9:37 a.m., Quartz Stadium.

After all the smoke and dust cleared, Yan Long's scarred but resolute figure crashed into everyone's field of vision. The sound of its roar melting into countless cheers, and the flames faded from the clear sky's eyes, leaving only a cloud of vapor.

"The winner is decided—" the commentator shouted in desperation, "After a fierce battle, the first game of the quarterfinals has finally come to an end." Charizard overcomes a formidable foe with a flaming charge that tears through the sky, and the winner is the Beidou player—"

At the same time as the narrator's voice sounded, the golden retriever boy jumped up uncontrollably and waved his fist excitedly. Yojin also subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, and his expression didn't ease down for a few seconds before he stinked back - why on earth should he be happy that the person who defeated him had won?

Yuan Zheng, who was an occupational disease, pulled Xinghai and began to mumble, analyzing the strength and talent of his son's future teammates at length. Xiaojie's head grew as soon as he heard his grandfather's set of "professional speeches", and he quickly turned his head to the other side, and immediately laughed out loud when he saw Yangzhen's appearance, "What kind of expression are you, the left face is laughing and the right face is angry...... If you're happy, make a happy face frankly. ”

As soon as these words came out, the left half of Yangzhen's happy face also became gloomy, and he rolled his eyes at Xiaojie angrily, "Who will ......?"

Seeing that Yangzhen's words were suddenly stuck in the middle, Xiaojie looked at the opposite battlefield with Yangzhen's gaze in confusion. Then, the two silently shed a drop of cold sweat together.

Perhaps it was the excitement of victory that washed away exhaustion, or perhaps it was simply because Charizard was a pure physical fool - all the spectators watched it turn around excitedly and excitedly make a perfect beast hunting pounce, clawing its trainer against the wall behind the command and slapping it into a flat piece.

For a while, the noise of the stadium was mixed with many empathetic gasps. The party was also a little stunned by the unexpected move of his own fire dragon, and shook his head to regain his senses, "Charizard ......?"

Before she could finish speaking, the pair of dragon claws that still had the residual heat of the flames suddenly hugged her.

"Qiu ?!!" Pichu, who was almost crushed, screamed and jumped out of his coat pocket and quickly jumped to the entrance of the runner's passage, away from the imperative guy.

As Charizard embraced the trainer into her arms, Saya felt the warmth of the sun envelop her.

The orange dragon's wings were also folded forward, as if two arms were not enough to hold his trainer tight. It buried its head behind the girl's shoulders and tightened its arms without saying a word.

The black-clad trainer was silent for a moment, then raised his hand and gently wrapped his hand around his partner's scarred back.

"Did you have fun with this one?"

"Ahh ”

Hearing Charizard's whispered but firm answer, Saya smiled.

"That's great, Charizard. ”

In the audience, looking at the trainer and the orange fire dragon hugging each other, Xinghai smiled softly as if he remembered something.

Yuan Zheng beside him seemed to be tired, and he raised the drink bottle that was no longer cool. The silver-haired young man lowered his gaze and took out a photo from his pocket.

It was a photograph I had taken from a teenager at dinner a few days ago — the people in the images were still familiar, and the familiar faces were still around them. The man's golden eyes, the same color as his son, were bent into a gentle arc, and he smiled happily at the camera, and the color between his eyebrows and eyes was almost like that of a young man.

His gaze shifted from the photo to the face of the white-clothed boy on the opposite side of the arena, and finally dissipated into invisibility with relief. Xinghai shook his head with a smile, put the photo back in its place, and was stunned when he looked at the sports field again.

Sayo had already retracted Charizard and turned in the direction of her friends in the audience. As if sensing Xinghai's gaze, the girl immediately stood upright in an orderly manner, and then bowed deeply to him.

"Thank you," he said as he saw the girl.

Xinghai was stunned for a moment, and it didn't dawn on him until the other party had already straightened up and smiled at him—Xiao Ye was thanking him for teaching Charizard Flash Charge.

The young man was dumbfounded for a moment, and finally had to smile helplessly and shake his head.

After waving his hand to Xiao Ye to show that he was not polite, Xinghai turned his head to look at the entrance at the highest part of the auditorium.

The silver-haired boy's tense posture finally relaxed. His gaze lingered on the black-clothed girl in the field for a few last seconds, then he lowered his eyes and turned around, his back disappearing into the dark passage.

As is customary in official competitions, players need to walk to the center of the field to shake hands after the game. Because the ground was smashed into potholes, Xiao Ye finally managed to trek through his own half, looking at Bai Lan, who was not slower than him at all, and once again paid high respect to his divine skills that were still jumping freely in a kimono.

Xiao Ye stands by the centerline of the venue. The young man in white walked step by step, his expression obscured by bangs.

She smiled and stretched out her hand, and was about to say something, when Bai Lan suddenly raised her head and said word by word, "You and I each win, so now it's a tie." ”

“...... Huh?"

"In case you don't think it's fair, let's use a six-on-six approach in the third matchup. ”

“...... Huh?"

"According to the best-of-three rule, the next match will determine the real winner between us. No comments, right?"

“......”

"Okay, that's it......"

"Wait, I have an opinion. Can we stop fighting? ”

Bai Lan, who was interrupted, was stunned for a moment, and an incredulous expression of "do you know what nonsense you are talking about" appeared on her face.

"It's really tiring to fight you. Xiao Ye said spinelessly, waving his hand while laughing dryly, "Especially six against six, if you always play such a game, you may lose your life......"

When Sayo decided to use high-speed combat as a weapon for this quartz alliance, she didn't expect that someone would force her to extend the high-speed battle to more than ten minutes. If it were her own person, a long period of quick thinking would not pose a burden, but instead of commanding Pokémon......

