I got the Pokémon

After walking through the forest and having brunch at a Pokémon Center on the edge of the forest, they asked Miss Joy about the exact location of the Battle Factory and then set out again.

After crossing a not-too-long canyon, a huge steel building like a factory suddenly appeared before them.

"No wonder it's called the Battle Factory..." Xiaosheng looked up at the huge factory building and suddenly felt awe-inspiring. "I thought it was just a name, but I didn't expect it to actually look like a factory! But... what exactly does it produce? It can't be just to fit the name, right?"

"Who knows?" Xia You shook his head, "Everything will be clear once we go in and take a look."

Several people were about to step into the battle factory, but at this moment, a man's voice was heard above their heads.

"Mr. Xia You, Xiao Zhi, I finally waited for you!"

Hearing the voice, several people looked up and saw Yashida, wearing a blue shirt, smiling and waving at them in an outer corridor on the second floor of the factory!

"Mr. Yashida!" Xiaozhi was obviously very happy to see him, "I didn't expect you to be here!"

"Eh?" Seeing him greeting Yashida, Xiaoyao couldn't help but ask in confusion, "Do you know each other too?"

"Of course." Xiaozhi smiled, "On my way back to Pallet Town after getting off the ship, I passed by the Evergreen Gym and not only met Mr. Yashida, but also had a fight with Grandma Kikuko, one of the Four Heavenly Kings! It was also at that time that Mr. Yashida explained to me again about the battle frontier."

"What? The Four Heavenly Kings?"

Xiaoyao, Xiaosheng and Xiaogang only then realized that such a thing had happened to Xiaozhi on his way home, and they couldn't help but ask for details.

"How is it? Is Kikuko powerful?"

"Did you defeat it?"

In response, Xiaozhi could only scratch his cheek with his fingers and smiled awkwardly: "Well... Actually, I was defeated unilaterally. Grandma Kikuko's Pokémon is just too strong..."

While they were talking, Yashida had already come down the stairs and ran to Xia You and the others, panting.

After briefly greeting Xiaozhi, Yashida looked at Xia You and said apologetically: "Um... Mr. Xia You, I'm really sorry about what happened in the Battle Dome..."

As the big boss of the battle zone, he naturally knew everything that happened in the Battle Dome. What's more, the news spread so widely that there was even a huge uproar on the Internet!

People are complaining that Shi Nan is so weak, how can he have the nerve to compare himself with Xia You?

It can be said that after that incident, Heather had become a laughing stock among people!

But what can I do?

Although they were all the people in the entire Battle Frontier Zone, the brains of the frontier zone were all invited back by him. Although everyone had different tempers, their strengths were unquestionable. As for him, he had no control over them at all. He had been counting on these people to make a name for the Battle Frontier Zone, so he didn't dare to offend them. Even if he wanted to stop them, he was powerless.

Xia You was well aware of this matter, so he had no intention of involving Yashida. Moreover, the matter had already passed. If Yashida hadn't brought it up again at this moment, he would have almost forgotten about Shi Nan.

"It's okay." He shook his head and smiled, "I know that was just his personal behavior. It has nothing to do with you or other battle frontiers. I won't care. Besides, isn't it over?"

Yashida nodded quickly: "Yes, yes, it's over."

The conversation between the two was incomprehensible. At least Xiaozhi and Xiaosheng didn't understand what they were talking about, so they couldn't help but ask Xiaogang beside them in a low voice.

Xiaogang actually doesn't know much about this matter. He only knows that the battle between Xia You and Shi Nan two days ago caused a sensation in the entire Kanto area, but that's all. As for the specific inside story and details, he is not involved, so how can he know?

After a brief chat, the group, led by Yashida, walked towards the factory gate.

But before they reached the door, they heard a huge engine roar coming from behind the door, and then the door was slammed open, and a strange six-wheeled red armored vehicle rushed out!

This car is very peculiar, it looks angular and very tough, but the most eye-catching thing is the rows of huge exhaust pipes behind the car that emit thick black smoke!

