chsdbacks Chapter 198 "Supernatural Events"
Chapter 198 "Supernatural Events"
Chapter 198 "Supernatural Events"
"This video..." Ze Shu looked at the video of the entire match against the Tianxing team recorded by Xiao Lan, which could also be called the dark history of the Tianxing team. He was slightly stunned, but then he showed a wicked smile and said, "Just send it to the classmates."
"Then"
"Have each of them write a reflection of at least a thousand words."
"This is the course assignment."
Little Blue, holding up the camera, blinked her brown eyes and then giggled, "Okay!"
Ze Shu's classmates, the five leaders of the Tianxing team who participated in the battle, made them study their crushing defeats one by one, and then they had to rack their brains to write a reflection. It was really too perverse.
"Oh, right, send a copy to Leihe too," Zeshu added.
After all, this is material from the Ancient Sword Leopard's battles, which will be helpful for her research on the Ancient Sword Leopard.
"Sawaki-sensei! Can I write one too? Can I have a match with you after I finish?" Nemo shouted excitedly from the side.
Having witnessed Zeki's further enhanced strength, her interest in fighting Zeki has now reached a new level.
Ze Shu: "Nemo, as a spectator, has to write two thousand words."
Nemo replied energetically, "Okay!"
She already had a lot of insights to write about, so this 2,000-word "post-viewing reflection" was nothing to her.
"After I finish writing, can I have a battle with you, Mr. Zeqi?"
Ze Shu said helplessly, "...Of course it is."
Nemo's "unwavering devotion" to battles is truly remarkable—but that's not necessarily a bad thing, as Ze Shu can also use Nemo as a tool to "farm" battle experience, allowing his Pokémon to accumulate a wealth of battle experience.
However, Ze Shu seemed to have thought of something and asked Nemo, "Nemo, are you not good at... sports?"
Nemo paused for a moment, then scratched her head: "Hehe... Rather than saying I'm bad at sports, it's more accurate to say... my physical strength isn't good. I can't even run up the stairs of Tabletop City in one go."
Ze Shu pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "How can you be my student if you're not physically fit? Nemo, do you want to change this situation?"
Nemo stammered, "Of course I want to."
"Could it be...?" Her eyes suddenly lit up as she looked at Ze Shu expectantly, "Ze Shu-sensei, do you have any effective methods to improve my physical strength?"
Ze Shu smiled and said, "I wouldn't dare say it's very effective, but it's definitely a huge boost to Nemo's stamina."
Nemo, both expectant and with a vague sense of unease, asked, "W-what is it?"
Ze Shu smiled without saying a word.
When Ze Shu pushed open the glass door of the cafe, accompanied by the melodious sound of a bell, he realized that something strange seemed to have happened inside the cafe while he was fighting the Tianxing team outside:
A coffee machine tipped over, and a family of mice and chinchillas gathered around it, squeaking in worry.
It looks like someone is being pinned down?
With a question in mind, Ze Shu stepped forward.
Then they saw: the coffee machine had collapsed and was crushed under it, and there was a chubby, snow-white fox with six tails. It seemed to be badly crushed, its cute fox face contorted in a grimace, its eyes tightly closed, and its pink tongue lolling out. Chara was standing beside it.
Upon seeing Ze Shu arrive, it cautiously opened one eye, panting heavily, and made a cry for help:
"Ouming...ming..."
Trainer... help... if you don't come back soon, your beloved little fox is going to die...
"What are you doing...?" Ze Shu twitched the corner of his mouth. No matter how heavy the coffee machine was, it shouldn't be enough to crush Liuwei to death, but seeing Liuwei's pitiful expression, he could only say, "Alright."
He lifted the coffee machine with one hand and grabbed Liuwei with the other, pulling him into his arms.
That's how this matter was resolved so simply.
Peony, who had been silently following, inspected the coffee machine: "It's probably broken... We might need to buy a new one. Tell me, what happened? How did this coffee machine fall over?"
So Zeshu asked the Six-Tails, only to be met with a hateful look from it. A tear squeezed from the corner of its eye, and it complained with a wronged expression, "Ooo-Ooo-Ooo!"
How did it know how the coffee machine fell over...? The coffee machine just inexplicably fell down and it hurt so much!
Now, the trainer can't soothe its frightened little heart without giving it ten packets of treats.
Upon hearing Rokuo's accusation, Sawaki looked at the foam squirrel and a family of rats at the "crime scene".
They shook their heads blankly, indicating that they had only arrived at the scene after the coffee machine had overturned, and had only been there for a dozen seconds before Ze Shu arrived, so they knew nothing about the situation.
After asking around and looking around, none of the other Pokémon in the café had actually witnessed the coffee machine fall over.
Everyone was completely unaware of this situation—after all, everyone had gone to watch the match between Ze Shu and the Tianxing team, leaving very few people in the cafe.
