Although as soon as I got home, there was an event that my mother accepted Dream that could shake the entire Pokémon world, but fortunately, Ash's nerves were thick enough, and the next day he still started to conduct intensive training before the game like no one. As everyone knows, Xiaoxia and they watched Hanako's mother wave goodbye at the door of the house with "strange power" and the sucker puppet, and asked Xiaozhi to remember the appearance of coming back at dinner time, which was called speechless.

A month can be a long time, but it can also be short. No, Ash felt that his pre-competition intensive training had not been carried out for long before it was time to set off for the Quartz Plateau.

"Finally! It's finally time for the quartz tournament to start!" Ash couldn't help but clench his fists, he was in the Big Wood Research Institute at the moment, and beside him were all the PMs he had received so far from his travels:

Pikachu, Eevee, Lucario, Bada Butterfly, Eagle, Frog Seed, Jenny Turtle, Charizard, Gilly Egg, Pincer Crab, Fossil Pterodactyl, Mini Dragon, Ghosts, Kentyro Group, plus the Phoenix King who is still in the Poké Ball in his chest, all the PMs of Ash are gathered together, this is an out-and-out pledge meeting!

"Victory must be ours!I have this confidence!What about you!!" "Roar!!!!!!!!" all the PMs of Ash let out an excited roar!

"Hmph, Ash, you can only scream now, and after the quartz conference, I'm afraid you won't even be able to cry. Just when Ash and his PM were all in a state of burning spirit, Shigeru's cool words poured down like a basin of cold water, and this time not only Ash glared angrily, but even Ash's PMs glared at Shigeru angrily.

However, Xiao Mao is not afraid at all, in addition to his own courage, the PM team behind him is several times that of Xiao Zhi, which also gives him full confidence. The two sides are facing each other, and the war seems to be on the verge of breaking out!

"Hey, you two, how many times have you said that you want to fight at the quartz conference venue, and I will only be happy no matter how fierce you fight at that time. But don't beat me up here!I've got a lot of PM from other trainers here, you see you scared them!" Dr. Oki didn't want the two boys to make a fuss in their own atoms, so he pressed their heads one by one, so they could take a good look at what the other PMs in the yard were scared of by the atmosphere here.

"Hmph! *2 The two of them shook their heads with a tacit understanding, which made Dr. Oki even more helpless, obviously two people with such a tacit understanding, why do they usually not look at each other?

Shaking his head, Dr. Oki remembered the serious matter, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, okay, you two hurry outside, the folks of Zhenxin Town have already gone outside to cheer you off." Hehe, it's rare that our Zhenxin Town has two quartz contestants this time, and the villagers are happy and proud of you. If you two go out, don't stare like here, you represent Zhenxin Town when you go out, don't make infighting!

"What!Want me to fall in love with him?!What are you kidding!!"*2 Ash and Shigeru pointed at each other at the same time, and the bloodshot in their eyes was clearly visible.

Dr. Oki was frightened by the momentum of the two boys, so he could only wave his hand awkwardly and said, "Even if it doesn't... Dear... Don't argue in front of outsiders, that's it. ”

"Humph!"*2

……

Although they were reluctant, when the two of them arrived outside the Oki Research Institute, they realized that Dr. Oki's worries were completely unnecessary, because both of them were frightened by the situation in front of them! Ash and Shigeru are undoubtedly the stars of hope in Shinshintown, and it has been many years since there has been such a promising trainer in Shinshintown, and the simple residents all came to cheer for the two of them after knowing the news that the two were about to leave today.

There aren't many residents in Shinshin Town, but no matter how few they are, it's easy to stuff the front door of the Oki Research Institute into the water. Don't talk about Ash Xiaomao, even the PMs who came out with them were taken aback, this scene was too powerful.

"Ash Xiaomao!!You two must win the championship and runner-up of the quartz conference!!"

"That's right! That's what gives us the face of the new mayor!!"

"Xiao Mao Xiao Mao come on~~~ Xiao Mao Xiao Mao is the strongest~~~" Needless to say, it is naturally Xiao Mao's personal guard group that has disappeared for a while recently.

"Ash!Be sure to perform well!!!If you enter the knockout round, your mother will go to the scene to cheer~~~" "Barry~~~" "Strange power~~~" The guards who cheered for Ash are even bigger, in addition to the strange power of the dream incarnation, there is also Hanako, the housewife trainer who "subdued" the "Phantom PM"!

