Chapter 975 Xiaozhi: I don’t have time to blink

Chapter 976 Xiaozhi: I don’t have time to blink

They have had such a tacit understanding for such a long time that Xia You didn't even need to give any instructions. The man and the Pokémon just looked at each other, and Gengar understood what Xia You meant. After looking around, it flew directly in a certain direction, and its body slowly disappeared in the air.

Because of the fast speed, Gengar's appearance was fleeting. When Albert on the side happened to turn his head, he only saw an outline like transparent glass, which disappeared in the blink of an eye. Even when he was confused and doubted whether he really saw something, Gengar had disappeared without a trace.

He hesitated for a moment: "Was that just now..."

"What?" Hearing his voice, Xia You turned to look at him and said calmly, "I didn't see anything."

This man...

Albert narrowed his eyes.

In fact, he disliked this man from the moment he first met him.

Of course, this was not because the man was young, handsome, or accompanied by a beautiful green-haired woman. Albert was not jealous of these things. After all, he believed that he was not bad either. He just felt that... unlike that idiot and fool Tonyo, this man was a real man. And when a real man suddenly appeared beside Alice without her knowing, how could he remain indifferent?

Xia You was fully aware of Albert's hostility, but...

Come on, it's not like he can be attracted by just any woman he sees. Besides, Alice is obviously in love with that Tonyo. I can only say that this guy has completely got the wrong target...

How can you consider yourself as an opponent?

Shouldn't your target be this silly-looking scientist?

Just at this moment, something unusual suddenly occurred on the ground in a garden nearby, attracting their attention.

I saw a stone pillar that was originally standing there was split in half by a purple energy like a blade, sliding to the ground and hitting the lawn with a "bang".

Several people all turned their heads to look, and saw that under the sunlight, among the green shade, they could see a blurry shadow moving quickly on the ground. It was pulled by some unknown force, and the small piece of sky above the green shade suddenly darkened at this moment, blocking the sunlight completely.

And at the moment the shadow appeared, it seemed unable to withstand the dark energy, and even the flowers on the surrounding vegetation withered.

The shadow finally formed the shape of a Pokémon on the ground, and like Gengar, it slowly rose from the ground!

At the same time, a strong masculine voice was echoing in people's ears.

"Don't come here."

The voice was very low, and although there was no change in tone, one could still hear the strong warning in it.

Looking at this Pokémon, as its entire body was revealed, even though no one introduced it, everyone recognized its identity at a glance - Darkrai!

Staring at the Pokémon floating in the shadows, facing them from a distance, Xiaoguang looked incredulous and couldn't help muttering, "Is this... is this Darkrai?"

All I can say is that compared to Ash and Brock, Hikari, who has just been traveling for a short time, has encountered too few legendary Pokémon and mythical Pokémon!

If I had seen more of them, I wouldn't be as surprised as I am now.

Just like Xiaozhi, look at him now, isn't he...

I just glanced at Xiaozhi and saw that his mouth was half open, looking shocked.

Ok……

Xia You couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

In fact, Xiaozhi is not much stronger than Xiaoguang.

I really don't understand. This guy has seen so many legendary Pokémon and had close contact with them, so why would he be as surprised as a newbie like Xiaoguang?

Compared to them, Xiaoyao beside him seemed extremely calm and indeed looked like someone who had seen big scenes!

Taking in the expressions of several people, Xia You also glanced at the Darkrai at this time.

I have to say that as a mythical Pokémon with evil attributes, as well as a Pokémon of dreams and the moon, Darkrai's image is still very outstanding.

Of course, it’s not that outstanding. Some people think it’s cool, but others think it’s just average.

But at least it is special enough, and its appearance just now is indeed very impressive!

Judging from the appearance, Darkrai is only about 1 meters tall, which is not that tall for a legendary Pokémon, but it is in line with the size of people's impression of mythical Pokémon.

Its entire body seemed to be in shadow, with its rolling white hair covering most of its face, leaving only a pair of bright blue eyes exposed. There was a red jagged object like a collar around its neck, and a long black rag hung on each shoulder. It had black claw-like hands, and although it had no wings, it just floated in the air like that.

As a Pokémon that often moves around on the night of the new moon, it uses its power to lure others into deep sleep and dream, causing people and Pokémon to have nightmares to protect itself and expel them from its territory, but in fact it has no malicious intent.

There is also a saying among the people that Darkrai will bring horrible nightmares on moonless nights. Therefore, in the past, everyone in the village had nightmares on moonless nights. The villagers claimed that the Pokémon that appeared in the nightmares was this Pokémon.

Speaking of which, the concept of Darkrai comes from nightmares, and his appearance is similar to a shadow. Judging from his special skills and exclusive characteristics, Darkrai may also refer to Morpheus or Phoebus in Greek mythology, as well as the nightmare in European folk tales.

Although it is sometimes seen as the male counterpart of Cresselia, Darkrai actually has no gender, and is not of the same species as Cresselia, who is also a dream and moon Pokémon.

However, unlike its peers, the Darkrai in front of him obviously possesses stronger power!

Just as Xia You was looking at it, Albert beside him had already taken action.

Of course, he didn't want to capture this Pokémon, but to——

Albert strode forward and said with a fierce smile: "Darkrai! You really did all this! Come on, lick it with your big tongue!"

Under his command, his big tongue condensed the destructive light again, and then directly launched an attack on Darkrai!

Such behavior surprised everyone except Xia You. After all, this was Darkrai, a very rare mythical Pokémon. No one expected that Albert would act so decisively!

Amid the people's horrified gazes, the destructive ray shot straight towards Darkrai.

