While Dawn and Lina were chatting, Xiaoyun was sitting alone in the backyard of Pokémon Center.
He quietly stared at the extremely clear Lake Valor, and Moonlight sprinkled on him like water, as if integrating him with the entire lake. The tranquility of the night made him feel extremely comfortable, and his heart gradually calmed down.
Suddenly, Xiaoyun whispered, "Come out, I know you have been following me."
Xiaoyun's voice is not loud, but it carries a special kind of confidence.
As soon as he finished speaking, a ripple appeared on the originally empty lake.
Immediately afterwards, a transparent figure slowly emerged. As the figure gradually became clearly visible, a light blue Pokémon appeared in front of Xiaoyun.
It has a triangular head and big smart eyes, it is Legendary Pokémon--Azelf!
Azelf stared at Xiaoyun's black pupils, eyes full of curiosity. It really couldn't figure out how on earth this boy Frisk realized his existence?
You know, it has always been wrapped in the powerful Inner Focus and is in a state of invisibility. Logically speaking, it is impossible for ordinary people to detect it.
However, Xiaoyun seemed to have Detect Azelf's thoughts. He smiled slightly and explained softly, "Well, I can feel your breath. Although you hide it very well, I can still Frisk detect some subtle changes."
Hearing this, Azelf couldn't help but become more interested in the boy in front of it. It began to look at Xiaoyun up and down, trying to find the answer from him. Xiaoyun, on the other hand, looked at Azelf without fear, with a firm and friendly light shining in its eyes.
"But I didn't expect that it would be you who has been following me these past two days."
"Azelf!"
Xiaoyun was a little surprised when he saw Azelf, because Darkrai said that a mysterious figure had been following them these past few days. Inner Focus was very strong, but since there was no malicious intent, Xiaoyun didn't pay attention.
At first Xiaoyun thought it was something like Wild Pokémon from Psychic-type, but unexpectedly it turned out to be Azelf.
But by the way, isn't Lake Guardians all in a deep sleep? How come he still has time to watch the show with him every day?
"Wu."(How did you find me?)
Azelf asked curiously.
"Well...,Darkrai, you can come out too."
Xiaoyun shouted to the shadow under his feet.
Immediately after the shadow turned into reality, Darkrai's figure began to appear. Levitate was quietly behind Xiaoyun, his scarlet eyes staring straight at Azelf.
"Wu."(Darkrai, let me just say, this is not surprising.)
When Darkrai is seen, Azelf understands that the Inner Focus it is proud of is really of no use to Darkrai of Dark-type.
Azelf just doesn't like to think, and it's not stupid. Most of the time it is a smart one.
"Azelf, since I said it, you should tell me why you have been following me."
Xiaoyun asked Azelf again.
For Pokémon like Lake Guardians, Xiaoyun has never been hostile to them, especially his Power of Overcoming was given to him by Mesprit, so he is just curious as to why Azelf keeps following him but doesn't come out.
"Wu." (Well... I don't know, maybe I'm just bored.)
Azelf spreads his little hands. Its personality is different from Mesprit. Frisk has the aura of Mesprit. If you find it fun, follow it.
"Huh? You don't know what it means, so what are you doing with me? It's fun."
Xiaoyun After hearing this, he felt that this God of Will was so unreliable. If Mesprit gave him the feeling of maturity, unknown and mysterious before.
Then this Azelf gives him the feeling of a child who has not grown up, with a naughty and interesting personality.
"Wu." (Yes, yes, it's really fun.)
Azelf blinked cutely and replied, "It usually spends time in Rest. It's really interesting to watch the duel with Xiaoyun these two days."
It's so strange to have a straight-forward duel, but the bells and whistles are really nice to watch.
It's just that the time is a bit short.
"Okay, originally I just wanted to see who Pokémon is who has been following me for several days. Then you can continue playing."
