Pokémon the Movie: The Journey of a Slate

"Finally, we've finally arrived at Black Gold City!" Aislo stood with his hands on his hips, looking at the huge city not far away, with excitement and novelty in his eyes. The city was full of tall buildings, and the tall chimneys stood out among the buildings. Light smoke and dust were dissipating from them. It was obvious that this huge city that ran like a machine had many factories.

In fact, this was the first time that Aislo had seen a city of this style. It was quite different from the Crown City with its outstanding greenery, the Poplar Town that advocated natural harmony, and the Pathé City that was built on the forest.

"Mobe Mobe!" Morubeko, who was standing on Aislo's shoulder, also waved his paws happily. Here he felt a familiar feeling of his hometown.

"So where are we going next? Should we visit the gym leaders here first?" Mary asked Aislo. After all, with their fame, if they suddenly appeared in Black Gold City without any notice, people might be startled. Therefore, it would be better to go and say hello.

"Let's do it this way." Aislo nodded. He couldn't wait to see the whole picture of the city. The two of them officially stepped into the Black Gold City.

The roads in Black Gold City are not very wide. Judging from the trees on the roadside, this city has not been so extreme as to give up consideration for the natural environment. The pipes protruding from the ground extend directly into the underground. There are not many pedestrians on the roadside, but elves like Hao Li and Wan Li walk around from time to time, carrying some parts of different looks in their hands.

Mary looked at Eslo who was looking around. The boy's curious look made her smile. Then the girl explained to Eslo like a guide: "The biggest difference between Black Gold City and other cities is that it has a large amount of natural resources. Therefore, Black Gold City has become a major coal town in the Sinnoh region."

As she spoke, Mari nodded, feeling fortunate that she had looked up information about the place in advance, otherwise how would she, a Galar, know about the cities in the Sinnoh region.

"I see..." Aislo wrote down this point of knowledge. When facing the unknown and new things, exploring and remembering are always the best ways to deal with them. The sense of accomplishment, experience and knowledge gained from it are part of the meaning of the journey.

Soon after, the two came to a gate carved out of the rock wall. Various rocks and a small amount of metal protruded into sharp or rough rock flowers, fully demonstrating the characteristics of this gym and the city - tough, steady and domineering.

Aislo and Mary looked at each other and walked in. As soon as they entered the door, they heard the conversation of several staff members.

"These new trainers recently are really something. They can actually make Mr. Hyota so unhappy." A young man slumped on the ground and complained weakly. Usually, he is not only responsible for the excavation of coal mines and fossils, and occasionally checks on the training of trainers in the Black Gold Coal Mine to ensure their safety, but also has to take time out to deal with those self-righteous new trainers. God knows how he managed to survive.

"Yeah, it seems like the workload at the Pokémon Center has increased a lot." Miss Joy, with pink hair, held her forehead with her hand, expressing her helplessness.

"Okay, they are still ten-year-old kids after all, just bear with it." A mature-looking uncle with dark green hair spoke to comfort them.

"Okay, Mr. Yansheng, we got it." The young man and Joey nodded together, and it seemed that they trusted Mr. Yansheng very much.

"Excuse me." The black-haired boy interrupted their conversation, "Excuse me, is Mr. Hyota here now?"

"Oh? Is it a new challenger? Please wait a moment..." The young man spoke subconsciously, but after seeing Eslo's face clearly, he was stunned where he stood.

"Mr. Eslo? And Miss Mary?" Joey recognized the identities of the two.

"Hello, I'm Iwase from the Kurogin Gym. Do you two want to look for Mr. Hyouta? He is accepting the challenge of a trainer. Do you need me to take you there?" The more mature Iwase was the first to come to his senses. After the initial shock, he thought of the news that the two had appeared in Baidai City not long ago, so it didn't seem strange to see them in the neighboring Kurogin City.

"Thank you for your help, Mr. Yansheng." Mary nodded, and followed Yansheng with Aislo.

Soon, the young man and Joey were the only ones left there.

"Oh no!" The young man suddenly covered his head after regaining consciousness, "I forgot to sign!"

"Huh? Me too." Joey shook his head helplessly, looking very regretful.

His gaze returned to Aislo.

As Aislo and Marie followed Yan Sheng to the battle site, in addition to seeing many gym trainers and Pokémon walking around, they also saw many miners resting in the gym. After all, the environment inside the gym is much better than outside.

After turning a few corners, Yansheng led the two of them to a big gate.

"That's where Mr. Hyota receives challengers. You can watch the fight in the audience seats there, and you can go there as soon as the fight is over." Yansheng nodded to the two of them.

"Thank you very much." After apologizing, the two were about to go in when they were stopped by Yansheng.

"Please wait a moment." Mr. Yansheng continued to ask, facing the two people's puzzled gazes: "Can you give me a few copies of your signatures?"

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The scene changed, and Aislo and Mary, who had already signed, pushed open the door and walked to the empty audience seats. Although they did not understand why Mr. Iwao asked for so many autographs, they did not think too much about it and turned to look at the battlefield.

But what greeted the two was "opening thunder".

"Pichu! Stand up right there, you piece of shit!"

At this time, a Pichu and a Geodude were standing opposite each other on the battlefield. Pichu was trembling, with wounds all over his body. On the other hand, Geodude looked energetic and unharmed.

The person who made that voice just now was a young man. He had a ferocious expression on his face and was constantly issuing ridiculous commands to Pikachu one after another.

Something like letting Pichu use electric shock on Geodude, letting Pichu rush over, etc. This caused Aislo, Mari, and the boy sitting opposite to Piaotai to frown.

The Pichu's condition has reached its limit and it can't even continue fighting. Asking him to rush over now is like asking a child from a BALT to rush towards a soldier from an SL, which is like hitting a rock with an egg.

The two of them didn't even bother to sit down. They were looking at the situation on the field seriously, or rather, looking at that Pikachu seriously.

Suddenly, a Poké Ball on Eslo's waist opened, and Moon Eevee jumped out of it. She looked at the young man on the field quietly, with a complex light flashing in her eyes.

"What's wrong? Ibrahimovic." Eslo gave him a questioning look.

"Buey..." Moon Eevee explained something softly, her eyes were complicated, something Eslo had never seen before.

At the same time, in addition to the noisy voice of the young man, a steady voice was heard on the field.

"Georock, final roll." Piaotai, dressed as a miner, quietly looked at the Pichu that no longer wanted to fight, and gave the order.

"Pikachu..." Pikachu was knocked away by Geodude and lost his ability to fight.

The referee walked up and carefully checked Pikachu's condition, and finally raised the flag to announce the result of the game. At the same time, a Happiny ran over and treated Pikachu.

Pichu woke up and looked at his companion with some trembling. The imagined voice of comfort did not come, but only insults and spitting.

The young man vented all his frustrations on Pichu, not considering at all how unrealistic his own commands were.

The insults grew louder and louder, until finally, the man even raised his hand and was about to hit Pichu.