CIATB Chapter 134 "Beating Xiao Mao to His Knees"
Chapter 134 "Beating Xiao Mao to His Knees"
Chapter 134 "Beating Xiao Mao to His Knees"
"But this is the trouble you created. No, rather, you're the troublemaker, and Ibu is just the victim. Don't you realize how awful your last words were?" Ze Shu said.
Blue retorted to Gary, "You, a trainer who abandoned Eevee, have no right to comment on Eevee!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Mao's face stiffened, he snorted, and after a long silence, he said stiffly:
"Having abandoned Eevee, I am now a true, powerful, and qualified Trainer!"
"The value of a trainer lies in creating power, whether it's creating powerful Pokémon or creating a powerful version of themselves, and that Eevee..."
"No!" a female voice interrupted.
"What..." Xiao Mao paused for a moment.
"No!" Cynthia repeated, her expression serious. "Although I don't know what your conflict is, blindly pursuing strength isn't the true meaning of being a trainer."
Even though every trainer's understanding is different.
"but."
"All life encounters other life, giving birth to new things. This is an ancient Sinnoh allegory. Trainers meet Pokémon, and together they develop new beliefs and create new things—this is the undeniable core of the Trainer's being!"
"Instead of blindly pursuing strength and completely ignoring the feelings of the other party and the trainers."
"I'm not sure about Ibrahimovic's current condition, as you mentioned."
"But, isn't that your Growlithe, Shigeru...?"
Zhu Lan slowly looked at the Growlithe dog pawing at the bowl beside her.
This Growlithe has slightly messy fur, and its paws on the ground are trembling slightly, clearly indicating that it is very tired; but perhaps more profound than its physical exhaustion is the weariness that occasionally shows in its eyes.
"How long has it been since it rested...?"
7
Zhu Lan sighed.
"This..." Xiao Mao gritted his teeth and said, "This is none of your business!"
Perhaps it was the majesty of the champion bamboo orchid.
This left Xiao Mao speechless.
He paused for a moment, then snorted coldly, simply turning his head and saying:
"Growlithe, what are you still eating?!"
After saying this, Xiao Mao turned and left with a cold face.
The Growlithe, whom he had called, watched Shigeru's resolute departure, then stared blankly at the half-eaten bowl. Half the food was still uneaten, and its stomach had been growling with hunger.
However, in the end, Growlithe only hesitated for a moment before taking a step and following Gary's departing footsteps.
But when it passed by the marsh tree.
"You're still not full..."
Ze Shu handed it a small bag of Fuma Senbei and whispered, "Take this home and eat it quietly, okay? Don't let Shigeru see it."
Growlithe paused for a moment, then barked, "Woof..."
It obediently rubbed its soft mane against Ze Shu's trouser leg, then picked up the small bag of food and hurried off to find Xiao Mao.
Xiao Lan then said angrily:
"Honestly, this guy doesn't even care about Pokémon, yet he wants to become stronger! Even when Sawa and I were in a fake... Hmph, in that kind of educational environment, we wouldn't treat Pokémon like this."
"This kid, Xiao Mao, who taught him that?!"
Her tone was very angry.
But a sigh came from outside the door:
"Hmm...it's my responsibility..."
Xiao Lan heard the sound, turned around, and saw the man who had just returned.
Hiroto Oki's face was a mixture of embarrassment and self-reproach.
That evening, back in his room at Oak's lab, Sawaki opened the secret manual written by Akiko and indeed found techniques for using "hypnosis" and "dream-eating" to enter a Pokémon's dream.
"Buee..." Glaceon snuggled closer, resting against Sawaki's chest, watching with him while calling out with a hint of worry, "Buee!"
Are you worried about that little Eevee?
"Buyi..."
"Don't worry, Xiao Lan went to sleep first, it hasn't started yet..." Ze Shu said softly.
