Pokémon: Encounter

"Clap clap clap!"

Lu Lu clapped her hands. "Okay, now we only have three confirmed contestants left. Everyone go back and rest. We have prepared a temporary dormitory for you."

"The missing personnel will be selected from the reserve candidates later. Please don't worry."

"Xia Mingyi and Hu Xiaona, you two come with me."

The two girls said hello to Mr. Zhou and Nan Fang, then left with leader Lu Lu.

"Huh, it's okay. There are still substitutes. But by then, I really hope that the comprehensive abilities of the substitutes can be a little more reliable." Nan Fang patted his chest and planned to leave.

I'm sweating. The air conditioning in this stadium is not very effective. I must take a good shower when I get back. Nan Fang raised his arms and stretched.

"give it to you."

"Yeah, okay. Hmm? What's left to me?"

Nan Fang withdrew his wandering thoughts. He was daydreaming and didn't hear clearly what Mr. Zhou said.

"Well, I say, find the remaining two people and leave it to you! We can talk about it later if it doesn't work out."

Mr. Zhou looked calm.

"..."

"???"

"You're not going to tell me that what the team leader said just now was all false? In fact, there are no substitute players at all?"

"Are you kidding me?"

Mr. Zhou couldn't help but blush.

"Ah, it happened too suddenly. The two boys you just chased away plus Hu Xiaona, they were actually selected from the second team. But now...ah, it really doesn't work. In the end, you three can only take the two weaker ones to play! No matter what, we must not be afraid of fighting!"

"What about the people from other big families? I don't believe they didn't prepare other candidates before the competition."

"Alas, the children of your generation are basically all only children. Some of you do have one or two brothers and sisters, but they are either not strong enough or too old to do so."

"It takes all the resources for a big family to train multiple Pokémon properly and completely. Not to mention some ordinary students who don't have a family."

"It's because of your achievements in research that you have more resources to train your Pokémon. You should understand this."

Nan Fang could not refute. Indeed, although the country can now give young rookie trainers initial Pokémon for free, the truly excellent ones will be divided up by the big families first, and there will be nothing left.

If there are not enough resources to cultivate Pokémon, even good Pokémon will be crippled. This is why the resources of Dragon Cave are so coveted by foreigners.

Nan Fang sighed, feeling more and more as if he had been dragged onto a pirate ship, the kind that was difficult to get off.

Nan Fang felt so aggrieved that he wanted to curse.

"I'll do my best... The worst that can happen is that we'll have to drag the two guys in to make up the numbers. Okay, I know what I'm doing."

After parting with Mr. Zhou, Nan Fang went straight back to Mr. Bai's home.

"What should I do? Almost everyone I know has gone to the island. It's really a headache."

Nan Fang pondered.

Nan Fang had already reached the door of Bai Lao's house. Just as he was about to enter the house, he ran into Bai Ruoruo who was opening the door to let someone out.

"Thank you, Miss Nightingale, for taking the trouble to come here in person."

"You're welcome. This is what I should do. And I don't have any missions to do right now."

"Cuckoo~"

Hmm? A shining night owl? Isn't this a guide eagle?

"Nanfang, you're back. Miss Nightingale is here to give you the last investigation report. She also brought you your medal and bonus. Thank her quickly." Bai Ruoruo saw Nanfang.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through my mind.

"Guide Eagle, bah, that's not right, Miss Nightingale!" Nightingale's expression was about to change when she heard Nan Fang's name, but she endured it when she thought of Bai Ruoruo who was still beside her.

"What?" Nightingale said unhappily.

"How old are you? How many Pokémon do you have? Are you a civil servant now?"

Hearing Nan Fang's question, Nightingale and Bai Ruoruo were both stunned.

You are so rude. How can you ask a girl's age directly like this? Bai Ruoruo looked at Nan Fang angrily.

"Sorry, sorry, I'm serious. There really is a reason for it. Could you please answer me? It's really important!" Nan Fang said apologetically.

Nightingale was about to explode, but seeing that Nan Fang's serious expression did not seem fake, he could only answer. "Well, I'm 24 years old. As for Pokémon, I have three. I don't know if I'm a civil servant. I only know that Senior Long wanted me to study hard first, so he put me in Beijing University. But later because of you... because I was busy with work, I never went."

"Great! Come with me! Let's go to Mr. Zhou first!" After saying that, he hurriedly pulled Nightingale away without waiting for her consent.

"I have something urgent to do, so I won't have lunch at home!" Nan Fang did not forget to say hello to Bai Ruoruo before leaving.

Age, number of Pokémon, previous job was to secretly protect Nanfang with Longxing, so his strength should not be too bad at least. Nanfang called it lucky that he could meet one of these.