It's about the same as the difference between speaking in Union and speaking in Spanish.

Of course, Sayo himself does not rule out fighting, but this battle with Bai Lan ...... It really only reminded her of the miserable situation of studying all night before the exam in Zhenxinzhen. I didn't feel much in the battle where I was extremely focused, but now that the game is over, I just feel dizzy and my brain is even full of move names.

It's still in Spanish.

"Tired?" Bai Lan raised an eyebrow, "I don't see it." ”

When Bai Lan felt that Xiao Ye's state should have dropped due to exhaustion, the other party instead came to a more advanced rhythm switch, and it was clear that he was still alive and well.

"Of course you can't be seen, the trainer's poor condition will make Pokémon feel uneasy. Xiao Ye gave a very candid answer with the spirit of a trainer - and the large sunglasses blocked her expression for most of it, even if she really wrote "tired and dying" on her face, it was really difficult to notice.

Bai Lan was silent for a moment, seemingly distracted by Xiao Ye's answer. However, before Xiao Ye asked out loud, he recalled his thoughts in time and stretched out his hand with a serious face, "Good fight." Thank you for the advice. ”

"Well, thanks for the advice. ”

After the handshake process was over, Bai Lan stepped forward and said in a low voice: "I have something to say to you, see you in the evening." ”

When the words fell, he didn't look at Xiao Ye, who seemed to be stunned, and turned to leave. Before she could take two steps, the girl sounded calm, but for some reason a voice mixed with a little fear sounded from behind, "That...... It's not going to be another fight, is it?"

Bai Lan: "...... No. ”

"That's good!" "Sayo's voice immediately became energetic again, "No problem, see you in the evening!"

Bai Lan: "............"

He was now really starting to wonder if the way he fought was annoying.

After the players left the field, the staff began to quickly clear the field in preparation for the second quarter-final match, which will start at ten o'clock sharp. Xiao Ye didn't stop any longer after the fixed interview, and went straight to the Pokémon Center, and handed over all the six Pokémon she played in to Miss Joy for treatment.

Sure enough, he was told that "the treatment may take a long time", Xiao Ye nodded in understanding, and after thanking him, he went back to the dormitory to take a shower and change clothes - fortunately, when he bought clothes, Mr. Xinghai used a big killer called VIP membership card to win them the benefit of buying one and getting one free for their first purchase, otherwise Xiao Ye really didn't know how to go out in a windbreaker wet from the rain.

And Charizard is not like Xiao Tianjia's Yan who can help trainers dry clothes - what has been dried by Charizard is not clothes, but coke.

The warm water that overflowed from the shower relieved the trainer's physical exertion, while the constant warmth made the mental exhaustion even worse, and the eyelids closed almost uncontrollably. However, Xiao Ye didn't follow her physical instincts and fell asleep on her bed—she knew she had one more important thing to do.

After changing into the same backup black trench coat, Xiao Ye went downstairs to the front desk and asked Miss Joy if she could visit the Pokémon.

One of the walls of the medical room of the Pokémon Center in the player village is made of transparent glass, which was originally designed to make it easier for trainers to visit, but if you want to "visit", you don't need to apply to Miss Joy. And Miss Joy naturally understood Sayo's intentions, and also knew that appeasing the Pokémon after the war was also one of the important responsibilities of the trainer, so she opened the door very happily and allowed Saya to enter the medical room to talk to the Pokémon at close range.

"Thank you. Xiao Ye bowed to Miss Joy and thanked her, and watched her return to the front desk and push the door open and walk into the medical room.

In order to be able to heal many Pokémon at the same time, the Pokémon Center in the Player's Village has a large area of three floors. The Pokémon of the night are arranged in the adjacent area, and they have finished the first step of injury treatment, and are lying in the healing device to receive the wave irradiation with healing function, and recover their strength little by little.

Little Pichu only received a stab from the commander during the battle, and his injuries were the lightest, and at this time the treatment was over, so he could only roll in the treatment instrument boredly. Seeing the trainer walking towards him, the electric mouse immediately jumped out of the therapy device happily and climbed onto Sayra's shoulder.

Xiao Ye pinched the tips of the little guy's ears and walked to the largest healer.

The blue water dragon heard the footsteps and slowly opened his eyes, looking at the trainer through the transparent outer wall of the healing device.

It has always been the least thoughtful guy in the team, as long as it is well fed and fought, it can live a happy life. Perhaps because the healing fluctuations of the healing device contained ingredients that made the Pokémon mentally calm, those eyes rarely faded from irritability and ferocity, and overflowed with soft and complex emotions.

This wasn't the first time it had been abnormal today - Sayo couldn't forget how frightened it was when it first stepped onto the quarterfinals in the face of Commander Bai Lan's slash.

She approached the device and gently pressed her palm against the glass wall.

"Tyrannosaurus. The girl's voice sounded softly in the empty medical room, "If you don't mind, can you talk to me?"

Her gaze swept over the tyrannosaurus's scarred scales, and finally settled on a smile in its deep-sea, rippling eyes.

"If you're in pain...... I want to be your strength. ”

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Small Theatre:

System Prompt: The player's Charizard has completed the "Slap the Trainer Flat with the Beast Hunting Flying Pounce", congratulations to the player for obtaining the achievement [Breaking the Dimensional Wall: Physics], congratulations to the player's Charizard for obtaining the achievement [Crazy Murderer].

System Prompt: Congratulations to the player for receiving an additional prize, which increases the funny value by 100 points, for a total of 400 points. Once again, it is highly recommended that players try to transform into a comedy artist.

Night: ...... Thank you. (Eyes die)

Charizard: Huh? (dazed)