Dawn of Pokémon

June 26, early morning.

The sunlight seeping through the gaps in the curtains shone on the face of the gray-haired boy.He sat up in a daze, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw his roommate standing by the window smiling at him.

"Good morning, Yang Zhen."

The young man sat blankly for a moment, his eyes widening little by little, and finally turned into an angry look.

"Who asked you to clean the house while I was sleeping?"

Xiaoye was stunned by the other party's yelling, and looked at the broom in her hand blankly, "H-I'm sorry, did I disturb you? I was careful not to make any noise..."

"I'm not afraid of noise! ​​That's not the problem, okay!"

Xiaoye was confused for a moment before she finally realized and explained seriously, "Didn't I agree before that as a thank you, I will be responsible for cleaning up during the game - it doesn't matter, I won't leave the job to you." Xiaoye nodded understandingly as she spoke.Yangzhen always gets angry every time this topic is brought up. He obviously hates cleaning. He must be unhappy because he saw the broom as soon as he got up and is afraid that he will be dragged to sweep the floor.

Yang Zhen: "Who wants you to clean it? Put it down! That's mine!!"

Xiaoye: "...Huh? But we can't take the cleaning tools of the Pokémon Center as our own, we will be fined..."

Yang Zhen: "...*￥@*#&%!!"

After finishing washing, Xiaoye walked out of the dormitory, stood in front of the window in the corridor and took a deep breath of fresh air. She felt that today's morning was as happy and peaceful as ever.

The two of them went downstairs one after another and came to the restaurant of the Pokémon Center.Perhaps because today was an off-game day, there were not many people in the breakfast area, so Xiaoye and Yangzhen saw a few familiar people at a glance.

"Morning." Kiriha waved with a smile. Kyouji Kusama was sitting next to him, nodding to the two people who entered the restaurant.Xiaotian, who was wearing a black windbreaker, and his father Xinghai were sitting at the next table, eating quietly, while the golden retriever brother and sister were still wandering around the dining area, dragging Bai Lan who happened to be passing by, and seemed to be chatting about something.

In fact, the top [-] players are not very familiar with each other. Before this, they were all operating in their own small circles.Thanks to yesterday's terrorist attack, the nine people who fought side by side all developed some kind of revolutionary friendship. Even the most introverted Saki Akita was forced to have a few words by Xiaoling.

Xiao Ye took the dinner plate and saw a piece of golden coming towards her. She responded to Xiao Ling's attack with a familiar gesture of "raising the plate above her head" to prevent the dinner plate from being hit by someone who looked delicate and frail but was actually as strong as an ox. Xiaoling crushed.The Pichu in the pocket was so frightened that he jumped out and plunged into Xiaojie's prickly head in a daze.

Xiaojie adapted well to the tumble caused by his sister. He calmly stuffed a small snack into the extra hair ball on his head and returned to his seat with a lump of golden hair on his head.Xiaoye, on the other hand, smiled and waved to the boy wearing a white kimono next to her, "Bailan, good morning."

The young man was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect Xiaoye to talk to him specifically.Xiaoye obviously had no intention of chatting directly like the golden retriever brothers and sisters. After casually saying hello, she chose breakfast on her own.

She was as careless as ever when choosing food. When she saw a pile of bread in front of a window that was almost untouched, she stepped forward and took one.

The standard of free meals provided by Pokémon Center restaurants has always been erratic. Some Pokémon Center chefs have cooking skills comparable to five-star chefs, while others always make dark dishes.Just a few days ago, Xiaoye drank a glass of fruit juice that was so sweet that she had to brush her teeth four times that day. Bread like this that no one cares about usually doesn't taste very good, but Xiaoye was right about it. I don't care about this, as long as the misplaced seasonings are within three times, everything is acceptable.

After putting the bread on the plate and grabbing a glass of milk, Xiaoye returned to the seats that everyone had occupied.

Two men, four men and six men in trench coats crowded together as usual, and Yang Zhen, who failed to escape, was also caught bitterly.While everyone was eating breakfast, they watched the morning news broadcast on the big screen.

There is no doubt that after the shocking terrorist attack last night, almost all news stations were occupied by it.The direct participants in the case were busy going through the formalities and taking notes yesterday and did not have time to ask the police for details. It was only now that they understood the full story of the incident.

