Age of Elves: I started flashing with my handheld.

"Red gauntlets, red cheeks, red bib—this Makuhita Warrior is a Shiny Pokémon!" some people in the crowd exclaimed in surprise.

Suddenly, more people noticed the extraordinary nature of Nanfeng, the powerful warrior behind the scenes!

Especially Li Xiaoyu in the crowd, her beautiful eyes wide open.

"What's going on with this guy? Besides Shiny Ralts, he's also captured Shiny Maze Warrior! How can he be so lucky?"

Shiny sprites, regardless of their strength, are always the center of attention among sprites. It's like a high school girl (JK) mixed into a group of plaid shirts and work clothes; you don't care about the quality of the fabric, as long as it stands out, that's all that matters.

Shao Dong also drooled as he watched the strongman under the flashing screen.

That sexy red, those alluring red cheeks, and those huge fists—it must hurt a lot to get hit by them!

But he quickly came to his senses; he was battling Southwind, how could he possibly keep an eye on his opponent's Pokémon?

"Hmph, so what if it's a Shiny Pokémon? Shiny Pokémon aren't necessarily strong! Watch me crush you!"

The referee confirmed that both sides were in position, raised his flag to signal them, and then swung it down sharply: "Battle begins!"

"Bad Frog, use the poison needle!"

"Under the curtain, strike with a high five!" Nanfeng and Shaodong issued the attack order simultaneously.

The wicked frog opened its mouth and spat out a series of purple-tinged poisonous needles, shooting them towards Makushita Rikishi.

The standard strategy for Poison-type Pokémon is to inflict poison on the opponent at the start, so even in the wild, Poison-type Pokémon are often the group that trainers least want to mess with.

The poison needle technique has a fairly high poisoning rate!

The Makushita Rikishi, who launched the surprise attack with a high-five, neither dodged nor evaded, directly taking the poisoned needle with his own body. However, the poisoned needle did not seem to have an immediate effect; his body color remained unchanged, indicating that the Makushita Rikishishi was not poisoned.

"Consider yourself lucky." Seeing that the poison needles had not had the expected poisoning effect, Shao Dong snorted and immediately gave another order: "Dodge, then use the hand chop!"

The charging Makushita Rikishi had already reached the delinquent frog and raised his hand to slap it, although the slap looked more like a fist.

The delinquent toad, clearly faster than Makushita Rikishi, immediately dodged, simultaneously withdrawing its right hand, a faint silver light gathering, ready to counterattack. It had already chosen its target: Makushita Rikishi's head, that bun-like head; a single blow would surely cause massive damage.

"Snapped!"

Suddenly, Makushita Rikishi, who had been moving slowly, seemed to have been given a booster by Team Rocket. His body speed increased several times over. His crimson fist, which was a meter away from Croagunk just a second ago, suddenly appeared on Croagunk's face a second later.

The scoundrel was completely caught off guard by Makushita's sudden change of speed and took the full force of Makushita's surprise attack with a high-five. Its entire body was blasted away and spun several times in mid-air like a bamboo dragonfly before landing.

"Dong..."

It slid for another two meters before stopping.

"What...what's going on!" Shao Dong stared in astonishment at the scene before him. He had clearly seen the Bad Frog dodge the attack with ease...how could Makushita Rikishi suddenly unleash such speed?

He couldn't figure it out.

That's understandable if you can't figure it out.

If Nanfeng hadn't had the training manual from the Fujiki Gym Leader, he wouldn't have thought to have Makushita Rikishi try learning Quick Attack. It's called Quick Attack, but it's actually more like a combination of explosive power and a lightning-fast movement.

The aim is to unleash a greater speed at close range, disrupting the opponent's reaction rhythm and causing a move that should have been dodged to hit!

Just like when the frog used to use Iai Slash + Quick Attack + Iai Slash, instantly doing two attacks in one second.

As for Shao Dong saying I was lucky? You're the one who was lucky.

Makushita Rikishi's defining characteristic is perseverance!

Guts (When a Pokémon with this ability is in a status condition other than near death, its Attack stat increases by 50%, and its Attack stat, which ignores burn, becomes 50% of its original value.)

The Makushita Rikishi, already possessing terrifying attack power, gains an additional 50% attack power due to poisoning. So, I'm sorry, this surprise attack with a high five will send your rascal to its death.