After Gary left Professor Oak's lab, Blue, exhausted from thinking about Eevee for so long, quickly returned to her room to rest amidst Professor Oak's occasional sighs. They made a promise to "eat dreams" the next morning.
"As for this method of consuming dreams...:"
He bent down, and with his left hand, a chubby purple creature emerged from the shadows. Amidst its innocent and naive expression, he tossed out a deep purple bead with his right hand, which instantly flew into Gengar's mouth.
"Click, click..."
Gengar's eyes widened instantly: "Ghost?!"
Two chubby little hands kept reaching into its mouth, trying to pry its throat open, but nothing worked. Then, Ze Shu turned it around...
Press a spot on its back, and suddenly, there is a "crack" sound.
The bead that Gengar couldn't pry out was spat out of its mouth by Mist!
"Just as I thought..." Ze Shu nodded, referring to the book, and muttered to himself, "As expected, Elite Four member Akiko has really studied Gengar thoroughly; she even knows how to make Gengar vomit..."
If he could fully understand this book of Akiko's secrets, he would be the second person in the world who understands Gengar—as for becoming the first, Zeki shook his head, it's better not to become the first, otherwise it would be too hellish.
But he put the theory into practice...:
The Gengar, whom he had used as a "test subject," looked aggrieved.
"Kou Jie..."
Ze Shu smiled, picked up the bead, placed it in Gengar's hand, and said:
"Okay, okay, this is a gift!"
"Do you know what this is...?"
Gengar paused, then shook its head blankly.
Ze Shu replied, "Well, I won't tell you either. You just need to..."
"Just use it as much as you want!"
This is the "Nightmare Bead".
After Darkrai "voluntarily" surrendered, it "voluntarily" condensed its essence into a bead. However, this can also be considered Darkrai's true form, but it is Darkrai transformed into a tool.
Regarding the fact that the bead in his hand is a Pokémon...
Let's not let Gengar know.
"Gengar, come on, although this technique about hypnosis and dream-eating seems instinctive, let's still have a quick crash course..."
"Could you help me carry this book?"
"Dream, stop pretending to be dead and get off me!"
"And there's the Six-Tailed Fox. Hmm, you've been playing for so long today, you must be tired. Just go to sleep, you'll be a perfect 'test subject'."
.
"Ooo-Ooo-Ooo-Ooo..." Six-Tails looked flustered.
"Hypnosis!" Ze Shu exclaimed.
"Kuja!" Gengar said confidently.
After some effort, Zeki successfully entered the Six-Tails' dream.
As for the dream world of these six tailed creatures...:
It's monotonous, but there are food stalls everywhere!
But it was ultimately a "nightmare".
Just as the Six-Tails was overjoyed and excited.
One by one, the "Gluttonous Kings" that Zeki had described to the Six-Tails emerged from the distance, opening their enormous maws and the huge hands on their mouths.
Tutu devoured the delicious food that made Liuwei feel incredibly happy, one by one, like a feast.
As the Six-Tails watched its "gourmet world" being destroyed by this group of gluttonous kings, tears welled up in its eyes.
Ze Shu transformed into a "hero".
Step forward!
With a wave of his hand, all the Gluttonous Kings turned into stars in the sky and were all blown away!
In the end, Sawaki gained the worship of the Six-Tails.
Rokuo and Sawaki also began a life of "eating, eating, eating"...
The story of the Six-Tailed Dream should have been like this.
But suddenly, there was a frantic knocking on the door.
The six-tailed creature's dream of "eating, eating, eating" was also jolted awake by the fog.
Ze Shu gently opened the door and saw Xiao Lan's slightly red eyes and anxious expression.
Ze Shu had not yet spoken.
Xiao Lan then said anxiously:
"Sawaki!"
"Eevee, something's wrong with Eevee, it's getting weaker and weaker!"
It is late at night now.
The Oak Laboratory was incredibly quiet, with only the occasional cooing and chirping of cicadas coming from the wild breeding area.
