Pokémon: Master System.

"I'm not going on the trip for now." Xia Yu shook his head. He needed to go back to train his Pokémon: "Some of my skills are still too weak. I need to train my Pokémon seriously."

weak?

Xiao Wanyu couldn't help but want to complain.

Are your Darkrai, Iron Warrior, and Gigantamax Lapras weak?

Xiao Wanyu rolled her eyes at Xia Yu, but it had no intimidating effect; instead, it exuded a charming allure. That's how it is with beautiful women—even a casual eye roll reveals a thousand kinds of charm.

"By the way, what are you going to do with your Gigantamax Lapras? It's quite badly injured, you can't keep it inside the Poké Ball forever."

"And I have to remind you of something: with the size of a Super Giant Laplace, the amount of food it consumes every day is not small, so you should be prepared."

"Being a good trainer is not an easy thing. It's like fighting a war; it's all about logistics."

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Xia Yu's face paled as he listened to Xiao Wanyu's string of words. He really hadn't considered the living space and food intake of Gigantamax Lapras.

After Xiao Wanyu's reminder, he also realized that while permanently enhanced Gigantamax Pokémon are indeed powerful, the cost of training them is not cheap.

Xia Yu suddenly thought of Ash. That bastard caught so many Pokémon and left them all in Professor Oak's lab. Thinking about it, the cost of feeding them must be a huge sum of money.

It has to be said that Professor Oak is really good to Ash; he's practically like Ash's biological father.

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How to deal with Gigantamax Lapras? Xia Yu realized he only had two options: one was to send it back to the Dragon-type Secret Realm and place it in the forbidden area. The forbidden area could accommodate it, but this was not a long-term solution and it would be easy to be exposed.

As for the second option, it's both far away and right in front of us. Since Xiao Wanyu is so smart, she must have thought of a solution since she raised this question.

Thinking of this, Xia Yu moved closer to Xiao Wanyu, her tone laced with flattery: "Wanyu~"

"Hmm?" Looking at Xia Yu's expression, Xiao Wanyu knew exactly what he was planning. Her eyebrows curved slightly, and a faint smile appeared on her lips. She turned to look at Xia Yu with an innocent expression: "Is there something you need?"

"Wanyu~" Xia Yu continued to call Xiao Wanyu's name, but didn't say anything.

Hearing Xia Yu's affectionate address, Xiao Wanyu blushed a little and couldn't help but glare at Xia Yu and scold, "Just say what's on your mind, don't be so mushy."

"Wanyu, don't you know what I'm thinking?" Xia Yu said.

"Anyway, it's not a good idea." Xiao Wanyu turned her face away and said, "Your mind is full of lewd thoughts. Just say what you want to say."

"You must have a way to help me settle Gigantamax Laplace, right?"

"Yes, but why should I help you?" Xiao Wanyu looked at Xia Yu and asked with a deliberately stern face, "I've already repaid the favor I owed you today."

Although she said she didn't want to help, the faint smile on Xiao Wanyu's lips betrayed her true thoughts.

"Wanyu, you can't just stand by and watch someone die..."

"Help me, and I will repay you handsomely in the future."

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In the end, Xiao Wanyu agreed to help Xia Yu temporarily place Gigantamax Lapras in the Water System Secret Realm of Magic City. The Water System Secret Realm of Magic City is adjacent to the sea, which is undoubtedly an excellent place to place Gigantamax Lapras.

However, she also said that given Gigantamax Lapras's size, she could only help with its placement for a short period of time. This was not a long-term solution, as people came and went in the secret realm. If it stayed there for too long, Gigantamax Lapras would eventually be exposed.

Xia Yu still needs to find a place to house Gigantamax Lapras as soon as possible.

This gave Xia Yu a real headache. Given the enormous size of Super Gigantamax Laplace, there was really nowhere to house him except the ocean. But he couldn't just buy a ship, set sail, and find a dozen or so companions to become Yonko, could he? There were no Shichibukai or World Government in this world.

Xiao Wanyu seemed to see the trouble in Xia Yu's eyes and said with a smile, "You'd better think of a solution soon. I can only help you hide it for half a year at most. After half a year, the Water System Secret Realm will hold an event, and you will have to find a way to deal with it yourself. I can't help you then."

"I understand." Xia Yu nodded.

"Are you going back to the capital tonight?" Xiao Wanyu asked.

"Definitely not. I need to build a relationship with Gigantamax Lapras first, so I won't be going to the capital today," Xia Yu said.

Gigantamax Lapras has only just been captured and is currently in a crucial period of adjustment, so it's impossible for him to leave the Water-type Secret Realm.

As for the Roaring Overlord placed in the Dragon-type Secret Realm of the Imperial Capital, Xia Yu plans to give it to his older brother.

He originally intended to give it to Teacher Long, but Teacher Long already had a Gyarados, while his brother didn't have a powerful Water-type Pokémon yet.

With this, the older brother now has two Elite Four level Pokémon: Aerodactyl and Groudon, which makes him much stronger than the average Elite Four level trainer.

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Chapter 356 One Year

More than a month later.

During this month, Xia Yu spent most of his time in the Water-type Secret Realm in Shanghai, building a bond with his newly captured Gigantamax Lapras, while also training other Pokémon.

Since the High School Cup ended, Xia Yu has not conducted any high-intensity training on his Pokémon, resulting in almost all of them becoming somewhat lazy recently.

Xia Yu took this opportunity to intensify his training and set a short-term goal for all the Pokémon.

First, there are the three main Pokémon: Charizard, Sceptile, and Noivern. Xia Yu's goal for these three Pokémon is to help them reach the Gym Leader level before the start of university.

