Standing on a hill and looking into the distance, the city of Nibi not far away can already be seen by Merlin.

Although the previous small incident temporarily affected Merlin's mood, the sky will always be clear, and Merlin has long learned how to put down his heavy bags to make himself more relaxed.

Of course, Merlin wouldn't mind teaching those who did it a lesson if he had the chance, but only if Merlin didn't get into trouble because of it. No matter what his age he seems, Merlin's mental age has indeed passed the stage of being vigorous and clear about good and evil.

Compared to Tokiwa City, which is full of modern buildings and street gardens, Nibi City is undoubtedly a little shabby, or better sound, livable, with most of the buildings here being three- or two-story duplexes, and the tallest buildings seem to be seven or eight stories long. From Merlin's location, the most luxurious building in the city is probably a large new battle hall in the southwest.

Oh yes, a little further to the northwest, there seems to be a rather luxurious Western-style building standing there, and according to the direction, it is probably the famous Nibi City Museum.

Nibi is the color of dark limestone, and this quiet town in the rugged mountains and rocks has produced high-quality stone since ancient times, and at first it was able to supply the various parts of the city to build a castle, but then it gradually became insufficient, and the widespread use of concrete and new materials made decay inevitable. The city, famous for its stones, has gradually declined into a place where it makes a living by exporting rock art and pressing stones for making pickles......

Perhaps because of its long history with stones, the city of Nibi is also unique in its architectural style, and its rugged and solid buildings of pure rock have exuded a unique charm since they were built. Unfortunately, most of these buildings have been abandoned or protected due to safety concerns. The buildings of the current city of Nibi are, at best, modern creations made of reinforced concrete covered in layers of rock skin.

Walking alone on the rugged mountain road into Nibi City, Merlin was secretly thinking about his itinerary after entering Nibi City.

On the other side of the road, there was a sound of boys talking.

With his head down and thinking about his plan, Merlin was not distracted to listen or curious to look at the visitors.

However, the oncoming people took the initiative to disturb Merlin.

"Hey! Isn't this Merlin! A voice that was somewhat familiar to Merlin suddenly remembered.

Hearing this, Merlin couldn't help but raise his head, only to see two teenagers of the same age standing in front of him, one was an insect catcher with an insect trap net and a big straw hat, and the other was a young man in shorts dressed as an orthodox trainer. And that insect catcher boy is the one who once had a fight with Merlin and instructed Merlin how to get out of the Tokiwa Forest (although Merlin still failed).

"Learn martial arts?" Merlin directly called out the name of the insect catcher. Because he had pointed out his path, Merlin still had some impressions of this insect catcher boy who was kind to him.

"Yes, it's me, I didn't expect you to remember me." Xuewu stepped forward and patted Merlin on the shoulder cordially, this boy who had just passed ten years old was slightly taller than Merlin, "What, did you get lost again this time or did you come back from Joban City?" He half-jokingly teased Merlin.

"Huh." Merlin smiled awkwardly, "Thanks to your guidance, I've already been to Joban City, and this time I'm here to challenge the Nibi Gym." ”

"You've been to Tokiwa City!" Xuewu exclaimed a little exaggeratedly, "Then did you challenge the Joban Gym?" The student asked excitedly, and the young man in shorts behind him also clearly showed an interested look.

"It's a challenge." Merlin was very honest.

"Oh, you know you've failed...... "Xuewu subjectively judged from Merlin's paralyzed expression that he had failed the challenge, "It's okay, the Joban Gym is too strong, and it's a special trainer there." He patted Merlin on the shoulder affectionately, "It's just time to come to Nibi City to challenge Xiao Gang, although Xiao Gang is also very strong, but not to the point of being insurmountable." ”

"That's right, I'll introduce you." Xuewu took the hand of the young man in shorts and stepped forward, "This is my neighbor Brother Qingzhi......"

"Hello, I'm Merlin." Merlin reached out and shook hands with Kiyoshi, who was about seventeen or eighteen years old.

