Night.
Ye Qing lay in his tent by the river, while Gengar bottled the filtered water nearby.
Gardevoir hummed a tune with the sleeping Bulbasaur in her arms, and Azurill joined in beside her.
Diancie, Gabite, and Infernape chased one another and played by the river.
Neither Aggron nor Slaking liked moving much, so they lay beside Ye Qing's tent, each snoring louder than the other.
Stars glittered in the night sky. The sky over the Tropical Rainforest was especially beautiful. Ye Qing lay in his tent, repeatedly looking over and comparing a paper map.
Just then, two wakes suddenly appeared in the river, which was over ten meters wide, and steadily approached Ye Qing's campsite.
Ye Qing's Pokémon failed to notice this unknown danger.
Instead, the wild Pokémon drinking by the river sensed something wrong and began fleeing blindly.
"Garde?"
Gardevoir stopped humming and looked toward the calm river in confusion.
Her psychic power could not penetrate solid matter, so she had no idea what was happening underwater, but the feeler on her chest sensed an unfriendly intent approaching.
"What is it, Gardevoir?"
Ye Qing rubbed his eyes and put away the map. Whenever Gardevoir acted like this, it meant danger was approaching.
"Infern."
Infernape immediately went on alert. He glanced at Gabite, who was still chasing Diancie around, and anger welled up inside him.
Aggron and Milotic also opened their eyes, scanning their surroundings.
Seeing Gabite still fooling around, Infernape went over and kicked him straight into the river with a splash.
"Gab! Gab!"
As a land dragon, he was not a good swimmer. After falling into the water, he flailed his limbs wildly and paddled frantically toward shore.
Standing behind Gardevoir, Ye Qing tacitly allowed Infernape's actions. He knew the danger came from the river, so he