my pokemon player.

"Hello, I'm Ash from Pallet Town, and my goal is to become the world's number one Pokémon Master."

"This is my partner, Pikachu."

Xiaozhi looked at Pikachu who was lying on his shoulder.

"Pika~Pikachu~"

Pikachu stretched out his little hand and greeted Chen Yan and others.

After listening to Xiaozhi's self-introduction, Xu Ruofeng subconsciously said:
"Hello Xiaozhi, my name is"

Halfway through the conversation, Xu Ruofeng suddenly reacted: "Wait! Your name is Xiaozhi? How can you be called Xiaozhi?!"

Seeing Xu Ruofeng's big reaction, Xiaozhi scratched his head in bewilderment:

"Um. My name is Xiaozhi, is there any problem?"

Of course there are problems, very big problems. The official planner of this game is also called Xiaozhi!
Xu Ruofeng immediately turned to look at Chen Yan, only to see Chen Yan stroking his chin, as if thinking about something.

Seeing that Chen Yan didn't say anything, Xu Ruofeng could only smile awkwardly and responded:
"No problem, I just thought your name sounded familiar, I think I've heard it somewhere before."

Xu Ruofeng made up an excuse, but Xiaozhi really believed it. He smiled embarrassedly:
"So I'm already so famous? Where did you hear my name?"

"Um, well, oh, by the way, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Last Night West Wind, and I’m from Firefly Town." Xu Ruofeng quickly changed the subject.

"Last Night West Wind? What a strange name." Xiaozhi said bluntly.

Xu Ruofeng was already accustomed to this. Every time he introduced himself to the NPC in the game, the other party would comment on his name.

But Xiaozhi doesn’t sound like a normal name. This child can’t have the last name Xiao, right?

"This is a unique naming custom in our hometown. For example, this wretched-looking uncle with poor sense of direction is named Zaliang Guoba."

While Xu Ruofeng was making up stories, he also did not forget to mock the multi-grain rice crust.

"What the hell?"

Just as Zaliang Guoba was about to retort, he was interrupted by Lao Ye: "Don't swear in front of children!"

"Oh~" The multi-grain rice crust closed his mouth awkwardly.

Old Ye then said to Xiaozhi, "I'm sorry, they usually like to bicker and quarrel. My name is Yiye Zhiqiu, and the two older sisters are called Xiyue and Bubble Teapot, and the remaining one."

"My name is Silent." Chen Yan continued. He looked at Xiaozhi and asked with pretended curiosity: "You just said that your goal is to become the world's number one Pokémon Master, right?"

Xiaozhi said with a firm look in his eyes: "Yes, I traveled to achieve this goal."

“What a great dream, how do you plan to make it come true?”

"Ash! Pikachu! Where are you?"

Chen Yan originally wanted to get some information from Xiaozhi and confirm his guess, but the sound coming from not far away disrupted his plan.

"Xiaomi, Xiaogang, Pikachu and I are here!" Xiaozhi turned around and shouted loudly.

"Tsk, how come people in the future world are more casual in naming than us players?" Xu Ruofeng couldn't help but complain.

Old Ye nodded in agreement, then lowered his voice and reminded:
"Keep your voice down, don't let Xiaozhi hear it, this kid is not simple."

"I know. The game planner gave him his name. He must be an important figure in the game!"

Xu Ruofeng is not smart, but not stupid either. He naturally understands what the name Xiaozhi means.

In previous games, most NPCs with the names of game planners had important identities.

There are only two situations where the game planner and the NPC have the same name. One is that the game planner was not originally called this name, but he liked this NPC very much, so he gave himself a nickname.

Another situation is that the game planner has high hopes for the character when designing it, so he names it after himself.

No matter which situation it is, it is enough to prove the importance of this NPC to the game. Even if he is not the protagonist of the game, he cannot be a supporting role.

After all, game planners are not masochists, and it is almost impossible for them to let the NPC bearing their names suffer losses in the game.

Of course, this does not apply to some game planners with special hobbies.

Xu Ruofeng once chatted with Xiaozhi Planner. Although they didn't talk much, he felt that Xiaozhi Planner should not have a masochistic habit.

Therefore, this little kid with the name of Xiaozhi must be an important character!
Ryan, who was interrogating Paris in Firefly Town, had no idea that the name he had chosen out of bad taste would actually make the players think of so many things.

