Pokémon: An Encounter with You

Chapter 140 Evolution

Shi Qiu turned around and looked at Old Man Song. Professor Song nodded, indicating that he should go and do whatever he wanted.

The young boy walked happily to Rong Dao's side.

"I'm quite curious about how you ended up walking with them."

Rong Dao sneered, and suddenly grabbed Shi Qiu's neck with his elbow, causing his body to stagger towards him.

"Can you help your brother solve this problem?"

Shi Qiu coughed and smiled flatteringly: "Why is the Evil King here? Don't you need to lead the vanguard team to explore the secret realm?"

Rong Dao snorted softly, “The leader of this team is Ice King Pei Zi, and I am the person in charge of the safety of the logistics team.”

He gritted his teeth as he spoke: "Don't change the subject, tell me now."

Shi Qiu said "Oh", and seeing that he couldn't divert his attention, he curled his lips and explained: "I will go to Shuimu as an exchange student for a year in my sophomore year, and Professor Song and his team brought me to this secret place."

The language is concise, but the cause and effect are clearly stated.

Rong Dao was silent.

He regretted it, knowing that this guy was not so honest. But he never expected that Shi Qiu could deliver himself to Shui Mu's mouth!

Didn’t he publish an article called “Black Dragon”? He has also read this paper.

Honestly speaking, based on the influence of this one paper and his various reputations, if he casually submitted an accompanying research application to the Alliance, it would most likely be approved.

Not only will it be approved, but we may even have to send specialists to protect China's future security. Is it necessary to take this line of Shuimu?

Rong Dao didn’t even want to think about what Long Luo’s expression would be if he knew about this.

Wait, specifically protecting...?

Rong Dao was shocked.

In the past, the Alliance Research Team would only have two or three gym leaders accompanying them, but this time he was suddenly chosen to be in this position.

A top-tier regional superpower, just throw it to the logistics department...

He thought he had done something wrong again and the alliance was using this as a warning to him.

Now it seems......

Rong Dao glanced at Shi Qiu who was standing beside him and knew nothing about it, his face turning bitter.

"I think you were sent here to protect me?"

Shi Qiu looked forward, but suddenly spoke out of the blue.

Rong Dao:......

"Oh, you are being too self-indulgent. There are so many great figures, how can it be your turn?" Rong Dao sneered, but his voice sounded quite dry.

Shi Qiu chuckled and was in a good mood.

He is obviously one of the top members of the Chinese Alliance, so why is his expression so easy to understand?

A demon king, born in a family of superpowers, but with an inexplicable simplicity and straightforwardness. Even his dislike for Mizuki University and Long Luo seems like a child's nonsensical venting of anger.

Shi Qiu might be one of the reasons why the Evil King was placed in this position, but the biggest reason was definitely the abnormal time of the arrival of this secret realm.

Shi Qiu thought of something and asked seriously, "Are there any news from other regions about the coming of Tianxia Secret Realm?"

Rong Dao hesitated: "You mean the American region......?"

"No, I mean the Catholic team."

Hearing this, Rong Dao recalled Shi Qiu's unpleasant experience on that trip to the outer district: "It is impossible for the Huaxia District to block the news of the secret realm alone."

"All the information, including the early arrival of the secret realm, has been passed on to the World Elf Alliance officials by Huaxia, except for some secret information."

Shi Qiu's face looked visibly worse.

Rong Dao lowered his voice and said, "The secret realm involves legendary elves. The consequences of concealing it are very serious."

"Only the world's top regions like the Huaxia region can gain the benefits of maintaining independent exploration of this secret place."

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"What? You guys are going to evolve?!"

Shi Qiu looked at Ice Vulpix and Riolu, wondering if he had heard something wrong.

Ice Vulpix and Riolu would definitely nod.

Shi Qiu fell silent.

Ice Vulpix and Riolu have indeed developed their abilities to a certain level, and even the rate of growth in their strength has slowly slowed down.

But one of the two elves avoided the Ice Stone as much as possible, and the other stayed with the Unchanging Stone day and night, and had no desire to evolve. But at this moment, he made a request to evolve...

He roughly understood that it was the arrival of the real secret realm that made them feel a sense of urgency. After all, the level of 39 elites was in a relatively awkward range when it came to exploration.

They were all worried about their trainer not being able to protect them well.

Shi Qiu sighed, patted their heads and comforted them: "Don't worry, don't worry about me. What's important is that you evolve naturally."

He bought a top-quality Ice Stone from the store and placed it in the simulator's backpack, ensuring that Ice Vulpix could get it at any time. He also took off Riolu's Invariant Stone with his own hands.

"When you sincerely feel that you can evolve, then make your own life transition."

"Listen to the voice within yourself."

After all, Shi Qiu himself also felt a little lost.

Alola Ninetales and Lucario, probably by that time, he wouldn't be able to hold them all in his arms anymore.

Now that he had come to this point, he suddenly turned to the absent-minded Bubble Squirrel and said, "Little Gray Squirrel, do you want to evolve?"

"Would you like me to buy you a top-quality light stone so that you can prepare it in advance?"

To Shi Qiu's surprise, the little gray mouse hesitated for a moment, then shook his head firmly in silence.

"...You don't want to evolve?"

The foamy chinchilla nodded.

Shi Qiu looked at him carefully for a while, and after making sure that he was not unwilling to evolve due to some negative psychological factors, he simply smiled and nodded.

"If you don't want to evolve, then don't evolve. Your strength is increasing too fast. It would be a good thing to settle down for a while."

He was considerate enough not to ask further questions.

But Bubble Squirrel whispered back: "(I don't know why, but I just subconsciously don't want to evolve.)"

"(I always have a feeling that I have to stay like this so that you will always remember me...)"

"..."

Shi Qiu was silent for a long time, and then he spoke after a while.

"I promise you." The boy's attitude was unprecedentedly serious and solemn.

"No matter when, no matter what, no matter if you evolve or not, no matter what other form you transform into..."

"I will always find you first, run towards you, and remember you."

"I will not breach my contract."

Shi Qiu smiled faintly, and looked at his other elves, as well as Zeraora and Manaphy, the two family members he recognized.

"Of course, so do you."

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October 11, 5pm.

"Are you ready?" Hongshan asked Shi Qiu beside him in a low voice.

He nodded.

"Then let's go."