The world of hardcore Pokémon can also be very warm

Two days later, in a gorgeously decorated hall.

"I didn't expect that the Hezhong Alliance would hold such a grand ceremony to celebrate the new gym leaders. They are really rich!" Omu Yong sighed and couldn't help but straighten his clothes.

I don’t know if it’s because I’m not used to the dress I’m wearing, or because I’m not used to the atmosphere in the hall.

"Just relax, dad. As long as you don't act too rude, no one will be bored and stare at you." Yang Yan, who had a little experience in the scene at this time, gave guidance.

Omu Yong nodded, and then handed the invitation sent by a special person from the United Union this morning to the waiter at the door.

The waiter quickly checked and then raised his hand sideways, "Please come in!"

"Thank you!" Omu Yong nodded slightly unnaturally, and then slowly walked through the door with his wife holding his arm.

Yang Yan was a little behind, because he was looking at the groups of people in groups in front and behind with great interest.

"As expected, these people should be the new gym leaders who have passed the gym leader assessment and their relatives and friends."

This morning, when they were woken up by a knock on the door and received the invitation letter, Yangyan's family found out that his father, Omu Yong, had passed the gym leader assessment.

It was also because of the staff member's reminder that Omu Yong knew that his trainer account had received relevant notifications early yesterday morning.

In addition, the alliance's official assessment results announcement was also announced at about the same time.

Maybe it was because it was too late, so there wasn't much commotion last night.

Yang Yan and his father later studied the announcement carefully and found that the announcement only gave a list of 100 people who passed the assessment according to region, but there was no specific ranking of everyone.

I don’t know if there is anything fishy here.

But even if there is a problem, Yang Yan does not need to explore it. Dad passed the exam successfully, and that's the most important thing.

After passing through the door and formally entering the banquet hall, Yang Yan discovered that there were a lot more people than he thought.

Perhaps in order to allow unfamiliar people to communicate freely, the banquet was divided into different areas according to regions.

In each area, there are also special delicacies unique to each region.

Yang Yan naturally followed his father to the Fengyuan area.

Today's banquet is prepared for new owners like dad, who are the protagonists.

Yang Yan came here just to gain experience, and he would not "do it for me".

"This must be Mr. Omu, right?"

Yang Yan's family walked over and immediately caught the eyes of the people who were talking just now.

One of the men, who looked to be the oldest among them, spoke first.

"I am Omu Yong, may I ask..."

"Don't be nervous, Mr. Omu, I will guess your identity, just because among our new owners of Fengyuan, only Mr. Omu has not arrived yet!"

"I see," Omu Yong felt a little ashamed, "I didn't expect everyone to come so early."

"I'm just bored!" At this time, another man of similar age to Omu Yong came out. He was holding two bottles of wine that were only available in Fengyuan, and he stuffed one of them into Omu Yong's hands. into his arms, and said with a smile: "Although he is not late, he is the last one to come, so he deserves to be punished!"

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While my father was getting to know and chatting with a dozen other new hall owners in Fengyuan, my mother, Reiko, was also pulled to the other side by the female relatives of those hall owners.

Women's topics are completely different from those between men, and Yang Yan has no interest in getting involved.

But this does not mean that no one will pay attention to him, because the younger generation members among the relatives and friends of the museum owners are naturally preparing to accept Yang Yan, the "newcomer".

For parents and elders in the family to become gym leaders, it is natural and honorable for them, so everyone is filled with happy smiles.

Yang Yan did not put on airs and quickly integrated into the small group after a brief self-introduction.

From region to region, different circles formed between new museum owners and others.

Although there is no clear divide between them, there are indeed not many people who are willing to communicate with people from different regions.

Yang Yan also didn't wander around, but he just echoed the lofty ideals of some "hot-blooded young people".

So, about half an hour passed.

Suddenly an unexpected voice sounded behind Yang Yan, breaking the cheerful atmosphere.

"Lord Omu?!"

This "Sir" made everyone a little confused, and the scene suddenly became quiet. Even the new hall owners on the other side stopped communicating and looked at the person who just spoke,

To be more precise, those people.

