frightened that they jumped up.

"What's going on? When did a pair of mice lay eggs and hatched a degenerate type?"

Kojiro said after trying his best to recall.

"No..., it's impossible! A pair of mice have been living and eating with me. Apart from their voracious appetite, I have never noticed them laying eggs."

"Have they evolved, meow?"

Kojiro continued answering.

"That's a bit possible. I remember that a pair of rats had an evolved form, but when did it evolve? I don't have any impression of it..."

Having said that, they decided not to speculate and took out their cell phone to check Rotom.

"A Family Mouse, a family Pokémon, a Normal type, the evolved form of a pair of mice."

"A family of rats is a pair of rats that unknowingly had a child during evolution. Although they live like a family, the relationship between the three remains a mystery. It builds a huge nest and divides it into multiple rooms according to their uses, including bedrooms, dining rooms, etc. The two larger ones will fight while protecting their children, and they will go out together to fight against powerful opponents."

Kojiro said happily.

"Great, a pair of mice evolved into a family of mice, but when did they evolve?"

Then, Kojiro said in confusion after looking at his family of mice and the pictures in the illustrated book.

"Why? The family of mice in the illustrated book has four, but my family of mice has only three. Where did the other one go?"

Just as Team Rocket was bending over the ground to search for the remaining one, Namor and Xiaozhi ran towards this direction.

"Dear college staff, you didn't lose one, but a family of mice. In addition to the (four-family) state, there is also a (three-family) state that only appears when the evolution is 1%."