I got the Pokémon

Binhai City is a port city built on a cape with intricate terrain.

Just as its name suggests, this place is adjacent to the sea, located at the easternmost part of the entire Sinnoh mainland. The scenery looks very beautiful. It is not only a famous port city in Sinnoh, but also an important port leading to the Pokémon League. It is far away from the island where the Pokémon League is located on the other side of the strait across the sea.

Because of the distance, every year when the conference is held, countless trainers set out from here and take a boat to the Pokémon League to strive to realize their dreams. It can be said that this is also the place where dreams set sail.

Its navigation lighthouse located on the seashore has been illuminating the sea with its bright light, pointing the direction for countless passing ships. Basically, as long as people see it, they know that they have arrived in Sinnoh.

From a topographical perspective, the entire city is built on a narrow cape and is surrounded by mountains. In order to make up for the lack of space, the city has laid solar panels into elevated sidewalks to provide energy for the entire city. Therefore, it is jokingly called a city that will never lack electricity.

After more than a day's journey, Xia You, Xiao Yao and Ya Mi arrived here smoothly.

This was even several hours faster than they expected, leaving them with more time.

However, they did not waste time. Instead, they took advantage of the fact that it was only noon. After entering the city, they did not go to the Pokémon Center to rest, and did not even bother to eat lunch. They went straight to the Marina Gym.

It must be said that when they walked onto the streets here, they discovered that the city was full of solar panels, escalators and moving devices, giving it a futuristic feel.

This also reminded Xia You of the city of Larus, the technological capital of Hoenn that he had visited before.

But obviously, the sense of technology here is still too low and cannot be compared with the city of Larus.

"No matter how many times I take this, I have to say it's really convenient." Taking the escalator on the street, they don't have to walk by themselves. Such a long elevator can take them to where they want to go. This also makes Xiaoyao sigh, "They don't have to rush to go out. People who live here must be very happy!"

Xia You shook his head: "It seems that technology has changed our lives, but compared to this way of traveling, I still prefer to walk around by myself, just as a way to exercise my body, rather than being controlled by these machines in such a modern city."

I can only say that this is a difference in concepts.

The world is so big, naturally there are people who like this kind of technology. After all, technology represents progress, and people should not always live in the present. But naturally there are people who are indifferent, and Xia You is obviously the latter.

Just like he said, he prefers nature to technological cities!
After hearing Xia You's answer, Xiao Yao didn't dwell on this issue, but just focused on the upcoming gym battle.

"Who is the owner of this place?"

"It's Denci." Yami answered her, then glanced at Xia You and said hesitantly, "But the next gym battle shouldn't be easy to win."

"Eh?" Xiaoyao was stunned and asked puzzledly, "Why do you say that?"

Yami shook her head: "I heard that Denci is a very powerful person. Since he became the gym leader, he has never lost!"

"Never lost!?" Xiaoyao was very surprised. "Is that true? In other words, no one has ever been able to take the badge from him?"

"I heard that's the case."

"That... that's really amazing." Xiaoyao was shocked, but smiled indifferently, "It doesn't matter, no matter who it is, they will never be able to beat Brother Xia You!"

If the people of Sinnoh who don't know the situation heard this, they would definitely think that this little girl was too arrogant. After all, for such a long time, those who challenged Denji, no matter who they were, believed that they would definitely defeat him and take the badge from him, but obviously these people all failed in the end.

Who doesn't know how to brag?

But obviously these people don’t know that today’s challenger is not an ordinary person.

Listening to the discussions of the two women beside him, Xia You couldn't help but think about the situation of this seaside gym.

As the official gym of Binhai City, the owner of the Binhai Gym is Denji. As the name suggests, he is an expert in electric attributes.

Even as Mei said, this man who looks like the Fourth Hokage can be regarded as the strongest among all the gym masters in Sinnoh!
He is even called the Thunder of the Seaside because of his great strength, which shows that he is indeed extraordinary!
He is a man who deserves to be taken seriously...

It seems that this time, I don't have to let my Pokémon fight on their own.

Because there was an elevator, they arrived at the Marina Bay Gymnasium quickly.

Speaking of which, this seaside gym is located on a wide lawn in the city, a little away from the bustling high-rise buildings in the city. Except for the circle of photovoltaic solar panels above the building, it is no different from other common venues, just like a circular arena.

When they walked along the avenue on the lawn to the door of the gym, before they pushed the door open, a neutral electronic voice came from inside the gym through the microphone.

"Welcome, what can I do for you?"

Xia You didn't need to answer. Xiaoyao stepped forward and said to the electronic screen beside him: "We are here to participate in the gym challenge. Is the gym owner here?"

"Please look at the lower right."

As the electronic sound rang again, a box suddenly opened in front of Xia You and the others, revealing a box full of badges.

At a rough glance, there are at least several hundred!
Looking at these badges, Xiaoyao was very surprised: "What does this mean?"

"Please take one of them." The electronic voice continued, "For those who come to challenge the gym, you can now take a badge directly without fighting."

