Pokémon Beyond the Blue

Ikki was woken up by the morning sunshine. He soaked in the hot spring for too long last night and his head was a little dizzy, so he got up so late.

"I really envy the elves. It's okay even after soaking for so long."

Compared to Ikki, Riolu had no abnormality, and his symptoms had improved as Fuji said.Ikki got up and randomly found some casual clothes to put on. He was about to wake up Riolu, but found that Riolu had gotten up at an unknown time, and the quilt and mattress had been folded neatly. Put together, the door is open, indicating that he has gone out.

"Going out so early?"

Ikki walked around the hotel but didn't find Riolu's. Instead, he found a note left by Xia Bo behind the door of his room.

[I have something to do today and I will be back in the evening. You don’t need to lock the door if you want to go out - Uncle Xia]

Since Riolu was nowhere to be found in the room, only the hot springs remained.

The water vapor during the day is not as heavy as at night, but it feels a bit hot unexpectedly. You can feel the heat coming from inside the door through the door.When he opened the door, Riolu was indeed here. He used the wooden basin filled with things as a bath, filled it with water from the hot spring, and soaked himself in the basin.

The repairing effect is obvious. Just last night, he could feel that his headache disappeared and his body recovered a little. Now he is using the hot springs to make adjustments.

Seeing Ikki coming, Riolu also climbed out holding on to the edge of the basin.Even though the temperature has begun to rise, I still feel cold when I come out of the warm water. The hair on my body is not easy to dry, so I put the thickened yukata I got from Xia Bo aside and put it on. On the body, every house will provide such a piece anyway, but the clothes are for human use after all, so the clothes drag out a long length on the ground, but it does not hinder the movement, so that's all.

"How is it? Is it better?"

His body was no longer seriously injured. Riolu wrapped his body and jumped on the spot to show that he was fine. Then he came under the fire-breathing dragon head that kept filling the pool with water, and called Ikki to come over.

This was the switch Xia Bo used to open the secret passage. Unfortunately, Riolu couldn't reach it. Even if he jumped on it forcefully, he wouldn't be able to push it down with his weight.

Riolu gestured with his two claws to push down, and pointed at the head of Charizard.

"Do you want to push this down?"

Riolu nodded.Ikki has always trusted him, so he rarely asks him the reasons for doing things.

As soon as Ikki touched the head of Charizard, he immediately retracted his hand as if he received an electric shock.

"It's hot!"

The head of the fire-breathing dragon had already burned Ikki's hand. Riolu immediately wet the towel on the ground in the hot spring and quickly applied it to Ikki's red hand.

'Why did the temperature get so high?It was obviously warm not long ago! '

Filling the wooden basin with water again, Ikki took the wooden basin from Riolu and kept pouring water from it on the stone statue. He went back and forth several times, and the temperature slowly dropped.

Pressing down the stone statue hard, there was a "click" from the wall next to it, and then there was the sound of the mechanism's trigger gear turning.Ikki and Riolu took a few steps back, waiting for the next change together.

First, a rectangular depression appeared in the wall, and then it began to vibrate. The stone slabs were pulled to both sides, and a dark passage and a long passage appeared in front of their eyes.

Spiral staircase.

"what is this?"

Ikki didn't understand this sudden change, so he had to leave it to Riolu, the only one who might know all this, to explain.

He has too many secrets.

Ikki lamented this matter more than once, but since he didn't say anything, Ikki didn't intend to ask him directly.

Taking out the illustrated book from Ikki's pocket, Riolu started typing.

[This is the Red Lotus Gym, be careful. 】

Hotter wind surged out of the passage, but it didn't have the humidity of the hot springs, but the heat was even worse.Riolu entered the passage first. The feeling under his feet was uncomfortable, but it was not unbearable. The same was true for Ikki.

The passage was very long. The further you went in, the darker it became and the temperature became higher and higher. Dense beads of sweat began to appear on Ikki's forehead, but it didn't affect Riolu at all - although he was extremely afraid of the cold, But he is not afraid of the heat at all.

After walking for about 2 minutes, a red light appeared in front of the passage.

"Are you finally out?"

After walking down the last step, the two of them were stung by the sudden bright red light that stung their eyes. They unconsciously squinted their eyes. After seeing the appearance of this place clearly, Ikki was finally surprised.

This is the battleground for the elves, but it is suspended in the air by four extremely huge iron ropes. The orange-red magma flowing down from the surrounding walls slowly gathers into the magma pool dozens of meters below, "Gulu Gulu "The ground is bubbling. This sound has become the main theme here, and there is an atmosphere of danger everywhere.

[Are you scared? This must be your first time seeing magma, right? 】

Ikki swallowed hard and nodded stiffly.

Amazing?No, it is not an exaggeration to say that it took a lot of effort. Xia Bo indeed thought a lot about these aspects.Such high temperature suppressed the ability of water-type elves to restrain fire-type. If you want to defeat Xia Bo in this kind of battle field, you can only use fire-type elves to fight against him.

The area of ​​the field is limited. If you are knocked off the field and fall into the lava, you will lose your combat effectiveness or even be seriously injured.

They came out not long after staying inside. Ikki couldn't stand being in a high temperature environment for a long time.

Riolu entered the hot spring again, but put his paws on the shore to prevent himself from sinking.If we look at this situation, we will be able to fully recover today.I have to say that bathing in hot springs is really comfortable.

'Then, it all depends on how this kid responds. '

With his mission completed, Riolu began to enjoy the feeling of soaking in the hot spring.

Ikki only has two elves in his hand, and the rules of each gym competition are different. If it is one-on-one, it is fine, and two-on-two is acceptable, but if there are more than three...

Ikki turned his head and looked at Riolu, who was relaxing in the hot spring with a harmless look on his face.

'Do I have to rely on him again? '

Riolu was traveling with him, so there was no reason why he had to help him. Besides, Riolu didn't belong to him, and Riolu's strength was not his. If he wanted to become stronger, he couldn't do it without improving himself. !

After bidding farewell to Riolu who continued to stay here, Ikki sat in the center of the room, closed his eyes and began to formulate his own plan in his mind...