Pokémon World Adventure

After experiencing a small episode on the way, Minato and Haruna continued walking for two days and finally arrived at a small town near Rainbow City.

"Flower Garden Town?"

Minato compared the map and confirmed the name of the town they were currently in. Flower Garden Town lived up to its name with beautiful flower arrays everywhere. The colorful sea of ​​flowers undulated with the breeze, making people forget to leave.

"Compared with Heiyun City, this beautiful landscape is truly a paradise." Minato said with emotion as his eyes were firmly attracted by the unique landscape in front of him.

There were also many tourists who stopped to watch like him, including a family who came out to drive. Huapu Town is a famous tourist place. Rainbow City has the largest perfume company in Kanto, and Huapu Town is the place where raw materials are grown specifically for it.

"Minato, do we have to continue on our way?" Haruna pulled Minato's sleeves and looked at him pitifully. It was such a pity to leave right away after such a rare opportunity to visit such a beautiful place.

Minato immediately reacted and said with a smile: "I've been here for a long time and have a good rest today. Anyway, it's not even a two-hour journey from here to Rainbow City."

"Yeah! That's great!" Haruna jumped with joy while holding Minato's arm.

The two of them looked at the beautiful scenery in front of them quietly, as if time had frozen at this moment...

"Clang~~~"

The distant ringing of bells came from the town. Minato raised his eyes and looked at the people around him who heard the bells and began to rush into the town. It seemed that something had happened.

Everyone left in no time, and apart from the confused travelers like Minato, the only ones left were the employees who took care of the flower garden.

"Grandpa, do you know what the bells were ringing just now?" Haruna asked an older man with white hair and beard. She was also curious as to why everyone had left.

The old man raised his head and glanced at Minato and Haruna and said with a smile: "You and your boyfriend are here to see these flowers, right? You are lucky, you came at the right time."

"No, no, no, Minato is my brother, not the kind of relationship you mentioned..." Haruna immediately blushed and quickly let go of the hand holding Minato's arm, as if she was electrocuted, looking a little embarrassed.

"Ahaha... I'm old and my eyesight is no longer good. Don't mind."

"It's okay, old gentleman, what do you mean by catching up with the good times?" Minato asked.

"That's right, because there are many flowers and plants planted in our town, all kinds of insect elves are attracted every year. In addition, there are many people coming here to travel, and a week-long insect hunting conference is held every year at this time in the town. , during this period, not only can you conquer the insect elves you want, but the winners of the conference can also get various rewards."

The old man pointed to the end of the path and continued: "I think you are also trainers with the Poké Balls. If you want to participate, just keep walking along this road and you will see the venue of the conference."

Since we happened to meet him, we should go and have a look. Minato and Haruna thanked the old man and followed the path pointed by him.

The end of the alley was indeed bustling with people. Although there were many people, the conference was not grand. A simple stage was set up, and the registration point, award podium, and commentary rules were all squeezed into this small stage.

Behind the stage is the place where the insect catching conference is held. It is an endless flower field with various insect elves flying up and down in it. It is very lively.

"Minato, let's go sign up quickly."

"You want to sign up too? Aren't you very afraid of bugs when you were a kid? The other boys would scare you to tears even if they caught a rhinoceros..." Minato looked at Haruna strangely. If he remembered correctly, the insect elves looked like It must be one of the things female trainers choose to hate every time.

"How can I not!" Haruna puffed up her cheeks and beat Minato's chest, always loving to dig up her own dark history to tell the truth, "Besides, elves are elves, and insect elves are also very cute. Go and sign up quickly, and then Let’s win the tournament!”

Win? Minato raised his eyebrows and looked at the prize table. The first place reward was a top-quality perfume set provided by Rika Group and a three-year care coupon... No wonder he felt like he was surrounded by female trainers from just now...

As a grown man, I don't know what the appeal of perfume is, but since Haruna wants it, let's go for it.

He rubbed Haruna's head vigorously and refused to expose her little thoughts. The two signed up together, each received thirty hunting balls and an emergency whistle, and then quietly waited for the game to begin.

The rules of the Bug Catching Conference are simple. First of all, fighting is not allowed in the flower field. You can only use the hunting balls provided to conquer them directly. Because the insect elves living here are very gentle, you don’t have to worry about being attacked like in the wilderness area. Even if you accidentally anger the elves, just blow Sound the whistle and someone will come to your rescue immediately.

The capture time is one hour, and the hunting balls only give you . They are cheap disposable items, so you have to consider which elves to capture. Being unable to fight means that the success rate of conquering will be very low. If you

If you want to catch a certain powerful elf, you may not be able to catch it even if you run out of time and use up all the hunting balls.

Secondly, if you have conquered many elves, you can only choose one to take away and use this one to compete.

