"Ryuichi player, your elves have all been healed."

"Thank you, Miss Joey."

After receiving a few Poké Balls from Miss Joy's hands, Long Yi put his hands in his pockets and walked out of the Elf Center step by step.

"Look at that, it's Ryuichi Miyazaki!"

"It's him, did you watch his game, his elves are so strong!"

There were some whispers in his ears from time to time, for most ordinary people and trainers, the top eight of the Silver Mountain Conference was already a strong trainer, not to mention that Long Yi still had room to continue to move forward.

Looking up, there was no moon on the black canopy, only a few lone stars shining sporadically.

"It's still not comprehensive enough, there is a lack of grass and electric spirits, and the acceptance of mounts must also be put on the agenda."

While the other trainers were busy envying others, Ryuichi was thinking about the matching of his own elves.

Walk casually towards a place where no one is around, and slowly the sounds of people around you become less and less, until you can no longer see a human being, a building.

The dragon looked around, took out a Poké Ball, pressed the button, and threw it.

Bang!

The flying mantis broke out of it and stood on the ground.

The Flying Mantis, which had just finished treatment, looked a little gloomy at the moment, standing in place with its head bowed, motionless.

"How's that, do you regret choosing this path? It's too late for you to turn back. Long Yi walked over and said.

After being awakened by Baishi Zhangyan, Long Yi communicated with the Flying Mantis for a long time, whether to take the traditional Flying Mantis road or the giant pincer mantis road.

In the end, the Flying Mantis chose the Giant Pincer Mantis.

However, the giant pincer mantis is a special evolution produced by human intervention, unlike the natural evolution of other elves that have evolved over thousands of years, and it is more difficult to take this path.

Lots bigger!

The Flying Mantis must abandon the flight-based energy that it is now good at, and become familiar with the heavier, harder steel-based energy.

This is not only a change in the intensity of one's own energy, but also a change in physical adaptability, a change in mentality, a change in habits, etc.

Today, although the Flying Mantis has learned steel wings, its strength has actually decreased instead of increasing.

And being defeated by the giant pincer mantis twice in a row caused a heavy blow to the heart of the flying mantis.

Dragged to the meaning.

The flying mantis raised its head, this is a forest, although it is a little different from its hometown, but the forest is a forest after all, bringing it a familiar taste.

However, the forest has not changed, and it is no longer the proud warrior of the Zerg.

It's getting weaker!

The dragon slapped its knife arm, and the Flying Mantis turned its head to look at its titular master.

"A true warrior dares to face the dripping blood and the bleak life."

"Strength doesn't mean anything."

"Will is."

The Flying Mantis tilted its head, and with its wisdom, it could not understand such a profound truth.

The dragon laughed for a while.

"Let's stay up slowly, the silence at this time is a necessary accumulation for the glory of the future."

"If you get through it, it's a better tomorrow."

Looking at the pensive Flying Mantis, Long Yi silently made up the second half of the sentence in his heart: If you can't get through, you will be wasted.

……

Hoen, Guchen Town.

"Mayuki! Time to eat! ”

"Here comes Mommy."

Mayuki Miyazaki, dressed in cute plush pajamas, trotted down the stairs and took his seat.

On the left is his stepfather Takashi Miyazaki, and on the right is his mother Mieko Miyazaki, and there is an empty seat opposite.

"If you stay in bed all day on vacation, you're not afraid of mushrooms." Takashi Miyazaki was so angry that he patted his daughter's head.

Mayo sticks out her tongue so cutely.

"Dad, when will my brother come back?"

"Your brother won't be coming back for the New Year this year." Takashi Miyazaki.

This is the first time in more than ten years that Ryuichi has not celebrated the New Year with everyone, and Miyazaki Takashi can't help but give birth to a feeling that his son has grown up.

"Oh......" The lost Miyazaki Mayu silently pulled the rice, like a little white rabbit without energy.

……

Kanto, Balu Town.

Takagi Misa, who had just eaten dinner, took her cutty dog for a night run, and then quietly turned a corner into a forest.

