I, the Pokémon Master, now resign

The right arm that shines with purple light.

It's a poison attack.

"A good battle idea."

Bai Chen didn't hide his admiration for it anymore. As a wild Pokémon, it's really commendable to be able to do this, but...

"Break!"

"Ser~!"

The tacit understanding between Bai Chen and the Monarch Snake for many years has already allowed the Monarch Snake to guess Bai Chen's thoughts before he gave the order.

Bai Chen's voice and the Monarch Snake's actions happened almost at the same time. When the Poison Rose's attack, which was actually only for this trick, was about to fall under the cover of the poisonous and falling flowers, the Monarch Snake finally started its own offensive action.

"Shh~!"

Barely giving Poison Rose any chance to react, Monarch Snake tied Poison Rose's right arm with its slender tail. No matter how hard it struggled, it couldn't get rid of Monarch Snake's shackles. Also too big.

"RO!"

Even though the attack he had carefully prepared was so easily broken, Poison Rose did not give in because of this. Just as it was about to try again to break free from the shackles of the Monarch Snake, the Monarch Snake no longer planned to give it another chance.

The Monarch Snake exerted a little force, and lifted the tail that bound Poison Rose. Feeling the increasingly intense struggle from his own tail, the Monarch Snake mercilessly threw it down the next moment.

"boom--!"

"Ro!"

The unbearable pain felt when the body hit the ground made Poison Rose almost faint, but when it thought of the meaning of this battle to it, it should have fallen down like this but held on coming.

It opened its eyes that had been squinted all the year round, and stared at the Monarch Snake, as if it wanted to vent all its pain at the moment.

It raised its arms again, wanting to resist, but this time it no longer needed Bai Chen's instructions, and the Monarch Snake repeated the action just now.

"Bang~! Bang——!"

Suddenly strong and sometimes weak, now light and sometimes heavy collision sounds sounded one after another on the flat ground. This kind of collision sound lasted for more than a minute before it stopped.

has it ended?

Bai Chen closed his eyes and heaved a sigh of relief. Originally, the beating of the Monarch Snake should have ended the match, but the opponent relied on his own perseverance to hold on for so long. If Poison Qiangwei didn't fall down again, Bai Chen might Let the Monarch Snake stop first.

"Oh... really... what went wrong?" Bai Chen sighed helplessly and tiredly, looking at Poison Qiangwei lying on the ground covered with scars, he was really puzzled.

He didn't understand what Poison Qiangwei had gone through to make her attach so much importance to winning and losing. No...it should be said that she attached so much importance to defeating the strong with the weak. After all, his story as a whole is to gradually become stronger , Let’s take a look at the story above.

Perhaps the past of this poisonous rose is also similar to that of the rattan snake?Otherwise, it wouldn't be so hard.

While thinking this way, Bai Chen planned to take out the wound medicine from the backpack and treat Poison Qiangwei, but it seems that today's schedule may be delayed for a while, but there is no way, who let it be in the first place? Did you keep your luggage for yourself when it was late?Otherwise, I should have wasted more time on the road.

Bai Chen turned his back, walked to the side of the backpack he had put on the ground, squatted down and began to turn over the wound medicine inside, while the Monarch Snake just waited quietly on the other side.

It looked at Poison Rose, who fell on the ground, with a little approval in its eyes. With such a big gap in strength, it was rare to see an opponent who could rely on his perseverance for so long.

only......

This kind of battle is really not interesting. Although I have tried my best to restrain my strength, but even so, the battle between them can hardly be called fair. In the end, the direction of the normal battle is only controlled by Bai Chen and him. The fact that Poison Qiangwei has done too little.

The Monarch Snake couldn't help but miss the past, because only at that time it could fight with all its strength every day and night, only at that time it didn't need to specially suppress its own strength, and every opponent it met at that time needed to fight with all its might. It went all out to solve it. If it was lazy in the usual battles, it would be impossible to go further in strength.

"Ser...."

Monarch Snake, who was always indifferent and calm on weekdays, let out a sigh at this moment without Bai Chen noticing.

The interesting days in the past are now less and less, and the rest is the so-called leisurely life after retirement in the human mouth.

The Sovereign Snake closed its eyes, but before it had time to feel nostalgic for the past, a subtle but weird sound suddenly entered its ears.

"Ser?!"

The Monarch Snake opened its eyes, and in an instant a white light shrouded from the ground, covering its sight.

The situation was urgent. Although the Monarch Snake didn't realize what happened, it still subconsciously blocked its tail in front of itself relying on its long-term accumulated experience.

