Pokémon: Dreams Come True Starting in Sinnoh

Chapter 388 A showdown of "goldfish scooping" while enjoying the festival?

The night was as dark as ink, with scattered stars dotting the earth of Sinnoh, which quickly coalesced into a single mass.

The lights are everywhere, illuminating the night sky of Twinleaf Town piece by piece.

Twinleaf Town usually maintains its unique low profile, but at night it entrusts the whole world to Bug-type Pokémon, listening to their music.

On the day of the Futaba Festival, people in a small town on the edge of the Sinnoh region gather together for the first time and regain control of the night.

"Thank you all for your hard work this past year. I'll be relying on you again in the future."

"~!"

At the edge of the festival, where the lights and night met, Ayako led a group of committee members to this spot, placed dozens of bowls full of Pokémon food on the ground, and addressed the Pokémon watching them in the night.

This is a small town where people and nature live in harmony.

So every year when planning the festival, the committee members would think of preparing a special meal for the wild Pokémon in the area, as a way of thanking them for their occasional help to the residents of Twinleaf Town.

......

"boom--"

"Oh no, I didn't win again! Xia, are you even capable? Xiao Guang got his reward!"

"Shut up! It's so noisy! Luck! It must be a matter of luck! I clearly aimed, it's just that every time I fired, the wind blew up, causing my bullets to go astray!"

"There's no wind at all, right, Pikachu?"

Pikachu: "......"

At a stall during the Futaba Festival, Misty had put down the toy gun that could fire corks and was looking at Ash, who had been laughing at her since the beginning, with annoyance.

The basket next to her was empty, while Ash and Dawn had already collected their prizes.

Ash got a Pikachu plush toy and a fluorescent fish plush toy.

Xiao Guang received a Bogarman doll instead.

Although their gains were not as great as those of the professionals, they still gained something.

not like her.

She played one more round than both Ash and Dawn, but she couldn't even knock down a single plush toy from the prize shelf.

Won!

Even though the two of them weren't competing at all, and this game of hitting the dolls was just something they played casually while passing by, Xiao Guang still felt a strange competitive urge rising in his heart when he saw that Xiao Xia hadn't won anything in the end.

It was as if they had won something incredible.

"Damn it, why is this happening...?"

Xiaoxia covered her head with both hands, looking as if she couldn't accept it.

It was such a simple game, yet she lost so completely.

Seeing Xiaoxia's dejected state, the shopkeeper was about to take down the Psyduck that Xiaoxia wanted to defeat and give it to her, since she had already played two rounds, so he would consider it a guaranteed win.

But before the boss could make a move, Ash had already handed over the fluorescent fish he had shot.

"Here you go, I just happened to have made an extra one, so I'll give it to you."

Xiaoxia: "......"

Xiaoxia silently took the doll, looked at the doll lying quietly in her hand, and then slightly tilted her head to look at Xiaozhi.

Thank you.

After a long silence, Xiaoxia managed to utter a single, soft "thank you."

Ash and Pikachu exchanged a smile.

They rarely saw Xiaoxia looking so embarrassed.

Upon seeing this scene, Xiao Guang, who was behind, subconsciously glanced at the doll in his arms.

Suddenly, it didn't taste so good anymore, and I didn't even know what I had won.

However, through this incident, Xiao Guang understood something else—

Ash's gentleness seems to be the same for everyone.

After composing herself, Xia, who had just displayed a hint of girlishness, reverted to her boss-like demeanor. With one hand on her hip and pointing ahead, she declared in a booming voice, "This isn't my forte! Let's decide the next match with 'goldfish scooping'!"

To catch goldfish.

Xiao Zhi pondered, gazing at the stall surrounded by a crowd ahead.

That stall, doesn't it look like the stall where the three Rockets players work?

So, this goldfish scooping game seems to be about scooping up—

"Bang~!"

"what--!!!"

"Snapped--"

Before Xiao Zhi could finish his thoughts, a figure flew into the night sky amidst the exclamations of the crowd. After a brief flight, the figure landed on the ground with a smile on his face, seemingly having fulfilled his life's great wish.

Ash: "......"

"This feels too dangerous, maybe we should just forget about it..."

At this moment, Dawn walked up to Ash, gently tugged at Ash's sleeve, and whispered.

Then he raised his hand, pointing to the sign fluttering in the night sky, brightly illuminated by neon lights, and said:

"How do you catch goldfish with a scoop? This doesn't look right at all!"

indeed.

Ash understood as he watched the figures being repeatedly blasted away.

Listening to the sounds that kept coming from my ears—

"Come on, if you've got the guts, do it!"

"Exactly! If you can't do it, then don't just stand there shouting!"

"Hey! I'll do it! What's there to be afraid of!"

Discussions like these arose.

Xiao Zhi couldn't help but think that the owner of this company was truly a talented person.

Many of the people who come here from outside to participate in the Futaba Festival are "good buddies" who have been playing together for many years. If one of them provokes the other, the other will definitely get excited and get carried away, right?

Then, thanks to its own variety of entertainment, the stall spread by word of mouth and naturally became the most popular stall in the area.

Oh.

Xiao Zhi chuckled softly.

She's so young.

Just as Xiaozhi was marveling at the youth of these people, and just as Xiaoxia behind him was realizing the situation and also planning to give up,

Suddenly, a figure appeared behind them and patted Ash on the shoulder.

"Xiao Mao? What happened to you... um..."

Ash turned around and recognized Gary at a glance.

But why is he wearing sunglasses in the middle of the night?

Shh! Keep your voice down! I don't want to be recognized again!

Shigeru quickly hissed, stopping Ash from calling his name again.

"From daytime until now, my grandfather and I have been harassed by people who come here. I managed to escape! We've finally come all this way, we can't just not enjoy the festival, can we?"

Xiao Mao said with a hint of helplessness, and the next second he saw the sign that read "Goldfish Scooping" and the crowd of people crammed into the goldfish scooping stall ahead. He chuckled and turned his head, saying:

"Speaking of which, it's been a long time since we've had a competition like this, hasn't it? After so long, how about we see who can catch more goldfish? Like when we were kids? Ah~ Of course, if you're too scared or afraid of embarrassing yourself in front of them, you can certainly decline~"

"Come on! Let's go! Let's have a competition!"

Ash handed all the things he was carrying to Dawn and Misty, and strode forward aggressively.

Shigeru was taken aback, not expecting Satoshi to agree so quickly.

However, the next second he just hummed with a confident smile.

He played the goldfish catching game many times after becoming a Pokémon researcher. With his knowledge of fish habits, he could even call himself a master of goldfish catching, catching 20 or so goldfish in a minute without any problem.

We can finally win a game!

Xiao Mao was secretly excited, cheering for his impending victory.

And Ash, who was walking ahead...

From the slight upturn of his lips, you could tell that he felt exactly the same way as Xiao Mao.

.......

Finally finished grading the joint exam papers, can finally rest for a day, looking forward to the holiday starting on July 730th QAQ