I caught a Pokémon

Following Xiaomei's finger, I realized that she was referring to that clumsy Eevee.

"Huh? Ibu? Why are you entrusting him to me?"

Xiaomei sighed: "After all, I am a stage actress. I usually practice and perform, so I don't have much time to spend with it. If I leave it alone, it will easily get lost. Besides, I already have an Espeon, so I really don't have the energy to raise another one. Most importantly, I want it to see the outside world."

"This one……"

Xia You hesitated for a moment and did not agree immediately: "Miss Xiaomei, you should know that I am a trainer. With constant travel and battles, the team needs to be rotated from time to time. I cannot guarantee that I will always have it with me."

“I understand,” Xiaomei said with a smile. “While you’re resting, you can put it back here for foster care. This will always be its home, and I want it to see more of the outside world.”

Seeing her serious expression, Xia You lowered her body and looked at the Eevee.

Would you like to come with me?

Ibu glanced back at Xiaomei, saw encouragement in her eyes, and then called out to Xia You.

This should mean "willing".

Xia You couldn't help but laugh as she patted its head. She hadn't expected to have such an unexpected gain during her visit to the Yuanzhu sisters' home!

My sixteenth Pokémon is here!

Chapter 409 Adjusting the Lineup

Xia You took the Eevee Poké Ball from Xiao Mei.

Once he got the Poké Ball, it meant that this Eevee had officially become his Pokémon.

After parting ways with Xiaomei, Xia You and Lijia, along with Eevee, did not leave Eden City directly, but instead planned to visit the Pokémon Center there first.

After obtaining Eevee, he now carries more than twelve Pokémon. To prevent Eevee from being teleported back, he must first make some adjustments.

Watching their retreating figures from afar, Xiaomei couldn't help but wave and shout, "Mr. Xia You, I wish you another championship at the Silver Tournament! Good luck!!"

The two men turned around and waved to her.

After spending more than a day together, the women formed a deep friendship, and Xia You also became familiar with them.

Last night, Lijia also made a promise to them that she would return here to meet with them after the Silver Conference.

Because there was still a chance to meet again, there wasn't much sadness in this parting.

Following the wide street, the two arrived at the Pokémon Center.

After greeting Nurse Joy here, Xia You was also thinking about which Pokémon to send back.

Finally, he made a phone call to Naz.

After much thought, he decided to pass the three legendary birds to her. These three Pokémon rarely come out and take up a lot of space. Moreover, with Suicune around, they can handle any unexpected situation. And if they really can't handle it, he can just send them back.

As for why I contacted Naz...

After all, it would be much more reassuring to entrust the three sacred birds to his woman for safekeeping than to leave them in Sakuragi Park. Besides, Koharu's abilities are simply insufficient to control and guard the three sacred birds, and there is no privacy there, making it easy for others to discover their existence.

Most importantly, the three sacred birds had all spent some time with Sabrina and knew about their relationship with her, so they were not too resistant.

The call was answered quickly, but because Lijia was there, Xia You felt embarrassed to talk too much with Nazi, so she could only get straight to the point and tell her what was going on.

……

Saffron City, Saffron Gym, Kanto.

Inside the dojo, a battle is currently underway on the arena.

This battle features Gym Leader Sabrina's Kadabra against a female challenger, Blastoise.

The two Pokémon were attacking each other in the arena, with various moves flying everywhere, making it look like a very intense battle.

But at this moment, Sabrina wasn't focused on the battle. She was standing in the left-hand trainer command area, holding her phone to her ear and nodding occasionally in agreement.

After hanging up the phone, she turned around without hesitation and walked straight towards the entrance of the dojo.

Once she left, only the bewildered challenger and her father, who was acting as the referee, remained in the arena!

Seeing her leave so abruptly, abandoning the fight altogether, her father hurriedly called out, "Naza! Where are you going!?"

Sabrina, without turning her head, said: "Pokémon Center."

His nonchalant tone suggested that he didn't care about the battle at all.

"What are you going there for?!" his father asked, utterly astonished. "And you're in the middle of a battle right now!! What will happen to your battle if you leave?!"