Zeshu grabbed Gengar's short tail and dragged it along the dark corridor.
Soon, he arrived at Xiao Lan's room.
The door was already ajar, and Ze Shu immediately saw Xiao Lan's bed...
Ibrahimovic buried his head in the soft mattress.
But at this moment, its little brown ears drooped limply.
His eyes were tightly closed, his body was trembling uncontrollably, and he did not react to any external noise.
The feeling I get from Ze Shu...
Dead silence.
Gradually, a deathly silence descended.
It seems as if vitality is constantly slipping away.
Gradually, Ibu's body seemed to stop trembling, as if it were about to fall into eternal stillness...
Around the bed were Little Blue's Pokémon: Jigglypuff, Blastoise, Nidoran...
They all surrounded it, but they were all anxious and completely helpless.
"Ibu is in this state late at night. I... I've had tests done, but physically, everything shows I'm perfectly healthy. But... but this is clearly..."
Xiao Lan said in a somewhat somber tone.
She no longer wore her usual smile, but she also refused to show a mournful expression. She could only purse her lips, forcing a smile onto her face.
Her heart was filled with complex emotions; she didn't even know what those emotions were...
Disappointed?
Disappointment, despite her best efforts to save it, made this Eevee seem to be courting death. But it was so heartbroken that it wanted to be disappointed.
It shouldn't be about being disappointed in Ibrahimovic.
Are you sad?
I am truly heartbroken.
But Blue has done everything she should as a trainer.
Perhaps the biggest feeling is regret at seeing such a small life wallow in pain and slowly pass away.
However, this Eevee is not completely "dead" yet.
Xiao Lan quickly composed herself and hesitated before saying:
"Sawaki, is it okay...?"
Ze Shu nodded and said, "Gengar."
"Goblin!"
Like a professional team, Gengar appeared.
It stood with its hands on its hips, rolling the Nightmare Beads around in its mouth with a "prprpr" sound.
His face had a confident expression that said, "Leave it to me!"
"Please..." Xiao Lan said, pursing her lips.
Perhaps this is the last chance...
"Goblin!"
As Gengar's "Hypnosis" activated the Psychic-type energy, the Nightmare Orb's light instantly enveloped the room, even subtly spreading outwards to more areas...
"This is..."
"Is this Eevee's dream?"
Little Blue murmured to herself.
The so-called "dream" here gave her a feeling...
It's broken!
Ze Shu silently looked around.
Unlike the "fairytale dream" they had experienced before, which was as complete as a world.
This Eevee's memories are fragmented, scattered here and there, a broken landscape, with countless shattered mirrors floating around, it's like the inner world of a desperate patient!
Before they could even begin to search, suddenly, these fragments of memory appeared.
They surged towards Xiao Lan and Ze Shu like a tidal wave!
"This is..." Little Blue proved God.
She sensed Ibu's memories.
Memories and emotions from her past with Eevee surfaced in her mind, like a rewind of a curtain.
During the foggy time, Little Blue seemed to see something.
Seeing Eevee's past, and feeling the emotions in Eevee's memories:
The bewilderment of meeting Xiao Mao for the first time;
The joy of gradually getting along with Xiaomao;
The thrill of traveling and adventuring with companions;
And then there's that cocky little Rattata in the team. At first, they disliked it and fought each other. But gradually, they became back-to-back partners, facing enemies together and trusting each other to unleash their skills...
Feel the positive emotions that have arisen from Little Ibuki's past life.
A slight smile crept onto Xiao Lan's lips.
but.
In the end, all that remained of Ibrahimovic's emotions was pain.
Endless, suffocating pain.
【Lada...】
[Eevee, stand up! Don't stop, fight!]
"You really are a piece of trash... Hmph! You can't even handle that little bit of setback. My team really shouldn't have someone like you who can't fight..."
snort!
[Ibrahimovic...leave my team!]
Rattata's death; Shigeru's rejection and disdain...
