No.280 Approaching the shadows and lights of the arena

"Guys, lava bugs are dangerous, please stand back!"

After shouting, the ponytail girl did not advance but retreated, and rushed into the smoke. The Poké Ball's white light flickered, and the monstrous giant spider hissed menacingly. The lava worm instinctively sensed the danger, and although the other party was a bug-type Pokémon that was afraid of flames, it still stopped in fear.

At the same time, the crowd of onlookers dispersed, and even the youngest man who had done the best things was too busy to hide far away, as if at first glance the person who gave the order was a man of great virtue and trust.

- No, maybe that's right?

Rui Ashizaki, thirteen years old, is the third seed player of this year's Quartz Alliance, the eldest disciple of Ah Ju, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Johto region, and the recognized eldest sister of the fierce poison school. Most of the people who come to the remote player village early in the morning know a lot about the competition, and even if they don't remember the faces of the eight seeded players printed on the flyer, they will recall it when they see Ari's eye-catching ninja suit.

Ah Rui has been a trainer for three years, and often follows his master to "punish evil and promote good" in various places, if the alliance has the best award for righteousness and courage of the year, this one in Guandu must be hers. It's a pity that her way of dealing with problems is always very unbearable, and she makes earth-shattering movements at every turn, and mushroom clouds have become the norm, and onlookers dodge again and again not because they are afraid of lava worms, but because they are afraid that this "big sister" will send them to the hospital first.

Fortunately, this time, Ari had no intention of blowing up the player's village, and gave the instructions of the "power grid" cleanly. Alidos spat out a web surrounded by arcs of electricity, imprisoning several lava worms in place in a matter of moments.

The paralyzing sensation of the power grid caused the lava bugs to struggle uncomfortably. The lava worms in the pastry shop are not very good at fighting, and usually only do some work to heat the stove and control the heat, and usually struggle to the point where they have no strength to settle down. However, there was a hard bone in the group of lava worms, and the pain of the electric shock made it even more frenzied, and the fire all over its body burned.

Ah Rui, who was closest to the lava worm, immediately sensed that this was a large-scale attack [Smoke], and secretly said in his heart that his hand was already buckled on the Poke Ball of the Dragon King Scorpion.

At this moment, everyone's hearts rose to their throats, and they felt that they were going to turn into mushroom clouds in the next moment. Thankfully, the blue glow interrupted Ari's movements—the lava worm shook as if it had been pricked by a needle, and the flames of the smoke spews that had not yet been emitted gradually dissipated, and its body shook.

Sayo and Yojin looked back together in amazement. Xiao Ling hurriedly put down her right hand that was subconsciously outstretched, and she was a little silent for a while.

“...... I'm sorry, I know it's not very good to use it in such an open way, but ......" Thinking about it, Xiao Ling stammered an objective fact, "I was fortunate enough to see Ari's predecessor in the distance in March dealing with the bears who were crazy and destroying the road. ”

As soon as these words came out, the look of surprise on the faces of the two receded, and only a painful understanding remained. People who often watch the news have heard about it, and it is said that it can be ranked in the top three in the mushroom cloud before......

The police who received the report quickly arrived. A large line of police cars roared in, and onlookers watched in amazement as a large number of people in police uniforms, including members of the executive department, and those who did not know thought that the entire street of gas tanks had been blown up in turn. Ari explained the whole process of the matter in a few words, and then the police cordoned off the street and began a detailed investigation.

Finally, there was no need to rely on his "respectable deterrent" to scare off passers-by, and Ah Rui was happy to be idle, and rushed to Xiao Ling's side with an arrow step, and laughed out with a mouthful of white teeth, "You subdued the lava worm just now, right? Thank you, Master, it's a great help!"

"Master, master?" Xiao Ling was stunned, and before she could ask anything, the restless ninja girl had already jumped up and down to harass the police, leaving Xiao Ling to maintain the posture of Er Kang's hand and turn into a stone sculpture, and the end of the sentence also drifted into the air, "You recognize the wrong person, I'm not Mr. Ah Ju......"