Naz ignored him and continued walking out.

"Ugh……"

Seeing her like this, her father could only sigh helplessly.

This is an extremely irresponsible act and a serious dereliction of duty by the gym leader. If it were reported to the Pokémon League, it would definitely cause a lot of trouble.

But as a father, he was completely powerless to control his daughter.

My daughter's cold personality is still vivid in my mind. Although her nature has changed a lot since the trip and she has become a little more normal, as long as you provoke her, you can feel the terror of being controlled by superpowers in no time!

Seeing Nazja being called away by a phone call, as someone who has been through it all, he naturally understood that something was wrong with his daughter's emotional state, and that someone outside must be trying to seduce her!

That must be it!

Damn it, who is it?!

But by then, Sabrina had already disappeared through the gate, and it was too late for him to ask.

Helpless, he could only turn to look at the equally bewildered challenger and give an awkward smile.

"Ahem, as you can see, Sabrina has something to attend to and needs to leave immediately, so I will be your temporary opponent for now!"

……

After confirming by phone that the three Super Balls had been delivered to Natsume, Xia You finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He was very worried that something might go wrong during the transfer of the Great Ball, after all, these were three legendary Pokémon, and the consequences of losing them would be unimaginable.

But now it seems that my concern led me astray.

Come to think of it, with technology so advanced these days, aside from Team Rocket causing trouble, there's only a very small chance of encountering machine malfunctions.

Without the three legendary birds, but with Eevee's Poké Ball, he currently has two empty slots, which should be enough for the rest of his journey.

The main reason is that he has high standards and doesn't collect Pokémon indiscriminately, so two empty slots are more than enough for him.

After saying goodbye to Nurse Joy, the two left the Pokémon Center, exited Erimo City, and continued southwest.

Their next target is the Asagi Gym in Asagi City.

The straight-line distance between Asagi City and Enshu City is not very far, but after leaving Enshu City, you need to walk to the end of Route 38, then head south and cross Route 39 to reach it.

This backtracking process naturally lengthens the journey considerably.

Walking along the country lanes, you are surrounded by vast grasslands. As far as the eye can see, there is only the green of grass. Only at the far end of the horizon can you vaguely see the winding and undulating mountains.

The weather was sunny, but not glaring. The gentle breeze felt wonderful on the two of them.

Eevee was very lively. It followed the two of them around, running back and forth, sniffing the flowers and grass, and turning over stones. It was never still.

Seeing its boundless energy, Xia You had no choice but to call Gengar out of the shadows and have it watch over Eevee to prevent it from getting lost.

Gengar, who has lived for over a thousand years, is like an old man. Unlike Eevee, which is full of energy and curious about everything, Gengar only ran around for a while before becoming exhausted, with a look of utter despair on its face.

Lijia walked side by side with Xia You, glanced at Eevee, and chuckled, "Has your Eevee ever thought about which direction it should evolve into?"

"I don't have any plans for now." Xia You glanced down at Eevee and shook her head. "After all, it's a Pokémon that Mei gave me, and it contains her expectations, so... let's leave it to its own wishes."

Chapter 410 Kenta and Marina

At 2 PM, Xia You and Li Jia crossed the grassland and arrived at a Pokémon Center built in the wild.

After setting off from Yeonju City, they walked for several hours straight, their calves aching and their bodies and minds exhausted. Now that they had arrived, they finally had a chance to rest and recover their strength.

It's worth mentioning that the two encountered a group of Sunflowers in the grasslands. Rika decisively took action and successfully captured a Sunflower, which was the second Grass-type Pokémon she had captured since arriving in Johto.

As she got closer to her goal, she felt exceptionally happy.

Geographically, this Pokémon Center is located at the intersection of forest and plain, at a three-way intersection. Perhaps due to the large number of trainers coming and going, many people rest here every day. Therefore, the Pokémon League attaches great importance to this place and has built this Pokémon Center to be quite grand in scale!

The electric doors opened to both sides, and when the two entered the three-story Pokémon Center, they found that at least dozens of trainers had already gathered in the lobby alone!

