Chapter 213 Lusamine

Xicui area.

Xu Qiansu left Qishi's house, tapped the rattan snake's little head through the clothes, and signaled her not to come out.

"Bocha..." The rattan snake is not very lively, if she hadn't sensed Liuwei's breath, she would still be sleeping.

Jing left a sum of money in the room, which was regarded as the initial funds for Xu Qiansu.

The purchasing power is roughly equivalent to ten thousand yuan in modern times.

With this initial capital and Xu Qiansu's Chinese cuisine, it is not a problem to open the world's number one restaurant in Xicui area.

But Xu Qiansu doesn't have the energy, he still wants to find Kirulian and the others... So he just needs to cook some dishes and earn some money.

The focus should still be on how to go out and explore.

Although Qunqing Town was surrounded by walls, with his skill and the power of the rattan snake, it was not difficult to get out, but it was impossible to do so in broad daylight.

But he didn't want to waste the daytime either...

Xu Qiansu stood there and looked around for a few times, then found a woman in her twenties, smiled gently, and then remembered that Miss Mary had expressly forbidden him to laugh casually, so she quickly suppressed her smile and asked, "Hi , May I ask if anyone in the town usually goes out?"

The woman didn't speak.

Xu Qiansu had to repeat it softly.

"Oh oh oh, I'm sorry..." The woman came back to her senses, her face flushed immediately, she lowered her gaze, but then raised her eyes to look at Xu Qiansu, and whispered softly:

"There is arable land in the town, and it is basically self-sufficient in food, but some materials that are difficult to grow, such as berries, wood, medicinal materials, ores, etc. need to be collected outside, so the mayor will organize people to go out every three days..."

Collective action... Xu Qiansu frowned secretly. Although he didn't want to, it was a way to get out.

"May I ask who you are?" Seeing that Xu Qiansu didn't speak, the woman glanced at him again, then turned her gaze away and asked in a low voice.

"The businessman who just came to Qunqing Town to take refuge yesterday... I plan to sell some food in the town in the future. I hope the girls will join me." Xu Qiansu nodded slightly, thanked her, and left directly.

"Hey!" The woman looked at Xu Qiansu's back, couldn't help chopping off her feet, and complained with a blushing face, "Why don't you say your name!"

Xu Qiansu walked along the road towards the residence Jing mentioned at that time.

Qunqing Town isn't big, but it's definitely not small either. The population is estimated to be 20,000 to 30,000... It's not a lot, but in an era like Xicui where the population is sparse, it is already considered a relatively prosperous town.

Therefore, the occupied area is naturally not small... I don't know how big the Zhuqing Village is in the original game? As the base of the Galaxy team, it must not be as simple as in the game.

When he came here and told him his identity and purpose, the guards didn't stop him, so he saw Jing within a short while.

Xu Qiansu informed Jing of his plan to open a restaurant, and immediately turned around and said, "I heard that there is a collection team in the town... My companion is still living outside, and his whereabouts are unknown, so I hope that Mr. Jing will allow me to go out with the team."

"Going out?" Jing was slightly taken aback, and he said in a deep voice: "You have seen how powerful Pokémon are, and many people have died under their claws so far... I am not saying that your companions have encountered any accidents, It's just that the outside world is extremely dangerous, even the collection team is cautious, and the operations are only in the places they often go to..."

"I understand, but I can't give up on them... I have traveled far and wide, and I have a lot of experience in wild life. I also understand the habits of many Pokémon. Otherwise, I would not have come to Qunqing Town alive."

Jing was slightly taken aback, he had forgotten this... But he still hesitated, in his eyes, Xu Qiansu was a rare foreign envoy, and also a guest, who came to live in Qunqing Town and had to be responsible for his safety ...

Xu Qiansu looked at the hesitant Jing, and added again: "It's hard to settle down, and I regret my life... Besides, the Ginkgo Chamber of Commerce can travel around Xicui in safety, so can I."

"It's different..." Jing shook his head and explained: "The Ginkgo Chamber of Commerce has a special technology that can make Pokémon obey their orders and protect them when they travel."

Finally, the conversation reached here without any trace. The purpose of Xu Qiansu's coming here is on the one hand to join the collection team, and on the other hand...to find out Tanjing's attitude towards accepting Pokémon.

If he can be persuaded to set up an investigation team similar to Team Galaxy, then future exploration will undoubtedly be greatly facilitated.

So Xu Qiansu pretended to be surprised, and asked curiously: "The technology that can make Pokémon obey their orders? I also heard that the prop seems to be a kind of red ball..."