Sayo endured and endured, but still laughed out a strange sound.

Ah Rui's habit of honoring people as masters at every turn has not changed, and he doesn't know that Xiaoling is the hundredth or dozens of masters.

The three were questioned by the police one by one as witnesses to the incident, and it was already noon when all the procedures were over. Xiao Ye vaguely heard a police officer say that traces of a suspected small plastic bomb explosion were investigated at the scene, and when he went out, he saw more people in police uniforms walking around the street, and all passers-by had moved away from the area.

Perhaps it was the bombing in the capital at the end of March that made the police almost nervous about the word "bomb", and even the executive department paid special attention to this seemingly inconspicuous gas tank explosion. The three of them originally planned to eat at a nearby restaurant, but they had to give up this plan and obediently return to the Pokémon Center.

"It is said that the cookies at the pastry shop are baked by lava worms, and they have a unique and spicy taste like lava, so I wanted to buy them right away and try them. Xiao Ling hung her head in frustration, and her black top hat drooped crookedly, "Why is there something wrong with that store......"

"It's okay, I've heard that it will reopen in a few days. ”

"Uh......h Xiaoye, you don't regret how you missed the delicious dim sum, the woman failed!"

“...... I don't think it's even ten ten. ”

The gray-haired boy did not join in the strange conversation about women's power, and walked quietly at the end, slightly glanced sideways at the street blocked by the yellow tape that was forbidden to enter, and a dark look crossed his deep purple eyes.

Plastic bombs?

Not to mention that the capital blasting operation had long since ended perfectly, he didn't remember that such a boring place as the Quartz League players' village was also in the expected target of the bomb attack.

Early morning on June 20th.

Tomorrow is the day of the 381st edition of the Quartz League, and the first round will be played directly after the opening ceremony, giving no time for players to adjust. After enough of visiting the athletes' village, the crowd quenched their desire to continue the wave in time, and went out after breakfast, planning to find a secluded place to train in the nearby woods.

As soon as they walked out of the gate of the Pokémon Center, the four trench coat men and one Yojin were stunned together, and for a while they even wondered if they were still in the player village.

However, looking at the equally stunned young trainers around her, Xiao Ling immediately relieved her mind and stopped thinking about whether they had accidentally crossed the gate of time and space.

In the open space opposite the Pokémon Center, a huge inflatable arch has been placed at some point, and a flaming red banner hangs on the top of the arch, with a line of large characters written on it: Welcome to Aberliu on the first day of the first day of Hamaguchi Longhui to stay in the player village.

Looking at the probe, Xiaojie found that not only the entrance of the Pokémon Center, but also the roadside of the entire road was planted with colorful flags, and finally couldn't help but sigh, "Is this going to be enthroned......?"

"Hamaguchi Tatsuki...... There doesn't seem to be such a person among the seeded players, right?" Xiao Ye muttered, completely unaware of who the "first day talent" who made such a big noise.

"He is the youngest disciple of Ryo Kamihara, the current head of Amperyu, and he is only ten years old this year. Xiao Tian took out the concentration of Mount Tai collapsing in front of his eyes, and still calmly explained in the face of the fluttering colorful flags in his eyes, "It is said that Hamaguchi Longhui's father is the chairman of Hamakou Group, and his family has rich financial resources, so it is not surprising to put on such a posture. ”

Sayo: "......"

Golden Retrievers: "......"

Even if the family has money...... Isn't that really strange?

"By the way, the first day was self-appointed by him, and the truly recognized Amperyu should be his third senior sister on the first day. Yang Zhen grinned, "But this style ...... It's very ampere. ”

In a group of people, only Yang Zhen understood what Xiao Tian meant. Although Amperyu is a genre with a long history, because it is located in Withered Leaf City, it has been tainted with a lot of Westernized styles, and has always been a model of many ancient schools that keep pace with the times - and it is also a leading group in the pompous world. Not to mention just putting up colorful flags and arch banners, even if this young master gathers a group of black-clothed sunglasses to help him open the way, it is not as pompous as his master himself.

