Chapter 364: Seven Nights of Wishing (Three Chapters in One)

Chimney Mountain.

Towering into the clouds.

The volcanic ash that has been floating for thousands of years nourishes the north of the Hoenn continent, making the originally barren Akihabara town full of vitality and even becoming a grain town.

At the same time, it is also one of the important attractions in Hoenn. Tourists often take the cable car to enjoy the scenery of Chimney Mountain from a high vantage point.

But the cable car staff never expected that they would welcome such a "guest" today.

"Is that Thunder God?"

"Absolutely, it doesn't look like a doll!"

"The legendary Pokémon... This is the first time I have seen a real one. I have only seen some pictures on the Internet before."

The staff in charge of managing the cable car communicated quietly, and frequently looked at Kashiwagi who was pushing a huge cart. The latter wore a hat, sunglasses and a large mask, almost covering all the facial skin.

In order to ensure safety, they just lifted the cloth on the cart and saw Thunder God who also turned his eyes to them.

Almost cried out.

Fortunately, they were professional enough and understood that Kashiwagi probably didn't want to expose the existence of Raikou, so they were very considerate and didn't say anything. They just wondered why he didn't put Raikou in the Poké Ball.

Other tourists in the queue occasionally looked at the cart curiously, but since they didn't know there was a legendary Pokémon inside, they didn't pay much attention to it.

After a while.

Kashiwagi finally waited for the empty cable car. He quickly pushed Raikou up with Galar Sun Coral on his shoulder.

Although the space inside the cable car was quite large, it was almost stuck due to many obstacles in the corners. When the mechanical door behind him made a strange creaking sound and the cable car started to run, the cloth wrapped around Raikou was lifted.

The latter flicked his tail lightly, a little impatient.

Obviously, he was not the kind of person who would hide his head and show his tail, but he was forced to hide his head and show his tail, which really damaged his identity as a member of the Phoenix Guard.

"There is no way. Going directly over the mountain will expose the target more. Look for yourself. You can't see anything from this angle." Kashiwagi seemed to see that he was unhappy and knocked on the glass.

There is a huge gap between the front and back of the cable car, so there is no need to worry about the cable car in front or behind seeing Lei Gong, but the cable car coming back from the other side may see him.

Lei Gong got up lazily and glanced out the window.

It was indeed as Kashiwagi said, the scenery of Chimney Mountain below was in full view, but he was still a little unhappy.

And when he saw the former suddenly laughing and taking out a comb-

he was even more unhappy.

"Roar..."

Lei Gong's black iron headdress was slightly blue, and the flashing electric light kept jumping. His eyes were locked on Kashiwagi with a threatening meaning.

"Your hair is tangled. Either lick it or I comb it for you. You choose one."

He stood there without moving forward, just holding the comb and watching with a smile.

Although this big cat is not a germaphobe, it will definitely lick the tangled hair, especially after he specifically reminded it once, this thing will be like a thorn in its heart.

As expected.

When Lei Gong heard that his hair was tangled, he quickly scanned his body. When he found that there were indeed two tangled places, he immediately moved his head over, but soon froze in place.

No!

Licking it would damage his dignity!

It seemed to feel the burning gaze of Kashiwagi, and silently turned his head back, pretending that nothing had happened.

However, the harder he tried not to think about it, the more he felt uncomfortable with the two tangled hairs on his body. He couldn't help but get up and start walking back and forth on the cable car, trying to rub the tangled hairs apart.

Someone showed a teasing expression, "There is no way to rub it apart like this, you can only get covered in dust. You'd better obey me obediently!"

"..."

Lei Gong stared at Kashiwagi silently, and finally failed to get over the mild obsessive-compulsive disorder. He lay on the cart and tilted his head to the other side.

Oh~

Just agree, why do this?

Kashiwagi seemed to see the big mouth kid from the past, and now the latter was basically only coquettish and not arrogant - to be honest, there was not much at the beginning, how could it be as difficult as Lei Gong, and it softened in a few days.