However, the car seemed to be out of control at this time. After crashing through the gate, it circled back and forth in the open space in front of the gate. Looking at its reckless appearance, it was obvious that the brakes seemed to have lost their effect.

And right inside the car, a slightly panicked voice could be faintly heard coming from inside.

"Really..." Seeing this scene, Yashida sighed, "I didn't expect that he would lose control again..."

Having said this, he turned to look at Xia You and the others and asked, "Can you please help stop the car?"

"No problem, leave it to us!"

Xiaozhi, Xiaoyao and Xiaogang were happy to help and released their Pokémon one after another. Only Xia You, knowing that there was no need for him to do anything, stood there and watched their performance.

As three blue lights flashed, Xiaozhi's Forest Lizard, Xiaoyao's Power Chicken, and Xiaogang's Water Leap Fish appeared in front of them.

The Pokémon of these three people just correspond to different attributes. Who would have thought that the three starter Pokémon from the Hoenn region would gather here in this way!

With the help of these three Pokémon and Pikachu, the out-of-control armored vehicle quickly stopped.

However, rather than saying that the car was stopped by them, it would be more appropriate to say that it was destroyed.

Under the siege of several Pokémon, no matter how sturdy the armored vehicle is, it will be destroyed.

Fortunately, the damage was not too serious, and only one or two wheels of the car were broken, but it was also thanks to their intervention that the car was saved from greater damage.

When the armored vehicle came to a complete stop and the door opened, a man wearing a red baseball cap, a sleeveless windbreaker, and a black vest and trousers jumped down from the roof of the vehicle.

"Thanks to you, I was finally saved." The man wiped the sweat from his forehead and said helplessly, "This wild horse is really difficult to deal with. It doesn't listen to me as its owner at all. Anyway, thank you so much!"

But just as he finished speaking, he saw that the tire was damaged, and not only that, it seemed that even the related bearings and other accessories were broken as well, and his face became bitter again.

"Oh my, this is bad. This kid is my masterpiece that I worked so hard to make. Looks like I need to overhaul it again..."

"It's just an ordinary car, nothing big." Yashida waved to the man and said with a smile, "Let me introduce you to..."

But before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the man.

"You actually said it's just an ordinary car!?" The man stared with his eyes wide open, his voice rising a few degrees, as if he was a little dissatisfied. Then he pointed at the car behind him and said proudly, "This kid's name is Dara J9! It's a super machine that I built by myself, and it can run on steam! How is it? Sounds fashionable, right?"

Xiaozhi and his friends looked at each other in bewilderment. After all, no matter the appearance or color of this car, it seemed that it had nothing to do with fashion.

Xiao Sheng even whispered, "After all... it's just a steam car, right? But hasn't this kind of thing been eliminated by the times? What's important now is clean energy and controllable nuclear energy. This is the trend of future development."

Although his voice was very low, it was still heard by the man in front of him, and this undoubtedly broke his defense.

"What do you know?" He raised his head high and laughed loudly, "Steam is the romance of men! A tough super machine like this is something a real man should play with!"

Seeing that the topic was getting further and further away, Yashida hurriedly stopped it.

"Stop, stop, stop talking." He looked at the man and said helplessly, "Remember the man I told you about yesterday? Now he's here!"

Hearing this, the man's face straightened and he stopped mentioning his car. Instead, he walked a few steps closer, looked at Xia You and his group in surprise, and finally fixed his gaze on Xia You.

"Are you the champion?"

"it's me."

Because they were closer, Xia You could see the man's appearance and age clearly at this moment.

Brown hair, sparse beard, and a few wrinkles on his face. Judging from his appearance, this man is at least 35 years old. He has very strong muscles in his arms. Combined with what he just said, it can be seen that he has been training in a repair shop for many years. However, his fashionable outfit still makes him look younger than his actual age.

After seeing Xia You nod, the man laughed: "It's you! Great, I've been waiting for you for a long time! Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Dara. As you can see, I am the pioneering brain of this battle factory!"

