Anyone who often goes to sea knows that even if the sea looks calm, boaters will still feel swaying from side to side - large cruise ships are already the most comfortable among them. If they are replaced by small fishing boats, it is enough for anyone who has no sea experience. People spit out their intestines.
The wind and waves in the afternoon were not strong, and the impact force was weakened layer by layer through the heavy hull, leaving only slight irregular shaking. After taking the seasickness medicine, the Pokémon who were slightly unwell soon became as active and energetic as walking on flat ground - only Riolu, who was extremely difficult with transportation, was still suffering, and was so faint that he almost fell into his old enemy Forest Lizard. I don't even know it in my arms. Pichu was so frightened that he quickly pulled the two of them away, so that Riolu would not be so angry and angry when he woke up that he would find a fight with his teammates to vent his anger.
Xiaoye originally planned to take advantage of the rare cruise trip to practice the Pokémon's adaptability to transportation.
As we all know, for Pokémon running on land, the "shaking of the ground" will seriously affect their performance. For example, there is a very famous battle subway in the Hezhong area. The unique venue and rules attract many trainers to experience it. Perhaps in order to deliberately create problems for the passengers, the subway was moving swayingly, sometimes fast and sometimes slowly. I don’t know how many Pokémon twisted their feet on the spot when they exerted power, or their feet were in the air, causing their faces to catch the moves. They made mistakes. It's exciting, and the collection of funny videos edited has exceeded one million views on Station N.
If you are a trainer who specializes in competitive competitions, there is no need to conduct this kind of practice - after all, no large-scale competitions are held on vehicles. But if actual combat is the goal and you want to carry out the "bravery for justice" represented by the Iron Cross to the end, fighting on vehicles becomes an unavoidable part.
After listening to Xiaoye’s training plan, Xiaotian readily expressed his willingness to join. The two discussed it and decided to use a three-on-three melee. The training method is very simple - one side attacks, the other side avoids, alternating every ten minutes, mainly honing running skills. The participants in the war are naturally the "army" soldiers from both sides.
Not surprisingly, Xiaotian's side sent out Electric Beast, Shakiras and Kung Fu Weasel. The members on Xiaoye's side were unable to take the usual path due to the influence of Charizard - the original plan was to participate in the training with Pichu, Forest Lizard and Riolu. Now Forest Lizard was sent out for move coaching, and the team was empty. Take a position. It happened that the over-energetic Charizard was clamoring to join the team. Xiao Yequan allowed it to practice the difficult skill of flying indoors without hitting its head against the ceiling, and approved its application to join the team.
Riolu's severe symptoms of seasickness made Xiaoye a little worried, and she was thinking about whether to let him return to the Poké Ball to rest first. Unfortunately, its temper was as stubborn as ever, and it refused to give up the fight no matter what, so the trainer had no choice but to let it go - at least seasickness would not harm your health, and it might be possible to adapt to it quickly if you move around more.
Soon, a three-on-three melee began. Neither of the two trainers had any intention of commanding. They just stood aside and watched the alternation of indiscriminate bombardment and scurrying rats, and occasionally gave some advice.
For Pokémon who have experienced the Quartz League Competition, such training is not complicated, and they quickly master the rhythm. Only poor Riolu was so dizzy that he was beaten hard by Kung Fu Weasel's fists and couldn't find his way around.
However, the pain seemed to wake it up a lot, and it gradually caught up with the actions of other teammates.
Xue Tongzi, who was held in Xiao Ye's arms, shook his head and looked at this one and then that one. He saw that although they beat each other bruised and swollen, they were all happy and energetic, so he let out a relieved breath.
Snow Boy twisted his body restlessly and looked to the other side - the silver-haired boy seemed to be holding a little guy with a similar build.
"Gu?"
Sensing Snow Boy's shining gaze, the bird Pokémon in Xiaotian's arms let out a soft chirp.
"This child is...the egg from before?"
"Yeah. They just hatched not long ago."
Xiaoye remembered that Xiaotian brought a Pokémon egg with him during the league competition. It was said that it was entrusted to him by a friend. At that time, Xiaojie and Xiaoling had been guessing the race of the light brown eggs for a long time - now it seems that none of the golden retrievers' guesses were correct.
"Hello." Xiaoye bent down and smiled at the little Pokémon.
The little bird didn't recognize itself, and made a long series of cooing sounds enthusiastically, fluttering so hard that the trainer's shirt was stained with soft feathers.
Xiaotian blinked and handed the bird Pokémon forward, "You can touch it."
"Then I'd rather be respectful than obey!"
It wasn't until the little bird was petted that she narrowed her eyes and fell asleep, then Xiaoye took back her hand with satisfaction.
Of all the bird Pokémon, Owl has the best-feeling fluff. Especially when the hard long feathers have not yet grown, the whole bird is almost a round ball of soft fur - just as every trainer wants to sleep on the belly of a Kirby, so does having a living wood owl pillow. It is a common dream in the industry.
Newborn Pokémon are curious about everything around them. Seeing it looking at Snow Boy with its round eyes, looking like it wanted to make new friends, the two trainers simply put the little ones of similar age in a safe corner and let them play freely.
Mu Mu Xiao has a lively temperament. After being liberated from the boy's arms, he happily jumped around the Snow Boy, cooing and chirping non-stop. Xuetongzi followed Mumuxiao in a circle in confusion, and after a while he lay on the ground and became dizzy.
The light brown stuffed bird tilted its head and pecked at Snow Boy's bamboo hat curiously.
Mumuxiao: "Goooooooooooooo?"
Snow Boy: "Urgh."
