Elves: Angler's Rainy Day Team

On the nineteenth day after returning to the Orange Islands, it was sunny.

When he woke up this morning, Ukai was going to Xia Gan Gym. His preparation time was over and today was the day he would go to Citrus Island to participate in the competition.

After the Quartz Conference, the Orange Competition is finally about to start after three months of preparation.

Also going to Tangerine Island are Dunmei's family of four. Dunmei's grandfather stays at the gym, and they will take a boat to Tangerine Island together.

When he got up, packed his things, fed the elves breakfast, and then took the elves back, he no longer made breakfast at home, but prepared to go to Xia Gan Gym for breakfast.

Luo Yan has gone back and left a note on the table, asking him to come to the party for a drink after he finishes the orange competition.

He packed his things, put on his backpack, got on the Toucan, and headed for Xia Gan Gym.

Not long after, they arrived at the Xia Gan Gym. From the air, they saw several small dots below the gym. Those small dots were pedestrians. He landed in front of the Xia Gan Gym and just saw the people coming.

A red and white baseball cap, a blue jacket, and jeans, isn't this the silly boy? There is also the orange-haired bun-head Xiaoxia, and the observer Xiaojian in a green T-shirt.

"Xiaozhi? Why are you here?" Yu Hai landed at the door and saw Xiaozhi and his three companions looking into the gym.

Since today is the day of departure, the gym does not plan to open. We will set off after breakfast, which is around ten o'clock. Xiaozhi came at a really bad time.

"Brother Hai? Aren't you participating in the competition? Why are you still here?" Xiaozhi saw Yu Hai and walked over excitedly.

"I'm going to Citrus Island to participate in the competition today. Do you want to come with me? Have you eaten?" Ukai opened the door of the gym and invited Xiaozhi and the other two to enter the gym and have breakfast together.

"We want to go too, but I haven't got the Sakura Badge yet. We're here today to challenge for the Sakura Badge," Xiaozhi scratched his head awkwardly. His stomach was already growling. They came here so early in the morning that they didn't even have time to eat breakfast.

“Come in, we can have breakfast together,” Yu Hai invited the three into the gym and asked with a smile, “Aren’t there preliminaries for the competition? I don’t have a badge either, so I will participate in the preliminaries. How about we…”

"Yeah," Xiaozhi thought about it and realized that he had indeed heard of this rule. Trainers without badges could participate in the preliminaries, and if they passed, they could participate in the subsequent group matches.

"Are you stupid, Xiaozhi? Now that you're here, you must get the badge," Xiaoxia followed and reminded Xiaozhi of the benefits of having a badge: "You don't have to participate in the qualifiers if you have a badge. Even if you want to participate, it's okay if you lose. You can also use the badge to participate in the group stage..."

"As long as you get the badge, you can use the badge to participate even if you fail the preliminaries. It's like having another chance," Xiaojian also reminded Xiaozhi. Since they were already here, getting the badge was the most important thing.

"Yeah, we still have to get the badge," Xiaozhi was reminded, and his wavering thoughts became firm. He had to try to get the badge whether he could or not.

"Xiaozhi, this preliminaries is not easy. You have to win four two-on-two Pokémon battles, a total of eight games. The requirements for the contestants are not small. The contestants who can pass the preliminaries are all powerful trainers..."

After hearing what Xiao Jian said, Xiao Zhi instantly regained his fighting spirit. He raised his hand and clenched his fist and said, "It's decided. I want the badge and I want to go through the preliminaries..."

"It's still early, we'll talk about it later, let's have breakfast first," Ukai led the three to the restaurant, where Atsumi's family happened to be.

"The gym leader, his name is Xiaozhi, he is Professor Oak's neighbor, he wants to challenge Xia Gan Gym, and she is Xiaoxia, the gym leader of Hualan Gym, and he is Xiaojian, a Pokémon observer..."

"Xiaozhi?" Atsumi's father didn't know Xiaozhi, but he knew the famous Professor Oak. This child could be Professor Oak's neighbor, so his identity must be extraordinary, otherwise Yu Hai wouldn't have reminded him deliberately. He hurriedly asked: "Child, you haven't had breakfast yet, come and eat with us..."

"Uncle, sorry to bother you," Xiaozhi touched his rumbling stomach and sat down next to Ada without any courtesy.

"Why are you here again? You still want the Sakura Badge? You have to beat me for it," Ada couldn't help but curl his lips when he saw Xiaozhi coming over and sitting down. He didn't like Xiaozhi very much.

"I will beat you if you want, who's afraid of who?" Xiaozhi is not someone who is afraid of being scared. He gets excited when facing a battle with Pokémon and will not back down. Instead, he becomes more courageous as he faces more setbacks.

