[Pokémon] Travel with Xiaomao

Regarding the question of the dumb beast, Dr. Yan Li did not give a clear response, but just made up a few vague words, and then sent the two away.

However, even if these words fooled Xiao Ye, they would never fool Mr. Mao, an elite—this time it was a compliment.

"Dr. Yanli, he must be hiding something?" In the dark tunnel, Xiaomao whispered as he walked.

This is a spacious tunnel enough for two people to walk side by side. With the dim light from the wall lamp, you can see the wires as thick as arms fixed on the dark top.

"What did he hide? Rare props?" Xiao Ye obviously didn't understand what his companion meant.

Of course, Mr. Mao would not do the useless work of "wasting saliva to explain", he simply ignored it.

"By the way, Xiao Ye, what do you plan to make the slow beast evolve into?" According to the words of the rich doctor, although I don't know what will happen, it should have something to do with evolution.

"What did it evolve into..." Xiao Ye tilted her head, thought for a long time, and then smiled wryly, "I think it's too early to think about this issue..."

This statement is absolutely correct, just relying on the reflex arc that grows to the moon, unless you are lucky, the evolutionary path of this slow beast is definitely extremely hard and extremely long.

"Well, you're right." Mr. Mao realized that he had asked a stupid question, so he resentfully stopped talking.Fortunately, Dawu was not there, otherwise he would have been caught laughing at him.

But having said that, if that stupid dumb beast really evolved by luck... Someone sneaked a sideways glance at a certain girl. If it was her, maybe something unexpected would happen, such as whether Tailai's IQ was reversed. ...Wait, IQ upside down?Remember that...it was...

"Well, no way..." If you follow this line of thinking, you will always feel that something unbelievable will happen...

"Why not, Xiaomao?" Xiao Ye pointed to the light in front of her, "Look, it's the exit."

Mr. Mao glanced at a certain companion with a strange look mixed with a little pity, but said in a calm tone, "Let's go."

After finishing their dinner at the Pokémon Center, the two took a short rest before starting to study the strategy for tomorrow's gymnasium competition.

"The owner of the Nibi Gym is Mr. Xiaogang." Xiao Ye's memory is not bad, and she recognized the mugshot of a squinting Yujie in the guidebook at a glance.

"...Then, the specialty is rock-type Pokémon. Speaking of rock-type Pokémon..." Xiao Ye held her chin with one hand, and picked up the illustrated book with the other to look it up.

"Xiao Gang's trump card should be the Big Rock Snake...Well, it should have evolved into a Big Steel Snake by now." Compared with someone else, Mr. Mao didn't even need to look through the illustrated book, and he didn't know that his researcher's profound knowledge helped him. Busy, but his identity as a native of Kanto contributed to his calmness.

"For the big steel snake, the steel attribute and the ground are not rock-type at all..." Xiaoye smiled wryly.

"Anyway, there is no rule that the Pokmon used by the gymnasium owner must be exactly the same as the characteristics of the gymnasium in it."

Mr. Mao's assertion is very practical.

"Then assume that Xiaogang will use the big steel snake in the gymnasium..." Although this is the worst plan, but according to a certain girl's "defying luck", no matter how easy-talking and docile the gymnasium is, The host, if you meet her, you will automatically turn on the HARD mode.

"Then, the other Pokémon owned by Xiaogang, as far as I know..." Mr. Mao stopped when he said this.

"What's the matter, can't you tell me?" A certain girl leaned over curiously, "Is it a foul to reveal the owner's information beforehand?"

"How is it possible?" Mr. Mao glanced at someone.In fact, just because the alliance encourages trainers to do detailed investigations in advance and prepare for the battle, they specially set up their own unique specialties for gyms in various places.The reason for doing this, on the one hand, is to reduce the difficulty appropriately, on the other hand, there may be some deeper purpose other than combat hidden.

"Then why didn't you continue?" Xiaoye wondered, could it be that Xiaomao will also make it more difficult for her from this battle onwards?

"That's because, as far as I know, the other Pokémon he owns may not necessarily be used in the gymnasium match. No, to be precise, it should not necessarily be used in the gymnasium match with you."

"Huh?" Xiao Ye was confused for a while.

Mr. Mao sighed helplessly. Sure enough, it would be extremely difficult for him with a high IQ to talk to someone with a low IQ.

But in the end he coughed lightly and explained resignedly.

"As far as I know, he also has nonsense trees, bad frogs, lucky eggs, forked bats, lottery kappas, and hazelnut balls..."

"Except for the nonsense tree, none of them are of the rock department..." Xiao Ye thought to herself, the expertise of this museum owner is really complicated.

"Although the alliance does not stipulate that Pokémon with the same attributes as the specialty must be used, since the specialty is set, it must not deviate too much, otherwise it will lose its meaning. So I think Xiaogang should use other Pokémon with the same rock type. The relevant Pokémon are right." Mr. Mao concluded.

"Such as Little Fist Stone?" Xiao Ye murmured while pressing the illustrated book.

"Do you think things will be that simple?" Although Xiao Gang has many small fist stones...

"...It shouldn't be that easy." After all, it's a hard mode, at least it has to be at the level of Longlongyan.

A certain girl pondered for a long time, until Mr. Mao thought she was going to stay up all night again, and she finally lay down.

"Okay, we must win tomorrow."

Listening to someone's last encouragement before going to bed, Xiao Mao thought vaguely, it seems that tomorrow will be another hard battle.

The next day, the sky was bright and clear, and it was a very suitable day to challenge the gymnasium. Although it did not rain, it should not affect the "indoor" gymnasium competition.

