Dawn of Pokémon

June 24th, the fourth day of the Quartz League competition.

Ten o'clock in the morning, sub-venue A, grass battle venue.

An old man dressed in black sat in the front row of the auditorium, his face serious as if he was about to fight.Unfortunately, his attire completely ruined his momentum, making everyone around him uninterested in watching the game, and all looked away as if nothing had happened.

The old man was not only wearing a thick long windbreaker, but also a hat, sunglasses and a mask. He should have been unbearable from the heat long ago, but miraculously he did not break out a drop of sweat.There is a support headband tied on his hat, with pink LOVE written all over it comically - he doesn't tie it directly on his head, probably because he is afraid that the brim of the hat will block the love.There was also a long banner hanging in front of the old man, with the names of the two contestants prominently printed in cursive letters. The whole style seemed to be risking his life and integrity to support him.

The curly calligraphy contestant standing on the field was moved by his grandfather's warm love, but at the same time he was so embarrassed that he wanted to cry under the strange gazes of others. He didn't know what expression to put on for a moment.

Why would Xiaoling like her grandfather’s ghostly thoughts?I really think it would be great to just sit in the audience and cheer like I did yesterday, really!

Xiaojie, who was also wearing a black windbreaker but was sweating profusely due to the heat, said that he no longer believed that the twins had a tacit understanding.

As an expert at naming the Canglong Fang, Xia Yang Yuanzheng naturally refused to miss the opportunity to come up with codenames for his grandchildren.The codenames of their brother and sister, "Xingguang" and "May Rain", are derived from the names of a pair of double spears preserved by the Xia Yang family - it is said that they were the weapons of a famous general of the Xia Yang family in ancient times, two long guns and one large spear. A small one, with almost the same shape and style. It is a precious cultural relic that can be written into textbooks.

In addition, Yuan Zheng also explained to the two of them at length the beautiful meanings contained in the words and the various expectations placed on them, such as "the body is like a rainbow and the movement is like drizzle". The posture of quoting scriptures was not like a retired soldier, but more like The retired professor was afraid that his two children would not buy his account.

Fortunately, unlike their father, the golden retriever siblings never quarrel with their elders and don't care what their codenames are.It was a good thing for them to save their brains from thinking about code names, so they both happily took out the illustrated book on the spot and entered the second name given by their grandfather into the identity protection information.

And they all said that their dear grandfather was much better at naming than their father - look at the names their father gave them, "Jie" and "Ling", they were so stupid.

So, under the loving gaze of his grandfather, the newly-minted Xingguang player strutted onto the field.Although he felt from the bottom of his heart that if Marshal Lieyang hadn't suddenly thought of turning into a fanatical fan in the third round, he could still be more proud.

Unfortunately, in order to make his grandfather and sister happy, he had no choice but to endure it.

After the game started, passers-by finally had no intention of paying attention to the fancy clothes of the people around them.Although both sides were unknown, it was an unexpectedly fierce battle.

"Naughty thunder bomb, the final rolling attack!"

As the girl's spirited voice sounded, the battle field was filled with a loud rumbling sound and a light effect that could blind people's eyes.When the offensive, which was called rolling but actually looked more like a big explosion, ended, Xiaojie looked at the Thunder Beast that had fallen to the ground and couldn't help but blink twice.

The naughty thunder bomb that exploded with all its power also seemed to be seriously injured. At first glance, it looked no different from using a big explosion.But the girl with black hair and red eyes smiled leisurely and contentedly, her face full of pride.

"Good_shot! Naughty Thunderbolt!" The girl praised her Pokémon enthusiastically, causing the ball-shaped Pokémon to start rolling around with joy.

Taking back the unconscious Thunder Beast, Xiaojie played with the Poké Ball thoughtfully.Rolling isn't such an explosive move, is it?But Naughty Thunder Bomb still has consciousness, so it can't be a big explosion.and……

At the end of the attack, did the speed of the naughty thunder bullet suddenly increase?

