Pokémon: Shadow of the Dawn

Zhanjing Town.

Next to the Hero's Fountain.

Because the temperature of this hot spring that gushed out from underground was very high, much of the surrounding snowflakes melted in mid-air, including the surrounding marble platforms and some of the road surface.

Wang Jin sat on the steps of the Heroes' Fountain, patiently waiting for the arrival of the group members.

Fortunately, he ran very fast and did not apply to Olivia at all. Otherwise, with Olivia's personality, she would probably forcefully refuse and take some measures...

No matter what Lost knew now, the sword and shield or the unknown totem... Wang Jin assumed that he knew it all.

Since Lost already knows about the sword and shield and the unknown totem, the group's style will most likely be to carry out a process of arrest, search, and cleanup after the championship match... that is, when Wang Jin has fulfilled his role as a challenger.

"We have to leave Galar before the championship match, preferably the finals... before Rose expects it."

Wang Jin murmured, covering his face with the heat rising from his cheeks, which was a bit hot. It was the hero's fountain behind him.

Even if Roz adopted a gentler approach and wanted to talk to him...the sword, shield and unknown totem were the center of the conflict. Wang Jin would never hand them over, and Roz would never give up the sword, shield and unknown totem.

He couldn't possibly be a dog for Ross in Galar for the rest of his life, like old man Ruby.

Now we can actually plan the ship, but we still need to rely on Dr. Yamanashi and others...

"Gah-"

The cry of Steel Crows could be heard from the distant sky. There were two Steel Crow taxis, which seemed to be filled with people wearing thick clothes.

In just a moment, the Steelix was safely parked in the square where the Hero's Fountain was located.

The square was covered with snow and there were almost no pedestrians nearby.

"Gah-"

The two steel crows simply flapped their wings, and their feathers brought the biting cold wind to clear a few small, relatively clean areas in the thick snow next to them. Then they put down the passenger box in their claws and stopped behind, waiting silently.

The group's staff walked out of the passenger compartment in an orderly manner and came to Wang Jin.

One of them was led by a man in a thick long cotton coat. After taking off his sunglasses, a familiar deep face was revealed. It was Ryan who had been hosting the gym tour program.

"I was sent here to film you one-on-one... surveillance, I guess?" Ryan smiled bitterly and buried the lower half of his face in his high collar.

He then continued in a muffled voice:

"Under normal circumstances... we will only prepare for filming in advance when ordinary roadblockers arranged by the alliance appear... Many challengers will not even go hiking, they will just run over and act when it's time to film."

"Where is Yaluo?" Wang Jin asked.

Ryan shrank his head and sat next to him and answered:

"Yaluo was specially arranged by President Ross... The original plan was for him to go hiking. If it weren't for Yaluo's lack of strength, President Ross would have wanted to mold him into a card trainer for the group... Just like Dantei."

Wang Jin nodded slightly and looked at the cameramen around him who didn't care at all. They rubbed their hands and sat down beside the marble steps of the Heroes Fountain.

He asked Ryan again:

“No rush to shoot?”

Ryan shrank like a quail and kept shaking his head:

"The TV show has to be continuous, so we have to wait for notification... let's see what's scheduled later. During this time, we'll just follow you and report your actions."

Ryan said this and couldn't help but turn his head to look at Wang Jin:

"So, what did you do? Allow the group to spy on you like this?"

As the host of the gym tour program, the challenger he is most familiar with is probably Wang Jin. From the beginning of the spike town to the battle town, strangely enough, Wang Jin's two opponents were taken away by the group...

Both gym battles...there were some unexpected things.

Haha, maybe it was originally like that, but those people were just very good at performing battles before, and their true colors were revealed by chance.

Ryan was thinking about all sorts of things, and when he saw the white buildings all around him, he couldn't help feeling a little dejected.

Wang Jin couldn't answer him, so he could only ask back:

"You don't seem to care about the group's surveillance mission, nor do you worry about any problems with me?"

"We can't just keep an eye on you without saying a word, right? We can't beat you..." Ryan said helplessly.

The group... or rather, Olivia, gave them this mission called tracking and filming, which was actually surveillance, which was simply unreasonable. They were not top-level trainers, and if they really conflicted with the mission target, wouldn't they be killed?

I can't even run away...

Or maybe Olivia had this idea, wanting to use their deaths to get the credit for arresting Wang Jin.

In this situation... we can only adapt together. We have just started the two-day gym tour, and it will take at least a month or two to end, right? Just think of it as a self-funded tour of the entire Galar, which is not bad.

Ryan comforted himself and observed Wang Jin silently.

Wang Jin sat quietly for a while, and after about a quarter of an hour, he stood up and said:

"Let's go."

......

The gym tour challenge is still in full swing.

In Kengoku City, Chibana managed to narrowly defeat Kabali and was awarded the Dragon Badge.

Yaluo, who arrived later, also successfully completed the challenge of the gym after spending some time.

The group and the alliance have made very clear plans for the challenges ahead, even down to the exact time, location, which two trainers will fight and how long... In between, there will be hiking situations of several challengers, as well as road-blocking challenges from trainers registered in the ordinary alliance.

"Maybe the competition system and challenges will be reformed in the future... There will be more participants, and different filming teams will be used to track each challenger, and they will be broadcast on different channels..."

On Route 8 southwest of Zhanjing Town, Ryan explained in a rambling manner.

They were still walking on the icy road, and had to enter a tunnel before the road and temperature returned to normal.

Wang Jin listened patiently and walked at the front side by side with Ryan.

His next route was to cross Route 8 and reach Quanguan City via Route 7. After the challenge, he went to Jiqing City and Caolu Town, then took a Steel Armor Crow taxi to Suchuan Town, and then to Wuzi Town and Shuizhou Town.

This route was arranged by the group long ago, and now he needs to walk it himself.

"Shuizhou Town..." A tentative idea came to Wang Jin's mind.

He wanted to see what kind of people the group would send to intercept him...it wouldn't be Granny Sha and Ruby, but probably one of Roz's remaining trump cards.