Pokémon: I have a game menu

Naoki saw a hot older sister, no, it should be said that he saw a rather unique trainer. She was followed by an octopus barrel, which was using its suction cup to help catch the Magikarp that had taken the bait.

Is this really not cheating? This isn't fishing at all!

It was clear that Naoki was not the only one who noticed this eye-catching big sister. After confirming it, the referee announced that this was a reasonable use of Pokémon. The waterfall climbing competition allowed all water-attribute Pokémon to participate. Of course, the lanternfish family was an exception! Electrofishing is absolutely prohibited. Contestants cannot let their Pokémon attack Magikarp and other water-attribute Pokémon in the water.

Naoki looked at it for a while, then ran to the snack stand and bought a portion of takoyaki. There was no other way, when he saw the octopus bucket, he couldn't help but think of this.

"Naoki, I want to eat too!" said Xiaoxue, who was a little bored. Xiaoxue was only interested in fish that could be used in cooking. Pokémon like Magikarp, which was full of bones, were disliked by dogs.

Naoki picked one out, blew it cool, and fed it to her. The latter squinted her eyes happily.

"Is it too hot? Do you want me to buy you some shaved ice?" Naoki asked.

"Naoki, do you have any misunderstanding about me? I'm not afraid of hot food. I'm not a cat's tongue."

"But I like the fact that you blow it cool before feeding it to me!"

"Since you are considerate, I will not mind you peeking at my elder sister."

"..." Naoki really wanted to say that he was not peeking and was watching the game openly, but after thinking about it, he decided not to.

"Hehe~ Let's go, I want to eat shaved ice now!"

Xiaoxue took the initiative to hold Naoki's hand, looking very happy.

“I want strawberry flavor!”

"Well...actually the syrup for shaved ice is the same, just the flavoring and coloring are different."

"Naoki picked the blueberry flavor. I want both!"

"..."

The uncle selling shaved ice was a worldly-wise man, and he didn't think there was anything strange about communicating with Xiaoxue so smoothly. He directly handed over strawberry and blueberry flavored shaved ice.

"Eh? Aren't you Naoki?"

In front of the shaved ice stall, Naoki met a group of four brothers and sisters whom he had just met not long ago. The leader, Asheng, was the first to recognize Naoki, and then Yizi behind him screamed and glared at Naoki fiercely.

"What a coincidence! Are you guys here to play too?" Naoki nodded and greeted them, ignoring the little girl who was glaring at him.

"Yes, Tianyin likes fishing very much! Our hometown has the most water areas among all the regions!"

Naoki smiled helplessly. As for the Hoenn region, Kyogre and Groudon each get half. If there is less sea area, won’t Kyogre lose face?

"Where's Frosty? It's a very rare Pokémon. Is it your Pokémon?" Xiaotian looked at Xiaoxue who was eating shaved ice silently. The Hoenn region is the hottest place in the Pokémon League. Ice-attribute Pokémon are already very rare. Ice-attribute Pokémon like Frosty that require special conditions to evolve are indeed rare.

"It doesn't matter. She is Xiaoxue."

Xiaoxue nodded as a greeting. From this point of view, the menu bar showed that Xiaoxue's personality was shy, and there was nothing wrong with this personality without attribute modification.

"Since we happened to meet, why don't we go watch the game together?" A Sheng invited.

"of course."

Naoki nodded, which made Ichiko, who was watching from behind, grit his teeth in anger.

The fishing competition ended at noon, and hundreds of people caught Magikarp that met the requirements. It seems that the competition for the second-level waterfall climbing competition is quite fierce. You know, the second game is called waterfall climbing, but it is actually a free-for-all. Everyone wants to get first place, and the first place will become the target of everyone's attack. In short, only the strong are worthy of waterfall climbing. Only those who can stand out from the crowd can enter the third round.

It's a pity that Vaporeon can't participate, otherwise, with its water storage ability, it would be invincible among many water-attribute Pokémon.

In this round, Pokémon such as Gigantic, Tyranitar, and Jigglypuff, which also have the water storage property and are good at climbing waterfalls, have a huge advantage.

Among the many contestants, there are many who own these Pokémon.

