Pokémon: All About the Breeding House

Chapter 407 Signal for Battle

"call!"

Fang Yan sat up straight, looked around, and seemed lost in thought.

It took Fang Yan quite a while to remember that this was Cynthia's villa.

Fang Yan recalled that after the Lily of the Valley Tournament finals in the morning, he had lunch with Cynthia and the others and then came back for a nap.

"Wasn't I sleeping in bed? How did I end up on the floor?"

Fang Yan scratched his head and asked with some confusion.

"call out."

You rolled off the bed yourself.

"Nine-Tails said, yawning."

"No wonder it's so hot—"

Fang Yan looked at himself, who was completely soaked, and said, "God's mom, could you get my clothes for me? I'm going to take a shower; I'm all sweaty."

After speaking in dialect, he went into the toilet to take a shower.

"Knock knock knock~"

There was a knock on the bathroom door.

Fangyan poked his head out and found it was Miss Skirt, who was standing at the bathroom door holding her clothes.

Miss Skirt saw Fang Yan stick her head out, smiled sweetly, and said, "Laji~"

Your clothes~

Fang Yan reached out and took the clothes from her. "Thank you. Where's Miss Goth? Is she busy?"

"Laji".

It's making you dinner.

"Dinner? It's only this late, and you're already making dinner?"

Fang Yan asked in confusion, quickly got dressed, opened the bathroom door, and Miss Skirt walked into the bathroom. She tidied up Fang Yan's clothes, put them in the washing machine, poured in the laundry detergent, and at the same time, condensed a drop of herbal essence on her head and dripped it into the washing machine.

This is a little secret Miss Skirt discovered while washing clothes at the nursery. Clothes washed this way have a wonderful, life-like fragrance.

"Laji".

Check the time.

Fang Yan walked curiously to Gengar's side, reached out and patted its big rear end, "Still playing? What time is it?"

Gengar floated up and held the tablet up in front of Fangyan.

"How come it's already past five o'clock? I only slept for a little while!"

Fang Yan stared wide-eyed at the number "17:32" on the tablet.

"I feel like I only slept for a little over two hours —"

"Goethe".

Miss Goth opened the door to the room, looked at Fang Yan who was already awake, and called out to him.

Dinner is ready.

"Okay, thank you, Mama Goth. I'll go downstairs after I've dried my hair."

At this moment, Miss Skirt, who had just thrown her clothes into the washing machine, ran out of the bathroom with a hairdryer in her hand and handed it to Fang Yan.

After drying her hair, Fang Yan led Gengar and the Ninetales, which was constantly yawning, downstairs for dinner.

"Strange, hasn't Zhu Lan returned yet?"

Looking at the empty villa, only he, Gengar, Miss Skirt, Miss Gothic, and Ninetales were there, while Cynthia, Shana, Tomoyo, Majesty, Latias, and Monini were not.

"Goethe".

They said they had an event in the afternoon and then went out.

Miss Goth placed the soup in front of Fang Yan and responded with a sentence.

"An event? Wasn't the Lily of the Valley Tournament finals over? Why is there still an event?"

Fang Yan took a sip of the chicken soup; it was very flavorful. "Your cooking skills are getting better and better, Miss Goth."

Miss Goth smiled gently upon hearing the praise in dialect.

After dinner, Fang Yan was bored at the villa, so he took Gengar and the others and headed towards the League Conference.

When they arrived at the entrance of the Alliance, they saw Cynthia and the others coming out.

"uncle."

When Shana saw Fang Yan sitting on the back of the Nine-Tails, she ran over with Wind Chime in her arms. Fang Yan smiled and reached out to lift her onto the Nine-Tails' back, and also picked up Tomoyo.

Nine-Tails' broad back was large enough to accommodate three people: Fang Yan, Shana, and Tomoyo.

"Uncle, you're too late. The match is over."

Shana sat in front of Fang Yan, with her arm around Zhi Shi's waist, and looked up at Fang Yan, who was sitting behind her, and said.

"What kind of battle?"

Fang Yan looked completely bewildered.

Wasn't the match over this morning?

"you do not know?"

Wusong looked at Fang Yan, who was sitting on the back of the Nine-Tailed Fox, and saw the puzzled look on his face. He asked a question.

"Didn't the finals end this morning? Is there another one this afternoon?"

Upon hearing Fang Yan's words, Wu Song said, "Didn't I mention this at lunch? Tomorrow's challenge match has been moved to this afternoon. It's a battle between the champion and the Four Heavenly Kings."

"what?"

Fang Yan exclaimed "Ah!" and then he remembered that Wu Song had mentioned the challenge match during dinner. He had thought it was one of the Elite Four challenging Cynthia, so he hadn't paid much attention. So it was a match between the tournament champion and the Elite Four?

"I slept until now and don't remember anything."

He said it weakly in dialect.

"It's over? Who did Dakdo challenge?"

Before Wusong could even speak, the dialect had barely faded from his lips when A-Liu behind him raised her hand, "That's right, it's me."