Yang Yan was also stunned for a moment, and then turned around and realized that he was indeed an acquaintance.

"Dousuke?!"

At this time, a middle-aged man with a graceful manner came from behind Dou Jie and couldn't help but set his sights on Yang Yan first. He asked curiously, "Dou Jie, this young man is..."

Dousuke recovered from his surprise, raised his hand and introduced: "Mr. Kawakami, this is my boss when I first joined the military, Oki Yohiko."

"military?"

"boss?"

These two words, which were so normal, seemed a bit inconsistent when used by a young man like Yang Yan. The young people who had just talked to Yang Yan were really at a loss for words.

Yang Yan ignored the shock of the others, but stood up and walked to the middle-aged man, "Dousuke, he is joking, I am not an 'adult' now."

"Sir... Mr. Omu, he left the army after that mission." Dousuke explained helpfully.

"That's it!" Kawakami nodded, and then asked: "My friend left the army, could it be that he wants to become a gym leader? I remember that there is indeed a big wood among the new gym leaders this time..."

"That's my father!" Yang Yan suddenly interrupted.

At this time, Omu Yong, who finally couldn't sit still, walked up, and Yang Yan took advantage of the situation and half-held his father's hand.

"This is my father!"

Da MuYong stretched out his hand and said, "Hello, Mr. Kawakami, I am Da MuYong!"

Kawakami paused for a moment, then laughed, "Sorry, sorry, I didn't do my job well, and I almost made a joke!"

Omu Yong was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to say. Yang Yan had no choice but to continue to answer and said with a smile: "Don't say that. If word gets out, if people misunderstand it, why don't you give my dad some shoes?"

"Mr. Kawakami is not that kind of person..." Dousuke helped again.

Kawakami smiled and said: "My little friend, you are worrying too much. Although I am not doing my job well, you two are our talents in Fengyuan. How could I ignore big things just because of a trivial matter!"

The implication is that if he was a petty person, how could the Fengyuan Alliance send him as an envoy?

Yang Yan was actually betting, so he made the matter clear in a half-joking way.

Fortunately, I didn't make a mistake.

After chatting briefly for a few more words, Kawakami turned around and walked towards the new owner.

Oki Isamu is one of them.

Yang Yan followed Doujie and walked to the other side amidst gazes of various emotions.

"Although Mr. Kawakami has a good temper, you are really bold to say that. I almost broke out in a cold sweat when I heard it." Dosuke wiped his forehead with some fear.

Yang Yan didn't explain too much because he didn't care whether Kawakami was a generous person or not.

In terms of value, he was not comparable to Kawakami. Even if a conflict really arose, he believed that the Hoenn Alliance would not offend him because of Kawakami.

"Let's not talk about this. Tosuke, are you here as a guard?"

"Yes." Tosuke explained, "Since you left, I have been assigned to the patrol police, responsible for protecting the commercial ships traveling between Hoenn and Unova. Therefore, the escort work for Mr. Kawakami's mission to Unova this time was handed over to the brigade I was in charge of, but I didn't expect to meet you here!"

"Tosuke, you are older than me, and I am no longer your boss. You don't have to keep using honorifics to address me. It sounds weird." Yang Yan corrected him, "We can just call each other friends."

"OK then."

When Yang Yan was the squadron leader, Doujie was considered the most stable among the three team leaders. Yang Yan was not surprised that he would be assigned to be responsible for the escort of the sea routes.

Although Yang Yansui and Doujie went to the other side, there were suddenly more topics surrounding him.

Even several other new gym masters were curious and asked Oki Isamu about Yang Yan's situation.

However, Oki Isamu adhered to the principle of keeping a low profile and did not introduce Yang Yan in a big way. He only said that his son had indeed worked in the military, but later felt it was inappropriate, so he left.

On the other side, in the circle of women, Reiko said almost the same thing.

Seeing that he couldn't get anything out of the question, he slowly changed the topic.

After all, they have more important things to do right now: to establish a good relationship with Kawakami.

Kawakami is not only the person in charge of this diplomatic mission, but also the person responsible for bringing these new pavilion masters back to Hoenn.

