Pokémon: Starting with Lucario and Gardevoir

Chatting with Safia along the way, we had already passed through Petalburg Woods and arrived at Route 104, the outer edge of the forest.

Route 104 is a main road, and trainers pass by in twos and threes.

Not far away, many passersby were watching, making a lot of noise.

Curious Safia was immediately drawn to the scene and ran ahead to see what was happening.

Haoyan followed and found that the trainers were watching a landscaped fountain pool.

Next to the sprayer was an elderly man wearing a hat, looking anxious and helpless.

"Are you sure your floating bubble fell into this pool?" Safia asked the elderly man.

"That's right!"

"I'm 100% sure!"

"I've already looked in the fountain, but I can't find my floating bubble!"

"What are we going to do!" The elderly man wearing a hat had his clothes soaked, clearly having just been in the water.

"Leave it to me!" Safia was a kind-hearted person, and she immediately jumped into the fountain pool, silently searching inside.

After searching for a while, Safia found the problem and released Cocodora.

He immediately commanded, "Cocodora, bite a hole in the edge of this fountain pool."

"Drain the water out."

Cocodora immediately followed Safia's instructions, climbed to the edge of the fountain pool, and began to gnaw on it greedily.

It emitted a series of teeth-grinding 'crack' sounds.

Coco Dora's teeth can easily bite through even iron ore, and in no time at all, it bit a big hole in the fountain pool.

Immediately, the water in the pool flowed out towards the damaged opening.

"Floating bubble!" The elderly man immediately noticed that his floating bubble was stuck in the drain pipe.

The iron grille at the drainpipe opening has been damaged.

After the floating bubble fell into the water, it persisted in not being sucked into the drainpipe.

That's why we searched almost the entire pool but couldn't find it.

Safia also spotted the floating bubbles and picked them up.

Soaking in water for a long time causes the temperature of the floating bubbles to drop significantly.

He casually pressed the button on the Poké Ball: "Torchic, help him regain his temperature."

The turkey ran to the floating bubble and sprayed a small spark into the air to help the floating bubble regain its body temperature.

"Thank you!"

"Thank you so much!" The elderly man wearing the hat quickly ran to the side and expressed his gratitude to Safia.

Safia waved her hand dismissively and said, "No need to be polite."

... ...

Hao Yan watched silently from the sidelines as Safia stepped in to help.

Hao Yan, who is familiar with the plot, knows that Safia will be alright and that he will also rescue the floating bubble.

The old man wearing a hat is Zvoich, the president of Devon Corporation.

The people Haoyan was silently observing were five people gathered not far away.

He knew that these five people were the instigators of this incident.

These five people are members of the Aqua Team!

Because the system's voice appeared in his mind.

[Mission Objective]: Protect Safia and Zvoich, and defeat the members of Team Aqua.

[Task Reward]: 1000 reward points.

[Punishment for mission failure]: None.

... ...

Chapter 5 Riolu removes its overweight protective gear

"Damn it, I've messed everything up!"

"The well-planned project was ruined by a silly girl who broke the fountain!" A man dressed in a water supply company uniform reported quietly, holding a communicator.

Behind him followed four accomplices with menacing expressions.

These were the very people Haoyan had been secretly observing.

These people are actually a water fleet, just disguised as a water supply bureau.

The original plan of these Aqua Team members was simple: to damage the fountain and then suck the Zvouchi Pokémon, which took a walk here every day, into the fountain pool.

Then they took advantage of the chaos to kidnap Zvoich.

That was their goal, but they didn't expect Safia to appear out of nowhere and disrupt their plans.

"I see."

"However, no matter what happens, the mission cannot be changed."

"Today, we must kidnap Zvoich!" A cold, male voice came through the communicator.

"Find a quiet corner and kidnap them!"

"Yes!" Several members of the Aqua Fleet glared fiercely at Safia not far away, then silently disappeared into the surroundings, waiting for their chance to strike.

Haoyan had witnessed all these changes.

... ...

"Thank you so much!" Zvoich said gratefully as he saw his floating bubble regain its vitality.

"You're welcome~" Safia smiled, revealing her cute little tiger teeth.

Seeing that there was no excitement to be had, the trainers around left on their own.

Highway 104, which was not usually crowded, became deserted.

"Hello, young lady, my name is Zvoich. What's your name?" Zvoich asked in a friendly manner.

“My name is Safia.” Safia handed the floating baby back to Zvoich.

"You're amazing! You crossed the Orange Blossom Forest all by yourself," Zvoich praised Safia.

"No, I got lost in Orange Blossom Forest." Safia scratched her head a little embarrassedly.

"Actually, I met an older brother in Orange Blossom Forest. Without him, I probably would still be stuck in the forest and unable to get out."

As Safia spoke, she kept looking for Haoyan with her eyes.

At this moment, Haoyan squatted down and began disassembling the items on Riolu's body.

"Brother Haoyan?" Safia walked curiously to Haoyan's side.

Zvocchi also came over, carrying a floating bubble.

"What are these?" Safia asked, looking at the strange 'equipment' on the ground.

Before Hao Yan could speak, Zifuqi recognized it and exclaimed in shock, "This is 10KG-level super-heavy protective gear!"

"There are four pieces!"

The overweight protective gear was manufactured by Devon.

As the president, Zivchi was naturally aware of this.

"Extra-heavy protective gear?" Safia was puzzled; it was the first time she had ever heard of it.

Zvoich chimed in from the side, "That's right, wearing overweight protective gear adds a fixed weight."

"It's used to train Pokémon's strength and speed."

"One piece weighs 10KG, and there are 4 pieces here, which means a total of 40KG!"

"It's unbelievable that a Riolu is wearing super-heavy protective gear that weighs twice as much as itself!"

"What?" Safia was completely stunned upon hearing Zvoich's explanation!

So, when Riolu was battling Haoyan, he was actually wearing 40KG of super-heavy protective gear!

Even so, his Cocoyada and Torchic had no chance to fight back!

With a loud thud, Haoyan removed the last piece of the Overweight armor from Riolu and casually tossed it to the ground, making a dull sound.

And they also released Ralts from the Poké Ball.

"Safia, release your Pokémon and protect yourself, Zvucci."

"Leave the rest to me." Hao Yan looked warily at the surrounding woods.

Safia was taken aback at first, then nodded heavily.

Although she had only known Haoyan for a short time, Haoyan was gentle and always had a smile on his face.

But now, Haoyan's face was completely expressionless.

Instinctively, Safia sensed that something was happening around her.

Two Pokémon were released and stood in front of Zvoich.

Zvoich sensed something amiss from their expressions and cautiously looked around.

... ...

"Either get out, or come out yourself," Hao Yan shouted at the grove of trees not far away.

Using Riolu's aura, it's possible to roughly sense where the five members of Team Aqua are hiding.

Several members of the naval fleet had already set up an ambush, but they didn't expect that someone would be able to see through their plan.

However, they are not worried, since they still have a significant advantage in terms of numbers.