Eve Leah watched Lu Li, who had climbed up from the ground, with a subtle look in her eyes.
Just now, when Lu Li had suddenly clutched his head and screamed in pain, she had instinctively thought that he was trying to fake an injury and extort this demon beast.
But considering that Lord Demon Beast was practically omnipotent, Eve Leah quickly threw that absurd thought out of her mind.
“Was that Aromatherapy just now?” Lu Li asked curiously.
Indeedee nodded.
It had noticed that there was something unusual about this fake human. He actually knew a great deal of knowledge that should not exist in this world.
Seeing how well Lu Li understood Pokémon, Indeedee also began to hesitate.
The reason it forcibly kept everyone inside the hotel was, on one hand, because it liked taking care of people. Even if these people were fake humans, it was still willing to care for them like pets.
On the other hand, it was for positive emotions. It fed by absorbing the energy of positive emotions, but this world was far too sorrowful. It had visited many places in the city, but there was hardly any positive emotion to absorb in the settlements where these fake humans gathered.
That was why it had chosen to start its own business, forcibly keeping every survivor who came to the hotel. In Indeedee’s view, as long as these people had no worries about food or clothing, they would become happy.
But after these past few days, Indeedee discovered that although the people here had somewhat more positive emotions than those elsewhere, it was still very little, barely enough even to fill its stomach.
So Indeedee wanted to find more people to take care of, but being kindhearted, it could not bear to forcibly capture people and bring them here. After all, those people had their own friends and families.
Today, another group had come to the hotel.
But that group seemed to have come to the hotel in search of food. In Indeedee’s eyes, these poor children who could not find food belonged to the sort who needed to be forcibly taken care of.
That was why it had forcibly kept them here and even arranged rooms for them on the sixth floor.
Yes.
After keeping busy for the past two days, it had filled every room from the third to the sixth floors of the hotel with people.
The fact that Indeedee could learn Aromatherapy was enough to show that it was very peace-loving and highly skilled at caring for other living creatures.
More importantly, Indeedee’s level was definitely not low.
Although Indeedee was not good at battling, it could practically do everything when it came to daily life, and it was probably the highest-level Pokémon near the shopping mall—at the very least, it was the highest-level Pokémon Lu Li had encountered so far.
“Indeedee, there are still a lot of people back at our camp who need us to take care of them. Could you let me take my companions back?” Lu Li pleaded sincerely.
Indeedee used its psychic power to conjure up a drawing board and a pen.
(They were conjured by psychic power, brought over from somewhere else using a move.)
Indeedee quickly drew a new picture on the board.
After finishing, Indeedee handed the drawing board to Lu Li.
The general meaning of the picture was that Lu Li should bring everyone from the camp over, and it could take care of all of them.
To be honest, for one brief moment, Lu Li was tempted.
After all, living was living no matter where they did it. With Indeedee here to back them up, they would definitely be able to live much more peacefully in this apocalypse.
But Indeedee would restrict his freedom, and Indeedee was not good at fighting. If the people from the camp moved into the hotel, what would happen if Mimikyu followed them here?
One fed on positive emotions, while the other fed on negative emotions.
If these two Pokémon met, the chances of them living together harmoniously were not high, even though both Mimikyu and Indeedee were fundamentally inclined toward being good and orderly.
“That won’t work. There’s a Mimikyu at our camp. If we come over, it’ll follow us here too.” Lu Li decisively brought out Mimikyu as his trump card.
Indeedee became conflicted upon hearing this.
It was not good at battling, and Mimikyu was a Ghost-type Pokémon capable of appearing and disappearing unpredictably.
If that disaster-bringer was lured into the hotel, then forget positive emotions, the entire hotel would probably be engulfed in fear.
Seeing that the other party was already wavering, Lu Li hurriedly pressed his advantage. “Indeedee, you can’t possibly take care of too many people. Besides, our camp isn’t far from here. When you have nothing else to do, you can always come over and visit. We’d still be very happy to welcome you.”
It was rare for him to encounter a Psychic-type Pokémon that he could communicate with normally, so Lu Li also wanted to take this opportunity to properly learn about the habits of these Pokémon.
For now, one thing was certain: Indeedee could accurately understand the meaning of his words, which means that the main obstacle to communication between the two sides lies with him.
But Indeedee knew how to draw, so it could use pictures to express what it meant.
“Indeedee”
Indeedee sighed, then picked up the drawing board and began drawing again.
A moment later.
Indeedee handed the picture to Lu Li.
The general meaning of the picture was that it was willing to let Jun Shutong and the others go, and it also said that if Lu Li ever encountered danger, he could come stay here.
Indeedee had specifically marked on the picture that this invitation was limited to Lu Li alone.
From this alone, it was not difficult to see that Indeedee was still very wary of Mimikyu.
Lu Li hurriedly thanked it. “Thank you so much, Indeedee.”
Indeedee nodded, then gestured for Lu Li to follow it.
After leaving the room, Indeedee took Lu Li to the sixth floor using Teleport.
“Indeedee”
Indeedee pointed reluctantly toward the hotel corridor, signaling Lu Li to hurry up and take the others away.
In truth, it was quite reluctant to part with Jun Shutong and the others, because the positive emotions coming from Jun Shutong’s group were very rich, both in quality and quantity, far surpassing those of the other people in the hotel.
If it were not for the fact that Jun Shutong and the others lived in the mall, and that Lu Li had said it could visit the camp whenever it had free time, it definitely would not have let these people go.
No matter how kindhearted it was, it could not just go hungry.
Afraid that Indeedee might change its mind, Lu Li hurriedly knocked on doors and called everyone out. Huang Jiafei was in the first room. This kid really was chronically unlucky.
He could even be considered the only person in the camp who had been captured by Pokémon twice.
Lu Li found Jun Shutong in the last room.
When Jun Shutong opened the door and saw Lu Li, her first reaction was, “It’s over. Lu Li got captured too.”
But she quickly realized something was wrong.
If Lu Li had been captured, then why was that demon beast letting him stay in the same room as her? Before this, everyone had been placed in separate rooms.
“Lu Li, did that demon beast capture you too?” Jun Shutong asked anxiously.
Lu Li hurriedly shook his head and explained, “I’ve already reached an understanding with that demon beast. It’s willing to let us go back.”
Lu Li chose to conceal the fact that Indeedee was willing to take in the other people from the camp.
After all, because he had proposed the sacrifice plan, his reputation in the camp was already not very good. If this matter were discovered too, then everyone in the camp would probably be calling for his head.
For everyone else, being “confined” in the hotel by Indeedee would definitely be a good thing.
But as someone who benefited from the camp’s existence, Lu Li could not possibly let the people in the camp move into the hotel.
More importantly, Indeedee had already made it clear that it did not want to come into conflict with Mimikyu. If he handed the camp’s people over to Indeedee at this point, Indeedee might accept them out of kindness.
But what about the consequences?
Mimikyu was at least Level 30, while Indeedee was at least Level 40. Even an ordinary Caterpie could cause that much destruction, so the destructive power of Pokémon at such high levels was easy to imagine.
Lu Li even suspected that the shockwaves from a fight between these two Pokémon would be enough to reduce the shopping mall to ruins.
Besides, power, at its core, came down to how many people you could command.
Having more people placed greater pressure on the camp, but at least it meant he did not need to go out every day and risk his life searching for food. He only needed to stay in the camp and could eat ready-made meals.
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