Elves: Angler's Rainy Day Team

Chapter 684, Test

Xiagan Dojo, restaurant...

When Yu Hai and Atsumi's grandfather rushed back, lunch had already been served in the restaurant. Atsumi's family of four were waiting there, except for Yu Hai and Atsumi's grandfather.

The Pokémons also had their own lunch, which the gym would arrange, so the trainers didn't need to worry about it, so Yu Hai sat down at the dining table.

However, there are still two special little guys that have not been released, Zapdos and Haxorus. He doesn't plan to expose them for the time being, so he can only feed them himself.

"Everyone is here, let's eat," Grandpa Dunmei picked up his chopsticks and asked everyone to start eating. Don't just watch, his family doesn't have so many rules, and even if they did, they were ruined by his son.

As everyone started eating lunch, Dunmei's father coughed twice and said to Yu Hai and the other two in a serious tone, "Ahem, since you three are all here, I will tell you the rules of this orange competition and the purpose of holding it..."

"You should all be familiar with the preliminaries. Xiaomei and Ada don't have badges, so they will participate in the preliminaries with Xiaohai. If they win four games in a row, they will advance. The preliminaries are two-on-two matches, so if the contestants are not prepared for the first game, they will be given a second chance..."

"After that there will be the group stage, the knockout stage, the semi-finals, and the finals..." Dunmei's father paused for a moment, and seeing that the three were listening carefully, he continued: "There is something I must remind you. If you want to win the championship this year, you need to win six consecutive six-on-six all-player matches..."

"It'll take six games. Brother Hai should be able to win, he already won the Quartz Conference," Ada said when he heard that it would be six all-member battles, which would mean thirty-six battles, and he didn't even have that many elves.

Only Brother Hai had more elves. He counted more than twenty of them, enough to reach the finals.

"Xiao Hai, don't take it easy. This year's competition is very difficult. This is another thing I want to tell you. This competition is related to the selection of the Four Heavenly Kings. The competition may be the most valuable one. Only the top eight can become the Four Heavenly Kings reserve..."

"Only by becoming the Four Heavenly Kings Reserves can you participate in the upcoming Four Heavenly Kings Contest and select the Four Heavenly Kings of the Orange Islands. In the following Orange Tournament, only the trainer who wins the championship can challenge the Four Heavenly Kings Reserves. Only if the challenge is successful can you be considered as the Four Heavenly Kings Reserves and challenge the Four Heavenly Kings..."

"The alliance is going to establish the Four Heavenly Kings in the Orange Islands?" Atsumi glanced at Ukai. If they were to compete for the Four Heavenly Kings, Ukai would probably be the only one in their gym who could do it. They were still far from it. No wonder their father had been training them so hard during this period. It turned out to be for this.

"Whether it's the establishment of the Four Heavenly Kings or the establishment of the Champion, these are all later matters. The Champion will be chosen from among the Four Heavenly Kings, so this competition is very important. After lunch, the museum will be closed this afternoon. I will test your strength to see if you are qualified to participate..."

"Dad, will the top trainers also participate in the competition?" Ada suddenly realized the seriousness of the problem. If it was a battle between top trainers, not only would he be unqualified and would be asking for trouble if he went up, but Brother Hai would probably also suffer if he went up.

"It's hard to say. You'll know when the time comes," Dunmei's father did not say it explicitly, for fear of discouraging the three little ones who had not yet participated in the competition. Finally, he glanced at Yu Hai and ate in silence.

No one was talking, and Yu Hai was not talking either. He picked up the food in front of him and ate silently, thinking about the purpose of the Orange Islands establishing the Four Heavenly Kings.

In the previous anime, there were no Four Heavenly Kings in the Orange Islands. What did the Alliance want to do by setting up the Four Heavenly Kings here? To deepen their control over the Orange Islands?

Was it the invasion of Team Rocket, as well as the rebellion of the big families and gyms in various places, who were slacking off and following orders but not announcements, that led to the Alliance taking action against the Orange Islands?

What is the attitude of Xia Gan Gym?

Are you on the side of the league or the Rockets?

Could it be that they are nominally on the alliance side, but they just slack off when it comes to deployment?

He didn't know any of this because the level of gaming involved was too high and it was beyond his reach at the moment. Judging from the future situation, the Rockets were successful in the end.

After all, even himself and the Four Heavenly Kings are undercover agents of Team Rocket. If this is not called success, then what is success?

It was really troublesome. His future was not good. Should he wade into this muddy water? He already knew that he would be the champion in the future. He could also choose not to be the champion. No one could force him. Unless there was a reason why he had to be the champion.

Forget it, don't think about it anymore. The future is too far away. It is most important to focus on the present. Considering that the Orange Tournament is a selection competition for the Four Heavenly Kings reserves, he only has one King-level Pokémon, and it is an electric beast that has not yet been run-in. His hope of winning is slim.

