11 pm.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Xiaoyao and Xiaozhi's group, except for Xia You and Yami, reunited again, quietly left the Pokémon Center, and walked towards Lizhi Lake.

Needless to say, their target is the Akonom in Lizhi Lake.

I think everyone wants to see this lake god with a long legend in the Sinnoh region and try to see if they can meet it again. Even if they can only take a look at it, it will satisfy their curiosity.

Xia You had no interest in this at all. Even though Xiao Zhi mentioned it several times, he just yawned and waved at them.

Seeing how eager they were to try, Xia You didn't tell them that this time, they would most likely not be able to meet Akonom again.

After all, today's game just ended, and there are still a large number of spectators staying in this resort. Even though it is almost late at night, there are still many people outside, which is noisy and disturbing. With so many eyes watching, how could the God of the Lake show up?

Wouldn't that expose myself to the public?

Even if they really showed up, Xiaozhi and the others would be unable to do anything in front of so many people. Once they made any noise, it would attract more people's attention.

At most, it's just a waste of time.

Having said that, he did not say much, but instead gave the few people unlimited imagination and longing for exploration, leaving them with due respect without spoiling the mood and disturbing their interest.

This is what they should do at their age. Unlike him, except for some things, his mind has lost its due passion because he has already reached adulthood.

It turns out that the days when we were young and had no worries and troubles are the ones that really make us happy...

After sighing for a while, Xia You turned his gaze to Ya Mi, who was sitting on a chair in the room, leaning forward and humming softly.

With a slight smile, Xiaozhi and the others were able to do their own things, but he also had his own happiness at this time.

Looking at Ya Mi, who didn't want to go back to her room to sleep even though it was already this late, and said she was waiting for Xiao Yao to come back and listen to their results, Xia You lay on the bed, randomly flipping through various battle videos and new playing methods during this period, while chatting with her from time to time.

However, the conversation was quite normal at first, but as he talked more, his words became bolder and bolder, which made the woman's face turn redder and redder.

That’s right, Xia You’s greatest pleasure now is to tease this blushing woman in his spare time!

Although he didn't want to eat her yet, he found it very interesting to use such small and not too explicit words and see her helpless look.

……

After winning the Mikoli Cup, Xiaoyao has collected all five ribbon medals.

However, she had no intention of using the Mikoli Cup medal. Instead, she planned to keep it as a collection forever. When she had the opportunity to attend another conference next time, she would get an ordinary ribbon medal to make a total of five.

This is not surprising. After all, we always want to keep special things as souvenirs.

The next morning, several people had breakfast in the restaurant while discussing the next route.

Just as Xia You thought, Xiaozhi and his friends went to Lizhi Lake excitedly last night, but found nothing. They did not find the Akonome. However, they did not take it to heart. Instead, they regarded it as a rare memory and openly expressed their bad luck.

After studying the map for a while, Xiaozhi nodded.

"The strongest gym leader in Sinnoh? Great! Then I'm going to go to Binhai City and challenge the Binhai Gym next!"

The reason why I had this idea was because I just heard that Xia You obtained the fourth badge there before the Mikoli Cup. Plus, it was the closest to here, so I also thought about going there first.

But after hearing his words, Xiaoyao spoke up: "I think you should go after a while."

Hearing her say this, Xiaozhi was naturally surprised: "Why?"

Xiaoyao covered her mouth and smiled: "He was beaten by Brother Xia You and became autistic. I'm afraid it will take some time for him to recover."

"Are you autistic?"

Xiaozhi, Xiaoguang and Xiaogang were all stunned, and even a sound of surprise was heard from the side.

When they looked to the side, they saw that Lukia had come again in disguise. It was obvious that she came at the right time and just happened to hear those words.

After secretly glaring at her, Xiao Guang asked directly, "What's going on?"

With Xia You's personality, he didn't want to say anything more, but just because he didn't speak didn't mean Xiaoyao wouldn't say anything.

So I told these friends the whole story.

When they heard that the person known as the strongest gym leader in Sinnoh was killed instantly by Xia You's three Pokémon in one attack, Xiaozhi and the others were all shocked.

