"Thank you, Miss Joy."

Ash took the book, thanked the smiling Miss Joy, and left the counter with Pikachu.

The Pokémon Battle Center is a training facility that is used exclusively for Pokémon Trainers to play against each other, and is common in towns where most Trainers gather. Ash also took on a task to help deliver the wound medicine in the mission area of the Pokémon Center, and the wound medicine was placed in the backpack, holding the egg, and Pikachu stood on his shoulder, heading towards the Pokémon Battle Center in the center of the city.

Withered Leaf City is worthy of being a transportation and tourism city with a large port and rich yacht culture, and all kinds of trainers, tourists, or tourists from various regions and decorations can be seen everywhere, and Ash's typical Kanto attire is a little conspicuous.

The cute and very representative Kanto Pokémon Pikachu on the shoulder has attracted the attention of many travelers from other places.

"That man... There's a Leolu too... What kind of elf is that? ”

Ash rubbed past the various people around him as he struggled to make out the nearby terrain. After all, it was the first time he had come to this area, and if he got lost, he would be in trouble. Luckily, the Pokémon Battle Center is a very iconic yellow mansion that is easy to find.

Randomly finding an entrance that opened to the west, Ash walked into the automatic door. The moment he opened the door, Ash couldn't help but sigh:

People, a lot.

The interior of the building is decorated in royal blue, white and paulownia wood. Trainers from all regions gathered in twos and threes to discuss something in the clean, reflective hall with a large circular service counter in the center of the hall, and a dozen staff members each mastered a part of the counter, either busy or idle.

Ash hugged the egg tightly and whispered to Pikachu to tell him to hold on carefully and not to go down and walk around.

He struggled through the crowd, and after wandering around for a while, he found the main point of charge of the dozen or so doctors at the service desk from the electronic board hanging on the pillar where the apex could not be seen. Finally, he turned around and found a middle-aged staff member at a vacant counter on the other side of the circle, and handed him more than a dozen bottles of special wound medicine in his bag.

"Oh, thank you! I've been waiting for a while. ”

The uncle took the medicine and put it under the counter.

"Anything else?"

"Well, can you help me find a Pokémon trainer named Shigeru Oki, who is still here?"

Ash asked.

"Big Wood? Shigeru Oki... I seem to have an impression. Let me take a look..."

The uncle glanced at the computer next to him, and then typed the name of Shigeru Oki into it, and saw that he was fighting.

"He's in the 907 skills training area... Do you need me to inform him? ”

"No, no need, I'll just go up myself."

Ash shook his head, thanked him, and went to the elevator where his uncle pointed him out.

Unexpectedly, not many people used the elevator, and Ash waited for a while, and then waited for an elevator. Moreover, several trainers saw Ash holding an egg and specially made some space for him, giving him a strange feeling of being seen as a pregnant woman by others.

The weightlessness of the elevator lasted for a while, and people came and went in the elevator, and in a short time Ash was already standing on the ninth floor.

Because there is no floor partition in the middle of the building, a pillar is erected in the middle, and large and small screens are hung.

The guardrail, which allows you to see the boundary of more than 90 floors above from the first floor, is specially designed for the convenience of many Pokémon Trainers who have manned flights. But if you have to be strong, don't worry. The Bibi birds hovering over the upper and lower floors are experts in preventing the death of some incompetent trainers.

Flexible, powerful claws, although a single Bibi bird can not take a person to fly, but several Bibi birds swarmed up, as long as the weight is not close to the inhuman level, generally will not be accidental.

Ash doesn't have a Pokémon that can carry people now, so it's better to take the elevator honestly.

Coming to the ninth floor, after exiting the elevator, all you can see are clearly marked numbers in the corridors that extend to the left and right, as well as a few trainers scattered around the neighborhood. Ash found the right direction, room by room, and swept the number. After a while, he stood at the door of room 907.

He gently stretched out his right hand and knocked on the door, only to hear the lock click and a young man push the door open.

"May I ask a Pokémon trainer named Shigeru Ogi..."

"Shigeru Ohki... Well, I'll take a look. ”

"Yes, he's in training area three, along the rocky road over there all the way to the end, and at the end of it is training area three."

The young man gave way to open the door. Ash walked in the door and found that the solemn style outside had completely changed as soon as he entered, and the rocks in the room had become a swimming pool, which stretched far away in a row of three.

There are pokemon in many swimming pools, and the trainers are either explaining something to the Pokémon, or they are fighting against the Pokémon trainers who are sparring here. Sure enough, after a while, I found a very well-developed Kami turtle sitting by the pool, watching a very well-developed Kami turtle continue to carry out water gun attacks towards the target erected on the water surface...

"Hey, Shigeru."

Before he could get closer, Ash was already waving at him and running over.

"Huh? ... Ash? ”

Xiao Mao, who seemed to be contemplative, came back to his senses and turned his head.

"Why are you here? Didn't you just come to Withered Leaf City today, ready to challenge the Gym? ”

Shigeru looked surprised, and he sat on the edge of the pool, turning to look at Ash.

He is wearing purple short-sleeved and black trousers today. When he travels, his temperament is completely different from that of Zhenxinzhen, if he is young and vigorous when he is in Zhenxinzhen, he is quite childish, only a few months old, and he is also ten years old, Xiaomao seems to be more mature.

This is probably the same as Ash, who has been instilled with a lot of books since he was a child, and after knowledge, he will inevitably mature.

If it were other ten-year-olds, it wouldn't be wrong to say that they were children, but no matter how these two people look at them, it would be better to describe them as teenagers.

"Well, luckily, I succeeded in my first challenge. By the way, how did you end up here? I've heard that you've been in Withered Leaf City for a long time. ”

Ash asked rhetorically with a little confusion:

"That's not your style, Xiaomao."

"Huh... There are indeed some things. ”

Shigeru shrugged his shoulders and gently patted the top of the head of the Kami turtle that had jumped on the desk.

"This kid was beaten badly by a trainer lately... So I refused to leave. Tomorrow is the last chance to challenge that trainer, and no matter what, I'm going to continue my journey after the challenge, regardless of whether I win or lose. ”

"Badly defeated? Hehe, you have today. ”

When Ash heard this, he smiled very poorly. He walked over to Mao's side and did it, and Pikachu on his shoulder also reached out to greet Mao.

Pikachu already knew Shigeru when he was at the institute before leaving, and although Ash was taking care of Pikachu most of the time, he was also very familiar with Shigeru who had a good relationship with Ash.

"Long time no see, Pikachu. Follow this trainer... Didn't waste your exceptional talent, did you? ”