In addition, Kawakami's impression and evaluation of the new gym leader will also become an important reference for the Hoenn Alliance on how to arrange the new gym leader.

Precisely because this work is so important, naturally not everyone can be the diplomat sent here.

Especially after talking with Yang Yan, Kawakami's character was truly verified.

But even so, several new hall owners still couldn't help but do their best to curry favor.

After all, Kawakami's opinion does have the power to decide their fate to some extent.

At this moment, everyone is a new gym owner and they all look the same, but since Kawakami appeared, everyone's future has changed.

There is also a gap between museum owners.

It's not just the difference in strength, there's also the difference in the location of the gym.

Generally speaking, all new gym masters will have two futures after returning to their birthplace, unless there are some special reasons.

One is to inherit an existing gym with the same attributes.

2. Choose a city without a gym to build a new gym.

Of course, in most cases, new gym owners would tend to choose one.

As mentioned before, gym leaders also have to take tests, and if they fail, they will be dismissed.

This is basically how the existing gyms that new gym leaders can choose from are determined.

Once an existing gym can be inherited, the owner can save a lot of time and money and start "business" directly. In addition, there is no need to spend a lot of effort on publicity before challengers will come to the door automatically.

It’s different when building a new gym.

Although the alliance will provide some subsidies for building a new gym, the gym owner still has to pay a large sum of money. It is time-consuming and laborious.

The most important thing is that the "gym" model has been operating for many years, and basically all the better cities have gyms.

The development of the city will affect the rise and fall of the gym.

Choosing to build a new gym will naturally mean that it will not be able to compare to the existing gyms in terms of potential.

We are not fools, so we naturally know how to make the better choice.

However, there are not always enough existing gyms for new gym owners to inherit, and in order to ensure the vitality of the "gym" model, the alliance also needs to continue to establish new gyms. Therefore, there are always some people who are forced to choose the second path.

Kawakami's opinion is crucial in preventing oneself from becoming the unlucky one.

That's why they tried every means to get Oki's words out, just to find out whether Yang Yan would affect Kawakami's evaluation of Oki.

Fortunately, Yang Yan had reminded his parents earlier, otherwise normal parents would not deliberately hide their son’s achievements.

In fact, all this is thanks to Qianli’s reminder.

Otherwise, Yang Yan would have no way to know about the twists and turns between the "masters", let alone prevent them.

At this time, there are people similar to "Kawakami" in the hall and in various regions.

As a result, the atmosphere in the hall seemed to become more lively.

I don't know how long it took before the person in charge of the United Alliance, which hosted the banquet, finally arrived.

Maybe he came so late on purpose. After all, no one was in the mood to listen to his nagging during that period of time.

With the arrival of this person in charge, the banquet officially began.

"Yang Yan, if it's inconvenient for you to go back, why don't you come to my place? The United Alliance has also arranged a dining table in the compartment for us escort personnel."

As everyone started to take their seats, Tosuke suggested, noticing that Yohiko was hesitant.

At the same time, Tosuke also said that some of his companions were once subordinates of Yang Yan. It was not easy to meet them, so there was no reason not to meet them.

"Okay, it's time to go meet everyone." Yang Yan agreed after thinking for a moment.

Although Yang Yan is basically unfamiliar with his subordinates except for the three former team leaders: Tosuke, Ukyo and Kanai Kai, returning to his original position now might cause more problems and would be far less easy than going to the military.

A few hours later, although he had a full meal, Oki Yong opened the door tiredly as if he had fought all day. "I never thought that eating a meal could be so tiring."

Yang Yan walked to the coffee table and poured a few glasses of water, then said with a smile, "That won't do, Dad. When you become the owner of the museum, there will be a lot of similar dinners. You have to adapt to it as soon as possible."

At this point, Oki Isamu sighed and waved his hand, saying, "Your father is not very good at talking. I don't think Mr. Kawakami would think highly of me. Museum owner? I don't know when I can officially become the owner!"

Yang Yan smiled and advised: "Even if you can't inherit a good gym, I will build a gym for you that is no worse than anyone else, so just be at ease and prepare to be your gym leader!"