What should I do if my pet loves watching anime?

Gu Beiri stood at the edge of the woods, looking at the weak figure by the stream, his heart felt as if it had been squeezed tightly.

Su Wenya sat leaning against the rock, her face as pale as paper, her left arm wrapped with a strip of cloth soaked in blood, and her lips so dry and cracked that tiny bloodstains could be seen.

Her eyes widened slightly, as if she couldn't believe what was happening before her eyes.

What alarmed Gu Beiri even more was the Gastly floating beside her—the purplish-black mist appeared incredibly dim at this moment, teetering precariously in mid-air, its body constantly twisting and undulating due to its injuries.

"Gu Beiri?" Su Wenya's voice was so hoarse it was almost inaudible.

Gu Beiri walked over quickly and half-squatted in front of her: "Don't talk, treat the wound first."

He rummaged through his backpack and pulled out the only two bottles of healing medicine he had left. Without hesitation, he opened them and carefully fed them to Gastly.

Gastly swallowed the healing potion with difficulty, and its purple mist-like body stabilized slightly, but it was still weak.

"Your injury is more serious." Gu Beiri turned to Su Wenya, his brows furrowed. "Let me see your arm."

Su Wenya did not refuse; she barely had the strength to lift her arm.

Gu Beiri gently untied the strips of cloth that were already soaked in blood and stiffened. When he saw the hideous wound underneath, he gasped.

The area around the wound was red, swollen, and black. There were obvious marks from scraping with a knife at the edges. The skin and flesh were rolled up, and the bone could be vaguely seen deep inside.

"You..." Gu Beiri's Adam's apple bobbed as he suppressed the bitterness in his throat. "Hang in there, I'll take care of it right away."

He acted swiftly.

First, wash your hands carefully with stream water, then have Rongrong Sheep disinfect the camping knife given to you by Zhao Wumian using electric current.

Then he took out the few hemostatic herbs he had picked in the past few days, chewed them up, applied them to the wound, and then re-bandaged it with the only clean strips of cloth he had left.

Throughout the entire process, Su Wenya gritted her teeth and remained silent. Only the cold sweat constantly seeping from her forehead and her slightly trembling body revealed the immense pain she was enduring.

"The wound is infected, and you've started to have a fever." After treating her, Gu Beiri touched her forehead with the back of his hand; her temperature was alarmingly high.

He took out a few oranges from his backpack and handed them to Su Wenya: "Eat something first to replenish your energy."

We must find a safer place to spend the night.

Su Wenya took the orange and took small bites, but her eyes were always on Gu Beiri.

"How did you find me?" she finally asked.

While cautiously observing his surroundings, Gu Beiri replied briefly, "We followed the stream, thinking we'd eventually find some people. We came here after hearing the sounds of fighting."

What he didn't say was that the sheep's electric field perception had been greatly enhanced after evolution, allowing them to vaguely detect strong energy fluctuations and signs of life within a radius of several hundred meters.

It was the energy burst from the fierce battle between Gastly and Ariados that led them to this place.

Su Wenya was silent for a few seconds, then whispered, "Thank you."

"Let's not talk about this between us." Gu Beiri shook his head. "Can you stand up? We must leave here before it gets completely dark."

The smell of blood and the sounds of fighting will attract more predators; this place is no longer safe.

Su Wenya tried to stand up, but her weak body and high fever made her legs go weak, and she almost fell.

Gu Beiri reacted quickly and helped her up: "I'll carry you on my back."

"No, you're tired too..."

"Stop talking nonsense." Gu Beiri squatted down without waiting for a reply. "Rongrong Sheep, keep watch on the surroundings."

The fluffy sheep nodded, unfolding a small electrical field, its amber eyes warily scanning the forest that was gradually being swallowed by darkness.

Gu Beiri carried Su Wenya on his back and felt her surprisingly light weight. His heart sank – she probably hadn't had a decent meal in the past few days.

What's heavier than heaviness is heartache.

"Gastly, can you keep up?" Gu Beiri asked, looking at the Ghost-type Pokémon floating to the side.

"Fu-i..." Gastly responded weakly, swaying as it followed behind.

The group walked upstream along the stream.

Gu Beiri recalled that when he was scouting the route in the afternoon, there was a natural stone cave about one kilometer upstream. The cave entrance was narrow, but the interior space was large enough to accommodate people. Moreover, the terrain was high, making it relatively safe.

Dusk was quickly replaced by night, and the calls of various nocturnal spirits echoed through the forest.

Gu Beiri carried Su Wenya on his back, and guided by the electric field of the fluffy sheep, they avoided several areas with obvious gathering of life, and finally arrived at the stone cave after twenty minutes.

He carefully placed Su Wenya in a dry spot inside the cave, and then had the velvety sheep light a small pile of dry branches with electricity—this time, they needed the firelight to keep warm and deter some small nocturnal creatures.

The firelight illuminated the stone cave.

Gu Beiri then had the opportunity to carefully examine Su Wenya's condition—it was worse than he had imagined.

The high fever gave her cheeks an unnatural flush, her eyes were somewhat unfocused, and although the wound on her arm had been re-bandaged, it was still bleeding.

"Hang in there." Gu Beiri rummaged through his backpack and pulled out the last few herbs that had fever-reducing effects. "I need to find some water and boil these herbs for you to drink."

"No...don't go..." Su Wenya weakly grabbed his sleeve, "It's too dangerous at night..."

"It's alright, Fluffy Sheep will stay here to protect you. I'll be back soon."

Gu Beiri gently pried her hands open, letting Rongrong Sheep guard the cave entrance, while he took a water bottle and a small bundle of firewood and quickly walked out of the stone cave.

The forest is several times more dangerous at night than during the day, but Gu Beiri had no other choice.

Relying on his memory and keen sense of the terrain, he quickly returned to the stream, filled it with water, gathered some fresh herbs, and then swiftly turned back.

The whole process took less than fifteen minutes, but when he returned to the vicinity of the cave, he still encountered an accident.

Two nocturnal superbats, attracted by the firelight, are circling near the cave entrance, trying to break through the fluffy sheep's defenses.

The fluffy sheep guarded the entrance to the burrow, its body crackling with electricity. It would occasionally release electric shocks to drive away predators, but it dared not stray too far from the entrance, fearing that other predators might take the opportunity to break in.

Gu Beiri's eyes turned cold as he pulled out a camping knife from his waist.

The blade gleamed with a chilling light under the moonlight.

He didn't let the Buzzard attack with all its might—Zubats are social Pokémon, and there must be a Zubat colony nearby. If a fierce battle broke out here, it might attract the entire Zubat colony.

The current conditions do not support them changing shelters; he needs a more discreet method.

Gu Beiri held his breath, aimed at the wing joint of one of the supersonic bats, and hurled his camping knife!

"Whoosh!"

The camping knife hit its target precisely, and the supersonic bat let out a sharp screech, its wing injured, and its flight path became chaotic.

The other supersonic bat was startled and turned towards Gu Beiri's direction.

But just then, the fluffy sheep seized the opportunity and fired a precise electric shock, hitting the second Zubat.

The supersonic bat froze, plummeted from the sky, and struggled on the ground.

Seeing that things were going badly, the injured animal let out a few sharp cries and fled in panic.

Gu Beiri strode forward and ended the supersonic bat's suffering with a stone—in the wild, mercy only leads to one's own demise.

He threw the supersonic bat's carcass into the bushes some distance away, then quickly returned to the cave.

The escaped supersonic bat might go back and inform the others.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.