Pokémon: The Climb

The deck on top of the ship.

The steaming grill is sizzling with oil, and the alluring aroma can be smelled from a long distance away.

"Hurry, come here quickly, I didn't tell you, you are coming too slowly!"

Yang Yan flipped the skewers with one hand and called everyone to come quickly with the other hand.

"Yang Yan, I didn't expect that you still have this skill!"

Jiumei smelled the aroma of barbecue as soon as she walked out of the cabin door. She trotted to Yang Yan, picked up a roasted mutton skewer and put it in her mouth.

But before him, Gao Liu, a guy who was only interested in food besides training, had already picked up a few fat and thin mutton skewers.

"Yeah, delicious!"

As he said this, he also waved with his hands to Song Ming and others who were falling behind to come over quickly.

This kind of thing is a real enjoyment enjoyed by men, women, old and young.

"Yang Yan, with your skills, it would be a shame not to be a chef!"

"That's right, people who don't know must think that your chef is from somewhere, haha!"

Song Ming laughed while eating.

Even Rina, who usually rarely talks, had the guts to say "delicious".

"Eat quickly, there is something delicious that won't stop your mouths!" Yang Yan happily distributed the freshly grilled skewers in his hands to everyone.

"I want to bake too, and I want to show off my skills! Remember to taste it later and see who can bake better between me and Yang Yan!"

Gao Liu said, picked up a handful of skewers and started grilling them, picking up the sauce and smearing them back and forth from time to time.

"You can pull me down," Song Ming couldn't help but tell Gao Liu's dark history: "If others don't know, don't I know your craftsmanship? Don't forget who is responsible for cooking along the way. Without me, you would have been long gone. starving!"

"Song Ming, how dare you say that to me? Well, today I have to let you see my skills!"

……

Amid the laughter, everyone took to the stage to show off their skills.

Trainers don’t have to have other abilities, but they must have the ability to fill their stomachs. So cooking is the most basic skill.

It's just that some people really just want to fill their stomachs, while some people pursue the pleasure of enjoying food.

Yang Yan does not dare to say that his skills are at the level of a chef, but in the cooking class of the college, his grades are among the top three in the class, at least at a level that can be achieved, much better than Gao Liu, a guy who can only eat but can't cook .

"I brought wine, do you want to drink some together?"

Because of his poor cooking skills, everyone kicked Gao Liu off the barbecue station, but he didn't care. He took out a dozen beers and started drinking skewers, as if what he just said was not what he asked at all.

"Well~ skewers and beer always go together so well!"

"Come on, you guys come too!" Before anyone else could say anything, he took care of himself and gave the beer to others.

Of course, girls are not included.

"Yang Yan is not of age yet, so he can't drink!" Before Takayanagi put the wine in front of Yang Yan, Jiumei took the wine from Takayanagi's hand and said, "Give it to me, I want some!"

"Look at my memory!" Gao Liu patted his head and then remembered that Yang Yan was several years younger than himself.

This world says it is open, but it means it is open, and it means it is strict, but it is really strict. Take the matter of drinking as an example. Everyone needs to accept and abide by the fact that minors are not allowed to drink.

Among them, Yang Yan is the only one who is underage.

He was only 13 years old, and although he would soon be 14, he was 16 to be an adult.

"It's so good to be underage..." Song Ming couldn't help but sigh.

The tone was full of mixed emotions.

Growing up is related to age in the eyes of many people, but in the eyes of some people, it is only related to experience.

Maybe everyone was deliberately ignoring something, so Song Ming's sigh didn't cause any waves.

……

After more than an hour, everyone had eaten and drank enough.

Even Takayanagi, the "gourmet", lay lazily on the chair and didn't want to move.

The soft sunshine shines on the deck, the salty sea breeze blows, and the sweet and clear sound of seagulls is heard.

"I really hope everything can always be this beautiful..."

"But, reality has to be faced, right?"

Yang Yan's sudden words made the gentle atmosphere freeze, and everyone opened their eyes and looked at each other.

"I thought everyone would have a tacit understanding not to mention those bad things." Jiumei sighed helplessly.

And her words successfully silenced the situation again.

After a while, the careless Gao Liu finally said: "What are you doing? Yang Yan finally escaped from death and came back. You still have to put on such a stinky face, so you can't have a drink and have a skewer and celebrate happily." For a moment?"

But unfortunately, his words did not have the effect he wanted at all, and instead made everyone look even worse.

Gao Liu didn't understand, but Yang Yan understood it very well.

Sometimes people are such contradictory creatures and cannot see others being better than themselves.

When they knew that Yang Yan was in trouble, they thought about trying to save him. However, after the battle, their Pokémon died and were injured. Although it was tragic, they could barely accept it when they thought of Yang Yan's experience. .

But now Yang Yan is not only back, but he is back intact.

Even if you don’t say it with your mouth, you will inevitably have thoughts in your heart.

In addition, Yang Yan had previously achieved the unattainable achievement of winning the league championship, and the gap in status would make people even more uncomfortable.

After all, they were all apprentice representatives of the gym more than a year ago, and they all stood at the same starting point. More than a year later, Yang Yan is already the league champion and a star that will surely shine in the future.

As for them, if it hadn't happened like before, if they had worked harder, they might have been able to catch up with Yang Yan in the future, but now... this possibility has been ineffective and close to zero.

"Yang Yan, do you know?"

Jiumei's sudden words broke the silence of the scene.

"When I first met you, you had just become a trainer, so I just thought you were a little kid. When the teacher suddenly asked you to compete with us, I actually didn't take it to heart at all and thought it was casual. You can win.”

"But I didn't expect that you would beat us sisters 3-0. Can you imagine how I felt at that time?"

"It's not shameful to lose the game, but it's shameful to lose to someone who debuted a few years later than me! After that, the teacher often mentioned you in front of us, saying that you were the most talented person she had ever seen. If you were born In a noble family, you have a great chance of becoming one of the Four Heavenly Kings in the future!"

"We were very unconvinced after hearing that, so after that time, a few of us trained desperately, just to wash away the shame one day. Unexpectedly, when we met again, the gap not only did not get smaller, but became even bigger. Bigger.”

"At that time, I suddenly realized that the teacher might be right!"

"When the news came that you won the league championship, I was actually the least surprised. I even think that even if you don't have such a high background now, you still have a chance to become the Four Heavenly Kings in the future!"

"But I'm still not happy, because the emergence of a genius is actually a misfortune to the people around him..."

"Sister Jiumei, you don't need to say anything," Yang Yan closed his eyes and sighed: "I understand, because I once had the same feeling as you..."