I, the Pokémon Master, now resign

"By the way! Speaking of which, it seems that we did receive a report a week ago. They said that there was a suspicious man in gray clothing near the east warehouse, but we didn't find him when we went to stay, so this case Just let it go for now, after all, there is really no manpower in the police station now."

"The warehouse on the east side?"

I had already planned to give up, but I didn't expect to have an unexpected harvest at this time. Although I don't know if the other party is a guy from the Galaxy Group, it is always a good thing to have hope.

After expressing his gratitude to the police again, Bai Chen left here, and began to draw up a corresponding plan in his heart.

.......

554 The Man Addicted to Video Games

After leaving the police station, Bai Chen came to the gate of the Curtain Gym located in the southwest of Veil City as agreed.

The gymnasium looks very simple from the outside, without any eye-catching elements, it is basically a traditional martial arts school style, and Bai Chen didn't stand outside the door for a long time, so he walked over and knocked on the door.

"coming!"

Knowing that the person who came here at this time was Bai Chen, there was the sound of Ali's hurried footsteps in the room. After opening the door, Bai Chen saw that Ali was sweating profusely, while Lucario Standing awe-inspiringly behind her, it seems that the two should be practicing duel just now.

"you......."

Bai Chen just wanted to ask where Ah Li's father was, but before he could fully speak, Ah Li said first:

"I'm sorry! Dad seems to have gone to the video game center again, and he's not at home now!"

Ah Li felt sorry for Bai Chen's trip in vain, but Bai Chen had only one thought after hearing it——

This man is helpless.

The current time is not even eight o'clock in the morning. Generally speaking, it should be time to eat breakfast or get up to wash up, but I didn't expect that the other party is not at home at this time, but in the video game center. Generally speaking, in this situation There is only one possibility——

overnight.

Ah Li's father must have been in the video game center all night, otherwise it would be impossible to go out so early. People who are addicted to video game centers generally like to go to bed in the morning. It is definitely difficult to get up so early, of course it is not ruled out The other party just wanted to get up early and play more, but Bai Chen was more willing to believe in the former possibility.

"...Oh, forget it, anyway, I have nothing to do now, so let's go to the video game center."

Bai Chen touched his head, a little helpless, but since Ah Li's father is not here, there is no need for Bai Chen to keep it. The most important thing right now is to drag him back to the gym, otherwise the dialogue Bai Chen imagined Can't do it anymore.

.......

After Bai Chen made such a proposal, Ah Li walked ahead to lead the way for Bai Chen, and the two headed towards the video game center together.

The location of the video game center is not too close to the location of the gymnasium. After walking for nearly half an hour, the two finally arrived at the entrance of the video game center.Because it needs to attract enough people, the location of the video game center is specially arranged in the place closest to the city center, or in other words, the place closest to the shopping center. Although the land price here is relatively high, the sufficient flow of people also brings them enough much profit.

At the entrance of the video game center, Bai Chen took a look at this small building. The building is about 6 or 7 meters high. There is a huge signboard marked with the video game center hanging at the door. Even in the daytime, the golden The neon lights are still playing their role, rendering a 24-hour non-stop atmosphere for the video game center.

"Okay, let's go in...huh?"

Bai Chen was planning to go in with Ah Li, but he didn't expect that after taking two steps, he found that Ah Li was standing there without moving, so he turned his head away strangely.

"What's wrong? Why are you standing there in a daze?"

"Uh..." Ah Li looked a little shy, pointed to the gate of the video game center, and said cautiously: "This... I'm not yet an adult, so I can't go in."

"..."

When Bai Chen heard this, he couldn't help feeling a sigh in his heart.

Why are there so many differences between father and daughter?As long as that guy has a little sense of responsibility, he won't be addicted to video games and leave all the pressure on Li alone.

"I see, then I will go in first, and I will come out soon."

After Bai Chen finished speaking, he waved his hand and opened the door alone, and walked into the video game center.

.......

"Ah! Why! Just a little bit!"

As soon as he stepped into the video game center, Bai Chen heard a loud curse from a person sitting on a machine at the entrance.

"......"

Sure enough, no matter where the video game center is, there is not much difference in the atmosphere. When Bai Chen stepped into the video game center for the first time when he was besieging the Rockets in the Kanto area, the atmosphere there was the same as here, full of All kinds of shouting and cursing were heard, and the air was filled with the smell of smoke.

Ugh.......

Bai Chen sighed again in his heart, thinking that Ah Li didn't come in, otherwise this environment should have a great impact on her.

He covered his mouth and nose, lowered his breathing rate, and just shuttled back and forth in the video game center, looking for the figure in his memory.

"Haha! I still win this time! You lost again~ Hall Master."

Not long after walking, Bai Chen finally heard such a sentence near the center of the video game center.

