He knows Pokémon better than me.

"Finally, they've behaved themselves."

Ash walked up and patted Melmetal's nut-like head helplessly, recalling how every time he returned to the backyard with a new team, there were always some troublemakers who wanted to immediately take over the mountain and become kings.

As a result, he was severely reprimanded by the older generation and obediently lowered his head.

Looking at Magearna putting away her Flower Therapy Cannon, Ash casually asked:

"Hey, why don't you give it a try?"

He pointed to Lucario, after all, Magearna is also a Steel-type Pokémon and is qualified to compete for the strongest position.

To be honest, Magiana has never used her full power yet; he only knows that the latter has a lot of firepower.

"Chirp!"

However, Maya immediately shook her head vigorously.

The Steel attribute is too crude. Call her again during the cute and gorgeous Fairy attribute civil war!
"Ok."

Xiao Zhi smiled helplessly. This guy is getting more and more vain.

Seeing that Melmet had already stood up and was no longer acting arrogantly with its nut-shaped arm raised, Ash also dismissed his Pokémon and continued packing his luggage for the Sinnoh region.

There's not much to prepare, though. Binhai City is a big city, and there's a Pokémon Center where you can stay, so you can just go directly there.

So the next morning, after completing his usual 10-kilometer run with his bear, he left Lucario at the castle to watch over the place and immediately boarded a flight to the Sinnoh region with his new Galar team.

Sinnoh region, coastal city.

Ash had been to this city once before, and what impressed him most was the gym leader at the time, Denji, who had placed a basket of badges outside the gym for self-service.

This time, from the air, you can see that the coastal city is a port city built on a complex headland.

The main urban area is far from the cape, with straight streets and neatly arranged houses, making it a completely modern metropolis.

The cape area, on the other hand, has a completely different style, with azure blue elevated pedestrian walkways crisscrossing above, connecting some adjacent rocky islets, among which an electric lighthouse stands out.

"Oh~ it's that lighthouse~!"

Ash and Pikachu were peering out of the airplane window, recalling the massive power outage that had occurred when they first arrived in Coastal City.

I also met Ami, the Gym Leader of the Asahi Gym in the Johto region, who brought her Ampharos to visit the lighthouse.

The plane was preparing to land, and Ash, carrying Pikachu, sat back down in his seat.

"It's a pity that Xiaoguang disappeared too. Otherwise, we could have played together for two more days~"

He sighed regretfully. He had called Hikari a few times, hoping that if Hikari was also in the Sinnoh region these days, they could meet up and catch up.

I just can't get through to them on the phone, and I don't know where they went.

However, the call between Full Moon and the young lady went through—

The two of them, along with Hiro, whom he introduced to, are now in the Sinnoh region, having temporarily formed an "Otherworld Exploration Team" and are currently conducting research near Mt. Coronet.

Xiao Zhi plans to visit his old friends at Tianguan Mountain after the Binhai Festival ends.

Soon after, the plane landed at Binhai Airport. After getting off the stairs and entering the airport terminal, I was surrounded by a huge crowd of people.

This flow of people is in no way inferior to the stadium halls in various regions before the upcoming gym competition in the Galar area.

"Wow, so many people!"

Ash exclaimed in surprise. It seemed that this year's seaside festival had attracted many people, including quite a few foreigners. He even spotted several curly-haired black men who were clearly from the Unova region.

The walls of the airport terminal had long been adorned with promotional posters for the seaside festival, and two figures immediately caught Xiao Zhi's attention.

The one on the left is a young man with red hair and an afro, who looks very passionate.

On the right is a handsome man with blond hair who looks somewhat aloof.

"Oh, isn't this Mr. Daiya and Mr. Denji?!"

Ash's eyes lit up. Speaking of which, Mr. Denji is now the new Elite Four member of the Sinnoh region.

Below the promotional image, there is a line of text:

"The exhibition match at the seaside festival will feature Taiya, the eighth-place finisher at the previous Galar World Championships, against the newly crowned world champion Denji!"

"An exhibition match?"

Ash was stunned for a moment, then realized that it made sense; this celebration was mainly aimed at players from Pokémon level to Great Ball level.

The eighth-place finisher must be a master-level player; they definitely weren't in the main tournament.

Speaking of which, is Mr. Da Ye really that good? He even made it into the top eight?
But then I thought about it again. The previous World Championships weren't global in scale, so it was impossible for the top eight to all be regional champions. It's reasonable for Mr. Da Ye to finish eighth.

"interesting!"

Ash quickly quickened his pace, not expecting to witness such an exciting and thrilling rival showdown right from the start!
The beach festival will be held near the beach dojo, with the opening exhibition match this afternoon and the main competition starting tomorrow morning.

He arrived in a bit of a rush. Xiao Zhi took out his tri-fold phone; the poster showed that the exhibition match was starting in less than half an hour.

At this moment, the flow of people heading to the cape area was very crowded. Fortunately, the airport was not far away. Xiao Zhi saw his destination in less than ten minutes by walking briskly. A towering lighthouse standing on the edge of the cliff was very eye-catching.

Surrounded by an intricate network of azure-blue viaducts, the Seaside Dojo is one of the entrances located next to these viaducts.

To host this celebration, the headmaster of the Binhai Dojo specially cleared out a small rocky island surrounded by overpasses, about half the size of a standard arena, which will serve as the venue for the competition.

The contestants will then take to the rocky islet to battle, with cliffs on all sides and the waves crashing against the rocks below, creating a very ceremonial atmosphere.

The spectators, on the elevated sidewalks around the perimeter, all had standing tickets and could easily enjoy the game in the middle.

"Shinji, that guy, he's got some ideas."

Arriving at the entrance of the overpass, Ash glanced at the closed Binhai Dojo next to him, and then looked at the overpass crowded with people in front of him. He couldn't help but smile.

I wonder if Shinji mocked the Sinnoh trainers who challenged the Seaside Gym this year.

However, he had just stepped onto the overpass when a figure rushed towards him and bumped into him unexpectedly.

Snapped!
The other person bounced back and fell to the ground, rubbing their forehead, feeling dizzy, and muttering to themselves:
"Damn it, can't you even watch where you're going? And you're so stubborn! You're going to get a fine!"

Upon hearing the familiar lines, Ash's heart skipped a beat, and sure enough, the one who had fallen in front of him was none other than the fined kid, Ash.

I didn't expect him to still be so impulsive.

"Hey Ah-Xun, long time no see~"

So Xiaozhi smiled and reached out to help him up.

"Huh? Pikachu, and... oh oh oh, isn't that Ash?!"

After getting up, it took Ah Xun a while to react, but he instantly became excited after recognizing the person! (End of Chapter)