"You've heard of it..." Jing smiled helplessly, hesitated for a moment, and slowly took out a wooden poke ball from his sleeve, which had many wood textures on the bottom and a fumarole on the top, compared to modern poke balls.

Xu Qiansu raised her eyebrows slightly and looked at Jing quietly, waiting for his explanation.

"When the Ginkgo Chamber of Commerce came, I naturally asked curiously... This is what they gave me at the beginning... I heard that you just need to stun the Pokémon and throw this thing at them, but..." Jing said with a complex expression. With some hesitation, he said slowly:

"Pokémon is extremely hostile to humans. Although there is an example of the Ginkgo Chamber of Commerce, I have not dared to let people try... If it fails, it will definitely cause casualties. The sacrifice caused by my wrong decision is meaningless .”

"How about I try it?" Xu Qiansu said seriously.

Jing shook his head slowly, "Your life is also your life."

Xu Qiansu couldn't help laughing, so he didn't talk too much about it. When he first came to this town, his words were still not convincing...Let's join the collection team first.

The two chatted again, and Xu Qiansu popularized some of the culture and customs of the Sinnoh area for him, which made him laugh out loud, so he joined the collection team logically, and got a lot of kitchen utensils and ingredients along the way, Xu Qiansu naturally would not refuse , even if Jing doesn't give it away, he will buy it later.

The rattan snake yawned a little in Xu Qiansu's clothes, thinking that the conversation between Xu Qiansu and this human was really boring...

Hyundai, Sinnoh area, Binhai City.

Mary dialed Lillie's number.

"...Marie?" Lillie's voice sounded exhausted and somewhat hoarse.

Mary turned her head and looked out the window, and found that the spring rain had stopped before she knew it.

She asked, "Lillie, have you left Alola yet?"

"Well, I've already boarded the plane."

"Is the course okay?"

"Already asked for leave."

"Where are you going?"

"The Sinnoh area."

The two girls asked and answered, and Ma Li could tell that Li Liai was still complaining about her failure to protect Xu Qiansu.

"Really... I found a clue to Xu Qiansu." After a brief greeting, Ma Li got to the point.

clang.

There was the sound of something falling heavily on the ground, accompanied by Liuwei's flustered sound.

"Where!? I'll rush over now!" Lillie's somewhat indifferent and weak voice instantly carried a somewhat urgent and faint cry.

"Xicui area." Mary replied.

"Xicui? I'll check..." Lilia hadn't realized it yet, she just thought it was a mysterious area similar to Padia.

She stepped on the tablet in front of the seat with her pale fingers and pressed it back and forth, then she was slightly taken aback, her big eyes were a little confused, and she muttered to herself, "Xi Cui, Shen'ao 1000 years ago? "

"That's right."

"...What do you mean?" Li Liai was a little dazed, how could a normal person think that Xu Qiansu had traveled through time.

Mary recounted the ins and outs lightly, and then said directly: "You have no reason to look for him all over the world..."

She was about to say something more, but when she heard Lilia sobbing faintly from the phone.

Lilia was not as calm as Ma Li, nor was she as strong. What she had seemed to be the stubbornness and bravado of a young girl... But when Xu Qiansu died, the emotions in her heart were no less than that of Ma Li.

Mary rubbed her brows, but she heard Lilia's voice coming from the phone, "I heard from Dr. Kukui that Shirabi has the ability to travel through time and space, and I will go find him! Also, mom... Mom I have been studying the ultra beasts, and I heard that they appeared from the ultra cave, and they should have something to do with time and space travel... I, I will ask my mother what to do..."

Lilia's voice was intermittent, but no one could hear the persistence in her heart.

"Well, I'll contact you if I have any clues." After finishing speaking, Ma Li was about to hang up the phone.

"Wait." Lillie suddenly stopped her.

"Do you still have questions?"

"Yes, can I hear his voice?" Lillie asked in a low voice.

She did not travel with Xu Qiansu, and the only time she spent together was during the short period of winter camping. She used to be able to chat somehow, and recently she mustered up the courage to talk to Xu Qiansu... But now, she has no contact with Xu Qiansu. up...

She had only this little hope.

Mary Dai frowned slightly, and was silent for a while, but finally she did not choose to refuse, "I just recorded with his cell phone, and I will send it to you later."

"Thank you!" Li Liai couldn't help smiling, full of the cuteness of a girl in Huai Chun.

Mary sighed softly and asked, "Why do you have to devote yourself so wholeheartedly to him? If you get nothing in the end, what should you do?"

"Can't get anything?" Lilia's voice was a bit puzzled, "I don't understand... I don't want to get anything from him...

