This small shop had simple facilities, with only a few scattered shelves, on which there was nothing but a dense pile of Poké Dolls.

“Hey, hey, hey.”

Seeing that the girl in the hat seemed to be on the verge of falling asleep, Ash reached out and tapped her hat.

“Whoa!”

The girl's body jolted, and she suddenly stood up, only then realizing that someone had arrived. A wave of emotion almost turned into tears and flowed from her eyes. When she looked closely again and recognized the young man with the red and white baseball cap in front of her, she couldn't help but cover her face, her mouth forming a big ‘O’ shape.

“Oh my, isn't this my fellow townsman!?”

Ash was startled by her sudden movements. When he looked closely, it was indeed a familiar face. Long brown hair, bangs curled to both sides of her forehead, a pretty and cute face, and large words ‘dumbfounded’ flickering in her bright eyes. She was wearing a light blue vest and a red pleated skirt, looking youthful and vibrant, and she made a move as if to pounce on Ash.

She hadn't seen a living person for almost a week... Even if it were a dog, she'd want to hug it.

Ash quickly extended his palm and pressed down on her head, pinning her against the other side of the counter.

“Blue...?”

He remembered that when he and Gary were happily playing as children, a girl from the village always tried to meddle, disrupting their male bond. Indeed, women are truly troublesome.

“Eh eh eh eh?”

Blue, with her head pressed down, couldn't help but flail her arms wildly. A wild swing successfully hit Ash's nose, and he quickly squatted down, clutching his nose, clearly having suffered a considerable blow. The meeting of fellow townsmen in a foreign land is always so ardent and warm...

...

After the cordial meeting between fellow townsmen, Blue took off her sun hat and began to introduce herself to the two people behind her.

“Hello everyone! My name is Blue, Ash's cutest fellow townsman!”

“Oh, oh, I'm Misty, also the cutest beautiful girl.”

“Oh, oh, I'm Brock, also the strongest tough guy. By the way, why are you running a shop here?”

Upon hearing this, Blue suddenly frowned and rubbed her temples, clearly indicating that this experience was very unpleasant for her.

“The story starts with a group of Zubat...”

It turned out that six days ago, she was passing through Mt. Moon and heard that the mysterious and cute Pokémon, Clefairy, resided there. So she wanted to catch one, but she searched for a long time and couldn't find it.

“That's when I met another fellow townsman passing by, Gary.”

Upon hearing this, Ash instantly became agitated, standing up with a ‘whoosh,’ looking full of fighting spirit, almost to the point of tearing off his clothes.

“Ah, is that scoundrel Gary also on Mt. Moon? Where is he? I'm going to duel him!”

“No, no, don't rush, Gary has already run away...”

Blue pressed Ash down, and then she, on the contrary, stood up with a fighting spirit, clenching her small fists.

“Next time I see him, I'm going to duel him first!”

Ash: “???”

“He told me that as long as I sincerely ate vegetarian food and prayed for seven days on Mt. Moon, Clefairy would respond to heaven's call and come out to see me…” “And then I believed him…” “He also told me to stay put, and he would go to the adjacent Pewter City to buy me a bag of oranges…” “And I believed him again…”

Immediately, Brock and Misty looked at Ash speechless. Your fellow townsman, her mind seems to be a bit off… She's a match for you…

At this moment, Blue suddenly grabbed Ash's hand and righteously said:

“Ash, next time let's ambush Gary. Forget about dueling. You get the sack, and I'll hit his head with a rock, the kind where we hit and run!”

“Is that all you women can come up with? How utterly ridiculous.”

Ash, however, brushed her hand away and shouted:

“You get the sack, I'll do the hitting!”

Misty, Brock: “...”

The atmosphere, inexplicably, became harmonious...

...

Later, Blue temporarily stayed at this Clefairy shop, sincerely eating vegetarian food and praying for Clefairy to appear quickly. The owner of the Clefairy shop was a Mountaineer. Taking advantage of the tourist season, he invested all his savings into a large cart of Poké Dolls, planning to make a good profit. He happened to be short a person to sell goods, so he agreed to let Blue stay there to eat vegetarian food and pray.

As a result, the Zubat swarm rioted. The number was not the previous scale of 4 or 5; you had to add a zero to that. In an instant, the situation changed dramatically, and the tourist season turned into a danger warning. Not a single tourist dared to come to Mt. Moon, the boss lost all his capital, and he had even sold his underwear.

“Then the boss said he needed to dig up some Fossils in the mountains to pay off his debts, and he wanted me to look after the shop for a few days…” “And then I believed him again…”

The three of them: “...”

This girl, even if she were sold, she'd probably happily help others count the money, right? Such a jinx. Ash was even hesitating whether to just leave. He heard that jinxes' bad luck radiates outwards, and he was still the chosen one, so he didn't want to become a jinx himself.

“So, why are you still staying here?” Brock couldn't help but ask.

If the debt collectors came, they might think she was the Mountaineer's daughter and just take her away to pay the debt.

“Because tomorrow is the seventh day!”

At this moment, Blue suddenly stood up again, clenching her small fists, with a hint of indomitable spirit fighting against her tragic fate.

“I've been eating vegetarian food for six days; I won't leave without waiting for the seventh day! I refuse!”

The three of them: “...”

...

“However, what Gary said might actually be true…”

At this moment, Brock suddenly spoke up:

“Tomorrow is Monday, right? When I was little, I heard that on Monday nights, Mt. Moon always glows with a strange light. Perhaps it's Clefairy appearing.”

He had battled Gary once. The opponent's Pokémon training and battle style were both quite mature, completely different from Ash, who relied on unpredictable combat. As the grandson of the famous Professor Oak in the Kanto region, with such a family background, he probably wouldn't make baseless claims.

“So, when you first arrived, Blue, it happened to be Tuesday, and you missed Monday night, which is why Gary told you to wait for seven days.” Misty also reasoned.

Upon hearing this, Blue nodded frantically, her eyes immediately welling up with tears. Indeed, fellow townsmen would never lie!

Cerulean City, a high-end coffee shop.

A spiky-haired young man was leisurely drinking coffee, feeling happy after easily defeating the Cerulean Gym. Suddenly, he sneezed.

“Tsk tsk, caught a cold?”

He shook his head, and for some reason, he suddenly recalled something from several days ago, and couldn't help but burst into laughter, looking up at the sky.

“I wonder when that foolish girl Blue will realize I'm lying to her, haha, women's intelligence is just like that!”

They thought Gary was on the fifth floor. In reality, he was on the first floor!

At this moment, a word suddenly appeared in his mind.

“Idiot…”

“Hey, hey, hey, Green, did you sweet-talk someone today?”

Their smooth conversation clearly indicated that this was not their first communication.

“I'm just reminding you, if you're going to mess with anyone in the future, mess with that young man named Ash. Blue, don't go near her again…”

Green's voice sounded again, steady but with a hint of fluctuation.

“Blue? That stupid woman?”

Gary was stunned. Green, who was an invincible presence in his eyes, sounded a bit afraid of Blue?

“I'm really not afraid, but from that encounter, I already felt it. That woman Blue has also come to this world. This woman is not someone you can provoke…”

“I'm really not afraid…”

Green repeated.