There will definitely be a king-level confrontation in the later stages of the competition. Even if it is borrowing elves, others can borrow three or four king-level elves. It is related to the selection of the Four Heavenly Kings. It is impossible for the locals not to go crazy. He only has one king-level elf and has no way to fight.

If the competition is held next year or the year after, he will have hope of competing. It is too early for him to become a superstar now.

"Xiao Hai, I remembered something. The hot spring street development plan you proposed last time has some progress. A large-scale construction is underway there. Because of your proposal, I helped you apply for a piece of land with permanent ownership, as well as a hot spring development certificate..."

"I'll give you these things later. You've chosen the part of your land that faces the sea. With these two things, you can open a hot spring parlor or sell it..."

"Master, are there many hot spring spas over there?" Yu Hai asked, considering the business issues.

If it were in the previous life, if you were to ask which business was the most profitable, it would of course be the monopoly business.

If there are few hot spring spas, you can turn them into high-consumption places and arrange all kinds of massage. If there are hot spring spas everywhere and everyone is engaging in price wars, that would be boring and it would be better to build a hotel to receive tourists.

"The hot spring development certificate requires consent from multiple parties before applying. Only five copies have been issued so far. If there is a need in the future, we will consider issuing more," Dunmei's father still did not give a direct explanation, but only gave an ambiguous answer.

"Master, I understand. I will think carefully about what to do," Yu Hai nodded in response. How could he not hear the hidden meaning in the other party's words? Every hot spring development certificate is a goose that lays golden eggs.

Dunmei's dad must have some kind of py transaction with other people. He has to share the money for every development certificate issued, otherwise it cannot be issued if one party disagrees.

In addition, hot springs are the golden eggs that attract tourists. When the business of the hot spring street picks up, the investment will certainly not be small. In order to ensure the scarcity of hot spring development certificates, the highest bidder will win.

Otherwise, once something becomes rampant, it becomes worthless, including the population.

As a veteran in the workplace in his previous life, he was at risk of being replaced at any time, so it was impossible for him not to know this.

In this case, you can open a hot spring spa first to see how the business goes. As long as you can make a profit, it will be fine. It is pretty good to have your own small shop and be able to entertain friends who come to visit.

If he wanted to open a hot spring center, he would also have to buy the wooden houses by the lake, including the lake and the surrounding woods. Otherwise, as the number of residents on Xiagan Island increased in the future, the price of the land would increase.

He didn't want to experience the pain of his previous life again. Just because he was born ten years late, he didn't catch the exhaust gas of the last real estate train. He really didn't even breathe a breath and almost became a paraplegic.

The fact that he had no house caused him to be PUA'd by relatives and friends for a long time, because the house was tied to marriage, he finally couldn't stand it anymore and chose to live in seclusion and fish, and then he traveled through time.

Thinking about some random things, after lunch, Atsumi's mom went to the kitchen to help, Atsumi's grandpa went back to the back mountain to fish, and Ukai's Slow King stayed behind, following Ukai, Atsumi, Ada, and Atsumi's dad, and the four of them came to the battle venue of the gym together.

"Xiao Hai, they often spar with each other, so there's no need to fight them. You haven't seen them for two months, so why don't you have a three-on-three match with them and let me see your strength," Dunmei's father sat in the referee's seat. After explaining the rules, he looked at his daughter and son and asked them, "Who will go first?"

"Me, me," Ada rarely had the chance to fight with Yu Hai, so he quickly raised his hand to indicate that he wanted to fight.

"Okay, you go first. Go over and stand still. When you're ready, throw the Poké Ball together..."

Yu Hai and Ada looked at each other, walked towards their respective platforms, and stood on both sides of the battle field. Ada took out the Poké Ball and was ready to go, and Yu Hai also took out the Poké Ball and waited for the referee to speak.

"I'll be the referee. The three-on-three match begins now. Both teams please release their battle elves at the same time," Dunmei was standing next to his father. Of course, he would be the referee himself.

bang bang-

Hearing Atsumi's shout, Ukai and Ada threw out their Poké Balls at the same time...

"Go ahead, Blastoise..."

"Go ahead, Lucario..."

"Kamei Kamei," as soon as Blastoise came out, it saw a big blue dog and immediately felt doomed. It was not that it could not beat the big dog, but that its trainer was not good enough.

"Is it Lucario? Brother Hai's Riolu evolved?" Ada looked at the Lucario covered with scars. He admired Brother Hai for being able to tame this Pokémon that hated humans. He heard that this kind of Pokémon would choose its trainer and was difficult to be tamed by a trainer.

When Brother Hai teleported over, it was Riolu that he received. He touched him when he just released him. Riolu wanted to attack him, but was stopped by Farfetch'd and taken to the orchard.

