May 7th, early in the morning.

"Dragon boy, let's start the boat after moving these boxes! Be careful, don't squeeze the flowers. ”

"Yes, Mr. Fukuda!"

The young man in the uniform of a freight carrier lifted the crisper lightly, and on the way, he couldn't help but get close to the lid of the box and smell it, and immediately reveled in the fragrance of flowers mixed with the smell of morning dew.

"Hey, Dragon Boy. ”

"In, in!"

The young man who thought he was lazy and was found hurriedly stood with his feet together, but he saw the man with the tiger's back coming over thoughtfully, with a pink flower on his head, "What's the matter, isn't it good-looking?"

“...... Cough. The young man who had just become a flower delivery boy was still a little unaccustomed to the magical hobbies of his predecessors, and he coughed several times before he straightened his expression, "I think it's very good-looking, and it matches you very well!"

"That's right, the flowers on our Bai Jin Island are the most beautiful in the world. ”

After getting the answer he wanted, Fukuda turned back satisfied, and then caught his eye by a splash of red in the sky.

"Seems like a trainer has been flying over lately?" muttered the middle-aged man.

The red dot quickly magnified in the clear sky and soon reached the harbor. Charizard flapped its wings and landed smoothly in the warm wind.

With a smile on his face, he watched a young purple-haired trainer leap off the back of a fire-breathing dragon, and as the image spokesperson of the port of Bai Jin Island—although he claimed to be a self-proclaimed—the man with a flower on his head stepped forward and handed it to the visitor with a flower that was still stained with dew.

"Welcome to Bai Jin Island, trainer brother. ”

"There are so many hills of flowers here. Not...... The nose is a little itchy. Little Pichu wrinkled his nose and looked around at the new town.

The streets and alleys are not wide, but they are clean, and almost every house has a well-tended flower bed in front of it. The light aroma fills the island, enveloping the whole island in fragrance.

However, such a smell may be too strong for the olfactory Pichu.

"Bai Jin Island has the nickname of 'Flower Island', and it really lives up to its name. With her left hand, Sayo took off the hair rope and let the short hair that had not reached her shoulder fall back on.

Saying...... Does this look like "little brother"?Saya looked at the hair tie in her palm in confusion.

The distance between Red Lotus Island and Bai Jin Island is not far, and it takes less than an hour to reach it by flight. As a result, Saya was in no hurry to buy the riding gear she needed for the long flight—the fifteen thousand or so elf coins she had on hand weren't enough to support her spending money. In order to prevent the loose hair from affecting her vision during the flight, Xiao Ye went to a roadside shop and bought a hair rope to tie the long broken hair tightly at the back of her head.

Of course, the length of Night's hair can only be barely tied up, so it looks more like a teenager.

The town of Bai Jin [Japanese: スミレタウン, Sumire_Town, English: Corydalis_Town] is the only town on Bai Jin Island. The population here is not large, but it has a certain reputation in the surrounding seas. Because the island is rich in bouquets of autumn violets, countless flowers are picked every day and shipped to nearby islands for sale, so it can be said that flower sales are the main industry of this small island.

The Little Night Club isn't here to see the flowers, of course—in fact, in the eyes of the aesthetically devoid of the Saya, the autumn pansy is no different from the little white wildflowers on the roadside.

She's here to challenge the White Sumire Gym.

Just a day ago, Xiao Ya didn't know anything about the term "Bai Jin Dokan", and she had never even heard of it. After the Battle of the Red Lotus Dojo, Yojin, who had been with her for a short time, mentioned this place.

According to Yoshin, this is a very special gym. The battle format is a rare two-player battle in the gym war, where two challengers must team up and fight the hall master in a two-on-two battle. And although the hall master who is proficient in the fairy department is young, his strength should not be underestimated, which is enough for the challenger to get sufficient gains.

This information is a return gift for Xiao Ya's recommendation of the Red Lotus Gym - Yang Zhen said.

So, Yojin continued to stay on Red Lotus Island to prepare for the Red Lotus Gym, and Xiao Ye came to the White Sumire Island mentioned by Yojin, preparing to challenge the eighth gym in his trainer's journey.

Before leaving, Xiao Ye went to the service area of the Pokémon Center to inquire about the relevant information of this gym, but got very little information. Although the Red Lotus Daoist Hall is also remote, it has a history of at least nearly ten years, and it will naturally accumulate a lot of bits and pieces of information. And Bai Jin Gym is a gym that was just founded a month ago, and even the reservation system is not open for the time being, and it happens to be located in an area where there are few trainers, maybe even people in this town don't know that there is a more gym around them silently.

Yojine, who has had a challenging experience, declined to give more information, saying that it would lose surprise and affect the gym experience. As for the doubles partner, there will always be a half-day wait before going to the gym!

Xiao Ya is extremely skeptical of the statement "wait for a day and a half", and always feels that with his luck E degree, he will only wait for the Wangfu Stone. Try your luck in front of the door first, and if there is no one, try to ask the owner to let him complete the doubles battle alone.

This time, Xiao Ye didn't expect that since ancient times, Lucky E could occasionally D once in a while - walked into the Pokémon Center, and before he had time to deposit his Pokémon, Xiao Ye saw an acquaintance.

"Thank you very much for your help yesterday! Yesterday my Pokémon was here for first aid, thanks to you for not delaying treatment!"

