Pokémon: Start with an Admiral Crab!

"Counting the giant crab, and the sleeping mushrooms, I also need to register and find an opportunity to exchange them. Then, add a large-billed gull as a means of transportation... my current number of six is ​​already full." Wang Yao counted on his fingers.

When he came to his senses, Wang Yao found himself at the gate of the Pokémon Center.

As Wang Yao approached the entrance of the Pokémon Center, the sensor door opened automatically.

Hey~

After a crisp bell rang, Wang Yao stepped into the Pokémon Center in Vermilion City.

Probably they were giving first aid to the little Rattata, for there was no Joey at the front desk at this moment, only a round and pink Jigglypuff was on duty.

As Miss Joy's right-hand man, Jigglypuff also wears a small white nurse hat on his head.

"Lucky~"

Seeing a trainer visiting, Chansey waved its short little hands folded in front of its chest twice and made its signature cute cry.

Wang Yao also smiled and waved in response, then quickly glanced around the hall.

It quickly located a white machine in the right corner of the hall.

It is a communication switch, and trainers can communicate with the bound breeding house through the machine. In the game, it is the location of the Pokémon storage computer.

Before coming, Professor Nanbo had already mentioned to Wang Yao that since he had just obtained the status of a trainer, he needed to go to the communicator in the corner to log in his Pokémon first.

"Hmm... let me see, is this the socket?" Wang Yao walked to the front of the machine and looked up and down at the operating interface.

Wang Yao walked to the machine and, following the doctor's previous instructions, inserted his atlas into the machine's card slot.

"drop--!"

"Pokémon Trainer - Yao! Login successful!"

The communication switch made an electronic sound, and then the interface switched to Wang Yao's personal profile column.

The information displayed in the profile column is very concise, with only four columns: [Name], [Badge Owned], [Recorded Pokémon], and [Deposited Pokémon].

Below the name, a pixelated little man appears on the screen, and a simple flash animation of him running is also made.

Behind the little man there are six empty slots for Poké Ball icons.

This means that Wang Yao’s account has not logged in to the captured Pokémon so far.

Wang Yao followed the simple instructions on the machine and tapped the [Record Pokémon] button.

Zi——! Kaka!

The white panel below the communications switch screen split open, revealing a small bowl-shaped platform.

At the same time, a line of prompts appeared on the screen: Please place the Pokémon Ball that needs to be recorded on the platform as soon as possible, and retrieve it after the prompt sound ends.

As Wang Yao had planned, he first recorded the Giant Claw Crab's Poké Ball.

"Drip! Drop! Drop, drop, drop~"

As the Poké Ball was scanned by the machine, a piece of music that was like childhood memories sounded.

"It's very similar to the music played during healing at the Pokémon Center in the game..." Wang Yao thought with some nostalgia of the time when he used to hide in bed and play games.

He had played the Pokémon cartridges on the old GBA game console when he was a child.

As the data of the giant crab was collected, a mini pixel crab appeared behind the pixel man representing Wang Yao.

The recording process only took three to five seconds. Wang Yao took back the Poké Ball of the Giant Claw Crab, and then recorded the Sleeping Shroom, Arbok, Chimaera, Sharptooth Fish, and Toucan into the file one by one.

It is worth mentioning that, since Phylloxer is a Pokémon unique to the Alola region and is not as popular as a certain Pokémon No. 1 in the universe, it has not yet been updated to the official Pokémon database in the Kanto region.

So the pixel icon representing the Sleepytime Mushroom is in the style of a standard Poké Ball.

As for the Cowardly Bug, perhaps because it can migrate with the ocean currents and is also distributed in small numbers on the islands in the southern waters of Kanto, its pixel icon is also displayed in full.

After logging in six Pokémon, Wang Yao retrieved the Pokédex.

"That's it!" Wang Yao looked at the information in the atlas and completed the synchronous update.

Because future travel plans have not been made yet, Wang Yao plans to rest in the Pokémon Center for a few days.

Wang Yao handed the invitation ticket to Jilidan at the front desk, and received a room card with the room number from Jilidan.

This is the guest room reserved for the Pokémon Center, located at the end of the corridor on the second floor.

Wang Yao took a look before entering. There were twelve similar guest rooms in total. Judging from the distance between the doors, the interior style and space should be similar.

This made Wang Yao frown.

Vermilion City is a large city in the entire Kanto. Although it is not the most prosperous commercial city, the construction standards of its Pokémon Center are already very high.

If the Pokémon Center in Vermilion City only has twelve guest rooms, then the Pokémon Centers in other small towns might be even more crowded, with only one or two emergency rooms.

