Pokémon: System Start.

In the Pokémon Center, Xiaozhi and Ailan sat on a bench, quietly waiting for their Pokémon to recover, while watching the battle between Shinji and Alice in the video and chatting at the same time.

"...So that's what happened! I was wondering what happened just now. Your Flaming Hawk had such a huge burst of speed, and now Greninja has never used that Water Shadow Blade before!"

Ai Lan scratched his head and said with a smile that he finally understood during the chat with Xiaozhi why Xiaozhi's Fiercehawk had such a fast speed before. It was obviously different from the past when it evolved with the bond with Greninja.

"Yes! The characteristic of the Blazing Hawk was changed by Taichi. I don't know how he did it, but he made the Wind Wings activate unconditionally. As for Greninja, it might be because of the Bond Evolution Jade that the bond evolution between him and me became stronger."

Xiaozhi nodded, looked at the Bond Evolution Jade inlaid on the bracelet on his left wrist and spoke slowly.

Ai Lan nodded when she heard that, looked at the Bond Evolution Jade in Xiaozhi's hand, and suddenly asked.

"Oh, Xiaozhi! The last time we met, I told you that I wanted to buy the Bond Evolution Jade. What do you think?"

After the conversation just now, Ailan learned that Xiaozhi now only needs two Bond Evolution Jades to Bond Evolve all his Pokémon, which also results in a lot of Bond Evolution Jades being left empty.

This is why Ailan, who has always had the idea of ​​bond evolution, wanted to obtain it.

But of course it was just a normal exchange. Ailan wanted to take out some precious items and exchange them for a pair of bond evolution jades from Xiaozhi.

Xiaozhi was stunned for a moment when he heard Ai Lan's words. Ai Lan had indeed suggested to him to buy the Bond Evolution Jade before, but Taiyi was very strict at that time and would definitely not let him sell or give away such a rare item as the Bond Evolution Jade.

But it’s different now. Taichi has already given up his power. He took away some of the Bond Evolution Jades and left two pairs for Xiaozhi to deal with.

However, Xiaozhi once thought about giving these things to Serena and her girlfriends, but there were too few jades and he had too many girlfriends, so who to give them to was a problem.

This also caused Xiaozhi to put the idea of ​​giving it away on hold, and he never thought about it again.

But now Ai Lan brought it up again, which reminded Xiaozhi of it again.

"Well, I'm sorry, Ai Lan, I already have plans for the Bond Evolution Jade I have, so I don't have any extra for you."

Xiaozhi thought for a while, then shook his head at Ai Lan and rejected Ai Lan.

He already had a plan in mind for the destination of the two pairs of bond evolution jades.

"That's it!"

A look of regret immediately appeared on Ai Lan's face when he heard this. If possible, he really wanted to obtain the Bond Evolution Jade.

But since Xiaozhi already has a plan, he won't say anything. After all, it's Xiaozhi's thing, and he can give it to whoever he wants.

Then Xiaozhi and Ai Lan changed the topic and continued chatting.

While Xiaozhi and Ailan were chatting, the match between Alice and Shinji had also come to an end.

The result of the game was 3:1, with Alice winning, and her ranking rose from 36th to 21st.

Although Shinji is very strong and is one of the best among Satoshi's rivals, he is not a champion-level trainer, but he is definitely a top-level trainer.

His Electabuzz, Tortoise and other Pokémons all have champion-level strength, but only these two are champions, while the others are all king or quasi-champion level, and their strength can be said to be quite strong.

Even in this battle, the Electric Beast and the Tortoise killed Alice's Melissa and severely damaged the Dragon-headed Diglett respectively. Their performances can be said to be very eye-catching.

But Shinji was still no match for Alice. It wasn't because his command level was bad, but because his elves were not as strong as Alice's elves, commonly known as his hero pool was not as deep as Alice's. In the end, he was defeated.

After all, in the face of absolute strength, all tactics are futile.

Soon Alice, Shinji, and others arrived at the Pokémon Center.

When Xiaozhi saw them, he immediately went up to them, clapped hands with Alice, and congratulated her with a smile.

"Congratulations Alice!"

"No, no, Xiaozhi, if you can win, then of course I can't lose!"

"What are you talking about? What do you mean I can win? How can you not lose? You should know that we had a 6v6 battle, but I beat you. So I am a little stronger than you. My ability to win does not mean that you can win."

Xiaozhi crossed his arms and said with an expression that straight boys should not learn from him.

"You already said that was last time. It's been so long, I've already surpassed you. If you don't believe me, Xiaozhi, let's have a competition!"

Upon hearing this, Alice frowned, her face full of unhappiness, and she pointed at Xiaozhi and retorted.

"Compared to what?"

"Let's see who will advance to the eighth master first between the two of us this season!"

"Okay! Anyway, I've already made it clear that I'm going to win this game!"

Xiaozhi nodded when he heard this and said with confidence.

The Eight Masters are the top eight trainers in the entire Pokémon world. People give them the title of Eight Masters in recognition of their status, representing the pinnacle of the world's trainers.

The competition is to become the Eight Masters, and whoever advances to the Eight Masters first in a season, if other people made this bet, others would probably look at those two people as if they were fools.

But the two people who made the bet, one is the champion of the Alola region, and the other is the champion of the Unova region, and they are the most qualified people to advance to the Eight Masters Tournament.

So regarding the bet between Xiaozhi and Alice, the others looked at the two with great interest, and some even started discussing with the people next to them who would win the bet.

"By the way, Xiaozhi! Since this is a competition, there must be rewards. Let me make it clear, if I win, you just give me the pair of Bond Evolution Jades in your hand! I've been eyeing that thing for a long time!"

Alice suddenly said, smiling with her big white teeth showing, like a hunter who had planned for a long time and watched her prey fall into the net.

"Okay! Then if you lose, what will you pay?"

Xiaozhi crossed his arms and looked at Alice with interest.

"If I lose, I can agree to a reasonable request from you!"