He picked up the comb and slowly combed the back of Lei Gong.

"Roar..."

Not here!

Lei Gong's low roar of protest sounded, but he continued to brush as if he didn't hear it, until the current began to surge, then he said: "If you want to brush, brush it all together, so that it will be neat and avoid any fish slipping through the net, isn't it?"

The yellow current gradually subsided.

For fluff lovers, combing hair is an extremely pleasant thing, and it is even better to comb hair without being disturbed during the period.

Noticing that a cable car was approaching in the opposite direction, he said without raising his head: "Please, Galar Sun Coral."

"..."

Galar Sun Coral opened his eyes, and in the puzzled eyes of Lei Gong, he used his smoke-like tentacles to pull up the black cloth used to cover Lei Gong, and then tried to extend the tentacles to hold the two ends of the black cloth, hanging them on both sides of the glass.

Two cable cars intersect.

A tourist in the other cable car: "???"

Why does the cable car on the other side have a curtain? It's not fair!

The cable car moves farther and farther away.

Galar Sun Coral quickly drops the black cloth, returns to the trainer's shoulder and continues to sleep, unwilling to waste any more time and energy.

"Thank you."

Kashiwagi said with a smile.

"..."

The quietly watching Raikou was a little speechless, and he didn't know whether to say Galar Sun Coral was diligent or lazy.

You said it was lazy, but it had a lot of training and would do things when you told it to. You said it was diligent... Have you ever seen a Pokémon that could sleep from morning to afternoon without moving, and would not fight back even when being hit?

Diligence and laziness combined, it really deserves to be the Pokémon of this weird kid Kashiwagi... Oh~

Thunder God suddenly felt a little bit of pleasure on his back, the comb seemed to have brushed a particularly itchy spot on it, making it tremble with its hind legs, wanting to scratch it a few times.

And after such a pleasure, other places began to itch for some reason.

It felt a little uncomfortable and couldn't help but want to change its posture.

But the next second.

A big hand scratched those itchy spots, using just the right amount of strength to make it feel comfortable quickly, and after scratching one place, it moved to another.

Finally, it fell on the chin.

Thunder God's movements instantly became stiff, and he turned his head to look at Kashiwagi, who looked innocent.

"Aren't you itchy? I see you look itchy, and your tail is starting to twitch everywhere." The latter said so, and raised his hand to surrender.

It then realized that its tail, which was like lightning, was constantly swinging, hammering the uncomfortable parts of its body, and it didn't even feel it!

Lei Gong: "!"

How can you move around!

Lei Gong's tail: "!"

I don't know!

Bai Mu, who saw this guy's performance, couldn't stop laughing in his heart. Sure enough, the cat's tail and the cat's body are two species!

He quietly put his hand on Lei Gong's chin and scratched it.

While scratching his heart, he counted down to death.

Am I going to be electrocuted?

Is it electrocuted?

No electricity!

Bai Mu's hands kept moving, quietly looking at Lei Gong's face, and unexpectedly found that he was not electrocuted. The big cat seemed to have acquiesced to his behavior!

This made him excited, and he felt that he was one step closer to completely conquering all parts of Lei Gong's body!

It's definitely not far from burying his face in his belly!

Bai Mu, who was in a very happy mood, hummed a little song and took Lei Gong's hair off the comb.

I thought the legendary Pokémon would not shed hair, but now it seems that he thought too much, and it will shed hair anyway...

Why not collect them and make a small thunder god to give to this guy on the day of separation?

Kashiwagi thought it was feasible, and the little song he hummed became more and more rhythmic.

Recently, he dreamed of being a musician every day. He practiced guitar so much that he almost vomited. Every day when he opened his dream, it was like opening a playlist that he had listened to thousands of times, listening to a few familiar songs over and over again.

But so far, he has not really gotten his hands on a guitar. When he went shopping just now, he couldn't even find a guitar store.

What a pity.

——

After more than half an hour.

The cable car stopped at the top of Chimney Mountain.

