In the outdoor communication area of the Pokémon Center, many trainers were talking to each other, and Xiaoxia and the others gathered briefly in a corner.

"Huh? It's as simple as that. ”

Xiaoxia looked incredible, and Ash held the egg with a smug expression.

"What? Can't believe it, don't you? I'm telling you, it won't be long before I'll be able to gather the eight badges necessary to compete in the quartz convention! When the time comes, someone will have to pay a lovely price for their bet~"

"What a price... Do you have any other bets between you? Xiao Gang on the side was half-squatting on the ground spraying medicine on Sika's bruised arm during training and wrapping a bandage, when he heard the conversation between Xiaoxia and Ash, he turned his head and asked.

"You don't know yet?"

Ash shrugged.

"I made a bet when I went out on a trip with Xiaoxia."

"Ash!"

“... Know, know, keep it secret, keep it secret, right? ”

Ash looked at Xiao Xia, whose eyes were on fire, tugged at the corners of his mouth, and stopped talking.

"Pickup pickup."

Pikachu, who seemed to be in a lot of energy, was lying on Ash's shoulder eating an apple at this time, and smiled secretly when he saw Xiaoxia's appearance.

"Pikachu has also regained his spirits."

Xiao Gang smiled and looked at Pikachu, who had a big appetite, and finished bandaging Sika.

glanced at the bandage on his arm and tugged at the corners of his mouth. Xiao Gang is worthy of being a big brother who takes care of children, and his age is really young. This bow really looks like a fluttering butterfly.

It's really hands-on.

"That's right, Xiaogang."

Ash suddenly asked Xiao Gang:

"What's the next city with an official gym..."

"Hey, Ash, you're in too much of a hurry, aren't you? We've only been in Withered Leaf City for a few hours! ”

Xiaoxia interjected hatefully, and drank against the tip of Ash's nose.

"But, but I don't have much time left... Hey, you're not trying to stop me from getting the badge with such a dastardly trick, are you? Cut, if you lose, you lose, do you need to twist it so much..."

"What are you talking about! Hey, do I look like such a despicable person? On the contrary, it is you Xiaozhi, who is in such a hurry, should it be because you are afraid that you will not be able to pass through the gym, and you want to leave early, and you want to get rid of me! ”

Xiao Gang was careless, didn't look at the two natural enemies, and quarreled again.

"Okay, okay, don't make any noise, don't make any noise. Although the date of the Pokémon Alliance's Gym Challenge is one step closer to the end, it is not in a hurry to this extent, and with proper rest, you can continue to travel mentally and physically, right? ”

"Besides, the closest city to this place with a gym is the Super Gym in Gold City, and the ship to Gold City won't be available until at least two days later, unless we have some Pokémon big enough to cross the ocean to carry us across the ocean..."

"Pickup, pickup."

Sika shook his head helplessly as he watched the three of them make a mess, walked to Ash's feet and tugged at his trouser leg, and pointed to the place not far away where he rented the elf training equipment. Ash knew what Sika wanted, and scolded Xiaoxia for the last sentence, and then went to help Sika rent the Pokémon training equipment he wanted: weight-bearing armor, body curlers, and some dumbbells and the like.

It was almost a hard pull with two hands to pull in front of Sika, compared to Ash, Sika picked it up and put it on casually, and it was easy.

This is not bad, you look at those trainers, they can't even be dragged and pulled, Ash has excellent arm strength, and his physical fitness is imperceptibly baptized by the power of the waveguide, and the rest of the trainers can only honestly let their Pokémon wear themselves.

It is worth mentioning that because the Pokémon in the Kanto region do not have anything like a weight-bearing armor specifically for the Pokémon of the Leo Lu clan, Sika is now using the heavy armor of Haoli, which is logically a configuration that Leolu cannot use as a fighting Pokémon that is more inclined to agility.

It's too light for Sika...

"Sika, I'm sorry, but your duel may be postponed again... I've always said I'm going to ask you to play. ”

Ash apologized, picked up the egg from the ground, squatted in front of Sika and whispered. Pikachu also seemed embarrassed, scratching the back of his head and exclaiming in embarrassment:

"Pickup pickup."

[It's okay. 】

Sika shook her head lightly and ran towards the playground dedicated to Pokémon and continued to exercise herself.

His current physical condition can be said to be almost reaching the limit of strength that Leolu's body can bear. Physical development is also about to reach maturity. As long as he is out of maturity, he should be able to evolve into Lucario.

Watching Sika's figure gradually leave, Ash sighed softly, moved his shoulders, and walked towards his room.

Xiaoxia and Xiaogang both went out to buy something, but he was left in the Pokémon Center because he didn't have much to do. Blastoise was put into the Pokémon pool by him to relax, and he didn't have much to do, so he simply planned to go back to reading with the eggs.

He decided to conduct special training for Pikachu for a period of time, and while his morale was high now, the effect of the training would definitely be twice as effective with half the effort, but before the training began, Ash had to go to the book to find some information.

"Pikachu, you must pay attention to your physical condition when training in the future, and you can't blindly force yourself, otherwise I will be worried."

"Pickup."

Just as Ash and Pikachu walked back to the Pokémon Hall, it happened that Miss Joy received a call specifically for Ash.

"Ash from Ash, a trainer from True New Town, here's your number."

"Ah, thank you, Miss Joy."

Ash thanked Miss Joy and put the egg on the counter for the time being, taking the phone, and Pikachu jumped off his shoulder.

"Hey, is it Ash? It's me. ”

"Dr. Oki? Uh, what's the urgency? Didn't you already call me just now..."

"It's Shigeru's business. Just now, I received a call from Xiao Mao, asking me for a book about the basic information of the Kami turtle, but before I could find him, he had already recklessly hung up the phone. I can't get in touch with him here, so I'll have to ask you for a trip. ”

Dr. Oki on the other side of the phone seemed to sigh.

"He should be in the Pokémon Battle Center in Withered Leaf City right now, shouldn't you be idle? It's good to help send it over. ”

"Books about the basic information about the Kami turtle?"

"Yes, that's right, Shigeru's Jenny turtle has successfully evolved into a Kami turtle. Oh yes, Ash, how is the egg that was sent to you now? ”

"It's still in the process of hatching, what's the matter?"

"Ah, nothing. It's just that the calculation time should not be far from hatching, just to remind you. Alright, I'm ready to deliver the book now, let's go get it first..."

"Okay... Miss Joy, could you please help me connect the teleportation device. ”