Chapter 147 Invitation and Clues

The messenger bird slowly descended its flying altitude, looking at Pikachu and the boy with burning eyes.

The first rule of practice during the journey is that when you meet someone who challenges you, you should do your best to show respect!
"I don't know what Pokémon you are, but let's fight!"

Xiaozhi thought that the Messenger Bird seemed to have accepted his invitation to a battle, and shouted excitedly.

The electric sac of the Pikachu in front of him also began to flash with electricity.

"Xiaozhi has started again." The orange-haired girl Xiaoxia sighed, nudged the squinty-eyed boy next to her with her elbow, and asked: "Xiaogang, do you know that Pokémon?"

Xiaogang, who was called by Xiaoxia, hesitated for a moment and thought: "It seems to be a Pokémon called Messenger Bird. Its tail is hollow, so it can hold a lot of things."

Xiaoxia exclaimed in surprise: "Is that a tail? I thought it was a pocket!"

At the same time, the same topic was also being discussed among the two people and one cat who were quietly lying in ambush on a higher ground not far away.

"Pikachu!"

Xiaozhi's exclamation startled the people who were talking. When they looked carefully, they were dumbfounded.

Pikachu was actually sealed in ice by the messenger bird during the short period of time when they were distracted chatting.

"So strong."

Xiaogang and Xiaoxia widened their eyes and made sounds of surprise.

From the perspective of the two Gym Leaders of Pitch Black City and the four Cerulean sisters, the level and strength of this messenger bird are extremely high, and it is simply not something that a semi-newbie trainer like Satoshi can handle.

After all, many of his eight badges were gifts of friendship.

The three members of Team Rocket who were spying through binoculars from a distance saw it more carefully. After the Messenger Bird calmly dodged several electric shocks from Pikachu, it directly used a large-scale blizzard to make it impossible for the extremely fast Pikachu to escape. The final word was given!
After completing all this, the messenger bird felt bored and turned its back to fly away at Xiaozhi's unwilling cry.

Meowth was surprised and said: "What a strong messenger bird. It defeated our Pikachu so easily."

Musashi and Kojiro also put down their telescopes and started talking at once.

"Why not let it work for our Rocket Team!"

"Boss Sakaki will definitely be very happy!"

"It's settled. Prepare a plan to capture the messenger bird."

Before they finished discussing their evil plan, an orange-yellow figure flew over from the distant sea at high speed, crossing a very long distance in the blink of an eye. The strong wind pressure it brought instantly overturned the Rocket trio, and at the same time, it rushed towards Xiaozhi and his trio who were worried about the Pikachu ice sculpture, and made the three of them sit on the ground.

"What's wrong with you?" Xiaozhi touched the back of his head which was aching, and looked at the Pokémon he didn't recognize in confusion.

"Boooo."

Dragonite took out a piece of letter from his black bag and handed it to Xiaozhi.

Xiaozhi took the letter, and the three were stunned by what the female projection on the letter said. They even forgot about the frozen Pikachu, and their attention was completely attracted by the projection.

The Messenger Bird, which was about to leave in mid-air, paused and stared at the Pokémon that looked very familiar to it. Especially when it saw the black satchel on Dragonite's back, the Messenger Bird's pupils shrank as if it remembered something.

"This is an invitation from the strongest Pokémon trainer. Please accept it."

As the Messenger Bird fell into its memories, the projection ended. The three were very interested in the "strongest Pokémon trainer" described by the woman, but before ticking the postcard, Xiaozhi asked: "Do you know any fire-type moves? Can you help me rescue Pikachu from the frozen state?" Xiaozhi was not sure whether Charizard would listen to him, so he could only ask for help from this seemingly strong Pokémon.

Dragonite blinked and spurted a fierce jet of flame at the Pikachu ice sculpture. Soon, Pikachu was freed, and Xiaozhi and his friends happily ticked the postcard.

The Messenger Bird also completely confirmed one thing at this time. Whether it was the appearance of this Dragonite that was extremely similar to Luo Mu's Dragonite, or the black shoulder bag mentioned by Haxorus, the Messenger Bird felt that he might have met the missing Dragonite leader.

Dragonite took the postcard and put it away, and immediately planned to return to the new island, but the messenger bird suddenly came back and stopped Dragonite: "Okay!" (Wait a minute!)

Dragonite tilted his head, looking puzzled: "Bowu?" (What do you want to do?)

Ash and his friends were also puzzled by Messenger Bird's series of strange actions. Considering that both Messenger Bird and Dragonite were very strong and they would easily be involved in a conflict between them, they decided to wait and see for the time being.

"Do you know these three Haxorus?"
The messenger bird carefully took the box out of its tail and showed the family photo to Dragonite.

It thought that if Dragonite was really the leader of Dragonite, it should only have memories of the Haxorus. After all, when it disappeared, the Dragonite in Luo Mu's house was still a Pokémon egg.

Xiaozhi and his friends couldn't help but come over out of curiosity. After seeing the family photo, Xiaoxia couldn't help but exclaimed: "Just looking at the photo can make you feel a strong sense of happiness."

Xiaogang nodded in agreement: "The harvested wheat fields, people and Pokémon are so peaceful to look at."

Xiaozhi: "There are so many Pokémon that I don't recognize"

Pikachu: "Pika Pika."

For some reason, Dragonite felt a slight pain in his head, but it was still within the tolerable range. He maintained a calm expression and shook his head: "Bowu~" (I don't know them)

It searched through all its memories, but still had no impression of the Haxorus.

The messenger bird put away the family photo and felt unbelievable.

It is obvious that Dragonite and Luo Mu's Dragonite are like cut from the same mold, and they both regard the shoulder bag as a treasure.

impossible.

"Booo." (My trainer is still waiting for me at home. Bye.)
Just as the messenger bird fell into chaos, Dragonite no longer held back and took off into the air at an extremely fast speed, disappearing into the horizon in an instant.

Although the Messenger Bird reacted quickly and tried to intercept it, it could not catch up with Dragonite's real flying speed, and Dragonite disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Only Xiaozhi and his friends who didn't understand the situation were left in a mess in the wind.

Following the path left by Dragonite, the Messenger Bird continued to chase it without giving up. He finally found a clue. Even if it was to repay Dragonite and Haxorus, he had to find out the truth of the matter.

It was certain that the Dragonite must be the missing Dragonite leader.

However, the Messenger Bird had no idea where Dragonite had gone, so it had no choice but to return and follow the boy and his group with Pikachu from a distance.

Since Dragonite gave them an invitation, perhaps they can follow them to where Dragonite is.

The messenger bird remembered the place name it had heard by chance.

What kind of place is Niijima?

(End of this chapter)