This not-so-large area was much more lively than expected, with all kinds of trainers carrying Pokémon coming and going, and various stalls set up by small vendors.

Obviously, many people came up through the concave and convex mountain road, and did not take the cable car that required money.

If the target was not too big and the cart could not find a way to push it up, Kashiwagi would actually choose to walk the uneven mountain road. With his speed, climbing the mountain with his feet is 100% faster than the cable car.

He pushed the cart carrying Thunder God down, intending to bypass the crowd and go to the cable car station on the north side of Chimney Mountain.

When he arrived at the foot of the mountain below the north.

Then quickly cross the Flame Trail, and Autumn Leaf Town is really not far away.

If Xiaozhi and his party had not encountered many changes in the middle of the way, such as encountering some Pokémon Aid Association, and provoking Lava Bugs on the Flame Trail and being chased madly, it would not take so long.

"Don't miss it if you pass by! Betting on stones! You can bet on meteorites falling from the sky! Those who like meteorites or rare stones, come and take a look--"

A sound of Yo-ho sounded not far away.

Kashiwagi had no intention of joining in the fun, but Thunder God stretched out his tail from under the black cloth and released an electric current to shock his feet.

"Hiss! What are you doing!?"

He glared at the cart. Although there was a layer of black cloth between them, he knew that the latter would definitely see it.

He walked forward.

He was shocked again.

Bai Mu lowered his head and found that Lei Gong's tail was faintly pointing in the direction of the Yo-ho sound, so he looked over there thoughtfully-

The person who made the sound was a middle-aged man with buck teeth who looked a bit wretched. Next to him was a black-haired jumping pig with pink pearls on its head. In front of him were many large and small stones.

Many of the stones were bumpy, like the surface of the moon.

【Iron Liar】!

When Bai Mu saw this man shouting, the vendors around him looked like they were waiting to see who would be the victim. He knew that this man was selling mostly street goods.

Pure goods picked up from the street.

Like Uncle Magikarp, he would cheat as many as he could?

But why did Lei Gong stop him? Could it be that there was good stuff among the stones picked up from the street?

Kashiwagi trusted the big cat very much. Besides, even if Leigong guessed wrong, it didn't matter. He really didn't need the 20,000 or 30,000 yuan now. Leigong would feel guilty after being cheated...

Hmm?

Why do I feel like I'm chasing a girl?

He was stunned, and then he felt that pleasing a Pokémon whose friendliness was still in the stage of improving was indeed a bit like falling in love. It's just that the desire is of a different kind -

the desire to suck fur.

Kashiwagi pushed the cart to the stall while thinking wildly.

The eyes of the middle-aged man with buck teeth lit up, and there were large sighs around him, as if lamenting that another fish was unfortunately hooked.

"Hehehehe, I have such a good eye! Come and take a look at the stones I have here! 100% pure meteorites from the sky. Let me tell you, each of these meteorites contains enough energy to change the world of Pokémon!"

The man opened his eyes and started telling lies, then picked up a stone on the ground and said, "Look at this! Do you know about Deoxys, which was very popular in the past few years? Experts have proved that they landed in Fenghuang on meteorites. It’s from Yuan Continent! You know, it’s a Pokémon that can compete with Rayquaza! So you understand, right?”

The buck-toothed middle-aged man shook the meteorite back and forth.

Kashiwagi was not confused by this man. He looked around and asked: "You said gambling on stones...how to gamble? I don't seem to see a machine that can solve stones."

"The solution stone? What solution stone?"

The other party was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't understand, "You can just pick one, buy it, and have it appraised by professionals. If you find something good, you'll make a profit. That's how you bet!"

"..."

Kashiwagi looked at the buck-toothed middle-aged man in disbelief.

After several internal struggles, he asked cautiously: "Do you think I look like I have no brains?"

"Pfft!"

Uncontrollable laughter suddenly came from the side, followed by a series of roaring laughter. The laughter coming from the vendors attracted the attention of many passers-by.

The middle-aged man's expression quickly became embarrassed and unkind.

