Xia Huanao, whose belly was so round from dinner that he rubbed it, said, "Oh no, I ate too much at this meal. This will affect my movements."
Xia Huanao pushed his wheelchair outside the guesthouse. "I need to rest for a while."
Sitting in his wheelchair, Xia Huanao watched the waves crash against the shore from afar. After resting for more than half an hour, he did a simple chest expansion. "Guagua, let's go for a walk by the sea."
Xia Huanao led the way in his wheelchair, with Guagua and Dianxi following closely. The three of them went to the beach together. Xia Huanao took a round object out of his pocket. "Guagua, do you know there are a lot of bugs by the sea?"
Guagua was confused. If there were a lot of bugs, you'd bring some bug repellent. If you really couldn't stand it, you wouldn't come to the beach. But you insisted on bringing us two here, and even insisted on going into the woods. Aren't you trying to feed yourself to the mosquitoes?
Xia Huanao dangled the round object in his hand. "Guagua, do you know this is a small light bulb? As soon as you press the button on the tail of the bulb, it lights up."
As he spoke, Xia Huanao pressed the small light bulb. A blinding white light flashed and hurt his eyes. Xia Huanao quickly pressed it again to turn off the small light bulb.
"This is outrageous! You said it was a soft light bulb, but it was like you threw a flashbang. You almost blinded me."
Blinking his eyes to relieve the discomfort, Xia Huanao started to pressure Guagua again. "Guagua, do you know that most bugs are attracted to light? As long as I turn on the light, an endless stream of bugs will flock over."
As soon as he finished speaking, Dianxi's small hand hit Xia Huanao. Xia Huanao looked over and saw that Dianxi's little face was full of unhappiness.
Xia Huanao reached out and held Dianxi's hand. "Princess doesn't like bugs? I remember there were many bugs in the Diamond Kingdom too."
Dianxi gestured a lot, and Xia Huanao finally understood. The bugs that flew around in the Diamond Kingdom were fireflies. But in this forest, who knew what kind of bugs might appear. Even bringing along Bug-type Pokémon, it was no wonder the little princess disliked the scene.
Xia Huanao pinched Dianxi's hand. "If Princess doesn't like it, shall we go back to the Poké Ball for now?"
Dianxi shook her head. Compared to the Poké Ball, the little princess preferred to stay outside and accompany Xia Huanao. Therefore, even if there were mountains of knives and seas of fire ahead, the little princess was determined to brave it with Xia Huanao.
After comforting the little princess, Xia Huanao continued to instruct Guagua. "Guagua, when I turn on the light later, countless bugs will come. Your job is to eliminate them all and prevent them from affecting me and Dianxi, understand?"
As he spoke, Xia Huanao turned on the light bulb. Looking at the dazzling object, Xia Huanao frowned. "Dianxi, could you please put this thing behind the wheelchair? It's too blinding."
Dianxi took the light bulb and placed it behind the wheelchair. Xia Huanao rubbed his eyes. "Much more comfortable. Dianxi, let's stay here for a while longer."
Xia Huanao sat in the forest, feeling the evening breeze. Before long, he heard buzzing and rustling sounds from all around. Xia Huanao closed his eyes. "Guagua, they're here. Get ready."
The first to die was a small mosquito, buzzing and flying over to annoy Xia Huanao. "Guagua, take care of it."
Guagua listened carefully to the sound, then jumped up and swatted at it. The buzzing continued. Xia Huanao said calmly, "Guagua, be calm. Confirm the opponent's position, predict its next move, and use Water Pulse directly."
Guagua also closed his eyes and listened carefully to the mosquito's movements. Then, he unleashed a Water Pulse, successfully eliminating the first suicidal mosquito.
However, although the mosquito's buzzing disappeared, Xia Huanao's scolding began. "Guagua, what are you doing? You were so focused on the mosquito that you forgot about me, your trainer, being here?"
Although the Water Pulse had eliminated the mosquito, it splashed all over Xia Huanao's face. Fortunately, it was Water Pulse. If it had been Ice Beam or Dark Pulse just now, Xia Huanao's face would have been close to being disfigured.
Xia Huanao reached out and ruffled Guagua's head. "You can't do that next time."
As he was speaking, the sound of wings flapping began again. "Guagua, attack."
Guagua closed his eyes and listened for a moment, then jumped off Xia Huanao's wheelchair and swatted the bug to death in mid-air. However, although Guagua killed the bug, he himself was also slammed to the ground by the force of gravity.
"Guagua, you need to learn to conserve your strength and not leave yourself with no way out."
Xia Huanao and Guagua stayed in the forest for another ten minutes. Both of them made significant progress. Xia Huanao pointed to the upper left, and Guagua jumped up and unleashed an Ice Beam, destroying the bug in the air. Then, he used Foam to connect two large trees and landed on one of them.