"Is anyone there? I'm here to challenge the Nibi Gym." Xiao Ye shouted outside the gate with a loud voice.

It's really inconvenient to not have a doorbell or something. I don't know if there is electricity in this gray-looking gym...

While a certain girl was thinking wildly, two seemingly heavy doors were opened.

"Welcome, Xiaoye, I've been waiting for you for a long time." Xiao Gang, the current owner of the Nibi Gymnasium, poked out a smiling face from behind the door - the reason why the smile can be judged is because the corner of his mouth is slightly raised The state, the eyes and so on can't be counted on.

"Ah, is that so?" Facing the almost familiar warmth of the other party, Xiao Ye was a little uncomfortable.

"It seems that a long time has passed since we parted from you in Jinhuang City. Have you grown up a bit?"

Is this the original intention?

Mr. Mao frowned, and interjected, "Don't worry, I haven't grown up enough to be Yujie yet."

"Well, that's right. I'm too impatient. Time is very ruthless. It won't be too fast or too slow..."

Comrade Xiaogang, is it really okay for you to say this before an important gym match?

"Then the gymnasium competition...?" Because she felt that she had nothing to say, Xiao Ye went straight to the point.

"Of course it will start right away. I have specially vacated today from the many appointments for Miss Xiao Ye..."

"Brother is lying, obviously no one has come to challenge the gym recently." The younger brother Jun who followed behind him stabbed the knife at the exact timing, with a bit of the bearing of Mr. Mao back then.

"Jiro..." Comrade Xiaogang pressed hard for a moment, but fortunately he was used to it, and quickly recovered with Xiaoqiang's tenacity, "Uh, this is my brother Jiro, who will be the referee for today's gymnasium competition."

"Hello, Jiro." Saya greeted.

"Hello, Saya, you are so cute."

"Thank you. I will take care of you today."

"I will handle it."

This seemingly brief conversation caused a lot of depression between the two groups.

"Hey, Xiao Ye, don't be distracted before the game."

"Jiro, you just need to do your job well, and don't do unnecessary things."

Probably due to the effect of low air pressure, the final adjustments and steps before the race were done in the most succinct way possible.

"Hmm, now the official game of the Nibi Gym begins. The challenger is Saya from the Hezhong area. The number of Pokémon used is three. Whichever side can't fight at all first loses, and the exchange of Pokémon is only for the challenger. Game start."

Jiro's younger brother waved his hand, and Xiaogang, who had been holding his breath just now and was eager to show off, threw out the baby ball with lightning speed.

"Hmph, Xiaoye, although you have great potential, it's not to the point where I have to let go. I can only blame you for being born a few years late."

"Come out, big steel snake."

Although Xiao Ye didn't understand a word of the nonsense in front of a certain hall owner, she still understood her situation very well when the big steel snake stood in front of her.

"Well, it really is a big steel snake..." Xiaomao's deduction was absolutely correct.

Xiao Ye nodded, and continued to throw her precious ball very calmly.

"Then according to the plan, it's your turn to appear, Crystal Lantern Fire Spirit."

Well?Crystal lantern?

Young Master Mao was shocked.Although I knew that guy had been thinking about it all night in order to conquer the Nibi gymnasium, but the answer he came up with was such a cheat...is it okay?Won't... be sprayed with fire?

Sure enough, Comrade Ghost Lantern did not disappoint Xiaomao. He had just transformed into an entity from the red light, and before he could see the surrounding situation clearly, he turned his head and saw a very nostalgic ghost fire.

"Ahh, it's so hot..." Yemeizi's reaction was the same, she ran around with her head in her arms.

"Why is this so, Crystal Lantern Fire Spirit, didn't you agree that you will obey my orders from now on... The Dark Stone you finally won in the arena is also given to you..."

Well, Comrade Ghost Lantern said that although he can obey orders, as a "proof" of friendship, greetings with ghost lights cannot be avoided.

Because it was a greeting, the Crystal Lantern Huoling only sprayed a few small flames this time, then turned around and focused on the opponent in front of him.

Crystal Lantern Huoling, 1 meter tall, and Big Steel Snake, nearly 10 meters tall, are really a sharp and intuitive comparison.

"Is the crystal lantern fire spirit?" Xiao Gang looked a little surprised.

Even Xiao Mao, who was watching from the sidelines, couldn't keep completely calm.Hey, this is a rock-type gym, would anyone think of using the flame-type to fight against the rock-type?Although the ghost lamp also has the ghost attribute, the ultimate move of the ghost system cannot be compared with the power of the flame system at all.

Or, this is for the Big Steel Snake...?

"I see, it's really interesting." Xiaogang propped his chin and nodded with a smile, "The big steel snake has dual elements of steel and ground. Compared with the unexpected resistance that may occur when using the water element, it is better to use the fire element. Did you catch me off guard?"

Because he is the owner of the rock system, he should have made various countermeasures against the weakness of the water system. Conversely, if the opponent is the fire system, the average trainer will not be so stupid as to fight hard with unfavorable attributes. Therefore, whether it is battle experience or countermeasures, there may be very little.

Under normal circumstances, the fire type is not good for the rock type, but it becomes an advantage for the steel type's big steel snake. The effect after the skill hits is not worse than the water type.

Finally, and probably most importantly, the near-fatal point.

"Although the Big Steel Snake has a high physical defense, its special defense is completely insignificant." Xiao Mao looked at the two Pokmon on the field indifferently.

The outcome might already be decided, it's all about one trick and one second.