In fact, when they saw him for the first time, not to mention Xia You, even Xiaoyao, Xiaosheng and Xiaogang vaguely guessed his identity. After all, anyone who walked out of the battle factory had some connection with this place no matter how you thought about it. I'm afraid that only Xiaozhi, a guy with a thick nerve, realized this belatedly after hearing this man introduce himself.

Xiaozhi and his friends also introduced themselves at this time.

After getting to know each other, Dara looked at Xia You with burning eyes.

"Ever since I knew you were coming, I've been waiting for you! I've also been looking forward to this moment, to fight you once!"

"Of course." Xia You looked him straight in the eye, "That's why I came here."

It can be clearly felt from Dara's tone that he did not say this out of courtesy, but really wanted to have a good fight with Xia You!

At this time, Yashida also smiled at Dara and said, "If you want to fight this champion, you must give it your all. Don't forget, he defeated Heather with only two moves!"

"I'm not as useless as that showman." Dara said confidently, "My Pokémon is very strong!"

"And me! And me!" Seeing Dara's high morale, Xiaozhi hurriedly said, "I'm here to challenge the battle factory too. You can't just fight with Brother Xia You!"

"Of course I won't forget you." Hearing Xiaozhi's words, Dara turned to look at him and smiled brightly, "Yashida has already told me that when you fought with Kikuko in the Evergreen Gym, your fighting spirit and performance were very rare. I will also fight you with all my strength!"

Led by Dara, the group entered the battle factory.

However, even though they were going to fight against two people, Dara did not take them to the battlefield immediately, but first came to a piece of grass in the fighting factory.

Here, a young man was feeding a large number of Pokémon, and seeing them approaching, he looked at Dara in confusion.

"Master, who are these people...?"

Dara smiled and introduced them to each other.

"This is my useless apprentice Shanwei, helping me in this fighting factory. Shanwei, these are the ones who came to challenge me, and the one in the middle is Xia You, who won three regional championships in a row."

"Eh? Are you Mr. Xia You?" Upon hearing Xia You's name, the man named Shanwei hurried over, looked at Xia You carefully, and said excitedly, "Since I heard from Mr. Yashida a few days ago that you would come here to challenge, the master has been waiting for this day, and now you are finally here!"

From his words, one could indeed sense Dara's anticipation for this battle.

This also made Xiaozhi feel a little jealous. After all, as a challenger, Brother Xia You was taken so seriously, while he himself was just like a by-product.

But then he thought, it was precisely because of Brother Xia You, his strength and his achievements that Dara valued him so much, and Xiaozhi felt that all this seemed natural.

In short, just one sentence.

He, Xiaozhi, believes in Xia You!

After Shanwei greeted Xia You and the others, Dara pointed forward, pointed to those Pokémon, and said to Xia You and Xiaozhi with a smile: "These are all my Pokémon. Originally, for those ordinary challengers, I would let them choose their opponents here at will, but since it is you two, I have also prepared special Pokémon for you!"

Xiaozhi cooperated very well and asked, "What is it?"

"Hey, let me keep you in suspense for now." Dara smiled mysteriously, "You will know when we fight later!"

Although she didn't want to expose him, she already had the answer in her mind and lost the sense of surprise, so Xia You laughed and said, "It's Articuno, right?"

"What!?"

Dara and Sugio were shocked to hear that Xia You had revealed the biggest secret of their battle factory!

They would never have thought that Xia You actually knew that they had Articuno!

But...but how did he know?

Subconsciously, Dara looked at Yashida, wanting to ask if he was the one who leaked it, but then he thought, even Yashida didn't know the secret, so how could he reveal it?

Not only them, but even Xiaozhi and the others were extremely surprised after hearing Xia You's words.

Xiaozhi's eyes widened, and he quickly asked, "Brother Xiayou, are you saying that the Articuno we just saw is Mr. Dara's Pokémon?"