Elf: Who told him to be an investigator!

Chapter 61: The Perfect Match - Mare the Sheep?

"Meow—"

It let out another sad bleat, then shook its thick wool, stood up again, and didn't intend to retaliate. It just glanced at Ze Shu's foot that had kicked it with a wronged look, and its anger dissipated.

It turned and went to the beach, its dark eyes looking at the opposite shore of the sea, its pupils slightly bright.

Ze Shu twitched the corner of his mouth.

Mali sheep is so forgiving, even he feels bad about it.

After thinking for a moment, Ze Shu stepped forward and came to Mare the sheep's side.

But Mare ignored Ze Shu, simply moving away to a much farther spot from him, and still ignoring him, gazing at the opposite shore of the sea, looking like a melancholy child.

Ze Shu: "..."

He couldn't understand this sheep, so he decided not to bother it.

He simply took out a sweet treat from the six tails, a slightly cold cookie, cut it in half, and placed it next to Mare the Sheep: "This is an apology gift."

The six-tailed creature, staring blankly at Zeki and wanting him to touch it, widened its eyes and exclaimed, "O-Ooh?"

Those are its favorite little cookies!

But when the Six-Tails had to watch helplessly as Mare the sheep ate its biscuits.

"Mamri! Why did you run off again!"

A little girl's voice rang out from afar, growing closer and closer.

Ze Shu turned his head and saw the little girl running towards him. She had two braids with flaxen hair and two hair ornaments that looked like yellow beads.

She looked at Ze Shu beside Mareya in utter surprise, and before she could even process what was happening, she hurriedly apologized, "You, I'm so sorry, did Mareya cause you any trouble?"

Ze Shu paused for a moment before shaking his head: "No."

He recognized the little girl; she was the Gym Leader of Asagi City.

"My name is Ami!" she introduced herself, then hurriedly added, "Hello, hello..."

Ze Shu gave his name before shaking his head: "I was the one who kicked this sheep."

He looked at the steel-attribute guild master from Asagi City in the Chengdu area. How could she have come all the way from Asagi City to this coastal city?

Hearing Ze Shu's words, Ami patted her flat chest with great relief:

"I see, it's alright, Zeshu! Mare the sheep won't hold a grudge!"

"Meow..."

At this moment, Mare the Sheep's weak voice rang out.

It knows its own worth—184 jin (approximately 92.5 catties), which is why it doesn't hold grudges!

Although it is a bit "thicker" than the regular Mareep, it is still the easiest Mareep to bully in the Pokémon world.

Ze Shu: "..."

The wisp he knew seemed to be easier to bully than... wait, no, the wisp is a 'sea monster' that can take the form of a school of fish. It seems that this Mare is indeed easier to bully than the wisp.

Ami turned to Mare the Sheep and said, "Mare the Sheep, why did you run off again by yourself!"

The sheep, looking aggrieved, cried out, "Mwah—"

It gazed longingly at the distant sea, seemingly knowing it was about to be taken away again. It lay dejectedly on the beach, its round wool pressed into the sand.

It lay there, letting Ami grab it however she wanted.

"Really..." Ami sighed, trying to comfort him, "Guang'er wasn't this naughty when he was young. It's not that I don't want you to go out, but I can't keep an eye on you by myself..."

Listen to this sentence.

Ze Shu then asked, "What's wrong with Mare the Sheep?"

Ami hesitated for a moment before timidly revealing the story about Mare the sheep:

"Male the sheep loves freedom..."

"It was originally a Pokémon kept at our Asagi City lighthouse for generating electricity, but it loves to see the outside world, so it often sneaks out when we're not around to enjoy the scenery. So this time, it sneaked out again when it came to Seaside City..."

"But that's all I can do to manage Mali Sheep."

The sheep, looking aggrieved, cried out, "Mwah—"

It gazed at the other side of the sea, reluctant to leave.

