Pokémon, Ash's art style is off!

Musashi's tone was somewhat impatient.

"Don't you feel like something is watching us?"

Meow Meow paused for a moment.

He raised his head and looked around with his round eyes.

The woods were quiet and still, the water was completely still, and there wasn't even a mosquito in sight.

"No, meow." Meow turned her gaze away, giving me a look that said, "Are you making excuses?" "Nothing at all. If you don't want to do it, just say so, meow. Don't give me this nonsense."

"What did you say?!" Musashi's eyes widened. "When did I—"

"Alright, alright, stop arguing."

Kojiro quickly stood up to smooth things over, patted the dirt off his knees, and walked between the two.

He first looked at Meow Meow, then at Musashi, hesitated for a moment, and then spoke.

"However... something does not seem right here."

Meow Meow was taken aback: "What do you mean, meow?"

Musashi perked up: "You can feel it too?"

“No, that’s not it.” Kojiro scratched his head, his expression somewhat subtle. “But I always feel… it’s too quiet here.”

Meow and Musashi both quieted down and listened intently for a while.

Quiet.

It was indeed too quiet.

There were no Pokémon cries, no flapping of wings, not even the rustling sounds most commonly heard in the grass.

The area around the pool was so quiet it was as if some force had sucked all sound away.

"We've been busy all this time," Kojiro's voice unconsciously lowered a few decibels, "have we seen a single Pokémon?"

Meow's ears slowly perked up.

Musashi's brow furrowed even more deeply.

It really doesn't.

Since they arrived, they haven't seen a single Caterpie or even Pikachu.

The area around the pool was so clean it looked like a cleared-out territory.

"So..." Meow Meow swallowed hard, "there's something here?"

The three exchanged glances and simultaneously looked at the unusually calm pool of water.

"Turn on the surveillance footage and take a look."

Musashi said in a low voice.

Kojiro nodded and took out his tablet from his bag.

The screen lit up, casting a bluish glow on his face.

After inputting the backdoor program and dividing the area, the tablet begins to automatically recognize the Pokémon images in that area.

After a series of screens flashed by, the program quickly selected a screen that appeared to contain Pokémon.

On the screen, the surface of the pool shimmered faintly in the morning light.

And just below the water's surface, there was a slender silhouette, seemingly floating there silently.

"found it."

Kojiro's voice sounded a little strained.

Musashi and Meow Meow huddled together, their three heads pressed together, staring at the small screen.

Press the built-in matching program, and the tablet will automatically analyze whether it is a Pokémon.

Soon, a Pokémon with a slender body covered in smooth, silver-blue scales, a small horn on its head, and a pair of delicate little wings on its sides appeared on the screen.

“This size…” Musashi’s eyes lit up.

“This outline…” Kojiro’s voice trembled.

“This, this is…” Meow Meow’s whiskers trembled.

Their eyes met again, and this time, there was no fear in their eyes, only something else—

It's out!

They've struck it rich this time!

154. My good brother? It's you?

"It's Hakron!"

Musashi tried to keep his voice down, but he couldn't hide his excitement; he was practically glued to the screen.

"If we offer this one to the boss..."

Kojiro's pupils reflected the blue figure on the screen, and his Adam's apple bobbed involuntarily.

"A promotion and a raise! I'm sure I'll get a raise and a promotion!"

Meow Meow clasped its two paws together, and money symbols were already emanating from its eyes.

"She might even become the branch manager, meow!"

It had heard about it.

For some reason, the position of leader of Team Rocket's Vermilion City branch is still vacant!

The two people and the cat huddled together, all six eyes fixed on the slender silhouette on the screen, their breathing becoming rapid.

“But there’s a problem…” Kojiro was the first to snap out of his reverie, his gaze sweeping over the calm pool before him, his brow furrowing again, “Which of you can swim?”

"Let me make this clear first, I don't know how."

Due to certain unspeakable childhood experiences.

He enjoys playing with water, experiencing both suffocation and extreme contrasts of ice and fire.

They also have a deep psychological trauma related to strange things like candles and whips.

"Even a cat wouldn't do that!"

Upon hearing this, Meow Meow firmly shook her head.

As a cat, it has a natural aversion to water.

Taking a bath is already its limit of tolerance, let alone going into the water?

Don't even think about it!

Besides, it's a special type of cat, not a combatant, so why should it get wet?

Both the human and the cat turned their gazes toward Musashi, the strongest fighter.

What are you looking at me for! I'm not good at this either!

Musashi frowned, his gaze sweeping back and forth across the water several times.

Although the pool is not large, it appears to be bottomless.

She is not good at water combat, and having nowhere to gain leverage in the water will greatly reduce her fighting ability.

"What should we do, meow?"

The meowing sound carried a hint of resentment.

"We can't just stand by and watch, can we?"

Musashi thought for a moment.

"How about... we make a network? And when it comes online—"

What if it doesn't come up?

Kojiro said disdainfully.

"How long do you plan to stay here?"

The three fell silent again.

Just then, Meow Meow's eyes darted around, and the corners of her mouth slowly curled up, revealing a sly smile.

"Got it, meow."

It put its paws behind its back, took a couple of steps by the pool, and looked like it was strategizing.

"You two, come closer, we'll do this...￥%￥"

......

"Oh—what is this thing! I've never seen anything like it before!"

"Amazing!"

"That's right, meow!"

"What a pity! It would be great if a beautiful and powerful Dragon-type Pokémon could come and take a look!"

The two people and the cat huddled together, heads touching, shoulders pressed together, forming an impenetrable human wall.

They seemed to be shouting and yelling around something.

beauty?

powerful?

Or is it a Dragon-type Pokémon?

The dragon underwater couldn't resist and its tail swayed restlessly.

It had been wondering what the three of them were doing since early morning.

After all, humans are rarely seen in this hunting area.