"Brother, I'm here to do business! I won't tolerate malicious trouble!"

"Who is causing trouble? I really want to buy it. How to sell it? By one?"

Kashiwagi waved his hand and glanced at Thunder God's tail. He saw it poking twice in several directions like it was twitching. It seemed that there was more than one target. He couldn't help but feel a little strange. Are there really good things in these stones?

Is it possible that this person is not a liar?

When Kashiwagi started to ask about the price, the middle-aged man once again put on a flattering expression, "It's not expensive, it's 10,000 yuan per stone, no matter the size."

"Ten thousand?"

"You are so innocent, little brother. Even if you can't touch Deoxys, what if you find one with an evolution stone inside?"

"I still don't think the price is right."

"Hey! Stone gambling requires sincerity. If you are not sincere, it will be difficult to sell!"

"Then keep your sincerity for yourself -" Kashiwagi pushed the cart and planned to walk out.

The middle-aged man might not be able to place an order in a day or two, so he quickly stopped him and gritted his teeth and said, "Then tell me! How much is appropriate!"

He turned his head and said: "The price is five thousand each and let me pick six. That's it, you can sell it or not."

"Six!"

The middle-aged man didn't expect that there would be a lot of cypress trees when he bought them. Others were just buying one to try. So far, he had never encountered such a victim, so he was a little confused.

Then he rubbed his hands excitedly, "Okay! Okay!"

When the vendors around him saw this, their smiles instantly froze on their faces. Just now, Kashiwagi said that he was not a fool, but in the blink of an eye, he bought six stones?

You are not a fool who is!

These are all picked up randomly on the mountain!

He wished he could expose the middle-aged man's true face on the spot, but he couldn't help but say that they were all working in the same place.

He could only give Kashiwagi constant hints in his eyes.

But the latter was busy picking stones, so he had no time to pay attention to the "wink look" from a man.

The stone that Lei Gong pointed to with his tail was really hard to find, so he had to buy all the stones in the direction he pointed to.

And finally.

Kashiwagi brought six stones of different sizes and turned away with satisfaction when he saw that Lei Gong was no longer pointing blindly. The middle-aged stall owner was smiling happily and counting the money with Jumping Pig, as if he had made a lot of money.

Only the vendor next to him was so angry that his hands and feet were shaking.

Seeing others make money out of fools is even more uncomfortable than losing money yourself!

"Alas! How could there be such a stupid person?"

I couldn't help but sigh when I saw the buck-toothed middle-aged man hurriedly running away without the remaining stones in order to avoid Kashiwagi's return.

——

Successfully boarded the cable car to the north of Chimney Mountain.

Kashiwagi lifted up the black cloth covering Thunder God and asked, "What are these stones?"

The latter jumped off the cart, turned around and looked at the strange-shaped stones, and pushed three of them aside, leaving only the other three.

"Roar~"

It smashed a piece with a swipe of its claw, revealing the dusty orange-red crystal inside.

"Stone of Fire!"

Kashiwagi was a little surprised. The middle-aged man just now said that there might be a fire stone in it. Are you serious about your feelings?

Immediately.

Lei Gong went to pat another relatively larger stone, and with a bang, the huge stone shattered into three petals, revealing the bright orange-red light inside.

He took a look, "Gem? Or some kind of ordinary mineral? It should be a gem."

Ever since he got so many stones in the hands of Guhunyan that day, he had gone to improve his knowledge about gemstones - unfortunately, without systematic study, it is really difficult to identify them.

Because many gems look too similar.

Kashiwagi decided to ask for off-field support.

It just so happened that the lovely Devon employee Lesa didn't seem to be busy. She immediately saw his pictures and text messages, and first sent a series of ellipses.