Ash and Shigeru were a little embarrassed for a while, after all, they were only ten-year-old children, and suddenly there were so many adults cheering them on. But after all, the two of them went out on a trip to see the market, glanced at each other, did not speak, showed a confident smile, just lightly punched each other, and both strode out of the door. However, in the eyes of the two at this time, it is not the familiar gate of the Oki Research Institute, but the entrance of the finalists of the Pokémon Quartz Convention!

It's only me who can defeat you!

This is exactly what the two exchanged hearts when they fought each other before.

……

After several days of traveling, Ash and his party of six finally arrived at the Quartz Plateau.

As soon as Ash stepped into a small town under the quartz plateau, he found that the streets of this town were crowded with residents waving colorful flags and colored balls, and it looked like they were welcoming them in the middle of the road.

"Eh?!Could it be that the residents of this city already know that I am the favorite to win this competition, so they have come to welcome me?" Xiao Zhi couldn't help but get excited when he saw this, and after he finished talking to himself, he didn't pay attention to Xiao Xia's "you narcissist" eyes behind him, and waved his hand to the residents in front of him and shouted, "Thank you for your support!"

It can only be said that Xiao Zhi is so excited now that he didn't even avoid Xiao Mao's hand knife, and he took this blow solidly. I couldn't help but be angry: "What are you doing!!Xiaomao!Why are you beating me?!"

Xiao Mao took out a handkerchief from his pocket and wiped it on his right hand, and only said coldly when Xiao Zhi was about to break out: "I beat you for the face of Zhenxinzhen, and if you continue to talk about it, the image of Zhenxinzhen will definitely be ruined." ”

"What do you say!!"

"Alas~~~" The sundae sighed, pointed to the inhabitants in front of him, and then pointed behind him, "They are not here to welcome you, but to welcome the flame." ”

"Holy Flame!!?" Ash was about to look back to see what was going on, but at this time, the crowd in front of him had already rushed over, and Ash was scrambling to dodge left and right, and finally was not trampled by the crowd like Kentaylo charging. Ash just wanted to complain, but the cheers in the crowd made him stagnant.

"Come on!!"

"The flame is finally here!!"

"Awesome!! come on!!"

Ash looked in the direction everyone was looking, and saw a man in a sports vest and shorts, running with a smile amid the cheers of the crowd on the street. And on the man's raised right hand, there was also a torch. It seems that this is the "holy fire" mentioned earlier.

"Holy Flame, what is that?" Ignorant Ash asked an ignorant question. Let everyone have a headache: You are still the favorite to win the championship?

"The Holy Flame is a flame that burns continuously at the tournament venue during the Pokémon League match. I don't even know this, Ash, do you dare to say that you are the champion of the quartz conference?" This time, Xiao Mao's complaint hit the nail on the head, and Ash was depressed, but he couldn't refute half of the sentence.

Xiao Gang continued: "That's a sacred flame that makes a wish to the gods, so that the players and PMs participating in the league competition can fight peacefully to the end!"

Seeing that everyone was saying this, Nazi was not willing to be lonely and said, "And the holy flame of the quartz conference is said to have been taken from the legendary PM flame bird. It's very, very precious. ”

"Flame Bird?" Ash curiously took out the Pokémon Illustrated Book and flipped through the information of the Flame Bird.

[Illustrated book: Flame Bird, the legendary PM, everything is a mystery, but since the holy flame has appeared in front of me, it also means that the flame bird does exist in a corner of this world. Dr. Ohki really expects you to interrupt his life. 】

"The legendary PM Flame Bird, it really exists!" Ash couldn't help but be surprised, completely unaware of how strange the other people looked at him. After all, no matter how legendary and rare the flame bird is, it can't be compared with the dreams of your phoenix king and Hanako's mother...... You are not qualified to sigh in this world!

"Okay! I've decided! I'm going to be a flame runner too!" Ash said and did it, and before the others could react to what he meant, Ash had already run in front of the flame runner and said excitedly: "Please! Let me run the next road, okay? I'm a participant in the Quartz League! Let me run the rest of the road as a souvenir, okay?!"

Because Ash was really a little too excited, he didn't wait for the other party to agree, and he stretched out his hands and approached the holy fire.

That's when ......

(Ash!! don't go near that flame !!)"

Unfortunately, it was too late, and Ash's hands had already touched the grip of the torch. And what happened next caught everyone present off guard, and Miss Junsha, who was originally going to run up, was stunned like a stone statue.

The sacred flame of the legendary flame bird......

It's actually extinguished?!