"boom--!"

At the same time, there was a dull explosion sound, and now Bai Chen, who had been looking for wound medicine in the rear, finally noticed what happened here.He turned around, only to find the Monarch Snake with its tail raised in front of him, and the thick black smoke that rolled up after the explosion.

"Are you okay?"

Bai Chen nervously ran to Monarch Snake's side and asked.

On the other side, the Monarch Snake didn't respond to Bai Chen's inquiry, it just kept staring at the ground in front of it, and Bai Chen followed its gaze, and he found that under the billowing smoke, Poison Rose was vigorously holding the The right arm, with a smile on the corner of the mouth.

Obviously, these are its handwriting.

But, why?

With such a serious injury, but still able to launch such an attack, this is no longer a question that can be answered only by perseverance, right?

As if hearing Bai Chen's inner voice and intending to answer him, a ray of sunlight fell from the sky and shone on Bai Chen's side face. That faint green light that lit up.

"Is it photosynthesis?"

Bai Chen never imagined that Poison Rose, who seemed to be attacking with all her strength, had been devoting extra energy to release photosynthesis during the battle, so as to ensure that her physical strength was not completely collapsed in repeated attacks.

Although it seems that it can no longer support it now, at least just now, such efforts have won it the last blow, the last surprise blow.

If you guessed right, this poisonous rose did not use all the sunlight it collected for photosynthesis, but accumulated it bit by bit, until finally it used all the accumulated energy. On the last blaze of the sun.

"What a stubborn guy."

Bai Chen, who had already figured out the whole process, couldn't help smiling. Although Poison Qiangwei's character was troublesome, she was unexpectedly likable.

"This guy seems to be very similar to you before. When facing a battle that you will definitely lose, even if you do your best and are seriously injured, you will definitely cause trouble for your opponent."

"Ser..."

It's rare that the Monarch Snake didn't refute Bai Chen's statement this time, but just nodded calmly. Now it looks at Poison Qiangwei not only with the little bit of approval before, but also with admiration. .Perhaps just as Bai Chen said, Monarch Snake sees the shadow of his past in Poison Rose. Its character has always been like this, and it has always respected opponents with this character and quality.

"Although I have worked so hard, it is really difficult to break through my limit."

Bai Chen thought so with great emotion, squatted down and looked quietly at Poison Rose who had passed out, then turned his head and smiled, and asked Monarch Snake in a questioning tone:

"I think you don't mind having another companion, right? Maybe this guy's future achievements will not be worse than yours? Ah?! Wouldn't it be more interesting if its strength in the future can surpass yours?"

"..."

Boring aggressive method.

but.

"Ser."

Monarch Snake turned his head away in disdain, and no longer paid any attention to Bai Chen's words, but its meaning was already very clear.

"Well, then it's decided."

Of course, Bai Chen knew that the Monarch Snake was just being arrogant, so he took out an empty Pokémon ball from his pocket, pressed the button to make it bigger, and then stuck it on Poison Qiangwei's body.

"I hope you won't regret it when you wake up, please teach me more in the future."

Although Bai Chen successfully subdued Poison Qiangwei, until the last moment, he couldn't remember that inconspicuous little figure on the grass that year.

However, maybe this kind of acquaintance is also what Poison Rose wants, because Bai Chen is not the only one who has changed in these years, she has also been working hard to change herself, making herself stronger, comparable to the monarch snake. It is constantly advancing on the road of strength.

And this, already.

.......

515 Bustling Heijin City?

Another day passed.

After passing through the dark and lengthy mountain tunnel, Bai Chen finally came to Heijin City.

Standing on the mountain and looking down, you can find that the color of the entire Heijin City seems to be made of gray. Although it is called a "city", in fact, the area of ​​Heijin City is not large. Compared with the population and the number of buildings Compared with Zhensha Town, it has not improved much.

Bai Chen still remembered that he had thought about this problem before, but at the end he just prevaricated at will on the grounds that "the alliance has its own ideas", but now when he came to Heijin City again, overlooking the whole city from a height Only when he saw the desolate and desolate scene in the city, did he feel——

"I really can't figure out why..."

Bai Chen shook his head, and finally gave up and continued to struggle with this issue. Maybe Sirona will know about this kind of thing, so just ask her if there is a chance in the future.

......

After finishing the boring internal debate, Bai Chen walked all the way to Heijin City along the stairs on the mountain.

And when Bai Chen actually walked into the city, he felt more and more that there was something wrong with the city's environment.

