Pokémon: I picked up a reborn Eevee at the start of the game.

The Gym Leader's daily work involves testing the trainers who come to challenge them and awarding badges that grant entry to the Eastern Conference to those who defeat them.

However, those were all weak Pokémon. If they were to use their main Pokémon, the gym's performance would probably be zero in a year.

After the battle ended, the students of the dojo returned to the training ground to continue training. The two sisters, Long Yue and Long Li, were sent away by Long Ye, the dojo master of Qianlong Dojo, under a pretext.

Looking at Long Ye, who was staring at him expressionlessly, Xia Chen met his gaze calmly.

Don’t do bad things, don’t be afraid of ghosts knocking on your door.

Whether it's letting them stay overnight or trying to bring the two elves together, it's not like I suggested it, so what am I afraid of?

Faced with Xia Chen's honest gaze, Long Ye backed down first.

He pointed outside, "Want to come for a walk with me?"

"When in Rome, do as the Romans do," Xia Chen nodded and followed.

Stepping out of the main arena, the artificial lake came into view. The early winter wind brought the dry, cold "freezing wind" of the capital, making Xia Chen shiver as he came out of the heated room.

Longye took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, then threw out a Poké Ball. A Charizard, much larger than a normal individual, appeared beside him.

Teacher Dapeng spread his wings to block the smoke, then exhaled a small flame, igniting the cigarette in Longye's mouth.

His control over the heat was extremely precise; it seemed that if it were just a fraction more intense, Longye's beard would be set ablaze.

Xia Chen: "."

That was a great show of bravado, I give it full marks.

Before Xia Chen could figure out what Long Ye meant, he handed Xia Chen a cigarette.

"Want one, buddy?"

Xia Chen waved his hand and declined the offer, "Thank you, brother, but I don't smoke."

Long Ye squinted and scrutinized Xia Chen for a while. His expression finally relaxed, and he seemed quite satisfied with Xia Chen's way of addressing him.

"Not bad, young man. Where are you from?"

Xia Chen replied briefly, "Jiangnan, Zhijiang."

Longye nodded. "What a great place. I'm an old friend of Master Su from your Yunze Martial Arts Academy."

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Taking a deep drag of his cigarette, Ryuno finally got down to business, "That very special Milotic is your Pokémon, right?"

"Yes, it's my fairy."

Xia Chen nodded, then asked, "Actually, I'm very curious, why is Long Yue in such a hurry to have Hakuryu and my Milotic lay eggs?"

Longye smiled, not answering his question directly, but instead asking, "Have you heard of Dragon Island?"

Xia Chen thought about it carefully and, after confirming that he had never heard of this place in the original work, shook his head.

Longye said slowly, "That is an archipelago far from any continent, inhabited by many dragon-type Pokémon. It is said to be the origin of all dragon-type Pokémon."

"This dragon, Hakkyu, is the princess of Dragon Island."

Chapter 110 Milotic's debut on the field!

The Meteor People and Dragon Trainers in the original work, and the [Dragon Messenger] in the mouths of Ryūno in this world.

In every world, there exists a group of people who are closely connected with the mysterious and powerful dragon-type spirits.

The Dragon Family in the Kanto region is one example, as is the Dragon Family in the Eastern Region, which has been cultivating the Hidden Dragon Gym for generations.

According to Longye, their two families were originally from the same clan a thousand years ago, but later the Long family became sparsely populated and gradually lost its fame.

They all have close ties to the Dragon Island, which is unknown to outsiders. Their immediate family members can even travel to the Dragon Island after reaching adulthood and form a contract with the elf they like.

Undoubtedly, what Long Yue took away two years ago was the princess of Dragon Island, that heterochromatic Hakkar.

However, this was someone else's family matter, and Xia Chen was not interested in it. He only cared about things related to Milos.

"So, the promise made by Long Yue when she took Haklong away from Dragon Island was to allow him to leave offspring to inherit the throne?"

Longye nodded helplessly, "Xiaoyue must have told you, this young lady is a little bit [racist]. Let alone laying eggs, she doesn't even bother with ordinary dragon-type elves."

“If this continues, the agreement will not be fulfilled, and breaking a contract with the dragons is a terrible thing. Fortunately, your Milotic has appeared.”

"I see."

Xia Chen nodded. So, it seems his Milotic could potentially become a son-in-law of Dragon Island?

Although Milotic looks more like a dragon than many other dragon-type Pokémon, it is ultimately a pure water-type Pokémon.

I wonder if a son-in-law from Dragon Island without any dragon attributes will be looked down upon by the other dragons if he comes to the island.

Then, what if a "Dragon King Returns" drama unfolds?

Xia Chen thought to himself with a touch of wicked amusement.

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Xia Chen was lost in thought when Long Ye suddenly asked, "When are you leaving Shangjing?"