However, the same applies now. After being ambushed with a high-five, the naughty frog is now in a state of fear.

"Mushiro, finish it! Push hard!" Nanfeng raised his hand and shouted softly.

"Muga~~" Little Fatty grinned, his honest face appearing to the bad frog as if a demon was grinning wildly. Forget about resisting, any movement it could make now could be considered a breakthrough in the limits of a frog's body.

Makushita Riki strode up to the unruly frog that wouldn't budge no matter how Shao Dong commanded it, and with a wave of his hand, his two crimson gauntlets instantly turned into red phantoms.

Fists rained down on the bad frog like a storm.

Five seconds later, the punch was finished, and the frog fell down.

The battle is over!

"The Croagunk is unable to battle, Makushita Riki has won, so the final winner is Trainer Southwind!" The referee announced the final result immediately.

(At the request of readers, I will try to include more images later.)

50. Meeting an old friend in a foreign land

"The wrestler under the flashing lights is so strong!"

"But is that speed something Makushita Rikishi could possess?"

"Perhaps... this is what makes the warriors under the flash screen special?"

The battle between Nanfeng and Shaodong had ended, but for the surrounding audience, their discussion had just begun.

The speed that Makushita Rikishi displayed in the battle, the unique nature of Shiny Pokémon, and Shao Dong's astonished and bewildered expression after his defeat were all topics of conversation among them.

As expected, the campus network will likely experience some disruption today due to the southerly winds.

However, Nanfeng left the battlefield immediately after the battle ended. He sped off on his supersonic bicycle to avoid the students who wanted to take photos with the warriors under the flashing screen, and he also managed to avoid Li Xiaoyu along with them.

"Where are you? Why are you leaving in such a hurry?" Li Xiaoyu called.

"Something came up, and I need to go off-campus," Nanfeng replied.

"Okay then, remember to let me know when you get back. I haven't seen my darling for days, and I really miss it."

"Okay~"

Nanfeng casually agreed and rode his supersonic bicycle out of the school gate.

Just as I was about to cross the sea bridge, I suddenly saw a familiar couple coming towards me.

It was a messenger bird perched on the railing of the bridge, with a Togepi perched on its head.

This combination seems familiar.

"Chajiduyi (≧▽≦)ゞ" Togepi waved its little hand at the south wind, greeting it familiarly.

"I remember now," Nanfeng recalled that the potato and beef brisket rice he often ordered in Ancheng was delivered by them. This messenger bird almost gave him a "gift" too.

"What are you doing here?" Nanfeng stopped the car and familiarly took out the Pokémon Cube that Kirlia often ate from his pocket and handed it to Togepi.

"Chaiji boo-yi~~~" Togepi immediately hugged the Pokémon cube and ate it happily, but when the Delibird under it saw Southwind, it burst into tears. It could be considered as meeting an old friend in a foreign land.

Holding Nanfeng's arm, she cried for a long time, tears streaming down her face.

But... how could I possibly understand Pokémon's language? I don't have the Power of Everlasting.

Nanfeng remained silent, and could only quietly hand two Pokémon Cubes to Delibird.

Sniff.

The Delibird stopped crying when it smelled the delicious aroma, let go of Nanfeng's hand, hugged the Pokémon Cube, and gnawed on it in big bites.

It's clear that they've both been hungry for a while.

"You two didn't get lost here, did you?" Nanfeng couldn't help but ask, although he thought the possibility was very low, because it takes more than an hour to get from Ancheng to Qiantang, even by high-speed train.

Pokopf kept his head down silently. I'm just a baby, babies don't know anything.

The messenger bird blushed, scratched its head sheepishly, but still nodded in acknowledgment.

"Did they get lost while delivering food?"

The messenger bird nodded again, then took out a ball of light from its small white bag, quickly stuffed it back in, and after rummaging around for a while, pulled out a box of beef brisket rice and handed it to Nanfeng.

The food has gone cold.

"Alright, wait a moment, I'll contact your owner for you." With that, Nanfeng took out his phone, found the number of the potato and beef brisket rice restaurant he often ate at in Ancheng on the food delivery app, and dialed it.

"Hello, is this Ancheng's Bingbing Potato and Beef Brisket Rice? Your delivery driver is lost and has ended up in Qiantang."

