After leaving the Marina Tower, Xia You took out the Poké Ball, took back Gardevoir and Charizard, and even Gengar returned to his shadow.

Following behind and looking at his back, Xiaoyao suddenly laughed out loud.

"Brother Xia You, I was originally wondering...how you would handle this matter in the end, but I didn't expect you to just give up the fight!"

"Do you really think I'm a bad guy? Why did I have to force that guy to the point of disbanding the gym?" Xia You turned around and glared at her. "Let's not talk about whether the Pokémon League will allow this. I just want to tell him through this incident that there are always people who are better than you. With his strength, he can bully ordinary trainers, but does he really think he is the only one who can defeat them all?"

Yami was stunned: "What is Dugu Qiubai? Is it from some allusion, or from some book?"

Xia You glanced at her and said, "It means exactly what it says. You don't need to know the details."

As for Xia You speaking to her in such a perfunctory manner, Ya Mi just accepted it and didn't mind at all. Instead, she thought it was a sign of his close relationship with her.

After all, if they were just ordinary friends, it would be impossible to speak in such a tone.

She simply took out the lighthouse badge that she had brought from the door of Binhai Dojo from her arms, handed it to Xia You, and asked, "Do you want to accept this badge now?"

"Why not?" After just a glance, Xia You took the badge in his hand, "Don't forget why we are here. If we don't accept it, wouldn't it be a waste of time? And unlike those who took the badge directly, I won this badge fair and square after defeating Denci!"

"Yes, yes." Xiaoyao laughed secretly, "But didn't you just let the Roentgen cat go and left directly? So this battle can only be considered a draw."

"I'm just trying to save face for the Pokémon League." Xia You shrugged indifferently, "Besides, what difference does it make whether we win or not? Everyone knows the result. I believe that this time, Denci won't be sad anymore!"

Although the process was a bit bumpy, Xia You completed the trip to the gym within a few hours and the journey was relatively smooth, which also gave him enough time to return to Lizhi Lake calmly.

However, after coming so far to this easternmost city on the Sinnoh continent, it would be a pity to leave right away. Therefore, after discussing it, Xia You decided that they could take half a day to stroll around here, and then set off from here tomorrow morning after they had rested and regained their strength.

His suggestion was immediately agreed upon by Xiaoyao and Yami.

Even though Xiaoyao's competition was about to start, she felt that instead of rushing back immediately, staying here for half a day would help her relax.

The three of them hit it off immediately and went directly to the Binhai Open-Air Market, which was closest to the Binhai Tower and was also the most famous seaside open-air market in the entire Binhai City.

Speaking of the seaside market, it is definitely not the small shop in the game, but a large open-air market deep in the seaside square!

The shops and stalls inside are next to each other. Although there are many of them, they look well-organized. The merchandise covers a wide variety of categories, and most of the common goods from all over the world, especially travel supplies, can be bought here.

Xia You even saw a rare Poké Ball!

But the price...

It depends on your personal ability to bargain.

Anyway, Xia You couldn't help but find it very interesting to see Ya Mi, who always gave people the impression that she was easy to bully and had a soft personality, bargaining with the stall owner in a gentle yet firm tone.

The three of them strolled here for half a day, each buying some things and killing some time.

At night, we went to a nearby unique seafood restaurant for dinner, and the trip to Binhai City came to an end.

After eating and drinking, the three of them slowly walked back to the Pokémon Center, enjoying the night view and the refreshing sea breeze.

And tomorrow morning, they will set out again and return to the shores of Lizhi Lake.

...

Let’s not talk about how they got back to the Pokémon Center. Let’s just say that in a bar in Binhai City, Denci was sitting at the bar, already a little drunk.

There was a half-empty wine bottle in front of him, and under the influence of alcohol, his mood seemed to have eased a lot.

But when he thought about how he was easily defeated by that man during the day, he felt ashamed and unwilling.

Just then, a man with a red afro and dressed in hip-hop style sat down next to him.

