In the Joban Gym, Sora is watching a group of rookie trainers compete against each other. At this time, he was sitting cross-legged on a large rock next to the training ground, supporting his chin with one hand and his waist with the other, his eyelids drooping, looking bored.

"It's so boring—"

"Bah-"

Nana lay on top of the empty head, idle, like her master. But Nana doesn't get bored, and it's comfortable for her to take a nap on an empty body. And this rammer is very good at picking places, and if you can sleep, you will never lie on your shoulders, and if you can sleep on your shoulders, you will never sit on your legs. Sticking to emptiness, entangling emptiness, and attaching to emptiness is her lifelong pursuit. It's unproductive, but it's also very loving.

"Hah-yawn." Sora narrowed his eyes and yawned heavily.

The reason why he finds life in the gym boring is not because the tutoring classes here are monotonous or the daily training is boring, but because he feels that his life here is something missing.

It's called Challenge.

Life needs challenges, not for glory or fame, sometimes just to be able to have a goal.

There are many goals in the void of the previous life, such as the high school entrance examination, the college entrance examination, work, family, and so on. These goals may seem a bit trivial, but there is no doubt that they set the direction in which the empty is heading. After coming to this world, there is only one empty goal left, which is to go to the top of the world and overlook the scenery under your feet. But......

"Does this guy Sakaki still want to be the leader of the gym!" "It's been a month, and I can't see anyone at all!" ”

"Babble, babble!" Nana didn't understand what her master was worry, but she also waved her little paw with him, and almost rolled off the empty head.

Sora originally planned to touch the bottom of Sakaki first and play this challenge with some preparation, but the other party didn't give him a chance at all. He didn't want to think about it, as the final boss of Team Rocket, how could he have time to play a game with their group of imps.

……

In the open space not far away, Liang and the others were sharing their recent battle experience.

"The boss is here again." Ken, one of the trio, shook his head. This situation started a week ago, because the boss was so frequent that everyone avoided him for fear of being caught, even Mr. Watanabe. With so much energy that he has nowhere to vent, he goes berserk every now and then.

"Shhhhhh Liang whispered a warning to his companions.

"......" Jian was silent instantly, of course he remembered what happened last time. First, one by one, he was abused by the grass; then two to one, to be hanged; The last three to one, hehe, it feels like it's already humiliating. And the reason why all this happened was that he asked for a discussion when the boss was in a bad mood.

Harry, the youngest, looked up at the two of them, didn't speak, and then lowered his head and continued to comb through his notes. He thinks it's okay to be abused occasionally, because every time after the abuse, Sora will make a comment or give them some objective advice, and after a long time, the strength of the three of them has been greatly improved, at least it is no longer the bottom of the 20 people.

……

"No matter!" Got up from the stone and choked Nana on her head. He clenched his fists and said to himself, "Isn't it just a challenge to the gym, and the game has not been played." Intelligence tactics or something, to hell with it! ”

As he spoke, Sora reached out and pulled the abrasive goblin off his head and pressed it back on his shoulder, "Let's go, Nana, let's go to Mr. Watanabe and ask what procedures are required to challenge the gym." ”

"Bah!" Nana first screamed to express her dissatisfaction with her master's rough behavior, and then began to use her [telekinesis].

As a result, an invisible telekinetic field spreads out in the gym, searching for Mr. Watanabe's location. After a long period of training, Nana's [telekinesis] level has long been perfected, and she is able to easily cover a large area (provided that it is only used for perception).

In the Pokémon world, everything has its own fluctuations (waveguides), and some elves with extremely keen perception are able to receive these fluctuations, thus acting as sensing and remote vision.

"Bah~" Nana quickly found the target. I saw her paw pointing, and patting her master's back with her tail, like a commander giving orders, driving the "Kamitail battleship" forward.

"You guy!" Sora couldn't help but rub the other's head. Little lazy cat! If you don't walk by yourself all day, you know that you call me.

"Babble~" Nana rubbed her master's palm, looking not ashamed, but proud.

After a fuss, the "Kamio" drove out of the training ground, drove up to the second floor, and then turned left and right all the way, and finally found Mr. Watanabe in an inconspicuous corner.

He's ...... In the squatting spot? Kong Sixia observed for a while, and quickly made a judgment. This position is indeed very hidden, and it is still in the blind spot of the camera, and if it weren't for Nana's guidance, I would never have been able to find it.

After getting along for so long, Sora can feel that this Watanabe-sama should not be with Team Rocket. First of all, neither Nana nor Nini ever showed wariness of him, and secondly, Kong really didn't remember that Team Rocket had such a No. 1 national face, plane head, and quite good strength.

