"I seem to have taken too many evolution stones. It's so heavy!"
Xiaoyan was sweating profusely as he carried his backpack full of evolution stones on his back.
"Hey, young man, stop for a moment."
An old man with white hair sitting on a rock called out to Xiaoyan.
"Listen to my music for a while!"
The old man started to play the flute. Both Xiaoyan and Pikachu were immersed in the wonderful music.
"Alright, give me something to eat!"
The white - haired old man stopped playing and reached out his hand to Xiaoyan.
"Okay. Here are all the rations left on me. Take them." Xiaoyan gave the food to the old man, who started to gobble it up as soon as he got it.
"Grandpa, you seem to have been hungry for a long time..."
"Well, there's nothing I can do. It hasn't rained in my village for a long time. The river has dried up, and the crops have died due to lack of water. So almost everyone has no food to eat."
"I see..." Xiaoyan bid farewell to the grandpa and planned to go to the village to find out.
"We can't just ignore this. Let's help them, Pikachu."
"Pika! Pika!"
Xiaoyan and Pikachu walked up a small hillside and looked down at the whole village.
Looking around, the ground of the village was cracked, just as the white - haired old man had said.
"How miserable..."
Xiaoyan and Pikachu went down the hillside and entered the village. The doors and windows of every household in this village were tightly shut, and there was not a single person on the street. It was extremely desolate.
"Why is there no one on the whole street?" Just then, a hand was placed on Xiaoyan's shoulder from behind.
"Are you a Pokémon trainer?" A disheveled - looking man appeared in front of Xiaoyan.
"Yes!" Xiaoyan replied.
"Then could you please help us? If we keep lacking water, our whole village will be finished." The man knelt on the ground and begged Xiaoyan for help.
"I came here just for this. Leave it to me!"
Xiaoyan patted his chest.
"Really! That's great!"
"Please take me to the nearby river!"
"No problem!"
The villager led Xiaoyan to a completely dried - up river.
"That's enough. Thank you for bringing me here."
"Then we're counting on you!"
Xiaoyan temporarily said goodbye to the villagers and walked upstream along the river.
"The way is blocked by thorns here..."
"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt to break the thorns."
Pikachu's Thunderbolt broke the thorns and cleared a path.
"It seems we still have to go further upstream."
Xiaoyan and his companions finally reached the upper part of the river.
"What's this..."
A huge body blocked the flow of the river.
"A Snorlax?!"
The Snorlax seemed to be asleep.
"We have to wake it up."
Xiaoyan stood beside the Snorlax's ear and shouted.
"Wake up!"
The Snorlax remained unmoved.
"Nothing else we can do. Pikachu, use Thunderbolt on the Snorlax."
"Pikachu!" Pikachu unleashed Thunderbolt on the Snorlax.
The Snorlax was woken up.
"We did it! Pikachu!"
At this moment, the Snorlax pounced on Xiaoyan and Pikachu.
"Quickly dodge!"
"It seems really angry. If it had crushed us just now, we'd probably be dead."
The Snorlax got up again and rushed over.
Xiaoyan tightly held a Pokémon ball on his belt.
"I'm counting on you!"
The Snorlax's attack was blocked by the summoned Pokémon.
"Riolu, use Flying Press."
Riolu kicked the Snorlax away.
"Snorlax!" The Snorlax hit a rock and fainted.
Xiaoyan threw a Pokémon ball at the Snorlax. The ball shook a few times and then stopped. Riolu helped Xiaoyan retrieve the Pokémon ball with the Snorlax in it.
"Thanks, Riolu and Pikachu."
After recalling Riolu, Xiaoyan returned to the village to do the last thing.
"The river water is back. Now it's time for..."
Xiaoyan called out a Pokémon.
"Dragonite, use Rain Dance."
A heavy rain moistened the village.
When the villagers saw the rain, they took out buckets one after another to collect water.
"Thank you so much! I'm really grateful for your kindness. If you don't mind, take these breads for your journey."
"It's just a small thing. Well, I'm leaving."
Xiaoyan took the bread and said goodbye to the villagers.
"Doing a good deed really makes me feel good, Pikachu."
"Pika～" Pikachu was munching on a piece of bread.
"I wonder what Xiaolan is doing now?"
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"So I've also got the badge of the third gym!" A somewhat mature little girl walked out of a gym.
"Roar～"
"We must catch up with Brother Xiaoyan. Let's go, Charmeleon!"
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At Professor Oak's Laboratory...
"This is the Pokémon sent by Xiaoyan. I wonder what it is this time?"
As soon as Professor Oak opened the Pokémon ball, a huge creature pressed on him.
"This Snorlax is so big... Ouch, ouch, ouch."
Suddenly, the Snorlax rushed over as if it had found something.
"This is my monthly food supply! You've eaten it all?!"
After the Snorlax was full, it fell asleep on the ground.
"Why did Xiaoyan send such a big - eater Pokémon this time QQ."
To be continued...