If there are a lot of people, he might not even be able to get a guest room with his invitation.

Wang Yao's room number is 007. There is a small device with an electronic screen on one side of the door. The door can be opened by swiping the room card. It will also automatically display that the room is occupied.

The electronic screens of the first six guest rooms have already switched to occupancy status. Apparently, Jellyfish distributed the room cards in order.

The area of ​​the house is about ten square meters, and the furnishings are very simple... There are two separate small beds, a set of wooden tables and chairs, and a wardrobe against the wall.

There is also a bathroom with a shower and toilet on the right side of the entrance door.

"It's actually a double room. It seems that most people travel in groups..." Wang Yao put down his backpack and muttered to himself as he looked at the two small beds in the room.

There is no balcony in the guest room, but there is a small window, and outside the window is the backyard of the Pokémon Center, which can be used for trainers to carry out simple outdoor activities with Pokémon.

Hearing some noise outside the window, Wang Yao stuck his head out to look outside.

In the open space, there are two boys about 11 or 12 years old playing tug-of-war with their Pokémon.

On the left is a black-hatted boy and Nidorino, and on the right is a boy in a green jacket and his Pokémon, Mongoose.

"Come on! Nidorino!"

"We have to use all our strength too! Try your best! Monkey monster!"

The trainers and Pokémon on both sides of the rope exerted their strength together, but the two sides were only in a stalemate for a few breaths. Even though Monkey King was slightly stronger than Nidorino, tug-of-war actually focused more on the weight of both sides and the friction with the ground.

Therefore, the Monkey King was still pulled to the ground by the larger Nidorino who walked on all fours.

The defeated Monkey King angrily surrounded his trainer and complained, "Hum! Hum!"

It seems that he thinks that he lost because his trainer didn't put in enough effort.

"Hahaha, I lost! Monkey monster! Ouch! Don't be angry~" The boy in the green jacket also slumped on the ground, but with a smile on his face.

……

Wang Yao simply opened the window to get some fresh air, then fell down on the soft mattress.

"Huh... I'll go buy some changes of clothes later, and then come back to take a shower."

He wanted to take a shower and go to bed directly, but suddenly remembered that he didn't prepare any change of clothes!

His original clothes were torn by the rocks, and the clothes he is wearing now were actually given to him by Kenji!

But because of several days of life on the boat, Wang Yao was quite exhausted at this time. He fell asleep after lying down for a while.

"Guji~"

I don’t know how long it took.

Wang Yao, who was still sleeping soundly, felt as if his face had touched something cold and hard, and thus woke up from his sleep.

"Giant Crab... um... did I fall asleep?" Wang Yao saw that Giant Crab had run out of the Poké Ball by itself.

"Guji~Guji!" The giant crab saw that Wang Yao finally woke up and greeted him happily.

Were you awakened by the giant crab's gentle push with its claws?

"Sorry... you must be hungry, but you can have a good meal at the Pokémon Center today!" Wang Yao stretched and noticed the sunset outside the window. He immediately realized that he had slept for the entire afternoon.

The invitation ticket entitles Wang Yao to three days of free food and lodging, so he certainly wouldn't miss it.

Prostitution makes people happy!

After going downstairs, Wang Yao went straight to the restaurant.

The restaurant in the Pokémon Center is quite large, with dozens of dining tables and chairs. Some trainers who don't have invitation tickets will choose to sleep on the seats in the restaurant for the night.

As long as it does not disturb other trainers' meals or cause damage to public facilities, Joey will not stop such behavior, and will even considerately provide them with a warm blanket before nightfall.

Wang Yao came to the food window and asked the part-time food waitress, Jelly Egg, for a spicy curry rice bowl and a bottle of juice soda.

And because the Pokémon I was carrying had a big appetite, I asked for nine portions of standard Pokémon food.

Although it exceeded the standard ration, the kind-hearted Jellyfish still met Wang Yao's request.

In fact, among Wang Yao's Pokémon, except for the Giant Crab which is really good at eating, the appetites of the other Pokémon are just average, and there is even one, the Sleeping Shroom, which does not need to eat.

But he still had unregistered barrels of stinging jellyfish and octopuses, and he needed to leave more rations for them.

However, Zapdos doesn't need to eat and can restore its strength directly by absorbing electricity.

While on the Sea-Pyro, Zapdos flew out on his own to find naturally occurring thunderclouds to absorb electricity.

After absorbing electricity once, Zapdos seems to be able to go several months without replenishing it.

