Chapter 20 The Aloof Water Duck
"Finally, we have arrived at Pingdie Town. I'm starving to death. Let's go eat."
"That's right, don't forget to buy dry food for the journey. If you don't have anything to eat when you go out, just picking fruits from the trees is not the same thing."
"Yes, but before that, we still need to find a Pokémon Center to help Pikachu and the others recover their strength..."
Xiaozhi and his party went straight to the Pokémon Center without stopping when they arrived in the town. Seeing a familiar face, Xiaozhi was stunned for a moment, and Xiaoqing asked strangely.
"Xiao Zhi, what's wrong with you?"
Ms. Joy in the Pokémon Center also asked.
"Can I help you with anything?"
Xiaozhi then answered.
"Is it possible that Ms. Joy from the Pokémon Center in the Padia region also..."
"I'm Joey, do you have any questions?... Seeing your student-like appearance, it's possible that you are from Orange & Grape Academy in Table Town."
"Yes, the Joey in the Pokémon Center in Table Town is..."
"Oh, you are curious about this! Miss Joy in Table Town is my cousin. Some people always say that we look alike, but I think I am the most beautiful one in the Joy family."
"I think, yes, right..."
Xiaozhi said casually, but what he thought in his heart was.
"Don't they look exactly the same? I didn't expect that Miss Joy would even be here. I had a hunch that it would be like this. But I never expected that even the clerk in the prop shop... "
As Xiaozhi was thinking, he subconsciously turned his head towards the clerk's face, attracting his attention.
"Hello, sir! I am Thorpe, who is mainly engaged in the props store. I also have brothers of the same race in Table City. That one is my cousin..."
As he spoke, he showed the family photo behind him.
"...It's a pleasure to serve you."
"You, hello."
Xiaozhi replied stiffly, but the surprised and frozen expression on his face was not relieved at all, what he was thinking in his heart.
"Good guy, I didn't expect that the guy from the prop shop in the Padia area, Thorpe, also comes from a big family. This is what I saw in addition to the Joey family, the Junsha family, and the Dong George family of the Hezhong area fighting club. The fourth big family."
Then, Xiaozhi turned his attention to the cylindrical robot in the green area on the other side and said.
"Since Joey and George both come from a big family, I think the cylindrical robot should also be a clone robot that is mass-produced locally and available in various places."
Who knew that what the cylindrical robot used for communication would answer would be beyond Xiaozhi's expectations.
"No, Xiaozhi! I share the same system with the robots in Table City, so all the robots work on my system, and I have recorded your trainer's information, so I remember you... And, let me introduce myself properly, my name is Intelijun."
"Oh, good, good."
The unique Pokémon Center in the Padia region should have surprised Xiaozhi again and again, and Xiaoqing said in confusion.
"What's wrong, Ash? The Pokémon Center in the Padia region is weird compared to the Pokémon Centers in other regions."
"No, it's just that I'm so strange."
Ms. Joy helped Pikachu and the others recover their physical strength, and then helped Xiaozhi and Xiaoqing's Taijing Beads charge up.
Xiaoqing asked about Joey.
"Excuse me, I want to participate in the latest photography competition held in the Padiya region. How should I register?"
"Oh, then you have to go to Intelijun in the green area over there to sign up."
Coming to the green area, Intelijun replied.
"Xiaoqing Photographer, you must first watch the pre-match promotional short film jointly produced by the Padilla Alliance and Orange & Grape Academy before you can register."
After saying that, the electronic screen on the side lit up.
The person who entered the audience's sight was the college's teacher Yashuo who spoke.
"The Padia region holds the first Nature & Pokémon Photography Contest. The purpose is to determine the ten most proud landscapes in the region. The competition is called the 'Ten Scenery Photography Contest'. People from all walks of life inside and outside the school are welcome. To join, you can use your mobile phone Rotom or your own photography equipment to shoot. All submissions must be submitted to the Pokémon Center. The finalists will be announced at the Pokémon Center at regular intervals. You can Duplicate multiple submissions.”
"Until the end of the competition, the judges will comprehensively consider the top ten works and list them as the ten sceneries of Padea. Among them, the top three will be determined based on the number of selected works. We hope to get everyone's enthusiastic participation."