A mix of negative emotions.
Eevee's body was completely immobilized by their noises, and it could only watch helplessly as Gary and its former comrades-in-arms...
Slowly moving away from it, and getting further and further away from it...
They didn't look back even once;
They didn't stop to wait for Ibrahimovic either;
And just as Ibrahimovic mustered his courage and raised his head slightly to try and catch up.
Shigeru and his former comrades-in-arms...
It has already gone far enough, far enough to disappear in front of it.
This completely extinguished any courage Ibrahimovic had managed to muster.
It returned to that realm shrouded in boundless darkness and oppression.
Ibrahimovic was almost suffocating under the pressure.
【.—】
Ah! It's Eevee, how come it's the only one here...?
【Sawaki!】
That Gary, he left, but he left Eevee here... giving birth to Eevee in this eerie Pokémon Tower...
Little Eevee, your lousy trainer doesn't care about you, but I, Blue, will!
These words...:
Eevee, seemingly suffocating under the weight of darkness, could no longer hear anything.
Silently feeling this tide of memories,
"This..." Xiao Lan fell silent. "I..."
She opened her mouth, but couldn't say anything.
I don't know what to say.
Ze Shu simply patted her shoulder silently, but he could feel Xiao Lan's body trembling slightly.
But at this moment...
The shattered surrounding environment suddenly transformed into a brand new space!
The endless darkness that had been pressing down on Eevee was suddenly illuminated, revealing the bright colors of spring;
And the place where Ze Shu and Xiao Lan were suddenly transformed into a meadow with lush green grass and blooming flowers.
"This is..." Xiao Lan asked, puzzled.
But then they heard a hopeful "Bu Yi"!
Looking in the direction of the sound, they saw a rocky cave entrance, where a small brown Eevee, with an old-fashioned antidote in its mouth, was rushing towards Ze Shu and Xiao Lan.
It certainly wasn't running towards them.
Instead, Ibrahimovic swept past them and ran towards the area behind them.
There, Nie Li looked at Xiao Mao, whose face was full of confusion, and...
Rada, who should have died,
"This is...," Zeshu said, "the scene when Rada died."
Based on what Xiaomao said back then.
Clearly, Rada's real cause of death was not exhaustion, but poisoning.
Back then, Gary hurriedly escaped Team Rocket through the Rocky Tunnel, completely unaware of Rattata's poisoned state. As a result, it was constantly eroded by the "poison" while running, and eventually could not hold on any longer.
"Ibrahimovic is trying to..." Little Blue pursed her lips, "to save Radamanthys..."
"So, in the end, what's appearing now isn't Eevee's memory..."
"It's just Ievil's fantasy!"
"The reverence for the deceased Rada helped Ibu construct this fantastical grotto."
"For Eevee, Radamanthys' death was the biggest turning point in its life. So, it fantasizes about saving Radamanthys, just to indulge in this beautiful dream."
"But the more you indulge in this place, the slower the real world disappears..."
"Buee...buee!"
Eevee held the antidote in its mouth close to Rattata, who was panting heavily, and urged Rattata to drink it.
Its eyes shone brightly, and its voice was urgent yet full of hope.
This is completely different from its current state of decline in reality.
But just as Ibrahimovic saw that Radamanthys was not responding, he anxiously handed the antidote to the bewildered Gary, begging Gary to use the antidote to save Radamanthys.
Suddenly, a crisp sound of shattering glass was heard, followed by Xiao Mao's angry roar:
"Are you kidding me!"
"Why did I have to dream about this place! Being dead is being dead, why should I even dream of being resurrected?!"
This was accompanied by Xiao Mao's angry wave of his hand.
The antidote that Eevee had pinned its hopes on flew swiftly through the air in a flat arc, in a brief moment that Eevee hadn't anticipated.
It suddenly crashed to the ground with a "bang" and shattered completely.
The antidote inside flowed slowly, seeping into the grass.