Xuewu stabbed Merlin with his elbow and whispered with a smile, "He's studying at the Nibi Gym." ”

"It's just learning." Qingzhi was immediately a little embarrassed, "The Nibi Gym is a family gym, so it doesn't accept trainers, I'm just temporarily observing and learning in the gym." ”

The so-called family gym is the common business model of the gym in the old era, to put it simply, the owner and trainer in the gym are all relatives in the family or equivalent to blood relatives of the introductory disciples, they generally do not accept trainers to be attached to the gym for internship, but only charge to teach apprentices. Moreover, the inheritance of the owner is determined internally, and only needs to be reported to the relevant departments of the alliance for registration. This kind of dojo is self-financed, and the alliance responds to this kind of family dojo with an attitude that neither supports, nor rewards, nor examines (or is it left to fend for itself?). ）。

In today's vast majority of gyms adopt a modern management system, this kind of family-style gyms recognized by the alliance is very rare, and there is a nearby Nibi Gym that is famous for not doing business. These family dojos have survived either because of their long history and traditions, or because of some special contribution. Undoubtedly, the Nibi Gym, which is revered as the "main hall of rock-based Pokémon", has been passed down because of its long history.

And unlike modern gyms, which have incidental tasks such as testing trainers on trips, educating local trainers, training and exporting talents, providing internships, protecting towns, and assisting in maintaining law and order, family-style gyms tend to be very relaxed and relaxed.

Let's take the analogy between the modern Tokiwa Gym that Merlin challenged and the family-owned Nibi Gym:

As an official gym under the direct jurisdiction of the alliance, Tokiwa Dojo shoulders a number of heavy responsibilities and enjoys very generous allowances, so Tokiwa Dojo is built in a magnificent, majestic, and extravagant way. The Nibi Gym is built very economical and practical, simple and durable, and the owner of the hall must also be diligent and thrifty, and live a clean life.

At the same time, as an official gym, there are several people in the Tokiwa Gym, such as professional referees, professional doctors, trainees stationed by the alliance, affiliated learners, interns, and disciples of the gym, and the total number of zeros must be at least 100 people. But in addition to the owner Xiao Gang, there seems to be only Qingzhi who is a lonely kid in the name of an internship, and it seems that even the referee needs to be hired by the hall owner himself or by himself.

But it's all about the good.

If both Tokiwa City and Nibi City are invaded by wild Pokémon or other similar evil deeds, then Sakaki, who takes over as the owner of the hall after the formal process, must accept the alliance's assignment to personally or order his disciples to go to the front line (this is only a theoretical statement), while the Nibi Gym is completely determined by the personal mood and ability of the hall owner Xiao Gang to decide whether he will ignore the alliance's instructions.

Moreover, as an official gym, the internal personnel transfer and promotion are directly responsible for the relevant departments of the alliance, and the hall owner often only has the right to nominate and build a museum, and has no direct decision-making power (which is only theoretical).

Well, let's get back to the teenagers' conversation.

"Qingzhi, can you take me directly to the Nibi Gym, I can't wait to have a fight with Xiao Gang." Merlin said.

"Uh, this time......" Qingzhi looked at his watch a little hesitantly, "Why don't I take you to the Pokémon Center with Xuewu to rest for a while before going?" What do you think of this? He said with a complicated expression.

"I don't need to go to the Pokémon Center." Merlin said, "Just take me to the gym." ”

Naturally, Merlin won't explain to everyone why he doesn't want to go to the Pokémon Center. It's true that it's a free medical institution, it's true that it provides free treatment and rehabilitation, and there's free accommodation and lunches. However, there are also some not-so-good tasks that are tasked with collecting information on Pokémon held by the Trainer.

"Uh......" Qingzhi continued to hesitate, "Ah, by the way, it's almost time for lunch, how about Xuewu and I take you to eat stone pot rice?" That's our specialty here, so let's go to the gym after dinner, right? ”

"Qingzhi, why are you pushing back?" Xuewu also showed that something was wrong, "Today is the same, I was supposed to be in a good position and suddenly want to go upstream with me to relax." Did you feel uncomfortable at Nibi Gym? ”

"No, no. Mr. Xiaogang is very knowledgeable and kind. "Emoration is a little weird.

