Pokémon Beyond the Blue

I briefly explained the situation to the still worried boss lady - of course, there were a lot of embellishing elements in it, which finally calmed down the little commotion in this corner of the city for the time being.

"So, let's go to the gym as soon as possible."

After moving his body that was almost falling apart, Ikki left the crepe shop as if he was running away.

Because the landlady was so enthusiastic, in order to thank Ikki, she gave him a thank you hug before leaving.But from Ikki's point of view, it was no different from sinking into a pile of meat, and he almost died because of it.

Riolu was fuming. He had just been tricked by others and had been hypnotized. He had been hypnotized, but he didn't expect that he would lose consciousness so easily.

'It is necessary to find a way to deal with it. '

But after seeing Ikki desperately asking for help, his mood suddenly improved a lot.

It seems that human beings still want to base their happiness on the pain of others after all - that's weird.

Just like that, the two of them arrived in front of the gym.

Because it was not the opening time of the show, the door was closed and there was no one there, so Ikki walked over and knocked on the door.

……no response.

Knock again.

...still so.

"It seems there is no one..." Ikki sighed.In fact, he just wanted to visit the interior of Hualan Gym in advance and find the best viewing point, but it seemed that there was no hope.

"Ikki, Riolu, you... why are you here!"

Just when Ikki was about to give up and leave with Riolu, Xiaoxia's voice came from the side of the gym.

"Ah? Xiaoxia, you are here too! Um, I just wanted to come for a visit, but I didn't expect that no one was there, so I was preparing to go back. By the way, what are you doing here?"

Xiaoxia smiled awkwardly, trying to hide the shopping bag behind her back while Ikki wasn't paying attention.

"Olu!"

"Wow! When did you..."

Because his attention was all on Ikki, he completely forgot about Riolu who was always following him.

Riolu took the snacks he had just taken out from the bag behind her, raised them above his head and waved at Ikki.

"Come back quickly!" Xiaoxia immediately dropped the bag that had become a burden, and rushed towards the snacks on Riolu's paws with both hands.

How could Xiaoxia be Riolu's opponent? If she could snatch him away easily, then he wouldn't have to be a fighting type anymore.

"...Well...Xiaoxia, are you hiding something from us?"

Ikki didn't know how to come to such a conclusion, but the accuracy surprised even Riolu.

"Well... no, no, how could I hide something from everyone? Are you right, Riolu?"

Riolu didn't react, but waited for Ikki silently.

"Really?"

Ikki slowly walked towards Xiaoxia, staring at her with eyes that seemed to be able to see through anything.

"I, I... forget it, Ikki, you are still the best..."

Xiaoxia still wanted to struggle, but she immediately understood that it was futile to find a reason to deal with Ikki.After all, Ikki is not as easy to fool as Ash.

[It’s a great progress. 】

"...Of course, I'm nervous too."

Seeing that Xiaoxia no longer resisted, Riolu also praised Ikki.Ikki also let out a big breath, completely different from the person he was just now.

At this time, Xiaoxia finally understood that everything just happened was planned by these two people.

"You two guys..." Although she was unwilling to be teased by the two of them, Xiaoxia still let out a long sigh and did not get angry.

"Come with me, you must not tell Xiaozhi about this matter! Promise me!" Xiaoxia looked at Ikki seriously, her eyes showing that she could not refuse.

Ikki held his chin, seemed to think about it seriously, and then nodded.

Riolu and Ikki followed Xiaoxia into the path next to the gym and didn't stop until they reached the end.

"What's going on? Where are we going?"

"Don't you want to go to the gym? I'll take you in."

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nbsp; As she spoke, Xiaoxia kicked the heavy wall.

There is no sound like kicking a hard object...

"I didn't expect that there is such a thing as a back door."

As Xiaoxia kicked over, the seemingly intact wall suddenly split into two halves and opened inwards. This was obviously the back door.

"Okay, come in."

At this point, Ikki would be too stupid if he couldn't guess Xiaoxia's identity.

"I didn't expect you, Xiaoxia, to be from the Hualan Gym. I'm really impressed by you."

As soon as he entered, before Ikki could take a good look at the room, three young women walked towards him.

"Xiaoxia, didn't you say you can't bring others in during our rehearsals?"

The leader, who was older than the other two, spoke first.

"I've told you so many times that you must calm down during rehearsals. You cannot be disturbed, not even by the boyfriend you are looking for."

Hearing this, Ikki and Xiaoxia's faces suddenly turned red.

"Stop making such silly jokes! He is my friend, just a simple friend!!"

"Okay, okay, you don't need to explain, we are all sisters, what's the point of being embarrassed," the one who seemed to be the oldest walked over to Ikki, "Since we are all here, let's sit down, but we are very busy. That’s it.”

Ikki came to the reception room of the gym almost without knowing it, and when he realized it, the three people had disappeared.

"Don't pay attention to them. My sisters are like this. They always like to make fun of me. Although they are in a gym, the three of them have no sense of being trainers. They all have to worry about me. Alas... "

"It looks the same. It feels more like a stage for performances."

If you ask ordinary people outside where the Cerulean Gym is, probably not many people will know. But if you ask about the water show in Cerulean City, then everyone probably knows it.And since the gym was basically rehearsing the show, the current gym trainer just handed over the badge very irresponsibly.

"If this continues, our gym will probably be disqualified by the alliance soon..."

Xiaoxia was lying on the table listlessly, and she didn't know whether she was talking to Ikki or herself.

"Xiaoxia, who is the most powerful among your sisters?"

"Well... before I came out to travel, Sister Sakura was better than us. Now, I don't know."

【Want to challenge? 】

Looking at Riolu slowly walking over, Ikki thought for a while, smiled and shook his head.

"At least let's watch the show first."

Although the Cerulean Gym failed as a gym, as an entertainment center, it is definitely more popular than other gyms. This is probably the main reason why it has not been disqualified from being a gym by the alliance... …

In fact, Ikki didn't understand what Riolu meant, which is why Riolu has been troubled.

He actually wanted to give it a try. Water-type gym venues are not easy to find. Since the standing area is limited, the battle may be more unexpected.

He has obviously decided not to help Ikki in the gym competition, but except for the Wu Neng one, this one is based on his subjective will, and he will have to play again when he challenges Natsu.Although the possibility of defeating Nazi is not high, but if it happens, who can say for sure, he must abide by the agreement he made with Nazi.

It seems that in order to collect eight badges, I have to help Ikki make two more appearances. Although I have to lose one of them, looking at this kid's ability, he should be able to do it...

Riolu shrugged.

'Who knows'

"Okay! Then let's help too!"

"What did you say! Great."

As if she was waiting for Ikki to say it, Xiaoxia immediately turned from sadness to joy.

"Thank you so much. We happen to be short of manpower. Riolu should come and help too!"

Facing Xiaoxia's eyes that were already shining, Riolu was just about to refuse when he was involuntarily pulled into the prop room, and Ikki could only smile helplessly.

'Wait, wait a minute!I can't swim! ! '

A certain bird that was forcibly thrown into the water by Xiaoxia shouted in her heart.