Elf: Who told him to be an investigator!

Chapter 6 The Cleanliness-Obsessed Pokémon

Hearing the call, Zeshu paused for a moment, turned around, and saw a gray Pokémon.

It's a foam squirrel.

Its gray fur and large tail are meticulously groomed, making it look as refined as a wealthy person's pet Pokémon, even though it lives in the forest behind it.

Its large gray ears twitched on its head, and its big brown eyes stared at Ze Shu with surprise and disdain.

It was clearly made by it that made that exaggerated cry.

Ze Shu: "?"

Following the gaze of the foam squirrel, he finally saw his own condition.

His tattered clothes were dry and stiff from the cold air emanating from Eevee, and were covered with mud and withered seaweed from who-knows-where; even Zeki's exposed skin was damaged and scabbed over, but he could no longer feel the pain.

Because of his previous "self-destruction" and the fact that he had been adrift in the ocean for an unknown amount of time, he now looks like a wild man, or rather, a water ghost!

Zeki was too pained to care, and Glaceon never complained about Zeki, always leaning against him to cool him down.

But for a bubble squirrel with obsessive-compulsive disorder about cleanliness, just seeing it is extremely distressing!

Its small, delicate gray body trotted quickly to Ze Shu, its round, short arms on its hips, as if to accuse Ze Shu of being so slovenly despite being human!

Then it tried to lift its tail, wanting to sweep away the mud and seaweed from Ze Shu's body.

Ze Shu thought that the foam squirrel that had appeared out of nowhere was trying to attack him with its "tail slap".

It is justified to defend oneself.

But the foam squirrel quickly noticed his injuries, its raised tail froze, and it squeaked twice.

Ze Shu was stunned for a moment, then said pitifully, "Yes, I'm injured... I've been burned. Please don't attack me anymore, okay?"

"squeak……"

The foam squirrel indeed stopped attacking.

It hesitated for a moment, swished its tail, then turned and ran back into the forest in a flash.

Ignoring this unexpected turn of events, Ze Shu shifted his body, wanting to soak in the sea. But before long, the foam squirrel quickly returned, clutching a tree fruit in its arms: "Squeak, squeak..."

"for you……"

"Um?"

Ze Shu paused for a moment, then subconsciously took the tree fruit that the foam squirrel offered him; it looked like a blue strawberry.

[Berry: Possesses the amazing ability to heal burns]

He hadn't forgotten about the berries for treating burns; he was planning to move them to the sea to cool them down so Glaceon could try to find them... but he never expected that Bubble Squirrel would bring them to him.

"Is this... for me?"

He couldn't believe it; were all Pokémon outside this friendly?

"squeak!"

The foam squirrel stood with its hands on its hips, nodding as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

Ze Shu didn't stand on ceremony at that moment.

Put the berries directly into your mouth.

"Ugh..."

He immediately grimaced in pain.

Strangely enough, these berries look just like the strawberries that Zeshu remembers, but they don't taste sweet and sour; they taste bitter!

but.

He could clearly feel the heat in his body dissipate somewhat.

It works!

So, Ze Shu said somewhat embarrassedly, "Um... do you have any more of these berries? One isn't enough..."

"squeak?!"

Bubble Squirrel was quite shocked by Ze Shu's words.

There's actually a burn that a berry can't fix?!

……

It really does.

A little while later.

Watching Ze Shu repeatedly eat the five berries it had painstakingly collected with a bitter face, although it wasn't completely cured, at least most of the negative effects on its body had been relieved.

The foamy chinchilla was somewhat skeptical of its understanding of life.

"Phew... I'm saved..."

Feeling comfortable, Ze Shu couldn't help but feel grateful. "Thank you so much, Foam Chipmunk..."

"Buee~!"

Ice Eevee also earnestly thanked Bubble Squirrel.

The foam squirrel, instead, put its hands on its hips and lectured Ze Shu: "Squeak!"

"If you want to express your gratitude, then get yourself clean and tidy, just like me!"

It showed Ze Shu its soft, delicate, and neat gray fur.

Ze Shu smiled and readily agreed.

But the key issue was that he only had one set of clothes. He could only wash himself in the seawater for a while to barely restore his cleanliness before the foam squirrel reluctantly nodded.

After Ze Shu repeatedly assured it that it would at least be this clean in the future, it didn't ask for thanks and simply ran away with its light body.

Before leaving, Ze Shu looked at its detailed information.

Foam Chipmunk

Attributes: General

Gender: female

Trait: Alluring Body

Moves: Slap, Round Eyes, Help, Sing, Wag Tail

Current mood: Satisfied

Friendship rating: 41 (I don't think you're a hopeless human being.)

Ze Shu shook his head with amusement.

He's a little guy who's a bit of a germaphobe.

Thanks to the berries provided by the foam squirrel, Ze Shu's body was a little hot, but he felt quite relaxed.

The sound of waves crashing against the shore remains unchanged.

You can vaguely see glowfish moving on the seabed and long-winged gulls constantly hovering above the sea.

Zeshu lay on the beach, gently stroking the soft, cool fur of Glaceon with his fingertips, quietly gazing at the azure sky.

Previously, he had been focused on how to escape the Masked Base, but now that he had successfully escaped, he was at a loss for what to do next.

However, improving strength and breeding more Pokémon is necessary.

The scene of the masked man's extremely weakened little boar and messenger bird fighting two against one is still vivid in my mind.

Not only so that in the future, when facing the masked man, one would no longer have to resort to self-destruction to escape.

If possible, Ze Shu not only wanted to escape himself, but he also wanted to help the countless so-called "Masked Army Soldiers" in the Masked Base who had also been abducted by the Masked Man, who had grown up in the Masked Base since childhood, whose cognition was limited, or even who had been brainwashed by the Masked Man, escape.

Although Ze Shu felt a little grateful to the masked man, also known as Liu Bo, for his "forced growth" approach to raising him, he also knew that Liu Bo had a difficult past and that his past was even redeemed in the later part of the special episode.

But the abducted children are innocent, as are the countless desperate families he destroyed.

Can you whitewash it? You can't whitewash it.

Take Xiaolan's ornithophobia, for example. Even though she was able to overcome it later, it was still a lifelong shadow.

I wonder how Xiao Lan is doing now.

However, given her intelligence, whimsical ideas, and expertise in theft and disguise, she shouldn't suffer any losses.

Ze Shu sighed inwardly.

Why think so far ahead...?

To be honest, he doesn't even know where he is right now. But he feels the different temperature and knows he's definitely not on the mainland between Northeast China and Chengdu.

"call……"

Before anyone knew it, Glaceon was already snoring softly and gradually falling asleep under Zeju's caresses.

It had been worried about Ze Shu the whole time, constantly emitting cold air to cool him down, and its body was already exhausted, so it fell asleep in just a short while.

Looking at Eevee's adorable sleeping face, Ze Shu couldn't help but smile.

As the setting sun gradually warmed, he unconsciously closed his eyes, enjoying a rare moment of tranquility with the already slightly breathing Glaceon.

Can……

I don't know how much time has passed.

Between dreaming and waking.

"Squeak—!!"

Suddenly, Ze Shu heard a familiar shout coming from a distant area behind him.

Foam squirrel.

Fearful and panicked cries for help.