After a long while, Xiaozhi came back to his senses and pointed at Xia You and said, "Brother Xia You! You actually used your Gardevoir, Charizard, and Gengar to fight!?"

It's no wonder he was so surprised. After all, he knew how powerful Xia You's three Pokémon were. Who had ever seen them fight? Now they were sent out together, which showed that Xia You really wanted to teach Denci a lesson.

On the side, Xiaoguang and Lucia had a light called "admiration" in their eyes. Just based on Xiaoyao's description, they seemed to have recalled the scene at that time and imagined Xia You's majesty.

Even the strongest gym leader in Sinnoh looks as fragile as a novice in front of him. Who could be more powerful than him?

Glancing around, she saw that there were still many people in the restaurant, and there might be fans of Denci among them. Xia You quickly waved her hands, "Don't listen to her nonsense. What's the autism? She just beat Denci so hard that he lost his confidence."

Xiaozhi glared: "Isn't this different!?"

Everyone around smiled, but Xia You ignored them and just looked at Lukia.

"Are you leaving?"

Lucia nodded and sighed: "Now that things here are over, I have to rush to the next activity location, and..."

Having said this, she hesitated for a moment, obviously very disappointed.

"...Besides, I may not be able to stay here for too long. I may... have to go to Unova soon."

"Go to Unova?"

When Xiaoguang heard her words, before others reacted, his eyes lit up.

"It's good to go to Unova." She was in a rare good mood. "An idol like you really can't stay in one place."

But her good mood was destroyed in the next second.

Xiaoyao was a little surprised and asked, "Are you going to Hezhong too? That's really a coincidence. After the trip here, Brother Xia You's next destination is Hezhong!"

The smile doesn't disappear, it just shifts to someone else.

Xiaoguang, who was somewhat happy just now, suddenly froze in laughter, while Lukia, who was still feeling lost, suddenly brightened her eyes and showed a huge smile on her face.

"Eh? Has Mr. Xia You's next travel destination been decided so quickly? And it's to Unova again? This is too much of a coincidence!"

Seeing her worthless appearance, Xiaoguang subconsciously clenched his fists.

She was not aware of the throbbing in her heart, and only thought that she was feeling this emotion because she couldn't stand seeing Lukia so happy.

"The plan has been made long ago." Xia You did not deny it. "The next region after Sinnoh is indeed Unova. In fact, not only Unova, but also the regions after that have been planned long ago."

Hearing him say that, Lukia didn't feel lost at all, instead her eyes curved like crescent moons.

"I feel relieved if you say that. It seems we will definitely meet again in Unova!"

Came with disappointment and left with joy. After watching Lukia wave goodbye in a good mood and leave, Xiaoguang looked at Xiaoyao again, which made the latter look puzzled.

"You must be prepared early." She leaned close to Xiaoyao's ear and whispered solemnly, "This Lukia definitely has no good intentions!"

"This..." Looking at the serious Xiaoguang, Xiaoyao didn't know what to say. She could only nod and force a smile on her face, "I... I'll try my best..."

After giving up the idea of ​​going to Binhai City, Xiaozhi and Xia You started studying the map together again, and soon they agreed on a route.

It is in Nohara City, not far to the west of Lizhi Lake!

This is not only Xia You's next destination, but also the place closest to Lizhi Lake besides Binhai City.

When she heard that the two of them had set their destination there, which meant that they would need to travel together for a while, Xiaoguang felt her heart suddenly brighten up for some reason, and even the irritability that Lukia had just brought to her was instantly dispelled without a trace left.

……

After leaving Lizhi Lake, the group headed west along the road.

Being able to travel together again, Xiaoyao and Xiaoguang seemed to have endless things to talk about. The two of them followed behind Xiaozhi and Pikachu who led the way, whispering to each other, and the sound of their laughter could be heard all the way.

Amid their laughter, Xia You seemed to have forgotten all her worries and seemed to have grown a few years younger.

Of course, I'm referring to the mentality.

