Smoke and Ink City is quite a boring place for ordinary people, the combination of low houses, village-like layout, and the size of a town makes the city look very backward, and the trainers who often mingle with the big cities will not stay here for long after the challenge is over, and will soon leave and return to the big cities where they are used to living.

In the eyes of the trainers, the manager of Yanmo City must be a boring and rigid antique, who does not know how to keep his city in line with modernity, so that the residents of the city can live with him in this mountain city that has been behind the outside world for an unknown amount of time.

But what the trainers didn't know was that their reaction was what the managers of Yanmo City wanted to see.

Yanmo City doesn't need a lot of territory, and it doesn't need tourists or a large number of residents. Not to mention that the semi-secluded Dragon Village is around Yanmo City, and even the administrators of Yanmo City, the entrance to the Dragon's Lair, don't want to be discovered by too many trainers, so the current state of Yanmo City may be the best for him.

As for the residents of Yanmo City, they are not very disgusted with the living conditions here.

For the older generation, the environment here has not changed for decades, but it is widely accepted by them, and some of the young people in the city have gone to the outside world to develop, and some have been absorbed by the dragon town, so naturally they will not complain about any urban development problems.

Even if there are some young people who plan to return to their hometowns to invest and develop after becoming famous in the outside world, most of them will be stopped by the old people who have lived in Yanmo City for a long time, and over time, Yanmo City has maintained its former appearance until now.

"Okay, that's pretty much it."

Karp rented the only single room in a small inn in Yanmo City, and after sorting out his usual things, he sat on a not-so-soft wooden bed and took out his illustrated book.

Yanmo City is more or less Du's hometown, and the entrance to the Dragon's Lair is managed by the Yanmo Gym, and the owner there is Du's sister. Now Karp wants to visit the Dragon's Lair and even go to the Dragonland, so he decides to say hello to Wataru before then.

If you can cooperate with him after greeting him, it will save you a lot of trouble, and if you don't cooperate, he will also say hello to Du before, so as not to make everyone feel embarrassed afterwards.

'Is there any trouble on your side?' ’

This was the first thing Wataru said after picking up the communication, but he can't blame Wataru for having concluded one thing in the past year - that is, Karp won't take the initiative to contact him when he's fine.

"It's not too troublesome, it's just that I came to Yanmo City, and then I want to go to the Dragon's Lair and the Dragon's Land to see, so I'll say hello to you in advance."

After Karp finished speaking, there was silence on the other end of the communication for a while, and then Wataru's laughter was heard through the Pokédextrophone communication.

Needless to say, this kind of thing is so serious, and you shouldn't underestimate your current fame.

Not to mention that Granny Dragon always mentions your name in the internal meetings of the Dragon Village, whether it is your original identity or the name you are now known as the leader of the new generation, it is enough for the Dragon Village to give you, or to you in the future, a face.

This kind of thing, you just have to go to the Smoke and Ink Gym to find Tsubaki, you and her explain the matter that she will let you into the dragon's lair. ’

He received an unexpected answer from Wataru, but Karp was only stunned for a moment before reacting.

"Okay, then I got it."

With that, after exchanging a few words with Wataru, Karp hung up the communication, put away the illustrated book, and put on his compression backpack.

Since Wataru said that this matter could be solved by going to the owner of the Smoke and Ink Gym by himself, then Karp plans to go over now.

After all, whether it is the land of the dragon or the dragon's den, it is a large range, and if you really want to collect energy points, you will inevitably have to go through them, plus in addition to collecting energy points, Karp also wants to find a way to make the two-headed tyrannosaurus rex grow in this gathering place of dragon elves and dragon trainers, so if he wants to participate in another tournament before participating in the summer competition, it will be a bit insufficient for him now.

So after getting the news, Karp immediately set off and walked towards the Smoke and Ink Gym.

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And when Karp was rushing to the Smoke and Ink Gym, the Smoke and Ink Gym was already busy.

"Tsubaki, if you leave, what will happen to this Smoke and Ink Gym?"

An old man who looked to be over 80 years old looked at the girl with light blue hair in front of him and sighed helplessly.

"I'm just leaving for a while, and besides, isn't there a grandfather on the side of the Smoke and Ink Gym, even if you just find a few trainers from the Dragon Clan, you can hold it for a while, I'm just leaving for a while, and it's not like I won't come back."

The old man looked at the girl with light blue hair as if he had made up his mind, and the expression on his face became even more helpless.

"There is a way to solve it, but you suddenly said that you want to leave, at least give me a reason and give me a time to prepare.

If you become the owner of the gym, you can't just find a trainer to come over, especially the meaning of the Yanmo Gym, you won't be unclear, so first of all, you must find a trainer with a certain strength base, secondly, let him get the hall master qualification certificate issued by the alliance, and finally let him accumulate a certain amount of experience...... You're leaving so suddenly, even if we need to find another trainer to take your place, it's not going to be right away, so just wait a little longer. ”

Listening to the old man's words, Tsubaki scratched his head, and finally nodded.

"Okay, then wait a little longer, anyway, I don't have much of a rush about what I want to go out."

The old man breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the girl had temporarily dispelled the idea of leaving immediately, and then asked the trainers who had come here to persuade the girl to return to their posts, and he also sat next to the girl.

"Tsubaki, why did you suddenly think of leaving Yanmo City?"

Tsubaki listened to the old man's inquiry, took out a newspaper from his travel bag, and drew a picture of Karp holding the trophy in the most conspicuous position of the newspaper, and then wrote this sentence in quite obvious words next to it - Karp, the leader of the new generation and the strongest newcomer.

The old man first glanced at the contents of the newspaper, and then saw that his granddaughter pouted and looked unconvinced.

"This person is about the same age as me, what a new generation leader, what the strongest newcomer, it's really an arrogant title - the reason why I want to go out this time is to find and defeat him, and let him know that I, the best dragon attribute master in the future, is the real strongest newcomer."

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