Pokémon: Thunder Shatters the Darkness

2023.1.21, a little after 5 o’clock in the morning.

When the inter-provincial professional competition came, Central Henan Province, as the host, finally realized the feeling of being dominated by a sea of ​​people.

Because the 21st is the day when the last batch of small, medium and colleges and universities in the country have their winter vacation.

With the blessing of such a terrifying BUFF, Meimei's professional competition, which happened to start on the first day of the holiday, received everyone's enthusiastic attention.

There are still 3 hours before the preliminaries start, but local residents have already arrived in an endless stream, and tourists are even more numerous.

The atmosphere was so lively that dozens of police buses were parked outside the area, and nearly a hundred neatly dressed sheriffs were maintaining order and patrolling back and forth.

It is a level 1 service classified as a level of key concern.

A large number of electric-chasing dogs, with custom elastic leashes tied around their necks, sat close to the sheriff's legs.

He stared diligently with his big round eyes, blinking his eyes at the long queue of people in front of him.

"Uu——"

After the whistle blew, the experienced sheriff waved his hand and said loudly to the people who were looking over: "Queue up in an orderly manner, don't push or shove, and if you can't make it, go home and watch -"

"——The first dual-province professional competition is also arranged for online live broadcast. The price will fluctuate slightly depending on who you want to watch or which match you want to watch, but it is still a good choice."

The words fell.

The old sheriff tightened his work uniform.

Reactions to his words were mixed in the crowd.

Some people agreed and prepared to leave through the exit channel.

Someone curled his lips.

What do you know? Watching it live is the real atmosphere!

What's more, I heard that this time, the local general-type Tea Cake Gym Master Wen Que and the neighboring Ji Province Grass-type Senmu Gym Master Lin Sanjiu1 were invited to perform at the opening ceremony.

Besides.

There will be other guests participating every day in the future.

How can you experience these feelings by watching TV or using your mobile phone at home?

Just arrange it!

Some people grinned and their faces turned red. Even though the cold wind was howling, it could not extinguish the blazing fire in their hearts.

...

Compared to the passers-by who had worked hard to grab a spot three hours in advance, the contestants seemed much more relaxed.

As if they had anticipated the current situation, Yunen Group had already allowed the athletes to enter the Olympic Arena in advance.

Most of the contestants are now gathered in the lounge.

Looking at the number of people, there were already two to three hundred contestants gathered at just five o'clock. This also shows how many people were nervous.

Even though they are all professional trainers, they have all experienced some ups and downs to a greater or lesser extent.

However, when faced with this kind of formal competition that is authorized to be broadcast nationwide on satellite TV, the inexperienced ones still make up the majority.

This can be seen from the fact that many people are drinking water frantically.

"Long time no see, bro. I heard you're doing well lately?"

"Long time no see... Haha, has it spread out? It's just so-so, we barely managed to catch the one who was possessed by the ghost, haha."

"That's great... Unlike me, I still haven't passed the exam to become a bounty hunter."

"Oh, take your time. Don't worry. You can do it."

The young man couldn't hide his pride and patted the middle-aged man's shoulder to comfort him.

Big ghost, medium ghost, little ghost are all nicknames used by bounty hunters to refer to criminals.

It generally does not represent the opponent's strength, but only the opponent's bounty.

The bounty price for being caught by a ghost is generally between 200,000 and 1 million, which is almost as much as the annual salary of an urban white-collar worker.

Such courtesies were also heard in many places in the hall.

At a glance.

Now, nearly 27% of the more than contestants here are at least years old, and only % are younger.

Everyone here chats with each other and exchanges personal information. There is no such thing as anyone looking down on others. At most, some people just show off a little more.

in the corner.

Several young people gathered together.

Most of them were looking around, their eyes scanning those people like surveillance cameras, and then continued to look into the distance.

There were only two people among the group, eating the breakfast provided by Yunen Group.