Lysa: "Are these from Pokémon again?" 』

Kashiwagi: "...You can say, is this a gem?" 』

Lysa: "Of course, this is an attribute gem, which is different from ordinary gems, because it contains various attribute energies, which can greatly increase the attack of Pokémon. This is the color of the fire gem in your hand. 』

Kashiwagi: "How to use it? Just let the Pokémon hold it?" 』

Lysa: "Yes, but I suggest you cut it before using it. Now this shape can easily increase the energy and hurt your Pokémon... You can find a place to cut the gem, right?" 』

Kashiwagi: "Ahem, of course. But are you interested in this fire stone? 』

Click.

He slapped the fire stone over.

Lysa didn't reply for a long time. It wasn't until he looked up slightly nervously to look at Thunder Lord with a confused look on his face that he received a helpless emoticon and:

"Send it together, I don't know where you got your luck from"

Kashiwagi: "Hey hey hey... don't worry, there is still something unclear."

After sending the silly emoji, he looked at Lei Gong, and then licked his lips at the last rock the size of a basketball. The latter did not crush it with his claws like before, but pushed it very gently to make it sway back and forth.

"What's the meaning?"

Kashiwagi looked at Raikou who was also looking over with some confusion, "What is this?"

The latter shook his head.

"You don't know? You don't know why you keep it..."

He glanced at the Fire Stone and Fire Gem, and suddenly said: "Wait a minute, is this the main reason why you asked me to buy it?"

"Roar~"

Lei Gong nodded slightly in affirmation.

This made Kashiwagi interested, so he took a photo and sent it to Lesa, "Do you recognize this thing?" 』

After waiting for no response for a few seconds, he slowly started observing on his own.

Lei Gong also had a subconscious reaction to this thing, but he couldn't figure out what it was. He was very curious about it. He didn't smash it to pieces because——

"so hard!"

Kashiwagi, who was holding a small hammer, secretly smacked his tongue.

When he hammered down, only a very small amount of broken rock fell off the surface of the rock, and it looked like there was something else inside.

After a few more hard knocks, the outer rock gradually cracked, revealing a rugged, dark crystal.

"This look..."

Kashiwagi looked at the crystal blankly, as if he thought of something, but couldn't recall it for a while. He quickly took a picture and asked Lesa, who happened to reply.

Lysa: "! ! ! 』

Lysa: "Try and see if the rock can break open a little."

Kashiwagi: "(Picture)"

Lysa: "Ah! This is it! What kind of luck do you have! This is the sleeping Jirachi! 』

"--ah!?"

Kashiwagi looked at the crystal in his hand in shock. The content about the theatrical version of "Seven Nights of the Wishing Star, Jirachi" hidden in his memory kept reappearing. The image of Jirachi crystallizing after sleeping gradually became more and more similar to the thing in his hand. Compare it.

But then he felt a little regretful.

Because Jirachi has already awakened once in the past few years, unless this Jirachi is not the one that Xiaozhi Xiaosheng and the others saw in the movie version.

This is not impossible.

When Xiaozhi traveled to Hezhu, he met the second Jirachi on the Jacklolla Islands. The fact that this animated world combines the theatrical version and the feature film is enough to prove that Jirachi exists in plural.

Unfortunately, Chimney Mountain is very close to Farnes, the place where the Seven Nights Wishing Star occurred. Maybe the middle-aged man picked up the wishing star from Farnes.

"can you hear me?"

Kashiwagi knocked on the stone, but received no response.

Legend has it that Jirachi will only come to the surface for activities within seven days of the arrival of the Millennium Comet, and select young people with pure hearts as temporary partners.

Jirachi in the theater version chose Xiaosheng.

What I encountered... In short, there was no reply. I don't know whether it was because I slept to death or because my heart was not pure enough.

And the Galar Sun Coral on his shoulder was a little envious when he heard that Jirachi could sleep peacefully for thousands of years. Not to mention that it couldn't sleep for that long. Once the energy reserve was almost exhausted, it had to come out to "find Food".

There's no way he could sleep like that!

Galar Sun Coral appears to be sleeping for a long time, but in reality it sleeps very lightly. Most of the time, it doesn't expose its eyes and just sits in a daze.

Otherwise, how could he respond to the trainer's words so quickly.

I can't help but think a little too much.