Xia Chen thought for a moment and replied, "About a week after this competition ends."

Although theoretically, as long as Xia Chen successfully enters the top six in this recruitment competition, he can completely let loose and not return to school, he still plans to leave Beijing as soon as possible.

Firstly, it's not ideal to live in someone else's dojo; Milotic is the one who wants to be a live-in son-in-law, not Milotic himself.

The second, more important reason was that he wanted to travel the world after this competition.

Having been in this familiar yet unfamiliar place for so long, it's a real pity that he hasn't had a chance to visit the places he experienced in the game.

The period after the competition ends is the best opportunity, a full six months, enough time to choose a region and take a good trip.

Ryūno nodded and exhaled a smoke ring. "Then I'll have my Goodra teach Milotic during this time. When you leave, I'll send you an electronic document of our gym's secret manual. If you have any questions, just ask me then."

Xia Chen said sincerely with gratitude, "Thank you so much, you've gone to so much trouble."

The personal guidance from a Gym Leader-level Pokémon, even though it was a Dragon-type, was enough to greatly benefit Milotic.

Moreover, although Goodra is a single Dragon-type Pokémon, it has a strong connection to the Water type. As a Pokémon that needs to evolve in the rain, it must be quite compatible with Water-type energy.

But then he suddenly remembered something, "By the way, how can you guarantee that Milotic and Hakuryu will be able to lay eggs in just one week?"

Longye smiled and said, "As long as they are in love, I will find a way."

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Over the next few days, Xia Chen's life was extremely regular.

In the morning, we went to the Kyoto University arena for a competition. In the afternoon, we came back and took Milotic to train with Ryūno and his Goumi Ryū.

It must be said that there are reasons why Qianlong Martial Arts Academy has been able to survive for thousands of years.

Through exchanges with Dragon Island, coupled with thousands of years of research and continuous improvement, Dragon Island has a unique and profound understanding of the breeding of Dragon-type Pokémon and the training of Dragon-type moves.

In just a few days, Milos's mastery of several moves improved by leaps and bounds.

Finally, the day before the winners' bracket round of 16 match, Xia Chen decided to let Milos make his debut on the field the next day.

Firstly, Milotic is strong enough to compete on the battlefield, and secondly, Xia Chen also wants to give him some training while he is still in the winners' bracket.

Minas is both excited and a little nervous about tomorrow's game, after all, it's his first official match, and such an important one at that.

This made Milotic, who was being tormented by Eevee at home and by Dragonair at the Submarine Gym, feel a little insecure.

In this situation, Ibrahimovic's big brother demeanor came out; she nonchalantly patted Milotic.

"Bu Yi—(It's okay, go for it! Even if you lose, Xia Chen won't be eliminated. I'll be there to cushion your fall in the loser's bracket!)"

"Ugh?" Milotic angrily shook off Eevee's short legs that were draped over it.

Is this Elvish?

You're actually hoping I lose? Is that how you comfort a dragon?

I'm going to beat you tomorrow!

The competitive Milotic secretly vowed revenge, unaware that its initial tension had vanished without a trace.

Eevee looked at Milotic, whose mindset had changed, smiled slightly, then turned around and ran to Ralts to continue teasing her.

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December 15th, Kamikyo University Stadium.

The series of competitions, which are ostensibly contests but are in reality exams, has entered its second half.

Of the hundreds of top students from various schools who participated on the first day of the competition, only twenty-four remain.

There are 16 players in the winners' bracket and 8 players in the losers' bracket.

Today's competition will directly eliminate three-quarters of them, determining the final top six.

In theory, Xia Chen only needs to play two more matches to receive an admission letter from the combat department of Beijing University.

Of course, this is all predicated on winning both matches and successfully advancing to the top four of the winners' bracket.

So although today is not the final day, in some ways it is even more crucial than the final day.

Therefore, the scene today was exceptionally lively.

The same was true in the live stream on Pixiv, where hundreds of thousands of viewers watched, a number comparable to some popular dojo masters' matches.

The main reason, well, is Xia Chen's secret to attracting attention.

Since the Milotic evolution incident that occurred more than half a month ago, Xia Chen's number of followers on Pixiv has reached nearly five million.

What's terrifying is that after that last post, he only updated his social media once more with a commemorative family photo.

The fact that it could still gain such a terrifying number of followers under these circumstances is not only due to the significant impact of this evolutionary research, but also because of the Beautiful Energy Cube.

There's still no news about mass production of Beauty Cubes, leaving trainers who want to raise a Milotic but don't have the money to buy Beauty Scales to wait anxiously on Xia Chen's Pixiv account.

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At 9:40 a.m., the third round of the 16-to-8 competition was about to begin, and Xia Chen was one of the contestants taking the stage.

As a result, the density of bullet comments increased rapidly to a visible degree.

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