Pokémon, but cultural invasion

"You are Izumi-ki?"

Qinglu slightly raised his chin, looking up at the young man who was a head taller than him.

"it's me."

Quanshu nodded, a green smile on his face, his eyes upturned at the corners, a hint of cunning in his defiance.

He had only ever seen this kind of smile on the little imp in his past life, and it looked perfectly natural on the face of the imp who would make a "Y" sign with both hands, eyes sparkling with hearts, and shouting "Hooh oh" as he turned to the next page.

"My fellow townsman wants to challenge Natsume."

"The Golden Dojo is currently closed."

Naza stepped out from behind the spring tree and said, "I will not accept any challenges for the time being."

"Why? Why are you still in Saffron City, even though you're Natsume?"

Qinglu frowned.

"No reason."

Naz's resolute attitude silenced Qinglu, whose gaze darted back and forth between Quanshu and Naz.

"I understand."

Green muttered to itself, "There are so many dojos, there's no need to challenge Golden first."

"Right, Crimson?"

He turned to leave, but Crimson remained where he was.

"You'll never catch up with me with your slow pace."

Having said that, without waiting for Crimson to act, Green turned and left without hesitation.

Quanshu turned his gaze away from Qinglu's departing figure; his quick surrender was expected.

Qinglu has this kind of personality: when faced with an invincible enemy, she will immediately give up; when faced with difficulties, she will choose to find another way instead of overcoming them.

Once they determine that Naz is indeed not accepting any challenges, they will leave without hesitation.

But Crimson is different. He appears taciturn, but at his core he is a serious, passionate, and righteous protagonist who will rush forward to fight even if he knows that the enemy is unbeatable.

"..."

Crimson silently watched the two of them.

"Little friend, Sabrina cannot accept your challenge right now."

Quanshu squatted down and said seriously, "I wouldn't mind giving you the gold badge directly, but I'm sure you wouldn't accept such a badge."

Crimson thought for a moment, then reached out her hand.

"Cough cough."

Izumi corrected his statement: "The badge was issued by Sabrina; I have no authority to decide."

I miscalculated; I didn't expect Crimson to be a true player eager to complete the game.

He is waiting for himself, the NPC, to give him a quest, and after completing the quest, he will challenge the Saffron Gym, the Elite Four, and the Champion.

"Actually, Naz and I are struggling with the material for a comic book project. Can you do us a favor?"

Fulfilling the Gym Leader's request = qualifying to challenge the Gym.

Crimson thought it made perfect sense.

"This manga is called 'Fighting Man.' You don't need to do anything special; just go challenge other gyms first."

"I'll have Zubat act as your photographer to document your journey. Once you've challenged all seven gyms, the footage will be ready."

Izumi summoned the Zubats from the flying army she was filming, and they wouldn't lose her even in the dark cave.

"Come challenge the Goldenrod Gym after you've collected all the materials."

"..."

Red accepted the long-term quest given by Izumi, and he grabbed Zubat and the camera, placing them on his backpack.

He bowed slightly to Izumi and Natsume, then left.

...

"The two people just now had extremely high combat talent."

After they left, Naz commented casually.

"Your intuition is so useful; you even knew this."

As if remembering something, Quanshu casually asked, "And what about me? What's your intuition's reaction?"

Everything about you has been hidden.

"It's a pity, I was hoping to get a mediocre rating from you."

It was probably Mewtwo who did it, Izumi didn't care much; he was thinking about the Goldenrod Gym.

Sabrina's psychic powers haven't recovered yet, and the Goldenrod Gym can't stay closed indefinitely.

As time goes on, more and more challengers will be turned away, and it's hard to guarantee that nothing unexpected will happen.

Perhaps we should think of a way to reopen the dojo?

Chapter 121 The End

Are you free?

No, Qishu Dada deleted the characters in the chat box.

"It's been a long time..."

