In the middle of December, although it is not the coldest time of the year, the snow begins to fall, and the underground city where the ash is located is lit up from house to house.

It stands to reason that at this time, Ash stayed in his palace and didn't care about the world, but today he rarely walked out of the dungeon and came to the outside of the mine.

"I'm almost done with the third stage of cultivation, and I've learned a lot about the fighting skills, and I'll figure out how to digest it myself......"

Karp wore a black cotton robe, looked as gray as ever, and bowed to him.

"Anyway, I'm sorry for you this time."

Ash looked at Karp like this, and rarely showed a chuckle that was not bitter or helpless.

"It's not too much trouble, according to my original thoughts, I was going to let you go by this time next year, but I didn't expect you to leave when you first came this year."

As he spoke, Ash scratched his head, and his whole temperament suddenly became lazy.

"But that's fine, I don't like things that are too much trouble, and it's a good thing for me that you can speed things up."

As he spoke, Ash yawned and stretched his back.

"Alright, you can go quickly, I should go back to sleep."

With Ash's voice, Karp nodded.

"Then you have a good rest, I'll leave first."

With that, Karp turned around and left in the direction he had come from recently.

It was only when Karp disappeared from view that the laziness on his gray face faded again.

"I didn't expect him to spend more than a month to complete the special training that was supposed to let him practice for a year, but we can rest assured that there is such a new generation."

As he spoke, Ash shook his head and turned and walked towards the dungeon deep in the mine, where he would not have come out of the dungeon anytime soon if nothing else.

......

After leaving the mine, Karp went into the city, bought a ticket to Tokiwa City, and planned to visit Shinshin Town first.

At the end of the month, he will go home for a while, and only after the year has passed will he start his plans for the second year at the beginning of next year. However, before going home, Karp plans to check on Chi's condition.

Although he only took Chi with him for less than a week before he got into a hurry because of the masked man's affairs, Chi Hao was also a trainer he brought out, so he planned to go back and see how Red was doing now.

With this in mind, Karp sat in the car for nearly an afternoon, and by the time he arrived in Zhenxinzhen, the night had begun to fall earlier and earlier due to the arrival of winter. Without the bright sun, the sky is completely black, the snow curtain looks very chaotic under the tearing of the wind, and at a glance it looks as if the broken snow has been pulled by the deep dark sky, and the lighting of the street lamps can easily give people a feeling of dizziness.

However, in such weather, the town will not be too cold, although there are few pedestrians on the streets, but the lights are on from house to house, and you can faintly hear some joy when you pass by these gates, which also brings a different feeling to this cold and snowy night.

Shinshin Town itself is not big, and Dr. Ohki's research institute Karp has been there many times, so he is completely familiar with the road.

When Karp stepped into the research institute, he found Dr. Ohki sitting on the sofa in the reception room, eating instant noodles.

He felt someone come in and looked over and was obviously a little surprised when he found out it was Karp.

"Why are you here?"

Karp shook the snow off his body one by one at the door, then took off his cotton robe, changed into indoor shoes, and came to Dr. Ohki's side.

"I'm going to come over to see how the situation is with Red, and I was completely overwhelmed by the fact that I was asked by the alliance to deal with the Lightning Bird before the Kamen matter.

If you think about it, although I have taught him everything I should have taught Chi, won't he have to fight Xiao Mao when he comes back? As a result, I didn't even see this fight, so I'll ask you about the details now. ”

Hearing Karp say this, Dr. Ohki also put down the instant noodles in his hand and sighed slightly.

"That kid and Xiao Mao had a tie again, which was quite unexpected by me, after all, Xiao Mao's improvement is not small, I didn't expect him to be able to tie with Xiao Mao."

Karp laughed as he listened to Dr. Ohki's exclamation.

"Chi's talent is quite good, and it won't take long for him to become a king or even a champion."

Dr. Oki didn't refute what Karp said, but just smiled, thinking Karp was joking.

After all, although he admits Chi and Xiaomao's talent, he is not young after all, and there are many concepts that cannot be broken for a while.

The current era is not the era of the big bang of champions in a few years, and now even if you tell him that Chi and Xiaomao can become champions in their early teens, he can't believe it. So Karp didn't explain much of these thoughts to him, just laughed at him as a joke and didn't mention it for the time being.

"Then is Chi still in Zhenxin Town now?"

Karp shifted the conversation directly, and Dr. Oki shook his head.

"It's gone, he left after the battle with Xiaomao, and it looks like he won't be back this year."

"Well, then I know."

After listening to Dr. Oki's words and confirming Aka's current situation, Karp was somewhat relieved. After that, he talked to Dr. Ohki about what he didn't have, and then he didn't stay long, braved the snow and returned to Tokiwa City, and went home for the evening train.

......

With the arrival of winter, snow begins to fall in many areas, but in some places it is the same all year round - they usually snow constantly, so there is no special change at this time.

On a snowy mountain in the Alliance's jurisdiction, Kona braved the snow and wind and walked into the interior of a canyon.

Along the canyon all the way, when she reached the depths of the canyon, the wind and snow seemed to be contained by a special force, so that the wind and snow were blocked behind her.

"Teacher, are you looking for me?"

In front of Kona, Austin was facing away from her, and when he heard her voice, he turned around and nodded at Kona.

"You've been practicing here for a long time, and it's about to be winter, so you can now practice on your own.

In this season, whether you cultivate in the snowy mountains or go outside to cultivate, the difference will not be very big.

If you can return here in time for spring to continue your cultivation, you can go out and see it in the winter. ”

Austin laughed and pulled out an ice-blue feather and a blue Poké Ball from his arms.

"It just so happens that I have a task or test for you."

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