He knows Pokémon better than me.

In the morning, before ten o'clock, Xiaozhi and his three companions arrived safely in Changqing City.

"Wow, there are a lot of people?"

As soon as he entered the city, Xiaozhi felt the huge flow of people, and several streets were already blocked.

When I visited Viridian City with my Alola friends before, it was obviously not this lively.

On both sides of the street, there are eye-catching banners guiding -

"The venue of the First Baby Cup Conference in Changqing City, please turn left in front!"

Banners were posted all along the way, showing Xiaomao's influence in this city today.

Seeing that the competition time was approaching, the few of them did not go to the Pokémon Center to rest for a while, but went directly to the venue.

"Uh, should you be able to accept on-site registration?"

Ajin scratched his head. His gifted curly-haired Pichu poked its little head out of his hat with a bright look in its eyes, ready to do something big today.

"I've read the rules before. All you need to do is show up before the game starts. You can sign up on the spot~"

Chris smiled and took out a Poké Ball. She was ready.

Following the instructions on the banner, Xiaozhi discovered that his destination was the Evergreen Gym.

However, it is not held in the gym, otherwise the indoor spectator seats will not be able to accommodate half of the city, and even many out-of-town tourists.

The location is in the spacious square outside the gym, and there is a luxurious dragon head fountain under the steps close to the road.

This is the luxurious building left behind by the Rockets.

At this moment, a fighting arena has been set up in the square. The area is smaller than the normal arena. After all, it is the baby cup, so the scale of the battle is smaller.

There were already several circles of spectators gathered around the ring. It was crowded and noisy, and it was obvious that they were all very interested in the "Baby Cup" competition that they had never heard of before.

"This way, Xiaozhi-senpai!!"

"Senior Xiaozhi, are you going to participate too?!"

Just as he crossed the road, Xiaozhi heard a few familiar shouts. He looked up and found that it was the New Three Heroes of Pallet Town whom he had met not long ago.

Koharu, Koshin, and Ayumi.

"Huh? Are you three traveling together?"

Xiaozhi asked in confusion after saying hello.

Xiaoqu shook his head and explained:

"No, the three of us were traveling separately, but we happened to see an interesting conference being held here, so we stayed here temporarily and planned to participate in it~"

Xiao Mao's Evergreen Gym was famous, so the three of them planned to skip it first.

Go challenge the dark gray gym in the north. It is said that Mr. Jiro there is a gym owner who is very friendly to newcomers.

But if you are unlucky, you may occasionally run into the former owner, Mr. Xiaogang, at home.

This trainer is said to be very scary, and has frightened countless female trainers. It is rumored that there is a terrible power sealed in his eyes, and once he opens his eyes, the consequences will be disastrous.

Xiaozhi: "."

Has Mr. Gang’s reputation become like this?

"The competition was only a few days away, so everyone stayed in Changqing City for a few extra days~"

"Buyi~!"

Ayumi said with a smile, and the Eevee with a heart-shaped tail on its shoulder also joined in.

Although they have only been together for a short time, they seem to be quite close.

"So Xiaozhi-senpai is here to participate as well?!"

Xiaozhi nodded and introduced:

"Well, I just happened to have nothing to do, so I came over to play. By the way, these are my friends, Ajin, Chris, and Xiaojian, you already knew each other in the research institute." Hearing Xiaozhi's affirmative words, Xiaoqu and Xiaojin looked at each other and immediately became excited.

If participating in the Baby Cup, the Pokémon that represents Ash-senpai will probably not be too strong.

in other words
They may be able to defeat Senior Xiaozhi head-on today!

Real newcomers all have ambitions deep in their bones!

"Then seniors, hurry up and sign up, the competition is about to begin~"

Xiaoqu and Xiaojin immediately and enthusiastically pulled the four people to the registration office.

Ajin, Chris and others are a few years older than Xiaoqu and the other two, and are half a head taller than them, so it is easy to tell who is the senior and who is the newcomer.

Avoid the crowd and come to the registration office.

As the competition is approaching, almost everyone has registered, so there is no need to queue.

The local Miss Joy was helping with registration at the table. A young boy with spiky brown hair was standing next to her. When he saw Xiaozhi, his eyes lit up, but he couldn't help but complain:
"Hey Xiaozhi, you're almost late again~!"

"Haha, Xiaomao, long time no see~"

Xiaozhi smiled and said hello, while Xiaoqu, Xiaojin and the other two bowed politely:

"Xiao Mao-senpai! Good morning!"

Unlike Xiaozhi who wanders around everywhere, they receive a lot of guidance from Xiaomao on weekdays.

Xiao Mao nodded and quickly urged Xiao Zhi and others to sign up, as they were all heavyweight guests of the Baby Cup.

He did not specially invite any star players or champions to his first Baby Cup. It was just pure publicity, and basically only interested trainers would come specially.

So the four of them quickly came up to Miss Joy and signed up.

"Hey, can I only choose one Pokémon?"

Ash raised an eyebrow, noticing that there was only one empty spot on the registration list besides the trainer's name.

"That's right. After all, it's the first session, so the rules are simpler~"

Xiao Mao shrugged. He wanted to test the waters first and see how it went.

"No problem, my partner is naturally Pichu~!"

"Pichu~!"

Ajin was already prepared. He decisively wrote his name and Pichu on the hat. The curly-haired Pichu on the hat also made a sound in response.

Then there are Chris and Xiaojian.
Sure enough, Xiao Jian wrote the name of Scyther after his name.

This scene made Xiao Mao, the organizer, twitch his lips.

You look simple and honest, but you are actually...

But Scyther is not the most outrageous thing, there are other masters today!

It was Xiaozhi's turn. He held the pen and thought for a moment.

If you count the intermediate-form Pokémon in his backyard, there are actually quite a few, such as Butler 002.

When Miaowaca participates in this kind of competition, it is naturally a dimensionality reduction attack.

But the rules for participating in the competition only allow Pokémon in their initial form, and he doesn't have many Pokémon of this type -

Eevee that can evolve at will, Rowlett that was just captured in Alola, and Farfetch'd that was captured in the Johto region before
It is said that a new evolutionary form of Farfetch'd has appeared, which can naturally be classified as the "initial baby" type.

And Meltan.
This is a completely unknown Pokémon. Xiaozhi feels that it should have an evolved form, but there is no actual evidence yet, so it cannot participate in the competition for the time being.

"In that case, it's decided to be you!"

After a moment, Xiaozhi looked determined and decisively wrote the three big words "Mumuxiao" on the registration form.

Well, let Mumuxiao show off this time! (End of this chapter)