The hot older sister that Naoki had seen before owned a giant-winged flying fish.

"Giantfin Flying Fish, use Bounce, then use Tidal Swirl on the water surface!"

At the beginning of the game, this hot sister used an extremely hateful attack on everyone. She used the tidal wave on the water surface, making it impossible for many people to even keep their balance. She herself rode on a giant flying fish that could fly for a short time, leaving the others far behind.

"Damn it! You can't succeed! Poison jellyfish, attack with the destructive death ray!"

Some people got angry on the spot and directly used a move that hurt the enemy by a thousand but hurt themselves by a hundred and eighty percent.

"Gyarados, now is the time to attack them with a tornado, let's charge!"

"Blustode, use mud shots around you!"

For a moment, the field was full of demons dancing and various skills flying in the air, which reminded Naoki of the situation he encountered two days ago. With the trainers mixed in, it was even more chaotic.

Some were knocked into the water, some had mud all over their faces, and some were thrown into the air by water-attribute moves and then fell back into the water; some Pokémon were looking for their trainers, some were attacking frantically, and some were running away without their trainers...

Naoki was confused watching from the shore. It was a miracle that this kind of competition was not banned! Are you sure no one will die in this way? He began to feel lucky that he did not sign up.

Finally, the result of the competition came out, and that hot big sister won the first place in the second round. Not only did her Gigantic not have the water storage property, but she could also use the grass-attribute skill Seed Bomb, which was like cheating for a group of water-attribute Pokémon.

Compared to her, the rest of the people were in a much more miserable state. They were almost all soaked, and the Pokémon around them all looked exhausted. It was simply a horrible sight.

The third round is much simpler, a one-on-one elimination match with rest time in between.

......

"The final match of the quarterfinals begins, with Ms. Reiko from the Hoenn region versus Mr. Guangliang from the Kanto region! Both sides please take your positions!"

Reiko is the hot older sister, and her opponent is the one who once used the stinging jellyfish to use the destructive death ray to attack the giant flying fish.

It is really a case of enemies meeting in a narrow road.

"Stinger Jellyfish, use Trash Shot!"

Trash Shot is a poison-attribute physical skill with a power of 120. It is obvious that Mr. Guangliang has already understood his opponent. The Pokémon Giddens is not a popular one, and can even be said to be mediocre, but it has an absurdly high Special Defense racial value, so using special attack skills is undoubtedly useless.

"Giant-winged flying fish, use the bounce to dodge!"

The giant flying fish jumped high, dodged the attack of the garbage shot, and then flew towards the stinging jellyfish.

Like the GiantFlying Fish, the Stinging Jellyfish is also an example of high special defense and low physical defense. However, its pitiful physical attack is enough to face the GiantFlying Fish.

"Stinger Jellyfish, now! Use Tight Tie to grab it!"

"Giant-winged flying fish, break free!"

"No use, Stinger, use Screech! Then take care of it with your junk shot!"

The harsh sound reduces defense, and the junk shooting deals damage. I have to say that in terms of combat skills, this Mr. Guangliang is much stronger.

"Giantfin Flying Fish, use Charm on the Stinging Jellyfish!"

Naoki raised his eyebrows. In his opinion, Mr. Guangliang had almost won the game, but now there seemed to be a turn for the better.

The state of fascination is somewhat similar to paralysis. The latter can slow down the Pokémon and has a 25% chance of being unable to move. Although the former cannot slow down the Pokémon, it has an extremely high chance of 50% that the opponent cannot use any moves.

In real battles, the 50% chance of being enchanted is almost %. Either the Pokémon is not affected at all, or it is affected. This depends on the ability of the Pokémon itself and the bond between the Pokémon and the trainer.

Obviously, this stinging jellyfish is not a straight man. It just looks like a fool who is bewitched. It can't get rid of the bewitched state even after being attacked by the giant flying fish. The game ended with the stinging jellyfish being hit by the giant flying fish's phantom beam many times and falling down.

"..." Naoki thought it was bullshit, but it was undeniable that this kind of metaphysical random number was also a part of the Pokémon battle. It was common for people with dark faces to be paralyzed by electromagnetic waves and unable to move three times in a row, and it was also common for people with white faces to succeed in three consecutive defenses.