This forest has no special products and few elves, so it is rarely visited.

However, by chance, Misa Takagi discovers a small secret in this forest.

"Catty dog, lead the way."

Relying on the carty dog's sense of smell, although the forest at night could not reach out to five fingers, Takagi Misa still managed to reach the middle of the forest and saw the familiar thick tree.

The trunk of the tree was the size of two people hugging each other, and there was a hole about thirty centimeters above the ground, large enough for an adult to bend over and enter.

Feeling the movement outside, two red lights lit up in the dark tree hole, and then the sound of breaking the air sounded, and two green rattan whips flew out of it, firmly binding the forelimbs of the catty dog.

Thin! Thin!

With a strange cry, an elf jumped out of the hollow of the tree, with a toad-like body and a red bud with four banana leaves on its back.

Wonderful frog grass!

An evolution of the grass system of the Kanto region, the Mikusha Frog Seed, and the only elf that lives alone in the wild among the Kanto Gosan!

"Miao Frog Grass, I must subdue you today!"

Takagi Misa shouted, this was not their first battle, but all previous battles had ended in Misa's defeat.

"Katy, use the Jet Flame!"

As the red flames lit up the forest, the battle in Kanto also began.

……

Chengdu, a small island in the Vortex Islands.

The seaside people always eat very early, and at this moment the lights of every house are on, except for a few women and children who are still waiting for their families who have not returned for a long time, there is not a single bystander in the street.

As the Chinese New Year approaches, even the usual crowds of tourists disappear at this time.

At this moment, a beautiful girl wearing a white down jacket and waist-length blue hair jumped off the fishing boat that had been delayed by the storm.

"Come home, kid, your mother must be in a hurry." The boat boss with a cigarette in his mouth laughed, obviously very familiar with the girl.

"Hmm!"

Stepping on the familiar gravel road, the girl walked straight to a familiar house, and saw a middle-aged woman waiting at the door at a glance.

"Mom!"

With a call, the girl dropped the luggage in her hand, and the milk swallow threw herself into the young woman's arms.

"Why did you come back, let my mother see if she was suffering outside."

"There's a storm at sea, so the ship is delayed." The girl smiled, and the light coming from the door illuminated her delicate face, who was Mari Fujii, who had not traveled to Hoen.

"It's dark, and I'm thin."

"Mom, you're talking nonsense, how can I be black!" Mari pretended not to follow and amused Sayuri Fujii straight.

"Okay, good, it's not black, it's not black."

Mari Fujii went back to get her luggage, and the mother and daughter entered the house as they talked, and the table was full of cold meals.

"You sit down for a while, and I'll go and have a hot meal."

"Okay~"

Mari sat down on the couch and turned on the TV.

"At this year's Silver Mountain Conference, the last game of the sixteen-in-eight is Shigeru Oki from Shinshin Town, and Ryuichi Miyazaki from Guchen Town!"

As soon as the TV screen turned, a handsome and dashing boy wearing a black samurai suit and a katana at his waist came into view, and he brutally broke into Mari's heart with the most unprepared situation.

Poof!

Her heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly turned off the TV, her face flushed and hot.

"What's wrong, Mari?" Sayuri Fujii in the kitchen poked her head out curiously.

"It's not a mother, I, I'll help you." Mari said in a panic, touching her hot cheeks, and felt that the reason just now was stupid.

"Well, I'll go upstairs and put my luggage away." After saying that, he hurriedly ran upstairs.

Sayuri Fujii wiped her hands and came out of the kitchen and turned on the TV.

On TV, the battle between Shigeru and Ryuichi has just begun, and every now and then it will switch to a close-up of the faces of the two trainers.

"Ryuichi Miyazaki, the boyfriend at school who said Mayu talked about it seems to be called that." Sayuri Fujii, who had secretly contacted the school and knew the truth about Mayu's withdrawal from school, said softly.

"This kid ......"

Shaking her head, Sayuri turned off the TV and went back to the kitchen to get some hot dishes, pretending nothing had happened.