After the scene of Bashuo ended, Xiaozhi said from the side.
"It's such an interesting format. It's a type of competition I haven't seen in other regions! My friend from the Kanto region, Pokémon Photographer Archer, would be very happy if he was here."
Immediately afterwards, the content of the promotional video was not over yet. The next person to speak was a melancholy man with dark green hair. Xiaozhi asked curiously.
"Who is this person?"
"He is the gym leader of the Shenbo Gym in Shenbo Town - Kou Sha. He is not only a master of the grass attribute, but also acts as a "nature-advocating artist"."
Intelijun answered Xiaozhi's question.
"I see!"
Kosha introduced in the video.
"...The judges of this competition will be jointly served by me, Kosha, Bashuo, and Lanlian, a famous photographer from Padia. Please stay tuned..."
Xiaozhi said in surprise to Xiaoqing.
"Xiaoqing, your mother is really famous."
Xiaoqing smiled sheepishly after being praised. After the video ended, Xiaoqing went through the registration procedures for the conference.
After the formalities were over, the promotional video was not over yet, with Kosha still speaking.
"Insert the shortlisted works from the contestants that have been received in the pre-game stage..."
Several works are scrolling in the video, and each beautiful landscape work is pleasing to the eye. Among them, the name of the photography and the author, Nishida's "Lonely Beach" is also listed.
"What! Isn't this just..."
"Yes, Nishida is really awesome. I think he will become my fierce rival in photography conferences."
"Xiaoqing, without further ado, please upload your photos from the past few days as well."
"No, Xiaozhi, after seeing the works of other contestants, I feel that my works are not good enough. I need to travel to more places to improve my aesthetic and composition skills, so that I can live up to my mother's name. .”
"Then you have to work harder..."
After a brief stay in Pingdie Town, Xiaozhi and the others continued their journey. Suddenly, from the conversations of pedestrians passing by on the roadside, I learned that in a pool outside the town, there was a Teal duck fighting with three flamingos.
After Xiaozhi heard this, he curiously caught up and asked.
"Hello everyone, I just heard you talking about which Pokémon is fighting?"
Passers-by pointed in the direction they were passing.
"There are Pokémon fighting in that place, probably fighting over territory..."
"Wang the flamingo?"
Ash muttered as he took out his cell phone Rotom.
"Tanghuo is a synchronized Pokémon with flying and fighting attributes. In order to prevent the energy accumulated in its belly from flowing out, it seems to tie its neck to the base of its neck. It has a habit called synchronization, so The whole group will work together to attack in an orderly manner."
Passers-by also added.
"I heard that because the flamingoes like to tie their necks, their brains often don't get enough oxygen. As a result, there will be records of individual small groups becoming unclear and leaving the larger group to live in small ponds. If we don't help them as soon as possible, When the water in the small ponds dries up, they will have no choice but to die."
another passerby said.
"Don't worry about whether these three flamingoes will die of thirst. Before that, the water duck will be beaten to death by them. After all, when they attack in groups, it is difficult for two fists to defeat any Pokémon. They will all be unable to withstand it.”
"That's not good, Xiaoqing, let's go take a look!"
Xiaozhi said, beckoning Xiaoqing to follow and run in that direction. Worried passers-by kept asking and shouting behind them.
"Little brother, don't go. Red Crane is a well-known rogue Pokémon in the Padia area. Anyone and Pokémon that come close will be killed or injured. Let's leave it to Miss Junsha, little one. younger brother……"
Xiaozhi and the others did not listen to the instructions of the passers-by and ran towards the small water pool in a hurry. After a while, we arrived at our destination.
"Isn't this the red long-necked, long-legged bird Pokémon I met when I first arrived in the Padia region? It turns out they are flamingos."
Taking a closer look, there was indeed a white duck Pokémon fighting a fierce battle with three flamingos. The bruised duck used a water gun to attack, and after repelling one of the flamingos, the other two took advantage of the gap to kick the duck twice in a row from behind, and were caught off guard and kicked four times in a row.
"stop it!"
Run Shui Ya's steps were shaky, but he still managed to withstand the attack. Just when Run Shui Duck had no time to respond, Mao Honghe's next wave of attacks was about to come...
"Pikachu, attack with 100,000 volts!"