No matter how anxiously Ibrahimovic stretched out his forepaw to try and leave even a tiny bit of the medicine...
It's all in vain!
"cloth.."
"Bu-ee! Bu...!"
Watching the antidote slowly flow through his palm, only to eventually slip away and disappear.
The anxiety in Ibrahimovic's eyes completely vanished...
"Dwelling on the past is pointless!" Xiao Mao said coldly. "As expected, even in dreams, you're nothing but a useless person indulging in fantasy!"
Finally, he was able to utter the word "waste".
"Even if I die, it will be of no value!"
"And I, having learned my lesson, will become, and will continue to become, a pure and powerful trainer!"
Having said that, facing the angry glare of Xiao Lan from afar, Xiao Mao sneered, then turned to Ze Shu beside her and said:
"Perfect timing. The me now is not the me from the Pokémon Tower. Although I'm very grateful to you for bringing me into the Pokémon Tower back then, but now..."
Ze Shu said, "You want to fight? In this dream world."
Xiao Mao said, "Why not!"
"Since Rada's death, the rest of my life has been dedicated to becoming purely powerful!"
"Only truly powerful individuals can defeat their opponents, regardless of the realm they are in!"
Ze Shu let out a "heh":
"Pure power...?"
The feeling he gets from Xiao Mao now is like...:
They are also indulging in their own fantasies, a kind of "chuunibyou" (middle school syndrome).
"Perfect!" said Shigeru. With a simple clench of his fist, a Poké Ball materialized in his hand. "This dream realm can also 'summon' our Pokémon, and allow us to fully unleash our power..."
"At this point, your so-called Ice Ball move won't work!"
"Nidoking, Venusaur, Alakazam, Growlithe, prepare for battle!"
He said firmly.
The four Pokémon around him surrounded him, letting out deep, powerful roars as they glared angrily at Ze Shu with a fierce expression.
Just by looking at them, you can tell that Xiao Mao's lineup is quite strong; even the league champions would probably have some trouble dealing with him.
But.
"A dream?" Ze Shu said softly, "I don't even dare to fantasize about anything too big..."
"You said it yourself..."
"Let's unleash our true power!"
He conjured two Poké Balls in his hand and tossed them behind him. In an instant, two enormous dragon-shaped figures appeared behind Ze Shu.
They roared to the sky, their earth-shattering roars causing time and space to surge in chaos.
Dialga and Palucci!
After roaring, these two legendary Pokémon of time and space glared back at Gary's four Pokémon with even fiercer expressions. With just that one glare, Gary felt an immense pressure coming his way.
This caused his pupils to constrict sharply:
"This, this is the legendary Pokémon...!"
"I can only materialize my own Pokémon!" he roared.
The subtext is that Zeki "cheated" by manifesting a Pokémon whose strength is beyond his own.
Ze Shu replied:
"Then why don't you try? Can you materialize a Pokémon that isn't your own? Like that shiny Finch, or something else..."
Shigeru looked back at his palm, straining, but still couldn't conjure up a Pokémon that wasn't his. This deepened the shock in his eyes, and he looked at Zeki with disbelief, or rather, at the two Time Gods behind Zeki.
"Impossible, could you really...?"
He didn't believe the guess at all.
Ze Shu shrugged: "Who knows...?"
"Maybe I used some kind of 'cheating' method."
Perhaps this "cheating" claim made Xiao Mao more convinced.
However, Ze Shu didn't waste any more words with Xiao Shi.
With a wave of his hand, Dialga and Palkia roared once again. Before long, "Void Slash" and "Time Roar" came down, precisely controlled, and directly sprayed onto the four Pokémon that Gary had materialized!
Alakazam and Venusaur were hit by "Slash".
Their bodies shattered into pieces and finally dissipated into the distorted space;
Nidoking and Growlithe were hit by "Time Roar".
As if squeezed by time, their bodies suddenly twisted and turned into powder, disappearing into the distorted time.
