Pokémon: Start with an Admiral Crab!

"Excuse me, contestant Xiaoyou...what do you think of your experience in this game?"

the reporter asked tentatively.

"Ayao is a strong opponent that I have been following since the elimination rounds. I studied him for a long time in order to defeat him, but unfortunately I still failed."

"But I will also sum up the experience of this failure and become stronger in the future!"

Xiaoyou’s answer was unexpectedly “standard”, even so standard that the reporter found it a little boring.

"Ahem... As a first-time contestant, reaching the semifinals is already an excellent result."

The reporter coughed lightly and changed the subject.

"...Xiaoyou, do you have anything else to say to the audience in front of the TV, and your relatives and friends in your hometown?"

The reporter then asked.

Xiaoyou actually still has a third-place match to play, but it has to wait until after the finals.

But the results of the top four are already determined.

laugh--!

A strand of purple hair fell to the ground.

"The top four is not my goal - just watch!"

"I am the strongest man in Girls Town... and I will also be the most powerful Pokémon trainer!"

Under the bewildered gaze of the reporter, Xiaoyou cut off a lock of her hair and tied the remaining long hair tightly behind her head.

Putting on the straw hat which was obviously one size too big...

In the live broadcast, Xiaoyou's eyes were full of determination.

……

"You taught me this move too?"

Shizuka was frightened by Xiaoyou's action of cutting his hair to show his determination.

"Don't blame me for this - I just let him use the press conference as an opportunity to speak his mind."

Wang Yao bit the ice cream spoon and shook his head.

"I used to hate watching those love stories where the hero and heroine were hesitant for a long time and neither of them was willing to speak their mind first."

Wang Yao gave an example.

"If you have something to say, just say it directly. What's the point of dithering?"

Wang Yao shook the spoon and said indifferently.

Just like when he confessed to Shizuka.

It's just a matter of one sentence~

"Do you still like to watch these?"

Shizuka asked curiously.

After knowing each other for more than half a year, she had never heard Wang Yao mention that he loved watching anime.

"And the plot you're talking about... isn't it the one from many years ago - 'My Jigglypuff Can't Be This Cute'?"

Shizuka suddenly looked at Wang Yao as if he were looking at non-burnable garbage.

“Is there any drama like this?”

Wang Yao's eyes widened.

"…Then I really have to go and take a look!"

"Don't look!"

Shizuka thrust out her paw like a meow whose tail had been stepped on.

"Eh?"

Wang Yao tilted his head.

Is there something wrong with that show?

"In short, you are not allowed to look at it!"

Shizuka said muffledly with a blushing face.

"If you don't want to look, then don't look... the ice cream is melting."

Wang Yao shrugged and reminded.

Now he became even more curious...

……

"I'm almost out of reach - come on! Magikarp!"

"It doesn't matter how many times we try! I still win this time!"

Near the town of Pallet Town, on the bank of a small river close to the forest.

Xiaozhi and Xiaomao ended the 112th Magikarp speed duel.

"Thank you for your hard work, Magikarp."

Xiaozhi broke the rice ball into pieces and fed it to Magikarp bit by bit to replenish its strength.

"We will definitely win next time!"

“Gugu!”

The Magikarp opened its mouth with a dull look in its eyes, swallowing the rice ball crumbs on the water surface.

"Daring, it's time for afternoon tea!"

Xiao Mao also broke up the biscuits for his afternoon tea and scattered them into the river.

call--! call--!

The sound of flapping wings came from high in the sky.

"You two are really hard to find... You actually ran so far downstream."

Wang Yao rode on the back of Zapdos and poked his head out to shout at the two little brats on the ground.

"Come up quickly, Professor Oak is looking for you!"

"Ah—it's Uncle Yao!"

"Uncle is back!"

The two little brats took back the Magikarp and were held in the claws of the Zapdos, one on the left and one on the right.

The feathers on the back of the Zapdos are a bit prickly, which is their favorite spot.

Several bird claws as thick as thighs were clenched into a ball, firmly fixing the two little kids in it.

"Uncle, don't you still have a finals match to play?"

Xiaozhi asked, looking up in the bird's claws.

There is still a whole week of preparation time from the semi-finals to the finals. As the favorite to win the championship, Wang Yao should not return to Pallet Town so soon.

And he still has such a leisurely attitude...

"The opponent voluntarily gave up. He felt that the second place that he got by luck was not as good as the top four."

Wang Yao admired Chaoxiong for being able to say such words.

I only met him once at the Tokiwa Gym, but I didn't expect this guy to be so strong-willed.

Facing the honor that is within reach...

Not everyone can recognize themselves and admit failure calmly.

Of course... the reason why Chaoxionghui abstained from voting was also due to other reasons...

Just before the game at the main venue begins.

When he was playing basketball with Wang Yao outside, he secretly used all his strength.

Then he was hit by a grand slam by the giant crab in a hot state.

Although he made it to the finals with his overall not weak strength and even more incredible luck.

but……

Oh - in the semi-finals, you two, the favorites to win the championship, fought back and forth, and it was extremely exciting.

Xiaoyou at least retired with a record of two bars and six!

Then in the finals you shouted "crab punch" for ten minutes on the court, but ended up killing me in one second with six shots?

Do I still have any shame?!

So Chaoxiong chose to retain some dignity for himself.

After losing the original runner-up, the battle for third place between Xiaoyou and another ten-year-old girl named "Qian Jiazi" turned into a competition for the second and third place.

……

"That's it……"

Wang Yao, who was on the bird's back, felt that he should buy a pair of goggles.

"As a result, the finals were also cancelled. I received the award in the morning and showed up at the closing ceremony in the afternoon before returning."

"You guys were out playing in the water all day today, so you missed the live broadcast."

Wang Yao shouted while riding on the bird's back against the wind.

"It's not playing in the water—it's a Pokémon competition!"

Xiaozhi emphasized.

"So what does grandpa want us to do suddenly?"

Xiaomao is more serious.

"You haven't seen the hatching process of a Pokémon egg yet, have you?"

Wang Yao had a smile on his face.

"Pokémon egg?"

"Could it be that……"

The two little brats looked at each other.

They still remembered that Wang Yao had previously obtained a Pokémon egg from the gym leader in Deep Gray City.

Before the game, when Wang Yao was doing special training in the back mountain of the research institute, the egg was naturally handed over to Professor Oak for safekeeping and care.

About four months have passed since Wang Yao received the egg.

Through accelerated cultivation in an incubator, the time it takes for fossil pterosaurs to hatch has been shortened to almost half of its original time.

"look forward to!"

"Fly faster--Zapdos!"

"Hahaha!"

The two little kids laughed happily in the bird claw seat.