chsdbacks Chapter 265 Could I be... the legendary protagonist of a wish-fulfillment novel?!
Chapter 265 Could I be... the legendary protagonist of a wish-fulfillment novel?!
Chapter 265 Could I be... the legendary protagonist of a wish-fulfillment novel?!
"Is this the Ferris wheel...?"
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As the Ferris wheel cabins slowly rotated along the spokes, the view gradually rose. Little Blue peered down through the glass, and the colorful Raven City looked like a graffiti-style cityscape.
But Xiao Lan wasn't particularly impressed.
After all, this was the view they saw when looking down from the spaceship; they had seen this perspective countless times.
Xiao Lan turned her head and looked at Ze Shu sitting next to her.
He was propping his head up with his hand, with two mythical beasts on his shoulder, an Ice Eevee and a Vulpix in his arms, and a Froslass rubbing against his shoulder, his eyes blankly staring at the scenery below.
Well, it seems that in a world where Pokémon exist, there's no such thing as being alone with someone!
Xiao Lan pinched the cheek of the little tail in her arms, thinking.
However, she's gotten used to it. They've been partners since the Masked Base, and now they've been together for so long that they're practically an "old married couple." They're used to each other's presence and Pokémon, so it doesn't matter whether they're alone or not.
And there's still a long time to go.
"Down there...that's the gear station in Raven City, right? There's a huge group of workers gathered there...is there some kind of malfunction?" Little Blue frowned and looked down, noticing that there wasn't this situation when they first arrived in Raven City.
Ze Shu noticed it too and said, "Maybe."
At this time.
"Ooooooo~~"
In Ze Shu's arms, Liuwei opened its mouth, revealing its pink oral cavity and sharp baby teeth, and yawned widely. But before the yawn was even finished, it caught a glimpse of a dark shadow suddenly flashing in the distance.
And it's getting closer and closer, and getting bigger and bigger...
"Oh, oh?!"
That is...
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Of course, it wasn't just Vulpix that noticed; everyone in their Ferris wheel cabin, including the Pokémon, noticed it.
The shadowy figure was moving faster and faster. Through the glass of a Ferris wheel, Ze Shu could see the adorable, panicked face of the approaching figure as it was about to crash into him.
"An electric flying mouse?"
Bang! !
As Zeshu read out the attacker's name, a crisp thud was heard, and the adorable face of the Electric Spinner suddenly turned into a round face, deeply imprinted on the glass of the Ferris wheel. Its round ears twitched, making it completely visible to the people and Pokémon inside the Ferris wheel.
Ze Shu sighed, "What a stupid electric flying squirrel..."
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Dream and Hoopa on the shoulder nodded repeatedly.
Hoopa said, "He's even dumber than that woman who threatened me with a Salamence!"
Meanwhile, Dream stretched her face into a pancake shape like an electric flying squirrel, and pointed at the electric flying squirrel outside the glass with a playful "Mimi".
"Squeak, squeak?!"
Hearing these guys commenting on it, the electric flying squirrel puffed up its cheeks, but it had more important things to do right now, so it decided not to bother with them.
Then, the yellow electric sacs on both sides of its cheeks emitted a faint spark of electricity, charging the glider behind its hands, attempting to give itself the strength to pull its face off the glass of the Ferris wheel.
It can be pulled out.
However, due to the shock from hitting the glass, the electric flying squirrel flapped its wings but was unable to adjust its flight posture in time, and its body involuntarily fell from the highest point of the Ferris wheel!
Although it's called a "flying squirrel," it relies more on gliding than flying at high altitudes. And gliding, compared to flapping its wings, requires much higher precision in posture!
As it watched itself getting closer and closer to the ground, and before it could even adjust its gliding posture, the electric flying squirrel was terrified.
"Squeak squeak squeak?!"
If it were to fall completely, its own injury would be a minor matter, but it still had a mission to complete...
"squeak?.!"
The electric squirrel thought desperately, but suddenly it saw a golden ring appear between itself and the ground.
He himself crashed into the ring.
Then...then the electric squirrel found itself caught in the hands of the human who had just mocked it inside the Ferris wheel cabin.
Did they save me?
"Hehehe~ Hoopa got another two hundred Alliance Coins!" Hoopa happily swung the ring, beaming with joy.
This "little fishing demon" is already immersed in the joy of "working hard," and it was it that "fished" the electric flying squirrel out of the water just now.
"The Ferris wheel ride is about to end. We'll let you out when it's over, okay?" Ze Shu said to the electric flying squirrel.
"Squeak..." The electric flying squirrel hesitated for a moment, then squeaked!
"Oh? You have something urgent to discuss with your trainer? So you can't wait?" Ze Shu thought for a moment, then suggested, "How about I open this Ferris wheel cabin door and throw you towards your trainer?"
Electric flying mouse: o())o.
This seems even more dangerous...
Seeing that the Ferris wheel had already descended halfway, it quickly shook its head and decided to wait.
