“Next, it’s time to witness a miracle.”
Mu Li took their luggage from Lucario and placed it with Zhang Xiaoyang’s luggage.
“Are you really going to perform magic?” Zhang Xiaoyang looked at Mu Li in surprise. “I thought you were just tricking Director Xi Xi.”
Xi Xi’s mouth twitched. He wanted to complain but ultimately remained silent.
Mu Li smiled mysteriously: “Director Xi Xi, they all think you’ve been tricked, but you believe me. For your trust, I must successfully perform this magic trick.”
Before he finished speaking, Mu Li stood on tiptoe and looked around, spotting a large black cloth tucked under a staff member’s backside: “Excuse me, could I borrow that black cloth?”
With the help of Zhang Xiaoyang and the other two, Mu Li quickly covered the luggage with the black cloth.
“Alright, the preparations are complete.” Mu Li pointed to the luggage covered by the black cloth, spread his hands, indicating that he had nothing in them.
With that, he walked to the side of the black cloth and carefully rubbed his hands together.
“Watch closely, don’t blink,” Mu Li said seriously. “I’ll count to three, and this luggage will disappear. Look carefully.”
Everyone’s eyes widened. Several staff members were already circling the black cloth, surrounding it and Mu Li 360 degrees, and even the aerial camera was ready.
“Okay, 3…”
“2…”
“1…”
Mu Li suddenly snapped his fingers, and the previously bulging black cloth directly fell to the ground, spreading out completely.
“??” Everyone’s eyes were about to pop out.
Xi Xi immediately rushed forward, pulled away the black cloth, and found nothing under it but the concrete ground. The pile of luggage, which had been like a small mountain, had completely disappeared.
“It’s really gone?” Xi Xi kept rummaging through the black cloth, seemingly trying to find the luggage within it.
Mu Li spread his hands, shrugged helplessly, and a mischievous smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
“Where did that luggage go?” Xi Xi quickly asked, “Was it really sent to the Mushroom House?”
Xi Xi even took out his phone to contact the filming crew at the Mushroom House.
The answer he received was, of course—no.
“Nothing appeared!”
Xi Xi asked somewhat confused: “Didn’t you say it was teleported? Why wasn’t it teleported?”
Mu Li couldn’t help but roll his eyes and said grumpily: “Brother, you really think it’s instant transmission, huh? I don’t even know where this Mushroom House is, so how would I know where to teleport it? Once you take me there, the luggage will naturally appear.”
A look of confusion appeared on Xi Xi’s face again: “Why do I feel like this process isn’t quite right?”
“What’s not right about it?” Mu Li questioned. “What did I say? Didn’t I say I could make our luggage appear at our destination?”
Xi Xi nodded blankly.
“So, the luggage disappeared here, and then it will appear at our Mushroom House later—isn’t that the entire process of this magic trick?”
Xi Xi continued to nod blankly.
“So, let’s go.”
Xi Xi continued to nod.
After leaving the airport, the four people got into a car prepared by the production team.
Once in the car, everyone except Mu Li breathed a sigh of relief. The weather outside was too hot; only the car seemed somewhat cool.
Mu Li and Zhang Xiaofeng sat in the back seat. When Zhang Xiaofeng got in, she accidentally touched Mu Li’s arm.
“Ah! So cold!” Zhang Xiaofeng couldn’t help but exclaim.
“What’s wrong?” Zhang Xiaoyang turned his head to the back seat, thinking something was amiss.
“Nothing.” Zhang Xiaofeng said a little awkwardly, “It’s just that A Li is so cold.”
“Oh, oh.” Zhang Xiaoyang didn’t pay it any mind and turned back, ready to drive to the Mushroom House.
Zhang Xiaofeng, however, was a bit curious and asked in a low voice: “A Li, why are you so cold?”
“Shhh…” Mu Li placed an index finger on his lips, carefully pointing downwards. A purple, chubby figure gradually emerged from under the seat.
“Ah…” Zhang Xiaofeng was about to scream, but in the next second, she covered her mouth, her big eyes widening even further.
Gengar greeted them, then submerged back into the shadows.
Zhang Xiaofeng recovered and whispered: “Was that Gengar?”
Mu Li smiled and nodded.
Zhang Xiaofeng’s eyes lit up, and she suddenly realized: “So, that magic trick just now was also him?”
“That’s right.” Mu Li nodded, whispering, “Don’t tell them yet. We’ll tell them after the magic trick is done.”
Zhang Xiaofeng’s eyes curved into two crescent moons as she smiled.
This time, the Mushroom House was in a small fishing village by the sea, about an hour’s drive away.
On the way, the three of them took the opportunity to rest, but only Zhang Xiaoyang, who was driving, couldn’t rest.
The four stopped at a rest stop for a while, and by the time they reached the Mushroom House, it was already two in the afternoon.
“Wow! It’s the ocean!” As soon as they got out of the car, a stunning azure blue appeared before their eyes, stretching endlessly until it disappeared at the horizon.
“Everyone, come out and play!” Zhang Xiaofeng released her Pokémon. Besides Kirlia, whom they had just seen, Zhang Xiaofeng also had a small Eevee.