That's not right either. Guandu and Padiya are separated by thousands of miles, how could they possibly meet?

What have you been up to lately?

Hmm, this tone is too sharp; it doesn't sound like casual conversation, it sounds like interrogation.

Delete it.

"Are you there?"

Thoughts swirled and turned, yet the two words were both concise and polite.

Qi Shu curled up in the blankets, his knees resting on his chin, his phone screen glowing faintly in the dark room with the heavy curtains drawn.

"Could he already be asleep at this hour?"

do not care!

Her right thumb hovered over the send button for three seconds before pressing it hard. Then she threw the phone next to her pillow, her whole body tense, as if she were guarding against some kind of time bomb.

"Om-"

The reply was quick; Qishu hurriedly retrieved the time bomb.

"Padiya Telecom: [Phone Bill] Dear 152......"

"Damn phone company!"

Enraged, Kiju kicked the empty blanket, then pinched the pink Jigglypuff plush toy next to his pillow.

"Om-"

"Thoughts flow like a spring: What's wrong? Don't you usually just get straight to the point when stating your requests or issuing notices?"

Qi Shu was a little happy after hearing such a long reply.

She quickly sobered up from Quanshu's sweet talk and began to select her options from the "three sentences to win over a man" list she found.

"I want to plant sunflowers and roses with you, I want to be with you, bathed in the sunset and autumn wind."

Typing, sending... my foot!

How could she possibly utter such cheesy words? Qi Shu glanced at the other even more explicit and shameful love quotes; she was already a hopeless loser!

Think left and right.

"Bright-eyed frog: Tonight, the moon is very round in Padida."

"Thoughts flow like a spring: How round is it?"

"The Electric-Belly Frog: Rounder than a chubby frog."

"Thoughts flow like a spring: It's raining here."

"How big is the 'Electric Frog'?"

...

"Thoughts flowing like a spring: Want to play games? The eleventh level of the Stardew Valley mine has been updated with an underground river where you can catch very rare fish."

"Braised Electric Frog: Log in!"

Qi Shu turned on the lights and computer and received a call request from the other party.

"Hey?"

?

"can hear."

Her soft, sweet voice came through the earpiece. Quanshu said, "I've invited you. Let's meet at the mine."

Since the awkward, inefficient conversation was going to go on for who knows how long, he simply pulled Qishu over to play games with his microphone on.

Late at night, the two sat fishing by an underground river.

How's the movie making going?

"Progress is good. The final shots will be completed in a few days, and you can see it screened in Padiya next month."

The pixelated character with pink and blue hair reeled in a brown catfish.

As an online game, FarmVille is regularly updated by Quanshu, including map expansions, new plant species, furniture, fish, and insect varieties...

"This seems to be the first time you've ever invited me to play games, hehehe..."

"I just couldn't sleep. How were things after you went back to Padiya? Did you experience jet lag?"

"It was there for the first few days, but then it got better."

"I heard that the million-volt night view of Niangguang City can be clearly seen from space, is that true?"

"Of course it's true, so my room has thick blackout curtains. If you're interested, you can come to Padiya for a trip."

...

The two fished and chatted idly until the gray dawn sky revealed a few sparse morning stars.

At four in the morning, Quanshu casually mentioned that he had insomnia, but Qishu stayed up and chatted with him for so long, even though he kept yawning in the latter half of the conversation.

He smiled and said, "It's getting late, goodnight."

"Oh, um... and..."

Qi Shu's voice was hesitant and shy: "I lied to you the night we went to the Quartz Convention and said that holding hands with you was just an ordinary thing."

"I'm sorry... I'm actually a little happy, though only a tiny bit."

"So if there's a chance to meet again, I want to try one more time... just one more time!"

"That's it, bye-bye~"

"Dudu-"

The call went dead, and Quanshu felt a pang of unease. Had this guy become so brazen just because they didn't have to meet in person?

Electric live streamers are truly terrifying creatures.

......