The entire sequence was executed flawlessly and smoothly, impressing the little princess who applauded Guagua. Xia Huanao was even more proud. "System, how was that move just now? Wasn't it incredibly cool!"
The system was disdainful. "No, what does that move have to do with you? You just heard a sound and pointed randomly, which was miles away from the mosquito. If Guagua hadn't reacted accurately, you wouldn't have looked cool at all."
Xia Huanao still wanted to argue. "How do you know my move didn't hit? Perhaps the mosquito flew away after I pointed."
To this, the system replied, "Don't brag. The spot you were pointing at just now, let alone a mosquito, even a Buzzwole placed there would have been off target."
Hearing this, Xia Huanao chuckled. "Buzzwole? If there were a Buzzwole there, I'd race my wheelchair at two hundred miles per hour. I wouldn't be able to beat it, you know."
As he spoke, Xia Huanao waved his hands around again, and Guagua jumped up and unleashed several Water Pulses in all directions. Xia Huanao asked the system after pointing, "System, this time I must have hit something, right?"
The system shook its head. "I can tell you're trying to be mischievous by recovering your hands. If your hands were still like your legs and torso, would you still be acting like this? That random pointing just now made even less sense. I think you should give up on trying to look cool. It really doesn't suit you."
Xia Huanao pouted. "Fine, then forget it. The number of bugs has increased. Guagua, use Double Team!"
Guagua instantly split into several copies and engaged in a fierce battle with the bugs that were gathering due to the light. Before long, the ground was covered with bug corpses. Xia Huanao glanced at the ground in the light. "Why are there so many bugs in this Biyu City? Did I stumble upon a nest? It doesn't matter. I have Guagua, who's like a god descended, and a dragon riding the wind. How can I lose?"
After saying this, Xia Huanao looked at Dianxi. "Princess, shall we join in too? Let's treat it like a game."
Dianxi found it hard to refuse the word "play." Hearing Xia Huanao's suggestion, she immediately rubbed her hands and unleashed a Dazzling Gleam. The area-clearing effect of Dazzling Gleam was much stronger than Guagua's Water Pulse. With the addition of the fresh force, Dianxi, Xia Huanao could confidently continue Guagua's training.
"Guagua, try having different clones use different moves."
Guagua's main body had just unleashed a Dark Pulse when he heard Xia Huanao's words and was slightly taken aback. Generally, after using Double Team, the Pokémon's main body could control all the clones. However, precisely controlling each clone to use a different move would increase the Pokémon's brain's computational load, making it a very tiring operation.
Guagua was also quite clever. He immediately dispersed the clones, leaving only two. Guagua attempted to have the two clones use Water Pulse and Dark Pulse respectively, while the main body used Ice Beam.
Guagua was already very smart, controlling two clones to use his more familiar Pulse-type moves. However, this first attempt still ended in failure. Just as Guagua was about to try a second time, Xia Huanao stopped him. "Guagua, don't try anymore. It's time to break through. Double Team, Water Pulse!"
Just as Guagua had dispersed his Double Team clones, the bug army had advanced and completely surrounded Xia Huanao. Xia Huanao felt that if this continued, he might really become mosquito food, which was why he had Guagua lead the breakout.
Guagua's Ice Beam and Dianxi's Dazzling Gleam successfully carved a path through the swarm of bugs. Seeing the bugs chasing them, Xia Huanao quickly instructed Dianxi, "Dianxi, help me turn off the light."
After the light was turned off, the bugs suddenly lost their target and continued to pursue purely on instinct. Xia Huanao accelerated again, his electric wheelchair racing far ahead, leaving the pursuing bugs a world behind. He successfully returned to the Kyogre Guesthouse.
After a "narrow escape," Xia Huanao stretched and took Guagua and Dianxi back to his room to rest. Little Yu'er saw Xia Huanao return and came over, asking, "Big brother, where did you go just now? Did you go treasure hunting? Did you find any treasures? Can Little Yu'er see them?"
Xia Huanao shook his head. "I didn't go treasure hunting. I went to eliminate bugs."
"I don't believe you. Big brother is so stingy! You clearly went treasure hunting but insisted on hiding it from Little Yu'er."
Xia Huanao grinned mischievously. "Really? You don't believe me? Then let's go take a look. The ground is covered with bugs that Guagua and I killed. There were ones with horns, with tails, and ones that were just flailing around in front of you, some as long as your little hand. Do you want to see?"
Little Yu'er shivered after hearing this. "Ah, no more looking, no more looking. Big brother is annoying. You just like to scare Little Yu'er."
Watching Little Yu'er scamper back, the guesthouse owner smiled. "Little Yu'er has caused you a lot of trouble, hasn't she?"
"No, Little Yu'er is quite cute. I really like this little girl."