"I think I took too many Evolution Stones. They're so heavy!"
Sweat poured down Xiao Yan's face as he carried his backpack full of Evolution Stones.
"Hold on a moment, young man."
A white-haired old man sitting on a rock called out to Xiao Yan.
"Listen to me play for a while!"
The old man began playing his flute, and Xiao Yan and Pikachu became absorbed in the beautiful music.
"All right, give me something to eat!"
The white-haired old man stopped playing and held out his hand to Xiao Yan.
"Okay! These are all the rations I have left. You can have them." Xiao Yan handed the food to the old man, who immediately began wolfing it down.
"Grandpa, you look like you've been hungry for a long time..."
"It can't be helped! It hasn't rained in my village for ages. The river has dried up, too, and all our crops have died from lack of water, so hardly anyone has anything left to eat."
"I see..." Xiao Yan said goodbye to the old man and decided to go to the village to investigate.
"We can't just ignore something like this. Let's help them, Pikachu!"
"Pika! Pika!"
Xiao Yan and Pikachu walked up a small hill overlooking the village.
As far as they could see, the ground in the village was already cracked, just as the white-haired old man had said.
"This is awful..."
Xiao Yan followed Pikachu down the hill and into the village. Every household had its doors and windows tightly shut, and not a soul was in the streets. The place felt utterly deserted.
"Why isn't there anyone on the street?" Just then, a hand landed on Xiao Yan's shoulder from behind.
"You're a Pokémon Trainer, aren't you?" A bedraggled-looking man appeared before Xiao Yan.
"That's right!" Xiao Yan said.
"Then could you help us? If this water shortage keeps up, our whole village is done for." The man knelt on the ground and begged Xiao Yan for help.
"That's exactly why I came here. Leave it to me!"
Xiao Yan patted his chest.
"Really? That's wonderful!"
"Please take me to the river nearby!"
"No problem!"
The villager took Xiao Yan to a completely dried-up river.
"This is far enough. Thank you."
"Then we're counting on you!"
Xiao Yan parted ways with the villager for the time being and walked upstream along the riverbed.
"The way is blocked by thorns..."
"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt to break through the thorns."
Pikachu's Thunderbolt blasted through the thorns and cleared a path.
"Looks like we'll have to keep going upstream."
Xiao Yan and his companions finally reached the upper reaches of the river.
"This is..."
A gigantic body was blocking the flow of water.
"Snorlax?!"
Snorlax seemed to be asleep.
"We'll just have to wake him up."
Xiao Yan stood beside Snorlax's ear and shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Wake up!"
Snorlax still didn't budge.
"No choice, then. Pikachu, use Thunderbolt on Snorlax."
"Pikachu!" Pikachu unleashed Thunderbolt on Snorlax.
Snorlax woke up.
"It worked, Pikachu!"
At that moment, Snorlax lunged at Xiao Yan and Pikachu.
"Dodge!"
"He looks really angry. If he'd landed on us just now, we'd probably be dead."
Snorlax got back up and charged at them again.
Xiao Yan gripped a Pokémon Ball on his belt.
"I'm counting on you!"
The Pokémon he summoned blocked Snorlax's attack.
"Riolu, use High Jump Kick."
Riolu sent Snorlax flying with a kick.
"Snor!" Snorlax crashed into a rock and passed out.
Xiao Yan threw a Pokémon Ball at Snorlax. It shook a few times before going still, and Riolu retrieved the Pokémon Ball containing Snorlax for him.
"Thanks, Riolu and Pikachu!"
After recalling Riolu, Xiao Yan returned to the village to do one last thing.
"The river is flowing again. Next up..."
Xiao Yan called out a Pokémon.
"Dragonite, use Rain Dance."
A heavy rain drenched the village.
Seeing the downpour, the villagers all brought out buckets to collect water.
"Thank you so much! I can't thank you enough for what you've done. If you don't mind, please take this bread to eat on your journey."
"It was no trouble at all. I'll be off, then."
Xiao Yan took the bread and said goodbye to the villagers.
"It feels great to do a good deed, doesn't it, Pikachu?"
"Pikachu~" Pikachu was holding a piece of bread and eating it.
"I wonder what Xiao Lan is doing right now?"
"Now I've got my third Gym Badge, too!" A young girl who looked somewhat mature walked out of a Gym.
"Roar~"
"We're going to catch up with Big Brother Xiao Yan! Let's keep at it, Charmeleon!"
At Professor Oak's Laboratory...
"This is the Pokémon Xiao Yan sent over. I wonder what it is this time?"
The moment Professor Oak opened the Pokémon Ball, an enormous creature landed on top of him.
"This Snorlax is huge... Ow, ow, ow!"
Just then, Snorlax seemed to spot something and suddenly rushed toward it.
"That was my food for the whole month! You ate all of it?!"
After eating his fill, Snorlax fell asleep on the floor.
"Why did Xiao Yan send me a Pokémon with such a huge appetite this time? QQ"
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