chsdbacks Chapter 257 Quichis: Is this never going to end?!
Chapter 257 Quichis: Is this never going to end?!
Chapter 257 Quichis: Is this never going to end?!
Higana was very angry, but the consequences were not serious.
So in a state of extreme anger... she was merely angry for a moment.
After all, she didn't even know who the "thief" was, where he was, what he looked like, or what his abilities were...
This stifling anger filled her chest, but she had nowhere to vent it. Even the normally sweet and delicious Flying Cloud ice cream in her hand suddenly tasted bland...
"If I catch that thief, I'll definitely make Gu Niu Niu eat all its food... and I'll have to make sure Six-Tails and Mewtwo join in too! Let it taste the bitterness of having nothing to eat!"
Xijiana muttered to herself, puffing out her flushed cheeks, and followed Zeshu and Xiaolan down the street, her mind filled with the venting of her anger over catching the thief—this was the only way she could relieve her frustration now.
She was completely unaware that the Flying Cloud Ice Cream in her hand wasn't actually less fragrant because of her resentment.
It's just that it smells so good.
This caused a faint golden light to shimmer inside the ice cream, constantly replacing the Flying Cloud Ice Cream with inferior ice cream from who-knows-where...
But where did the real Flying Cloud Ice Cream go?
Hehe~
Somewhere far away, nestled among simple gray-white earthen houses in an alley, hidden beneath a halo statue shaped like Arceus.
Through a golden wheel, a small pink and gray Pokémon was able to see the distant skyscrapers and city clusters, as well as the three people walking on the city streets.
Look, it tightened its arms around the bag full of desserts that could easily engulf its small body, licked the ice cream that flashed with golden light from its lips, and revealed a happy expression.
"Hoopa loves picking up these unwanted desserts..."
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"These desserts... are enough for Hoopa to eat for a whole week!"
"Hehehe~ But I have to hide it quickly, otherwise if Balzac and Mayari see it, they'll definitely start nagging about Hoopa again and make me return it...."
"Seriously!"
"I lost one of the rings in Hoopa, so I had to use the remaining one to scoop up some unwanted food. It must have been hard work! How can I give away food that I've worked so hard to collect?"
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Hupa hung his last small ring on his horn-shaped grayish-brown head. He was extremely depressed when he thought that he only had one ring left and that he couldn't easily use the large ring at his waist.
"If Hoopa finds out who took my ring... let Hoopa go get it for me!" It's been so hard to get something back...
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"Hoopa will definitely make that guy pay!"
"Hehe~ But before that..."
Hupa blinked.
Then he stared at the tall buildings bathed in golden light.
"Hupa still needs to pick up some snacks..."
"Those three will definitely buy snacks, right? They definitely will! After all, that woman buys everything she sees, which Hoopa finds impressive!"
However, looking at it this way...
Hoopa really saw something incredible.
It made its cheeks puff up instantly.
"That's Hoopa's ring, isn't it? It definitely is, right?"
"They actually...they're trying to steal business from Hoopa?!"
"No way! Only Hoopa can reach Hoopa's target!"
"Sawaki..."
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Recalling the golden light in Xijiana's bag earlier, as she walked with Zeshu and ate Flying Cloud Ice Cream, Xiaolan turned her face slightly towards Zeshu and asked questioningly, "I remember Zeshu also has a ring with a similar effect, right?"
Ze Shu nodded: "Mm."
That ring appears to have been obtained from a treasure chest after he defeated Darkrai in Sinnoh, causing Darkrai to retreat and form a Nightmare Orb. Zeju hasn't used it much, but he does understand its effects.
After all, it's called "Hupa's Looping Ring".
But when he recalled the golden light he had just seen that had scooped up all of Xijiana's dessert, he realized that its effect was quite different.
It's mostly a difference in the users—Ichizawa uses it more roughly... or rather, more violently, capable of forcibly taking things;
But the golden light just now was like a gentle rain, subtle and silent, indicating even more superb craftsmanship.
I thought about it.
Ze Shu also took out a ring and tossed it casually.
"Waaaaah, I've discovered that this Flying Cloud Ice Cream only gets sweet towards the end! The beginning was as awful as ice made by those little wild boars, but now it's so delicious! So good... Ewhhh?!"
Higana is enjoying the wonderful taste of the hard-won Flying Cloud Ice Cream.
But then he suddenly found a familiar golden wheel appearing in his hand.
A golden wheel covers it.
The delicious Flying Cloud Ice Cream vanished in an instant.
Higana stood there dumbfounded.