"Then why are you like this?"

"Well, forget it, I'll be honest, Mr. Xiaogang is busy at this time, so it's better to wait until three or four o'clock in the afternoon." Qing Zhi said quickly.

"Is there still a time limit for challenging the gym? It's not too polite to challenge near dinnertime, but it's not ......," Merlin was a little curious.

"I don't think it's good to say this thing after all, it's better for you to see it yourself." Qingzhi hesitated for a long time but decided not to say, "Let's go around for a meal first, and then rest and then go to the gym, right?" He looked at Merlin with a pleading look.

"Okay, okay." Merlin had no choice but to agree, [This Xiao Gang seems to be very interesting, I remember that they have a very high opinion of him when they learn martial arts, but why is this Qingzhi's cousin so strange? 】

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In this way, Qingzhi and Xuewu took Merlin on a brief tour of the small city, then had a hearty lunch, and then found a park to rest for a while. Finally stayed up until three o'clock in the afternoon, and then Qingzhi took Merlin and Xuewu, who wanted to see the battle, set off for the Nibi Gym.

When he first saw the Nibi Gym, Merlin couldn't help but admire: "It's really a match!" ”

From the front, the entire Nibi Gym looks like a huge uncarved rock, with a metal frame on the outside, and the overall style is very rough, it is a standard Nibi style building, which looks heroic, but its scale is naturally incomparable to that of the Joban Gym.

"How do we get in?" Looking at the Nibi Gym outside the door and the door was closed, Merlin asked.

"Swipe your card." Kiyoshi said: "The challenger only needs to take out the trainer card and swipe it. Isn't there a card reader over there? As he spoke, Kiyoshi pointed to the small instrument on the door.

"Just a swipe?" Merlin pulled out his trainer card from his fanny pack and swiped it on the card reader, "It feels a bit like being in a bank." ”

There was a "ding" sound from the card reader, and then the door slowly opened.

"It's good to go straight ahead, there have been fewer and fewer apprentices in the gym in recent years, and there is no need to fight in the ring anymore, you can directly challenge the master of the gym." Walking in the slightly dark corridor, Qingzhi introduced, "Learn martial arts, wait a while, you and I will go to the audience to watch the battle, don't yell and disturb the game." Qingzhi said to Xuewu.

"Don't worry, don't worry." Xuewu looked forward to the perfunctory Qingzhi.

Soon the group reached the end of the hallway, Merlin took a step forward and pushed open the door, and a large field illuminated by searchlights appeared in front of Merlin.

"We're over, good luck with that." Kiyoshi said.

Xuewu came over and patted Merlin on the shoulder and gave him an expression of encouragement, "Even if you lose to Mr. Xiaogang, it's nothing, you really can't go to Hualan City." "It seems that the name of the Hualan Dao Pavilion is really loud enough.

The two then climbed the stairs at the edge of the arena to the auditorium, which was about two stories high.

"Are you the challenger today?" A man's gruff voice came from the end of the field.

"Yes, I'm Merlin from Fengji Town, and I'm here to challenge the Nibi Gym with a badge as a bet." Merlin replied.

The man at the end stepped out of the dark shadow step by step, "You have already obtained the green badge of the Tokiwa Gym, how can you still be interested in a gym of the level of the Nibi Gym?" As he spoke, the man stepped into the light.

The man is naturally Xiao Gang, he is a man with thick lines, tall and strong, with a hard face, a healthy light brown skin, a firm and hard hair, and the most characteristic thing is probably the pair of small eyes that seem to be squinting.

"I officially traveled at the beginning of January, got the green badge at the end of January, and came to the Nibi Gym today on March 1st......" Xiao Gang burst out Merlin's resume like a few treasures.

Xuewu and Qingzhi in the stands screamed again and again.

[Huh? Is it March 1st today? So those four guys are still a month away from their journey? I've been traveling for two months now. Merlin was woken up by the date mentioned by Xiao Gang, [They're about to catch up, I'm really looking forward to those four guys.] The four guys that Merlin was thinking about were naturally the four teenagers Chi, Green, Zhi, and Mao, who had only turned fourteen this year, whom he met in Zhenxin Town.

