A Kindhearted Person

"Ash, you heard someone talking just now. Could it have been Ninetales talking? That can't be possible, right? Could this Ninetales use Telepathy?" Ash had seen Pokémon capable of Telepathy before—quite a few Pokémon could use it—so he was not particularly surprised. He simply found it unlikely that Ninetales could.

"I heard it," Brock said, watching Ninetales' trembling eyelids as she was about to awaken. Only after she slowly opened her eyes and saw him did he ask, "Can you speak? Why were those Black-Clad Men trying to capture you...?"

"Thank you, kindhearted person." Ninetales did not open her mouth, yet her Telepathy rang inside Brock's mind. She had never lost consciousness, which was why she had thanked Nurse Joy.

"I'm Brock. Who are you? You can use Telepathy?" Brock's introduction immediately startled Ash and the other two, because Ninetales had only used Telepathy on Brock. The others could not hear her.

"I don't know who I am. Is Telepathy speaking? Ever since I woke up, I was locked inside an iron cage. I wanted to escape so badly. One day, I suddenly learned to speak human language. After I escaped, those people started chasing me. I cried out for help from many people, but only you followed me..."

"Brock, Ninetales' eyes turned blue..." Ash saw her blue eyes and knew she was using psychic powers, yet he still backed away in fear.

"Idiot, Ash, she's using Telepathy," Xiao Xia said. She had already realized that Ninetales could use Telepathy and was communicating with Brock. Still, ever observant, she reminded him, "Brock, there's a tag around her neck..."

"Let me see. Luo Ke? Is that your name?" Brock saw the tag Yu Hai had prepared. It was meant to keep Brock from catching Ninetales and randomly naming her, so they