"Delivery driver? We don't have any delivery drivers. We use a unified delivery system," the shop assistant on the other end of the phone said, looking puzzled.

"Huh? No delivery guy?" Nanfeng thought he had dialed the wrong number. He glanced at the shop and number, and it was indeed the same "Messenger Bird, the one that comes with Togepi" that he had ordered from last time.

"Oh, you mean that one? That messenger bird isn't ours. It seems to be wild. Our boss took pity on it and let it work at our shop. It went to deliver food two days ago in the evening and hasn't come back. Our boss was worried something had happened to it."

"I didn't expect it to run off to Qiantang. Since you ran into it, tell it to come back sometime; you still haven't paid it half a month's wages..."

After listening to the shop assistant's explanation, Nanfeng realized that the two little guys were wild elves. When she saw them delivering takeout before, she thought they were the elves of the potato and beef brisket rice restaurant owner.

Wild Pokémon...

"What are your plans for the future?" South Wind asked the messenger bird.

The messenger bird was a little confused. It had been doing well delivering food in Ancheng, but who knew it would get lost and end up here.

"Would you like to become my Pokémon?" Nanfeng took out two Poké Balls and placed them in front of them. He didn't intend to raise a Delibird to battle with Togepi, but he felt that he had a certain affinity with them, and it would be nice to keep them by his side.

Especially this Togepi; seeing cute Pokémon can definitely brighten your mood.

The messenger bird glanced at Togepi above its head and silently shook its head.

"Then, shall I buy two high-speed train tickets to send you back to Ancheng?" Nanfeng didn't insist.

The messenger bird pondered for a while, gazing at Qiantang, which was several times more prosperous than Ancheng, and then shook its head.

It's clear that it wants to start a completely new life in Qiantang.

However, it seems they haven't decided what to do yet.

"How about this, do you want me to find you a job? It's the same as before, delivering food, but the delivery area is relatively small, so you won't get lost." Nanfeng remembered that yesterday when he was eating in the cafeteria, he saw that the braised chicken rice restaurant on the second floor of the cafeteria was recruiting delivery drivers.

The requirements for delivery drivers are not limited to humans.

In today's society, it's not uncommon to see elves working outside the home.

Delivering food at school, surrounded by the sea except for the cross-sea bridge leading out of the school, there's no way I could get lost, right?

The messenger bird pondered for a long time with its walnut-sized brain before finally agreeing.

To express its gratitude, it reached into its white cloth bag and pulled out a colorful ball of light.

"Put it back!" Nanfeng said softly.

The messenger bird silently stuffed it back in, pouting in grievance.

If you don't want it, then don't. It's not like my gifts will explode every time.

"However, before I introduce you to the jobs, I have to go out and take care of some things. Would you like to come with me? I can also treat you to lunch."

51. Transactions

Nanfeng rode his supersonic bicycle across the sea bridge, with Messenger Bird and Togepi sitting on the handlebars.

A bit heavy.

Nanfeng decided that he would buy a bicycle with a basket in the front. Although it might not be as fast or durable as a supersonic bicycle, he could catch a Rotom and throw it in.

Rotom bikes would be so cool!

Or perhaps... get a mount sprite. Unfortunately, Nanfeng hasn't set a goal yet.

With Delibird and Togepi speeding along, Southwind quickly entered the city and headed to the Trainer Association.

The Trainer Association is where all trainers earn extra money. Trainers can accept quests here and earn money by completing them. It's also a place where large-scale Pokémon transactions take place.

The transaction between Nanfeng and Lin Jian was carried out here, witnessed by staff from the Trainers Association.

When Nanfen arrived at the entrance of the Trainers Association, Lin Jian was already waiting there.

"I thought you weren't coming," Lin Jian said, his gaze sweeping over the messenger bird and Togepi before finally settling on Nanfeng.

"Why won't you come?" Nanfeng asked in return.

But Lin Jian didn't offer any explanation. He turned and walked into the Trainers Association, saying, "Everything's ready, just waiting for you."

Nanfeng quickened his pace to catch up, and together they entered the Trainers Association.

After passing through the bustling first-floor lobby and going up to the second floor, a middle-aged man in a black suit was already waiting in a small conference room.

The contract was laid out on the table.