Pokémon: What should I do? My father-in-law always wants to tear me apart

(I just didn’t check the group the whole day yesterday. What were you guys talking about in the group?)

(I really like what someone said: There are so many perverts in the group!)

(If our group is blocked someday, don’t blame me (#?Д?))

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"Then what..."

Zhu Wei's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he asked with a trembling voice:

"Could you please repeat what you just said?"

"what?"

Lin Yi couldn't help feeling a little surprised when he heard that. He scratched his head and muttered to himself, what he just said shouldn't be that difficult to understand, right?

Two whole days have passed since Xiangwei Miao returned.

In order to allow Ruan Yaoyao to have a good reunion with her long-lost family, Lin Yi deliberately postponed his originally tight schedule.

During this period, Lin Yi also made a special trip to the library in the imperial capital to look for You Kexi.

He hoped to learn from this wise man how to solve the thorny problem posed by the fossil pterosaurs.

However, when Lin Yi saw You Kexi, he was frightened by the other party's almost obsessed look because he had been pondering the question Lin Yi had raised before, "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?"

In desperation, Lin Yi could only decide to visit again another day.

Until today, Lin Yi decided to return to Qinghai City.

He planned to first obtain the fourth badge and qualify for the Little Phoenix King Cup. This way, he could concentrate on preparing for the Little Phoenix King Cup.

So the two of them waved goodbye to Ruan Wen and took the subway back to Qinghai City. They traveled all the way and finally arrived at the Qinghai City Dojo in the city.

However, Lin Guochang was not in the gym at the moment, and the person in charge of guarding the gym was his assistant, Zhu Wei.

According to the rules of the alliance, if the gym owner is absent for some reason, an assistant with the gym owner's permission can accept the gym challenge on behalf of the gym owner.

It is precisely because of this that the scene before us appears.

"Excuse me, we want to challenge the gym. Please check today's reservation record. We should have made a reservation in advance."

Ruan Yaoyao said politely.

"Uh...that's not what I meant..."

Zhu Wei seemed a little embarrassed, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching slightly.

Damn it! Before leaving, the gym owner entrusted the gym to me, but who would have thought that the gym owner's own son and his future daughter-in-law would come to challenge me.

This put him in a dilemma: should he release the water directly or not?

At this moment, Lin Yi asked directly: "Brother Wei, when do we start the gym challenge?"

Zhu Wei secretly complained in his heart. You know, he was just an ordinary trainer.

Thanks to a chance encounter, his talent was noticed by Lin Guochang, who recruited him and brought him back to the dojo as an assistant and apprentice.

Now faced with such a difficult situation, he really feels torn.

Lin Yi often went to the gym to play since he was a child, so he was naturally familiar with the other party.

In addition to Zhu Wei's steady and reliable personality and the age difference between him and Lin Yi, which is nearly ten years, perhaps out of some strange habit, Lin Yi always likes to jokingly call him "Viagra".

"That's all..."

Zhu Wei waved his hand and shook his head gently.

Now that things have come to this, we can only take it one step at a time. And after all, the other party is the son of the museum director, so his strength should not be much worse. Maybe there is no need for me to deliberately let him win.

"According to the rules, when a novice trainer challenges a gym, the Pokémon he carries should be around level 20..."

Zhu Wei muttered in a low voice, then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he turned to the two of them and said:

"If you are ready, you can start anytime."

Because today happened to be a rest day, the other apprentices in the gym went home to rest, and only a very few introverted fanatics remained in the gym to train hard.

Compared to the slightly simple Xinghui Gym, the Qinghai City Gym, which is located in the center of Qinghai City, has an extremely advantageous geographical location and is eye-catching. Its scale is staggering. Not only does it cover an area far larger than that of ordinary shopping malls, it is also seven stories high.

Rather than saying this, it would be better to say that this is the size that a normal and genuine dojo should have.

After all, it is directly under the jurisdiction of the national official agency, and situations like the Starlight Gym are just exceptions among exceptions.

Every floor of the gym from bottom to top is equipped with professional and complete medical equipment and related facilities. Floors 1 to 3 are reserved for gym apprentices to carry out daily training activities.

The fourth floor where Lin Yi is currently is mostly used to entertain visiting guests and accept challenges from other challengers. It is also a place for apprentices and cleaning staff to take a temporary rest.

As for the fifth floor, it is the archive management room where all kinds of information and documents of the entire gym are stored.

According to common sense, the sixth floor should be a fixed venue specifically used for holding gym challenges.

However, since the gym in Qinghai City focuses on the water element style, the special battle venue required for the competition must be set up in a surface environment that can access a large amount of water in order to be used normally.

So after careful consideration, Lin Guochang, the current director, finally decided to convert the challenge arena originally located on the sixth floor into the open-air swimming pool currently located on the first floor. In this way, the sixth floor has completely become a warehouse for storing all kinds of sundries.

Finally, let’s talk about the seventh floor. Generally speaking, this is a forbidden area where no one is allowed to enter without permission.

Because that is the private area where the current gym leader handles official business and works on a daily basis.

Human words: Dad usually slacks off and hides in the corner smoking and playing video games.

All in all, this gym looks pretty standard and there's not much that's different about it.

If we must examine it in detail, it might be because there are a slightly larger number of apprentices and the pools that can be seen everywhere.

When they followed Zhu Wei into the elevator on the first floor, some apprentices who were still staying there for training greeted them enthusiastically.

After all, Lin Yi often came here to watch Lin Guochang beat up a group of challengers, and he was already familiar with everyone.

The theme of the gym challenge is not based on winning or losing, but on testing.

In addition, Lin Guochang is not good at letting the opponent win, so in his gym challenges he always commands the low-level water Pokémon sent by the alliance to pin the challengers to the ground and hammer them.

During the beating process, Lin Guochang will observe the challenger's reaction, response status, and cooperation with the Pokémon.

As long as one of these three meets his standard, Lin Guochang will give the other party the badge regardless of winning or losing.

Although Lin Guochang is usually careless, Lin Yi has to admit that his cheap father is indeed very capable.

This was different from the rules of ordinary alliance gyms, but given that trainers who had challenged Lin Guochang were often able to find their own shortcomings and correct them afterwards, the reputation of the Qinghai City Gym was almost among the best in the whole of China, and the alliance tacitly approved of Lin Guochang's unique approach.

Zhu Wei, who is only an assistant, does not have much experience in this regard. The rule is that he can only command Pokémon of the same level as the challenger, and the victory or defeat will determine whether the opponent has the ability to get the badge.

After politely responding to everyone, Zhu Wei led the two of them to a battle area.

Completely different from the common 10x20 standardized battlefield, the so-called "water venue" in front of us is nearly ten meters deep.

Once such a vast space is filled with water, it will become an excellent battlefield for specific fighting styles.

Taking into account that some challengers may not bring any water-type Pokémon to the battle, several floating wooden boards are specially set up above the venue for people to stand on.

However, it should be noted that these floats can only accommodate small and medium-sized Pokémon to stand on. If the Pokémon is slightly larger or heavier, it will not be able to perform its skills here.

Because the two of them arrived almost at the gym's opening hours, the venue had not yet been cleared.

Zhu Wei first apologized for not preparing the venue in advance, then took out his cell phone to make a call.

After a while, a girl who was slightly older than Ruan Yaoyao came hurriedly over.

Well, it's big in the physical sense. The kind that bounces when it runs over.

Of course, as a gentleman, Lin Yi didn't even glance at it.

Because if she takes another look at him, the jealous Ruan Yaoyao next to her will explode.