Chapter 461: The Cautious Riolu

One week later.

In a garden in the town of Rota.

A petite little turtle with a shiny blue bald head was moving its short lower limbs and playing with a blue-black puppy of the same petite size.

"Squirtle, Squirtle~"

"Riolu~"

Coming to a bush full of flowers, the Riolu, which was playing with the Squirtle, stopped him.

"Squirtle?"

The Squirtle tilted its head with a silly expression, as if wondering why its little friend had stopped it.

It just wanted to go pick a flower?

The Riolu shook its head, its red eyes staring cautiously into the bush, as if there was some great terror inside.

Seeing the Riolu's expression, the silly Squirtle's body shook, and it shrank behind the Riolu in fear.

"Squirtle..."

The Riolu closed its eyes, calmed its heart, and extended its small paw with pink pads.

The black objects on its head that hung down like ears floated up against gravity.

An invisible Aura, slightly stronger than that of a Riolu of the same age, spread out.

The target of the Aura was the bush.

After repeatedly searching dozens of times with the Aura it wasn't very proficient in using yet, the Riolu finally confirmed that there was no danger in the bush and stepped aside slightly.

"Riolu."

"Squirtle!"

The Squirtle cheered, pulled the Riolu to the bush, and picked its favorite little flower.

All of this was seen by Su Hao not far away.

After leaving Rota Castle, Su Hao and the others were arranged in a hotel in the town.

The hotel environment was very good, comparable to a five-star hotel.

And it was one suite per person; after Su Hao's Aura investigation, there were no listening devices in the suite, and privacy was handled perfectly.

After completely settling down in the hotel, Su Hao released the Riolu, which had fallen into a deep sleep, from the Luxury Ball and placed it gently on the big bed in the hotel.

At the same time, the other Luxury Balls opened simultaneously, and from Diancie to Drakloak and Dreepy, they all gathered around the bed, curiously looking at the new member of the team.

Even Articuno couldn't bear the loneliness (?), turned into a shrunken form, stood on Su Hao's shoulder, and observed the Riolu's sleeping face.

After a while, the Riolu seemed to have slept enough and slowly opened its eyes.

At this time, several Pokémon that were fighting to get to know the new little brother in advance crowded up, ignoring the Riolu's slightly dilated pupils.

Among them, Incineroar looked the fiercest.

Just when Su Hao was afraid that they would scare the Riolu, the Riolu suddenly turned over and blocked in front of Su Hao.

Seeing the Riolu's petite figure, which was clearly still trembling but still blocking in front of him, Su Hao felt a warmth in his heart.

Even though it was still afraid, it still wanted to protect me.

Su Hao ignored the Riolu's surprised expression, picked it up, held it in his arms, and stroked its somewhat frizzy fur.

He said softly: "Don't be nervous, these are all our family, your brothers and sisters."

The Riolu stared fixedly at the few in front of it—Pokémon that were extremely tall to it, except for Diancie and Dreepy—and tried hard to understand Su Hao's meaning.

Family, brothers and sisters?

Seeing that the Riolu gradually had no resistance to Diancie and the others, Su Hao held the Riolu and introduced them one by one.

"This is sister Diancie."

Diancie suppressed the urge to stroke the Riolu's fur and nodded very kindly.

"This is brother Incineroar."

Incineroar tried hard to shrink its tall figure and controlled its face to reveal a smile it thought was very kind.

However, from the Riolu's perspective, Incineroar was like this.

A large black-red tiger with a huge face twitched its facial muscles, revealing sharp teeth, and pulled out an evil and fierce smile...

Su Hao could clearly feel the two small paws the Riolu had on his arm tighten slightly, and he awkwardly smoothed things over for the petrified Incineroar: "Your brother Incineroar just looks a bit fierce... he is very kind."

Then, Su Hao continued to introduce: "This is sister Milotic."

"Fuu~"

Milotic was bolder than Diancie and Incineroar, leaned over directly, and rubbed its head against the Riolu.

"This is brother Drakloak and brother Dreepy."

Drakloak took Dreepy and circled in front of the Riolu, occasionally making funny expressions, making the Riolu giggle.

"Finally, you have a brother Braviary who is currently outside, and this is uncle/aunt Articuno."

Articuno flew up following Su Hao's voice, enlarged its body slightly in front of the Riolu, and nodded gently.

The first one to call Articuno uncle/aunt was Diancie.

Because Articuno said it was a god and didn't distinguish between male and female.

Hearing this, Diancie called it that way.

It was both uncle and aunt.

After the Riolu met Diancie and the others, it clearly started to get sleepy again. ===== CHAPTER 462 =====