I, Zhulan's childhood sweetheart, was trapped in Xicui.

Although he really wanted to make the Howling Tail's singing less unpleasant, after all, he had tamed them. If they suddenly let out a few "ghostly howls", Xu Li felt that he might be scared to death.

But I feel like the speaker cricket's body may not be able to withstand such torture...

He hesitated for a moment and said, "Or... forget it. It doesn't matter if it sounds bad. Maybe it has some unknown advantages in other aspects."

“Dededede~! Dede!”

But as Xu Li finished speaking, he heard the voice of the speaker cricket, which brooked no refusal. The speaker cricket's mustache twitched, and he nodded at Xu Li with a fearless look, his eyes filled with determination.

It! There's no place for a Pokémon that sings so badly!

The speaker cricket's eyes were full of faith!

"Okay, okay..." Xu Li nodded blankly.

Then the Roaring Tails were asked to stay, and Xu Li and the other two were kicked out of the "classroom". Teacher Cricket was about to start teaching this group of hungry Jigglypuffs.

Before leaving, Xu Li repeatedly warned the Jigglypuffs not to use the "Song of Destruction" to blow up the speaker Master Cricket that Xu Li had found for them, and the Jigglypuffs gave him a solemn promise.

After all, it is a rare opportunity to sing, so they are very excited and cherish such occasions very much.

Can……

Even if they have good intentions, will they really not cause trouble?

Xu Li didn't quite believe it, but that was all he could do.

With such thoughts in mind, Xu Li and Huo Xia Xijiana left the Pokémon Ranch in Zhuqing Village together.

Walking on the streets of Zhuqing Village.

There is a bustling and lively scene everywhere, just like a festival.

Huo Xia: "It's a festival... It's the lively gathering that happens once a month in Celebration Village. Businesses will prepare activities for the day, and everyone will be out on the streets, enjoying the lively occasion."

Huo Xia, wearing simple home clothes, was smiling and enjoying the moment of shopping with Xu Li.

Xu Li was stunned: "Then why did you return to the house?"

Huo Xia pursed her lips, but smiled without saying anything.

Jirachi looked around curiously, sometimes flying to Huoxia's head, sometimes jumping on Xijiana's head, which made Xijiana grab it and take it to run around the streets, hanging around here and there, going wherever there was excitement, directly satisfying its curiosity.

"What a huge change." Xu Li sighed.

"Yeah..." Huo Xia and Xu Li walked side by side, nodded slightly and said, "After living here for a long time, I feel more and more that Zhuqing Village is indeed on the right path. In comparison, Team Diamond and Team Pearl... may find it difficult to change for a while."

“But it’s changing, isn’t it?”

"Yes..." Huo Xia pursed her lips and smiled slightly.

“Jila~!”

"Xu Li, Xu Li, your name is actually there!"

Jirachi and Shijiana returned after joining in the fun. Looking in the direction Shijiana pointed, there was a surging crowd of people, all rushing to place gifts in front of the stones.

"What is it for?" Xu Li asked curiously.

"Hmm..." Xi Jiana tilted her head, ran up again to confirm the situation, and came back with a strange look on her face. "It seems to be a memorial for the deceased heroes of Zhuqing Village."

"Xu Li, Xu Li, your position is still at the top!"

“Jila~!”

Xu Li: “…”

So he is like?

Although this seems to be true for Team Galaxy and Zhuqing Village.

But it still felt a little weird, seeing my own monument in front of me.

Huo Xia explained, "Xu Li, you are very well-known in Zhuqing Village. Although no one knows what you look like, everyone knows that you changed everything."

Xijiana was laughing loudly, and Jirachi also had a laughing look on his face, spinning in circles in front of Xu Li.

Then Xu Li grabbed it and rubbed its "star helmet" hard, which "relieved its anger".

"Jila..." Jirachi fell dizzy in Xu Li's arms. Although his eyes were blurred, the corners of his mouth were slightly raised.

"Speaking of which, Jirachi, you..." Xu Li suddenly thought of something, calculated it, and murmured, "There are only five days left before you fall into a deep sleep?"

"Jila~?" Jirachi, who was in a daze, heard it.

Its originally playful and happy expression suddenly became lost.

Only five days left?

The delicious energy cubes, Celebi and everyone's constant companionship, the strange and novel new place, and Xu Li who never forgets to point out the surrounding environment to it even when flying, all make Celebi reluctant to leave.

The recent happy times almost made Jirachi forget about this matter.

Every time seven days pass, you will fall into a thousand-year sleep. You may be chatting and laughing with the things you saw just a second ago, but when you close your eyes and open them again, everything around you has changed and disappeared.

This feeling is not pleasant.

So Jirachi had obviously reduced his number of friends... but by chance, he still met Xu Li during this seven-day cycle.

Jirachi looked at Xu Li with reluctance, his mouth pursed.

"What are you thinking about?" Xu Li smiled, rubbing Jirachi's star helmet, and said, "It's only been two days. Besides, we still have the next battle."

Xi Jiana nodded repeatedly beside her: "Yeah! Xu Li is right! Don't worry..."

Jirachi didn't quite understand what the latter part meant.

But it understood the previous sentence and cherished the present.

“Jila~!”

"Okay, okay, during this time, we'll take you to different places and different environments and have fun together, okay?"

"Jila!"

Jirachi became happy again.

Then, while floating, he followed Xu Li into a huge circular wooden venue.

This is the Beishang Subway, which was rebuilt on the site of the original training ground in the northwest of Zhuqing Village!