It's a buffet breakfast with bacon and eggs, as well as steamed dumplings and siu mai.

"good to eat."

The boy opened his mouth wide, stuffed another steamed bun into it, and started chewing: "Look, this is what we call breakfast. The one in our school cafeteria is just a pile of shit."

"Almost, I've finished reading it all."

The young people who were looking out turned their heads back. Those who were unfamiliar with him ignored the man's complaints, while those who were familiar with him glared at him fiercely.

Be more normal, this is cooperation.

"Damn, there are quite a few veteran pros here."

Someone bent over and said hurriedly:

"For example, that young man was a student of the General Department Tea Cake Gym in his early years. He just passed the bounty hunter qualification exam a while ago, and he can catch a wanted criminal worth 70 at once."

"And the middle-aged man smiling across from him is an assistant at the city's bounty hunter official office. It is said that he applied for the top-level assessment, which is why he has never passed."

"There are also some people I'm familiar with, including some former disciples of the gym..."

Just as he explained hurriedly.

The boy who stuffed the shaomai into his mouth first suddenly raised his eyebrows, then looked at him with a half-smile and said, "Are you scared?"

The narration was suddenly interrupted and the speaker was stunned for a moment.

One second later.

"No... Of course not!"

He gritted his teeth and said, "If I were scared, I wouldn't have come in the first place."

"what."

The boy chuckled and did not comment.

The same goes for the people around you.

Those who knew him glared at him, blaming him for making them lose face; those who didn't know him didn't even glance at him, only looking at the boy with a faint smile on his face -

Although they are both college students in Zhouji, they actually belong to two different universities and their relationship is not particularly close.

Count your breaths.

"correct."

The boy seemed to remember something and stood up and looked at the crowd.

After a few seconds, he retracted his gaze and looked at the little girl with mushroom hair and glasses who was half a head shorter than him with a smile: "Susu, have you seen Yang Xiao?"

As soon as these words came out.

The atmosphere in the team suddenly stagnated, and everyone turned to look at the mushroom-headed guy.

The latter pushed his glasses expressionlessly, then shook his head slightly: "I didn't see him, I guess he hasn't come yet."

The words fell.

In the small team, you look at me and I look at you.

Someone seemed relieved.

The boy saw it all and heard why it happened.

Just two days ago, these people from Zhou Ji Renwen went together to watch the badge challenge competition of the local Tea Cake Dojo. It is said that they intuitively felt the explosive power of Yang Xiao's martial arts bear master.

It is said.

When they come back, most of them are distracted.

There are actually not many idiots in this world, and most of them exist on the Internet.

Because this can be done across a long distance, people outside the screen don't care too much about many things.

It's okay to brag and it's okay to curse people. It's nothing big.

But when they see it in reality and clearly know that there is a chance that the other party will contact them, the arrogance of "being the center of the world" will quickly fade away.

Instead, we adopt the instinct that has sustained human beings to this day - caution.

now.

These so-called "companions" were already extremely cautious towards Yang Xiao.

Is this guy a high school student?

Whoever believes in Egypt can believe it.

"Maybe...he withdrew from the competition?"

Someone whispered, as if jokingly, "I heard he's very popular. If I were him, I wouldn't necessarily continue to participate... If I lose, it would affect my worth."

"If you say so, it's not impossible..."

"Don't kid yourself."

The girl named Susu glanced at them and said calmly:

"It's just impossible... You have signed a contract, and you know that it is clearly forbidden. You are not allowed to withdraw from the competition for any reason except for extreme reasons."

"Well, that's all I said."

"Humph."

Looking at this embarrassed man, the boy curled his lips in contempt, but he said nothing.

at this time.

His peripheral vision suddenly caught sight of the door on the left being pushed open, and two familiar figures walked into the hall.

next second.

Like spider sense, as soon as his gaze fell on the other person, another gaze swept over from the other side.

Calm as water, yet hidden power lies within.