However, despite being preemptively won the game, Xiaojie and Yuan Zheng sitting in the audience were not worried.Thunderbolt is a Pokémon that Xiaojie conquered in the Land Beyond. It hasn't been in the team long enough, and its strength is only at the bottom of the team.It was sent out in the starting lineup only for training purposes rather than for victory. Since the opponent was very powerful, Xiaojie was also willing to show his full strength.

"Metal monster."

The dark blue Steel Pokémon appeared from the ball following Gon's call and floated next to the trainer.The girl on the opposite side was not nervous at all because her opponent was a rare and difficult Pokémon. Instead, she threw the red and white balls even more excitedly.

"Fireblast, we've arrived at your home court! Steel and other things are no threat at all in front of flames!"

The tall flame monster looked up to the sky and roared in response to its trainer.

Gon's opponent is named Fukoguchi, who is ten years old this year. Like Gon, he is a new trainer who has just embarked on his journey.Despite this, this energetic girl did not feel nervous at all when she stepped onto the grand stage for the first time, and she was obviously enjoying the battle with her Pokémon - these fearless young people are always indispensable in the Quartz League every year. human existence.

After the signal to start the game was given, Xiaojie immediately issued the instruction, "Sandstorm!"

The metal monster's eyes shone brightly, and yellow sand rose from the ground, covering the entire battlefield.The camera in the field immediately switched to a close-up view of the interior of the sandstorm, and Fengzi paid no attention to the changes in the weather and gave the attack command directly, "Fire Beast, turn on the flame wheel and rush over!"

The fire beast was covered in fire and rushed into the sandstorm.It originally thought that the metal monster was no longer where it was. When it rushed closer, it discovered that its opponent was still staying there. It immediately roared and pounced on it with high-temperature flames.

"Bullet punch." The blond boy's eyes were very bright, almost casting a layer of blurred fluorescence on the black sunglasses.

Silver-gray energy wrapped around the metal monster's arm, turning into a rushing fist shadow, facing the blazing flame wheel.

Fuuko could hear the opponent's trainer's voice amplified by the loudspeaker.She didn't think that a mere bullet punch could deal with the fire attack of her Fire Beast, but after she finished speaking, the Fire Beast's cry of pain and the subsequent sound of falling to the ground came from the sandstorm.Fengzi, who couldn't see through the dust with the naked eye, felt confused, but through the cameras installed inside the venue, all the spectators could clearly see what had just happened.

The metal monster's bullet punch was not aimed at the fire beast's body, but at its forelimbs that landed on the ground while running.The Bullet Punch, known as a preemptive move, is launched very fast, enough to hit the Fire Beast before it enters the attack range but before it hits the Metal Monster itself.The fire beast's center of gravity was unstable and most of its attack power was immediately lost, and it stumbled and fell into the soft grass.

However, the performance of Metal Monster still surprised the audience.The faster the weapon, the harder it is to control, and the same is true for the moves. It is difficult to accurately hit a certain point with an attack like the bullet punch, not to mention that the opponent is still running.Rather than saying it was intentional, the audience is more willing to believe that this is a coincidence.

After the fire beast fell down, the metal monster immediately rushed up, and its sharp claws were about to swing down at the back of the opponent's head.At this time, Fengzi, who should not have been able to see the situation on the field, suddenly shouted: "Puff smoke!"

The flames behind the fire beast suddenly swelled, and the raging fire spread to the surroundings. The metal monster was almost caught in it, and was burned on the outside and tender on the inside.

Xiaojie looked in the direction of the trainer's seat opposite with some surprise.Training in the Heart Eye School since childhood made his eyesight far better than ordinary people. Through the yellow sand in the sky, he could vaguely see the not tall girl standing upright and still seeming to be smiling.

Is it a coincidence?Or can you communicate with the Pokémon's mind to the point of sensing the Pokémon's crisis?

However, for Xiaojie, there is no need to speculate on the opponent's thoughts for the time being. His tactics have been successfully launched - the leaping fire beast looked around in the flames and suspiciously found that the metal monster had disappeared.