"Xiaoxia, sit here," Dunmei glanced at Yu Hai, and seeing Yu Hai smiling at her, she turned to look at Xiaoxia, waved to her to come over, not wanting to pay any attention to Yu Hai.

Yu Hai smiled helplessly. They had been together for so long, how could he not understand that little look? It was telling him to be honest and not reveal the truth.

He could only invite Xiaojian to sit next to him and eat a light breakfast of buns, millet porridge, and some vegetables on the table.

Four more people joined the breakfast, making eight people in total. Grandpa Dunmei was not there, and everyone was eating breakfast in a noisy manner...

Ada and Xiaozhi were arguing about the Pokémon battle, Atsumi and Xiaoxia were discussing what kind of clothes would look good, and Yukai also saw Xiaojian's observation notes and a sketch of Atsumi.

When seeing this sketch, Yu Hai looked at Xiao Jian with a look that everyone understood. When Xiao Jian saw this look, it was like he had met a confidant. Finally, someone could understand him and he was no longer alone.

When they were traveling before, Xiaozhi, who was a stubborn guy, only knew how to fight and didn't understand these things at all. Xiaoxia was a girl, so he had ideas in his mind but had no one to communicate with, which made him feel very frustrated.

Afterwards, Yu Hai and the other person discussed the portrait sketches in a low voice. Yu Hai also saw many people he had seen before in them, the most eye-catching of which was Kona in the album.

After a noisy lunch, everyone came to the battle site of the gym. Since it was still early for the 10 o'clock ship and it was only a little after 8 o'clock, there was plenty of time to take the bus to the port. Atsumi's father simply fulfilled Xiaozhi's wish and held the last gym battle in the gym.

"I will be the referee for this gym battle. Trainers, please get ready for a two-on-two Pokémon battle," Atsumi stood in the middle of the battle field and acted as the referee.

"Eh? Isn't the Pokémon battle like target shooting with water guns?" Xiaozhi scratched his head. He didn't expect that the rules of the gym battle had been changed and the trainer was no longer Brother Hai.

"In order to prepare for the big tournament, the rules of the gym battle have been changed to be suitable for competitive games. Hurry up and release the Pokémon. After the battle, we still have to go on the boat..."

"Oh, okay," Xiaozhi smiled foolishly and shook his head, quickly took out the Poké Ball and looked at Ada, the moment their eyes met, they threw the Poké Ball together.

"Go ahead, Blastoise..."

"Go, Snorlax..."

"Ha, ha, ha," Snorlax yawned as soon as he came out, obviously just woke up. He stared at Satoshi with a resentful look on his face for disturbing his sleep. He had not prepared any food yet.

"Snorlax, please, finish the game first, and then I'll buy you something delicious," Xiaozhi also looked embarrassed and could only keep assuring Snorlax.

"Ha," Snorlax yawned and looked at Blastoise, then hooked his finger at it.

"The battle begins..."

"Damn it, I was underestimated. Blastoise, use water cannon," Ada raised his hand and pointed, intending to teach Xiaozhi a lesson.

When Yu Hai saw the fight started, he leaned against the wall and watched boredly. It was just a fight between two weaklings, nothing to see.

However, Xiaozhi finally captured Snorlax. This big eater ate too much. If he wanted to, he would have captured it long ago, but there was no need.

After a while, the battle came to an end. Blastoise fought against Snorlax, and it was Ash's Snorlax that won. This Snorlax was very strong, but he was a little greedy and sleepy, otherwise it would not have been so easy for Ash to capture him.

Facing Satoshi's Snorlax, Ada sent out the Fighting-type Kickbot as his second Pokémon, intending to use the fighting attribute to restrain Snorlax, but it still lost to Snorlax. Snorlax's thick fat helped Snorlax block many punches and kicks, and Kickbot could not cause any damage.

There is an old saying that goes, fleshy muscles are the hardest to fight, they have too high resistance...

Instead, Flying Legs was knocked out by Snorlax's "Tarzan Crush" move, and Snorlax also fell asleep.

"Haha, I won, Snorlax is awesome," Xiaozhi won the gym battle two in a row and obtained the Sakura Badge. He excitedly ran towards Snorlax and threw himself on Snorlax's belly.

But Snorlax had fallen asleep and had no time to respond to Ash's joy. In the end, his Poké Ball was taken back, and Ash also got the Sakura Badge thrown to him by Atsumi.

"Ada, it's time to go," Dunmei saw that Ada was still a little unconvinced, but everyone saw that losing was losing, so what could he do if he was unconvinced.

"Just go to the big competition and win it back. This will be a lesson for you so that you won't underestimate your opponent in the future..."