After understanding the character of Azelf, Xiaoyun was also a little helpless. After knowing that it was nothing, he just ignored it and then got up and left.
"Wu." (You're leaving, then... I'll give this to you too, take it!)
When Azelf saw that Xiaoyun was about to leave, a light blue light group condensed from the ruby on his forehead, and then the light group flew towards Xiaoyun's head.
"No, come again?"
Once again, Xiaoyun saw Azelf's posture without resistance. The light ball entered Xiaoyun's mind, and the gentle power continued to nourish Xiaoyun's mind, solidifying his spiritual world and making him more proficient in mastering Power of Overcoming.
"Lake Guardians Right, I hope you don't have any bad intentions."
After feeling that Xiaoyun was fine, Darkrai just glanced at Azelf. Although Azelf is Second-Level God, in the final analysis it is still mainly auxiliary.
Darkrai is a combat type and his attributes are restrained, but he can easily handle Azelf.
"Wu." (Hee hee, don't worry, I gave you one Psychic Seed and Mesprit. It won't do any harm to this boy. He will wake up in a while.)
(I'm leaving now, bye.)
Azelf replied with a smile, and then his body turned transparent again. With a burst of space fluctuations, Azelf's figure disappeared.
After a while, Xiaoyun also woke up and said subconsciously:
"Darkrai, please don't fight anymore..."
"Huh? What to fight?"
Darkrai looked at Xiaoyun with a question mark on his face. Why is Inner Focus so stupid now that he has become stronger?
"Well, that's not important."
"By the way, where did Darkrai and Azelf go?"
Looking at the empty lake except for Darkrai, Xiaoyun blushed, and then changed the subject to ease the embarrassment.
Just now he thought that Darkrai would fight Mesprit like Sceptile before, and then have a fight with Azelf. It seemed that he was overthinking it.
"It's down there, probably continuing Rest."
Darkrai didn't think much, and pointed directly at the sparkling Lake Valor with his hand to indicate that the other party was below.
"Well, in this case we should rest."
After hearing this, Xiaoyun had no intention of continuing to call the other party out, and then returned to Pokémon Center.
Although I don't know why Mesprit and Azelf would give him benefits, there is no such thing as a free lunch, and he will have to repay this favor sooner or later.
The next day, since Ash and the others still needed to stay for some reasons, Xiaoyun and the others continued their journey after saying goodbye to each other.
A few days later, the two finally arrived at their destination, Pastoria City.
Pastoria City is famous for being located next to a huge swamp. The swamp is called Great Marsh. The wetland was once part of the sea. The water was drained to form land. There are many rare Pokémon that can only be found in the swamp area.
Because there are a large number of Croagunk living in the swamp, Croagunk is also the auspicious Pokémon of Pastoria City. Croagunk Festival is held every year to select the most charming Croagunk.
Although Xiaoyun didn't understand how Pokémon like Croagunk could judge the charm value, he didn't have Croagunk so he had no intention of participating in the celebration. After Pastoria City's Pokémon Center simply packed up, he walked towards Pastoria Gym in the north.
Pastoria Gym is the Water-type gym. Inside the gym is a huge indoor swimming pool. The water surface can have three levels of water and there are some floating boards. It is said that the switch on the ground can change the height of the water surface to increase the difficulty for challengers.
"Young man, are you today's challenger?"
Inside the gym, Gym Leader Crasher Wake, who was shirtless and wearing a strange headgear, shouted to Xiaoyun.
"Master Crasher Wake, I am Xiaoyun from Twinleaf Town. Please accept my challenge."
Xiaoyun bowed politely to the opponent and extended his invitation to fight.
"Haha, he seems to be a very confident young man. I can't wait to play against you."
Crasher Wake put his hands on his hips and laughed boldly. As a Gym Leader, whose side job is a professional wrestler, he likes this kind of confident challenger, so that he can have passion when fighting.
I immediately agreed to Xiaoyun's invitation to play.