Pikachu's attack came in response, landing in the middle of them and blocking the attack of the Flamingo, causing them to stop their attack on the Teal.
Xiaozhi and the others finally stood in front of Runduiya at the last moment of the crisis.
"Falling cranes, stop, this is not the water body you should be in."
The flamingoes had already been strangled by the long necks tied to them and were unconscious, unable to see clearly their current situation.
"There is nothing we can do, it's up to you, Lucario!"
Ash ordered after releasing Lucario.
"Lucario, take the flamingos back to the direction of their main force!"
Lucario used the power of the waveguide to immediately determine the direction. A wave of missiles passed in front of the flamingos, attracting their attention, and they chased in Lucario's direction. Lucario He also successfully took them away from the duckling.
Seeing the Flamingoes walking away, Xiaozhi felt relieved and turned around to rescue the Water Duck. Unexpectedly, the aloof Runduiya did not relax his guard, and shot a weak water gun into Xiaozhi's face, still dragging his disabled body to support him painfully.
Xiaozhi shook the water from his face.
"Runshuiya, what's wrong with you? I'm here to help you."
Xiaoqing said worriedly on the side.
"Xiao Zhi, the situation of Runduiya is very bad now. If we don't implement treatment quickly, it will cause irreparable consequences!"
"I know, Xiaoqing, but it won't let me get close."
"Catch it with a Poké Ball and forcefully take it to the Pokémon Center."
"By the way, there is also this trick."
With that said, Xiaozhi took out the empty Poké Ball and threw it at the Water Duck. Unexpectedly, a burst of red light made the Poké Ball fly away.
"so……"
"It's a Pokémon with a trainer."
Suddenly, Xiao Qing found that the duck was motionless, and there was a tiny rustling sound coming from the grass protecting it behind him. He looked closely and said.
"Ash, that's Umbo."
"Ubo! Shouldn't it be blue?"
Ash doubtfully took out his cell phone Rotom.
"Ubo, the appearance of Padia, is a poisonous fish Pokémon with attributes of poison type and ground type. Padia Ubo seems to have lived in the water in the Padia region a long time ago, and it was lost due to losing in the battle for territory. It changed to live in the mud on land. After it lived on land, in order to prevent dryness, it became able to use toxic mucous membranes to protect its body. Due to its long-term life on land, its gills have become very hard. Although its body Although it is bulky and slow in movement, it can still release venom from its gills to protect itself. Where Padia Upo lives, it seems that poisoned Pokémon can sometimes be seen."
Xiaozhi and the others understood it after learning the introduction in the illustrated book.
"It turns out that this water duck wants to protect the Ubos living in this small pond. At the same time, driving away also protects the flamingos from being polluted by the poisonous small water bodies of Padiya Ubo. , the infection is poisonous.”
Xiaozhi pointedly called Padiya Upo who was hiding in the grass.
"Ubos, come out quickly. Lucario has taken Red Crane away from here. You should go back to your own little pool."
After confirming that it was safe outside, Padya Upo finally felt relieved and boldly moved forward, returning to the small pool one after another. The enthusiastic Pikachu wanted to go forward to persuade the Teal Duck, but the Teal Duck couldn't hold on anymore and fell heavily after seeing the Uobos returning to the pool safely.
"Moist duck!"
Xiaozhi quickly stepped forward to check and found out that the duck was still alive, but its life was in danger. He picked up the duck and said to Xiaoqing.
"Xiao Qing, let's go to the Pokémon Center quickly. Where is the nearest Pokémon Center here?"
Xiaoqing hurriedly flipped through the map locations in Rotom on her phone.
"Well... the nearest Pokémon center from here is... Oh, not far away is Table City. There is an outdoor Pokémon center just outside the south gate."
"Okay, let's go there, Xiaoqing, you will lead the way."
Xiaoqing, who was leading the way, asked Xiaozhi worriedly.
"Xiao Zhi, Lucario hasn't come back yet, so we're going to leave now, is that okay?"
"It doesn't matter. Its waveguide ability is different from ordinary people. It can sense it wherever we go... Let's not talk about it. The top priority now is to help treat this water duck. We have to hurry up."
"That's right, let's go!"
Xiaozhi and his group ran towards Table City.