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Chapter 4: Green Ivy Under the Moon
Eleven o'clock at night.

Qin Zhen carried his schoolbag and looked at the alley in front of him silently, his expression looking quite stiff.

This is a straight narrow alley with high red brick walls on both sides. It is the only way for Qin Zhen to go home. Qin Zhen has particularly hated passing through here since he was a child, especially on summer nights like now.

The walls of both sides of this alley are filled with wall-mounted air conditioner outdoor units. In the summer, they will crackle and drip water, making the road wet and slippery. People passing under them may easily have water droplets fall into their collars if they are not careful. When the cold water droplets run down the back of the neck, the chilly feeling is no different from being touched by a ghost.

And Qin Zhen himself - it may be a bit embarrassing to say this - is indeed a little afraid of ghosts.

"Chanai."

At this moment, a low cry came from the darkness deep in the alley.

Qin Zhen's expression changed and he listened carefully.

"Chanai."

Another sound.

Now that it was finally confirmed, Qin Zhen no longer hesitated. He picked up his schoolbag, put it on his head, and rushed into the alley.

After jogging along the alley for more than ten meters, the view suddenly opened up. In front of Qin Zhen was a slightly open space. Moonlight shone in from the gaps between the buildings, flowing on the ground like mercury. In this cold moonlight, a snake stood quietly in the center of the open space.

Yes, a standing snake, green from head to tail, with four short arms and legs. "Adding legs to a snake" is the best description of it.

"It's indeed a vine snake."

Qin Zhen took off the schoolbag on his head and looked at the little snake's back from afar. His eyes moved on the emerald green with full surprise.

These were his favorite of the three royal families before his rebirth!

In the end, Qin Zhen's gaze rested on the other party's leaf-shaped tail, where there was a round white label, exactly the same style as the one he had seen on those warm pigs before.

"Are you here to participate in the exchange week?" Qin Zhen muttered.

At this moment, the little snake seemed to hear Qin Zhen's mumbling. It turned its head slightly and looked over here. Qin Zhen met its eyes and was stunned.

In Qin Zhen's memory, the eyes of an elf like a vine snake should be blood-red, but the eyes of the vine snake in front of him were a deep and pure Klein blue. The moonlight coated the sapphire blue with a layer of silver, and from a distance it looked like a quiet sea.

Could it be a mutated flash elf?
Qin Zhen couldn't help but take a step towards the vine snake, wanting to get closer to confirm its body color.

Just as he raised his foot, Qin Zhen suddenly stopped.

He heard strange noises.

Right in front of him... no, to be more precise, it was right in front of the Vine Snake.

In the darkness, a rustling sound gradually approached.

…………

A dark purple shadow silently flashed out from the shadows.

"It's Rattata."

Qin Zhen stared at the shadows and whispered in his heart.

A Rattata is a Pokémon that resembles a mouse, lives like a mouse, and even plays a similar role in the environment. Compared to other Pokémon, Rattatas are weak and, in both games and anime, are often bullied.

But when these experienced babies appeared in front of him, Qin Zhen looked at the pairs of bright red eyes flashing in the darkness, and smelled the faint fishy smell coming with the wind. He felt his heart beating faster and his body tensed up unconsciously.

That inexplicable feeling of tension was not like encountering a few purple rats in the city, but rather like running head-on into a pack of wolves.

There were six Rattatas walking out of the shadows. With the Vine Snake as the center, they silently formed a semicircular encirclement. The encirclement was tightening at a uniform speed. The Rattatas cooperated well and moved as a whole. They must be from the same family.

The vine snake stood still, looking down at the approaching Rattata with an indifferent look. Two dark green vines emerged from its shoulders, unfurling in mid-air and aiming downward at the Rattata like two spears ready to fire.

The two sides, one moving and the other still, confronted each other in silence. It seemed as if an invisible string in the air was slowly tightening. Even Qin Zhen, who was watching the battle from behind, couldn't help but hold his breath.

"Tick."

A drop of water dripped from the steel frame and landed on the back of Qin Zhen's neck. The liquid slid into the collar and went all the way down. The cold feeling made Qin Zhen shudder, and his breathing suddenly became disordered.

At this moment, the eyes of the vine snake moved slightly. It glanced behind it very quickly and obscurely, and then immediately looked away.

"Squeak!" Although the Vine Snake acted covertly, it could not hide it from the enemy that was close to it. After a sharp hiss, the four Rattatas on both sides of the Vine Snake suddenly jumped up at the same time.

Qin Zhen, who was standing far away, suddenly widened his eyes. At that moment, he saw white light like a tiny electric current flashing on the surface of the four little Radas. Then their bodies suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the Vine Snake from all directions, as fast as four dark purple cannonballs.

