Pokémon: I have a game menu

Naoki came to a small shop he often went to. The owner was an old lady. She had the most authentic tree juice brewed in a pot, which was one of the carry-on items in the game that could restore 20 health points of Pokémon. In reality, the types of tree juice are more abundant, and different recipes can brew different flavors. Naoki liked the sweet and sour taste brewed by sour pear and sweet peach. It was a great afternoon tea option with the senbei and snow cakes made by the old lady.

Naoki released all four Pokémon, ordered tree juice of the flavors they wanted for them, and then ordered some snow cakes. They sat around the small table and began to enjoy them.

On the other side, in the Pokémon Research Institute, Calum had already gathered with Yeruno and Doroba. The two girls who were slightly behind them also came to the institute. Dr. Bratano explained the mega evolution research to everyone and hoped that they would become his assistants, just like what he had said to Naoki before.

The professors in each region will probably tell the novice trainers who have received their initial Pokémon something similar, such as collecting Pokémon encyclopedias and catching Pokémon, which makes every new trainer feel like they are the protagonist. In fact, these professors are just old scumbags who cast a wide net. Naoki has no interest in collecting Pokémon, because this is not a game. Once you catch a Pokémon, you just put it in the box. You have to spend money and energy to take care of it. Naoki doesn't have any hobbies for collecting. He usually only wants to catch Pokémon that suits his aesthetic taste.

After the doctor's instructions, Yeruno and Doroba prepared to set off directly to Gumu Town, and then head west to Haruka City. Kalumu prepared to find a place to have lunch first. He and Naoki did not eat on the way here. Shana and Serena prepared to go to the nearby trainer promotional video studio to take a look. For girls, this kind of thing is much more interesting than fighting.

When Shana and Serena arrived at the trainer promotional video studio together, they were told by the person in charge that there was a problem with the power system in Miare City and it was currently impossible to shoot a short film. If they wanted to shoot, they would have to wait until the power system was restored.

The power system in the Pokémon world always has problems for all sorts of strange reasons. Maybe an electric monster sneaked into the power plant and stole electricity, or a Pokémon near the circuit used a skill to cut the wires, or maybe Naughty Bomb's self-detonation caused a fire in the power plant, and so on.

If it were a small city, the repair work might be quick, but for Miare City, the largest city in the Kalos region, it would take hours just to check, and it would take who knows when the repairs would be completed. Only important public facilities like Pokémon Centers and hospitals have emergency power supply systems, and ordinary people can only make their own generators or find a few Pokémon with electric attributes to help discharge electricity, otherwise they can only endure the power outage.

Naoki, who was eating at the Huhu Juice Shop, was not affected by the power outage. The lighting in the shop was quite good. It was not time to turn on the lights in the afternoon. Naoki ate snow cakes with juice and did not even notice that there was a large-scale power outage in Miare City. Of course, even if Naoki knew, he would not have any idea. This was not the first time that Miare City had such a situation. No matter who it was, all they could do was wait for the circuit workers to repair the circuit.

Eat when you should, drink when you should. This is how ordinary people should deal with this situation.

After Rallas finished eating the snow cake slowly, Naoki put the other Pokémon back into the Poké Ball. Since Rallas didn't want to go back, Naoki simply carried it with him. Anyway, with Rallas's own telekinesis controlling it, the weight of it was almost the same as not having it.

"Naoki!"

As soon as he went out, Naoki heard someone calling him. He turned around and saw two girls, Sana and Serena, whom he hadn't seen since graduation from school. After a year, the two girls were taller than before, but their appearance had not changed much, so Naoki recognized them at a glance.

"Shana, Shalina, long time no see."

The Rallus in Naoki's arms stared at the two girls, with negative energy surrounding its body. Sometimes Naoki even wondered if his Rallus was some kind of mutated Pokémon with a hidden fighting spirit, otherwise it would be difficult to explain why it would show dissatisfaction every time it saw the two girls.

"Larulas still likes to pester Naoki as before." Shana seemed to understand that Larulas didn't like her very much.

Naoki smiled bitterly, rubbed Larulas' head, and asked the two girls, "Are you here to drink tree juice?"

"Yeah, there's a power outage in Miare City. I don't know if it's that guy Citron's fault. Serena and I were originally planning to shoot a promotional video for trainers, and we don't know when the power will be restored, so we thought of coming here to eat something first." Shana nodded.

Citron is the son of the gym leader of Miare City. He used to be a classmate of everyone. Due to the same interests and hobbies, Shana and Citron are quite good friends. Citron is going to inherit his family's gym after graduation and is currently practicing. He likes to make all kinds of strange inventions when he has nothing to do. The power outage in Miare City is indeed very likely caused by him. Shana did not wrongly accuse him for no reason. After all, this is not the first or second time.

"There's nothing we can do about it. If that's the case, just wait a little longer."

"Naoki, are you leaving? Why don't you stay with us for a while? Serena should want to chat with you too."

"Eh?" Serena, who had been standing aside without saying anything, made a sound like a frightened animal.

"Well, there's nothing to worry about anyway."

The three of them returned to the Huhu Juice Shop, and Shana and Serena released their original Pokémon and the new members, Frog and Pikachu, and Charmeleon and Fletch.

"You got Frozen and Charizard!" Naoki was a little jealous. After all, he had been fantasizing about Frozen for quite a long time. Charizard was not bad either, but in comparison, Naoki still liked Greninja more. He didn't know if he could encounter a wild Frozen in the wild.

"Hey, isn't it cute?"

Shana seems to like this cute Pokémon very much.

"Naoki, which one did you get? Is it also Bubble Frog? I remember you said you wanted to choose Bubble Frog." asked Serena.