Pokémon Beyond the Blue

Three weeks later…

With the superpowers of Nazi, Kirulian and the efforts of the little fire horse, Ikki shuttled back and forth between the cities at an amazing speed, and the number of badges he collected also increased at an astonishing speed.Seven badges have been collected so far.

"Huh... I didn't expect it to go so smoothly!" Ikki said in disbelief as he looked at the map.

On the way to Joban City, the two of them were resting in an unknown forest somewhere.In order to prepare the ingredients for lunch, Riolu took Chirulian to the surrounding forest to collect food, and on the way, he gave field lessons to Chirulian who lacked common sense.

"Isn't it good to be fast? I think it's pretty good. This way I can relax before the conference." Nazi took her favorite pink water bottle and walked to Ikki's side and sat down on the spot. Enjoying a quiet and beautiful lunch break.

It is now less than a month before the start of the conference, but the progress of things is far beyond Ikki's imagination.

Ikki had also contacted Dr. Ohki before, and Ikki learned that Xiaomao had already collected more than a dozen badges, while Xiaozhi was still about three away. However, he was also criticized by Dr. Ohki, and even Xiaozhi had collected them. However, Ikki didn't send a single elf to him, which almost made him think that Ikki had given up on participating in the competition.

However, it is also gratifying to be fast. However, the number of elves required by the contestants is six, and Ikki only has three. Even if Kirulian and Riolu are brought over to make up the number, it will not be enough. There are only five of them.

Ikki sat down next to Nazi, put his head in his hands in distress, stared at a mountainous area on the map and said: "I have to gather six elves before the start of the conference. I can't just grab one from the roadside. Green Caterpillar, let’s make up the numbers…”

Nazi smiled slightly, pulled the map out from in front of him, searched carefully for a while, then pointed to an area and said to Ikki: "Then let's set off here after collecting eight badges!"

She was referring to a place further outside the Viridian Forest, close to a lake, but there was nothing special about it just from the map.

"Sister Nazi..."

"Call me Nazi!" When they first set off, Nazi refused to allow Ikki to call her sister again, saying it was to break the barrier.But it was indeed a good idea, and Riolu agreed, but after all this time, Ikki still didn't get used to just calling her by her name.

"Uh... Na, Nazi, is there anything special about this place?" Nazi is a well-informed person. Just from these few weeks of travel, Yihui fully understood the erudition of his sister. at.Since she brought it up, it must be of great significance.

"I heard some challengers say before that rare elves have appeared in this place. If it is strong enough, we have to go to this place to have a look."

Nazhi was genuinely pleased with Ikki's ability. She had only guided him for such a short period of time, and he had already grown to the point where he could fight with her full strength.Although you still can't win, you can still be invincible for a period of time.

After hearing what she said, Ikki immediately cheered up: "Really? What kind of elf is that!"

"I don't know much about this. After all, I just heard about it."

Regardless of whether the matter is true or not, it is a good thing to have a goal.Besides, Ikki really needs to conquer a powerful elf.

At this time, Riolu also walked over with the half-dead Kirulian on his back. Seeing Ikki jumping up excitedly and saying something to Nazi, he said to them: "What's weird about you guys?" Decided?"

The arrangement of the trip was initially discussed by Riolu and Nazi, but soon Riolu discovered that Nazi was more suitable for this job than him, so he gave the entire task of leading the team to Nazi.Being led by a powerful gym trainer is a great help to Ikki and Riolu himself.

Hearing Riolu's voice, the two of them temporarily stopped talking and turned their heads towards them.But seeing that something seemed not right between the two of them, they walked over together and asked: "Don't worry about us for now, what's wrong with Chirulian?"

Ikki and Natsu looked at the listless Kirulian behind Riolu, and both began to wonder what happened to them in the forest.After all, Chirulian was still very energetic when they left.

Hearing the two people's questions, Chirulian opened her eyes with difficulty. Her mouth moved but no sound came out, and she didn't even use [Telepathy].

"You take a nap first and leave the rest to me."

Riolu passed between Natsu and Ikki and placed her next to the backpacks piled up by several people.Chirulian's face turned red, but she had no choice but to close her eyes and wait for things to pass quickly.

