People are accustomed to waiting, but they often forget what they are waiting for. However, those big and small waits in life, as long as they are accompanied by anticipation, are worth it.

Sora is never restless about waiting, because he lives in a wonderful waiting, waiting for any kind of future.

Two days passed in a flash, and Sora stood in front of the gym again. But this time, he didn't step in as an intern.

Lao Tzu is here to kick the gym today!

He stepped into the door in front of him with an indomitable momentum, and from this moment on, he was no longer a traverser, a reborn, just an ordinary challenger who left everything behind.

Let's fight!

"Challengers, please register first~"

"Oh, here we are."

The young lady at the front desk only said one sentence, which frustrated the empty sharp spirit that was still working hard just now. With the other party's spring breeze smile on his face, he obediently ran to the front desk and completed the registration.

Kick the gym or something...... Well, let's save it.

As he walked through the hallway, Sora met an acquaintance, Harry from the trio.

"Good morning, good morning! Top dog. "When he sees the air, he is always a little cramped.

It's not too early to see it, is it...... Sora muttered in his heart, and then he noticed a large pile of Poké Balls in the other party's arms, and asked casually, "Those guys let you run errands again?" I told you earlier, you don't have to deal with them. ”

"It's okay, it's just to help send the elves to the healing machine, and besides, my elves need healing too." Harry smiled nonchalantly, seemingly not taking it seriously at all. He is the youngest intern except for Sora, and he must have a lot of talent if he can pass the assessment. But obviously, these talents are not enough to erase the disadvantages of experience and physique, and the existence of such an out-of-specification existence as Sora is only a few after all. So his answer was also unexpected.

Sora looked at him, it doesn't matter if it's once or twice, but if it's too many times, it's not bullying? Although it was easy to teach the uninteresting ones a lesson, he had his own principles and never reached out to those who did not fight.

So he was no longer entangled, but said lightly: "It's okay to be as happy as you like." ”

"Hey, hey." Harry scratched his head in embarrassment, he could tell that his boss was angry. Unlike what he thought, he didn't want to fight, he just wanted to fight with his own strength.

The two of them continued to walk, Harry the boy would be shy in crowded places, but he talked a lot when he was with acquaintances. Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, he kept asking his boss some questions about cultivation and tactics.

Emptiness, on the other hand, is unhesitant to answer. Every time he meets this kind of gaze full of joy and adoration, he wants to tell the other party that it is one thing to know many things, and it is another thing to apply them to reality. You can't become strong just by imitating and learning from others.

"Alright, let's get here today." Sora stopped in front of a door.

"Huh? Boss, today is a working day, and the main training ground is for the challengers, have you forgotten? Harry watched him stop, puzzled.

"Ahh I don't know if it's an illusion when I open the door empty, but the loess and bluestone full of eyes today exude a different sense of heaviness than usual. He walked in and said, "I'm here to challenge." ”

"Challenge?" Harry was left alone, stunned to watch as his boss vanished as the door closed.

"Bang!"

The door to the training ground was finally closed, but the door in Harry's heart was opened, he couldn't help but think.

Can I be as strong as him?

……

Walk on the steep mountain road and walk slowly to the top of the mountain. Nana still sat in her old seat, her eyes closed.

"Whew-"

It's really troublesome not to be able to "sprint" on this kind of terrain, and while crawling, I complain in my heart. Indeed, the practicality of [telekinesis] is beyond the reach of ordinary people. Then, he looked up again, and the road ahead was occupied by jagged boulders and high and low slopes, and the top of the mountain could not be seen at a glance.

From a distance, the site of Tokiwa Dokan can only be regarded as a small mountain, but when the challenger is actually in the middle of it, it is realized that the terrain here is far more complex than expected. Without preparing in advance, it is basically impossible to climb to the top of the mountain within the specified time.

"It's ...... now" took the time to look at the time, ten o'clock will be five minutes away, and there is still a long time before the two-hour allotted time. Gym battles are generally time-limited, but they are generally of little use, as challengers tend to be eliminated early for a variety of reasons.

Either way, don't wait too long on the road. Sora didn't think Sakaki was easy to deal with at all, so he reminded the "passenger" on his shoulder: "Hold on, I'm going to speed up!" ”

"Bah!"

So, a yellow dragon rolled up on the mountain road. In order to challenge the gym, Sora is fully prepared, and the pair of hiking boots on his feet and the linen gloves on his hands are proof. He didn't bring trekking poles, which were more useful when going down the mountain, so there was no need to add unnecessary burdens to himself.

Luckily, I didn't encounter a rolling stone or anything. Kong secretly congratulated himself, he knew that there were some mechanisms arranged in this site, such as rolling stones, ground subsidence, wind and sand, etc., but he never figured out the rules. Seeing that the first battle point was close at hand, he couldn't help but run a little faster.

