Wangsheng Funeral Parlor.
Hu Tao stood with her hands on her hips, looking down at her feet. Squatting there was the Gible, wearing a look of fear and guilt on its face.
The little thing knew that it was in trouble and was genuinely afraid.
"Little one, apologize to the neighbor!"
The chubby Gible, despite its fierce appearance, imitated humans and bowed clumsily. The collapsed courtyard wall had been repaired, but it would take some time to fully repair the damaged pavilion next door.
The neighbors of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor were also from a wealthy family.
The wealthy middle-aged businessman hurriedly waved his hand. Instead of being angry, he smiled nervously and said:
"You're welcome, Director Hu! It's really no trouble at all!"
"Hey, what's the name of this one... Is it the pet that the Director of Wangsheng Funeral Parlor spent 'Fifty Million Mora' to bring back?"
Looking at the Gible, the big businessman's face was filled with surprise and curiosity.
"Right!"
"It's called a Gible!"
Hu Tao asked Old Meng, the undertaker, to supervise the work and urge the construction team to work overtime. At this time, she, as a novice Trainer, had successfully cleaned up the mess caused by her Pokémon.
Phew—
Hu Tao was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief.
A disaster was finally eliminated!
In Liyue Harbor, the laws are strict. Fortunately, no one was killed. Otherwise, even if she was the Director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor, she would not be able to get away with it easily.
"Little troublemaker."
Hu Tao picked the Gible up into her arms, rubbed its smooth head vigorously, and laughed scoldingly.
"This is only the second day."
"Another settlement fee of hundreds of thousands of Mora..."
"Tell me, are you a gold-eating beast?"
The Gible obediently allowed itself to be kneaded by its Trainer like plasticine.
It made a weak, apologetic cry.
It was no longer fierce at all.
"Gib, gib~~ (I'm so good)!" Its round eyes stared pitifully at the Trainer.
Hu Tao was immediately defeated. She put down the Gible and held her forehead, sighing dramatically.
"I lost to you."
"I'm completely eaten up by a little baby like you!"
In the past, it was Hu Tao, the Director, who caused trouble everywhere, leaving the entire Liyue Harbor helpless.
Now, her own little nemesis had arrived!
But this Director is willing to spoil this little baby like you!
Hu Tao hummed a tune and poked the Gible's nose. The smile on her face became more and more doting.
"Hu Tao——"
At the door, a head poked in and looked around cautiously. When she found Hu Tao looking calm, she waved.
Xiangling must have heard that Hu Tao had safely passed the interrogation by the Millelith, and she turned back as soon as she got the news.
"What?" Hu Tao rolled her eyes. "It's really a plastic friendship. You can overturn it at any time. Just now, Gible caused trouble, and you actually greased the soles of your feet and ran away!"
"As expected of Chef Xiangling!"
Xiangling apologized profusely and went up to hold Hu Tao's arm affectionately.
"Hu Tao, take me to that store!"
"I want to adopt one too... what is it called?"
Hu Tao pointed to the black lines of frustration on her forehead.
"Pokémon! It's called a Pokémon!"
"Yes, yes! I want to adopt such a Pokémon too!"
Xiangling walked out to the street with Hu Tao on her arm, and as if to show off, she raised the Liyue Bank deposit certificate in her hand.
"I have all the large deposit certificates ready, and I hope I can also draw a powerful Pokémon like the Baby Gible!"
After the friendship collapsed and was rebuilt in seconds, Hu Tao stopped pretending to be angry and kept sneering playfully.
"Just you?"
"Let me tell you, the Gible is a Pseudo-Legendary species."
"You can't get it!"
"Store Manager Hiroshi said that this Director has the spirit of a 'European Emperor' and my hands are super red (lucky)! You can't do it!"
On the way, Xiangling, who had decided to take a Pokémon home, asked Hu Tao for details about the Pokémon Home and Manager Hiroshi.
When the two arrived at the store, Hiroshi was already open for business, and there was already a customer inside.
"Manager Hiroshi!"
The welcoming bell rang as the guests opened the door.
At the counter, Hiroshi raised his head.
"Welcome..."
"Hey, it's Director Hu and Chef Xiangling."
From the shadows near the ceiling, a deep, vibrating voice spoke out, startling Xiangling.
"The destroyer of walls returns. And she brings a cook. Interesting."
Zekrom hovered in the upper corner of the room, its red eyes glowing. It seemed the legendary dragon had decided to make its presence known to the customers today.
Before Xiangling could ask about the flying black dragon, the customer at the counter, who looked confused after asking for a price, turned around after hearing the newcomers arrive.
"Is it really the Millelith?" Hu Tao muttered as she pushed the door fully open.
Why did the Millelith come to visit Hiroshi's shop?
When this Millelith soldier turned around, Hu Tao was even more shocked.
"Captain Hongyi? Why are you here?"
Hongyi was a squad leader of the road patrol security team in the Millelith of Liyue Harbor.
In the Millelith, there are ranks like squad leader, squadron leader, and captain. Above the captain, there is the Chief Instructor.
It was Hongyi who had led the team to deal with the house collapse incident in the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor area earlier that morning.
Hongyi stood straight, holding his standard-issue White Tassel spear.
"Duty calls!"
"Because of your special pet, Director Hu, I had to come to the store to ask about it. We cannot have unregulated creatures destroying Liyue's architecture."
Hu Tao saw Hongyi leaning his weapon against the counter and holding a black-cased tablet-like device with both hands, looking rather cautious.
Apparently, Hongyi had just activated the Pokédex and extracted his initial Pokémon.
Hu Tao was suddenly curious. She stood up on her tiptoes and looked over Hongyi's shoulder.
She saw a strange Pokémon that looked like a loyal puppy on the screen.
The name shown on the Pokédex was:
[Growlithe]