Pokémon: Rise of the Orange League

In stark contrast to Penggan Island, which is being built as a resort, Xiagan Island is the location of the Orange Alliance's long-standing traditional gymnasium, and has always been a densely populated settlement.

Hundreds of years ago, when the Orange Alliance first established its gymnasium, this place had already become a vital town in its west.

However, the large-scale development and construction of Jingan Island by the Orange Alliance in recent years has inevitably led to the decline of this settlement with a deep historical heritage.

As the shining pearl and western star of the Orange Alliance, the badge issued by the Xiagan Gymnasium is carefully crafted with exquisite cherry blossom shells, perfectly demonstrating the rich unique style of the Orange Alliance.

The journey from Penggan Island to Xiagan Island is not far. Lu Wu set out on the journey at noon and arrived at the destination before dusk.

Compared with Penggan Island, the town on this island is more noisy and lively. Many old people living here still stick to the lifestyle that has been accumulated over the past decades.

Luwu led his fast swimming frog to leisurely wander in the streets and alleys of this coastal town, enjoying the leisure and tranquility. Along the way, he also bought several delicious seafood snacks with local characteristics with great interest, ready to taste them carefully.

"Fast swimming frog, do you want to eat? This is the special weak fish grilled. It is said that this sauce is made with a variety of local herbs."

Luwu handed a small plate to the fast swimming frog.

"Swim?"

It was the first time for the fast swimming frog to see weak fish cooked in this way. In the past, Luwu used to feed it grilled fish directly when camping outside.

Ding!

As a traditional art of Luwu's team, when hearing that there is something new to eat, all Pokémon are ejected from the Poké Balls on their waists.

"Roar?" [My share? 】

"Ah, ah?"

"Ni?"

"Hey, ah!"

Luwu had prepared for it, he bought eight servings.

As a trainer, it's reasonable to eat two servings.

In the evening, I went shopping in the town, and at night I returned to the Pokémon Center on the island to rest.

"The afternoon is our pre-war relaxation, tomorrow's main force is you, Octopus Bucket."

Luwu gave each Pokémon a simple body cleaning and said to Octopus Bucket.

"Huh?" Octopus Bucket, who has always had a weak presence in the team, was a little confused.

If the opponent is very strong, it is naturally the Swift Swim Frog that will take care of the bottom line. If the opponent is very weak, then let the two little ones practice. When did I become the main force.

"Oh, you don't understand the rules of our Orange League's old gyms. Each of their gyms has its own mandatory rules, unlike the direct battles in Johto."

Luwu explained further.

"The rule of Xiagan Gym is that only water-type Pokémon are allowed, and the competition items are skill shooting and surfing racing."

Octopus Barrel widened his eyes, his face full of confusion. He really couldn't figure out where this strange village rule came from, and there was such a weird way to challenge the gym!

Lu Wu on the side also felt extremely helpless and speechless. He knew very well that the reason why the Orange Alliance formulated such a weird gym challenge rule naturally had a special historical background and reason. However, it is regrettable that despite the constant changes of the times and the continuous progress of society, they have failed to make corresponding adjustments and improvements to these outdated regulations in time. It is precisely because of this conservative and unenterprising attitude that the overall strength of the Orange Alliance trainers is now far behind that of their counterparts in other regions.

A long time ago, the transportation between the islands of the Orange Islands was extremely inconvenient. If you want to travel back and forth, in addition to relying on ships, you can only rely on Pokémon with surfing skills. Because of this, the gym assessment items set by Xiagan Island at that time were closely related to this. Moreover, in that long-ago era, if someone wanted to successfully complete the challenge tasks of all gyms in the Orange Islands, then he must have a Pokémon that is good at surfing as his means of transportation.

But today, with the rapid development of science and technology, many trainers can easily reach various islands without the help of Pokémon. Under this circumstance, Xiagan Gym still stubbornly adheres to the old challenge rules that are no longer appropriate, which is obviously extremely detrimental to its long-term development.

However, Lu Wu’s identity at this stage does not have much weight to change this gym rule. Can’t the top leaders of the Orange Alliance understand this obstacle? Do they not want to change?

Maybe the previous president thought so, but the current alliance president probably had the idea of ​​reform a long time ago, but the resistance to implementation is quite large.The four gyms of the Southern Star are all forces that have been passed down in the Orange Alliance for hundreds of years, especially the Durian and Pomelo gyms, which have basically become local monopoly forces.

Jingan Island is close to Xiagan Island. The strong support of the alliance is also intended to weaken the Xiagan gym.

If you want to change, you must gradually disintegrate the conservative forces and work from the weak points.

Lu Wu had a very good rest in the Pokémon Center last night. He got up early with vigor and couldn't wait to bring his Pokémon to the public battle field of the center and started the warm-up activities before the 8 challenges.

The morning sun shone on the spacious venue, and the air was fresh and pleasant. At this moment, a childish and curious voice came into Lu Wu's ears: "Big brother, are you here to challenge the gym?"

Lu Wu stopped and looked in the direction of the voice, only to see a boy looking at him expectantly. This boy is also a novice trainer who has just embarked on a journey and is doing morning exercises here. Seeing the powerful Pokémon around Luwu, the boy's eyes flashed with envy and admiration.

"That's right, kid." Luwu replied with a smile, his face full of confidence and determination, "Today is the day I challenge the gym, I hope everything goes well!"

Looking at Luwu's sunny and confident smile, the boy nodded vigorously and said, "Well! Big brother will definitely succeed! Come on!"

Hearing the sincere blessing from this stranger boy, Luwu felt a warm current in his heart. He waved to the boy, then turned around and put all the Pokémon back into the Poké Ball, ready to go to the gym to accept the challenge.

The Xiagan Gym at this time is very different from the image in the animation. Today's Xiagan Gym is powerful and has a very high reputation on the island. In the animation, due to various reasons, the Xiagan Gym at that time was only supported by the siblings, becoming the most desolate of the four gyms.

At this stage, Jingan Island has not yet shown its far-reaching influence, and Dunmei, as a gym trainer, does not seem to be aware of the deep meaning behind the Orange Alliance. She still runs the gym in the traditional way, working diligently and meticulously. The gym is still full of apprentices who come to learn. Most of these apprentices come from ordinary families on the island. They have a passion and dream for the Pokémon world, and they are eager to get their first Pokémon here and start their journey as trainers.

Luwu came to the door of the gym, and was immediately greeted by a gym apprentice.

"Are you here to challenge the gym?" This apprentice looked about the same age as Xiaoyou and the others.

"Yes, Luwu from Penggan Island."

Luwu said.

"Take him in directly. Mr. Luwu is a very powerful trainer. I will test him myself." A teenager walked out of the door of the gym. He was younger, but gave people a feeling of being a little devil.

The main body of the gym is a huge indoor battle field. Dunmei, wearing a black sports vest, is already standing at the other end of the battle field.

"Mr. Luwu, I guessed that you would come to challenge me early this morning. I have been looking forward to your arrival for a long time." Dunmei said with a heroic look.

When Luwu landed on the island yesterday, an apprentice saw him and recognized him.

As a trainer who has recently become very famous in the southwest of the Orange Islands, he obviously did not come to Xiagan Island for vacation.

"Let me see how strong the players who can make it to the top four of the Silver Conference are."