Secondly, the team should strive to evolve the Axew into the Double Axew, and the Shellder should also try to evolve into the Bloodwing Wyvern.

Dragapult tries to evolve into Dragapult.

This was Xia Yu's arrangement for the team.

As for the second team, the three Pokémon—Indulgence, Cinderace, and Gengar—will all strive to break through to the Overlord level.

Speaking of Gengar, it was originally Gastly. After arriving in Shanghai, Xia Yu, with Xiao Wanyu's help, obtained two A-rank Poison-type items, and Xia Yu immediately evolved Gastly into Gengar. (Gastly's evolution into Gengar is a trade evolution; in reality, it's changed to an upgrade evolution.)

As for the remaining Iron Warrior, Xia Yu didn't make any arrangements for it. After all, it was the team's elder brother, so he could do whatever he wanted. He just hoped that it could break through to the quasi-master level as soon as possible and become an even stronger asset.

Then, for Diancie, Xia Yu demanded that it break through to the Overlord level, and then try its best to break through to the Gym Leader level.

This is also because legendary Pokémon grow very quickly, much faster than ordinary Pokémon, so Xia Yu naturally has higher requirements for them.

Next up is Darkrai. Xia Yu gave it the Broken Punishment Bottle to absorb. A 100% Dark-type core energy source is no joke. Xia Yu believed that with the help of the Broken Punishment Bottle, Darkrai's growth should be extremely fast, and it could soon break through to the near-champion level or even the champion level.

As for the newly hatched Rotom, Xia Yu didn't have high expectations for it; he just wanted it to grow slowly. After all, it had countless older brothers protecting it.

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While Xia Yu was immersed in the water-type secret realm, constantly training his Pokémon.

Wearing sunglasses, Xiao Wanyu was meeting with an old friend she hadn't seen in a long time, enjoying afternoon tea together.

"Wanyu." The woman opposite her was about 50 years old. Even though she was well-maintained, there were many crow's feet around her eyes. She was wearing a white coat and looked at Xiao Wanyu in front of her, asking, "Why did it take so long for you to come for a follow-up check-up this time?"

"Something came up and I was delayed," Xiao Wanyu said. People like her usually have a private doctor for regular checkups. Normally, they're checked every two weeks or a month, but it's been over a month since Xiao Wanyu's last checkup: "How were the results?"

"Your health is excellent." The doctor looked Xiao Wanyu up and down, a hint of ambiguity in his eyes. "Your chronic endocrine imbalance has improved significantly. I've told you before that finding a man could effectively solve your endocrine imbalance problem. You never listened to me before, but you've suddenly come to your senses recently."

Xiao Wanyu blushed slightly: "It was just a coincidence."

"Keep it up. It's rare to see someone your age doing it for the first time," the middle-aged doctor teased Xiao Wanyu. "By the way, how did it feel?"

"It's alright..." Xiao Wanyu's expression was a little unnatural. Ever since that incident with Xia Yu, it had never happened again.

As for her first memory, she didn't actually remember it very clearly.

"Not bad? I'll get you a box of this; it might help with your sex life. When will you bring your boyfriend to see it?" the middle-aged doctor said.

"Let's talk about it when we have time," Xiao Wanyu said somewhat awkwardly.

"Oh, you're getting shy now. We're all adults, you can be a little more unrestrained in your speech," the middle-aged doctor teased.

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After spending more than a month in Shanghai, Xia Yu was preparing to return to Xishu Province because his sister-in-law was about to give birth. Accompanying him were Xiao Wanyu and a team of obstetricians and gynecologists hired from Shanghai.

Because my sister-in-law was in her late pregnancy and it was inconvenient for her to move around, she did not come to Shanghai. Instead, she hired a professional delivery team at a high salary and went to Xingguang City.

As for the cost, Xiao Wanyu waved her hand dismissively, as if she were very wealthy.

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Upon returning to Xingguang City, Xiao Wanyu received a warm welcome from the Xia and Lin families.

Given Xiao Wanyu's status, she would be treated as the most honored guest wherever she went. Moreover, this time when she came to Xingguang City, Xiao Wanyu not only hired a professional team of obstetricians and gynecologists, but also used a private jet to pick her up and drop her off.

Xia Yu's family and the Lin couple who came to express their gratitude to Xiao Wanyu.

Xiao Wanyu smiled and said that it was just a small favor, and given the cooperative relationship between the two families, it was a trivial matter.

After dinner, Xiao Wanyu suggested going to Xingguang City for a visit, and the task of accompanying her naturally fell to Xia Yu, who was on summer vacation.

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Having not returned to Starlight City for a long time, Xia Yu also felt that the city was somewhat unfamiliar.

I don't know when it started, but almost all the posters on both sides of the street have been replaced with Xia Yu's.

There are group photos of Xia Yu winning the championship, as well as individual battles featuring Mega Charizard, Mega Sceptile, Noivern, and Dragapult.

Moreover, many young people walking on the street are wearing Xia Yu's Starlight City battle uniform.

Xia Yu, who made history, is undoubtedly a hero of this city.

Xiao Wanyu watched this scene with great interest, then turned to Xia Yu and asked in a low voice, "I didn't realize you were so popular in Starlight City, Xia Champion."

Wearing a mask, Xia Yu's gaze fell on the small city, and he said, "For a small city like Starlight City, it's normal to only produce one university cup champion every few decades. In many people's eyes, I am a hero of Starlight City, but in reality, I am just an ordinary person."

"Great hero, please continue walking with me," Xiao Wanyu said.