Elf: Rewriting the script, starting with Black Stocking Hanako

Jiang Chuan unleashed his wave-guiding power, spreading it out towards the depths of the canyon.

Hanako followed behind him, her steps light and graceful.

Her judgment of Jiang Chuan was never questionable.

If Jiang Chuan says there are good things, then there must be good things.

Xiaoxia seemed a bit distracted as she walked.

As she followed Jiang Chuan, she tilted her head and peered into the distance.

This path is situated on higher ground, offering a wide and open view.

From their vantage point, they can get a complete view of the central valley.

It's so lively over there.

There were over a hundred people scattered at the bottom of the valley, their pickaxes rising and falling, the clanging sounds echoing from a great distance.

Someone was shouting, "The goods have been shipped! The goods have been shipped!"

Someone was pushing a small cart and jogging along.

Some people even set up a sieve on the spot and poured the excavated gravel into it to sift.

The whole scene resembled a gold rush.

Xiaoxia stared wide-eyed.

"With so many people, surely a few will find something good?"

She muttered to herself, unconsciously slowing her pace.

Then she saw Xiao Mao.

There was no way around it; Xiao Mao's ostentatious display was simply too conspicuous.

Other trainers were all covered in dust and dirt, digging away in vain.

He's different.

His spiky hair was slicked back, and his purple shirt stood out against the drab crowd.

The six cheerleaders in short skirts behind me stood to the side, some holding banners and others shouting slogans.

This isn't a fossil digging trip; it's a red carpet walk.

As Xiaoxia was grumbling to herself, she saw a sudden commotion on Xiaomao's side.

Xiao Mao bent down and picked something up from the hole he had dug.

It's round and about the size of a fist.

The surface is grayish, but you can vaguely see some patterns.

Xiao Mao held the object and examined it twice, turning it over and over.

Then his expression changed.

What started as doubt turned into surprise, and what started as surprise turned into ecstasy.

He turned around abruptly and raised the object in his hand high.

"Found it!"

Even from a great distance, Xiaoxia could hear his incredibly powerful voice.

"I've struck gold!"

The cheerleaders went wild instantly.

"Little Mao, Little Mao! Number one in treasure hunting!"

"Little Mao, Little Mao! Fossil obtained!"

"Young Master is amazing!"

"Young Master is invincible!"

Six girls jumped and danced around Xiao Mao, swinging colorful balls around with great force.

The banners were shaking so much they created waves.

Xiao Mao stood in the middle of the cheerleading squad, holding up "Baby" in one hand and putting the other hand on his hip.

That posture was incredibly arrogant.

His face was full of smugness, as if to say, "I knew I was the chosen one."

Many trainers nearby were drawn to the commotion and began to peer over.

Xiao Mao was even more smug.

He held it up even higher so that everyone could see it.

But as proud as he was.

Xiao Mao himself wasn't quite sure what the thing in his hand was.

He looked at it over and over, and the more he looked, the more it seemed to resemble... well, some kind of fossil egg?

It's definitely something good, no doubt about it.

The trainers around them whispered among themselves.

"This guy's got quite the entourage!"

"They found something so quickly, they're so lucky."

Xiao Mao listened to these discussions, his mouth practically stretched to his ears in a wide grin.

Just then, a middle-aged man wearing a work vest walked past Xiao Mao.

The man was carrying a pickaxe, his body covered in rock dust, clearly a veteran who had been in the canyon for many days.

He was drawn to the commotion from Xiao Mao's side, stopped in his tracks, and glanced at the thing in Xiao Mao's hand.

Just one glance.

The uncle's expression became subtle.

He hesitated for a moment, but still walked over.

"Ahem, young man."

The older man patted Xiao Mao on the shoulder, speaking in a very polite tone.

Xiao Mao was in high spirits when he turned to look at him, his face full of pride.

The uncle pointed to what he was holding.

"I suggest you take a closer look at this one."

Xiao Mao was stunned for a moment.

"What do you mean?"

The middle-aged man's expression was somewhat subtle, as if he was carefully choosing his words.

"This... looks like dried feces."

The air suddenly became quiet.

Xiao Mao's smile was still on his face, but it had begun to stiffen.

The cheerleaders' chants also came to an abrupt halt.

Six girls, each holding a colorful balloon, looked at each other, their expressions more fascinating than the last.

The middle-aged man was completely oblivious to the change in the atmosphere and continued his serious analysis.

"Look at this texture, this hardness, this shape."

"I dug up a similar one last week, and I thought it was a good thing at the time."

"But don't be too discouraged. Although this thing isn't worth much, it at least proves that there were indeed traces of large Pokémon activity in this area. From an academic point of view, it still has reference value. If you don't mind, you can keep it as a souvenir..."

"That's enough!"

Xiao Mao's face had turned a deep liver color.

He threw the thing in his hand to the ground as if it were a hot potato.

Then he quickly wiped his hands on his pants.