Wang Yao also found this quite magical.

Wang Yao sat down in the corner of the restaurant and released several Pokémon one by one to eat.

He himself began to enjoy his dinner.

The spicy curry has a very strong flavor, and you can still chew meat particles in it, but I don’t know if it is synthetic meat... Although it is still a little worse than Kenji’s mother’s cooking, the spicy taste also whetted Wang Yao’s appetite.

Fortunately, in order to take into account the physical exertion of trainers who exercise with Pokémon every day, the portion of a rice bowl in the restaurant is very large, so Wang Yao, who didn't do much exercise today, still felt a little full.

Because Wang Yao rotated the Pokémon to eat and hid in the corner.

The other trainers in the restaurant did not notice how many Pokémon Wang Yao had released.

The last one to come out for dinner was the Sharptooth Fish.

Because it was inconvenient to move on land, Wang Yao held it in his arms and poured the prepared Pokémon food directly into its big mouth.

The sharp-toothed fish is nearly one meter long and weighs more than fifty kilograms, so it is not easy to hold.

Fortunately, the Sharptooth Fish eats very quickly. Once a bowl of Pokémon food is poured into it, it opens its big mouth and swallows it all into its stomach without even chewing.

Plates and cutlery need to be recycled after meals.

In the tableware recycling area, Wang Yao met Miss Joy from the Vermilion City Pokémon Center for the first time.

Miss Joy from Vermilion City also had the same pink hair and sky blue eyes as her family. She wore a pink and white nurse uniform and was about seventeen or eighteen years old, about the same age as Wang Yao.

"Hello~ You must be the new trainer... Jigglypuff told me that there will be a newcomer moving in this afternoon, and he's a Pokédex holder." Miss Joy greeted Wang Yao gently.

"My name is A Yao, and I'm from Honglian Island." Wang Yao handed over the plate and briefly introduced himself.

"Red Lotus Island? Speaking of which..." Joey seemed to have thought of something after hearing Wang Yao's introduction.

"...I seem to have heard from my cousin who lives on Cinnamon Island that the Pokémon Center where she works is too busy due to too many tourists...She is requesting the Alliance to send new staff to help!" Joey poked his chin with a finger and said in distress.

"That's right. Because of the volcanic eruption on Honglian Island... although many buildings were destroyed, many open-air hot springs also appeared..." Wang Yao nodded.

"...After that, the rebuilt Honglian Island was hailed as the 'Pearl of the South China Sea in Kanto' and is now a very famous hot spring tourist destination..." Wang Yao had been to Honglian Island before, so he naturally wouldn't let the cat out of the bag when talking about it.

Wang Yao and Zhenniao took this into consideration when planning the new identity. Because of the volcanic eruption, Honglian Island had to be rebuilt, and most of the original island's historical buildings and indigenous information were destroyed. It was most appropriate to insert the identity of an orphan on the island at this time.

Moreover, Xia Bo, the owner of the Red Lotus Gym, is a scientist of Team Rocket. Wang Yao had met him by chance when handing over tasks at the headquarters before. At that time, Wang Yao heard Xia Bo complain a lot about this.

The reason is that among the tourists who come to Cinnamon Island to play, there are many trainers who come mainly for fun. There is an endless stream of challengers to the gym every day, which makes him very distressed and it seems that he has already planned to close the gym.

But recently, Xia Bo has been in the secret base of Team Rocket, accompanying Sakaki and others in studying Mewtwo, and it seems that he has put this matter behind him again.

"Is that so? Although I have never been to Honglian Island, speaking of hot springs, there are actually some in the forest north of Vermilion City~" Joey blinked and reminded Wang Yao.

Dr. Nanbo also mentioned the natural hot spring in the forest north of Vermilion City before... It seems to be the same place.

It seems to be called something like - Gopher Forest?

Could those natural hot springs have been dug out by gophers?

Wang Yao thought so.

"Ah! By the way, when you came to the Pokémon Center, Yao, I happened to be busy. When I came back, you had already checked into the guest room on the second floor."

"...Do you have any Pokémon that need a health check? As a Pokedex holder, regular Pokémon treatments are free!" Joey has a strong sense of responsibility.

"Well... that's fine. I'm going out to buy some things, so--!" Wang Yao said, taking off the six registered Poké Balls on his belt and handing them to Joey.

"...In the meantime, I'll leave the giant crabs to you, Miss Joy!"

Anyway, Wang Yao had other Pokémon on him, so he was just going shopping in the mall. He could take this opportunity to give the Giant Claw Crab and the others a physical examination.