Pokémon's senses are much sharper than humans, and sandstorms cannot completely block their perception of the outside world.Therefore, after noticing that the metal monster disappeared within its sight and hearing range, the fire beast even suspected that the metal monster had escaped from the battle.

The next moment, the incoming attack interrupted its thoughts.The shadow ball came from nowhere and hit its feet hard. If it hadn't reacted quickly enough, the blow would have hit its head directly.

The stormy attack also began.The dark energy balls danced in complex trajectories, making it impossible for the fire beast to determine where the enemy was; and random dodging could not dodge all attacks, and it soon became scarred.Fengzi, whose sight was blocked by the sandstorm, was helpless. She only knew that her partner was being attacked constantly, and she could never find a trace of the enemy.Under her command, the fire beast even swept the entire place with dense high-speed stars, but still did not touch a single hair of the metal monster.

Unlike trainers who were at a loss, the multi-angle live broadcast on the big screen made it clear to the audience what was happening.

The metal monster is indeed not "on the field" in the usual sense - it is flying high in the sky, and the audience sitting on the bottom can only see a blur of dark blue.

Pokémon's weather moves are different from real natural phenomena.Take sandstorms as an example. The range that most Pokémon's sandstorms can maintain is not very large. Covering the entire area with sandstorms like Metal Monster is the most common level.The closer you get to the core, the denser the dust becomes. If you retreat to the auditorium, the dust is so thin that it hardly blocks people's sight.From a distance, the sandstorm move looks like a ball of surging sand balls, and the metal monster is located at the very edge of the "sand ball", tens of meters above the air.

Although Fireblast is a Pokémon with sharp ears and eyes, its perception is far from strong enough to be able to directly see through sandstorms.What the metal monster on the edge of the sandstorm did was actually very straightforward - its eyes emitted a brilliant blue light, and shadow balls continued to emit, spinning and flying under the control of super powers until they fell on the fire beast.

It sounds simple, but in practice it is nearly impossible.It's not easy to make moves that can attack dozens of meters away, let alone use super powers to control them to move forward in various complicated trajectories without losing their accuracy.If it were Metagross that was fighting at this time, maybe the audience's mouths wouldn't be so wide open, because Metagross already has super computing power and is good at precise control; but its pre-evolved form was a metal monster. They don't have brains as developed as Metagross, and most of them are still accustomed to the rampaging fighting style of the iron dumbbell era. This strategic air-to-ground precision strike seems a bit shocking when placed on a metal monster.

There is no doubt that if the fire beast and its trainer continue to be helpless, it will soon be knocked down by a series of shadow balls.However, as if to refute this idea that emerged in the hearts of the audience, the ground suddenly shook.

Xiaojie watched helplessly as the fire beast ignored the attack of the shadow ball and hit the ground with its head covered in flames almost desperately, burning the soft grass battle field into scorched earth.After this inexplicable blow ended, its trainer girl seemed to understand something and confidently shouted out the next instruction.

"Fireblast, start the [internal combustion engine], fly!"

The flame monster let out a high-pitched roar, and all the scorching energy was released in one breath.The fire behind it suddenly erupted, and the huge impact carried it into the air, rushing into the sky like a dazzling rocket.The misty yellow sand passed quickly in its eyes, and as the azure blue of the clear sky came into its eyes, its sharp gaze captured the prey wearing steel armor.

Amidst the exclamations of countless spectators, Xiaojie looked at the fiery beast in mid-air, covered in flames like a demon, and not surprisingly, one of his guesses came true.

It really came.

The girl with black hair and red eyes heard the exclamations from the audience from all directions.She took a deep breath of enjoyment and smiled even more cheerfully.

Shortly after setting off on her trip, she accidentally discovered a special energy-using technique in a big explosion caused by a fireball rat.In her mode named "Internal Combustion Engine", the Pokémon's energy will be ignited like a flame, bursting out with powerful lethality in a very short period of time.