Challenge A-Liu?

"I didn't expect it to be you who would challenge him. I thought he would choose to challenge Da Ye."

Hearing the dialect, A-Liu didn't correct him. "Da-Ye also challenged us. Since we wanted to fight him and see how strong he was, we gave him two chances to challenge us. So he challenged me and Da-Ye."

"You challenged twice? And lost both times?"

Upon hearing Fang Yan's question, A Liu raised her thumb and revealed a smug smile, "That's right, I led my insect army to defeat him."

"sharp."

As expected of a man who can use Bug-type Pokémon to become one of the Sinnoh Elite Four, A-Liu's strength is indeed formidable, as he was able to defeat the legendary Pokémon Darkrai that descended from the sky.

"So, after today's challenge matches, the League Conference officially ends?"

Fang Yan looked at Cynthia beside him and asked.

Cynthia shook her head. "No, give me a challenge match tomorrow."

dialect:???

"Wasn't the match already over? Dakdo lost—"

"Not Dakdo's—"

At this moment, Steven, the former champion of the Hoenn region, spoke up: "Tomorrow is the match between Steven and Cynthia, the champion."

"Big Leaf challenges Cynthia?"

"That's right. The four kings of the league challenge the league champion once a year. Generally, when the four kings believe they are strong enough, they will issue a challenge. If they win, they will become the next league champion. If they lose, they can choose to continue to serve as the four kings of the league."

Daigo explained the dialect.

"That explains why I haven't seen Da Ye. Did he go to special training?"

Fang Yan looked around but didn't see Da Ye.

Ah Liu nodded. "That guy really values tomorrow's match."

Fang Yan looked at Cynthia, and seeing the expression on her face, he swallowed the words that were about to come out.

Cynthia wore a subtle yet confident smile.

She gently curved the corners of her mouth at Fang Yan, revealing a stunning smile.

It seems like he's telling the dialect, "Don't worry, I'll definitely win."

Seeing this, Fang Yan didn't pay much attention. "Even if the Lily of the Valley competition is a success, let's have a celebration party tonight. How about an outdoor barbecue?"

"Goblin!"

Great!

"marvelous!"

"Barbecue? That sounds like a good option!"

In the courtyard behind the alliance.

The lights from the Union building were shining precisely on that open space.

In the open space of the courtyard, many Pokémon were chasing and playing with each other.

Not far from them, there were several barbecue grills, and Fang Yan, Xiao Gang, Miss Goth, and Monini were working hard to grill the food on the grills.

A shameless Darkrai was shamelessly waiting for the dialect to be baked, then he just grabbed it and ran away.

Fang Yan only had time to prepare something to eat after everyone else had eaten their fill.

"Goethe".

Here, take this.

Miss Goth handed Fang Yan a skewer of grilled meat. It must be said that Miss Goth was very skilled at preparing lamb; it was very tender.

The dialect suddenly reminded me of Peking duck ——————

Fang Yan suddenly remembered the description in the picture book, which said that the scallion duck had become rare because of its delicious meat.

Fang Yan and Xiao Gang sat on small chairs next to the grill, eating skewers and drinking tree juice with popsicles.

"Indeed, barbecue is the perfect choice when there are many people around."

Fang Yan took a big bite and spoke.

"Beautiful things always need a beautiful environment to achieve a result where one plus one is greater than two."

Xiao Gang agreed.

After the two sat and ate for a while, Fang Yan declined the skewers offered by Miss Gothic, indicating that he was full. Then, Fang Yan turned to Brock sitting next to him and said, "The Lily of the Valley Conference is over, so your and Ash's journey in the Sinnoh region is coming to an end, right?"

Brock nodded. "After watching the Elite Four member's match against Cynthia with Ash tomorrow, we'll go to Dawn's house together. After that, I'll go back to Pewter City to take the Gym Leader's test and officially take over the Gym."

"After becoming a Gym Leader, remember to go easy on some new trainers. Don't let them use Mega Steelix to beat them up while they're still using Baby Pokémon."

Fang Yan suddenly remembered an old joke: the dojo challenge in the Kanto region is practically hellish in difficulty.

A new trainer starting out from Pallet Town is immediately attacked by a max-level Pidgeotto. After finally reaching the gym, they discover the gym leader can use Mega Evolution. After overcoming numerous difficulties to reach the next gym, the gym leader pulls out a Mega Gyarados!

At the very back, the dojo guarded by Boss Giovanni awaited them—

Xiao Gang laughed, "I will."

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Gang continued, "Actually, as a shopkeeper, I've also been thinking about becoming a Pokémon doctor, wanting to heal more Pokémon."

"That's a great choice. During your time working at the breeding farm, didn't you learn about Chinese herbal medicine from Miss Gothia? I remember you were quite good at brewing Chinese medicine and making herbal tea. Even Miss Gothia praised you."