"I know, sis," Ada looked at the happy Xiaozhi, snorted, turned his head and walked towards the gym gate. The things they needed to prepare had already been prepared and loaded into the car, so they just needed to get in the car.

"Xiaozhi, do you want to go to the port with us?" Ukai was also preparing to get in the car, but when he saw the look in Atsumi's father's eyes, he knew what to do, so he asked Xiaozhi and the other two who followed him.

"Okay," Xiaozhi agreed without thinking. They had already obtained the last Sakura Badge, and the next step was to head to Citrus Island, and they happened to be going the same way.

"Xiaoxia, let's go," Dunmei took Xiaoxia's arm and pulled her into the car first. Yu Hai, Xiaozhi, and Xiaojian also followed.

Including the driver, there were nine people in the car: Dunmei, Ada, Dunmei's father, Dunmei's mother, Yu Hai, Xiaozhi, Xiaoxia, Xiaojian...

Everyone was talking and laughing in the car all the way until we arrived at the port at around 9:30, when the ship was about to sail.

Ukai boarded the passenger ship with Atsumi's family of four. The tickets were bought last night. Xiaozhi and the other two who just arrived today couldn't buy tickets to Citrus Island at all. Because the competition was about to be held, the tickets were still very tight, so they could only wait for the next passenger ship.

"Xiaozhi, there are ferry tickets for the next two flights. See you at Citrus Island," Ukai greeted Xiaozhi at the side of the ship. Although he was a little frustrated that they couldn't set off together, it was only more than an hour late.

"Okay, Brother Hai, see you at Citrus Island," Xiaozhi waved goodbye foolishly. He felt that this family was very nice. Not only did they treat them to breakfast, but they also sent them to the port. He was very grateful to this family.

"Brother Hai, why are you so nice to him?" Ada was puzzled. As his brother-in-law, he should help him, so why did he say goodbye to Xiaozhi?

"Haha, you'll understand when you grow up," Yu Hai reached out and touched Ada's hair, messing it up on purpose. He couldn't possibly tell a child that this was the way of the world!

Ada's father was the same, and he urged Ada: "There are many fun things on the ship, go play with your sister, there are also elves fighting..."

Hearing this, the wife, who had been married to her husband for many years, knew what her husband wanted to do and what to do now. She reached out and took Ada's hand and walked away. After all, he was just a child, and when he heard something interesting, his attention was instantly diverted.

Although Dunmei guessed something, she didn't ask and just followed her brother tactfully.

There were only two people left at the scene, Yu Hai and Atsumi's father, sitting under the parasol on the side of the boat, each ordering a glass of juice. Atsumi's father asked, "How do you know that kid?"

"Xiaozhi?" Yu Hai saw Atsumi's father nod slightly, and continued: "I met him at the Quartz Conference, and I stayed at his house..."

"Oh?" Atsumi's father obviously didn't expect that Ukai and Satoshi were so familiar with each other that they could stay overnight at each other's house. Then he asked, "What is his relationship with Professor Oak?"

"They are very close. Satoshi debuted a few months ago, and his initial Pokémon was obtained from the Oak Research Institute. Professor Oak treats him as his own grandson..."

"Okay, I get it. You go and have fun too, and relax. The big competitions are tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, so try to get a good ranking," Dunmei's father didn't ask any more questions after hearing what his grandson said.

Professor Oak is a big celebrity in the academic world. In addition to being a famous doctor of Pokémon studies, he is also a very strong trainer, which is the most important thing.

Yu Hai drank the juice and left to find Dunmei and the other two, who were watching others fight Pokémons. As soon as he came over, Dunmei asked him what he had just said to his father.

What else could Ukai say about this? He could only say that the other man's father asked some questions about Xiaozhi, which earned him a cold eye from Atsumi, who secretly reached out and pinched his arm.

"What are you doing?" Yu Hai quickly retracted his hand when his arm was pinched. He was telling the truth and he had witnesses. Is this guy crazy? He doesn't even believe the truth.

"Hmph," Dunmei didn't explain. She snorted coldly and turned to follow her mother and brother.

"Tsk," Yu Hai did not follow. Instead, he sat down on the second floor of the battle venue, ordered another glass of juice, and watched the battle slowly.

This continued until one or two o'clock in the afternoon. Dunmei brought him lunch and they ate lunch together.

There was nowhere to go next, and most importantly, Dunmei’s parents were both there, so there was no way I could do anything else.

The two of them could only watch the game dully, and review the results from time to time. Yu Hai had more experience in this regard than Dunmei, after all, he basically remembered the characteristics of each Pokémon and roughly what moves they could do.

If it is a formal competition, they will definitely get information in advance, but the fact that they can talk about everything on the spot shows the value of veteran players.

However, after watching for several hours, both of them were yawning, and they arrived at Citrus Island...