The Elf Guide is in my heart

In the world of Pokémon training, there is a famous saying that is widely circulated.

"The king of iron, the champion of flowing water."

What do you mean?

Champions are produced every year.

The Regional Pokémon League Tournament produces one every year, and the World Pokémon League Tournament produces one every four years.

As for the Four Heavenly Kings, there are only a few of them over the years. Especially among the Four Heavenly Kings of the world, there has been no personnel change for decades.

Becoming a champion may require a moment of strength and some luck, but what a king needs is absolute, pure, unshakable strength.

In Old Man Zhan's view, Ning already has the conditions to become a king in many places.

As long as he can be given time to grow and gain some experience.

He will at least be a regional king in the future.

Even the Four World Kings, who are out of reach of trainers in the Kanto region and even all regions, are not impossible.

The old man saw a glimmer of possibility and hope in Ning.

Old Man Zhan began to recall the year-end summary meeting of the Kanto Regional Pokémon Association that he attended last year.

This is a meeting held by various regional Pokémon associations to summarize and analyze this year's work results and discuss and formulate next year's work vision.

People from all walks of life related to Pokémon will gather together to participate.

During this period, the most eye-catching area was the field of Pokémon training.

At the 92nd World Pokémon League Competition, Pokémon trainers from the Kanto region hit a record low.

The number of trainers participating in the competition is the lowest.

Kanto Pokémon has the lowest number of appearances.

The number of contestants who entered the finals was zero.

This result undoubtedly sounded the final alarm bell for the Kanto Pokémon Association.

The Kanto region's performance on the world stage is so sluggish, the result will be that the reputation of the entire Kanto region will drop to a low point, and trainers from other regions will not come to Kanto to practice.

The first one to be affected is naturally the tourism industry in various cities in the Kanto region. No one wants to visit a city that produces weak people.

The second one is people who are keen on elf duels. They may move to other areas where elf duels are more exciting and popular. In this era of popular elven duels, this will cause a massive loss of population.

Third, the out-migration of large numbers of people may lead to the decline of various industries, leading to the complete decline of the entire region.

In this way, the Kanto region will fall into a snowballing state and become increasingly declining.

It can even be predicted that one day in the future, the Kanto area may be removed from several major elf duel areas and may become an ordinary area.

Ever since, at this conference, an official of the association proposed the "quasi-king" plan for the first time.

The so-called quasi-kings are genius trainers who have the "qualifications of a king". They have outstanding talents, almost geniuses, and excellent training abilities, almost like regional kings.

However, due to lack of qualifications and experience, they cannot be named "Kings of Heaven", but they have amazing potential that makes everyone believe that they can become Kings of Heaven.

Officials who proposed the plan said that in order to prevent the Kanto region from continuing to decline and decline, they hope that various agencies can actively participate in and implement this plan.

Among them, the four most important institutions and organizations, namely gyms, universities, research institutes, and duel clubs, must nominate and recommend a trainer with "the talents of a king" every year.

And the requirements are extremely demanding. They must be young, preferably under twenty-five years old, with good looks and extraordinary bearing.

There are figures who can become role models, even idols, and even benchmarks for the younger generation of trainers, and even future trainers in Kanto.

The official said that only the emergence of such a character can save the precarious Kanto Elf War cause. Retain the immigrant population and attract the foreign population.

Because the Kanto region needs leaders so much.

At that time, Old Man Zhan, who was sitting in the front row, almost pulled out his beard after hearing this.

If the old man hadn't been well-educated, he would have kicked down this guy who was always talking about cheating.

"The posture of a king"?

Are you a cabbage in the vegetable patch? You said there is, right?

appearance?

How about you choose a star? Or choose a trainer?

tolerance? Under twenty-five?

Who is born with a magnanimity that has not experienced the precipitation of time and the test of the world?

Also nominate and recommend one person every year? Counting gyms, research institutes, universities, and dueling clubs, four per year?

There is no one on this planet who has the "talent of a king" who is not a famous trainer for a long time.

If there were trainers like this in the Kanto region, why wouldn't they have made any gains on the world stage?

Still nominated? Bring a hammer.

Damn it, this is an era where cats and dogs can sneak into the association.

But what makes Old Man Zhan angry is that this proposal was passed.

At that time, Mr. Zhan felt that the elven cause in the Kanto area was really in darkness and there was no hope.

Such a plan is not implementable at all. It is essentially just muddling along, waiting for death. Logically, it is a false proposition.