"...Ah, no, yes, it would be great if he could settle down in Alola in the future. The scenery here is beautiful and the climate is very warm..." Lillie's voice became a little cramped again.

Mary felt a little bored for no reason, she said lightly: "It's okay, I'll hang up."

"etc!"

"what happened again?"

"I scolded you that day... I'm sorry..." Lilia apologized in a low voice.

"It's nothing." Even Mary, who is ruthless, would not treat Lillie, a little white flower, with a bad attitude.

"Oh... goodbye."

"goodbye."

After hanging up the phone, Ma Li rolled over and got out of bed, planning to leave...

...

On a luxurious private jet.

Lillie wiped her red and swollen eyes with a tissue, and then held the phone tightly, her hands trembling slightly.

Lillie's mother is named Lusamine, and she is the chairman of the Ethereum Foundation. Due to work reasons, she can't go home several times a year. Although she will call to care for Lillie, she will often call in less than two minutes. Hang up, busy with work again... Even if Lillie calls, each call does not exceed two minutes.

Therefore, deep down in Lilia's heart, she was actually a little afraid of making a phone call... for fear of being treated indifferently by her mother again.

But it's different now.

"Mother."

"Well, Lilia~ Is there not enough money to spend? Mom will call you another 100,000, okay~" After the phone, Lusamine's voice was charming and familiar, full of doubts and doting, it was unimaginable to have such a voice. The mother of the line would actually ignore the feelings of the child in this way.

She doesn't know that her daughter has overcome her Pokemon phobia, and she doesn't even know that her daughter has left Alola.

The housekeeper naturally notified the Ethereum Foundation, but either she was busy at the time and didn't hear it, or she heard it and turned around to deal with the work, and then forgot about it.

"Ah? No..."

"So you miss your mother? It's still a baby... Do you want to drink milk?"

"That's right, that's not it!" Liliai's little face, which was originally crying with rain, turned red in an instant. She really didn't understand why her mother still treated her like a baby.

"Then~ do you want to eat the dishes made by mom? I'm sorry Lilia~ Mom is busy lately~ Can you wait a little longer?"

Lusamine didn't even know Lillie's hobbies, so she could only guess a few things.

"No..." Lillie hadn't finished speaking, but she heard Lusamine say:

"Liliai, I'll hang up first... How did you get this data? This error is so obvious..."

"Mother!"

Lusamine was stunned behind the phone, she had never heard Lillie speak loudly, and usually hung up on the communication, Lillie never stopped...

Um? But... what happened to Lillie's voice?

Only now did she realize that Lillie's voice was a bit hoarse.

Such a discovery made her panic instantly.

"Lillie, what's wrong with your throat? Have you caught a cold? I'll send a private doctor home to treat you right away."

"I'm fine, mom..." Liliai took a sip of hot water, moistened her throat, calmed down, and said in a low voice, "Mom, talk to me again... I have something to ask you..."

"Huh?" Lusamine was stunned again. For so many years, except for the fact that Lilia hoped to donate 10 million to Galar a while ago, she never made any request.

What happened to Lillie recently?

"I have a...friend who was trapped in the Xicui area. Mom has been studying the Ultra Beast. Does she also have research on time and space?" Lilia pursed her soft cherry lips and said in a low voice: "Can you?" Can't save him."

"Friend? Xicui area?" Lusamine frowned slightly, and she tapped her fingers on the table lightly, making rhythmic noises.

"Chairman." The staff waiting on the side couldn't help urging.

"Shut up." Lusamine snapped coldly.

The staff immediately straightened their backs and did not dare to say more. Lusamine is an absolute authority in the Ethereum Foundation.

After the reprimand, Lusamine said softly again: "Lillie, that friend of yours... who is it? Is it Xu Qiansu?"

Lusamine would naturally have some guesses, after all, the 10 million was donated in the name of Xu Qiansu.

"En." Liliai nodded, and when Xu Qiansu's name was mentioned, she felt like crying.

Lusamine waved to the staff beside her, motioning him to look up Xu Qiansu's information.

Lusamine's research direction is the Ultra Beast from the Ultra Cave, which sounds absurd, but to put it another way, the Ultra Beast is actually a Pokémon from a different world... so to be right Without some research on time and space, it is naturally impossible.

But the technology is naturally impossible to be mature enough to allow people to travel through time and space... That's why Lusamine is interested in the 'friend' that Lillie mentioned, who travels through time.

If some kind of time-traveling technology can be obtained from it, it will undoubtedly be one step closer to the ultimate beast.

But the daughter's request still has to be met.

So Lusamine smiled softly, her familiar face was full of doting, "Well, mom will do her best."