Subconsciously shifted his gaze to the place where the sound came from, and saw two rows of square arcade machines at the place where the sound came from. It seemed to be a fighting game. The two people who wanted to fight sat on the machines on both sides. The interaction can be achieved on the Internet. If you look at it from this point of view, there is still a little similarity between the arcade and the Pokémon battle.

"Cut! I was careless just now! Play another game if you have the guts! Next time I guarantee that I will win!"

"Haha~ Forget it, at your level, a hundred games are not enough for me to watch, and a guy who can't even figure out the basic moves is not worthy of being my opponent!"

"what!?"

The situation over there seems to have become a little more anxious. I don't know if this kind of quarrel between the two parties is commonplace. After all, people's emotions tend to become restless when playing video games.

Listening to the dissatisfied conversation between the two sides, Bai Chen didn't know how to intervene for a while, but after thinking about it, he felt that the current situation is better with actions than words.

Snapped!

Bai Chen mercilessly stretched out his hand and patted the back of the owner of the Curtain Gym in his memory, but the other party didn't seem to expect that he would encounter such an attack in the video game center. At this moment, the people who were flooded fell on the machine, and there was a dull crashing sound.

"boom--"

"what--!"

Although the force of the collision was not strong, the opponent still yelled out because he was taken aback.

Filled with anger and dissatisfaction, he quickly pushed his chair back a short distance, and then got up to see who was sneaking up on him.

"Yo."

"?!"

Turning back with the idea of ​​teaching the other party a lesson, but when he turned around, he saw some familiar faces, but for a moment he couldn't figure out who the person in front of him was and what his name was until the other party first Step by step, he said:

"Long time no see, Mr. Ya, I'm Bai Chen, I hope you haven't forgotten me."

........

555 Vigilance, Curtain Gym Master

Long time no see, Mr. Ya, I'm Bai Chen, I hope you haven't forgotten me. "

Ya, this is the name of the muscular Curtain Gym Master in front of me. His full name is Yamahara Ya, and people who are familiar with him will call him Aya.

But he himself has nothing to do with the name Ya, and he doesn't know if this name is his parents' expectation for his future. If it is, they should feel regretful for their sloppy naming.

"Bai, Bai Chen...is that Bai Chen?"

It seems that because the person in front of me is quite different from my impression, even though Bai Chen has already introduced himself, Ya still looks unbelievable.

"The real me."

With a harmless smile, Bai Chen stretched out his hand and put it on his shoulder. After seeing Bai Chen's unfriendly smile, even Ya with a muscular brain guessed some possibilities.

"You..." He asked carefully word by word with a trembling pronunciation, "Have you seen my daughter...?"

"Well, I guessed right." Bai Chen continued to respond with a smile: "I happened to meet her when I was on Route 209, and I heard that she seems to be training myself so that I can better serve as the owner of the museum. So I went to the Lost Tower alone to fight the ghost-type Pokémon~ But the ending seemed to be a disastrous failure, but fortunately, the direction of her escape was the place where I was resting at the time."

"Ah...haha...is...is that so...."

Ya also seems to understand what Bai Chen is expressing now, although he understands, he can only pretend to be confused, after all, if not, he would have no words to respond to Bai Chen's sneer.

And when the two were chatting friendly, the person who was sitting across from Ya and playing video games with him had disappeared at this moment, maybe he noticed the tense atmosphere between the two, right?But to be able to abandon his friend so easily, should it be said that the relationship between the two is too good or too bad?

"Okay~ Let's stop here for reminiscing about the old days."

After Ya laughed awkwardly for a while, Bai Chen suddenly changed the topic, and the smile on his face disappeared.

"Now it's time to talk about business? The prospective former curator who has been up all night?"

There were very obvious dark circles under the eyes of the other party, this detail already confirmed Bai Chen's guess.

"......"

Obviously, whether it is age or seniority, Ya should be above Bai Chen, but now that he has done something wrong, Ya really can't show the airs of being a senior, and he also understands in his heart that if Bai Chen is really serious Then he is screwed.

The scene of being brutalized by Bai Chen back then is still deeply engraved in his mind even today——

On the endless grassland, Bai Chen and his terrifying Scorpion King defeated him in a complete victory.

He will never forget that scene, and it can even be called his nightmare for a long time.

"I-I know."

In front of Bai Chen, the head of the Curtain Gym was like a child who had done something wrong, obediently following behind Bai Chen with his head down.And the people in the video game center had never seen their owner pose like this before, so they began to whisper among themselves, and they were also curious about Bai Chen's identity.However, most people guess that Bai Chen should be sent by the alliance. After all, they all know that Ya is addicted to the video game center and has no intention of managing the gymnasium. In their opinion, the alliance should have got the news , That's why they sent people down to treat him, right?

Although everyone is a fan of video games, Yabi is a bit too much compared to them. No matter how addicted to video games, he can't forget his own job... and I heard that he has already planned to close the library. It was even more difficult for them to accept that the post of master was handed over to their daughter who was only in her early ten years.