The Ferris wheel slowly descended, and less than half a minute later, Ze Shu emerged from the cabin with the electric flying squirrel.
As soon as he stepped out, he saw a blonde woman with a model-like figure standing in front of him.
Upon seeing her, the electric squirrel blinked and relaxed.
"squeak!"
"Sigh, Electric Flying Squirrel..." The woman rubbed her forehead, then looked at Ze Shu and Xiao Lan, saying helplessly, "Thank you so much for saving Electric Flying Squirrel. I saw it about to crash into the Ferris wheel... but thank you so much anyway!"
"Yes, my name is Xiaoju'er, and I am the gym leader of Raven Gym."
She pointed to the Raven Dojo, which was not far away.
The Ferris wheel and the Raven Gym are both located on the east side of Raven City, not far apart.
Ze Shu nodded: "It was nothing."
Hoopa on his shoulder nodded earnestly, "Yes, yes! It's just a little 'fishing'! Electric Flying Squirrel can crash into the Ferris wheel more often, Hoopa will save you! Then hehehe~ Hoopa will get 'salary' again..."
Electric Flying Squirrel:
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Are you cursing me? You're definitely cursing me!
I'm not that stupid!
Little Chrysanthemum looked at Hoopa, who was speaking human language, in surprise, and said helplessly, "Electric Flying Squirrel is indeed clumsy. Its flying skills are not proficient, so it often crashes into things. Sigh, this time I sent it to contact Grandpa Craftsman in Raven City, but it crashed again..."
The electric squirrel puffed out its cheeks, clearly annoyed by its trainer's sabotage.
Ze Shu suddenly asked, "Has something happened in Raven City?"
Little Chrysanthemum paused for a moment, then replied, "Yes... there's been a slight problem with the Battle Subway in Raven City, but it's alright, it'll be fixed soon. If you want to experience it, you might want to go to the concert hall to listen to a musical first; I'll be performing there too. After the performance, the Battle Subway will probably be back in order."
Ze Shu nodded upon hearing this.
Xiaoju smiled and took out two tickets, but felt that wasn't enough, so she thought for a moment and took out two more tickets of another type.
"These are tickets for the musical... Thank you for saving my electric squirrel..."
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"And these two are priority tickets for the Battle Subway. Besides getting priority access to battles, there are also some small prizes to collect." Little Kiku looked at Zeju and Little Blue, and smiled. "You two must be pretty strong trainers, right? I hope you have a great time on the Battle Subway!"
"You're welcome to come and challenge me at my Raven Gym!"
Ze Shu accepted the four tickets: "Thank you."
Little Chrysanthemum smiled and said, "I hope to see you all at the musical! Welcome to Raven City!"
Ze Shu smiled and nodded, then said goodbye to Xiao Ju'er.
"The musical is in three hours... Does that mean we bought our tickets for nothing?"
Xiao Lan blinked and said, "No, the timing doesn't conflict. The tickets given to us by the owner of Xiao Ju'er are for the show before our agreed transaction. Perhaps we can... watch one more show?"
The concert hall is located in the northeast corner of Raven City. The bright neon lights on the prominent sign on the exterior wall constantly flash, indicating that the show performed here is not a traditional, quiet musical.
Ze Shu and Xiao Lan took their seats half a minute before the musical started.
After the show started, the stage lights were almost dazzling, but the biggest spotlight still shone on Xiao Ju'er in the center of the stage. Her fair skin, long legs that reached above her waist, and fashionable and beautiful clothes all added to her dazzling appearance.
But Ze Shu's gaze was fixed on a seat to his side.
That was the "Number 4 in the third seat" from the message Quixote had sent him earlier, but now a sneaky, masked ninja man was sitting there, doing something in secret.
"It seems Quixote isn't planning to appear in the next show," Ze Shu murmured, his voice drowned out by the resounding rhythm of the musical, only audible to Xiao Lan, who was very close by.
"Then, should we..." Xiao Lan took out a miniature tracker, which flashed almost imperceptibly. "His mask is still not very good at wearing, maybe we can..."
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Ze Shu nodded: "Mm."
Just as Xiao Lan said, this person was very clumsy at wearing the mask, which undoubtedly weakened their senses, especially given the music, which was far from calm and even quite noisy...
The miniature tracker was carried by a sliver of Xiao Lan's body, which attached itself to him very smoothly, without him even noticing.
"Let's watch the concert next," Ze Shu said softly.
Xiao Lan smiled and hummed in agreement.
The forty-minute concert flowed by quickly amidst Xiaoju'er's singing and graceful movements. During the break before the second concert, which was actually for the real transaction, Zeshu left the venue for a while, and when he returned, he was accompanied by a green-haired man wearing a baseball cap.
He first walked to the seat where the suspicious guy had left, and sure enough, he saw two things on it: a piece of paper and a button.
The paper reads: "[N sits here, and the transaction is complete]".