"Boss, give me a glass of flavored wine that can make me feel the burning, and give this frustrated man beside me a glass of ice water to calm him down!"

Hearing the voice, Denci turned his head and looked with hazy eyes, and immediately recognized that the person was none other than one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Sinnoh and also his good friend - Daye!

"Da...Da Ye? Why are you here?"

"I should be the one asking you this." Daye looked at his red eyes and the smell of alcohol on his body, and couldn't help but ask in surprise, "I didn't know you liked to drink and would get yourself so drunk!"

Denci opened his mouth but no sound came out. He just turned his head, looked at the empty wine glass in front of him, then silently picked up the bottle beside him and poured himself some.

This also made Daye raise his eyebrows.

He also realized that Denci must have encountered something big!

The smile on his face faded, and Daye asked in confusion: "This isn't a place you'd come to. What's wrong with you?"

After drinking the wine in the glass, Dianci hesitated for a moment before sighing in a frustrated tone: "I... I lost..."

"Lose?" Daye was a little surprised. "You haven't lost in a long time. What happened? Did you get beaten badly this time?"

I have to say, he is worthy of being one of the Four Heavenly Kings. He has deduced a lot of things based on limited information.

This also made Daye very strange.

After all, he also knew that Denci had been staying indoors for a while and hadn't fought with anyone for a long time. So who could have beaten him like this?

You know, as a good friend, he knows Denci's strength best.

Although Denci is not as strong as me, who is at the upper-middle level among the Four Heavenly Kings, even if I want to defeat him, it will take some effort. Who can beat him like this?

Could it be that Zhulan is here?

That shouldn’t be the case!

I haven't heard of Zhulan appearing in this city!

Moreover, taking a step back, even if it was really Takeran and Denji who were fighting, what kind of battle was it that could turn this once high-spirited man into what he is now?

It's obvious that he lost confidence after being beaten!

Although he had tried to persuade Denci to regain his will and passion for battle and to fulfill his duties as a gym owner before this, he never expected that one day he would be beaten like this!

This also made Daye more curious about Denci's opponent this time.

Taking the ice water handed over by the boss, Daye brought it to Denci and couldn't help asking, "Who did you fight with?"

After taking a look at the glass of ice water and feeling the chill from it, Denci's mind seemed to calm down a little.

He opened his mouth again, hesitated for a while, and finally uttered two words: "Xia You."

"Xia You?"

Daye was stunned when he heard this, and then he thought carefully in his mind, but no matter how hard he thought, he really couldn't remember that such a person had appeared in Sinnoh!

Could it be a rising star?

Denci lost to a newbie! ?

Seeing that he looked like he was frowning and thinking, Denci shook his head.

"Don't worry about it. He's not from Sinnoh. He came from another region. Before this, he had won three consecutive regional tournaments."

"Winners of the three regional competitions?" Daye opened his eyes wide in surprise and was stunned for a moment. "You know what... they are really impressive!"

Denci smiled bitterly and drank the glass of ice water in one gulp. He felt extremely cold from his mouth to his esophagus, to his stomach, and even to the back of his head.

It took him a long time to relax, but under such stimulation, he felt that the drunkenness was swept away.

"Winning three regional tournaments is actually not a big deal." He sighed, "In fact, if it were someone like you or me, we would definitely win as long as we participated, but..."

"Just what?"

"It's just..." Glancing at Daye, Denci shook his head dejectedly, "It's just that after three battles, my Jolteon, Electabuzz, and Roentgen were all defeated by his three different Pokémon in one hit."

When Daye heard this, a look of 'are you kidding me' appeared on his face.

What did he hear?

Denji's ace and main Pokémon was killed instantly?

Even Zhulan can't do such a thing, right?

"No... Impossible?" Daye asked hurriedly, "These are all your most powerful Pokémon, and they were defeated with just one move!?"

Recalling the painful memories during the day, Denci nodded and recounted the harsh words Xia You said before fighting him, and how he finally stopped.

After hearing this, Daye actually understood.