The key is that they hit the mark unexpectedly, which confirmed the importance of Xiaozhi. I can only say that fate is truly wonderful.

While Xu Ruofeng and Lao Ye were whispering to each other, two figures came through the bushes and came in front of the players.

One of them was a youthful girl with orange hair tied into a short crooked braid.

The girl complained to Xiaozhi right away: "Really, Xiaozhi, why are you and Pikachu running so fast? Didn't we agree to act together?"

Xiaozhi touched his nose and said carelessly: "I am worried that Pikachu will be in danger, so I am so anxious."

"Hmph, what if you encounter danger?" the girl snorted coldly.

"How could I be in danger? I'm Satoshi from Pallet Town!"

Xiaozhi didn't notice the girl's concern at all, instead he raised his head with a proud look on his face.

The girl curled her lips and said, "You self-righteous guy, I wonder when you will grow up."

"Okay, Xiaoxia, don't blame Xiaozhi for now. There are others here."

Another boy with bronze skin and squinty eyes advised.

Then he bowed slightly to Chen Yan and the others and said apologetically:

"I'm so sorry, they always quarrel with each other, I hope you don't mind."

"It's okay. Only close friends would quarrel like this. My friends also quarrel from time to time."

Old Ye responded with a smile. For some reason, he always felt that this new boy was very compatible with his temper. Maybe it was because they were both good guys in the team.

After hearing Xiaogang's explanation, Xiaoxia realized that there was another person present.

She hurriedly introduced herself to the players: "Hello, my name is Xiaoxia, and this child is Togepi."

"Cha Ke Yi~"

Togepi stretched out his short little hand and waved at the players.

"Wow, you also have a Togepi, and Senior Xiyue also has one." Bubble Teapot said excitedly.

"Really? You Gyarados!!"

When Xiaoxia saw Gyarados next to the Bubble Teapot, the surprise in her eyes was instantly replaced by fear.

Because she crawled into Gyarados' mouth when she was a child and was sprayed out, she developed a psychological trauma towards Gyarados and is very afraid of it.

Seeing that Misty was frightened by Gyarados and hid behind Xiaozhi, Bubble Teapot pursed his lips and muttered softly:
"My Gyarados is a well-behaved boy and won't hurt you." Gyarados saw Misty trembling and a hint of loneliness appeared in his eyes.

As expected, female humans still prefer cute Pokémon.

But it doesn't care, as long as the bubble teapot likes it, that's enough.

"roar~"

Gyarados growled softly at the Bubble Teapot, signaling her to put herself away.

Bubble Teapot shook his head and wanted to explain for Gyarados, but Gyarados had already bent down, lightly touched the Poké Ball, and put himself back into the ball.

Only after seeing Gyarados return to the Poké Ball did Misty dare to walk out from behind Satoshi.

"What? It's just a Gyarados. Misty is such a coward." Xiaozhi said nonchalantly.

"I'm not a coward! I'm... because..."

Misty hesitated, too embarrassed to say why she was afraid of Gyarados.

"It's okay. It's normal to be afraid of Pokémon. In fact, I'm also afraid of Bell-senpai's Alidos." Bubble Teapot said sympathetically.

When Misty heard Bubble Teapot come to her rescue, she was very touched, so she overcame her shame and told him the reason why she was afraid of Gyarados:
"Thank you for your understanding. Actually, when I was a kid, I once crawled into the mouth of a Gyarados and was spit out by it. Since then, I have..."

Everyone nodded in understanding after hearing this, and Xiaozhi suddenly realized:
"No wonder you paddled away without saying a word the last time you met Gyarados."

When Xiaoxia heard Xiaozhi reveal her shortcomings, she first glared at him fiercely, and then apologized to the Bubble Teapot again:
"I'm so sorry, please help me explain to Gyarados that I don't hate it. I actually like water-type Pokémon very much."

"Yeah, I will!"

After saying that, Bubble Teapot turned to look at Xiyue again: "Senior Xiyue, do you want to release Togepi?"

Xiyue nodded slightly, took out the Poké Ball and released Togepi.

When Xiaoxia saw Xiyue's Togepi, she immediately came to Xiyue, raised her own Togepi and said:
"Pokepi, this is one of your kind, go say hello to it."

"Cha Ke Yi~"

Pokpi waved excitedly to his fellow tribesmen in Xiyue's arms.