However, just as the two were about to touch, Darkrai's figure suddenly flashed and turned into a shadow again. Not only did he avoid the destructive light, he also moved quickly through the ground to the open space on the other side and reappeared, condensing a purple and black energy ball to counterattack the big tongue lick!

Such a reaction was beyond Albert's expectations.

Just as he was stunned, the purple-black energy ball was already within reach!

I have to say that Albert's big tongue is really good at licking. At such a critical moment, he used the flexibility and speed that made up for his fat body to dodge the attack.

But it didn't matter that it dodged, because Xiaozhi behind it was the one who got into trouble!

Xiaozhi was totally unprepared, and was just standing by to watch the development of the situation. Unexpectedly, as the big tongue in front of him suddenly dodged, he came face to face with the purple-black energy ball!

At this distance, not only Xiaozhi, but even Pikachu didn't have time to react.

When people turned around, they saw that the purple-black energy ball, which was originally the size of a football and now the size of a ping-pong ball, had hit Xiaozhi in the chest!

The next second, the super newcomer fell to the ground!

"Ash!!"

"Pickup!!"

Seeing this scene, several people around Xiaozhi quickly surrounded him, but compared to people’s previous impression that Xiaozhi would jump up and down and stand up again even after being hit by a move, at this moment he actually closed his eyes and lay there motionless!

And just after the attack, Darkrai's body turned into a shadow again, and left in the direction he came from, and then disappeared again!

"Damn it! Don't even think about running away!"

Seeing that Darkrai had escaped like this, Albert would naturally not give up. Without any hesitation, he licked him with his big tongue and quickly chased after him.

But no one cared about him now. Whether it was his companions Xiaoyao, Xiaoguang, Xiaogang, or Alice, they all bent down to check the situation.

Only Xia You stood there and turned to look in the direction Darkrai left. Sure enough, the next second, another shadow slid across the ground, almost instantly surpassing Albert and his Big Tongue Licking, and also chasing after Darkrai. Seeing this, he nodded slightly and then turned his gaze to Xiaozhi.

At this time, Xiaoyao and his friends surrounded Xiaozhi, but no matter how they called, shook, or even Pikachu used electric shock to shock Xiaozhi, they could not wake him up.

A feeling of uneasiness was also spreading at this moment.

Seeing that he couldn't wake Xiaozhi up, Xiaoyao couldn't help but look up at Xia You: "Brother Xia You, what happened to Xiaozhi?"

"Don't worry." In fact, when Darkrai attacked just now, Xia You had already recognized what the purple-black energy ball was by its color, so he seemed so nonchalant. Now when Xiaoyao asked him about it, he just shook his head and said, "It's just a dark-type move called Dark Hole. Oh... it's a special skill of Darkrai. This energy ball itself doesn't cause any harm. It just drags the target's mind into a dark world and puts it into a sleeping state."

After hearing what he said, several people were stunned: "So..."

Moving his gaze to Xiaozhi, Xia You nodded: "Don't worry, he will be fine. As long as he wakes up or is stimulated by some strong external force, he will wake up."

External stimulation?

Pikachu's eyes lit up, and he wanted to use a more violent electric shock to wake Xiaozhi up. Seeing his action, Xia You quickly reached out to stop him.

"Alright, alright, instead of using brutal means, let Xiaozhi sleep a little longer. After all, it's a mental attack, so it will put less strain on his body."

At this point, he turned to look at Alice: "Is there any place nearby where Xiaozhi can have a good rest?"

"Yes!" Alice said without hesitation, "The Pokémon Center is nearby. You can go there to rest!"

"Pokémon Center?" Xia You nodded. "There is really no better place than that. It's also a good place for Miss Joy to diagnose me. Besides..."

At this point, he turned to look at Xiaoyao and Xiaoguang: "Besides, aren't you going to participate in the gorgeous conference here? You can just go there to sign up!"

Hearing the words "Gorgeous Conference", Xiaoyao and Xiaoguang also remembered this matter. They looked at each other subconsciously, and thinking that they were about to compete as opponents, they couldn't help but fall silent at the same time.

Fortunately, at this time, the resolute man Xiaogang squatted down and carried Xiaozhi on his back, allowing Xiaoyao and Xiaoguang to come back to their senses.

Yes, compared to their grand tourney trip, the most important thing now is to take Satoshi to the Pokémon Center as soon as possible!

……

Just like other places in Poplar Town, the Pokémon Center here has the same style as the buildings in the town and looks full of Spanish style.

Even the interior of the Pokémon Center is not the common spacious hall that is spotlessly clean. Instead, like the outside, it is hung with colorful lights and flowers, and even has fountains and flowing pools. It looks more like a ballroom in a manor than a medical facility.

When the group arrived here, they explained the situation to Miss Joy first. After Miss Joy arranged Xiaozhi and gave him a brief check, Xiaoyao and Xiaoguang also came to the bar and signed up for the gorgeous conference here.

However, after registering, the two girls avoided the group and went to other places alone. It was obvious that they had something to discuss.

In fact, even if she didn't listen, Xia You knew what they would say to each other.

It's just a topic related to friendship.

These two people must have become friends. For the sake of their friendship and dreams, they both want the other to not care about each other, not show mercy, and have a good fight.

This also made Xia You feel infinite emotion.

In fact, in terms of interpersonal relationships, after coming to this world, there are not many people who truly become his friends, so he will not encounter such difficulties. But then again, even if he does, with his personality, he will not give in to anyone.

After all, victory can only be achieved through one's own efforts, not by others' humility.

Therefore, in his opinion, only by defeating the opponent with all one's strength can one show the greatest respect to friends and Pokémon!

Of course, this is also a kind of respect for oneself.