Pokémon: Start with an Admiral Crab!

"My name is Lijia, and I am the gym leader of Yuhong Gym."

Rika had just rushed over from the hospital and learned from Misako about the enthusiastic trainers who helped put out the fire.

"Thank you very much for your enthusiastic rescue. Misako and the others are safe."

Fortunately, Misako and the driver who transported the perfume were not seriously injured, so she had time to go to the scene of the accident to thank Wang Yao and the rescue team in person.

"It's nothing, I just happened to be passing by."

Wang Yao waved his hand. He had already packed his luggage and was ready to leave.

"Besides, I have something to do in Deep Gray City, so I won't challenge the Jade Rainbow Gym this time."

There was no point for Wang Yao to collect badges quickly. Anyway, there was still half a year until the Quartz Conference in October, so there was plenty of time to challenge the gym.

Besides, Yuhong City is quite big. Just the Yuhong Department Store is so big that it would take a whole day to visit it all. He guessed he would come back again in the future.

"With your strength, there is no need to participate in the gym challenge. This rainbow badge can also be given to you!"

Lijia took out a flower-shaped rainbow badge from her sleeve.

"That's not necessary... I actually quite like experiencing the atmosphere of each gym - I will challenge it again if I have the chance."

Wang Yao was actually quite curious about the challenge process of each gym in Kanto.

After all, since we are here, we should definitely experience the local gym...

It always feels a little less fun to just get the badge directly.

"I'm sorry for being rude... Mr. Yao, did you just say you were going to Deep Gray City?"

Lijia took back the badge respectfully and then asked again.

"Yes, I have to arrive before the opening ceremony of the PiPi Cultural Center - next Tuesday."

Wang Yao nodded and said.

Today is Saturday. If he goes directly to Deep Gray City through the mountains and forests, he will be able to reach Deep Gray City before tomorrow night.

"Since we are going to Deep Gray City... I have a request..."

Lijia asked with some hesitation.

"I wonder if I could ask you to look after a batch of perfume and deliver it to Cerulean City..."

"perfume?"

Wang Yao scratched his head in confusion.

"It's like this... the perfume that was lost this time..."

Lijia explained to Wang Yao the reason for her request.

Among the damaged goods, the majority were finished perfumes, which were supposed to be transported by land to Cerulean City as planned.

After this batch of perfumes was damaged, in order to prevent the perfume branch in Hualan City from being out of stock, Lijia urgently collected some of the goods on sale from the store in Yuhong City and transferred them to Hualan City.

Fortunately, Wang Yao helped rescue most of the semi-finished perfume bottles. As long as these perfume bottles can be made into finished products in time, they can safely survive this supply crisis.

But if there is any problem with the truck transporting to Hualan City again... even if Lijia tries to make up for it, the next batch of perfume will not be produced for at least half a month.

As the gym leader, Lijia naturally couldn't personally supervise the vehicle escorting the perfume, and Misako, her most capable assistant, was injured and hospitalized...

At this time, he happened to hear Wang Yao say that he was going to Shenhui City, so he asked him to help watch over the car.

Of course, Lijia didn’t know that Wang Yao’s plan was to go directly through the mountains and across the rivers to reach Deep Gray City.

Instead, it is conceived according to the normal backpacker's travel route: Yuhong City - Golden Yellow City - Hualan City - Shenhui City...

"To thank you for your help... I will register you as a permanent senior member of the Yuhong City Perfume Shop..."

Asking for help... especially from a trainer as powerful as Wang Yao, Lijia would certainly not remain silent.

"In addition to discounts on perfume purchases, you will also receive a copy of the most popular new perfume of the season every month!"

The conditions offered by Lijia were very sincere.

Not only shopping discounts... but you can also get a bottle of new perfume for free every month. This is a benefit that only the most distinguished customers can enjoy.

In the past, only wealthy ladies could obtain this senior membership. Given the wealth of those ladies, they naturally would not care about these benefits and discounts.

But given Wang Yao's personality and the balance in his wallet, how could he spend money in a perfume shop?

Sure - just like the handmade soap from Honglian Island, when there's a buy one get three free promotion, and a new customer comes in and gets a 50% discount on everything... maybe he'll consider it.

"No problem! I'm just on my way!"

Wang Yao wanted to reject the other party directly, but he had seen the prices of those high-end perfumes displayed in the glass cabinets...

So Wang Yao could only let his beloved fossil pterosaur egg wait for him for another day or two.

……

Just like that...at the request of Pavilion Master Lijia, Wang Yao boarded the transport vehicle to Hualan City.

Although we took a detour, the roads along the way were very wide because we passed through famous big cities in the Kanto area. The two drivers dispatched by the factory traveled day and night, which made up for most of the wasted time.

On Monday morning, the perfume was safely delivered to the branch in Cerulean City.

"It's faster than I expected..."

Wang Yao twisted his neck and moved his hands and feet.

There were only two seats and a small bed in the truck. He sat in the passenger seat the whole time, while the other two drivers took turns driving.

Except for a short meal break, the truck's engine hardly stopped during these two days.

"Then we just need to cross Yuejian Mountain and we will reach Deep Gray City."

The distance between Hualan City and Shenhui City is not far, and Wang Yao can definitely arrive before the opening ceremony tomorrow.

"But the ride was so long that my bones are getting lazy... I might as well go to the Cerulean Gym first."

When Wang Yao entered the city, he saw the large white sea lion on the dome roof of the Hualan Gym from a distance.

……

"The performance is on Friday. You are here too early!"

Before he even entered the door, Wang Yao was stopped by a beautiful blond woman dressed in a bright outfit.

"…I am the trainer who came to challenge the Cerulean Gym. My name is Yao."

Wang Yao looked at the blonde girl... From her tone and appearance, she should be one of Xiaoxia's three sisters.

"Eh... at this time, you're actually a trainer?"

Sakura held her face with one hand in distress.

She received a message from the perfume shop saying that a new batch of products had arrived in the store... and she was just about to go and try them out.

As a water ballet star, she and her two other sisters spent lavishly on dressing up.

"There's really no other way... Then please follow me."

The second sister Acorus and the third sister Peony went out to get their hair done early in the morning, and now she is the only one in the gym who can fight.

As for my little sister... what can Xiaoxia do...

Now it is just the ugly duckling among the four swans of the Hualan Gym that has not grown up yet.

……

Wang Yao followed Sakura into the Cerulean Gym.

The building is more luxurious than it looks from the outside.

In the middle is an extra-large deep water pool, and at one end there is a 50-meter diving platform.

The pool is surrounded by densely packed stands and seats. Looking inside from the entrance, the scene is quite spectacular.

In addition, there is an aquarium made of transparent glass in the underground part, which is also a major attraction of the gym.

Judging from the style design and building scale...it's at least ten times the cost of the dark gray gym next door.

even more!

"I'm the gym owner Sakura, Ayao, right - how many badges do you have now?"

When they reached the pool, Sakura asked Wang Yao.