Of course, the weaknesses of this way of using energy are also obvious.Its essence is actually a technique that emits all the energy in an instant similar to a "big explosion". It has more explosive power but less endurance. Failure to achieve success in one blow means defeat.In the Quartz League, such a desperate Saburo style of play is undoubtedly a gamble, but Fengzi enjoys this gamble from the bottom of his heart.

Since the high-speed stars have swept the entire field without gaining anything, it means that the opponent is not on the field.Well, it's either underground or in heaven.

If the opponent is underground, just knock it out; if it's in the sky, the fire beast can also rely on its complacent flames to give wings to it, so what if it's a big gamble?

Fengzi gathered his hands and shouted to the sky, "Firestorm Beast, use all your strength and rush over!"

The fire beast's eyes were red, and the last flames burst out from its body without reservation.The flames behind it were like a jet, propelling it to complete an astonishing change of direction in the air, and hit the metal monster with determination like a bolide.

The sandstorm surrounding the entire site has gradually dissipated.Xiaojie could clearly see the speed of the fire beast's attack, and understood that the metal monster could no longer dodge this move. At the same time, he also "saw" the metal monster showing a look similar to its rampaging childhood. .

The young man smiled and calmly changed his instructions about exiting.

"Metal monster, mind hammer!"

The rich blue light converged on the metal monster's steel armor and collided head-on with the bolide.The loud explosion almost spread throughout the venue area of ​​the contestant village. After a while, the rising black smoke gradually dissipated, revealing the appearance of two participating Pokémon.

The unconscious fire beast was covered in injuries and lay limply on the metal monster.The dark blue Steel Pokémon was also scarred, but it still flew smoothly, carrying the Firestorm beast down from the high altitude little by little, and landed on the soft grass.

"Ah... now I have to say thank you after the game." The girl with black hair and red eyes murmured to herself, scratching her hair, taking back the fire beast without any discouragement, and picked up the next elf ball. The eager light refuses to go out at all.

Xiaojie held on to his hat, which was shaken askew in the shock wave of the explosion, and raised a smile.He felt that his brain was still extremely clear and calm, but his heart was beating fiercely.

He originally thought that he was used to the fierce confrontations between trainers from various schools by his mother's side, but when he stepped onto the Quartz Plateau in person and participated in the battle with a Poké Ball in hand, he still experienced the endless freshness and excitement.The blood of a fighter inherited from Utsunomiya Sara is flowing hotly, and a certain idea is deeply ingrained in the mind of the young Xia Yang.

I want to win; I want to stay in this arena until the last moment; I want to see its last scenery——

This is exactly what all free trainers yearn for.

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Xiaoye didn't go to watch Xiaojie's heart-pounding duel.

Her third round was at two o'clock in the afternoon, and she finally did not continue the previous curse of the non-Emirates.Since the opponent this time was a very powerful academic trainer, Xiaoye took the Pokémon to the surrounding mountainous open spaces early in the morning to practice tactics, and did not end the training until noon and return to the player village.

Seeing that it was getting late, Xiaoye handed the Pokémon to Miss Joy to recover from fatigue and then went straight to the dormitory, wanting to take a shower before eating.As soon as she walked onto the third floor where her dormitory was located, her steps suddenly paused.

Several boys and girls were walking from the other side of the corridor talking and laughing.Xiaoye glanced at them silently and continued to move forward without revealing anything strange, but her mind was completely focused on the malicious wave that appeared in her room.

She used the door card to open the electronic lock as usual, walked into the house, and then closed the door.The moment the wooden door completely cut off the air inside and outside the house, the transparent muzzle of the light-sucking gun was already pressed against Xiaoye's neck.

The crystal-like weapon flows slowly like a living thing, which is terrifying.The young man wearing it put one hand by Xiaoye's ear and bowed slightly. Xiaoye could almost feel the cold breath on her forehead.

The young man grinned and showed a twisted smile.

"Long time no see, my old acquaintance~"