She was about to be angry at the "thief" who had reappeared, but then she suddenly noticed that the half-eaten Flying Cloud Ice Cream was in Ze Shu's hand, which made her eyes widen: "Ze Shu, you you you you—!"
"You're that thief?!"
She was heartbroken.
But Ze Shu stuffed the remaining half of the Fei Yun ice cream back into her mouth.
"If I want your snacks, do I need to steal them? I'll just take them," he said with a smile.
Higana was about to puff out her cheeks when the Flying Cloud ice cream shoved into her mouth stung with a painful coldness: "Ugh!"
She squatted down, looking aggrieved, but still couldn't help but feel resentful towards Ze Shu.
"You bastard, Sawaki!"
Is that "taking"? That's robbery! Just like now!
She was determined not to submit to Ze Shu's tyranny, and wanted to rise up in anger and loudly rebuke him—she wanted to rise up and sing her own praises! She wanted to be the boss! She wanted to recklessly steal Ze Shu's food! She wanted to be on top of Ze Shu!
But then she suddenly heard Ze Shu say, "So, do you want to find the real thief? Nod if you do."
Higana swallowed the scolding that was about to escape her lips, and then obediently nodded: "Yes! I really want to!"
She felt that, in the face of catching the thief, it was okay to postpone taking the lead in overpowering Ze Shu and becoming the boss.
Hmm, take it easy!
Now is not the right time. We should wait until her Salamence's appetite surpasses that of Zeju's Vulpix before making a move!
After all, back in that tavern at the southern tip of Sinnoh, she had a "battle" of eating prowess with Salamence and Vulpix...
Salamence actually lost!
This is truly a disgrace to the dragon!
Tangcao Town.
This is the closest town to Unova's "place where dreams begin." The terrain is somewhat undulating, offering panoramic views.
Hope for most of the United States.
Despite the incident involving a thief, Ze Shu did not choose to catch the thief in Fei Yun City. Instead, he chose to follow his plan and come to Tangcao Town.
In any case, given that "thief's" abilities, it doesn't matter where they go.
Now, the highest open space in Tangcao Town has been surrounded by a number of guys dressed in silver-white uniforms.
People can enter, but if they want to leave, they will be advised, "This is a speech by the great Plasma Team. Please listen to the speech and take the free gifts before you leave."
With the addition of residents from all over who "came upon hearing the news," a considerable number of people eventually gathered here.
Even mingling in the crowd, Higana, her cheeks puffed out, muttered incessantly, "That thief... he's getting more and more brazen lately! He even stole all the slime from the Sticky Dragon! Do you know how the Sticky Dragon feels when he wakes up in the morning to find himself completely dry?! He was so scared that he immediately went for a bath!!"
"It also stole feathers from the Altaria, leaving the Altaria with sparse feathers and even a bald patch. This has scared the Altaria so much that it hasn't dared to come out and see people for a while now..."
Higana felt.
After Ze Shu stole her Flying Cloud Ice Cream with a gold ring.
The "thief" seemed to have his eye on them... no, to be precise, he was targeting her alone. Higana couldn't understand why this was happening!
Mingming Zeshu and Xiaolan are both here, why doesn't it steal from them? It's as if it wants to steal everything from her before moving on to another target! Isn't this blatantly bullying an idiot?!
Moreover, it no longer focuses on "stealing," but has become "mischief"!
God knows how resentful Xijiana was during this time.
"Because we haven't stopped that thief from stealing lately... he's become increasingly brazen!"
"It seems that in a few days... as Ze Shu said, the thief will reveal his true colors!"
But once they reveal their true colors, they'll catch them red-handed!
In that case...
Higana suddenly revealed a fierce expression!
She's already come up with a hundred and eighty ways to deal with that thief!
For example, you strip a thief naked and tie him to a pillar, let his stomach rumble with hunger, but don't feed him. Then you have to feast in front of the starving thief, and not only that, you have to invite Mewtwo and Vulpix to throw a huge food party right in front of him...
"Hehehehe—"
Among the crowd, a girl carrying a teddy bear and wearing a black bodysuit watched curiously as Higana's expressions changed constantly—sometimes she gritted her teeth, sometimes she was beaming with smugness, and sometimes she let out an evil "hehehe" laugh, her expressions changing extremely quickly.
She couldn't help but show a shocked expression.
After the initial shock, she muttered, "It's just natural..." and pulled out a business card that read "BW Artists Company," intending to approach the company.
But suddenly, a sparse sound came from the open space of Tangcao Town.
Surrounded by several Plasma Team members, a cool-looking middle-aged man with silver hair and a monocle, wearing a black robe, leaning on a cane with the Plasma Team emblem, walked onto the makeshift stage.