When the sound barrier disappeared, the sounds of people talking and Pokémon calling out instantly filled the air.

Wow, it's so lively!

Seeing so many people, Lijia couldn't help but exclaim.

As you can see, this Pokémon Center is very well-equipped, with televisions, satellite phones, and desktop computers available for trainers to use at will. There is even a swimming pool outside, where seven or eight water-type Pokémon are playing and frolicking.

"It's really lively, almost as big as the infrastructure of the Quartz Convention. Okay, let's not worry about these things now. I'm starving, let's go get something to eat."

Urged on by Xia You, the two got straight to the point and had a late lunch at the restaurant.

As agreed by the two, they decided to spend the night here.

Actually, judging from the current time, there is still a long time before nightfall. They could eat and drink their fill and continue their journey. However, as can be seen from the map, this is the only place they can rest before reaching Asagi City. If they don't want to camp in the wild tonight, they can only rest here for the night and set off again early tomorrow morning.

Fortunately, the two of them were not in a hurry to travel and preferred to sleep on soft beds, so they did not care too much about whether it would delay their journey.

The food at the Pokémon Center was still delicious, but while eating, compared to Rika's elegant manners and slow, deliberate chewing, Xia You was not so disciplined and her eating habits were quite casual.

After finishing lunch, the two discussed it and were about to wander around the Pokémon Center when a teenage boy and girl suddenly walked up to them.

"Excuse me, are you Xia You?"

The girl's clear voice came from behind. Xia You turned her head and saw that the girl was quite pretty, with long light blue hair, which she had combed into two ponytails and stuck up in an extremely unconventional way. She was wearing a tight-fitting top and shorts, and looked enthusiastic, unrestrained and energetic.

Beside her, a dream demon floated above her head.

As for the boy next to her, he was wearing a baseball cap backwards, a red hoodie, and yellow shorts, with a wisp of bangs sticking out from the gap in the cap, sticking up unruly in mid-air.

Judging from their hairstyles alone, the two belong to the same style.

"It's me, what's up?"

"It really was you!!"

Upon hearing Xia You's admission, the two exchanged a glance, both able to see the excitement in each other's eyes!

The girl, in particular, jumped up with joy!

Under Xia You and Li Jia's surprised gazes, perhaps realizing their lapse in composure, the two quickly coughed a few times and quieted down again.

"I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Marina." After saying that, the girl pointed to the boy next to her, "His name is Kenta, we're both trainers from Wakaba Town!"

Marina? Kenta?

Xia You frowned slightly. He had some impression of these two people, as they seemed to have appeared a few times in the animation, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't recall any related plot details.

"What do you need me for?"

"Well, I watched your match at the Quartz Conference and know you won the championship! So, could you have a match with me?"

"Me too! Me too!!" Kenta retorted defiantly, "I want to have a match with you too!!"

"You two are too loud..." Xia You shook her head helplessly, but did not refuse. "Alright, if someone's challenging me, I have no reason to refuse. Consider it post-meal exercise!"

With these two people interfering, Xia You and Li Jia's plan to stroll around the area was naturally ruined.

The group left the building and went to the backyard of the Pokémon Center. Like other Pokémon Centers, the makeshift battle arena behind the center is a standard feature of the Pokémon League.

Before Xia You could even reach the battlefield, Kenta and Marina were already arguing about who would fight him first.

The two argued for a few moments, each seemingly wanting to be the first to fight Xia You. However, as the argument raged on, Kenta inexplicably backed down and gave up his spot to the girl.

Marina couldn't wait to stand on the other side of the trainer command area, smiling as she looked at Xia You.

"Today is truly my lucky day! I never imagined I'd get to fight a champion!"

Xia You shook her head, her gaze sweeping between the two of them: "It's obvious you two have a good relationship. Are you traveling together?"

Upon hearing this, both of them blushed instantly.

Marina waved her hand: "No, Kenta and I just happened to bump into each other here."

Kenta added, "She's right. Although we've been childhood friends, we've been traveling separately ever since we parted ways in Wakaba Town. We just happened to run into each other here!"

"That's quite a coincidence."