Xiyue's Togepi just responded lazily and then closed his eyes.

Seeing this, Xiaoxia's Togepi put his hand down in disappointment, not knowing what he had done wrong.

"I'm sorry, it was born not long ago, so it is a bit sleepy."

Xiyue couldn't bear to see the other Togepi so sad, so she said a few more words after a long time.

"But this baby hasn't been incubating for long, and it's very energetic every day." Xiaoxia looked at her Togepi in confusion.

"Oh, is that so? Is there something wrong with my training method?" Xiyue said worriedly.

As soon as she finished speaking, the squinty-eyed boy quickly stepped forward and grasped Xiyue's hands:
"No, there is nothing wrong with your training method. This Togepi is very healthy. You can tell at a glance that it has been well taken care of. Its sleepiness may be due to its lazy personality."

"Excuse me, who are you?" Xiyue silently pulled her hand away.

Two blushes appeared on the squinting-eyed boy's cheeks, and he said affectionately:
"My name is Xiaogang, and I'm now working towards my goal of becoming a Pokémon breeder."

"You've trained Pokémon very well. I wonder if we can discuss ways to train Pokémon together?"

"Ah? This"

Just when Xiyue didn't know what to do, Xiaoxia grabbed Xiaogang's ear and pulled him away.

"You just called me rude, but your performance is not much better."

"Stop it, Xia, it hurts!"

Old Ye looked at Xiaogang being dragged away, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly.

Never mind, this kid is nothing like him, and he is not lustful.

Are all children in the future world so precocious? Not only are they traveling at such a young age, but they are also thinking about pursuing older sisters?
When he was in his teens, um, he seemed to have had some romantic feelings.

That's okay~
The players introduced themselves to Xiaogang and Xiaoxia one by one, and for the sake of convenience, they also changed their names to follow local customs.

Xu Ruofeng asked Xiaozhi and others to just call him Xiaofeng, and Chen Yan was Xiaoyan.

In fact, according to this name-changing pattern, the multi-grain rice crust should be called Xiaoza or Xiaoba, but he refused to agree, so it had to be changed to Guoba.

The Bubble Teapot also felt that the name Xiaopao didn’t sound good, so it changed it to Bubble.

As for Old Ye, he is still called Old Ye. Like Xiyue, he does not need to change his name.

After everyone introduced themselves, Xiaogang asked the question that concerned him most:

"Excuse me, have you just experienced a battle? I see that your Pokémon are all injured."

Chen Yan nodded slightly: "Yes, we were attacked by Team Rocket just now."

He did not mention anything about Paris and Celebi, even though Xiaozhi and his group were all young and looked like good people.

But we must always be on guard against others and verify our own guesses before we can trust them.

"Team Rocket? Is it a man and a woman, plus a meowth that can speak human language?" Xiaoxia asked.

"Yes, do you know them?" Chen Yan asked back.

Xiaoxia nodded: "Of course I know them, they always follow us and try to catch our Pokémon, they are definitely bad guys!"

Xiaozhi also agreed, "I was wondering why I haven't encountered them in the past two days. It turns out they have targeted your Pokémon."

When Chen Yan heard what the two said, his guess became more certain.

"I see that your Pokémon are all seriously injured. You should send them to the Pokémon Center for treatment as soon as possible."

Xiaogang glanced at the Pokémon in front of him anxiously, and then raised his eyebrows slightly.

He discovered that most of the injuries on these Pokémon were burns, and the Rocket trio did not have any fire-attribute Pokémon.

This inevitably made him feel a little suspicious. Was the opponent's Pokémon really injured by Team Rocket?
However, he did not express his suspicions, but secretly became more vigilant.

As a former gym leader, Xiaogang also knows that human hearts are unpredictable.

Not to mention that the people in front of him were wearing strange clothes and didn't look like serious trainers, so he had to be careful.

"We originally planned to simply treat the Pokémon's injuries first, and then send them to the Pokémon Center."

Chen Yan was also observing the reactions of Xiaozhi and his group. He could see that Xiaozhi and Xiaoxia were both young children who were inexperienced in the world and believed in what he said without a doubt. Only Xiaogang was hard for him to figure out.

There’s nothing he can do, since Xiaogang has squinty eyes, he can’t see Xiaogang’s eyes!

As expected, anime is not lying to me, those with squinty eyes are all tough characters! (End of this chapter)