How can I be a trainer when my girlfriend is so cute?

"This place is really hard to find!" The next morning, after groping in the Evergreen Forest for a long time, Fang Ci finally found the venue for the competition.

If yesterday's mountain road was rugged and difficult to travel, then today's road to the competition venue can be said to be non-existent at all.

Fang Ci forced Snorlax to overcome many obstacles before finally finding this place based on the location on the Internet.

However, although both are dense primeval forests, the Evergreen Forest and the Hundred Generations Forest gave Fang Ci completely different impressions.

Perhaps the impression left on him by the dark forest that night was so profound that he still felt his hair stand on end when he recalled it now. However, although the evergreen forest before him was also full of primitive wildness, what Fang Ci felt most clearly here was indeed the forest's vigorous breath of life.

Fang Ci had heard that forests were like the lungs of the world, and each forest was like a lush palace of life. They were quiet and mysterious, but in them all kinds of life stories were played out.

At this moment, Fang Ci was in this temple of life. The sun shone through the layers of leaves, casting mottled shadows on the ground covered with fallen leaves. The air was full of the fresh scent of soil and new leaves, which was the unique fragrance of the forest. A breeze blew, and the leaves above his head rustled, as if telling the story of this forest.

In the tree canopy overhead, Pidgeots and Spearows were singing happily on the branches, Butterfree and Beedrills were dancing among the flowers, and a bad-tempered Monkey Monster, for some unknown reason, started fighting with his companions in the tall branches, and his hoarse cries startled a group of birds hiding among the branches and leaves.

"Brother, are you here to participate in the competition too?" Just as Fang Ci looked up and immersed in the vitality of the forest, a voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

Fang Ci turned around hurriedly and found that a black-haired boy in a brown leather jacket had appeared in front of him.

"That's right!" Fang Ci replied politely to the young man who took the initiative to chat with him.

After being reminded by the young man, Fang Ci began to look around. Apart from a simple banner hung between two trees not far away and a capsule machine whose use could be roughly guessed, this place didn't look like a competition venue at all.

Under the towering trees, about twenty men and women of different ages gathered in groups of three or four, talking in low voices.

"These are the contestants of this competition. There are more than double the number compared to last year!" Noticing Fang Ci's gaze, the black-haired young man explained in a low voice.

"Did you participate in this competition last year?" Fang Ci immediately asked in a low voice upon hearing this.

For some reason, in this quiet forest, everyone's voices became cautious at the same time.

"Yes, my name is Xiaosong, and my home is in this Evergreen Forest. I got the first place last year by chance, and this child is the proof of my victory!" Hearing Fang Ci's question, Xiaosong immediately pointed proudly at a Sly Mantis with double sickles flashing with dazzling cold light beside him and said proudly to Fang Ci.

"That's amazing, but is the reward for this competition an elf?" Fang Ci asked doubtfully.

"You don't know?" Upon hearing this, Asong immediately looked over in confusion.

"Haha, I came here just because I heard from my friends that there was a competition here. I don't really know what kind of competition it is." After all, Uncle Ruby only knew some one-sided things, and Fang Ci knew even less.

"By the way, my name is Fang Ci, and I'm from Niaoguang City in the Padia region." Finally, Fang Ci did not forget to introduce himself.

Hearing that Fang Ci came from another region, Xiaosong immediately became more enthusiastic and explained to Fang Ci, "This competition starts with a contestant randomly getting a Pokémon prepared by the contestant to enter the competition area. Each person has five chances to capture a wild Pokémon, and each time a Pokémon is captured, it must be replaced with the Pokémon in the contestant's hand. During the competition, a contestant can only have one Pokémon. Once their Pokémon is defeated by a wild Pokémon or other contestants, they are considered eliminated."

"The contestant who persists to the end and crosses the entire competition area wins the competition. The contestant who does not move or fight with other wild Pokémon or trainers within half an hour will also be considered eliminated. During the competition, only Pokémon provided by the competition organizer or captured during the competition can be used. At the end of the competition, the top five contestants can choose one Pokémon they have used and take it away. They will receive the corresponding prize money according to their ranking."

"The deeper you go into the competition area, the stronger the wild Pokémon you will encounter, so it's important to make good use of the five opportunities to capture and exchange Pokémon in time!" Perhaps because he felt that Fang Ci, a foreigner, posed no threat to him, Asong even kindly reminded him.

"It sounds more and more interesting!" After Asong's explanation, Fang Ci understood it instantly, and his inner enthusiasm was ignited at the same time.

"Please come to the Gachapon machine immediately to get your initial elves. After ten minutes of familiarization time, the competition will officially begin!"

Asong wanted to say something, but the voice of a middle-aged man wearing a suit that didn't fit in with the surroundings next to the gashapon machine suddenly exploded in everyone's ears through the loudspeaker.

"It's time to draw the elves, let's go quickly!" Seeing this, Asong stopped chatting with Fang Ci and walked towards the gashapon machine.

The scale of this competition was even smaller than Fang Ci had imagined. Including himself, there were only about twenty people participating. It didn't take long for Fang Ci to queue up and pull out a green Poké Ball from the capsule machine that looked like it was specially used for the competition.

At this time, the players who had obtained the Pokémon before him could not wait to release their Pokémon. Fang Ci took a quick look and found that most of them were Pokémon such as Pidgeot, Spearow and Caterpillar, which were common Pokémon in the Evergreen Forest.

Gently pressing the switch on the Poké Ball, an ordinary-looking brown bird flapped its wings and landed gently in front of Fang Ci.

"It's Bobo!" Seeing the familiar elf in front of him, Fang Ci nodded slightly. After all, Bobo is stronger than the Caterpillar and the Unicorn Beetle.

"Bobo, please show me the moves you can use."

"Bobo~"

Upon hearing this, Bobo immediately flew into the air and demonstrated all the moves he had mastered to Fang Ci.

"Impact, splashing sand, wind and flash of lightning, it looks pretty good." Fang Ci was more or less surprised to see that Xiao Bobo had mastered four moves.

Ten minutes passed quickly, and everyone present looked impatiently at the man in the suit in the middle, waiting for him to give the order to start.

During this time, Fang Ci discovered that the previous champion Asong, who had just spoken to him, had already occupied the front row. Next to him, a coiled up Arbok snake was lazily spitting out its tongue, scaring the nearby contestant, Rattata, so much that his whole body was shaking.