It turns out that the man named Xia You wanted to use this method to make Denci realize that there are people who are more powerful than him and who are traveling all the time, so that he would become positive!

I have to say, that last move of stopping was really a powerful method, far more deadly and effective than directly defeating Dian Ci!

"What an incredible and interesting man..." Daye picked up the wine glass and drank it all, muttering, "If I have the chance, I really want to meet him."

……

Xia You, Xiao Yao and Ya Mi, almost took the same road they took to come to Binhai City, and then rushed back to the shores of Lizhi Lake.

It's certainly not that they don't want to change the route, change the scenery and mood, but time is limited, and the straight line is the shortest distance between the two places, so they took the next trip.

However, the different direction from when they came still allowed them to see many different places.

When I returned to the shore of Lizhi Lake again, I found that there were obviously more people here than in the previous few days.

As the competition time approaches, more and more contestants and spectators gather here.

Such an event naturally requires the participation of Xiaozhi and his friends.

It was at the entrance of the Pokémon Center that Xia You and his two companions met Xiaozhi and his two companions again.

Xia You was not surprised at all that they would show up. After all, Xiaozhi would definitely not miss such a grand event.

It can even be said that even if Xiaozhi didn't know it in advance, there was still a magical power in the dark that brought him here.

Not to mention Xia You, even Xiao Zhi seemed to have foreseen this reunion.

Standing at the entrance of the Pokémon Center, he rubbed his nose with his right index finger, looked up and smiled at Xia You: "Hey, Brother Xia You, I knew I would see you here!"

"What a coincidence, I feel the same way."

Xia You shook his head and nodded to Xiaoguang and Xiaogang opposite him.

Not only him, Xiaoyao and Mei also greeted Xiaozhi and the others.

When Xiaoyao and Xiaoguang met again, they couldn't help but hold hands and whisper to each other.

The six of them gathered together and entered the lobby. They first checked in with Miss Joy and then put away their luggage. After Xiaozhi and Xiaoguang also signed up, they went to the restaurant to sit for a while.

Because it was not yet dinner time, there were hardly any people in the restaurant at this time. Only trainers like them who were traveling together were chatting in low voices in groups of three or four.

At this point, several people couldn't help but share their respective journeys and gains since they last separated.

First is Xiaoguang.

Speaking of which, this girl who has been traveling for a while has indeed been unlucky recently.

After the last meeting in Baiyang Town, Xiaoguang participated in two grand conferences in Jiayuan City and Suiyi Town. Unfortunately, in these two conferences, she was eliminated in the first round of performance review.

This also made her journey as a coordination trainer seem to have reached a bottleneck, unable to break through, and her mood also became much lower.

Xiaozhi's journey was also not smooth.

Not only did Xiaoguang fail in Jiayuan City, he also did not meet the master of the Jiayuan Gym, thus wasting time. It was only after he arrived in Veil City and defeated Ali that he got a cobblestone badge.

So in terms of the number of badges, Xia You, who has collected four badges, is once again in the lead.

But they did not gain nothing.

Xiaozhi got Shinji's Infernape, captured a Scorpio, and exchanged his Long-Tailed Grudge for Xiaoguang's Swimming Ring Weasel. After following Xiaoguang, the Long-Tailed Grudge also evolved into the Two-Tailed Grudge.

No matter what the results are, at least they have each received some reinforcement in terms of Pokémon.

Compared with them, although Xia You and Xiao Yao did not capture any Pokémon, the number of their badges and medals was steadily increasing.

In short, everyone has gained something.

While chatting, a news interview with Mikoli happened to be broadcast on the TV in the restaurant. In the news, Mikoli directly promoted the Mikoli Cup and extended an invitation to the majority of coordination trainers in front of the video, inviting them to come here to participate in this event.

Seeing this, Xiaozhi's eyes flashed, and he kept encouraging Xia You to participate in this Mikoli Conference together.

However, after thinking about it, Xia You still refused.

"Forget it. The Mikoli Cup is so big this time. There must be a lot of players coming here to compete. I won't join in the fun. Let's wait until next time."