It rubbed against me again.

It rubbed against me again.

The whole person is not well.

Over there, the six girls in the cheerleading squad looked at each other in bewilderment.

The banners were lowered, and the balloons were no longer waved.

The scene was very embarrassing.

"Um... young master, would you like to wash your hands first?"

A cheerleader carefully handed over a bottle of water.

Xiao Mao snatched it away and frantically poured the liquid into his hands.

The trainers nearby were trying not to laugh.

Those people who were just envying Xiao Mao's good luck are now all shaking their shoulders.

The middle-aged man, completely unaware of what he had done, shrugged and continued walking forward with his pickaxe.

He muttered to himself as he walked.

"Young people these days are too impatient; they treat anything they find as a treasure."

Xiao Mao's face was already as red as it could possibly be.

He just wants to crawl into a hole and disappear.

………………

On the small mountain road in the distance.

What Xiaoxia saw was completely different from the actual situation.

She only saw that Xiao Mao had dug something out.

The cheerleaders cheered and surrounded Xiao Mao.

Shigeru stood in the center of the crowd, receiving the stares of the trainers around her, but she couldn't hear anything and didn't know what was going on.

The scene looked exactly like they had unearthed an incredible treasure.

Xiaoxia got anxious.

In her eyes, Xiao Mao was already far ahead of Jiang Chuan.

This guy is already incredibly arrogant. If he really finds something good, he'll be on top of the world.

Xiaoxia caught up with Jiang Chuan in a few quick steps and grabbed his arm.

"Jiangchuan Jiangchuan Jiangchuan!"

She called out while shaking Jiang Chuan's arm.

"Look over there!"

Xiaoxia pointed in Xiaomao's direction, her tone both anxious and annoyed.

"That arrogant young master seems to have found something good!"

"His cheerleaders all swarmed around him!"

"Look at how smug he is, his tail's practically wagging in the air!"

"We've been walking around here for ages and haven't seen a single fossil."

Are you really confident you can find someone better?

Xiaoxia became more and more anxious as she spoke, and she hugged Jiang Chuan's arm even tighter.

Hanako glanced in the direction Kasumi pointed.

She wasn't as anxious as Xiaoxia, but she did see that things were quite lively on Xiaomao's side.

"Jiang Chuan, it looks like Xiao Mao has indeed dug something up."

Jiang Chuan glanced at the two of them, then reached out and patted Xiaoxia's head.

"rest assured."

"What I have here is the real super treasure."

Xiaoxia looked up at him.

"A super big baby? What super big baby?"

Jiang Chuan didn't explain much, he just smiled.

"It'll be a secret for now; you'll find out when we get there."

The more he said that, the more Xiaoxia wanted to try it.

Jiang Chuan withdrew his hand and refocused his attention on the power of waveguide.

The waveguide spread out from beneath his feet once again.

This time, he expanded the scope.

The power of waveguides was like countless invisible tentacles, seeping deeper into the canyon's terrain.

Jiang Chuan closed his eyes, and the waveguide feedback diagram of the surrounding terrain clearly appeared in his mind.

He knew that the fossil pterosaur slept in an underground cave.

Digging directly down from the surface would be useless, not even in a month, let alone a year.

We must find a natural entrance to that cave.

So he led Hanako and Kasumi, specifically choosing paths in low-lying areas close to the valley floor.

The deeper you go, the more likely you are to find fissures or caves leading to the earth's interior.

Xiaoxia clung to Jiang Chuan's arm, glancing left and right intermittently.

I was so anxious.

Just as Xiaoxia was about to burst out again...

Jiang Chuan suddenly stopped in his tracks.

His waveguide power captured a special feedback.

Less than twenty meters to their right, there was a seemingly ordinary cliff face.

The cliff face is made of grayish-brown rock layers, which are no different from the surrounding rock walls.

However, the information fed back by the waveguide force is different.

Behind that cliff face, there is a very deep crack.

The crack extended downwards, connecting to the huge cavity underground.

It is here.

Xiaoxia sensed that Jiang Chuan had stopped and immediately perked up.

"Are we there yet? Are we there yet?"

She let go of Jiang Chuan's arm, ran two steps forward, and looked around.

Then she saw the cliff face.

Xiaoxia's expression froze on the spot.

"Um... Jiang Chuan."

She pointed to the seemingly solid cliff face, her face clearly saying, "Are you kidding me?"

"Here? Are you sure?"

Hanako also came up and carefully examined the cliff face in front of her.

It is smooth and intact, without even a seam.

She reached out and touched it; it was solid.

"Jiang Chuan, there's nothing here at all?"

Xiaoxia was not giving up and circled the cliff face once.

Still, nothing was found.

She put her hands on her hips and tilted her head to look at Jiang Chuan.

"There's no treasure here, not even an ant hole."

Jiang Chuan looked at the puzzled and disappointed expressions on their faces and chuckled softly.

"Don't rush."