Ze Shu: "The coffee machine tipped over for no reason? That's so strange. Does that mean it's a paranormal event?"
Six-Tails froze for a moment, then nodded vigorously with its head puffed out in terror, "Ominous! Ominous!"
Maybe that's really the case!
Xiao Lan guessed, "Did some ghost Pokémon sneak into the coffee shop? That's why it knocked over the coffee machine, and that's why Vulpix had that feeling?"
Zeshu turned to look at Gengar, which was lying on the beach in the distance, playing in the sand with its butt sticking up. He called it over and asked it to sense if there were any other ghost Pokémon around.
But Gengar puffed up its purple face until it turned bright red, and couldn't sense any ghost Pokémon presence here except for Lidgment.
It's unlikely that the ghost Pokémon was responsible.
"Gengar?! Gengar looked terrified."
Could it be that the coffee shop is really haunted?!
The chubby guy in purple was trembling.
Ze Shu: "You're a 'ghost' too, so why are you afraid of ghosts?!"
Gengar stammered, "Ugh... Ugh..."
I'm afraid, that's all!
"Hmph! This matter is full of suspicious points; it seems to be a difficult unsolved case!" Higana, dressed as a detective, suddenly appeared.
He tossed his beret with one hand, raised his head, and said to Ze Shu, "Mr. Ze Shu, it seems you have no solution to this case, so..."
"How about you consider hiring me, the great detective Higana, to help you?"
Ze Shu: "You?"
Ze Shu only said one word.
Higana, suddenly flustered, jumped up in alarm: "You look down on me, the great Detective Higana?!"
"I'm telling you! I, Higana, can absolutely solve this case! Handing it over to Detective Higana is the right choice!"
Ze Shu: "..—
He looked at Higana, who had specially disguised herself as a detective, and felt somewhat helpless.
"good!"
Seeing the broken yet stubborn look in Xijiana's eyes, Ze Shu reached out and patted her shoulder heavily, saying loudly, "Then, Detective Xijiana, I'm entrusting this unsolved case of the [coffee machine mysteriously collapsing in the coffee shop] to you!"
"I hope Higanbana won't tarnish her reputation as the 'Great Detective,' and that she'll get to the bottom of this!"
Higana exclaimed energetically, "Alright! Leave it to us!"
Six-Tailed Fox's little eyes darted around, and it echoed loudly, "Ooh, Ooh!"
Yes, yes, we must get to the bottom of this and not let the murderer get away!
After entrusting the "case" to Higana.
Ze Shu sat down, holding his coffee, and watched as Xi Jiana "professionally" took out a magnifying glass, sometimes getting up and lying on the ground to observe details, and sometimes questioning the victim, Liuwei, with a serious expression, looking like a professional detective on a TV show.
Well, that's only in the form of a detective on TV shows.
Little Blue, sitting opposite her, chuckled, "Higana is so full of energy!"
Ze Shu said, "He looks quite professional, but... his detective skills aren't that great."
The case was making no progress, which made Higana frown deeply.
"I heard you saying bad things about Zeki!" Higana glared at her defiantly, "Don't underestimate Detective Higana's abilities!"
Ze Shu asked helplessly, "Do you need my help?"
Higana snorted and retorted defiantly, "No need! I, Detective Higana, will definitely get to the bottom of this and bring the murderer to justice!"
Zeki: "Then I'll look forward to it."
Higana raised her head: "Then you can look forward to it!"
She got up again and leaned over the overturned coffee machine, peering through the magnifying glass with one eye, trying to find a clue to the case. Ze Shu watched this and couldn't help but find it somewhat amusing.
"throat."
"Botan, the coffee machine is broken. Will it have any impact?" Ze Shu turned to ask Botan, who was surrounded by three or four Eevee.
Peony hesitated and said, "Yes...it has some impact. This is the coffee machine responsible for espresso; without it, some coffees can't be made. I heard that to buy this kind of coffee machine, you have to go to the big city of Niangguang; Zhuotai City doesn't have any."
"The price is approximately... around 10,000 Alliance Coins."
Ze Shu laughed and said, "It's alright, the loss isn't significant. We can just get you a better coffee machine, Mudan."
Peony blinked and nodded: "Okay!"
After being questioned by Detective Higana, the Vulpix ran back. It jumped onto the table, spread its chubby white belly, and began to fawn over Sawaki with unusual "Ooh-ooh-ooh".
Ze Shu unceremoniously rubbed its soft, chubby belly and asked, "Are you alright?"
"Ooh-ming~"
Six-Tailed Fox blinked, intending to shake its head, but then, as if remembering something, it abruptly stopped, decisively squeezing out some tears and nodding vigorously, "Ooh! Ooh!"
It was badly injured!
It needs a little treat to soothe its wounded heart!
Ze Shu chuckled, but didn't expose the Six-Tails.