He didn't know if it was his illusion, but he always felt that Xiaoguang had looked at him dozens of times along the way.

This also made him feel suspicious.

Is it...

After all, in his opinion, Xiaoguang is brilliant, bright, confident and brave, and a girl like this at this age should not be troubled by certain things.

Looking down at his hands, Xia You was silent for a while.

Sure enough, there are some things that really shouldn't be done...

Why did I touch her shoulder at that time?

And the way I speak is not right!

Why comfort people when there is nothing to do?

But on second thought, even if Hikari kept looking at him, he shouldn't over-interpret it. After all, when they were leaving the Pokémon Center on the shore of Lizhi Lake, Xiaoyao had just told him how she had easily defeated Denji. I guess Hikari kept looking at him because he admired him.

Even though he knew that the credibility was low, Xia You could only warn himself like this.

Otherwise, he couldn't explain why just a few simple words of comfort would attract Xiaoguang's frequent attention.

The sun rose slowly, and when it was at its highest point, they had arrived outside an unknown small town.

It is a coincidence that this small town is located on the upper reaches of Lizhi Lake and is built along the river. The strong rural style makes it difficult to find tall buildings. In fact, let alone tall buildings, even five- or six-story buildings are rare. There is only clear river water flowing slowly, the vast fields exuding the fragrance of green grass, and high mountains in the distance, creating a pleasant scenery.

After walking for so long, everyone was hungry and their legs were sore.

It was a pity that the Pokémon Center here was on the other side of the river and there were not many restaurants nearby, so after they discussed it, they decided not to go through the trouble of crossing the river, but instead set up a simple camp on a platform in a park.

I have to say that setting up a tent in the suburbs of the city makes this trip look like a picnic. Looking at the city so close at hand, it is completely different from the usual camping feeling in nature.

Especially when people occasionally come to the park and see them setting up tents in the park, they think they are here for a picnic!

But in a sense, it is true that they do come to this park to solve the lunch problem.

While Xiaoyao and Xiaoguang were setting up the table and placing the tableware, the two chefs, Yami and Xiaogang, had already started working. Just when Xia You wanted to sit back and enjoy the fruits of their labor, Xiaozhi on the side could not hold back and challenged him.

"Brother Xia You, while there is still time, do you want to fight with me?"

After taking a look at the people around him, Xia You knew that lunch might take a while, so he didn't refuse and took out his Poké Ball.

"Okay, it's a good opportunity to move around so that you can eat more later."

As he spoke, he had already released his Pokémon, and in the flashing blue light, Xiaozhi, who was originally full of expectations, became visibly disappointed after seeing Xia You's Pokémon.

"What? It turned out to be a little flaming monkey. I thought I could fight against a stronger team than you..."

But when he released the Pokémon, he saw that it was also an almost identical little Flame Monkey, and Xia You couldn't help but roll his eyes at him.

"That sounds nice, but didn't you also send a little flame monkey?"

The only one who answered him was Xiaozhi's silly smile.

The two were equally matched, so there was no need for either to laugh at the other, and the fight between the little flame monkeys began under Satoshi's nervous gaze.

Watching the two little flame monkeys fighting back and forth in the open space, Xiaozhi had secretly made up his mind that he must defeat Xia You this time and let Xia You see his growth and strength. But as the fight went on, he found something wrong.

"Brother Xia You!" He jumped up and shouted in dissatisfaction, "Why don't you fight me seriously?"

Xia You raised his eyebrows.

"Did I?"

"Why not!" Xiaozhi pointed at Xia You, "You haven't given any instructions yet!"

"Oh, I forgot." Xia You shrugged nonchalantly, "I've been practicing a new fighting style recently, called 'let it flow and do whatever you want'. Don't mention it, after using it for a while, my waist and back no longer hurt, and even my sleep quality has improved!"

At this point, how could Xiaozhi not understand that Xia You was teasing him? He was jumping up and down, and his appearance was actually somewhat similar to that of Flame Monkey.

On the side, Xiaoyao and the others watched this scene quietly and laughed out loud.

"Brother Xia You is really Xiaozhi's natural nemesis..."