Dawn of Pokémon

37:[-] a.m., Quartz Stadium.

After all the smoke and dust cleared, Yanlong's scarred but firm figure came into everyone's sight.The roaring voice it raised to the sky melted into the countless cheers, and the flames faded from the clear sky-colored eyes, leaving only the mist of water vapor.

"The outcome has been decided -" the commentator shouted with emotion, "After a fierce battle, the first game of the top eight battle finally came to a conclusion. Charizard defeated the powerful enemy with a flash charge that tore the sky. , the winner is the Beidou player——"

At the same time as the commentator's voice sounded, the golden-haired boy couldn't help but jumped up and pumped his fist in excitement.Yang Zhen also breathed a sigh of relief subconsciously, and his expression didn't calm down for a few seconds before the smell returned - why on earth should he be happy for the person who defeated him to win?

Yuan Zheng, who suffered from an occupational disease, pulled Xing Hai and began to chatter, analyzing the strength and talents of his son's future teammates in a lengthy discussion.Xiaojie felt dizzy when he heard his grandfather's "professional speech" and quickly turned his head to the other side. When he saw Yangzhen's appearance, he burst out laughing, "What's your expression? The left side of your face is smiling." The right side of your face is angry...if you are happy, just make a happy expression frankly."

As soon as he said this, the left side of Yang Zhen's happy face darkened, and he rolled his eyes at Xiaojie angrily, "Who would..."

Seeing that Yang Zhen was suddenly stuck in mid-sentence, Xiaojie followed Yang Zhen's eyes to the battlefield in confusion.Then, the two of them shed a drop of cold sweat silently.

Perhaps it was the excitement brought by victory that washed away the exhaustion, or perhaps it was just because Charizard was a pure physical fool - all the spectators saw it turning around excitedly, making a perfect predatory swoop, and captured the fire-breathing dragon. One of his trainer's claws was stuck on the wall behind the commander's seat, and it became a flat piece.

For a moment, many sympathetic gasps were mixed into the noise of the sports ground.The person involved was also a little confused by the unexpected move of his own fire-breathing dragon. He shook his head and regained his senses, "Charizard...?"

Before she finished speaking, the pair of dragon claws that still had the warmth of the flames suddenly hugged her.

"Qiu?!" Pichu, who was almost squashed, screamed and jumped out of his pocket, quickly jumping to the entrance of the contestants' tunnel, away from this senseless guy.

When Charizard held her trainer in her arms, Xiaoye felt the warmth of the sun surround her.

The wings of the orange fire dragon also folded forward, as if its arms were not enough to hug its trainer.It buried its head behind the girl's shoulder and tightened its arms without saying a word.

The trainer in black was silent for a moment, then raised his hand and gently hugged his partner's scarred back.

"Did you enjoy this match?"

"Ahhh."

Xiaoye smiled when she heard Charizard's quiet but firm answer.

"That's great, Charizard."

In the audience, looking at the trainer and the orange fire dragon hugging each other, Xinghai smiled softly as if he had recalled something.

Yuan Zheng, who was beside him, seemed to be tired. He raised the drink bottle that had lost its coolness and began to take a swig.The silver-haired young man lowered his gaze and took out a photo from his pocket.

It was a photo I got from a certain teenager when I had dinner with him a few days ago - the people in the image still looked familiar, and there were still those familiar faces around them.The man's golden eyes with the same color as his son curved into a gentle arc, and he smiled happily at the camera, with the color flowing between his eyebrows and eyes almost like that of a young man.

His eyes shifted from the photo to the face of the young man in white on the opposite side of the field, and relief finally disappeared.Xinghai shook his head with a smile, put the photo back to its original place, and was stunned when he looked at the sports field again.

Xiaoye had already withdrawn the fire-breathing dragon and turned towards the direction of her friends in the audience.As if aware of Xinghai's gaze, the girl immediately stood upright and bowed deeply to him.

"Thank you" - he saw the girl say this.

Xinghai was stunned for a moment, and it wasn't until the other party straightened up and smiled at him that he suddenly realized that Xiaoye was thanking him for teaching Charizard Flash Charge.

The young man was speechless for a moment, and finally had no choice but to smile and shake his head.

After waving to Xiaoye to show that there was no need to be polite, Xinghai turned to look at the entrance to the highest point of the auditorium.

The silver-haired boy's tense posture finally relaxed.His eyes lingered on the girl in black for a few seconds, then he lowered his eyes and turned around, her back disappearing into the dark passage.

According to the convention of official games, players need to go to the center of the field to shake hands after the game.Because the ground was smashed into bumps, Xiaoye finally managed to cross the own half of the field through mountains and rivers. Looking at Bailan whose pace was not slower than hers, she once again had high respect for his amazing ability to jump freely even in a kimono.

Xiaoye stood next to the center line of the venue.The young man in white clothes walked forward step by step, his expression obscured by bangs.

She smiled and stretched out her hand, and just as she was about to say something, Bai Lan suddenly raised her head and said word for word, "You and I each win, so now we are tied."

"……Eh?"

"In case you think it's unfair, let's also use a six-on-six format for the third matchup."

"...Eh?"

"According to the principle of best of three, the next battle will determine the real outcome between us. No objection?"

"..."

"Okay, that's it..."

"Wait, I have an opinion. Can we stop fighting?"

Bai Lan, who was interrupted, was stunned for a moment, with an incredulous expression on her face: "Do you know what nonsense you are talking about?"

"It's really tiring to fight with you." Xiaoye said spinelessly, smiling dryly and waving her hands, "Especially six-on-six, if you keep playing games like this, your lifespan may be shortened..."

When Xiaoye decided to use high-speed combat as the weapon of this quartz alliance, she never expected that someone would force her to extend the high-speed combat to more than 10 minutes.If she was the one fighting, thinking quickly for a long time would not be a burden, but if she were to command Pokémon...