Although the masterminds of the explosion claimed to be "The Messengers of the Divine Crow," in fact they seemed to have nothing to do with the criminals of the Miyuan bombing, and were just poor imitators.The specific motive is still under investigation, but thankfully, the lethality produced by this ragtag group of people is far less than that of the Mihara bombing in the past - almost all powerful bombs were installed at the Quartz Sports Stadium, which is enough The sports field was blown up in an instant.The bombs detonated before this were not powerful enough. They only destroyed some building facilities and caused minor injuries to a few unlucky passers-by. Other than that, there were no casualties.

"It's really weird." After watching the morning news, Xiaojie put down the half-eaten snack in his hand with a suspicious look on his face. "The power outage at noon yesterday was actually due to their operating error? They are obviously capable of kidnapping live broadcast channels, why did it happen? What a conspicuous and low-level mistake.”

"And it is said that the gas explosion in the lava cake house a while ago was probably caused by their misoperation." Xiaoling looked at the forum on her mobile phone and suddenly became angry - what was wrong with the misoperation and why did it happen? Blow up her favorite cake shop!

"Don't be angry, at least we got the cake in the end. And it is said that the alliance will give us a 'Courage Award' after the game." Xiaoye comforted the angry blond girl in a familiar manner.

"By the way, reward!" Xiaoling's attention immediately shifted and she looked at Xinghai curiously.The silver-haired young man put down his chopsticks leisurely and said with a smile, "I am not the person in charge of this incident, and I don't know what kind of reward I will give you. However, as usual, you will definitely get another Iron Cross." of."

"Ugh...can't it be replaced with an interesting reward like an invitation ticket to the Land of Beyond?"

Xiaoye didn't care much about the content of the rewards. Rather than interesting and thrilling prizes and medals, she wanted to get the rewards directly, so she didn't join the conversation about praying for a replacement reward.She picked up the untouched hot milk and took a sip——

Then froze.

Xiaoling, who was sitting next to Xiaoye, watched in surprise as the purple-haired girl froze in the act of raising the glass for five seconds, then put down the glass stiffly like a robot, "Xiaoye... why do you feel like you drank resurrection grass juice?"

Seeing Xiaoling's eagerness to try it, Xiaoye shook her head with a heavy face, "I suggest you don't drink it..."

Before he finished speaking, a hand reached out from the opposite side and took away the cup.Xiaoye didn't have time to stop her, she watched helplessly as the silver-haired boy took a sip of the milk in the glass, and then showed a rare "not iceberg" expression that could not be explained in words.

After a while, the boy calmly put down the cup and said, "There is salt in it."

After a pause, he added, "At least three spoons."

"...Pfft." Xiaoling burst out laughing immediately, "Hahaha, Xiaoye, why do you always get such weird drinks? Quick, take a couple of sips of my soda to rinse your mouth!"

What else can Xiaoye say?She had no choice but to take two sips of Xiaoling's fruity soda and showed a desperate but polite smile.

If I have to give a reason...

Perhaps it was because she was rejected by the will of the world that her fate line was on a downward trajectory.

After breakfast, everyone saw another piece of news: Team Rocket, which had fled into the Silver Mountains yesterday at noon with the players' Poké Balls, had been repelled, the Poké Balls were successfully recaptured, and the two trainers who followed Team Rocket into the mountains were also safe. nothing.Although they were not familiar with Xiaozhi and Hiro, everyone still breathed a sigh of relief for them from the bottom of their hearts, and Tongye also put down the worries that she had been worried about - fortunately they came back safely, otherwise Xiaoyun would have acted out due to excessive anxiety. Abnormal.

After the interlude, a group of people came to the Pokémon Center lobby and started drawing lots for tomorrow's battle group.

The method of drawing lots this time is very special. Instead of pressing the button directly at the front desk, the Magikarp are caught in the pool in the center of the hall. The number on the Magikarp determines their grouping.

Yang Zhen, who was walking at the front, looked back at Xiao Ye, lazily took two steps to the side, stretched out his hand and said, "Ladies first."

Xiaoye didn't refuse and took the lead to pick up the fishing rod.

