Chapter 1036 Fireworks Festival and Bang-Head Clown

Bang? Bang? Bang?

Melemele Island!

The fireworks display started on time, and the place was packed with people, making it very lively. Xiaozhi stood in the crowd, with Lila and Latias standing on his left and right respectively.

It has been two days since Ash returned from Ula'ula Island. During these two days, Ash has introduced Lila to Lillie and others, and everyone gets along very well!

As night fell, the fireworks display officially began under the beautiful starry sky. Colorful fireworks burst into the sky, and these fireworks were not ordinary fireworks, but were presented in the image of various Pokémon!

Poison Baby looked at the fireworks in the sky excitedly, spinning around in circles and making cheerful noises.

As the last spectacular firework exploded in the sky, the fireworks display was about to end successfully. The audience applauded and prepared to leave. However, at this moment, an unexpected scene appeared.

Suddenly, a white ball rose above the sea and exploded in the air like a firework. However, unlike ordinary fireworks, this white ball quickly returned to its original shape after exploding, then bounced a few times in the air before slowly falling down.

This scene scared Lillie and the others, but Ash's Toxopus was not afraid at all. Instead, it cheered excitedly and continued to spin in circles, looking very happy.

People around gathered around curiously, thinking that this was an extra performance of the fireworks display.

Xiaozhi and Lila's eyes fell on a reef not far away, where a strange-looking clown stood.

The white ball was its head, and even more terrifyingly, the clown was using the huge ball as a prop, passing it back and forth. Its movements were both funny and strange, giving people a chill.

"What is that?!" Lila frowned upon seeing this and looked at Xiaozhi with suspicion, "Is this a Pokémon?"

Xiaozhi stared at the clown and shook his head solemnly, "No, it seems to be an Ultra Beast!"

The moment Xiaozhi said this, Lillie and the others looked over alertly.

However, at this time, Bang-Head Clown seemed to have noticed the presence of Xiaozhi and the others, and immediately crossed the sea and appeared in front of everyone.

The clown's body bent slightly, lowering its massive head even lower until it was almost right in front of Xiaozhi and the others. The head looked like it could explode at any moment, emitting a terrifying aura.

It happened in a flash. At the moment of the explosion, the little Meloettas reacted quickly and used their special protective skills to create a solid protective shield for the people around them.

Surprisingly, however, the explosion, despite its loud noise, produced only smoke and caused no substantial damage, making it seem more like a farce than a real danger.

At the same time, Xiaozhi mobilized the power of light in his body without hesitation and went straight to suppress the source of the explosion.

Feeling the approach of this terrifying force, Boomstick immediately realized that Xiaozhi was not to be trifled with. Without even a moment's delay, it dodged and dashed across the sea like a flash of lightning.

Xiaozhi did not chase after him immediately. After all, with Hoopa around, there was no way for Boomstick to escape. Besides, no one knew where his Ultra Hole was. Even if he caught him, he had no way to send him back.

Of course, the most important thing is that through the brief contact just now, Xiaozhi was able to keenly perceive that this bang-head clown did not seem to have any malicious intent, it just simply liked to perform.

It was already late at this time, so Xiaozhi asked everyone to go home and rest. As for the matter of Boomstick, let's leave it to be dealt with tomorrow!

Of course, Lila lives in Xiaozhi's house~

However, just as everyone turned around and prepared to leave, none of them noticed that in the sky above, the energy fluctuations generated by the continuous explosions of the previous Bang-Head Clown had actually caused the opening of a new Ultimate Hole.

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Early the next morning, Xiaozhi brought Lila to the classroom. As soon as he entered, he heard Liliae and the others discussing what happened with Bang-Head Clown last night.

Xiaozhi then smiled and pulled up the blackboard and slapped it, "Ultimate Defense Team, move out!"

After changing clothes, everyone arrived at the underground base. Lila looked around curiously because it was her first time there. She looked at the combat uniforms of Xiaozhi and the others and said, "Is this the base of the Ultimate Defense Force? It seems a bit second-year~"

Lillie, who was holding Bai Gungun, lowered her head in shame. After all, her mother was just such a middle school student.

"Alola, everyone from the Ultimate Defense Force!" Lusamine appeared on the screen, then looked at Lila and smiled, "This must be International Police Lila, Alola!"

The Rotom Pokédex skillfully received the information.

"Alola, Chairman Lusamine!" Lila naturally knew the other party's identity.

By this time, the information on Boomhead had been updated, and the Rotom Pokédex began to announce it to everyone, "Boomhead, a fireworks Pokémon with Fire and Ghost attributes. It suddenly explodes its head to scare its opponent, then absorbs their fear and converts it into energy."

"We did detect the reaction of the Ultra Hole around the coast!" Lusamine then asked Xiaozhi, "But we are still investigating the specific location where it opened. Xiaozhi, please lead the team there first!"

However, just when Xiaozhi agreed, the power supply of the Ultimate Defense Force's underground base was suddenly cut off, and the scene was plunged into darkness.

Mamane, who was afraid of the dark, immediately started running around screaming.

To be continued…