Pokémon: Start with an Admiral Crab!

"Now is the time - use your wings to attack!"

Seizing the moment when the rotten wood demon made a mistake in attack, the wings of the Pidgeot lit up white and smashed into the trunk of the rotten wood demon.

"hold onto!"

Wang Yao also activated his summoner skill.

"Just grab the Pidgeot and use the Ultimate Absorption!"

At the moment when the Pidgeot Bird charged, a large number of vines and branches emerged from the Rotten Wood Demon's body and bound around the Pidgeot Bird's body.

"Compare--!"

In the embrace of the rotten wood demon's branches and leaves, the Pidgeot bird struggled and fell to the ground.

"Bibi Bird!"

Xiaozhi subconsciously ran forward and spread his arms to catch the falling Pidgeot and Boa.

"Xiaozhi—be careful!"

Xiao Mao, who was also watching the game, exclaimed.

"Yadong~"

Just when Pidgeot and Broom were about to fall on Ash, a strange force slowed down the two Pokémon and placed them steadily on the soft grass.

"Hey Xiaozhi, you're really messing around, aren't you?"

A steady voice came into Xiaozhi's ears.

"Dr. Oki?"

Xiaozhi closed his eyes and prepared to withstand the impact, but then slowly opened his eyes, only to see Professor Oak coming with Slowking.

"Hehe... I was just anxious for a moment~"

Xiaozhi scratched his head and smiled awkwardly.

"There's really nothing I can do to you..."

Professor Oak shook his head helplessly.

He actually wanted to use his body as a meat cushion for the Pidgeot and the Wood Demon...

"Xiaozhi is a kid who always uses his hands faster than his brain. He is always so impatient... I don't know when he will grow up."

Professor Oak sighed silently in his heart.

"Speaking of which - Ayao, are you not planning to leave yet?"

Professor Oak is here to return Slowpoke to Wang Yao. In the past week, Slowpoke has been cooperating with Professor Oak to complete the evolution report of Slowpoke.

Because he was immersed in scientific research, Dr. Oak thought Wang Yao had already set off...

When I got to the back mountain, I saw: Why are you still in the research institute?

"The contestants preparing for the Quartz Conference should have arrived at the venue in advance to prepare...Aren't you planning to attend the opening ceremony, Yao?"

Professor Oak asked, his hands behind his back.

“Ah… is there such a thing as an opening ceremony?”

Wang Yao only remembered that the competition would not officially start until one week later.

"Of course. This is an important national competition held once a year. How can you not prepare early?"

Professor Oak emphasized.

"Is that so? Then I'll leave today."

Wang Yao touched his chin. Although he didn't need much preparation before the game, it would be bad to be late unexpectedly.

It would be safer to follow Dr. Oak's advice and arrive at the venue early.

"By the way, if you want to exchange Pokémon after arriving at the venue, you can contact me in advance!"

"The competition data of the Quartz Conference is all public... If you don't use Pokémon of various attributes to fight alternately, it will be easy for your opponent to target you."

Professor Oak reminded.

"I will."

After traveling for half a year, Wang Yao has captured quite a lot of Pokémon.

He planned to let Zapdos show up in the first game, and then use other Pokémon to deal with subsequent battles.

After all, his goal is to make a name for himself at the Quartz Conference...Zapdos is just a gimmick for media hype, and demonstrating his own strength is also very important.

If you only use Articuno to fight after getting it like Xiao Feng did, it would make people look down on you.

……

That afternoon, Wang Yao packed his luggage and was ready to set off.

"Uncle Yao—we will cheer for you in front of the TV!"

Because Wang Yao left rather suddenly, naturally the only ones who came to see him off were the two little kids and Professor Oak.

"You are half a Pallet Towner now, so you must take the competition seriously - don't embarrass yourself on TV~"

Professor Oak joked to Wang Yao.

"Got it - just wait for the good news of my winning the championship!"

Wang Yao sat on Kentaro's back and waved goodbye to the three people.

Not only does he want to win, he wants to win it spectacularly.

Ta Ta Ta -!

"Eh~"

The little fire horse beside him also raised its front hooves, flames burning on its body, and looked very high-spirited.

On this trip, neither Charmander nor Kentaro had any luggage with them.

Instead, there was a small backpack on Wang Yao's back.

The latest technology from Silver Corporation - the space backpack that Wang Yao purchased from the Tokiwa Gym under the name of "health supplement".

There is one hundred cubic meters of temperature-controlled storage space inside, which can accommodate all of Wang Yao's travel props to date without increasing the weight.

……

The Quartz Conference was held on the Quartz Plateau. Although it was called a plateau, it was actually not far from Pallet Town...

It's about the same time as walking to Mt. Tsukimi. If you ride Kentaro, you can reach the venue in just two days.

And because there is a road leading to the Quartz venue, the riding experience along the way is quite comfortable.

……

The sun is about to set.

"Let's camp here tonight..."

After finding a natural sunken rock wall, Wang Yao took out pots, pans and tents from his backpack.

"Light up the fire, and we'll have fried noodles and mushroom soup for dinner."

Leaving the task of making fire and cooking to the Pokémon, Wang Yao sat on the recliner and dialed the number of the Pokémon Center in Vermilion City.

"Hello~ This is the Vermilion City Pokémon Center, I'm nurse Min Jiang!"

The call was answered by Miss Minjiang, who had previously covered for Shizuka.

"Hey--Ms. Toshie, isn't Shizuka here?"

Because of the recent special training, Wang Yao forgot to ask about Shizuka's schedule.

"Ms. Shizuka arrived at the Quartz venue yesterday. Because the conference is seriously short of medical staff, the nurses at the Pokémon Center have been temporarily seconded."

Miss Minjiang is not taking over because of Shizuka's participation in the competition. In fact, almost all the working Joeys are busy preparing for the Quartz Conference.

"That's it..."

Wang Yao didn't expect that Shizuka would not only be a contestant, but also a logistics staff member at the stadium.

Wouldn't that mean there's no time to prepare for the competition?

But it seemed like there wasn't much to prepare... She only had three Pokémon in total.

"I remember it seemed to be a field competition of various attributes at the beginning?"

Wang Yao recalled the rules of the Quartz Conference.

In fact, you can borrow other people’s Pokémon to participate in the tournament, and you can also let your friends and family act as “coaches” and compete together.

"Thank you for your hard work... Miss Minjiang."

"That's nothing. Lulu and I both like the feeling of being nurses~"

Min Jiang said with a smile.

Shizuka took both Chandy and Toucan away, and Minjiang's nurse partner now is her Marillion.

After a few pleasantries, Wang Yao hung up the phone.

After thinking about it, he didn't call the venue to chat with Shizuka...

After all, a nurse who has been busy all day can have a terrible temper.

"Let's talk about it after we meet..."

He thought it would be better not to ask for trouble.

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