[You should be more concerned about how much time you waste in the Tokiwa Forest, right?] Vizl strikes Merlin.

"I'm really curious how a trainer who has been traveling for less than a month can get the Green Badge from a senior disciple of Tokiwa Dokan, who is known for his harshness." As he spoke, Xiao Gang stood down, "But since it's a door-to-door challenge, then you have to entertain well." Xiao Gang snapped his fingers as he spoke.

The sound of machinery roaring in the darkness on either side of the field, and then, the two rocky arenas slowly drove along the tracks, finally merging in front of Merlin.

[The battle arena of the rocks. Looking at the battlefield, Merlin put away his other thoughts and began to think about the next battle.

"The rules of the game are two to two." Xiao Gang moved a few steps forward and walked to the trainer's position, "My first one, it's it!" With that, he simply threw the ball.

"Come on, Little Fist Stone!" With Xiao Gang's roar, a Pokémon that is basically indistinguishable from a stone is released from the Poké Ball.

That is the rock Pokémon Little Fist Stone, which is known as a disguise expert, and when they are shrunk into a ball and rested, they are basically rocks, not to mention that humans are difficult to distinguish, and even many Pokémon cannot be recognized. Because of this, they are a nightmare for many climbers, and there are often climbers who are injured by mistakenly grabbing or stepping on small fist stones. These little things seem to be sleek, but in fact they are extremely stiff and sharp and rough inside.

"It's a bit of a shame to say that the attribute is dominant," Merlin said to himself, "but it's just right for you." He pulled out a high-grade ball with a two-color pattern of green and purple tattooed on the upper part of the blooming flower from his bosom, "nature'rath! ”

From the white light, Frog appeared with a fighting spirit.

"Wonderful frog seeds? It's really an attribute advantage. Xiao Gang looked at Flogg, "Although the physique is ordinary, the color is very good, and the spirit is also very full, your cultivation is good." ”

"Thanks for the compliment." As soon as he heard someone compliment his partner, Merlin immediately became overjoyed.

"Is this your starting Pokémon? It stands to reason that nearly three months should be the most adequate time to evolve to the wonderful frog grass. Xiao Gang didn't seem to be in a hurry to fight, and continued to comment.

"Frog isn't my original Pokémon, it's something I took in the Tokiwa Forest." Merlin was a little puzzled, "Doesn't he know my initial Pokémon?" It's also written on that document. 】

"Tokiwa Forest? Is there a distribution of frog seeds there too? Xiao Gang asked curiously.

"I don't know if it's too specific, but it seems to have been born and raised in the forest." Merlin suddenly felt that this Xiaogang had a temperament, a kind of temperament of a nurturer. He cares more about the Pokémon itself like a breeder, rather than about the Pokémon's combat power like a trainer.

"Oh, yes. Also. Because of human activities, the distribution of Pokémon is not as monotonous and limited as in the past, although it is convenient to take in, but it is still a little bad for the ecology......"

"Yes, yes, in addition to the obvious regional differences, the regional differences are getting smaller and smaller. In addition, many Pokémon of the flying, water, or insect types are distributed in many regions......"

The two of them just started discussing something else, one by one.

"Mr. Xiaogang, Merlin, fight, fight! There's still something to do. Qingzhi couldn't listen anymore, he stood on the stands and shouted at the two people who were immersed in the discussion.

"That's right, fight." Merlin suddenly realized, and Xiao Gang on the other side also woke up.

"Then you're welcome, Mr. Xiaogang." Merlin bowed slightly and said to Xiao Gang, "I really hope to be able to talk to you after the challenge is over." ”

"That's the best." Xiao Gang nodded.

"Well, I'm going to attack first." Merlin stretched out his right hand, ready for battle.

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It's strange.,Why don't you feel anything in this section after the high-energy reaction~~.

Please look forward to the next session tomorrow, the first battle of the frog seed Floger!

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