Almost in the blink of an eye, Gary's four Pokémon, which he had been so confident about as his main force, vanished completely in Sawaki's hands in just a few seconds—no, less than a second after the attack.
Xiao Mao felt his body go limp.
Seemingly unable to sustain his fighting strength, he suddenly collapsed and knelt on the lawn.
He was panting heavily; the "Void Slash" and "Time Roar" hadn't harmed him in the slightest.
But the terrifying power, and the moment his Pokémon was wiped out right before his eyes, still made him feel suffocated and unable to breathe.
"This...this..."
Ze Shu then waved to the two Time Gods waiting behind him:
"You can leave now..."
Shigeru's four Pokémon were merely "materialized" and had no consciousness, which is why Zeju was able to easily defeat them; and the two Time Gods that he materialized should also be just "puppets".
but...
Behind Ze Shu, in a place he couldn't see.
"Gurgle..."
Palucci's eyes held a human-like sense of grievance.
It looked around at the surrounding environment, its eyes filled with curiosity, but it did not disobey the command of the tree. After letting out a wronged cry, it slowly disappeared into the dream with Dialga.
At this time.
Ze Shu slowly walked towards the fallen Xiao Mao and said:
"Pure power...?"
"But I see you as nothing more than a cowardly...useless coward. No matter what you say or how much you try to prove that you are a truly powerful person, you are always haunted by Rada's death. You have never moved on from it, nor have you learned anything from it."
"The difference between you and Ibrahimovic..."
"It's just that Ibu chose to indulge. You, on the other hand, chose to escape. Escape from the web you've woven for yourself..."
Before Ze Shu could finish speaking, Xiao Mao looked up, glared at Ze Shu, and interrupted him, saying:
"impossible!"
"I walked out of Rada's death at eight o'clock this morning!"
Ze Shu said, "Then look back."
Xiao Mao said, "What...?"
He followed Ze Shu's gaze and turned his head to look. He saw Rattata "resurrected" next to Blue embracing Eevee!
Xiao Mao was quite pleased.
Ze Shu said, "You knocked away Eevee's antidote earlier just because you didn't want to... no, you were afraid to face Rattata who's come back to life, right? If you really go out there, do you dare to...?"
"A real, affectionate touch to Rada?"
Xiao Mao gritted his teeth: "Of course I dare!"
Faced with the suddenly revived Rada, he forced himself to reach out, but subconsciously pulled back.
But in the end, Xiao Mao, with a straight face, placed his palm on Rada's forehead. However, just as Xiao Mao's hand touched it, Rada suddenly shook his head, slapping his hand away!
Rada let out a hateful cry:
"M.. Ouch!"
Then it looked at Xiao Mao with disgust, turned its face away, and flicked its rat tail at Xiao Mao.
Xiao Mao's eyes widened:
"Rada, it's me..."
Lada turned his head: "Squeak!"
Zeshu sighed, "Rattata was willing to risk its own life and go against your wishes to rescue those Pokémon captured by Team Rocket. It's clear Rattata has a compassionate heart. And now, Gary, look at the Eevee you abandoned..."
Perhaps, you now...
"Sia has become the very thing Rada hates most!"
Xiao Mao completely broke down. After regaining his composure, he roared:
"This is fantasy!"
Ze Shu laughed and said, "If it weren't a fantasy, how would you have met Rada? Because Rada is long dead."
Xiao Mao fell silent.
His body was trembling slightly.
Ze Shu sighed, "But it's not too late for Yan Qing."
"No, or rather, perhaps you can choose to live the way Rada envisions you, can't you? Instead of the so-called pure and powerful version of yourself that Rada hates."
"You should really think about it carefully..."
While Ze Shu was speaking, on the other side...
Rattata, who had rejected Gary, ran towards Eevee, who was being gently hugged and comforted by Blue.
When I saw Eevee "alive," it appeared to be alive.