However, Miss Reiko's battle ended here. She was not so lucky when she fought against the trainer who owned Gyarados. Gigantic had no ability to fight back against Gyarados, whose physical attack was off the charts.

In the end, the trainer with Gyarados won the first place. It was quite reasonable for Gyarados to win the Magikarp Festival Waterfall Climbing Competition.

After enjoying the show, Naoki said goodbye to Asheng and the others, and took Xiaoxue to continue visiting the snack stalls for a while. The specialty snack of the Magikarp Festival - a dessert called Magikarp Yaki, which is made of flour, red bean paste and other ingredients and looks very similar to Taiyaki, was also distributed for free during this period.

"Yeah, it's pretty delicious." Naoki nodded and decided to take some back for the Pokémon to try. There were too many people on the street, so it was not realistic to call the Pokémon out.

The festival ended as night fell. Naoki planned to sleep in the hotel for another night and set off for Yingxue City tomorrow morning.

After a night without incident, Naoki arrived at Route 19 early the next morning. This road is also known as the Giant Valley Road. There is a huge canyon on the west side of this road. Below the canyon is a large swamp where a large number of wild Pokémon live. On the east side of this road is a large flower garden, which is also a paradise for wild Pokémon.

From here, walk all the way south, and then turn west at the corner to reach Yingxue City.

"Naoki!"

Just as Naoki was walking slowly on the road, he heard a shout from behind. Yeruno and Doroba, who hadn't seen each other for a long time, hurriedly caught up with him. Although the two had very different personalities, they had been very good friends since childhood, and now they even traveled together.

"Yerono, Doraba, long time no see!" Naoki smiled and waved at them.

"Naoki, did you also participate in the Magikarp Festival?" Doraba asked.

"Yeah, but I didn't play in the game. Were you two here yesterday?"

"We only arrived at noon. It's a pity that I still wanted to participate in the waterfall climbing competition. Blastoise has been looking forward to it for a long time." Yeruno had a sad face.

"Isn't it because you, Yeruno, saw a beautiful flower on the side of the road, and as you watched it dance you forgot the time?" Doroba complained.

"But the dance of its petals is so charming! I just can't help it!" Yeruno seemed to change his face and showed an excited expression.

"So, Yeruno, did you catch the beautiful flower? Didn't you want to form a Pokémon dance troupe?" Naoki asked.

Yeruno shook his head helplessly.

"It's always like this with Yeruno. When he sees a Pokémon that can dance, he gets so obsessed with it that he forgets about catching it." Doroba said speechlessly.

"This is Yeruno!" Naoki smiled helplessly.

Yeruno and Doroba also laughed.

"By the way, you guys are also going to Yingxue City, right? How's your badge collection going?"

"Well, Xuanyeruno and I both got six badges. We plan to go to Yingxue City to challenge Yingxue Gym and then return to Miare City to go to Xitron." Doroba said.

"Oh! Then I'm slightly ahead! I already have seven badges. As long as I get the badge of Yingxue City, I will have eight." Naoki said with a smile.

"Haha, we will catch up soon! Then let's go to Yingxue City together!" said Yeruno.

Yingxue City is just like its name, a city that is said to be colder than winter. There are two wild Blizzard Kings living in this city, and Mr. Defu, the owner of the Yingxue Gym, also uses ice-attribute Pokémon, and his trump card is also Blizzard King, so it snows almost every day here.

Yingxue City is surrounded by large forests, which is a paradise for ice-attribute Pokémon. Fortunately, with Xiaoxue here, the surrounding Pokémon only dare to look over here from a distance and will not take the initiative to attack.

After arriving in Yingxue City, everyone rushed to the Pokémon Center first, drank a cup of hot tea, and after relaxing for a while, they felt like they were alive again.

"It's obviously not far away. It's hot enough in Shuilian Town that you can wear short sleeves, but here in Yingxue City I feel so cold even wearing a cotton jacket!" Doraba complained.

"Many people who come to Yingxue City for the first time will say this! Remember to wear more clothes, it will be troublesome if you catch a cold." Miss Joy said with a smile.