Yang Zhenguang thought about it like this, but he was still an old god, and when the group walked to the gate of the contestant's village together, and saw a large group of thunder and lightning beasts galloping from a distance, he was finally speechless.

The people riding the Thunderbolt Beast are really wearing black suits and sunglasses, just like the underworld gang to seek revenge. They stopped in front of the gate of the athletes' village, and the boy who was surrounded in the middle jumped down in style.

The boy had a flaming red hair, and a few strands of hair on his bangs were dyed blonde. His height has not yet begun to develop, but the temperament of the loser has grown ten out of ten, and with a colorful and green fluorescent clothing, it has created a dazzling effect like a KTV light.

The black-clothed man at the head respectfully stepped out of the queue and bent down to the young man, "Young Master, please." ”

The colorful boy nodded reservedly and waved away the "entourage". The lightning beasts swarmed away again, and the boy walked out of the smoke and dust, and walked into the contestant village with his chin raised in the face of countless people's eyes.

"Poof, I saw that person on the news just now, isn't he the assistant to the chairman of the Hamaguchi Group?" a girl couldn't help but complain to her companion, "I was forced by this little young master to serve as a façade...... It's not easy. ”

Xiao Jie couldn't bear to look at him directly, and poked Xiao Tian with his elbow, "Hey, do you really think it's not strange to put on this kind of formation?"

Xiaotian: "......"

The silver-haired boy, who had always been upright, was not very good at saying things against his will, so he had to choose a suspicious silence.

The crowd began to move after the boy named Tatsuki Hamaguchi. It's really his thoughtful appearance that arouses people's curiosity, and at first glance it is a prelude to planning to do something. And when Long Hui stepped into the battle ring step by step and began to wait for something, the crowd eating melons who watched the excitement immediately set off another wave of discussion.

"Judging by the way he looks, he should have made an appointment to fight here?" Xiao Jie raised his eyebrows and looked at Xiao Tian, "Don't you know his situation quite well, have you heard any rumors, iceberg...... No, now we're all wearing vests, and we can't use our old names. ”

The golden-haired boy held his chin and thought thoughtfully, "Hmm, Xiaoqian?"

Xiao Tian was shocked by this nickname that was hard concave with the first word of the code name, and he didn't have a black face on the spot very restrainedly, and barely maintained a half-gray state, "...... You're normal. ”

"Oh, don't be shy, courtesy, and you are welcome to call me that. ”

"Nope. ”

Perhaps because he felt that it would be a loss of face to wait too long, the young man Long Hui obviously arrived at the stuck point. Within five minutes, the mysterious other person appeared in his true form, and the lively crowd was silent after seeing the appearance of the comer, and there was a strange silence around the ring.

Looking at the participants of the entire competition, there is only one person who can get this kind of treatment.

The chestnut-haired boy didn't seem to feel that he had become the focus of attention at all, and still walked into the ring gracefully, holding a card that seemed to be a battle book in his hand, "Hamaguchi Ryuhui-kun - you want to fight me, right?"

"That's right, let's go to the showdown. The fluorescent boy snorted through his nose and shouted, "I want everyone to know who the real seeding is going to be!"

The challenged teenager sighed softly and turned the card in his hand to the opposite side. All the onlookers saw that it was full of blood-red characters, and it was even carefully made with special effects of blood flowing down, which looked like a horror movie prop.

"I'd love to. It's just that...... Hopefully, you'll be able to use a more normal way to make an appointment. The No. 1 seed player in this tournament, Kyoji Kusama said helplessly.

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Small Theatre:

Xiaotian: (with a calm face) I heard that Ryo Kamihara, the master of Hamaguchi Ryuki, not only set off fireworks for 24 hours on the day he became the head of Ampeiryu, but also hacked into the billboard of the whole dead leaf city to replace the content with his own photo, and was finally dragged away by the police.

Yojin: (with a calm face) Also, after being released, he claimed that he was angry because the photo he put up under his command was not the most handsome.

Night: ......

Jj:......

Xiaoling: ......