“You guys come out too.” Peng Xiaochang also released his Pokémon, a Lucario and a Pikachu appearing before him.
“And my little friend.” Zhang Xiaoyang released a Gogoat.
Mu Li kept Tapu Fini in its Poké Ball and released all his other Pokémon.
Togekiss, Arcanine, Gardevoir, Jigglypuff, Sylveon, and Golden Magikarp all appeared before everyone at once.
“Wow, it’s Gardevoir and Arcanine!” Zhang Xiaofeng exclaimed.
Zhang Xiaoyang was also surprised by this pile of Pokémon: “This is the first time I’ve seen someone other than a Pokémon Trainer carry so many Pokémon with them.”
Peng Xiaochang immediately spotted Togekiss, his excitement evident: “Sister, sister, that’s Togekiss!”
“Huh? Togekiss?” Zhang Xiaofeng hadn’t reacted yet, but soon she seemed to have an epiphany, “Ah! It’s Togekiss.”
“Togekiss? What Togekiss?” Zhang Xiaoyang clearly knew very little about Pokémon.
Peng Xiaochang quickly explained: “That’s a very rare Pokémon. Legend says that people who see Togekiss will have their wishes granted. Two days ago, a Togekiss streamed on Kuaoyin, attracting tens of millions of people to make wishes.”
Peng Xiaochang also reacted, looking at Mu Li in disbelief, and tentatively asked: “A Li, this Togekiss wouldn’t happen to be that one, would it?”
Mu Li nodded: “That’s right, it was in my live stream.”
“Wow!!” Peng Xiaochang was incredibly excited. He walked curiously to Togekiss and asked, “A Li, can I touch him?”
“It’s fine, go ahead and touch him.” Mu Li didn’t refuse, but he also knew that Togekiss wasn’t that easy to get close to. Like Gardevoir, he could sense the good and bad in people’s hearts.
He would only befriend kind-hearted people. As for those with evil intentions who tried to approach him, Togekiss would even directly retaliate.
Togekiss clearly liked Peng Xiaochang very much, letting Peng Xiaochang stroke his head.
“Wow, I touched Togekiss! I’m not washing my hands today!” Peng Xiaochang jumped up excitedly.
Zhang Xiaofeng was nearby, clearly wanting to approach as well, but seemed a bit nervous.
Togekiss seemed to notice Zhang Xiaofeng’s nervousness and actually walked up to Zhang Xiaofeng, rubbing against her arm.
Zhang Xiaoyang also tried to touch Togekiss’s wing and was not rejected by Togekiss.
“It seems he really likes you all.” Mu Li said with a smile, then turned to Togekiss and said, “Go play, but don’t go too wild, and remember to come back.”
“Chuu chuu!” Togekiss cried out excitedly, flapped his wings, and the next moment, disappeared directly into the sky.
“Such fast speed!” Zhang Xiaofeng couldn’t help but exclaim.
Mu Li smiled and said: “This little guy has been following me in his Poké Ball recently, and he hasn’t flown so freely in the wild for a while.”
“That’s so nice!” A hint of longing appeared in Zhang Xiaofeng’s eyes.
“Sister Xiaofeng, if you want, when he comes back later, let him carry you up to play in the sky. Togekiss’s back is very stable,” Mu Li suggested.
“Really? Won’t it be too much trouble for Togekiss?” Zhang Xiaofeng was still a bit shy.
“It’s fine.” Mu Li smiled. “Don’t let Togekiss’s small stature fool you, he can easily carry two or three people.”
With that, Mu Li looked at the other Pokémon: “You all go out and play too.”
Arcanine barked excitedly after hearing this, then jumped directly into the sea.
Mu Li couldn’t help but twitch his mouth: “This dog is clearly a Fire-type, so why does he love water so much?”
However, except for Growlithe and Togekiss, the remaining three Pokémon stayed by Mu Li’s side.
Jigglypuff directly bounced onto Mu Li’s head, felt the coolness brought by Gengar, and instantly sighed in relief, collapsing on Mu Li’s head.
Gardevoir seemed interested in Zhang Xiaofeng’s Kirlia and was curiously observing Kirlia.
As for Golden Magikarp, he was enveloped by a ball of water by Gardevoir, floating in mid-air like a water balloon.
“Let’s go too!”
After arranging where the Pokémon would go, the four people, leading a group of Pokémon, walked along the coast to a house by the sea.
This property consisted of three houses. The house facing the sea had two stories: the first floor was a living room and one bedroom, and the second floor had bedrooms. To the left and right of this house were two other houses. The house on the left was a single-story bedroom, and the house on the right had a kitchen on the first floor and some flowers and plants planted upstairs.
The perimeter of the house was surrounded by a fence enclosing the entire yard.
“It’s so beautiful!” Zhang Xiaofeng couldn’t help but exclaim.
“It looks great.” Mu Li also felt a bit emotional. Having such a small house by the sea seemed quite nice.
As the four of them just walked into the yard, they saw two yellow Shiba Inus run out of the house.
“It’s Little H and Little O!”
The two little dogs continuously circled around the four people’s feet, their tails wagging so fast they were almost like windmills.
“This is the filming location for this season—the Seaside Mushroom House.”