Pokémon: The Climb

The next day, at the entrance of the venue.

"Xiaoyan, I'm going to the backcourt. You can take your mother to the auditorium."

Omu Yong took out the ticket he had just bought in line and handed it to Yang Yan, then turned around and left in a hurry.

"Why are you in a hurry? It's obviously still early..." Yang Yan had no choice but to queue up with his mother to enter the venue.

"By the way, the Hezhong Alliance didn't distribute free tickets to those who signed up, so we had to come here early in the morning to buy them. It was really frustrating!" Yang Yan couldn't help complaining, "Fortunately, we didn't have to come here for only 3 days, otherwise I’m going to curse.”

"Okay Xiaoyan, let's go in!"

The ticket check was very fast. Reiko pulled Yang Yan and quickly walked to the corresponding seat on the ticket.

"Dad's game won't start until the afternoon. Mom, why are you anxious? Do you also like to watch the game?" Yang Yan asked.

"Although I'm not a trainer, I used to watch the battles on TV with your dad. After watching them for a long time, I found them quite interesting. Besides, this is my first time, no, my second time here. Of course you’ll be happy if you watch it, right?”

He couldn't refute his mother's words.

Only then did he remember that Pokémon battles were one of the most accessible entertainment activities in the world. Even if you're not a trainer, you just don't hate watching battles.

When people come to the scene, they will be more easily affected by the atmosphere of the scene. Mom is pretty much like this now.

Yang Yan has experienced a lot, and since he has learned meditation, he will naturally have stronger self-control. More importantly, he has played too many "field games" and has lost a lot of enthusiasm for the game format.

Therefore, it is no longer possible to experience the joy and excitement like most people who come in.

Sitting on a chair and quietly staring at the large square in the center, Yang Yan suddenly realized that this was the first time he had watched a game as a pure spectator.

"Come on, Xiaoyan, get your things!"

The moment he regained consciousness, Yang Yan suddenly had a bunch of snacks in his arms.

"Mom, did you buy too much?"

"No more, no more. When you get tired later, you will know the importance of replenishing energy!" Mom Reiko said with a squinted smile.

"I'm tired of shouting..." Yang Yan smiled awkwardly. This seemed to be difficult for him.

However, seeing that other viewers also bought a lot of things from the mobile vendors, Yang Yan felt that what his mother said might not be wrong.

After the auditorium was full, it was soon time for the show to start.

Suddenly a host wearing gorgeous clothes and holding a microphone appeared on the big screen.

Accompanied by a familiar and enthusiastic opening remarks, the assessors for the first round of competition entered the venue one by one.

"It's finally about to begin!" Reiko looked forward to it.

Yang Yan was surprised because he had never seen such a mother before.

"Leaving the Gray Feather Mountains is indeed the right choice. Mom's mentality is really much younger!" Yang Yan secretly sighed.

He suggested that his father quit his job as a forest ranger and go travel, because he also wanted his mother to not be tied to the foot of the mountain where she could not see anyone for a long time.

Now it seems that this decision was correct!

"Okay, let's turn our perspective to the commentary box and welcome our old friend, Mr. Dong George!"

As the host shouted, the screen instantly switched to Dong George sitting on the high platform.

Dong George, together with two other commentators whom Yang Yan didn't know, formed today's commentary team.

After listening to the brief self-introductions of the three people, the camera suddenly turned to the battlefield.

"Okay, dear audience friends, what we are seeing now is Battlefield No. 1."

"On the left side of the field is Mr. Kumagai from the Kanto region. We saw that what Mr. Kumagai released was the Blastoise, one of the three royal families of Kanto!"

"And his opponent is Mr. Lewis from our Unova region. Mr. Lewis's Pokémon is the nanny bug we are familiar with!"

"Mr. Kumagai should be very vigilant, so he first chose Pokémon that are good at long-range and defense. Unfortunately, Mr. Lewis specializes in grass-type, and his Pokémon will probably be defeated to death!"

Following the angle of the camera, Yang Yan did see that the face of Xiong Gu was not very good-looking.

"Oh, what a bad luck. I met a trainer whose attributes restrained my own. This Mr. Kumagai is in trouble!" Reiko sighed regretfully.

"That's not necessarily true. How could a specialized trainer not have a way to deal with the attributes of a Pokémon that restrains itself? We still have to see it before we can draw a conclusion!"

Suddenly, my mother seemed to have thought of something interesting. She turned around curiously and asked, "Xiaoyan, if you were that Xiong Gu, how would you plan to fight?"

"Mom, are you trying to test me?" Yang Yan laughed.

"I just want to see how your method is different from that of Kumagaya. Although your father said that you are much more powerful than him, and I have seen your Pokémon, I always feel that it is a bit untrue."

"Okay, since mom wants to test me, then I have to show my true skills!"

Yang Yan rolled up his sleeves and seemed to be really serious.

"If I were Xiong Gu, without knowing what kind of Pokémon Nanny Bug is, I would choose to take advantage of Blastoise's long hands and test it step by step. This is the safest way."

"Of course, if I were to play on my own, there would be no need to do anything extra, because I still have a certain understanding of the nanny bug. The nanny bug is relatively balanced in all aspects. Compared to the water arrow turtle, its only weakness is physical strength."

"Thus, the fighting method of the Blastoise is very clear. Keep a distance and fight attrition."

"Water attacks do little damage to nanny bugs, but the advantages of the skill itself will not disappear. It is not difficult to rely on large-scale water attacks to avoid being close to nanny bugs!"

Yang Yan started talking, but his mother suddenly interrupted him.

"I don't quite understand what you're talking about, but I think that Bear Valley's choice seems to be different from yours. The Water Arrow Turtle even rushed over!"

Yang Yan glanced at it and understood instantly, and explained: "If he didn't deliberately catch his opponent off guard, then Xiong Gu is obviously preparing to rely on his size advantage to win a quick victory!"

"It would be great if it can succeed, but if it doesn't, half of the precious Yusan family's combat power may be wasted..."

At this time, exclamations of explanation came from the radio.

Obviously, Kumagai's style of play was beyond their expectations, and the same was true for his opponent Louis...

But it's a pity that Louis is a quasi-king after all, and the surprise went away as quickly as it came.

I saw that he decisively asked the nanny bug to increase the buff, preparing to fight head-on.

"It's a sword dance! It's over. Mr. Kumagai may have made a wrong decision!" Reiko said in surprise.

Yang Yan was also a little surprised, because he didn't expect the nanny bug to have this trick.

Yang Yan was not a god, and he had never checked the data panel of any nanny bug before. He didn't know that it was normal for its skill pool to include Sword Dance.

If Kumagai wasn't so impulsive from the beginning, he would know that he shouldn't bet on the limited power of Water Arrow Turtle compared to Nanny Bug after Nanny Bug showed off the Sword Dance move. Unfortunately, reality doesn't have what if...