Elf: Who told him to be an investigator!

Zhu Lan's gaze turned incredulous: "Is this really true...?"

"That's absolutely true."

Ze Shu raised his palm: "So..."

"...So?" Zhu Lan tilted her head, letting her golden hair fall down.

Looking at Ze Shu's outstretched hand, she understood his meaning and said seriously, "I'm leaving this matter to you! As for the 'overtime pay' you asked for, I'll take care of it when I get back to the Alliance..."

"No." Ze Shu smiled, raising his hand and waving it. "I meant a high five. Such an important matter deserves a high five to unite us, after all, we need the alliance's help."

Zhu Lan paused for a moment before smiling and raising her fair hand.

Snapped!

"That settles it. Oh, and about the overtime pay you mentioned earlier, that can also be discussed..."

"If it's not enough, ask me for more."

"What am I doing...?"

"You'll get more from me than from the league."

"...It's not impossible."

……

He waited for an unknown amount of time at the Galactic Team base. Ze Shu even had time to ransack the base, but he found nothing. The Galactic Team had almost completely cleaned up the area, leaving behind only some unfamiliar machines that were of no use to him.

The blizzard outside is finally gradually subsiding.

Because Cyndaquil's Garchomp is now brave enough to go outside.

Some of the Pokémon that came into the base to escape the blizzard have already quietly left. Those that haven't left are all weak Pokémon; their bodies are still trembling, and they need to rest at the base for a while.

Sigh, even the wild Pokémon in Mount Celestial have a tough time, given such a harsh environment.

When Zeshu went down to the hall, all the Pokémon avoided him.

But the tinkling sound could still be heard slowly echoing.

That was the "Healing Bell" and "Healing Pulse" that Wind Chime Bell rang among the Pokémon, working tirelessly to provide them with healing. This little guy was like a doctor among them, and because there were so many Pokémon, the ribbons below it were so busy that they drooped down helplessly.

Ze Shu can't help them much.

They could only leave enough food for the remaining wild Pokémon to last for two or three days, and then have Cyndaquil's Garchomp carry the broken base gate to barely fill it up so that the base wouldn't be completely leaky.

At least this Galaxy Team base is a decent shelter from the cold winds in the Sky Crown Mountains, and hopefully it can fulfill its intended purpose.

"I need to find a forest ranger in Tianguan Mountain first," Ze Shu said, tightening his grip on the snow child in his arms. "I'm off now."

He needs to find the ranger who "found" the Snow Child mentioned by Dr. Yamanashi, to see if he can solve the Snow Child's problem. Even if he can't, he at least needs to know some specific details.

"Okay." Cynthia nodded. "There are quite a few Pokémon in Mt. Coronet that might attack people, so be careful."

She needed to escort the Galactic Team members and Pluto, who was frozen into a giant ice ball, back, so she parted ways with Ze Shu at this point.

Ze Shu responded without paying any attention and fumbled for a map of Tianguan Mountain.

The forest ranger Dr. Yamanashi mentioned is located on the eastern side of the mountainside of Mount Tenkan, which is neither far nor close, about eight or nine kilometers away.

Leaving the Galaxy team's base, I walked slowly along the road.

Liuwei volunteered to run ahead, while Zeshu watched from behind, only able to see its fluffy fox tail swaying back and forth.

After the blizzard, the environment of Mt. Coronet was ravaged. Sometimes, branches would suddenly appear and block the road, causing Vulpix to hop around. And sometimes... there would be Pokémon buried in the thick snow.

"Ho-choo—!!"

A small Geodude suddenly burst out of the snow from their path, sending snow flying and splashing along with the small body of the Six-Tailed Fox. After circling in the air a few times, it staggered and landed on the ground.

The Six-Tails immediately went into battle mode: "Ooh!"

But seeing that there were four Pokémon around Sawaki, including Sawaki himself, Geodude lost its confidence and let out a "Hocha!" before wisely leaving.

This left the Six-Tails with no target for its 'revenge'.

"Ooh!"

"Hahaha... Okay, okay, it's just a small pebbles..."

And the trainer was still laughing at himself!

The Six-Tails is enraged: (▼皿▼#)

"Ooh!!"

Its small body leaped up and unleashed a "rocket headbutt," slamming it into Ze Shu's chest.

After Zeshu caught it, its cute face put on a fierce expression: "Ooh-hoo~!"

It's as if it's saying: If you don't comfort me, I'll... make you so cute!

At least that's how Zeshu sees it.

Then he grabbed Liuwei by the armpits, held it in the air, and weighed it up and down at will.

During this time, its limbs thrashed and struggled in the air, but to no avail, which caused its eyes to well up with tears of grievance.

"Ooh, ooh..."

"Hey, my little sixtail, you've gotten quite a bit heavier."

After weighing it up, looking at the six-tailed fox's plump and soft belly, Ze Shu said, "Did you secretly eat all the cookies I left with you?"

Upon hearing this, the Vulpix immediately stopped feeling aggrieved. Its eyes darted around, and it quickly shook its head, whimpering, "Ooh-ooh!"

No, that's not true!

What are those little cookies...? It doesn't like them at all!

"Oh...that's good." Ze Shu nodded without suspicion. "After all, I gave all the cookies I had to the Pokémon at the base, so it's good that you still have some. Otherwise, I would have thought you wouldn't have any cookies left to eat."

Upon hearing this...

"Oh, oh?!"

The six-tailed fox's eyes widened, and it froze instantly.

It quickly looked at Ze Shu with pleading eyes, hoping that what he said was not true.

But it's clear that what Zeshu said is true.

Six-Tails lowered its head in dejection, its fluffy tail drooping limply: "Ooh~"

Ze Shu: "..."

"Alright, alright..." Seeing Six-Tails' expression, he chuckled, "Actually, there are still some cookies left... I specially saved them for you to eat secretly..."

"Whoa?!" Six-tailed Fox was overjoyed.

When have I ever lied to you?

Zeshu mysteriously pulled half a cookie from his pocket and quietly stuffed it into Liuwei's mouth. "Eat it, eat it. This is the only half left. I saved it especially for you. Aren't you grateful? Aren't I your favorite trainer?"

The six-tailed creature's eyes sparkled, and it nodded excitedly, "Ooh!"

Ze Shu is its best trainer!

After the initial excitement, Liuwei completely forgot her earlier disappointment and happily devoured the half-eaten cookie that Zeshu offered her.

After finishing eating, savoring the taste in her mouth, she even rubbed her cute little head against Ze Shu.

"Ooh~!"

Sawaki is definitely the best!

Ze Shu just smiled.

He would never tell Six-Tails that the half-eaten cookie he just took out was actually an apology gift from Binhai City to Mareep, because Mareep hadn't eaten it...