The sky is full of flying yellow sand, maybe it has something to do with today's cloudy day, and I don't know if the city's environment will be a little better on a sunny day, but anyway, Bai Chen himself can't bear to live in this kind of environment. Long-term living under the city full of yellow sand.Perhaps it is precisely because of the environmental problems here that although the overall economy of Heijin City is good, there are still very few people who choose to settle here.

After coming to Heijin City, Bai Chen did not choose to visit the famous scenic spots here as the first stop, but went directly to the Pokémon Center. After all, after he conquered the poisonous rose yesterday, it was directly sent to Dr. Yew's research institute Here, I didn't even have time to treat it.

"Ding bell~"

After sensing Bai Chen, the automatic door of the Pokémon Center made a pleasant sound and opened quickly.Bai Chen, who originally planned to go straight to the communication phone, suddenly froze in place after the door opened.

This is Heijin City...?

Bai Chen was a little confused.

It's almost hard to see anyone on the street outside. In such windy and sandy weather, the city feels like it has become a dead city, but it is a completely different scene in the Pokémon Center.

The more than 20 chairs placed in the Pokémon Center are already full of people. At a glance, there are close to No. 40 trainers in the hall alone, and these trainers don’t seem to be here to treat Pokémon. Yes, because Miss Joy at the front desk is not working at the moment, but standing there talking to the trainers around, the hall is filled with a happy atmosphere.

"..."

Seeing this situation, Bai Chen didn't know what to say, but rather than finding out what happened here, he was more inclined to take Poison Qiangwei over first.

only......

"really."

Turn left and came to the public telephone area in the Pokémon Center, just as Bai Chen was worried, the six communication telephones here are already full of people at the moment.And behind them there are many people who are waiting to use the phone, and this is only the first floor of the Pokémon Center. what is the situation.

etc? !With so many people, wouldn't it be possible that I don't even have a place to stay tonight? !

In Bai Chen's memory, there seems to be no other hotels in Heijin City other than the Pokémon Center. After all, foreign tourists generally don't stay here for a long time. If this is the case...

"Let's make sure later..."

The issue of accommodation is important, but the issue of queuing here is even more important.

After all, even if there is no room, Bai Chen can still sleep on the sofa in the lounge of the Pokémon Center, or just sleep on the floor... It seems that Ms. Joy's permission must be sought first.

"What a hassle..."

While complaining in a low voice, Bai Chen stood at the end of the line. During this period, he kept his eyes fixed on the position of the gate, as if he was afraid that another person would take away the last room in the Pokémon Center.

"Well, sorry, can I ask you a question?"

Bai Chen, who was standing at the end of the line, was unwilling to be idle, patted the uncle who was waiting in front and asked.

"Huh? Ask a question? It doesn't matter. Anyway, I'm idle, so just ask."

The uncle who was dressed like a mountain man in front of him put his arms around his chest boldly and nodded in agreement.

"Thank you." Bai Chen simply expressed his thanks and then directly asked his own question. "I want to know if there is any activity in the Black Gold City recently? Why are there so many people in the Pokémon Center?"

"Huh? Look at your outfit... Are you a Pokémon trainer?"

"Indeed." Bai Chen replied truthfully.

"Since it's a trainer, why don't you know? Isn't there a notice board at the entrance of Heijin City? Isn't it written that Heijin City will hold a mining competition tomorrow? People here basically come to participate in this competition, It is said that the prize is very rich."

"..."

what's the situation?

Is my luck really that good?It’s okay to meet a rare fishing competition in Shuangye Town, but if you come to Heijin City by chance, can you catch up with some mining activities?

"I really didn't see it..." Bai Chen said, and it seemed that something was recalled in his mind.

Although I didn’t see any notice boards, there seems to be something like this. The sign standing on the high slope has been covered by the wind and sand today. Although I can see a few words sporadically, I want to extract it from it. Any information is too difficult.

"By the way, what are the prizes for this competition?"

Because he remembered the "conspiracy" hidden in that fishing competition, Bai Chen asked this question specially.

"I don't know." The climbing uncle waved his hands helplessly. "This kind of mining activity usually only knows what the prize is on the day of the competition. It's just that before the start of the competition, the official will publicize whether the prize is good or not~ The best reward in the past years should be 4 years ago. That time, right? There are 7 days and 7 nights travel vouchers for luxury resorts, and there are many precious fossils."

After saying this, Uncle Climbing noticed that Bai Chen's expression seemed to have a little interest, so he added again:

"If you are also interested in this event, go to the owner of the Black Gold Gym, Piaota. This event is organized by him, so if you want to sign up, you have to find him."

"Ok, thanks."