As he spoke, he pulled a Poké Ball from his waist.

Just toss it around.

A red light flashed.

Incineroar appeared in front of the three.

As soon as he came out, he started stretching his muscles, banging his fists together with muffled thuds.

"Intense Monkey, smash this wall down!"

Fiery Monkey turned his head and glanced at the cliff face.

Then it nodded.

next second.

It clenched its fists tightly.

A white light emanated from the fist.

Xiaoxia subconsciously took a step back.

Intense Monkey took a deep breath.

Then throw a punch.

Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!

The dense fists pounded against the cliff face like a torrential downpour.

Rock fragments flew everywhere, and debris scattered in all directions.

Intense Monkey's punches are so fast that you can hardly see the punches.

All that could be heard was a series of rapid impacts.

Click!

A crack appeared in the cliff face.

Click, click, click!

The cracks spread rapidly, expanding like a spider web.

Intense Monkey didn't stop; he continued to punch the areas with the densest cracks.

It slammed down with terrifying force, causing the rubble at its feet to bounce.

A moment later, a hole appeared in the entire cliff face.

After the dust slowly settles away.

A dark hole appeared in front of the three of them.

The opening is small, probably only wide enough for two people to pass side by side.

It was pitch black inside; you couldn't see anything.

A cool breeze carrying the scent of earth and rocks blew out of the cave.

Xiaoxia's mouth gaped open.

She stared at the dark cave, her eyes instantly igniting with light.

"This...this......"

She pointed to the cave entrance, so excited that she could barely speak.

"There really is a cave!"

"And it was hidden!"

"These hidden caves tucked behind cliff faces..."

She suddenly turned her head to look at Jiang Chuan.

"This kind of hidden entrance is located in the dark, and it's a dark cave."

"That tastes amazing! A real gem!"

"I wasn't lying to you, was I?" Jiang Chuan patted the dust off his clothes.

"Then what are we waiting for!" Xiaoxia grabbed Jiang Chuan's hand and rushed into the cave.

"Let's go, let's go, let's go inside and take a look!"

"If there's treasure inside, we'll be the first to find it!"

Jiang Chuan was pulled forward a couple of steps by her, and couldn't help but chuckle.

"Didn't you just suspect I'd come to the wrong place?"

Xiaoxia blushed, but she didn't back down in her words.

"My question was a reasonable one! Now it's been proven!"

"Stop talking nonsense and get inside!"

The three of them entered the cave.

As soon as you step into the cave, it's as if the light outside has been cut off.

The cave was cool and shady, a completely different world from the sun-baked canyon outside.

The ground beneath my feet was hard, and it felt solid when I stepped on it.

The air carried a faint damp smell, as well as an indescribable ancient atmosphere.

It's like this cave has been sealed for thousands of years, and today it's being opened for the first time.

Xiaoxia walked at the front.

Her longing for the treasure had completely outweighed her fear of the darkness.

Their eyes almost glowed in the darkness.

"This hole is quite deep."

As Xiaoxia walked, she kept peeking into the depths of the building.

"The deeper the better, the deeper it is, the more valuable the contents."

"It might be an underground treasure chamber where ancient people hid their treasures."

"Or it could be a vein of some kind of rare mineral."

"Let's be even bolder—maybe it's a legendary Pokémon egg!"

Xiaoxia became more and more excited as she talked, and her steps quickened.

When Hanako is afraid of ghosts, her demeanor changes completely.

Ever since entering this dark cave, she had shrunk herself behind Jiang Chuan.

She gripped Jiang Chuan's clothes tightly with both hands.

It was very quiet inside the cave.

It was so quiet that you could faintly hear the sound of dripping water in the distance.

tick.

tick.

Hanako shrank her shoulders with each sound she heard.

"Jiangchuan...it's so dark in here..."

Jiang Chuan gently patted Hanako's hand, reassuring her, "It's okay, I'm here~"

Eevee, standing nearby, was clearly frightened by the dark environment and huddled behind Pikachu, hiding itself completely.

Pikachu stretched out its little paw and gently patted Eevee's head.

"Pikachu Pikachu".

Pikachu's voice is very gentle.

It's like saying, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

It puffed out its little chest and stood in front of Ibu.

The electricity on his face crackled twice.

It illuminated a small area around it.

It's like telling Ibrahimovic, "I can play, don't worry."

Eevee looked up at Pikachu, its big eyes still filled with fear, but it was clearly much better than before.

It let out a soft cry and moved closer to Pikachu.

...........................

The three of them slowly explored deeper into the area, with Jiang Chuan keeping his wave-guiding power active as he sensed everything around him.

The cave was much deeper than he had expected.

The entrance area is relatively flat, but the slope becomes steeper as you go further in.

It is clearly extending deep underground.

The rocks on the cave walls gradually changed from grayish-brown to dark gray, and the surface became increasingly rough.

The three walked for a while longer.

Suddenly a noise came from ahead.