"What!?"

Upon hearing that such a thing actually happened, Xiaoyao and Yami widened their eyes in surprise.

They had thought it would go smoothly, but they didn’t expect it to go this smoothly!!
Can I get a badge without even fighting a battle?!

Is this still an official gym?

Yami picked up two of them curiously and played with them in her hands.

Xia You and Xiao Yao looked over at the same time and saw that the shape of the badge was like a lighthouse. In fact, it was indeed called the Lighthouse Badge, just like the representative navigation lighthouse in Binhai City!

"Is this the Lighthouse Badge? Can we really take it now?"

The electronic voice gave a positive answer: "Yes, please accept it!"

Holding the two badges, Yami turned to look at Xia You: "What should we do now?"

Shaking his head at her, Xia You looked at the screen and asked, "Excuse me, is Denci here? I want to fight him directly."

"Sorry." The electronic voice said without any fluctuation in tone. "Mr. Denji is not in the gym right now. He has made it clear before that challengers who come here can take the Lighthouse Badge directly without fighting. If you have anything else, please leave a message here. I will notify him later and ask him to contact you as soon as possible."

As expected, he is not here...

I knew this gym battle wouldn't go so smoothly...

If an ordinary person encountered this situation, especially when time was tight, he would probably just take a badge and leave.

But he couldn't do that.

After all, his pride as a trainer prevented him from accepting victory without fighting. Most importantly, he was no longer an ordinary trainer.

If word got out that a man who had won three regional tournaments had his badge taken away by a gym owner who had never experienced defeat without a fight and without the owner's knowledge, it would undoubtedly be a joke.

People might even think that he, the champion, was afraid of electric shock!
So, others can take these badges directly, but he must defeat Denci fairly!

But Denci is not in the gym now, how can we find him?

As they were thinking, a woman's voice suddenly sounded behind them.

"Eh? Aren't you... Mr. Xia You?"

When Xia You heard this voice, he felt somewhat familiar at first, as if he had heard it somewhere before. In surprise, he turned around and saw a thin girl standing not far away, looking at him!

Looking again, isn't it Ami, the owner of the Asagi Gym in the Johto region? !
"Ami?" Xia You was a little surprised, "Why are you here?"

On the side, neither Xiaoyao nor Yami knew A-mi, and seeing that Xia You seemed to know her, they couldn't help but look at this seemingly weak woman with suspicion.

"It's you!" Ami smiled. "I just saw that you looked familiar, so I followed you to take a look. I didn't expect you to come here to challenge this gym. What's the matter? Didn't you know that the owner of this gym was no longer in the gym?"

Xia You spread his hands and said, "I just arrived here today, so I'm not familiar with everything here." At this point, he realized from Ami's tone that she seemed to know Denci, so he couldn't help asking, "Do you know Denci?"

Ami nodded and chuckled, "I have been in Binhai City these past two days learning about the fighting techniques of coordinated trainers, and I met him by chance. What? Are you looking for him?"

She learns about coordinating trainers' battle techniques?
What does it mean?
Ready to change careers?
But after all, he was not familiar with Ami, so he did not ask the reason, and just said: "As you can see, I came here to challenge this Binhai Gym. I heard that Denci was very strong, so I wanted to fight him to see if I could."

"As expected." Ah Mi suddenly realized, "I knew you couldn't take the badge as easily as the others. Okay, come with me. I just saw him."

This is a real surprise.

I was originally racking my brains to find Dianci, but unexpectedly I met a helper in the blink of an eye.

Led by Ami, the three of them left the gym and headed towards the beach.

It was at this time that Xia You also introduced Ami, Xiaoyao and Yami, but as I said before, he was not very familiar with Ami after all, so after a simple greeting, he ran out of topics to talk about.

However, Xiaoyao, as an excellent coordination trainer, talked to Ami about things related to coordination trainers on the way.

And Ami obviously didn't expect that there would be a coordination trainer traveling with Xia You, so she was naturally very surprised and started chatting with Xiaoyao.

Xia You and Ya Mi listened quietly and didn't say anything.

After all, this is Xiaoyao's area of ​​expertise, and it's not something they can interfere with since she has changed her profession.

The two followed behind Ami and Xiaoyao, and Yami handed one of the badges she had just received to Xia You.

"Take this first." Yami said, "You are going to fight Denji anyway, so it won't make any difference if you take it in advance."

Looking at the badge, Xia You shook his head.

"I'd better leave it with you first. I won't touch it until I defeat Denci, so before that, you keep it for me for a while."

Hearing what he said, Yami didn't take it seriously and just put the badge back.

For her, it didn't matter whether she fought or not. Her mind was not on the battle anyway. She was more focused on traveling and shopping. So she didn't feel looked down upon or have any resistance to the fact that the badge was taken away from her.

This is also the biggest difference between her and Xia You.

He obviously had great strength and talent, but chose to waste it.

Following the city, several people took the open-air elevator and soon arrived at the beach.