"So when I go back this time, I will study medical knowledge as hard and try my best to get a doctor's certificate. So I want to talk to the manager of the dialect shop and see if, after I pass the exam, I can borrow Miss Goethe's book about herbal tea and traditional Chinese medicine for a period of time to study."

After listening to Xiao Gang's words, Fang Yan suddenly remembered that he had given Miss Goth a notebook to record the herbal tea and Chinese medicine she had researched. It was a reward from his cheat system. Fang Yan only remembered the effects of the first batch, and he didn't know how much Miss Goth had recorded in the later batches.

"Oh, I'll ask Miss Goethe for you."

After speaking in dialect, he waved to Miss Goth, who was having barbecue with Miss Skirt and Miss Monini, and said, "Miss Goth."

Miss Goth floated over, staring at Fang Yan with a puzzled look.

Fang Yan explained Xiao Gang's needs, and Miss Goth shook her head to indicate that it was no problem.

"Gothic~"

Keep it up! If you don't understand anything, you can ask in the dialect.

Dialect: Ask me?

what? !

"Goethe".

"Miss Gothic said the storybook was left in the nursery and she didn't bring it out."

Xiao Gang nodded, stood up, and bowed to Fang Yan and Miss Goth.

"Thank you, I will try my best."

Ash ran over at that moment, and Fang Yan, looking at the runner-up of the Lily of the Valley Conference, laughed, "How are you feeling? Not so down anymore, right?"

"That's it! Pikachu and I have cheered up, and I'll definitely beat him next time!"

Xiao Zhi clenched his fist.

"What are your plans for the future?"

Fang Yan nodded, then asked Xiao Zhi.

"After visiting Xiaoguang, I should go home for a while and then make further plans."

"Go home and spend some quality time with Aunt Hanako. If you don't know where to go, you could consider the Unova region to see more and more powerful Pokémon."

Fang Yan thought for a moment, then called out "Zorua." Zorua flew into Fang Yan's arms like a small cannonball, but Fang Yan raised his hand and easily blocked it.

Just kidding, do you think you're Shana?

"Zorua and Zoroark's hometown is in the Unova region."

Upon hearing the name of the Unova region, Zorua looked up and exclaimed, "Yes, yes, our hometown is in the Unova region. The scenery there is so beautiful. Ma and I used to love running on the grasslands."

"The Unova region, huh—"

Ash thought for a moment, then looked at Pikachu perched on his shoulder. "Pikachu, it's decided! Let's go to the Unova region next!"

"Pikachu, Pikachu!"

Fang Yan looked at Xiao Zhi, who had regained his confidence, and thought, "No wonder he's such a silly guy, his self-recovery ability is really strong."

Ash and Brock were pulled into the game by Shana. Fang Yan watched them playing and fell into deep thought. He reached out his hand, and Ninetales' head popped out.

Perhaps sensing the change in Fang Yan's mood, Gengar, Gothic, Skirt, Mighty, and Monini all ran over.

"Nini?"

What's wrong?

Fang Yan rubbed her face against Monini's shoulder and whispered, "I feel like it's time."

"Kou Jie?"

really?

Fang Yan nodded, looking down at the bracelet on his left wrist.

"Laji~"

I'm here~

"Goethe".

We'll listen to you.

"Cough!"

war!

"call out."

Leave it to me.

"Nini————"

sorry----

Fang Yan picked up Monini and said, "It's okay, just cheer us on."

"Do you need my help?"

Latias and Darkrai's voices rang out.

Fang Yan shook his head.

"No, I'll use the Pokémon from the nursery."

Fang Yan politely declined Latias and Darkrai's offers.

"What are you talking about?"

Cynthia walked over, sat down next to Fang Yan, and asked.

Garchomp and Lucario followed behind.

Fang Yan raised his left hand. "We've made up our minds."

"Um?

Fang Yan stood up, bathed in moonlight, and stood in front of Cynthia. He grasped her left wrist with his right hand and looked directly into her eyes. "What I mean is, when two people's eyes meet, that's the prerequisite for a battle."

Cynthia's smiling face slowly lost its smile.

Then his eyes turned cold and indifferent.

Behind her, Garchomp, Lucario, Venusaur, Glaceon, Milotic, Roserade, Gastrodon, and Togekiss were all eyeing Fang Yan intently.

Behind Fang Yan, Gengar, Gothic, Skirt, Ninetales, Mighty, Roserade, Monini, and Latias also stared directly at the Pokémon behind Cynthia.

The noisy venue instantly fell silent.

"What...can anyone tell me what happened?"

Musashi, who had sneaked in for a meal disguised as a reporter, felt the oppressive atmosphere, swallowed hard, and asked weakly.

Daigo sat in his seat, looking at Fang Yan and Cynthia, and rubbed his wrist.

"Seriously, this makes me want to start a battle too—"

"The shop manager speaking in dialect—could it be—is he issuing a challenge to the boss?"

Ah Liu swallowed hard and whispered.

"Has it finally arrived?"