The last step is to determine the winner. Submit your elves to the competition, and professional judges will judge the merits of each to determine the winner. Although Minato didn't know what the judges were basing their judgment on, it just had to be that the rarer and more powerful the elf caught was.

"Now that the rules are all clear, I declare that the st Insect Catching Conference has officially begun!"

At the host's command, the bar blocking the entrance was removed, and everyone rushed in. With only one hour, they must find their target before anyone else does.

Some people went directly to the easy-to-conquer green caterpillars and unicorn bees on the ground, making sure to capture one of them first; others immediately pounced on the giant stingrays flying in the air. Although this kind of elf is difficult to subdue, it is difficult to control. It is easy to get a good ranking in the competition...

"Minato, what should we do now?" Haruna held the elf ball tightly but didn't know what to do. She was just a breeder and had never done such a thing as subduing elf.

"Don't be in a hurry, just observe first. If you have limited time and elf balls, you can't be blind. Collect the information and then strike with a fatal blow."

There were cheers of successful subjugation coming from all around, but Minato remained unfazed. Even if you collect thirty animals, you can only choose one to participate in the competition. If your goal is to win, you have to find the best one to start with.

While others were busy looking for elves to tame, Minato took Haruna and wandered around for fifteen minutes.

Although Haruna believed in Minato's approach, she still couldn't help but feel anxious. Someone had already taken away a big butterfly and she would fly away if she didn't make some prizes.

After looking for a long time, Haruna finally located a green caterpillar hiding in the haystack and prepared to practice with it.

"Um...I'm sorry, please let me tame the little green caterpillar!"

The green caterpillar didn't even look at Haruna and just ate the green leaves in front of it. Haruna gritted her teeth and threw the hunting ball in her hand...

Even though it was less than three meters away, Haruna actually threw it away. The hunting ball rolled to the side of the green caterpillar. Haruna wanted to pick it up, but she took two steps back, her face full of tangles.

Didn’t you say that you are not afraid of insect elves? Minato looked at Haruna's behavior like she was playing with treasures speechlessly, then stepped forward to help retrieve the hunting ball and said: "You can't win the prize even if you tame the green caterpillars. Let's go. We've seen enough and I'll take you to tame other elves."

Minato walked in front and walked around with Haruna until he came to a corner where there were few people. The grass here was as tall as half a person and it was difficult to walk. Moreover, there was not even one of the most common green caterpillars. No wonder there was no one here. .

Just when Haruna was about to ask why she came here, the grass on the left suddenly swished loudly, which scared Haruna and she turned pale and hid in Minato's arms. Looking closely, it turned out to be a flying mantis!

"Minato! Over there, look over there!" Haruna lowered her voice desperately for fear of scaring away the flying mantis.

"Stop pinching me. My hands are bruised by your pinching. I'm watching. Don't worry. There are a lot of high-level elves here and no one is trying to fight us. Take your time and don't rush." ​​Minato rubbed his arm and smiled bitterly. He said that his wandering for so long was not in vain. This should be the best arresting place in the entire flower field. There is no need to be in such a hurry.

"Minato is so awesome, how do you know this place? It seems like we have never been here before?"

"Well, it's actually not difficult to guess." Minato explained while walking through the deep grass: "The entire flower field is roughly divided into three types, the shallow grass area where elves are densely populated, the deep grass area where few people visit, and the protected nursery. . Think about it carefully, it is autumn and all the valuable flowers and plants have been harvested. Where do you think those insect elves will gather?"

"Our deep grass area?" Haruna tilted her head and said uncertainly.

Minato paused speechlessly and held his forehead. This was obviously a random answer...

"Idiot, it's a nursery. Whether it's the deep grass area or the shallow grass area, it's just a patch of weeds. Otherwise, how could they let us come in and trample on it? Only those nurseries with exotic flowers and plants are attractive to elves."

"No, I've been following you and I haven't seen any elves in the nursery. It's not like the grass grows as tall as here."

"Haha, this is the cleverness of people holding insect-catching conferences. Insect elves have good and bad effects on such flower fields. Big butterflies and giant needle bees can help spread pollen, but green caterpillars and unicorn beetles are not. They will eat the seedlings, which one of the two is easier to catch?"

Minato saw Haruna's expression of realization and knew that she finally understood. Yes, a lot of pesticides were sprayed on the surrounding nurseries, and Minato could smell it after traveling for so long.

The people in the town are very smart, and a large number of insect elves breed in the flower fields all year round. They first used insecticide to force the elves out, and then held a bug-catching meeting to let the trainers take away the harmful green caterpillars, leaving behind the hard-to-catch and beneficial Bada butterflies. In addition, the bug-catching convention can also enhance the town’s reputation, which really serves multiple purposes.