And here, they also saw a huge rock called Pokémon Rock!

This is not an ordinary stone. Just like its name, it is also one of the famous landmarks of the city. It is famous for its shape which resembles Snorlax. Many outsiders come here to check in and take photos every day.

Of course, this is not their purpose.

They continued walking along the beach towards the southeast corner of the city.

And from a distance, they could see a strange lighthouse in the distance that was completely obscured by photovoltaics!
It is said to be strange because of its shape. It looks like the back half of a submarine standing there, or like Patrick Star covered with photovoltaics. The densely packed solar panels on it reflect a faint blue light when the sunlight shines on them!

Here is the navigation lighthouse.

But people in Binhai City prefer to call it - Binhai Tower!

"We're here." After getting closer, Ami paused for a moment and introduced to the others, "This is the Marina Tower. I heard that this tower was invented by Denci. It alone can provide sufficient electricity for the entire city! And Denci is now in this Marina Tower!"

I have to say, if it wasn’t for Ami leading the way, who would have thought that Denci would be hiding here?

This is too hard to find!
After a few people entered the interior of the Seaside Tower, they went straight to the elevator here and went up all the way to the top floor of the tower.

Through the bright floor-to-ceiling windows, the scenery of the entire Binhai City immediately appeared before their eyes.

It is indeed a nice scenery...

No wonder Denci likes staying here!

At their feet was a large modern city, surrounded by low mountains and forests, in front of them was a golden beach and a port, and further ahead was the blue sea!
"Look over there!" At this time, Ami pointed further away, "Look at the horizon on the other side of the sea. That's where the Sinnoh Pokémon League is located. You can see it from here!"

Sinnoh League?

Xia You narrowed his eyes and looked into the distance, but unfortunately, because the distance was too far, he could not see anything clearly.

But it doesn’t matter, I believe that it won’t be long before he will set foot on that land and completely conquer it!
Just wait, there’s only about half of the trip left!
And maybe they heard the sound of the elevator, but just when they reached the top floor, the door next to them opened, and a tall man wearing a blue vest, with messy hair and looking a little melancholy walked out.

He was about 27 or 28 years old, with dark blond hair and a face shape that really looked like a certain Yellow Flash.

Needless to say, this is exactly the time.

"Ami?" Dianci was a little surprised to see that it was Ami who led a few strangers. "Why are you here? Who are they?"

His voice was a little low, just like the kind of negativity that comes from suddenly losing interest in everything and seeing through life, making him look quite decadent.

"Um..." Ah Mi took a step back and introduced the people, "This is Mr. Xia You, he is here to challenge you..."

However, just when he said this, he was interrupted by Denci.

"I don't want to fight anyone right now." He first glanced at Xia You, then turned around and walked towards the room he had just come out of. At the same time, he lazily said, "You can go to the Binhai Gym first. There are badges there. Just take them."

Hearing this, Xia You couldn't help but narrow his eyes.

He knew that this man named Denji was the strongest among all the gym leaders, and he was quite interested in him, but now...

What is this?
Is this the attitude a gym leader should have! ?
What about your professional ethics?
"Since you don't want to be a museum owner and are so irresponsible, why don't you just go home and resign? Why are you pretending here?"

A light sentence came out of Xia You's mouth, which made Denci stop and stand still.

Obviously, this man didn't expect to hear such a sentence!

In fact, let alone him, even Xiaoyao, Yami and Ami did not expect that Xia You, who always gave people a gentle and handsome impression, would actually say this!
What happened to him today?
"What did you say?"

Dian Ci turned around and looked at Xia You. There seemed to be a cold light flashing in his eyes, and he seemed to have become a completely different person from just now!
"Your ears aren't working well? Didn't you hear clearly?" Xia You raised her head slightly and looked at him with disdain. "Then I'll repeat it again. Compared to those diligent gym owners, your attitude and management style are ridiculous and childish. I think we should just close this Binhai Gym."

Denci's eyes suddenly turned cold and he stared at Xia You!

"Do you know what you are talking about!?"

Xia You looked back at him without showing any weakness.

"Do you know what you are doing? Um... let me think about what I should say. Oh, right, this low-level gym owner who is worse than a child?"

How could Denci possibly endure being provoked by Xia You like this?
He clenched his fists subconsciously.

"Very well, now even if you apologize, I don't intend to forgive you. If you dare to slander me and my Marina Gym, I will never let you go!"

Xia You chuckled.

"Just you? But you know what, you are much better now than you were just now, you are almost dead. But you don't think you are that great, do you?"

Xia You slowly took out the Poké Ball from his waist bag and released his Gardevoir and Charizard. Then, without any orders from him, Gengar popped out from the shadows.

Looking at Denci defiantly, Xia You said with a smile: "Now I'll give you a chance. Among these three Pokémon, if you can defeat one of them, I will never be a trainer again. And if you lose, you'd better get out of here and close this ridiculous Binhai Gym! Tsk, what the hell is the strongest gym owner? He's just an irresponsible garbage!" (End of this chapter)