Instead, it took a small cookie out of Gengar's belly and stuffed it onto Vulpix's little paws, making Vulpix squeal with delight. It quickly opened the snack bag and started eating, its eyes sparkling as it ate.
"Ooming!"
It knew: Ze Shu was the best!
Ze Shu rubbed its six tails, which were now clearly defined but resembled a cloud due to their fluffy fur, and laughed:
"Come on, say a few more words of praise."
"Ooooooo! Ooooooooo!"
The afternoon hours gradually passed.
The dim sunlight streamed in through the glass window, illuminating the sleeping figure of Liuwei, its belly exposed, and the small bag of snacks it clutched tightly in its hands.
Detective Higanbana is still investigating the cause of the coffee machine's inexplicable collapse, but it seems she hasn't made any progress. Her brows remain furrowed, unchanged.
But every time Zeshu asked if he needed help, this guy would stubbornly say, "No, I'll definitely find out."
"Ugh! Why isn't there a single clue?! Even if I'm a great detective, I can't cook without rice!"
Higana sat dejectedly on Ze Shu's table, gulped down her coffee, and then winced at the bitterness, her face contorting in pain.
"A mournful cry echoes through the night!"
Ze Shu: "..—
He tossed a ball of candy to Higana and said, "Do you need my help?"
Higana said with a pained expression, "I...I—"
She seemed to realize that things couldn't continue like this, and her jaw, which had been as hard as alloy, loosened a little:
"Alright, then I, Detective Higanbana, will grant you special permission to use 'Watson'—Sawaki, you come and help!"
"But I don't know how little Ze Shu could solve such a difficult case that even I, the great detective Xi Jiana, couldn't crack?" Xi Jiana looked at Ze Shu with suspicion.
Ze Shu smiled and said, "Maybe it is, or maybe you're just too stupid, Xi Jiana."
Higana puffed out her cheeks, defiantly saying, "I don't believe it! I'm not stupid! I've tried everything! But this is an unsolved case; even if you brought in all the world's greatest detectives, it wouldn't work!"
"Come on! Let me show you what methods you, little Ze Shu, can use!"
But just one minute later, in front of the coffee shop's surveillance camera controlled by Peony.
Higana burst into an incredulous and aggrieved cry: "W-W-W-There are security cameras here! And you didn't even tell me!"
Ze Shu pointed to the security camera in the corner of the ceiling and said helplessly, "Isn't it obvious? Didn't Detective Xi Jiana notice this? Besides, you were the one who told me not to help."
Higanbana remained defiant: "I...I...I definitely know! I just don't need to!"
Little Blue laughed from the side, "Silly Xijiana."
Higanbana: "Boom!!!"
As the surveillance footage panned to the moment before the coffee machine collapsed at noon, everything seemed to become clear.
In the picture, a snow-white fox is circling around the coffee machine, fiddling with it, seemingly unable to understand why sugar cubes are constantly emerging from the side of the coffee machine. After all, if it could be cracked, it would be like having an unlimited supply of sugar!
However, Liuwei accidentally slipped on the coffee machine and knocked it over.
Higana's eyes widened: "The culprit is the Six-Tails? So that's why it's trapped under the coffee machine!"
But as the scene unfolds, it becomes clear that Liuwei couldn't have been crushed under the coffee machine so easily. As the coffee machine collapses, its plump but agile body leaps away, easily avoiding the collapse.
Higanbana: "Huh?"
She didn't understand: Then how was the Six-Tails suppressed?
However, in the surveillance footage, Liuwei looked at the collapsed coffee machine with a panic. After looking around and finding no one in the store, he came up with a plan.
It ran to the coffee machine, stretched out its little paws, and with a "heave-ho" sound, moved a corner of the coffee machine aside, pressed its body inside, and then let go. With a "squeak," the six-tailed creature suddenly stuck out its little tongue, pretending to be a victim.
The scene then shifts to the arrival of the foam squirrel and its family of mice, who, upon discovering the six-tailed creature's murder, let out worried "ouch, ouch..." sounds.
The perplexing case that Higana mentioned was actually orchestrated by the Six-Tails!
Higanbana: "Huh?!"
She couldn't believe that the case she had been worrying about all afternoon was really just this?!
Ze Shu shrugged: "See? The case's solved, isn't it? Xi Jiana's an idiot, just admit it or not?"
Higana looked utterly defeated: "Scream! I admit it, I admit it! I'm an idiot, okay?!"
Then, Ze Shu looked at the Six-Tails on the table, whose unease was palpable and which was putting on a fawning smile. He snatched the bag of snacks from its hand, which it hadn't finished eating, and casually took out a small cookie, put it in its mouth, and said:
"Hmph—"
"Little Six-Tail, you're out of snacks!"
Six-tailed: (())
Ze Shu sighed, "We still need to go to Niangguang City to buy a coffee machine."