He knows Pokémon better than me.

The red brick buildings of Jiqing City are covered with metal pipes and various steam equipment everywhere, which is undoubtedly a paradise for Meltan.

But Xiaozhi is not sure whether the gas transported in these pipes is some dangerous gas. It would be terrible if a hole was really eaten by Meltan.

"Anyway, come back first!"

Xiaozhi quickly took the Meltan back. If he let the little guy do whatever he wanted, it would cause an explosion at any moment.

He didn't want to go to the police station again the next day!

"Chirp!"

Magearna was wandering around like a little girl, and many Galars were surprised when they saw her. Some even came forward to ask Satoshi where the mechanical doll was made.

"No, Magearna is a real Pokémon~!"

Facing all the questions, Xiaozhi gave formal answers one by one, which caused passers-by to look stunned again.

Walking across the stone bridge, Xiaozhi looked at the river flowing through the city below.

"This is Ji Qinghe, right?"

A river that bisects a wilderness area.

Logically, it should be an exquisite and winding city river, but Xiaozhi could faintly smell a strange smell emanating from the river.

In the hidden corners of some buildings, you can see pipe outlets facing the river directly, with black-green liquid dripping down. It seems to be some kind of industrial wastewater?

"Beep! The Jiqing River is world-famous for its beauty, but someone has found that the amount of E. coli in the river water is strictly above the standard, and the content of heavy metals is also higher than the standard of an average river!"

"In the triathlon held in the Jiqing River last year, many swimming contestants were hospitalized with fever due to swallowing river water by mistake. Loto~!"

The corner of Xiaozhi's mouth twitched. It turned out that the wilderness outside was really better~!

After wandering around with Majiana for a while, they soon came to a beautifully decorated shop at the entrance of the street.

The window displays a variety of gorgeous clothing, from hats, glasses and accessories, clothes, skirts, shoes and socks, backpacks and gloves.

This is a fashion store.

“Chirp~!!”

Magearna's girlish heart suddenly burst out, and she pulled Xiaozhi's sleeve and was eager to go in.

"Then go in~!"

Xiaozhi naturally did not refuse. Fortunately, after finishing his trip to Alola, he had a little savings, which should be enough to make Magearna happy to spend.

When they were still in the Alola region, Liliae often dragged him to visit the fashion stores in Haole City, but he had little interest in it.

But it’s different for Magearna. Ash is looking forward to seeing the Pokémon dress up!

"Welcome to ~JiQing Fashion Store~"

When I pushed the door open, several beautifully and fashionably dressed older sisters came to greet me.

Then they looked at Xiaozhi, and then at Magearna, and their expressions were stunned.

Normally, customers of fashion stores are usually young women or young couples.

But this is the first time that a male guest came in with a mechanical doll!

"Chirp!"

Magearna blinked her pink cross eyes, walked happily to the clothes rack, picked up a pink skirt, gestured to herself, and waved it towards Xiaozhi.

"It's fine if you like it. You can buy anything you want today, or just buy one."

Xiaozhi looked at his wallet again, but he still couldn't say anything generous.

We will need to buy other supplies back to the castle later, so it’s better to spend them sparingly!

"Sure enough, there are so many empty spaces in the castle, why not grow something there, or raise some sheep to make some money?"

Xiaozhi began to think in his mind.

Upon hearing this, Majiana immediately got excited and held up her skirt, ready to change it on the spot.

Of course, when I say "change", I actually mean putting it on directly. There is only paint on Majiyana's body, so she is naked. "Hehe, guest, please go to the dressing room to change clothes~"

A salesgirl quickly led Majiana to a small room next door.

Well, humans and robots are a bit weird though.

Don't understand, but respect!

As long as you pay!

Since Magearna could only buy one, she tried on many pieces and showed them around in front of Xiaozhi several times, wondering which skirt to order in the end.

"That one, please! It looks great!"

When Magearna changed into the classic black and white maid skirt, Xiaozhi gave her a thumbs up.

Well, it seems to be similar to what Latias wore before.

Mageara was delighted again and nodded to the salesgirl with a blushing face. Xiaozhi walked to the front desk to pay. The scene seemed a little strange.

"You two, welcome back next time~!"

It’s not a big problem. Once you pay, you are the boss. Before leaving, the salesgirl also gave Magiyana some cute ribbons for decoration.

After going out, Magearna in a maid outfit attracted even more attention.

A cute mechanical rabbit maid, who can resist this! ?

Many trainers even came up to ask Xiaozhi where they could capture this kind of Pokémon, but Xiaozhi evaded the question.

It’s not so easy to capture the mythical Pokémon~!

After shopping with Magearna, seeing that it was getting dark, Xiaozhi followed the instructions on the map and went to the Pokémon Center he was most familiar with.

The Pokémon Center in the Galar region is more like a small shopping mall with luxurious decoration. It also combines the functions of Pokémon treatment, medicine and Poké Ball trading, and various catering service shops.

Xiaozhi also saw the local Rotom machine, Rotommi!

A specially modified computer device, after adding Rotom AI, becomes a fully intelligent computer!

When he got close, the pink-white Rotom, who was dozing on the computer, perked up and gave a prompt enthusiastically:

"Good afternoon~! Jiqing City, Lotommi, at your service, Lotommi~!"

Xiaozhi operated it with great interest and found that the functions were similar, such as Pokémon computer storage, remote phone calls and exchanges.

Of course, there are also some Galar-specific features such as "Poké Help" and "League Card".

Unable to understand, Xiaozhi did not continue.

Simply hand the giant crab over to Miss Joy for treatment.

The giant crab took on 95% of the burden of renovating the castle, and it was the only one that suffered from physical depletion.

Then we went to a small restaurant nearby and ordered some cream cake, a specialty of the Galar region.

"Pickup!"

Pikachu, who had been depressed for a day, finally perked up. He wolfed down the small cake that Xiaozhi gave him, with traces of cream at the corners of his mouth.

Strength restored by 1%!

After finishing his meal, Xiaozhi took back the Giant Claw, left the Pokémon Center and looked at the sky. Only then did he finally remember the important business.

"Let's go buy some food for tomorrow first. Oh, and also buy a lock!"

Although the city wall is easy to climb over, the gate is almost useless.

But the gate kept shaking, there was no sense of ceremony at all! (End of this chapter)