Pokémon: The Climb

Countless people are strolling along the rows of streets in Salu City. Some are neat families, some are friends, and some are lovers.

While they were chatting with the people around them about their family background, they were admiring the careful layout and decoration in each store.

Yes, there is a festival in Salo City, or in other words, the entire Kalos region is celebrating.

Walking in the city of Saluo City, Yang Yan was gradually infected by the strong festive atmosphere on the streets.

The Kalos region's alliance has just been established, so the most important celebration time every year is not the alliance conference period like other regions, but this time.

Depending on local customs, the start and end dates vary slightly, but they are generally within January.

On the way to Saluo City, Yang Yan had already had a rough taste of the festive atmosphere, but if he didn't really stop, he wouldn't have such strong empathy after all.

Those forces chose to hold an exchange conference at this time, so it was indeed not easy for people to notice.

Looking at the people talking and laughing in twos and threes on the street, Yang Yan, who was alone, suddenly felt a wandering feeling of "alone in a foreign land and a stranger" for no reason.

He misses his parents, teachers, classmates...

After a long while, Yang Yan took a deep breath and dispelled the distracting thoughts in his mind.

He has not forgotten the purpose of coming here.

"I don't know if the gyms in Salo City are still open during this time?"

He wanted to challenge the gym and meet Super Lucario.

"Hello, where is the Sara Gym?" Yang Yan stopped a pedestrian and asked.

"Saluo Gym?" The man stretched out his hand and pointed in the direction of the sea: "You can see it when you get to the seaside."

"Thank you." With that said, Yang Yan walked towards the seaside.

"Wait a minute, you're not going to challenge the gym, are you?" The man stopped Yang Yan: "Then it's useless for you to go to the Sara Gym now. You have to go to the square in the city center, where the gym trainer is! "

Yang Yan smiled helplessly and said, "Thanks for the advice."

"It seems like the gym can't be played anymore. That's okay. Let's go shopping and give yourself a holiday."

Without the gym trainer, there is definitely no hope for the gym competition. This is the reality, and Yang Yan can only feel relieved.

He did not stay in a hotel room and continue his ascetic life.

As an emotional person, he was infected by such a strong atmosphere and wanted to experience the "exotic customs".

The first destination is naturally the city center.

Since the gym trainer is there, it proves that something must be happening there. Yang Yan guesses what kind of activity it will most likely be.

It is human nature to join in the fun, and where there are many people, there is definitely something fun to watch.

Following the flow of people, Yang Yan soon saw a place filled with people.

But because there were so many people, Yang Yan couldn't see clearly what was going on inside.

In desperation, Yang Yan came to a high-end restaurant in a building next to the crowd.

Through the glass windows of this restaurant, you can see the lively activities being held downstairs.

"In the past, I wouldn't come to a place like this, but now, it doesn't hurt to be luxurious once in a while."

Yang Yan picked up the menu, boldly selected the most expensive set meal, and ordered three portions.

One of them was for himself, and the other two were ordered for Baddie and Fairy Elf.

It's not that Yang Yan is stingy about not ordering a portion of all his Pokémon, but that guests are only allowed to bring in a maximum of two Pokémon, and they are required not to be large-sized.

It is not meal time, so there are not many customers in the restaurant. Apart from the waiters whispering to each other about the fairies and elves, there is no need to worry about causing trouble.

Yang Yan knew that the special nature of fairies and elves would attract attention, so he would basically not let fairies and elves out in crowded places. There was nothing he could do about it.

While waiting for the food to be served, Yang Yan began to appreciate the excitement below.

There are mainly two areas.

There was a performance going on in one of the places. There were performances with Pokémon and people, and there were also performances with just people or Pokémon. The themes were all appropriate to the occasion, and they frequently made people around them laugh.

The other place is the battle zone.

Yang Yan took a look and saw that it was a battle where his strength was limited to a junior level.

Almost all of the trainers fighting against were teenagers and fell into the category of novice trainers.

The passerby just now told Yang Yan’s gym trainer that he was here at the moment. This trainer's name is Cocobul, and he is Kerni's grandfather.

Before coming here, Yang Yan learned about it on the Internet. Although Cocobul is relatively old and a local noble, he is very approachable and has a strong spirit. He can also perform well for every trainer who comes to challenge the gym. The trainer's responsibilities.

There are also some criticisms against him on the Internet, but they basically say that the battle with Cocobul is too serious, the Pokémon is too strong, many people have never fought it several times, and it is too difficult to get the badge.

Yang Yan himself does not think these are shortcomings. After all, the various gyms in Carlos have only been established for a short time, so it is normal for them to be somewhat different from other regions.

Take the Chenghua Gym and Yuhong Gym that Yang Yan is familiar with as an example. In normal gym competitions, Qianli and Lijia use Pokémon that are free-range in the gym, not those they carefully cultivated. , so I often lose in gym competitions.

This is not a big deal, after all, it is not the owner's responsibility to defeat all challengers.

It can be said that the educational significance of the gym competition is far greater than the victory or defeat.

Many gyms in Carlos are different. Even if the Pokémon used by the gym owner are not carefully cultivated by themselves, most of them have been trained. In addition, the gym owner's ability as a trainer is much stronger than that of the challenger. , and have not adapted to the behavior of letting go during the battle, so the challengers lose more and win less.

Cocobul is the referee of the battle.

Yang Yan also watched for a while before he realized that as long as he could win 3 consecutive games in the battle below, he would be qualified to challenge Cocobul.

If he can win, Cocobul will give the winner a gym badge and a holiday gift.

This made Yang Yan feel as if the badge had become a bonus of a gift.

He guessed that in the eyes of many Carlos people, the badge was not of such impressive value. After all, not everyone is a trainer and wants to enter the gym.

"What's happening is that I can't participate even if I want to. What do you think this is?" Yang Yan was a bit dumbfounded.

The battle limited the strength of the Pokémon that participated in the battle. At the moment, he really didn't have any suitable Pokémon to participate in.

The battle between low-level Pokémon is both entertaining and not too dangerous, so it is very suitable for this kind of situation. However, Yang Yan does not have a single low-level Pokémon in his hands, so he can only do it. Stare.

"I would like to ask, when will the following battle end, and will the gym trainers have time to hold the gym competition?" Yang Yan asked the waiter who delivered the food.