But...it's one thing to be unacceptable, but it's another matter whether they have the ability to persuade them. Taking over the burden of the museum owner at an early age depends on whether the alliance agrees. Even if they want to persuade them, they have no reason to persuade them.

After much deliberation, the people present only thought of thoroughly torturing Yache in the field of video games, making him feel the cruelty of this field and sapping his enthusiasm.But although the plan went smoothly, Ya's performance was not at all discouraged, just like the impression he left on people in the Pokémon battle, even in the field of games, he still maintained a heart to challenge the strong, He didn't give up because of so many failures at all, but became more addicted to it.

That's exactly the case. After everyone saw that someone finally stood up to take care of Ya, they were actually quite happy in their hearts, and they were also relieved for Ah Li.

.......

"Ah, Mr. Bai Chen! Dad!"

The gate of the video game center opened, and after seeing the two familiar figures, Ah Li ran up excitedly while waving his hands.

"Ha ha......"

Although she knew that Bai Chen and her daughter had already met, Ya never thought that her daughter was waiting for him at the door. It seemed that she and Bai Chen were in collusion, otherwise Ya really couldn't think of it. Come up with the second possibility.

"Okay, okay, don't be embarrassed, I still have something to ask you, and I will talk about it later. Now go back to the gymnasium first. If you want to sleep, you can go after the business is done. sleep."

Sensing Ya's dilemma at the moment, Bai Chen patted Ya's shoulder again and said this speechlessly.

After all, he is not a devil, so he can naturally understand Ya's current mood, but it is one thing to be able to understand, but another thing to be able to forgive, at least he does not agree with these behaviors of Ya, so even if Ya really feels that he is It's embarrassing for her daughter to be educated by outsiders in front of her, and it has nothing to do with Bai Chen.

"Well......"

Seeing the interaction between Bai Chen and his father, Ah Li tilted his head in doubt. His father has always been a very tough and face-saving character on weekdays, but why does he feel that he can't let go in front of Bai Chen? ...Or...Why does it feel like he is a little afraid of Bai Chen?

What happened between the two of them?

Ah Li is very curious about her father's past, although Ah Li nodded in agreement when Ping Ya told her about her past, as if she believed everything, but in fact she is not stupid, she has a lot of exaggerations I also understand that it's just because of my father's face that I haven't refuted or questioned it all the time, but now it seems...

Sure enough, I still want to ask!

Ah Li made up her mind in her heart, but the person she wanted to ask was of course not her father, but Bai Chen. After all, it was really better than taking over the truth if the father who was as stubborn as Ken Taro told the truth. Museum is even more difficult.

......

The three returned to the Curtain Gym in a strange silence.

"Ah~ha~ I haven't felt it before, I didn't expect to feel drowsy as soon as I got home!"

As soon as she stepped into the Curtain Gym, Ya yawned a lot and said so in an extremely tired voice.

"Then go to bed first?"

Seeing his father looking so tired, even though he was cheated miserably, Ah Li still couldn't bear to ask this question.

"No." Although Ya really wanted to accept Ah Li's proposal so generously, but he did not forget what Bai Chen said to him before. Although Bai Chen was behind him at this moment, Ya seemed to have felt Bai Chen's words. With Chen's sharp eyes, it seems that as soon as he agrees, he will kill himself directly. "Bai Chen and I still have something to talk about, so you can go outside first."

"Huh? Well...I see."

Ah Li was a little disheartened. At first she thought she could listen in, but she didn't expect that she would be dismissed in the end.

"......"

After Bai Chen and Ya watched Ah Li leave, the two sides looked away one after another. This time, instead of Bai Chen speaking first, Ya took the lead in asking questions.

"By the way... You didn't come here this time to ask questions, right? Although I admit that it's a bit problematic to leave so many things to that child, it's also for her growth! If Ah Li can survive this time Then I believe that her achievements in the future will not be low!"

When Ya said these words, even her eyes flickered, as if she was really moved by her good intentions.

"..." Ya Bai Chen didn't speak in the middle of the performance, but kept silent until he finally seemed to calm down, Bai Chen said calmly: "So everything you do is for Ah Li's growth? Any guidance to let her go alone in the forest? Or let her challenge hordes of ghost-type Pokémon without helping her Pokémon learn skills such as seeing through? So what you just said in the video game center Is the sincere laning also for Li's sake? It's really touching."

"Ah...this...that...."

Ya was so choked by Bai Chen that he couldn't speak anymore, after all, he also knew that he was just making excuses.

"And are video games really that interesting... I can't understand the need to stay up all night at all."

What Bai Chen said was not a lie, he had played all the video games he saw in Curtain City in Rainbow City before, but Bai Chen always felt that it was meaningless, whether it was the game itself or the actions Various gadgets for prizes and even some rare Pokémon.