Riolu walked up to the two of them, sighed, and explained to them: "She accidentally ate several poisonous tree fruits in the forest when I wasn't paying attention, and was later poisoned by several string balls. The needle hit her. Fortunately, I found it in time and helped her detoxify her, otherwise I really don’t know what she would have turned into!"

  Compared to walking, Kirulian still prefers to use [Psychic Power] and [Teleportation], and that's fine as usual. When using these skills in a forest full of big trees, Riolu almost followed him several times. Throw her away.This is why he doesn't like the super power system very much.

Riolu also felt a headache for such an elf without common sense, but began to become curious: How did she deal with such situations before?

Ikki and Natsu also understood the reason why Kirulian blushed just now, and they couldn't help laughing.

"Okay, now it's your turn. Tell me, what are your plans next?"

Riolu crossed his paws on his chest and looked at the two of them with interest.

"Well, we decided to go here after challenging the Joban Gym!"

Ikki pulled Riolu to the map that was still spread out on the ground and showed him the location of the target.

"I mean Ikki..." Riolu said suddenly.

"what happened?"

"Do you think this terrain is familiar?"

Listening to Riolu's words, Ikki moved closer to the map and carefully considered the memories related to it in his mind.

"Listening to what you said, it sounds like I've really seen it before."

Riolu's face turned completely dark, and he almost slapped Ikki on the head.

"Isn't this the forest near Jinhuang City! Didn't you see it?"

There was no text description on the map, but this meant that he could not recognize the terrain where his home was located, and Riolu really didn't know what to say.

"Really, sister Nazi, what's going on?"

Nazi glared at Ikki at first: "My name is Nazi," and then explained, "This is indeed a forest on the outskirts of Golden City, but this does not affect the possibility that there may be rare elves there!"

Riolu held his forehead and propped his paws on the big tree nearby. After a long time, he said to Ikki: "Do you still remember the day I saved you? It was the first time we met!"

Ikki immediately nodded and said, "Of course I remember, but what does this have to do with the elves there?"

Riolu turned to Nazi and asked, "When did you hear this rumor?"

"Hmm... It must have been two years ago. But I haven't heard any news about rare elves being subdued there, so it should still be there... Didn't you, Riolu, live there before? Haven’t you heard of it?”

"It's not a relationship that I haven't heard of, Nazi, you don't know about it," he asked Xiang Yihui again: "Do you think I am strong?"

"Well, it definitely counts!" Ikki replied.

"Then let me ask you again, where am I from?"

Ikki thought for a while and said: "I kind of forgot about this, but it's definitely not in the Kanto area...ah! Could it be that..."

Ikki seemed to have discovered some possibility, and the way he looked at Riolu was different.

"What are you talking about? Ikki, what do you understand?"

Now only Nazi is still in the stage where she doesn't know anything.

With a troubled expression, Ikki said to Nazi, "The mysterious rare elf you mentioned...may be right in front of us..."

This time, Nazi was speechless.She really didn't seem to have thought that Riolu was the rumored powerful elf, even though her thinking was a little confused.

"Ikki, subdue him!" Nazhi said to Ikki righteously and without refusal, her eyes began to radiate a fiery light.

Ikki looked at Riolu and could only smile awkwardly: "Can you accept my challenge, Riolu?"

He didn't expect that Ikki's challenge would be raised under such circumstances. He thought about it and felt that there seemed to be no possibility of failure, so he nodded.

"Okay, let's just think of it as special training before the game for you."

Ikki glanced guiltily at Nazi behind him, who was cheering him on, and took out the first Poké Ball.

To be honest, Ikki really can't fight against Riolu now. His strength has improved compared to before Natsu joined. Maybe even Natsu is not his opponent, let alone himself, who is still a novice in training. Home.

……

"Huh~, I haven't exercised in a long time, I feel so good!" After stretching, Riolu left behind a few elves that had turned into mosquito-repellent eyes, and ran towards the backpack placed aside.

"The gap...is it so big..." Ikki was really shocked after just watching this massacre-like pushing team.

But the trip still had to continue, so the group packed up their things and set off for Joban City, preparing for the test of the eighth badge.