That button was Ze Shu's reward; the bottom of the button bore the ship number from Feiyun City Port.
"Heh." Ze Shu chuckled.
This Quixote is indeed cautious; he really doesn't dare to show up.
Ze Shu understood.
After all, Quixote knew that the person he was dealing with was just a "greedy alliance official" from Kitakami Township.
Moreover, Team Plasma is currently wanted by Unova, and he cannot guarantee that this "Sinnoh League official" would not give up such a huge benefit and notify the League to arrest him.
Ze Shu picked up the button for "Reward One" and nodded behind him.
"You sit here. You already know the situation; your so-called adoptive father will not appear."
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N remained silent for a moment before slowly nodding, and then, as if stepping into some abyss, sat down in the concert chair.
After a long pause, he suddenly said, "Now that I'm leaving, my sisters Barbena and Holina should no longer be a threat. I hope you will treat them well."
"At least... I'm not stuck in prison."
"Don't worry," Ze Shu nodded and said, "Since you requested it, I will get them out of prison."
"Hmm, I'll be a waiter on my spaceship. Cleaning, serving tea and water—that shouldn't be considered mistreatment, right?"
N:
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Seeing that N had closed his eyes and remained silent, and had no intention of attending the concert.
Ze Shu then slowly walked away.
This concert wasn't performed by Xiaojuer; she only performed the one for which she had given away tickets. So Zeshu and Xiaolan only listened for a short while and felt that this performance was indeed different from the previous one starring Xiaojuer. Moreover, listening to another concert was really too much to bear, so they left the concert venue early.
Walking through the streets of Raven City, Xiao Lan held up a GPS screen and suddenly looked southwest, towards the center of Raven City.
"According to the tracker... that person is hiding here."
"The Gear Station in Raven City, which is... the location of the Battle Subway."
Ze Shu said, "Let's go take a look."
Xiao Lan: "Mmm!"
Upon arriving at the Gear Station in Raven City, just as Little Chrysanthemum had mentioned, an accident had occurred there.
It appears to have been caused by a massive explosion; the ground collapsed, exposing the steel mesh inside the gear station, but thanks to the hard work of the workers, it no longer affects normal operation.
Stepping inside, it resembles a well-connected subway station. Some platforms are ordinary subways, while others are United States' special battle facilities—battle subways.
"The Battle Subway is divided into Singles Train, Doubles Train, and Infinite Train! Sir with the priority ticket, the train is about to depart. Please choose which train you wish to board and ride the waves!"
"Singles Train and Doubles Train are self-explanatory, but the Infinite Train, besides offering the richest rewards with no upper limit, also allows you to battle and interact with the bosses from our own Metro battles!"
"—Yes, the current battle leaders are the super popular Mr. Nanxia and Mr. Beishang!"
Because they had the "priority ticket" given to them by Xiaojuer, Zeshu and Xiaolan boarded the "Infinite Train" without any checks.
These are train carriages, each guarded by a person. It's like a challenge; defeating the guard earns you rewards, allowing you to advance to the next carriage, until you are defeated.
In the first carriage, a challenger was already engaged in battle.
It was a one-on-one battle, and the challenger's mantle rock was already on its last legs under the Blue Toad Bubble Rays of the opposing metro crew.
As soon as Ze Shu walked in, he saw Lan Chan using a water cannon to end the battle.
The mantle rock itself was a heavy object, and the Blue Toad's water cannon did not miss. Under the heavy water cannon, the already battered mantle rock had no chance of survival.
The trainer with the Slow Rock form collapsed to the ground in despair.
"They lost in just the first carriage...? That's way too difficult..."
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But what happened next was beyond his expectations.
"Nimi~~"
A light, melodious voice suddenly appeared.
Under the crisis, the mantle rock seemed to be injected with magical power. Before it could even react, it suddenly leaped upwards, directly dodging the extremely dangerous water cannon!
Then, the mantle rock still didn't react. Feeling the sudden surge of energy within its body, the power gem instinctively condensed, and rocks the size of buckets appeared, leaving the blue toad stunned.
"quack?!"
No...not a buddy?!
Blue Toad has only ever seen such a large Power Gem in the hands of Tyranitar, one of the ace fighters who battled bosses!
How could this mantle rock suddenly coalesce into such a large chunk?! Is this even possible?!
However, no matter how astonished the blue toad was.
A series of thuds and thuds rang out.
The train carriage shook violently, and the blue toad was also submerged among huge rocks.
Mantle rock: (A) !!!
It thought in disbelief about the exaggerated power gem it had just conjured.
Wow!!
It...it's actually that strong?!
Could he be... the legendary protagonist of a wish-fulfillment novel?!
"Nimi! Nimi~!"
In the shadows, a cute little creature with a "V" on its forehead watched the incredulous sound coming from the mantle rock and couldn't help but cover its mouth and laugh with delight.
For it, giving the defeated the power to win is an incredibly satisfying thing.
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