Pokémon: Shadow of the Dawn

Seeing Wang Jin turned back, Granny Sha continued to speak as if nothing had happened:

"After you defeat your opponent and win, you will be qualified as an opponent..."

"Hmm?" Wang Jin understood a little, "Do you want us to continue the gym challenge?"

Granny Sha smiled and nodded:

"That's right. Your opponent gets a few badges, and you start with a few badges and continue to complete the challenge. After all contestants have either failed or successfully collected...the challenge is completed, the championship will begin."

"Okay." Wang Jin nodded after thinking about it.

He was the first person to challenge Nie Zi, and Nie Zi would start from Jianding Town. He stopped Nie Zi at the gate of Jianding Town... The media would definitely not follow him all the way, and would probably film him in the next city. It is also possible that there are TV stations stationed in every town.

It would be difficult to show my displeasure directly in Jianding Town in this case, but there are always more solutions than problems.

Thinking about this, he saw that Granny Sha had nothing to say, so he said a simple goodbye to Maru and Lurina and returned to the Marokomon Group Building.

Shortly after.

On the twelfth floor of the building, Wang Jin returned to his bedroom.

The first thing he had to do was to take out the eggs of the incinerator and, as the notes indicated, build a crude hatching nest for it out of charcoal.

The second step is to grind the fire stone into powder and apply it on the insect eggs...

But how to grind it?

Wang Jin was holding two intermediate-quality fire stones and felt a little confused.

Go to the black market to buy some tools?

Wang Jin rejected this idea immediately, and then he said softly:

"Xiao A, Xiao A? Give me a favor..."

In a moment, symbol A floated helplessly in the bedroom, using its superpowers to continuously control the fire stones to float out of the backpack, then grind them into powder bit by bit and apply them on the surface of the burning insect eggs.

With powerful superpowers, one totem symbol A can complete the entire process, allowing Wang Jin to stretch and lie down on the sofa to rest.

Tomorrow is the official start of the Gym Tour Challenge. According to the procedure, as a roadblock challenger, he should block the entrance of Spike Town after Nie Zigang finishes beating his own gym.

Take a break today...

......

the next day.

"Hello everyone, this is today's morning entertainment. The much-anticipated gym tour will begin today. There are a total of seven challengers, plus the group's four special blockers, eleven contestants..."

The host on TV was chattering away, and Wang Jin had basically finished washing and getting dressed.

After wrapping the burning insect eggs and charcoal nests in cardboard and stuffing them into his backpack, he put on the backpack, turned off the TV, and went out.

Although there may be situations where multiple challengers are fighting in gym battles at the same time, the TV station will still try its best to keep it unified and orderly so that the live broadcast effect for the audience is not bloated or boring.

Since Wang Jin was ranked first in the order of obstacles listed yesterday, Nie Zi also became the first player to walk out of the town and start the gym battle in the alliance's secret operation.

Wang Jin took the elevator all the way to the first floor.

Olivia was already waiting at the gate, with the Steelix taxi behind her.

"Wang Jin..." As Olivia came over, she pushed her glasses and reminded him, "The relevant staff will take you to the designated location. Apart from the battle, try to do as little as possible... Wait for the TV station to leave and go to the next person to leave. Is that clear?"

"I see."

Wang Jin nodded and strode into the Steel Crow taxi.

......

At this time, in Spike Town, in the lobby of the Spike Gym.

"I have received the notice that you are the first challenger, Nie Zi." The owner of the Spike Gym, dressed in black, said to Nie Zi in front of him with his hands behind his back.

Nie Zi pointed at himself in astonishment. He had stayed up late last night to give a concert to celebrate the start of the gym tour. The dark circles under his eyes were half the size of a child's fist.

If it was normal, Nie Zi wouldn't have anything to worry about. He was the first, so he was just challenging his father. His father just acted casually and showed it to the Galar audience, and he would pass, right?

But this time it's different, there are group blockers guarding outside...

"That Wang Jin!" Nie Zi gritted his teeth, feeling a little scared.

Although he was confident in his own strength, from the information he had collected recently, it seemed that Wang Jin, who had escaped from Spike Town, was very strong, and really had at least the strength of a Heavenly King...

How can this be?

Nie Zi couldn't imagine that a novice trainer could become a top-level trainer in just a few months, but this was the fact.

He still has a Pokémon that hasn't reached the gym leader level yet!

How to fight this?

"Don't worry..." A mysterious smile appeared on the face of the owner of the Spike Gym.

Seeing this, Nie Zi immediately understood:

"Dad, you want the king-level Pokémon in your hand..."

The owner of the Spike Pavilion turned pale:

"What should I do if I give it to you?"

He only has four king-level Pokémon.

The gym challenge was 6v6. He was the gym leader of Spikes. If all the Pokémon he took out were gym leader-level, and his son took out the King-level, wouldn't Spikes Town lose face if this was broadcast to the audience in the whole region?

This time, the pilgrimage challenge was special, and the gym leaders all agreed to use four or so Elite Pokémon. This made it easier to control the battle situation, prevent the group from becoming the challenger, and try to eliminate the group.

If I give the Pokémon to Nie Zi... not to mention that this lineup is a bit weaker than other gym leaders...

This father is beating his son, and there are two kings and four hall masters. Isn't it obvious that there is a problem?

When the owner of the Spike Pavilion saw Nie Zi turned his head away, he explained in a deep voice:

"If we do this, and the TV station of the group talks nonsense, won't we two father and son become a laughing stock?"

'In fact, it has become a joke...' Nie Zi muttered to himself.

When he was searching for information about Wang Jin, he had seen some news reports that showed a letter of complaint his father had sent to the alliance being criticized in public... If it weren't for the Sharp Nail Town, telling the name of the Sharp Nail Pavilion Master to others would make him look like a fool.

It would be better to give all the top-level Pokémon to Nie Zi, let him defeat his opponents with great force, and then get a good result in the championship.

If I pass the gym to him later, wouldn't the reputation of Spike Town rise again?

As Nie Zi thought about it, he couldn't help but imagine himself reaching the semi-finals or even the finals in the championship game, using rock music to bring passion to the audience...

"Ugh..."

The owner of the Spike Hall sighed deeply, feeling helpless about the silly son in front of him.

He doesn't pay attention to Pokémon training every day, and he only plays some crappy rock music. He wears the same clothes as those bastards in the Shout Team every day... If the Shout Team hadn't picked someone to play with him every day... What a waste of manpower.

The owner of the Spike Hall has always treated Nie Zi in a semi-indulgent manner, but now it seems that it would be better to focus on training Mary.

"I can't possibly give you any Pokémon anyway!"

The spiked owner's emphasized tone broke Nie Zi's fantasy.

Nie Zi snorted, put one hand in his pocket, raised his head and asked:

"So, Dad, what else can you do?"