Until Old Man Zhan met someone.

He found strangely that this plan, which was as nonsense as shit, actually had a little bit of feasibility.

"Old sir, you are the one who trained this Nidoran, right?" Ning asked, looking at the dying Nidoran who was put back into the treasure ball by the woman.

"Hey~" Old Man Zhan could only nod helplessly.

Today's battle is not only the first battle between Ning and the Giant Needle Bee, but also the first battle between Nidoran.

However, Nidoran, which had put a lot of effort into Old Man Zhan, did not meet his expectations.

But what can be done? The strength of the trainers on both sides is really far apart.

At this time, the woman slowly walked up to the two of them. From her expression, Ning could see a little loss, but she immediately hid it deeply.

"Grandpa, I lost and let you down." The woman lowered her head. She has had a strong self-esteem since she was a child, and she rarely has such moments. What's more, this failure happened in front of his most beloved grandfather.

"Don't worry, it's just a private discussion. Failure is common in elf duels." Old Man Zhan encouraged his granddaughter.

Only when facing his granddaughter, will Old Man Zhan look like an old man, kind and peaceful.

If facing other disciples, he is the leader of Takasaki Pingding Gym. He is majestic and solemn, giving people a sense of oppression like a mountain.

Besides, although Old Man Zhan felt sorry for his granddaughter, in fact, he never thought that she could win.

How difficult it is to defeat a trainer who has such a bond with his Pokémon.

Because there are no expectations, there is no way to talk about disappointment.

"There were many misunderstandings before, I hope you won't be offended! My name is Lan."

Lan said apologetically, and then extended her hand in a friendly manner.

"Misunderstanding? What's the misunderstanding?" Ning was a little confused.

However, in the face of people's kindness, Ning did not refuse. He and Lan shook hands and made peace.

Lan smiled softly because she noticed that Ning did not hold her whole hand, but her fingers, just holding them symbolically.

This is quite a gentleman's behavior, but many men often ignore it.

This made her feel even more guilty because she had misunderstood the latter in that way.

"I am a sophomore student at Takasaki University, majoring in Pokémon journalism." Lan introduced herself completely, then she thought about it and added: "Of course, my minor is Pokémon training, I studied it. ! As you can see, it’s not that great.”

Her eyes avoided Ning's gaze intentionally or unintentionally.

"So, she is my senior sister?" Ning said softly.

"Senior sister? No, you should call me by my name." A shy blush appeared on Lan's cheeks.

If she wins this duel, she can still act like a senior and show the majesty of a senior in front of her juniors.

But she lost this game. It would have been fine if Ning won by chance, but the key point was that she was completely abused by others.

Senior sister? It sounded oddly sarcastic to her. It was as if he was laughing at her previous random assumptions about Ning.

Ning looked at it and it was almost time. It was time to go back and report to the ramen shop owner.

"Old sir, my job is to deliver food to you, but now I am being entertained by you and bothering you all night. Thank you very much for your hospitality. Now it is time to go back." Ning said to the old man.

"It's okay, you are not a gym disciple, nor a challenger, so it's fine at night. But during the daytime gym working hours, I can't keep you." Old Man Zhan nodded.

"Work? Deliver food?" Lan, who was standing by, heard this in surprise, her beautiful eyes turned, and she thought to herself: "So he is not my grandfather's disciple, so he can deliver food?" Lan thought of a strange possibility, and looked at Ning's face. A playful smile.

"What's wrong with this girl?" Ning glanced at Lan's expression. She had inexplicable hostility towards herself before, but what was it this time?

Looking at Ning's leaving figure, Old Man Zhan murmured in a low voice: "He has the talent of a heavenly king, he has the talent of a heavenly king. Could it be that this is really destiny?"

Old Man Zhan suddenly remembered a person, the person who betrayed him and the entire elf world, the person who also had the "qualifications of a heavenly king".

His eyes became blurred, and he stood on the flat top, as if he was integrated with the mountain peaks, motionless.

His thoughts once again returned to distant memories.

Looking at her grandfather who was lost in thought, Lan did not interrupt the latter. She stood quietly aside.

Her eyes were also fixed on the departing figure, and she felt that she was full of interest in this junior named "Ning". .

For being so young, he is incredibly powerful. Even though he had such a powerful Nidoran, he was defeated.

"What kind of person is he?" Lan herself didn't know that she was just like her grandfather, and she was lost in thought.