"It just evolved some time ago," Yu Hai didn't know what to say, so he could only say it casually and laughed awkwardly.

In fact, he knew from the beginning that Ada would use Blastoise. Ada was too easy to guess. In the first game, he would definitely be his original partner, the Starter Pokémon Blastoise.

There is a reason why he chose Lucario. If he uses first-tier Pokémon, they will just bully others. He can only use second-tier Pokémon to fight. He can't use second-tier Zapdos either. Charizard has Thunder Fist, but it is restrained by Water.

The only Pokémon left that can be used and can restrain Blastoise is Lucario's Thunder Fist.

"Blazoo vs. Lucario, the first battle begins..." Seeing that both of them were ready, Atsumi also gave the order to attack.

"Bluse Turtle, wave missile..."

"Kamei, kamei," Blastoise heard the sound of the missile wave and aimed the two gun barrels on its back at Lucario. There was a blue energy ball condensing at the mouth of each gun barrel.

"Wow, he's using Lucario's wave move to attack Lucario right from the start, right?" Yu Hai secretly sighed that this kid Ada does have a talent for fighting. I thought he would use water cannon to test, but who would have thought it was a wave missile.

"Lucario, use the bone stick to send him flying, and then rush over at high speed..."

"Leo," Lucario raised his hand and pulled out an energy bone stick. After dancing around, he rushed towards the Blastoise that was condensing an energy ball.

Boom boom——

Facing the blue energy ball that was being launched at him, Lucario aimed at the trajectory of the energy ball, raised his hand and swung the bone stick at it, directly knocking the energy ball away and hitting the wall with two loud bangs.

Blastoise condensed the energy ball again and continued to attack itself. Lucario's speed became faster and faster. When it rushed in front of Blastoise, Blastoise could no longer see Lucario's figure.

stab-

Just when Blastoise couldn't tell whether the Lucario in front of him was a clone or an afterimage, Lucario's bone stick had already disappeared, and he punched Blastoise hard in the abdomen with lightning in his hand, knocking Blastoise away.

"Blatostle? Blatoise," Ada saw Blatoise being knocked away and ran over to check, but Blatoise had already fainted.

“Huh?” Yu Hai lost his temper when he saw it was so easy. It turned out that he overestimated Ada. It turned out that he was just a rookie.

He couldn't help but look at Dunmei and Dunmei's father, and saw the two of them shaking their heads helplessly, unable to bear to watch.

"Can't your Blastoise dig a hole?" Yu Hai turned around and asked Ada. As soon as he asked, he realized that it was impossible to dig a hole here. The battlefield was a steel plate and there was a swimming pool below. He then asked, "You can shrink your shell to an iron wall, and you can use it to defend it. You can also break the shell..."

"The best defense is offense, and you should attack at that time," Dunmei's father has a different opinion.

"Gym Master, I feel that the Blastoise at that time could not keep up with the speed of Lucario. Even if it could barely catch one punch, how could it take the rest?" Yu Hai did not refute the opinion of Atsumi's father, but just tactfully reminded the other party that there was a speed difference between the two.

Blastoise should have just reached the senior level, and its level is not as high as Lucario who is over level 50. In addition, there is a difference in speed, and he is also restrained by the attribute of Thunder Fist.

At that time, the most important thing for Blastoise to do is to dig a hole to hide, or use defense to resist and then dig a hole to hide, stack up the defense underground, and then come out to consume Lucario's physical strength to prepare for the next Pokémon to appear.

Due to the level and speed gap, Blastoise can only dig a hole to hide or be captured by the trainer.

As for countering Lucario's Earthquake move?

To be honest, Lucario also has earthquakes, so he is not necessarily afraid of Blastoise. He can also jump up and hit with bones. Combined with isobaric and speed suppression, it is not certain whose earthquake is stronger. So the best choice is to take it back. Digging a hole also has the risk of being affected by an earthquake.

"If Lucario can't break through Blastoise's shell instantly, and let Blastoise break through its shell twice in a row, Blastoise can take the initiative, provided that it can withstand two lightning punches..."

Atsumi's father thought silently in his heart and agreed with Yu Hai's statement. He looked at Ada who was worried about Blastoise. This silly son probably couldn't react.

If the Blastoise retracts its shell too late, it will take the attack on its abdomen instead of its more defensive back, and it probably won't be able to withstand the double restraint.

His silly son lost because of lack of combat experience. He had enough training and the Pokémon's strength was also sufficient. Next, he would let this kid guard the gym and accumulate some practical experience before heading to Citrus Island to participate in the competition.

In fact, Yu Hai has another plan, which is to use Zhiye's rotating water cannon after shrinking the shell, or the bubble version of the counter-shield, to interfere with the attacking Lucario and give Blastoise a chance to breathe.

But Ada is not Zhiye, he is still a rookie with little experience...