Although there is no subway or even car connecting various places, Beishang was given such a name.

The place was bustling with activity, as those who were just there to join in the fun and those who genuinely cared about the battle gathered around a standard battle area in the center, shouting and exclaiming from time to time. No one paid any attention to Xu Li and his group who had just walked in. Looking at the scale, if the number of people, the venue, and the number of Pokémon were multiplied several times, Xu Li felt that it would be no different from a gym battle in Galar.

On the battlefield, two men wearing the uniforms of the Galaxy Investigation Team were fighting. Xu Li didn't recognize them, but it looked like a ring match. Bei Shang was nowhere to be seen.

And right at the entrance, there is a simple sign.

Xijiana and Jirachi came forward curiously and read out:

"Battle the subway—train fever! What does this mean?"

There are a lot of battle rules, in short.

"In today's Battle Train, regardless of the battle mode, every victory will receive a small gift prepared by the Battle Train. And if anyone can achieve fifteen consecutive victories and ultimately gain recognition in the battle against Bei Shang, they will receive a super prize specially prepared by Bei Shang!"

At the very end, there are words of encouragement written by Bei Shang.

"I hope everyone enjoys the battles and has fun. Then, please aim for higher levels and advance with all your might!!"

Xu Li smiled behind Xi Jiana. It was indeed Bei Shang's style.

"Xu Li, Xu Li, this looks like a lot of fun. Should we join in?"

"Ji la~?"

Xijiana looked over eagerly. Although she was asking, it was obvious that she really wanted to go up.

and so……

Xu Li pushed her up.

The two players above had just finished fighting and the other two players were about to go on stage.

Xi Jiana said aggrievedly, "I wanted to ask if we could play doubles together!"

Xu Li smiled and slowly shook his head at Xi Jiana: "I wish you have fun."

"Hmm..." An expression of betrayal by the whole world instantly appeared on Xijiana's face, and she was extremely sad and angry.

The two people who came on the stage on the other side of the battlefield saw that Xijiana seemed like a fool, and their expressions instantly turned into impatience.

"You bastard, don't come up and cause trouble. We have already scheduled this battle."

"Reservation?" Xi Jiana turned around in confusion, then asked seriously, "Do we still need to make a reservation? Where can we make a reservation? Doesn't it say whoever goes on stage first gets to fight?"

She remembered that when Xu Li pushed her onto the stage, she was clearly the first one!

“…” The two of them kept silent.

Facing the strange and impatient looks from the two contestants on stage, as well as the words of expulsion, Xi Jiana put her hands on her hips and said, "Since there is no reservation, then this is what I say."

"I'll beat you two!"

……

Watching Xijiana displaying her might on the stage, Dragonite easily defeated the opposing armored rhinoceros and vine monster with just a few moves, enjoying the astonished gazes of the crowd.

Huo Xia blinked and praised: "Amazing!"

Xu Li grabbed the swaying Jirachi, hugged him in his arms, and just smiled.

It looked like a one-on-two fight, but in fact, Jirachi was secretly using the "Help" skill to help Dragonite cheat... Although the result would be similar if she didn't use it.

Then, Xi Jiana quickly won her 17th consecutive victory. Feeling the crowd's exclamations, Xi Jiana put her hands on her hips and laughed heartily, "Who else? Where's my prize?"

"Sorry to have kept you waiting." At this time, a man in tattered navy uniform slowly walked onto the stage, adjusted the brim of his hat, and said, "I'm here to challenge the leader, Bei Shang."

"Miss, I have recognized your performance. But to win the final prize, you still need to fight with me. No matter what the final result is, you will receive the prize."

"The rules are that each team sends out two Pokémon for a doubles match."

After explaining the rules, Bei Shang looked at the tired Dragonite and said, "Do you need to rest first?"

Xi Jiana said confidently: "No need!"

"Okay, since you are confident."

As he spoke, Bei Shang threw out two Poké Balls, and Scorpio and Magneto turned into white light and appeared on the field.

Xi Jiana blinked and nodded: "It's a good time to try..."

Because the previous battles were all singles, Shigana's Dragonite was still on the field, and she only took out one Poké Ball this time.

"Roar~!"

Roaring Moon appeared on the stage, spreading his huge wings that were as big as the sun, holding his sloppy head high, and signaling with his eyes that the Tyrannosaurus next to him, who was suffering from varying degrees of injuries, should retreat.

As the king of Area Zero!

For such a simple scene, it can handle it alone!

Hongmingyue was full of confidence and rushed forward.

Then...

It was completely disoriented by the cannonball fired by Magneto's self-destructing beam.

In less than half a minute, the feathers on its wings, which were already prone to shedding, were plucked out by the hard energy, leaving a patch of baldness. Furthermore, the sneak attack from behind by the swallow's return also directly scraped the hair on Hongming Yue's back, leaving a horizontal patch of baldness.

Xu Li: “…”

Xi Jiana was almost scared to death: "Well, Rumbling Moon, stop being so stubborn! Come back soon!"

Seeing how confident Roaring Moon was, and the ease of the dozen or so battles before, Xijiana really thought that Roaring Moon could handle it with just one dragon.

Can……

She was careless!

With the help of Dragonite, Roaring Moon flew back to the safe area tremblingly, but he was no longer arrogant.

Xijiana patted her chest. She was almost anxious to death just now.

"so close……"

Xu Li was still watching from below. If it were so embarrassing... simply, simply... Xi Jiana didn't dare to even think about it.