"Babble!"

Suddenly, Nana, who was in a false sleep, suddenly opened her eyes, and in her perception, an unknown object was approaching them at a rapid speed.

"Whew!"

"Wow!" Before Sora could ask what was wrong, he heard a whistling sound beside him, which frightened him to stop and lower his body. And the moment he leaned over, he felt something, brushing his back.

"That's a good response!" A figure spun out from behind a boulder and said triumphantly towards the embarrassed Empty Look. "Most of the newcomers were eliminated at my level."

"It's just a sneak attack, isn't it great?" Sora straightened up and looked at the comer. He had seen this man, but he was not familiar with it. The usual elf, it should be the one at the other party's feet.

"Hehe, the alliance didn't say that you can't sneak attack." The man was not ashamed to be exposed by the air, but retorted with confidence, "If you can't even do this most basic dodge, there is no need to go up and trouble the boss." Speaking of which, you seem to be a newcomer to us, how did the alliance do it, even interns like you ......"

Top dog? Sora noticed the other party's words, ordinary trainers used to call Sakaki the leader or sir, and only the guys on Team Rocket always called the boss.

"Stop talking nonsense, let's get started!" Sora interrupted impatiently, he wasn't interested in listening to a member of Team Rocket.

"Humph! Just intern, I hope you will be so arrogant in the future. When the man heard this, he showed a little anger, and then ordered his elf: "Gala Gala, give him some color to see, use the [Bone Echo Mark]!" ”

"Quack!"

Gala Gala raised the two thick bony rods in his hand above his head, and then slammed them into each other. When Sora and Nana were distracted by the crisp sound, the bone rod was violently thrown.

"Whew-"

The empty vision was soon filled with shadows. The bone stick is thrown with a special technique, and its flying speed is very fast, and its high-speed rotation and elusive trajectory are even more difficult to guard.

"Nana, grab it with [telekinesis]." Null indication.

"Bah!" Nana nodded, and a massive amount of spiritual power surged out, directly taking the two bone sticks hovering in the air.

"Whew!" To his surprise, Nana's nine-ten-ten-sure move was empty, and the bone stick did not stop, but flew towards them at a faster speed.

Didn't catch it? It shouldn't be...... Sora had to hug Nana and dodge the blow with a lazy donkey. He clearly saw that at the moment when the [Mental Power] was activated, the bone rod seemed to change its trajectory imperceptibly.

"Laughing to death, trying to grab the bone stick of Gala Gala? You didn't wake up! The man scoffed. The bone stick is a very important weapon of Gala Gala, and it can be said that all its abilities are on it. There have been many attempts to capture the weapon in battle, but most of them have failed.

Does the wind generated by the rotation of the bone rod play a role in changing the trajectory? After a little thought, I understood the principle. No, it's not that simple, the other party has two bone sticks, and the wind generated is enough to affect each other and disturb Nana's judgment. Since you can't catch it, then ......

"Nana, [Reflection Wall], full coverage." Sora said to his own elves.

"Bab~" Nana replied softly, and before she could make any movements, a semicircular transparent cover had appeared around them.

"Bang bang bang!"

At the moment when the cover was raised, the enemy's attack also arrived. The bone rod struck it hard and continuously, making a sound like rain hitting plantains. Strange to say, no matter where the [Bone Retro Target] flew from or where it bounced, they could eventually return to Gala Gala and shoot again through their hands.

"Haha! Giving up so soon? Where did you run away with all your arrogance? Seeing that his opponent was completely suppressed by his own elf, the man immediately made a mockery.

"......" is too lazy to speak.

Suppress? doesn't exist, I didn't see the other party fighting for so long, but Nana's [reflection wall] didn't even have a crack. He's just waiting for an opportunity.

"I don't believe that your turtle shell can't be broken!" After a while, the other party finally realized that his attack had not worked, and immediately said angrily: "Gala Gala, use [Split Tile]!" ”

Hearing the order, Gala Gala began to run in the direction of the air, its speed was not fast, but it was unexpectedly very imposing, a bit of the taste of ancient warriors rushing to kill.

"Uhhh As it was about to run in front of its enemies, it leaped forward, and two bone clubs, which had been hovering in the air, flew into its hands just right, and were then held tightly by it with its powerful claws.

"Boom!"

With the force of the impact as it fell, the bone rod slammed into the [Reflection Wall].

"Click, click......"

The powerful blow was immediately effective, and cracks spread across the shield at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Bang!"

Needless to say, Gala Gala was swung out again, and a large side of the "glass" was shattered by it, completely exposing the empty and Nana under its protection. However......

"Caught, you."

It was the last sound it heard.