Knights of the Elf World

Chapter 257: Finally Arrived in Manjin City

After leaving the suburban town, Xichen and his group finally arrived at Manjin City, the largest commercial city in the Johto region.

"What a big city, Sister Nancy, let's go shopping!" Xiaoxia felt that the windows everywhere were a paradise for girls, so she pulled Nancy forward, while Nancy looked at Xichen for help. She was really not interested in shopping, she still wanted to stay with Xichen.

"Go and have fun." Xichen waved at Nazi in a unenthusiastic manner. With Xiaoxia's company during this period, Nazi's personality has gradually become more relaxed. And Nazi didn't reject Xiaoxia either. This is a good thing, which means that Nazi has begun to change her personality into that of a normal girl.

"The first thing to do when arriving in a big city is, of course, to go on a date with a big sister!" As he said that, Xiao Gang ran to a beautiful woman and started his own show.

"Hey! You guys! The first thing to do after arriving in Manjin City is of course to challenge the gym!" Seeing that his two companions had abandoned him, Xiaozhi said angrily, and then looked at Xichen: "Brother Xichen, it looks like we are the only ones left, let's go challenge the gym!"

"No, Xiaozhi, although I also want to challenge the gym, before that, I have to do something very important!" Unexpectedly, Xichen also rejected Xiaozhi and said seriously.

"Is there anything more important than the gym tournament?" Xiaozhi said puzzledly. In his opinion, challenging the gym is the most important thing.

"I'm going to the Pokémon Massage Shop in Manjin City, where you can improve the beauty of Pokémon. Although I plan to use the Beauty Scales for the evolution of the Clownfish, this will also increase the confidence of the Clownfish, and it will be more beautiful after evolution." Xichen explained. He always puts his Pokémon first: "So Xiaozhi, you go to the gym competition first, and I will come over after you are done."

After saying that, he waved goodbye to Xiaozhi, looked at the travel guide in his hand and walked in one direction.

"Brother Xichen...are you holding your book upside down?"

"Ahem!" Xichen staggered, then quickly put the book straight, and walked in the completely opposite direction from before.

"Forget it, in that case, let's go, Pikachu, our goal is to fill the Gold Gym!"

"Pickup!"

......

Following the travel guide in his hand, Xichen took the escalator to the underground street of Manjin City.

"This should be it." After repeatedly checking his location and the guidebook, Xichen was sure that he had come to the right place. He stuffed the guidebook back into his backpack, put his hands on his waist and said confidently, "I told you, how could I be directionally challenged? Getting lost is just my hobby!"

Having said that, he strode into the Pokémon massage parlor.

When Xichen came out again, it was already evening. It shouldn't have taken so much time. However, the girls in the store didn't want to try it when they saw it was a Chouchou fish. Xichen had no choice but to learn on the job, so it took quite a long time. Fortunately, the effect was good and the Chouchou fish was quite happy.

What Xichen didn't know was that it preferred Xichen to being touched by strangers. It didn't matter if others disliked it, but the ugly fish didn't care because it knew how beautiful it was in Xichen's eyes.

"Okay, let's go to the Pokémon Center first. The gym should be closed at this time. I don't know how Ash is doing in the battle."

Afterwards, Xichen went around and came to the Pokémon Center. As soon as he entered, he saw the dejected Ash, and Brock and Misty who were comforting Ash. As for Nancy, she was sitting quietly aside.

"What's wrong? Did you lose the gym tournament?" Xichen asked as he sat next to Nancy.

"Well, originally Ash had a big advantage, but Miss Akane's Miltank was simply unreasonable. It defeated Ash's three Pokémon with just the rolling skill, causing Ash to lose the game directly." Brock explained.

"Victory and defeat are common in the military. Only through failure can people grow." Xichen also comforted.

"So, Brother Xichen has also lost before?" Xiaozhi raised his head and looked at Xichen.