The girl had no choice but to stop what she was doing.
"Welcome everyone to our Plasma Team's presentation event."
"
"I am the sage of Team Plasma, Quigish."
After Quixote finished speaking, the air was quiet for a moment.
Few people immediately agreed to support him.
After all, most people came for the few eggs and bottles of Moo Moo milk from Team Plasma, not because they genuinely agreed with the slogan "Make Team Plasma great," so they naturally didn't have much enthusiasm.
Quixote maintained his smile, but his frequent rubbing of his cane revealed that he was genuinely a little embarrassed.
"This plasma team spends so much money hiring online trolls everywhere to promote themselves, even having lines at Fei Yun Ice Cream, yet they don't use any trolls at this speech. They're really overconfident!"
"Even an idiot like me would know we should hire a few people to clap..."
"As expected, this organization can't be trusted. Maybe the eggs and Moo Moo milk they gave us were fake."
Higana was annoyed that her daydream about catching the "thief" had been interrupted, and she was muttering to herself in frustration.
Ever since she foolishly said "There are eggs to collect!" while queuing for Feiyun Ice Cream, Ze Shu, to prevent her from being genuinely naive and actually believing what Team Plasma was promoting, chose to tell her the truth about this "shill."
This left Higana dumbfounded and utterly disgusted.
Although her muttering was soft, it was still quite noticeable amidst the sparse applause.
On stage, Quixote's smile froze instantly.
He glanced at the seemingly dim-witted girl who had spoken, thought for a moment, and was just about to use this statement to argue and promote the "truth" with the silver tongue that was standard among the Seven Sages, thus enhancing the public's goodwill towards Team Plasma.
But then she overheard the male trainer next to Sigana whispering to her, "That's not a very nice thing to say!"
Quixote paused before he could finish speaking.
He was greatly comforted to find that there were still people willing to support their plasma team.
His hand, which had been fumbling for his cane, calmed down, and he wanted to listen quietly to what this "wild Plasma Team Maintainer" had to say.
But then the male trainer suddenly said, "While what you said is true, nobody really cares about Team Plasma's speeches, and not many people even know about them, yet they exaggerate and call themselves the great Team Plasma." Such shameless words... but you can't say them so loudly!
"This is so embarrassing for the plasma team! After all, they still have to give us three eggs and some milk in the end! We have to give them some face! Otherwise, they won't let you get the milk!"
Quixote: "————"
It seems you're speaking louder!
His hand gripping the cane trembled slightly, but fortunately, he prided himself on his good manners and managed to hold back, preventing himself from smashing the cane into the male trainer's face.
Just as he finished holding it in, he heard Higana exclaim in realization, "Oh! I see!"
"This plasma team has no popularity and isn't well-liked by the masses... which shows that their theories are simply unbelievable!"
"It's so touching that they're still here giving speeches under such difficult circumstances. I was wrong, I shouldn't have said that to them... After all, I still need to collect my MooMoo milk! What if they don't give me any!"
The surrounding crowd murmured and chuckled, barely able to contain their laughter.
Quixote's expression darkened.
It has to be said that his heart was somewhat stung by these words.
He wanted to argue, but after several exchanges, the two of them had blocked any room for him to argue. Forcing an argument would only make him feel awkward and put him at a disadvantage.
So he could only suppress his frustration and pretend he hadn't heard, and began his speech normally.
His speech revolved around just a few points: "Pokémon are unfortunate in human hands and in Poké Balls. We should release all Pokémon and return them to a free world."
Quixote's dramatic and inflammatory tone made his speech incredibly persuasive.
Despite his highly persuasive words, none of the trainers present responded to his call and released their Pokémon on the spot.
Quixote was about to say a few more words.
"The speech is over! Can we get our milk now?" someone suddenly shouted from below.
He glanced at her and saw that it was still the female trainer who didn't seem very bright.
Then the female trainer muttered softly, "I was almost falling asleep listening to this..."
"I need to go back and bring food to my dog, Gu Niu Niu. She loves drinking Moo Moo Milk. If I release her into the wild, she won't be able to drink Moo Moo Milk, and how will she survive..."
"Could it be that some wild man in the wild would give it milk?"
Quixote nearly crushed his cane.
Is this never going to end?!
Do you really want that much milk?!
If you want it so badly, why don't you just buy a bottle yourself?!
This attitude of being disturbed repeatedly, ignoring the content of his speech, and focusing instead on the so-called insignificant freebie...
Quixote admitted that he was somewhat vulnerable.
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