And a glimmer of light appeared in his eyes.
Rada chuckled and pulled a handful of food from his pocket. This was Rada's favorite food in Eevee's dream.
Now, Rada has shared this with Ibrahimovic.
"Squeak!" Rada laughed.
"Eevee..." Tears welled in Eevee's eyes as it silently accepted Rattata's food and began to eat in small bites. "Eevee..."
But then, after silently watching Eevee eat for a while, Radamanthys waved its hand, and its body gradually turned into light, slowly dissipating and disappearing.
"Oops..."
Lada is saying goodbye.
Ibrahimovic was pleased, then he panicked:
"Buyi!"
It frantically pried at the radiance on Rada's body, but could not stop Rada from dissipating. This caused its eyes to widen slightly as it looked at its palm with satisfaction, its gaze gradually dimming.
But it was also when its eyes dimmed.
Suddenly, it felt a force pushing it. It was Rada pushing it, pushing it into the arms of the little blue creature that had been protecting it. Then, Rada's body gradually turned into wisps of light and completely dissipated, while one wisp of pink light drifted away imperceptibly.
Only Rada's last words remained in the air:
"Squeak!"
This is an admonition to Ibrahimovic to live well...
You have such a dedicated trainer behind you, so live well!
Ibrahimovic froze: "Ibrahimovic..."
Then, listening to Rada's words, it looked up blankly and saw Little Blue's worried face with slightly red eyes. Even though she herself was emotionally upset, she forced herself to comfort Eevee:
"It's not serious, Eevee. With me and Zeki here, that Shigeru wouldn't dare to betray you..."
"Buyi."
Ibrahimovic paused for a moment, then slowly shook his head.
Yes, it seems it has found a trainer who truly cares for it...
Then, faced with Xiao Lan's hand that wanted to touch its head but dared not, Eevee lowered its cheeks and took the initiative to bring its cute head to Xiao Lan's palm, actively feeling the warmth of Xiao Lan's palm.
"Buyi..."
Ibrahimovic then nuzzled against the little blue dog and gave it a stiff smile.
That one smile made Xiao Lan's eyes widen slightly, her gaze filled with immense surprise:
"Ibrahimovic, you..."
"Buyi!"
That time "entering my dream" late at night:
Quite some time has passed.
The first rays of morning sunlight streamed down through the window of the room.
The sunlight gently caressed Eevee's petite body, which was no longer trembling, and also bathed Little Blue's peaceful and pretty face.
"Um... Ibu..."
I don't know how much time passed.
Xiao Lan slightly opened her eyes and subconsciously hugged the Eevee in her arms. Finding it reassuring and breathing softly, she felt relieved. When she looked up, she saw Ze Shu leaning against the headboard with his arms crossed, looking at her with a slight smile.
"Ze Shu..." Xiao Lan murmured subconsciously.
Ze Shu responded with a soft "Mmm," and then asked, "When did you wake up...?"
Xiao Lan subconsciously smoothed her slightly messy hair and asked.
Ze Shu chuckled, "...I woke up a little earlier than you. But more than that, aren't you worried about Eevee?"
Just then, bathed in a ray of sunlight, Eevee slightly opened its bewildered eyes. Facing the uneasy gaze of Little Blue, Eevee slowly revealed a smile once more.
However, this smile wasn't as stiff as the one in the dream.
Xiao Lan exclaimed in delight:
"Ibrahimovic, you finally..."
Meanwhile, the Pokémon surrounding the bed breathed a sigh of relief once again; Gengar was even more exaggerated, patting its chest repeatedly with loud "whoosh," tears streaming down its face like a river!
This little Eevee has finally "come alive"!
You don't have to die!
But faced with Xiao Lan's words...
Ibu shook its head and rubbed its furry cheek against Little Blue's fair hand again.
"Buyi."
Then, it greeted the first rays of morning sunlight.
Its body radiated the light of evolution!