[Pokemon] Sycamore

"Is this where the Red Lotus Gym used to be? It's not much different from the place just now." Xiaokui said with a head full of black lines. Is it true that the once prosperous buildings on Honglian Island have now become like this? Vice virtue?

"Looks like they all crossed over?" Xiaotong walked into the ruins and kept turning over the scattered wood chips on the ground with his feet, trying to find some useful information.

In the middle of the movement of his feet, Xiaotong suddenly paused, "Xiaokui, come and look at this!" He called Xiaokui, and Xiaotong immediately squatted down and speeded up the cleaning of debris and debris on the ground. Xiaokui hurried up when he saw this. help before.

"Is it a door!?" Xiaokui shouted after seeing the true identity of the object.

It was an iron door set in the ground. This rusty iron plate had been lying there alone for who knows how long.

Xiaotong grasped the handle that turned reddish brown due to oxidation and pulled it hard. In addition to the fallen rust spots, a familiar-shaped keyhole was revealed.

"The shape of this hole...that's right! Doesn't it fit the same as the key we found in the mansion, Xiaotong?" Xiaokui tilted her head and looked at it for a while, then exclaimed in surprise.

"It's really true~" Xiaotong took out the newly acquired key from his pocket. The shape was so strange that no one would recognize it after just one glance. He carefully inserted the key into the keyhole. middle.

Because it had not been maintained for a long time and it had been too long, Xiaotong tried several times, being careful not to use too much force to break the key, and finally turned the switch without a glitch.

"Dong dong dong dong dong dong——!" Just as the key was turned to the end, a sound of mechanical friction came from the ground, and then the iron door slowly sank downwards, and a strip of land immediately appeared in front of the two people. , accompanied by a gust of hot wind, rushed toward Xiaotong and the others.

Xiaotong also smelled a pungent smell of sulfur.

Xiaotong stared at the entrance and said to Xiaokui without looking back: "Xiaokui, go to the Pokémon Center and wait for me. I'll go in and investigate first..."

"No matter what, I want to go down with you!" Xiaotong immediately interrupted her before she could finish her words. Xiaokui declared with an uncompromising look on her face with her hands on her waist.

Turning his head and staring at Xiaokui for a while, Xiaotong saw that she had no intention of giving in, sighed slightly, and nodded in agreement.

"But you have to follow me closely." Even though she had agreed, Xiaotong still told Xiaokui Er.

"I know, I know~~~"

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Entering the long tunnel, the two of them felt the temperature rising higher and higher as they walked inside. Xiaotong was fine, but Xiaokui had already begun to sweat profusely.

It might not be a problem if she just stayed for a while, but Xiaotong didn't know how long this road would take. At the end, it seemed that Xiaokui couldn't hold on any longer, so she hurriedly used her thoughts to form a thin protective net to cover Xiaokui. After seeing Xiaokui finally feeling a little more comfortable, Xiaotong felt relieved.

"Come on~ The exit is ahead." Xiaotong started exploring the waveguide at the same time, and found that the space in front suddenly became much wider. He turned to encourage Xiaokui, whose face was flushed due to the heat.

"Hmm..." Xiaokui responded weakly.

The light in front gradually became stronger. The moment Xiaotong moved away the stones blocking the exit and explored the tunnel, another strong heat wave suddenly hit his face. Xiaotong instantly increased the strength of the protective film and then started. Look at this place carefully.

At a glance, the first thing you see is a giant battle field suspended in mid-air by four iron trains...

Battlefield? !

Xiaotong looked at this Pokémon battle field in surprise, how could it appear in such a place?Their current location is a hole in a rock wall. If they accidentally take a step, they will be in danger because...

There is boiling lava below! ?No wonder the temperature here was so frighteningly high. Only then did Xiaotong remember that the reason why Honglian Island was transformed into a tourist attraction was because of the discovery of hot springs.The reason for the formation of these hot springs should be...

"Hey! Who are you! You're very suspicious! Where did you break into my territory!!!" An unfriendly roar brought Xiaotong back to his senses instantly. When he turned around, he saw a playful man. The old man in leather clothing appeared at the entrance connected to the front of the battle venue. It seemed that that was the official entrance.

"We... found our way here from the old site of the Red Lotus Gym." Now that the situation was unclear, Xiaotong pursed her lips and finally decided to tell the truth. The hippie old man came in through the main gate. Yes, Xiaotong can only take a gamble to see if he is the manager here.

"The old site of the Red Lotus Gym? Isn't it completely closed and damaged? Could it be from that secret passage... No! The key to the mechanism there has long been lost, and there is no chance of being opened!" The hippie old man suspected. He looked at Xiaotong, "No! The point is, what do you want to do when you go to the Red Lotus Gym?"

"Regarding these questions, can I answer you one by one after we go out? My companion can't hold on any longer." Supporting Xiaokui who was about to faint from the heat, Xiaotong carried her whole body on his back and tried his best He suppressed his anger, with a hint of stiffness in his tone.

"You...Okay, okay, you must tell the truth later. Just wait, I will get the ladder."

"No, please just wait for me on the fighting platform." Regardless of what the hippie old man wanted to say, Xiaotong fixed Xiaokui on his back, visually measured the distance, and took a few steps back. Then he started sprinting with explosive speed!

Jumping from the edge of the cave entrance, Xiaotong flew directly above the magma with incredible air control ability. In the blink of an eye, he came to the duel stage. He straightened up his body that was squatting slightly for buffering. Xiaotong's tone was a little urgent. He said to the stunned hippie old man: "Can you please take us out quickly?"

"Ah...oh! Come with me." Pushing his sunglasses down to his nose, the hippie old man found his thinking ability, waved his hand for Xiaotong to follow, and led the two of them through the formal passage. Out of this lava chamber that is almost drying people out.

Although he wanted to run ahead, Xiaotong understood that he still needed to rely on the help of the hippie old man, at least he had to understand what this place was.

"Let me take this opportunity to ask first, what do you want to do after all the hard work to find the Red Lotus Gym? If you want to go sightseeing, I suggest you go to the tourist attractions at the foot of the mountain. There is no room for those of you paying money here. Big Buddha." The hippie old man's voice echoed throughout the corridor. If you just listen to the content, you can still feel his complaining attitude towards tourists coming to the island.

"We are not here for sightseeing. Do we need any other reason to look for the gym?" No matter what the reason was, Xiaotong didn't want to pay attention to it. She only heard her saying matter-of-factly: "Of course it's to challenge the Red Lotus Gym. .”

Hearing Xiaotong's firm last words, the hippie old man's eyes flashed covertly, and then he continued to lead them out of the tunnel.