"Of course I have lost before." Xichen said with a smile, memories flashing in his eyes: "At that time, I hadn't started traveling yet, so I couldn't have my own Pokémon, so I borrowed my sister's Pokémon and fought against her, but I never beat her once. After all, it was her Pokémon, and she knew more about it than I did. So after I started traveling, I made up my mind to use my own Pokémon to beat her once!"

"It's not easy to win the Sirona championship." Xiaogang agreed.

"That's why I travel. The experience I gain from staying in one place is always limited." Xichen nodded, then looked at Xiaozhi: "How about this, Xiaozhi, come and watch my gym battle tomorrow, maybe you can get some inspiration."

"I will definitely go to Brother Xichen's battle!" Xiaozhi responded.

Nothing happened that night, and early the next morning, Xichen and his group arrived at the Manjin Gym, and met the gym trainer of the Manjin Gym, Xiao Qian!

"Xiaozhi, what's going on? Are you here to challenge the gym again today?" Xiaoqian asked Xiaozhi.

"Not me today," Xiaozhi shook his head, and then Xichen walked up and greeted Xiaoqian.

"Hello, Miss Xiao Qian, my name is Xi Chen, and I am currently challenging the Johto Alliance. Today I want to challenge the Manjin Gym."

"Is that so? Then come in. Our gym trainers will never refuse any challenger!" Xiao Qian said full of energy, and then led everyone into the gym.

The three-on-three gym battle began, and the rules remained the same of course.

"I will not show mercy, Xichen! Go, Nidorina!" Xiao Qian's first choice is Nidorina.

"Dairubi, take this battle for me!" Xichen sent out the boss Dairubi. As soon as Dairubi came on the court, he bared his teeth at Nidona and let out a demonstrative roar.

"Nidorina, use poison needle attack!"

"Burn it with flame!" Dalubi sprayed out a powerful flame, burning all the poison needles.

"You're quite capable, Nidorina. Use Impact!"

"Another jet of flame!"

This time the jet of flame hit directly, and Nidorina was killed halfway through her run.

"Nidorina loses her ability to fight, and Dalubi wins." Xichen took the first victory.

"Ouch?" Dalubi looked confused. This opponent seemed a little weak.

"Not bad, Pippi, it's your turn now, use that move!" Xiao Qian took back Nidorina and sent out Pippi.

"Dai Lubi, keep fighting!" Xi Chen had no intention of taking Dai Lubi back.

Then, Xichen saw Pippi start to move his left and right hands in slow motion.

"Finger swinging skills, be careful!" Xichen reminded. He subconsciously thought that Pipi could use some big moves, but... nothing happened. Pipi just jumped a few times on the spot. Was he doing the Water Splashing Leap?

"Dai Lubi, use Flame Fang!" Dai Lubi seized the opportunity and bit Pippi, and then... Pippi ran back crying.

"Pippi, lose the will to fight, Dalubi wins!"

After taking down two cities in a row, Xichen didn't look happy at all. He finally understood why Xiaozhi had defeated Xiaoqian's first two enemies without any pressure. It was estimated that the opponent, except for a Miltank, had no Pokémon that had reached the gym level. Was it disrespectful to release these Pokémon to deal with the challenger? Or was he very confident in his last Miltank? Anyway, no matter which point, Xichen felt very unhappy.

"Come back, Dailubi." Thinking of this, Xichen took back Dailubi, then took out the heavy ball, looked around, and then nodded. This place was big enough, enough.

"Wait, Xichen, this is just a gym competition. There's no need to send that guy out, right?" Seeing the heavy ball in Xichen's hand, a drop of cold sweat immediately slid down his face, and he said hurriedly.

"I'm sending this guy out because of the gym competition!" Xichen said loudly, then looked at Xiaogang coldly: "Don't come to hinder me!"

"Brother Xichen, what's wrong with you?" Xiaozhi was stunned when he looked at Xichen. Although Xichen was sometimes very strict, the expression on his face was the first time everyone had seen it, even Nazi. Was this still the gentle Xichen he knew?

"I don't know what you're talking about, but go ahead, Miltank!" Confused about the situation, Akane sent out her last Pokémon.