At the same time, the same white light appeared on the vine snake, and two vine whips fell from the air, sweeping and yanking extremely fiercely, hitting the heads of the two fastest little Rattatas.

With two shrill screams, the little Radas in the front suddenly lost their phantom-like speed. They rolled to the ground, covering their eyes with their paws, curling up their bodies and wailing. The originally perfect assault formation collapsed in an instant!
At this moment, the fallen striker became a burden, and the third Rattata, which fell behind, had to jump up with all its strength to avoid directly hitting its companions.

But just as it jumped up and successfully flipped over its companion's body, it suddenly heard a whistling sound beside its ears. Little Rada turned his head and saw two vine whips twisted together, sweeping towards it like heavy iron rods.

"Boom!"

Just like a home run in baseball, the unlucky guy flew out sideways without making a sound the whole time.

In the end, it was the little Rattata that was slower than its companions that achieved the greatest success. It successfully broke through the blockade of the vine whip and hit the vine snake like a cannonball. The sound of the impact was like a person hitting leather with a stick, but the little Rattata was not surprised because it met a pair of eyes, a pair of cold deep blue eyes looking down at it.

"squeak--"

The vines coiled up like a python, strangling the little Rattata's half-howl back into its throat before it could even utter it. Then the vine snake swung its whip to the left, carrying the little Rattata and smashing it against the brick wall.

This was the fiercest and cruelest blow. The dull sound of flesh and blood colliding with stone bricks made people shudder.

There was no defense, no dodging, and although it had a pair of eyes as still as the sea, the fighting method of this vine snake was extremely brutal, exchanging injury for injury and attack for attack.

"Be careful!" Qin Zhen suddenly exclaimed.

The vine snake raised its head, and two purple figures flew into the air in front of it, pouncing on it from the left and right.

Those two Rattatas are the strongest!
This is the real killer move. The four little Rattatas that rushed out before were just abandoned pawns. Now the Vine Snake can only use one whip, and it is absolutely impossible to defend against the simultaneous attacks from two directions.

At this time, the same white light flashed on their body surfaces, and their upper and lower jaws were opened to the limit like snakes, and their inverted mountain-shaped incisors shone coldly in the moonlight.

"Hey! Vine Snake!"

A loud shout suddenly erupted, startling both Rattata and Snake!
Teng Teng Snake tilted its head slightly and glanced at Qin Zhen. He had rushed out of the alley at some point, holding his hand high and pointing his index finger towards his head.

"Up there! The whip! Use the whip!"

above?

Following Qin Zhen's finger, the vine snake looked upwards. Above its head were layers of steel frames...

With two dull thuds, the two little Ladas brushed past Qin Zhen's body and crashed into the red brick wall, fainting without a sound. Qin Zhen turned his head and saw the two little Ladas hanging on the wall, their front teeth piercing deep into the brick wall like tofu, and his brows jumped.

It was not until this moment that he realized how dangerous what he had done was.

"Chanai."

A cry came from above his head. Qin Zhen took two steps back and raised his face to meet the deep Klein blue. Vine Snake was standing on an air conditioner outdoor unit, looking down at him quietly. Behind it was a waning moon that was mostly blocked by high-rise buildings and steel frames.

At that critical moment, it finally understood Qin Zhen's true intention from the incoherent cry, swung the whip upwards, and pulled itself up, narrowly avoiding the fatal attack of the little Radas.

The vine snake landed lightly on the ground without making any sound. It slowly approached, looked up at Qin Zhen, and called out softly.

"Chanai."

This should be a thank you, right? Qin Zhenxin thought.

So he waved his hand and responded, "You're welcome."

Unexpectedly, the vine snake shook its head, and a vine whip stretched out, wrapped around Qin Zhen's right wrist, and gently pulled him down.

Qin Zhen didn't understand why, but this vine snake didn't seem to have any ill intentions, so he squatted down and looked at the vine snake. The moment he squatted down, Qin Zhen smelled a faint fragrance, the scent of osmanthus, which seemed to be floating from the vine snake.

At this time, a small snake with the fragrance of osmanthus came forward. It pulled up Qin Zhen's right hand with a whip, then put its fisted hand on it, and finally let go.

Qin Zhen felt a slight chill in his palm, as if there was something extra. He bent his thumb and touched the thing, and a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face. He looked at the deep blue eyes in front of him and was about to ask, but he found that the vine snake lowered its head and no longer looked at him. The next second, the vine whip was swung upwards, carrying the little snake into the sky.

Qin Zhen squatted there, staring blankly at the vine snake as it stepped lightly on the air conditioner rack and walked away. Finally, he slowly lowered his head and looked into his palm.

——It was another four-leaf clover, with a dark purple mouse hair stuck to the soft stem.

(End of this chapter)