The Magikarp's are obviously well taken care of by the Pokémon Center, and every one of them is alive and kicking.The carp fished by Xiaoye was twisting and turning dishonestly, and was about to swing its tail to give the angler a series of physical slaps.Xiaoye caught its tail quickly with her eyes and hands, and spun it around. King Carp was immediately dizzy and did not dare to jump anymore.

"The group you are in is B3, I wish you good luck." The young woman in charge of registration said to Xiao Ye with a smile.

Afterwards, others also caught their own Magikarp one by one.When it was Yang Zhen's turn, he didn't know what happened. Before he could swing the pole, a Carp King jumped up lively and rushed towards him.Xiao Ye watched helplessly as Carp King's forehead and Yang Zhen's forehead made a "bang" collision sound, and she suddenly took a breath for Yang Zhen in her heart.

It looks like it hurts.

The gray-haired boy was hit so hard that it took him a long time to recover. He glared angrily at the Magikarp who was writhing in his arms, looking like he wanted to stew it and eat it.The staff couldn't help but snickered. After laughing, they took the fish from Yangzhen's arms and said, "It seems that it likes you very much - your group is B3."

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Ye and Yang Zhen were stunned at the same time.

On the big screen, the photos of the two people lit up next to each other, connected by a black line representing battle.

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[Event] The 381st Quartz Alliance Column Day [-]

[Owner] Reporter Mountaineering Man

Day06 Special Topic for Top [-] Players

Hello fellow battle enthusiasts around the world!This is the "Today's News" column of the annual Quartz League Competition. The Mountaineer Man will, as always, bring you new information related to the event.

I don’t know if you have seen today’s news. Two heroic trainers worked together with the police to finally take back the Poké Ball from Team Rocket this morning.In this way, the top [-] competition can proceed normally. Let us thank those who fought hard for this.

So, back to business, today is the Quartz League off-day.In order to better watch the top [-] match that will be held at the Quartz Stadium tomorrow, let us enter the topic of the top [-] players as in previous years.

A1: Sugino Cloud vs May Rain

Player Hongfangshan Yeyun comes from Zhenxin Town, the town where the famous scholar Dr. Oak is located.Although she is only a ten-year-old new trainer, her fighting style is bold, bold, courageous and has a very personal style.Her opponent is a player whose identity protection rights are turned on, codenamed May Rain.In the fourth round of the match, Maysame player defeated the famous Yuuto Kawamoto, and thus attracted the attention of some friends.Her tactics are flexible and unexpected, which is in sharp contrast to the rampant Yun Sugino. I wonder what kind of sparks they will collide on the field?

A2: Akita Saki vs Yukimitsu

Red side Akita Saki is the seventh seed player in this league.She is proficient in fighting in sandstorm weather. Most of her Pokémon are ground-type. She is good at defense and her fighting style is relatively steady and steady.Her opponent, the green player Xingguang, is a standard aggressive player. In the third round, he showed amazing high-altitude and precise striking skills on the ground.There is no doubt that this will be a fierce battle between the sword and the iron wall.

A3: Satoshi Yamaguchi vs Hiroshi Miyagawa

Speaking of these two players, I think you will immediately think of this morning's news - yes, they are the two amazing brave men who chased into the Silver Mountains alone and assisted the police in regaining the Poké Ball from Team Rocket.The comrades who stood side by side yesterday will be their opponents tomorrow, and maybe they feel a little uncomfortable in their hearts.Both of them are new trainers who started at the beginning of this year. Yamaguchi Satoshi and Sugino Yun are from Shinshin Town. His tactics are eclectic and he is good at counterattacking in adversity. He is an unexpected player, while Midorikata Miyagawa Hiro's playing style More stable.Expect them to give us a good fight.

A4: Asaka Matsuda vs Taishi Shibayama

When I saw this grouping, I couldn't help but sigh, "The fate is really amazing."Perhaps many friends already know that the two of them are from Jinhuang City and are good friends who grew up together.Matsuda Asaka is the youngest disciple of Golden Gym Leader Natsu and studies at Yamabuki Academy, while Shibayama Daishi studies at the Aikawa Fighting Dojo opposite Yamabuki Academy. The two are similar in strength, and even their seed numbers happen to be adjacent to each other.However, super power gives Asaka Matsuda an overwhelming advantage against Shibayama Taishi, who is proficient in fighting. Whether he can overcome his attribute disadvantages has become a problem that Shibayama Taishi players must face.