"That's right, on behalf of the staff of the All-Pokémon Center, I also want to thank you, the boy of the Xia Yang family. Mind telling me your name?"

The blonde boy who was surrounded by a few people looked a little troubled, and he didn't know what to do, when he looked left and right and looked at Xiao Ye, who had just walked in the door.

The boy's eyes lit up, and he immediately waved to Xiao Ye in an exaggerated manner, and shouted performatively, "Hey, Xiao Ye! You're too slow, I've been waiting for a long time!"

The purple-haired trainer was momentarily stunned by the other party's exaggerated performance, and the young man hurriedly took advantage of this gap to break free from the encirclement of a large number of people, "I'm sorry, my friend is waiting for me, I have to go first!"

Xiao Ye was dragged out of the Pokémon Center out of nowhere, and only stopped after turning a corner along the main road.

"Xiaojie, what happened?" Xiao Ye looked back behind him, "The person just now...... Is it your enemy?"

"Poof, where do you want to go, we don't live in fiction. Xiao Jie smiled and waved his hand, explaining to Xiao Ye the reason for his inexplicable behavior.

According to Xiaojie, the Pokémon Center in Bai Jin Town had a power supply system failure yesterday. Xiaojie, who was present, found that a large group of gophers had passed under the Pokémon Center when they migrated, damaging the cables buried underground. The young man was able to suppress the rampant gophers, which allowed the electrician to work in a safe environment and quickly repair the damaged cables.

For trainers, that's not a big deal. Perhaps because there were few trainers stationed in this town, the rescued people were enthusiastic and grateful to the brave young man, but Xiaojie was at a loss, and when he saw Xiaoye, he took this opportunity to run away.

"Don't talk about that. It's a coincidence that I saw you again......" Xiao Jie felt that his words were not quite right halfway through speaking, "Okay, there are only a few small islands near Red Lotus Island, and it's not a coincidence." ”

After being silent for a few seconds, Xiao Jie said with a complicated expression, "Xiao Ye, do you feel ...... According to the usual routine, we should be about to start a thrilling battle?"

"You say that......" Sayo's expression became complicated.

Since the Stone of Oath separated, Xiao Ye and Xiao Jie have met twice. The first time was in Hualan City, and then he discovered Team Rocket's conspiracy against Shi Rabi and was involved in the chaos of the Sunshine Forest, and the second time was in Red Lotus City, and within a few days after the encounter, he ushered in the artificial Phoenix King plan, and almost died in the underground research institute.

The two of them stared at each other for a moment, and together they silently expanded the range of ability detection under Pichu's retarded gaze.

Of course, nothing anomaly was detected.

Probably thinking that his behavior was a little silly, Xiaojie coughed dryly twice and changed the topic, "Speaking of Xiaoye, why are you here?"

Seeing Xiaojie asking, Xiao Ye briefly described the purpose of his visit, and by the way, he did not forget to make a guest tour guide to explain the little-known Bai Jin Dao Hall. Xiaojie didn't seem to know that there was a gym on this island where he had been staying for several days, so he opened the map on his mobile phone and checked it unbelievingly, and the bright search results surprised him.

"Hmm...... The goblin department is proficient, and the owner is only fourteen years old? Xiaojie looked at the only profile he could find on the Internet, and muttered.

"I'm going to challenge the Bai Jin Gym next, do you want to join us?"

As soon as Xiao Ye's invitation was halfway through, he got the answer from Xiao Jie's shining eyes.

"Of course, there is no reason for a trainer to refuse to fight. ”

The golden-haired boy quickly stood up and put on the beige jacket in his hand with a smile, "In the past, when I played doubles battles, I always teamed up with Xiaoling, and I really haven't changed combinations." ”

"However, I haven't found any information about the combat methods in this gym, so I'm afraid there is no way to arrange tactics in a targeted manner. ”

"That's right, I like to be improvised!"

Shiraksumi Dokan (Japanese: スミレジム, Sumire_Gym, English: Corydalis_Gym) is located in a sprawling flower garden in the center of the island, and at first glance it looks like a flower shop with a chic decoration. The exterior walls of the building are all made of glass curtain walls, and you can see a piece of white flying in the wind. The hall does not have a roof, and is more like a field of flowers enclosed by a glass curtain wall than a closed house.

"Well, that's it!" Finally discussing the tactics to be used, Xiaojie nodded to Xiao Ye and stretched out his hand to push open the door of the gym.

"Excuse me—"

When the clear door opens, you are greeted by a refreshing fragrance.

The flowers in the flower garden are colorful and varied, but the only flower planted in the hall is the autumn white pansy. Countless snow-white petals swayed with the breeze, and they were a little dazzling.

"Challenger?"

Following the clear voice, Xiao Ye and Xiao Jie saw a young girl in the center of the flowers.

She has short flaxen-colored hair and eyes of the same color, and is dressed in a crisp white kimono that almost blends in with the endless autumn white panny. The girl stood up, raised her eyes slightly, and cast an unemotional gaze at the trainer at the door.

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Small Theatre:

Xiaoye: (confused) Xiaojie, what happened......? Your enemy?

Xiaojie: (can't help but laugh) Poof, where do you want to go, we don't live in a novel.

Night: ......

Xiaojie: Eh, why do you have such an expression?

Sayo: It's nothing, it's just that I feel the mysterious will of the universe from your words...... (Complex)

Xiaojie: ??? (Golden Retriever Question Mark .jpg)