Ami looked at Snorunt and Eevee next to Zeju and asked, "Zeju, are you a trainer who's away on a trip?"

Ze Shu: "I should be."

"Or..." But she hesitated for a moment, then abandoned what she had just said, "Forget it, Mareep doesn't like to fight, and its fighting ability is weak. Entrusting it to a trainer would only be a burden..."

Ze Shu smirked, "What a coincidence?"

Ami: "Hmm?"

"If I could, I think... I really do have some kind of destiny with this Mare the sheep..."

Looking at the sheep in her arms, Ze Shu was a little incredulous.

What a coincidence!

Just when I was thinking I needed a Pokémon that could generate electricity, this Mareep, which perfectly fit the criteria, appeared in front of me.

At this time.

"Ooh—"

The pink in its eyes disappeared, and the aggrieved Six-Tailed Fox jumped on Zeki's head, angrily fanning Zeki with its cool, fluffy tail.

Why isn't the trainer petting it to comfort and thank it?

Even the cookies are only half left!

"Little Six-Tail, don't be naughty."

"Ooh!"

……

The deck of a spacecraft in the airspace above the sea area surrounding Binhai City.

Watching the surrounding scenery constantly change and unfold before my eyes after the symbolic activation.

"Meow—!!"

The sheep, its eyes wide and bright, rolled around in Ami's arms, babbling, "Baa, baa..."

This must be something that can fly around in the air at will!

This place is simply its ideal paradise!

It doesn't want to leave!

Ami asked incredulously, "Ze Shu, this is...?"

Ze Shu said, "This is my spaceship. It just happens to need a Mare the sheep that likes to enjoy the scenery. What do you think?"

"Meow—!!"

You can hear the sheep's extremely excited bleating.

But Ami still hesitated: "If possible..."

Seeing her hesitation, Ze Shu wanted to demonstrate something to make Ami trust his identity.

Suddenly.

Ding-dong-

Ze Shu's phone lit up, and when he looked at it, he saw a brief message from Zhu Lan.

Where did you go? Come back now, quickly, it's urgent.

"..."

Ze Shu remained silent for a moment.

Didn't she say not to move around for the next day or two? Why did she send a message so soon?

"I'm sorry," Ze Shu said, then asked, "Ami, is there anything urgent that needs to be done in Binhai City?"

Seeing that Ami subconsciously shook her head, she said, "No, no..."

Ze Shu went straight back to the captain's cabin: "Then stand firm."

Boom—

"Meow—!!"

"Huh?!"

As Ami watched the spaceship take off and the scenery around her constantly changed, accompanied by the delighted bleating of the sheep in her arms, she exclaimed in an undisguised tone, "The ship... the ship has started—"

"Where are we...where are we going...?"

"Pokémon League"

Ze Shu replied softly.

……

As the Pokémon League headquarters drew ever closer, Zeki planned to slow down his descent.

But a Garchomp flew onto the deck, spewing steam, along with its Sinnoh Champion Cynthia.

On the deck, Ami exclaimed in disbelief, "Bamboo Orchid, Bamboo Orchid Champion!"

She never expected that Ze Shu, whom she had just met, would be acquainted with the champion of Bamboo Orchid.

Now it seems I can completely trust him with Mare the Sheep?

"You are...Ami?" Zhu Lan greeted her simply after landing.

Although she was puzzled as to why Ami was there, she didn't ask. Instead, she asked, "Where's Zeshu?"

Amy pointed to the captain's cabin: "It's over there."

Then, to Ami's incredulous gaze, the usually highly composed Zhu Lan pushed open the captain's cabin door.

Bang!

He hadn't locked the door to the captain's cabin. Ze Shu was about to land when he was startled by the sudden noise.

Snow Child was so startled that his straw hat stood on end: "Yo-ki—"

Ze Shu was about to say something, but then he turned around.

But I saw—

Zhu Lan's face was extremely pale.