B1: Qianfan vs Greyhound

There are indeed more contestants using identity protection rights to compete this year than last year. Both contestants in this group are wearing "vests."Benikata Chiho once defeated Mizuno Meishin, a powerful player from Irie Academy. His fighting style is smooth and precise, rarely showing flaws.And his opponent is the second-seeded player who shines in this league, Greyhound.In the previous competition, no player could survive the fierce attack of the gray dog ​​for more than 5 minutes. I wonder if Qianho can successfully block the fangs of the vicious dog?

B2: Keiji Kusama vs Touha Aoki

There is no doubt that Keiji Kusama is the most popular candidate to win the championship in this league.He was born into a noble family and was the only disciple of Rainbow Gym Leader Tokudaiji Rika. He was extremely powerful. Many people believed that only Greyhound could compete with him among the top [-] players in this session.But his opponent Aoki Kiriha is a player with a blank fighting resume and seems to rarely participate in fighting competitions. He is better at interference than attack and defense, and his combat methods are relatively soft.Mountaineer Man believes that this is the easiest group to predict the outcome in the entire competition. It is quite difficult for a player who participated in the league competition for the first time to reach this point. It is really difficult to defeat the powerful Keiji Kusama.

B3: Hokuto vs. Furuya Yoma

Red team player Beidou also used identity protection permissions, and his true identity is unknown.He defeated Sui Asano from Irie Academy in the third round. He is good at quick attacks and has strong assault ability.Green side player Hiroma Furuya is the ghost user that we are all familiar with, and is the fourth seed player in this league.Although the Ghost Envoy himself is a vicious guy, he is better at mysterious and treacherous tactics than violent attacks.Between the guerrillas' quick attack and the ghost's elusiveness, let's guess which side will win.

B4: Xingyu Bailan vs Yamashita Yoshiki

Recently, the mystery of red team player Xingyu Bailan's life experience has been circulating on the Internet. Everyone must be familiar with him.This new trainer, who has just started traveling for half a year, has no strength like a newbie. He is proficient in the way of attack, and his stormy offensive momentum is amazing. Even the seeded player Xia Yang Takuma was defeated by him.The green player Yoshiki Yamashita is a very low-key player. His playing style is steady and powerful but not conspicuous. He defeated Dr. Ohgi's grandson Shigeru Ohgi in the fourth round, and then he began to attract attention.If Yamashita Yoshiki defeats Hoshiyu Bailan in the top [-], maybe he can get the title of "Rookie Killer"?

The above is the grouping situation for tomorrow's competition.A few digressions here. I wonder if you have noticed that several players are dressed almost exactly the same.

Yes, it is the four players May Rain, Xingguang, Qianfan and Beidou.They both used identity protection rights and used the same clothes to hide their true faces, which undoubtedly shows that they are close friends.

Having said this, some people may already think that this scene looks familiar - last year's Quartz League also saw several players who used identity protection permissions and dressed very similar. One of them even won the runner-up honor.And their codename has also been active in TV news recently - yes, they are the emerging team that has emerged this year, the Moyu Rescue Team.

A similar scene was repeated in this year's competition. Perhaps in a few years, these four young men wearing black trench coats will become veteran members of a powerful team.

In addition, two of the top 20 contestants are from the same place - Yun Sugino and Satoshi Yamaguchi. They are both from Zhenxin Town, the town where Dr. Ohgi lives.I wonder if any older friends still remember that more than [-] years ago, there were two newcomers from Zhenxin Town who shined in the competition, defeated countless promising seed players, and both reached the semi-finals.Today, one of them has become an unparalleled first-level prosecutor in Kanto, and the other changed careers midway and became a well-known actor - yes, it was Kamu Hoshikai and Kaname who were known as the "True Shinshin Twins" at the time. Tachibana Yuka.I liked this pair very much at the time, and now that a similar scene is happening again, it really brings tears to my eyes.I hope Sugino Yun and Yamaguchi Satoshi, the two new trainers from Zhenxin Town, can have a wonderful game.

Tomorrow at eight o'clock, at the Quartz Stadium, the most intense showdown in the Quartz League competition is about to begin.Let us wait and see together!