Pokémon: Thunder Shatters the Darkness

The first thing Yang Xiao did after making up his mind was to get a deeper understanding of the situation at the Maglev Gym.

Although he had learned about the conditions of each major gym before, it was just a cursory look at most, and his focus was on strength analysis.

We don’t know much about some deeper things, such as “rumors”.

If you want to understand these, you can of course rely on your old friends who also work in other gyms.

After all, they have to go to the headquarters together every year to report on their work.

...

"You're lucky, if you had waited a little longer, I wouldn't have been able to answer your call."

On the phone.

Zhao Haifeng, the owner of the Water System Taohai Gym, said with a smile:

"I'm about to go into the secret realm for a routine inspection. It will probably take me a week to come out."

Yang Xiao asked curiously: "The badge battle of the gym..."

"Proceed as usual."

Zhao Haifeng's laughter was filled with unconcealed pride:

"I have disciples in charge of the three levels of Bright Silver, Shining Gold, and White Jade. Even for the Fine Iron level, there is still that brat Yang Mo."

"sharp."

"Haha, not bad."

“But you also have to be safe.”

“…I know. I know.”

The laughter gradually died away.

After a while, someone on the phone seemed to sigh, and then continued: "So, you want to ask me about the maglev gym?"

"Yes."

Yang Xiao smiled slightly: "I happened to be in Pengting City, so I was wondering if you could tell me something about it."

Talk to the other side.

Zhao Haifeng lay on the speedboat, feeling the waves hitting his hair, and then paused for a moment before saying:

"Tell me first, what do you want to know?"

"Some gossip."

Yang Xiao bit off the pen cap, and the tip of the pen stopped in front of the paper: "For example, the relationship between the Maglev Dojo and the Quansheng Group... and the Alliance's views on this."

“The former has an average or very poor relationship.”

Zhao Haifeng said bluntly:

"I don't know more, but Quansheng Group did something wrong back then, and I heard that they were severely punished by the alliance. Although it seems that there was no serious damage, it was actually all because of..."

At this point, Zhao Haifeng's voice stopped abruptly.

The boy's pen wrote [Quansheng Group/Wrong Thing] fluently without any pause and drew a circle.

Then he wrote [Opportunity for the Wen family to intervene] at the end and drew a circle.

Move the pen tip.

The boy thought about it for a moment and added a question mark after the second circle.

He knew why the other party didn't continue speaking.

Not fear.

But I don't want him to get involved.

“There’s nothing behind that.”

Zhao Haifeng's voice was a little stiff, and he obviously didn't like to change the subject: "As for the board of directors...well, as far as I know, the vote, um..."

The boy raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Anyway, it was just one vote short, which led to the vote being passed in the end."

The words fell.

Suddenly, the sound of falling into the water came clearly from the earphones, followed by Zhao Haifeng's intermittent voice:

"Well, let's just leave it at that. My phone got soaked in water."

beep—

The call was disconnected, the boy removed the earphones, his eyes deep.

the other side.

Zhao Haifeng looked at the phone he had thrown into the sea and sighed helplessly: "Great, this phone is water-resistant."

"I'm a gossiper. I just want to say something that kids like to hear. Why do you keep getting deeper and deeper?"

He slapped his mouth lightly, his face full of regret.

...

"I don't know or know Pavilion Master Lin Jing very well."

On the phone, Tao Tan's voice sounded a little tired.

Even during the conversation with Yang Xiao, he could always hear some of his angry scolding away from his phone.

For example, "Isn't it stupid? The healing wave is really thrown at the opponent, right?"

Or "How could I have a sister as stubborn as you?"

And after a few angry scoldings, there was a cry so loud that even Yang Xiao could hear it.

All words he and Tao Tan were saying came to an abrupt halt, and he let out a sigh of exhaustion.

really.

When a family relationship turns into a teaching relationship, people really can't control their emotions.

Yang Xiao could feel that Tao Tan was about to collapse.

Think about it.

Even when he participated in the national peak competition and fought against all the top players, he had never been so speechless.

"Although I have met with Gym Leader Lin Jing, we only exchanged pleasantries during meetings and had no contact at all during normal times... I also didn't run into her at the national competition."

Tao Tan sighed and said, "But I watched her competition live, and her moves were really gorgeous..."

The end of the conversation.

Tao Tan was silent suddenly: "Yang Xiao, I heard that she is really dead?"

"do not know."

Yang Xiao said calmly: "But it should be."

"Then the successor..."

"It's her daughter Lin Xinyi."

Tao Tan on the other end of the phone didn't say anything.

But Yang Xiao guessed that he was probably looking at his crying sister at this moment.

Lin Jing has a daughter and Tao Tan has a younger sister.

It's normal for him to feel that way.

Count your breaths.

"I have heard of the succession war, but it doesn't seem to be very popular online at the moment, which is not normal. But since it has passed the council's recommendation, even if it is not normal, it is probably normal."

Yang Xiao nodded slightly.

Sudden.

He seemed to have remembered something and asked directly, "Did Lord Cao also participate in the vote of the Council?"

There was a sudden inexplicable silence on the other end of the phone.

Yang Xiao noticed this keenly and his eyes narrowed slightly.

In fact, during his previous conversation with Zhao Haifeng, he had already noticed the obvious abnormality of the latter.

Especially the information he got in the final conversation between the two.

The Council was one vote short, so the battle of succession was passed.

How could a group of eight people be short of one vote?

After much deliberation, Yang Xiao could only cast his vote on Cao Gong.

He had seen the latter.

Although he didn't have a deep understanding of him, but from the brief contact, Yang Xiao could probably tell what kind of guy he was.

He really didn't believe that Cao Gong could approve such a suggestion.

and so……

There is only one possibility.

Count your breaths.

"Yang Xiao, there's something wrong with you. You're a little too sensitive."

The boy denied it decisively: "It's an illusion."

"Forget it, I guess you've guessed it, so I won't hide it from you. But you don't need to tell anyone about this anymore, understand?"

Tao Tan's tone suddenly became serious: "I want you to answer me seriously."

"Don't worry, I'll keep it in my stomach."

"Well."

Tao Tan still trusts Yang Xiao.

This was not because he saved Tao Wanwan's life, but because he saw his own shadow in the boy.

"Mr. Cao...is not in the real world at the moment."

Tao Tan's voice was a little heavy: "He entered the [Sky Locking Pillar] together with the champion and the Dragon King."

"Currently... suspected to be out of contact."