Pokémon: I have a game menu

After entering the depths of the cave, the light became much dimmer. With the eyes of an ordinary human like Naoki, he could only see a small area in front of him at most. It felt like entering an underground cave in a game that required the use of the Flash Technique to illuminate. Fortunately, in real life, Pokémon can also illuminate without the Flash Technique. All you need to do is call out Charmeleon and have it stand in front to clear the way. Charmeleon's tail is a natural torch.

The only disadvantage of doing this is that it will attract a large number of Zubats. Fortunately, this is not a problem for Gardevoir. The poison-attribute Zubat will be killed instantly if it is hit by a telekinesis, and then thrown to the side of the road by Gardevoir.

"Naoki, there's someone in front." Gardevoir said telepathically.

"Is there anyone?" Naoki was not surprised. This cave, which was inhabited by a large number of Pokémon, was one of the favorite places for Pokémon trainers. It was not strange to see someone in such an area. If there was anything strange, it was really strange that Naoki had only met one person since he came in.

"There's someone! I finally met someone!" A person jumped out from the corner. Even though he was mentally prepared, Naoki was still scared by this person. He was howling like a ghost, and if you didn't know, you would think you had met a ghost-type Pokémon.

The person who came was a young man wearing a pink short-sleeved shirt and white shorts. There was nothing wrong with wearing such clothes in this season, but in a cave full of Pokémon, it was a problem not to wear protective trainer clothes.

"Ah! Sorry to scare you, my name is Guangzheng, I'm from Chengdu, and I'm currently traveling around with my girlfriend."

Naoki looked around him. Did he leave his girlfriend behind during the trip?

Guangzheng scratched his head and said awkwardly: "My girlfriend and I were separated by a group of Zubats, and I'm currently looking for her."

"..." Naoki was speechless. It was hard to imagine the mental state of the silly couple in the Pokémon world. Why would anyone go on a date in a cave full of wild Pokémon?

"Hey, little guy, please, you should be from around here, right? Help me find Huizi." Guangzheng asked with his hands clasped together.

Naoki shook his head and said, "I'm not from nearby. I'm just a trainer who traveled here. I'm not familiar with this place, but I can ask Gardevoir to help find if there are other people nearby."

"Thank you, uh..."

"My name is Naoki."

"Thank you, Naoki, and Gardevoir as well."

Finding someone is an easy task for Gardevoir. Gardevoir's racial talent is that it can feel human emotions, so it has this natural advantage in finding people. In addition, its final evolution has greatly enhanced its superpowers, and the range of its sensing has become very wide. The only thing it needs to find someone in such a sparsely populated place is a little time.

Naoki didn't mind this little bit of time. He wasn't in a hurry to travel anyway. There was still plenty of time for the Carlos League Competition, so there was no need to rush to collect badges.

After walking for a long time, Gardevoir found a trace of a person, but was not sure if it was Mitsumasa's girlfriend Keiko. As it turned out, besides Naoki, there seemed to be only this stupid couple here. Naoki knew he had found the right person the first time he saw the person wearing the same pink short-sleeved shirt as Mitsumasa.

"Keiko!"

"Guangzheng!"

The two stupid lovers hugged each other, not even thinking that there was someone watching them.

After the two of them finished being intimate, Guangzheng took Keiko to thank Zhishu. Since they were going to Shilin Town, Zhishu gave them the recommended map he bought. Guangzheng took out a box from his backpack and handed it to Zhishu as a thank you gift. According to Guangzheng's description, the box contained a specialty of Chengdu, a tangerine ball made of tangerine fruit.

This gift was somewhat unexpected for Naoki, but one of his few hobbies was collecting various Poké Balls, so he did not refuse the gift.

After the three of them parted, Naoki continued to walk towards Sala City in the direction he remembered.

At nightfall, Naoki, Charmeleon, and Gardevoir finally walked out of the Mirror Cave. Continuing north from the cave for a distance, they arrived at Sora City. Naoki put the two Pokémon back into the Poké Ball and decided to walk all the way to Sora City.

Chansey, who was on night duty, received Naoki and handed his Pokémon to him for treatment. Naoki took advantage of the break to take a shower and change his clothes, then took the Pokémon back from Chansey and went to the free room to sleep.

Naoki slept until noon the next day before getting up. He let the Pokémon out and fed it a meal of energy cubes that he was not sure whether it was breakfast or lunch. He then took some biscuits from his backpack to fill his stomach.

After finishing all the chores, Naoki took his Pokémon and left the Pokémon Center. Sala City was the city Naoki was most familiar with besides Miare City and Gumu Town. Naoki had been here since he was a child, but at that time he always came here on flying Pokémon. This was the first time he came here on foot. Looking at the familiar streets, Naoki came to the entrance of the Sala City Gym with ease.

The uncle at the gym entrance informed Naoki that the gym leader Kokobul was not there. Yes, during this period, Korne was still training to become a gym leader, and Kokobul was still nominally the gym in Sala City. Naoki thought about it and walked towards the Refining Tower in the north. Korne and Kokobul were probably there.

There is a large beach between the gym and the Refining Tower, but it is not a beach for entertainment. There is no one on the beach, which allows Naoki to quickly cross the beach and reach the interior of the Refining Tower.

"Naoki, you're here? Korni is at the top of the tower, you can go find her." Kokobul happened to be at the bottom floor, and he saw Naoki coming in at a glance.

"Okay, thank you Grandpa Cocobul." Naoki nodded.

"Go, go." Cocobul said with a smile.

Naoki walked up the stairs of the Refining Tower and came to the top floor. He saw Korne who was training with Lucario on the rooftop. The midday sun shone on the girl's profile, which looked very harmonious.

After Zhishu peeked for a while, the girl spotted him. Korni waved excitedly and said, "Zhishu, you're here!"

"You said you would come." Naoki walked forward, took out a tissue and wiped the sweat off Korni's face.

"Hey, wait for me downstairs, I'm going to change my clothes." Korni ran downstairs in a hurry.

Korne's Lucario looked over, and Naoki released his own Lucario to let them say hello first.

"Let's go down and wait." Naoki returned to the bottom floor with the two Lucarios.