It can't be an undercover agent sent by the Alliance, right? Contacting some of the other party's abnormal behavior, it is inevitable that there will be some conjectures. According to his own understanding, the alliance must be aware of the existence of Team Rocket, and there will inevitably be mutual penetration between the two. However, Team Rocket must have done a better job in this regard, and half of the 8 gym leaders were their people (Xia Bo is a second or five boys).

But he immediately dispelled this idea, if nothing else, he walked 3 meters behind him and was not discovered, and this kind of vigilance basically said goodbye to undercover.

Why don't you send someone decent...... Looking at the other party's sneaky appearance, Sora continued to approach while complaining in his heart. Everyday distractions, poor memory, and reckless behavior really shouldn't be in the case of a good agent.

Finally lurking behind the other party, Sora was playful for a while and slapped him hard.

“……！” Unlike in the empty imagination, although the other party was startled and even almost fell, he did not make any exclamations. Instead, he took advantage of the movement of leaning forward, and kicked his back without looking back.

"Bang!"

This powerful kick was picked up by Nana's [Reflection Wall], not that he didn't have time to react, but that he saw the two rows of studs on the soles of the other party's shoes that shone with cold light.

With a miss, Ryosuke Watanabe immediately pulled back, and at the same time put one hand into his arms, and was about to take out the Poké Ball, but when he turned around, he saw the appearance of the person who came.

"Whew-" He breathed a sigh of relief, but he thought in his heart that next time he would definitely have to let the bureau match him with a spirit with strong perception, otherwise it would be too inconvenient.

Then, with a gloomy face, he asked to the air, "Have you seen it all?" ”

"See what?" Null rhetorical question. The other party's quick reaction surprised him a little, and he said that there was really no fuel-efficient lamp for those who could do it.

"......" Ryosuke Watanabe choked by him. This topic is really not suitable for further continuation, but the person who detected the intelligence was himself being followed, and it is embarrassing to think about it. But he knew very well that if Sora really wanted to be against him, there would be countless opportunities just now, so the other party was definitely not an enemy.

Do you want to simply tell him that maybe you can make some progress with the help of his strength? Ryosuke Watanabe thought to himself, he had indeed come to collect evidence of the collusion between the head of Tokiwa Dokan and Team Rocket, but nothing was found, and Sakaki's whereabouts were easily determined, in the office not far away. But the trouble is that he barely goes out, so who can be sure what he's doing inside.

Ryosuke Watanabe knew that dragging on like this would only increase the risk of his own exposure, but if it was not necessary, he really didn't want to involve ordinary people in such a dangerous matter, not to mention that this was still an extremely talented child. So, he lowered his guard and asked again in a non-wavering tone, "What's the matter?" ”

"Ah, I'd like to ask what process I had to go through to challenge the gym during my internship." When he mentioned it like this, Sora finally remembered his intention. He wouldn't have thought that the other party would think about so many things in an instant, but even if the other party really told him honestly, I'm afraid he wouldn't be too careful, he was too troublesome.

"You're going to challenge the gym?" Ryosuke Watanabe has Sakaki intelligence, and the league's evaluation of his strength is the champion level, that is, the strongest level.

To be honest, he wasn't optimistic about Sora's impulsive decision, but the other party's serious expression showed that I was serious, so he had to remind: "The Joban Gym is the strongest Gym in the Kanto region, and the strength of the Sakaki Leader is not something you can compete with now." ”

"I know."

The empty answer made Ryosuke Watanabe puzzled, and he challenged even though he knew he couldn't beat it, was this stupid? But the other party's words made him sigh with emotion.

"But he wasn't so strong at the beginning, he must have slowly become stronger in the process of challenging other strong people step by step, until he reached the top. If you give in to the challenge before you have already met it, how can you achieve greater success? ”

Sora has always felt that in order to become a strong person, you must first be a strong person in spirit. Sometimes, it's the courage to take the first step that counts. But he never thought that his first step was a little too big, and it was easy to get the egg.

Ryosuke Watanabe obviously didn't expect these words to come out of the mouth of a young boy, but the phrase "don't compromise with challenges" really touched him. He thought for a while and said, "If you want to challenge the gym, you have to make an appointment on the official website of the alliance first, generally speaking, you are not qualified to challenge during the internship, but if you are approved by the leader of the gym, there is no problem." ”

"That's right." Sora nodded, and then watched Mr. Watanabe leave, as if he was sure that his review would pass.

"Let's go back and try again." Muttering to himself, Sora slowly walked towards the first floor.