Pokémon, Ash's art style is off!

Xiaoxia glanced at him sideways, her lips curving upwards into a meaningful smile.

"But I finally cracked my second sister's payment password."

As for her three older sisters' account numbers, she could recite them fluently by heart when she was six years old.

Ash: "......"

Pikachu: "......"

"It wasn't for nothing that I tried it twice every day for so many years."

"Finally! I finally caught him!"

Xiaoxia was extremely excited.

This wave...

This wave is revenge spending!

She wants to bring home all the things she's wanted to buy but hasn't dared to, or wanted to buy but hasn't had the money for, all at once!

She didn't even ask for discounts when buying things!

Don't ask, the answer is simple: I'm rich!

"Until now..."

Xiao Zhi frowned, noticing Xiao Xia's grammatical error.

"This can't be called cracking; it should be called exhaustive search, right?"

"Oh, the process isn't important, the result is!"

Xiaoxia put her hands on her hips and slightly raised her chin.

"From this day forward, I, Xiaoxia, have finally reclaimed my rightful place as the richest woman in Hualan—"

"Buy it if you want, don't even look at the price!"

"By the way, where's Xiaogang?"

Xiaoxia was holding another book, "Ten Harms of Breeders Cooking".

She bought it on a whim; there was absolutely no other meaning behind it.

"Could it be that he hasn't arrived yet? Ash, I think we should remove someone like that who lacks morals...?"

"I am here."

".....Ugh!"

A voice rang out, startling Xiaoxia.

Looking in the direction of the sound, they saw a figure sitting there, leaning against a mooring post.

He had a picture book lying on his lap, and he was in a relaxed posture.

"No...he, he."

Xiaoxia pointed at Xiaogang and looked at Xiaozhi.

His voice rose eight octaves, and his expression looked like he had seen a ghost.

"Why did he arrive so early?!"

Xiao Gang looked up from between the pages of the book and squinted at her.

His face was radiant with Buddha's light.

"Is it early? I came as soon as I got the message from Xiaozhi."

That's right.

Xiao Zhi nodded.

Teacher Gang even arrived earlier than him.

"?!"

Xiaoxia was shocked.

After all, Xiao Gang has been virtually unknown for the past few days.

There was no sign of him at all.

"By the way, Teacher Gang, where have you been these past few days?"

Remembering that he hadn't seen Brock in a long time, Ash asked him curiously.

Xiao Gang closed the picture book, stood up, and patted off non-existent dust from his pants.

"I just wandered around the island."

"Went around?"

Xiaoxia clearly didn't believe this perfunctory explanation.

After all, how could they have spent so many days just wandering around?

How big is Red Lotus Island?

Xiao Gang didn't answer, he just smiled.

There was something in that smile that Xia couldn't understand—

It wasn't a deliberate attempt to conceal something, nor was it a pretense of profundity; rather, it was more like... the relief one feels after completing a task.

"It's about time to board the ship."

Xiao Gang glanced at the time and calmly changed the subject.

He walked over to Xiaozhi and casually picked up a few bags.

"The ship won't wait for anyone, let's go."

Xiaoxia opened her mouth as if to say something, but ultimately swallowed her words back.

Never mind, I won't ask anymore.

Anyway, they won't tell you even if you ask.

......

The three people and one mouse walked along the pier towards the passenger ship docked at the pier.

The ship wasn't very big, and its white hull was somewhat dazzling in the sunlight. A few passengers were already scattered on the deck.

The sea breeze made the flags on the ship flutter, and the air was filled with a unique aroma of diesel fuel mixed with the smell of the sea.

Once on board, I settled my luggage.

The three of them found a table in the deck's rest area and sat down.

Pikachu lay on Ash's lap, hugging the tomato figurine, and soon began to drool and squint its eyes.

"On another note..."

He used his second sister's money to upgrade the three of them to cabin class.

Xiaoxia leaned back in her chair, looked around, and suddenly said something.

"Compared to Bulbasaur, Senior Blaine's strength isn't that great either."

Xiao Gang, who had collected all the books Xiaoxia had given him, nodded in agreement.

"After all, it's the accumulation of several generations, which is difficult for ordinary people to match."

Not to mention that Blaine had to secretly spend his own money to repair the field.

"It was extremely difficult for the seniors as well."

Ash spoke up in defense of Blaine.

"Not easy?"

Xiaoxia raised an eyebrow, put the juice on the table, and shifted to a more comfortable position.

"Yes."

Xiao Zhi nodded.

“Every night after training, I would see that my seniors received a lot of messages.”

The encyclopedia kept beeping, displaying a series of numbers one after another.

"I peeked at it, and each string of numbers was preceded by a place name, such as 'compensation for figurines,' 'compensation for tableware,' 'compensation for emotional distress,' etc... Although each one was few, they added up to quite a lot!"

Not to mention that this happens every day.

Ash originally intended to share some of the burden, since most of the destruction was caused by him and Blaine training together.

But Chapel refused to comply.

“So,” Ash’s tone became exceptionally serious, “when it comes to being a ‘senior’—he’s the best senior I’ve ever met!”

......

The three chatted casually.

Not long after.

Ash's stomach made a loud "gurgling" sound.

Pikachu was startled awake by the sound.

I subconsciously looked up at the weather, and only after confirming that it wasn't raining did I feel relieved and shrink back inside.

"Ha ha!"

Xiao Zhi rubbed his stomach and smiled sheepishly.

"I was rushing to training at noon, so I didn't eat much..."

"Let's go eat! Eat whatever you want!"

Xiaoxia waved her hand.

"It's my treat today!"