The difference is almost the same as speaking in Alliance language and speaking in Spanish.

Of course Xiaoye herself does not object to fighting, but this battle with Bai Lan... can only remind her of the miserable situation in the past when she stayed up all night to review before the exam in Zhenxin Town.I didn't feel anything during the battle when I was extremely focused. Now that the game is over, I just feel dizzy and my brain is even filled with move names.

It's also a Spanish version.

"Tired?" Bai Lan raised an eyebrow, "I didn't notice it."

When Bai Lan felt that Xiao Ye's condition might have declined due to fatigue, the other party instead used a more advanced rhythm switch, which was clearly still very lively.

"Of course it can't be seen. The trainer's poor condition will make the Pokémon feel uneasy." Xiaoye frankly gave an answer that was very professional as a trainer - and her expression was hidden by large sunglasses. Most of the time, even if "tired and dying" is written all over his face, it's really hard to notice.

Bai Lan was silent for a moment, seemingly distracted by Xiao Ye's answer.However, before Xiao Ye asked, he recalled his thoughts in time and stretched out his hand with a serious face, "It was a good battle. Thanks for the advice."

"Well, thanks for the advice."

After the handshake process was over, Bai Lan took a step forward and whispered: "I have something to tell you, see you in the evening."

After the words fell, he turned and left without looking at Xiaoye who seemed stunned.Before she even took two steps, the girl sounded calm, but for some reason, a voice with a hint of fear came from behind, "Um... you're not going to fight again, are you?"

Bai Lan: "...No."

"That's good!" Xiaoye's voice immediately became energetic again, "No problem, see you tonight!"

Bai Lan: "…………"

Now he was really beginning to wonder if his fighting style was very annoying.

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Time: 1000.06.28, 09:32am

Location: Kanto area, Mihara City, Quartz Stadium

Battle name: The 381st Quartz League Quarterfinals

Opponent: Free Trainer [Xingyu Bailan]

Battle rules: singles battle, 6v6

Pokémon in battle: Gyarados, Pichu, Forest Lizard, Pidgeot, Ghoststone, Charizard

Opponent Pokémon: Commander Cleaver, Roseledo, Marilu, Absol, Elledo

Battle result: [6:5] Victory

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After the players left the field, the staff began to quickly clean up the venue in preparation for the second quarterfinal match that was about to start at ten o'clock.After Xiaoye finished the fixed interview session, she didn't stop any longer. She went straight to the Pokémon Center and gave all six of her Pokémon to Ms. Joy for treatment.

As expected, she was told that "the treatment may take a long time." Xiaoye nodded to express her understanding. After thanking her, she went back to the dormitory to take a shower and change clothes. Fortunately, Mr. Xinghai used a powerful weapon called VIP membership card when buying clothes. They got a buy-one-get-one-free bonus for their first purchase, otherwise Xiaoye really wouldn’t know how to go out wearing a windbreaker that was soaked by the rain.

And the fire-breathing dragon is not like Xiaotian's Yan who can help dry the trainer's clothes - what is dried by the fire-breathing dragon is not the clothes, but charcoal.

The warm water overflowing from the showerhead relieved the trainer's physical fatigue, while the constant warmth made the mental fatigue surge up even more, causing his eyelids to close uncontrollably.However, Xiaoye did not obey her body's instinct and lie down on the bed and fall asleep - she knew that she still had one important thing to do.

After putting on an identical backup black windbreaker, Xiao Ye went downstairs to the front desk and asked Miss Joy if she could go visit the Pokémon.

One wall of the medical room in the Player Village Pokémon Center is made of transparent glass. It was originally designed to facilitate visits by trainers. If you just want to "visit", you don't need to apply specifically to Miss Joy.Miss Joy naturally understood Xiaoye's intention, and also knew that comforting Pokémon after the battle was one of the important responsibilities of a trainer. She readily opened the door and allowed Xiaoye to enter the medical room and talk to the Pokémon at close range.

"Thank you." Xiao Ye bowed to Miss Joy and watched her return to the front desk, then opened the door and walked into the medical room.

In order to be able to provide treatment to many Pokémon at the same time, the Pokémon Center medical room in the player village is very large, with three floors.Xiaoye's Pokémon were arranged in an adjacent area. They had completed the first step of treatment for their injuries and were lying in the treatment device, receiving wave radiation with healing functions, recovering their physical strength bit by bit.

The little Pichu only suffered one blow from Commander Choi during the battle, and was the least injured. The treatment had ended at this time, and he could only roll around in the treatment device out of boredom.Seeing the trainer approaching him, the electric mouse immediately jumped out of the treatment device happily and climbed onto Xiaoye's shoulders.

Xiaoye pinched the tip of the little guy's ear and walked non-stop to the largest treatment device.

The blue water dragon heard the footsteps, slowly opened his eyes, and looked at the trainer through the transparent outer wall of the treatment device.

It has always been the least thoughtful guy in the team. As long as it has enough food and fights, it can live in a happy mood.Perhaps because the healing wave of the treatment device contains ingredients that calm the Pokémon's mind, those eyes rarely lost their irritability and ferocity, and were filled with soft and complex emotions.

This wasn't the first time it behaved abnormally today - Xiaoye couldn't forget how frightened it looked when facing Bailan's Commander Zhan when it had just stepped onto the field of the top eight.

She approached the treatment device and gently pressed her palms against the glass wall.

"Gyarados." The girl's voice sounded softly in the empty medical room, "If you don't mind, can you talk to me?"

Her eyes swept over the scarred scales of Gyarados, and finally settled on its eyes that were rippling like the deep ocean with a smile.

"If you're in pain...I want to be your strength."