Mumuxiao: "Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Snow Boy: "Huh?"
Mumuxiao: "Goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much..."
Snow Boy: "Gu Gu Gu Gu!"
Young trainers: "..."
This doesn't seem right.
Xiaotian: "...Sorry, Mumuxiao is a bit chatty..."
Xiaoye: "...No, it's okay. Maybe thanks to it, Snow Boy can learn a martial art..."
The Pokémon's training is gradually getting on track, offense and defense are being exchanged in a decent manner, and the number of stumbling blocks has begun to decrease. Not wanting to miss the excitement at all, Snow Boy and Mumu Xiao took on the role of time-telling birds...or time-telling boys with their trainer's timer in hand. As soon as there was a clear "goo" sound, the one who was beaten immediately fought back with a ferocious look, and the one who beat him ran away in fear, and the training room was filled with happy air.
After a few back and forths, the trainer called a timeout.
The Pokémon were all so tired that they lay in a ball on the ground, but they still stared at the opposite side reluctantly, for fear of losing their momentum. According to this attitude, they will jump up and continue fighting each other in ten minutes.
Xiaoye fed each of the six Pokémon an orange fruit to help them regain their strength quickly. When she walked back to the rest area on the sidelines after work, she saw Xiaotian putting the tablet on the table and concentrating on clicking something quickly. From the gestures, it looked a bit like a music game - but Xiaoye knew very well that her little friend had never Don't play this type of game.
After he finished working for a while, Xiaoye asked curiously: "What are you doing?"
"Exercise on reaction speed." Xiaotian replied, showing the screen on the tablet to Xiaoye.
Seeing the shining colorful squares on it, Xiaoye suddenly understood.
This APP called "Cultivation of the Hundred-Story Tower" is very popular among trainers. It has many mini-games to help trainers improve their skills. When Xiaoye was in Zhenxin Town, she saw Xiaomao give Xiaozhi the simplest "attribute restraint table time-limited fill-in-the-blank" level - the result was naturally full of mistakes and people were overwhelmed, creating a topic of ridicule that Xiaomao could not talk about all day and night.
Xiaotian was practicing on the 62nd floor of the "Hundred-Story Tower", which was reaction speed training. The 8x8 squares divided on the screen will light up randomly. Just click on the square before it goes out. It is no different from the common whack-a-mole game in the old arcades - although the operation is simple, as time goes by, the squares will change. The frequency of light emission is getting faster and faster, and the duration is gradually getting shorter. As long as one missing point is missed, the game will be over. Novices will usually be defeated quickly.
"Want to try?"
"OK."
Xiao Ye happily took the tablet. It's rare for a friend to show some curiosity, probably because he's wondering how many points a player who knows how to fight at high speed can score, but instead he feels like he's being inspected by a leader.
The silver-haired boy stood next to the challenger and watched her click again and start "checkered whack-a-mole".
As the target flashed faster, the girl's fingertips gradually began to fly above the screen. Her movements were precise and calm, and her eyes were focused on the shadows of the colorful squares. The noisy sounds of the Pokémon did not reach her ears at all, nor could they interfere with her thoughts.
The score in the upper right corner keeps increasing. Xiaotian saw the numbers rising from 500 to 600 and then to 700 smoothly, easily surpassing the highest score of more than 600 points he had ever scored.
This is not surprising - if Xiaoye, as a person who has fought in eleven-minute high-speed battles, failed before the highest record, Xiaotian should be surprised. He was about to continue paying attention when he was suddenly startled by a loud noise coming from the other side of the training room.
The fire-breathing dragon fell into a ball with the training aids in the corner, and its head was buried under the thick target cards. It was dancing and struggling for a while. The electric beast still maintained a sideways avoidance posture, with an expression that did not want to help at all - there is no doubt that Charizard got into a quarrel with his opponent, and bumped his head indiscriminately, resulting in the placement of the The neat training equipment was smashed into a pile of rubble.
"..."
As a fellow countryman, Xiaotian was already used to seeing his friend's Charizard behave in such a weird way since he was little, so he wasn't surprised at all. He turned back and was about to suggest Xiao Ye to start a new round, but was suddenly startled before he could say anything.
The colorful squares on the screen are still flashing rapidly, and the operator's fingers are dancing with precision. She still maintained the same posture and expression, as if she had not heard the loud noise at all.
The young man was stunned for a while, but before he could recover, he saw his friend's almost frozen concentration expression suddenly change.
"……ah."
Her finger poked Mumuxiao's forehead, and her fingertips were unpreparedly surrounded by a soft and fluffy touch.
Mumu Owl was having fun with Yukidouzi, bouncing around like a bird ball, completely unaware that he was causing trouble to humans. When he was poked, he just thought that Xiao Ye wanted to touch it, and it turned into a creature on the tablet with ease. A puddle of bird cake.
Seeing this, Xiaoye had no choice but to offer her tickling services knowingly. After the satisfied bird cake turned into a sphere again, flapped its wings and left, she reluctantly returned the tablet to Xiaotian.
Xiaotian, who watched the whole process of Bird Ball's trouble, raised his eyebrows and took the tablet.
The score "973" scored by Xiaoye is clearly displayed in the upper right corner - if the screen was not blocked by the bird midway, there must be no suspense about breaking through the 1,000-point mark.
"Do you have any tips?" Xiaotian sat down next to his friend.
Xiao Ye was still a little dazed after hearing this - in fact, as a junior student of ten thousand years, she was the only one who could ask others "what tricks they have" in the past, so she was stunned for a few seconds before she answered as if she had just woken up from a dream, "It's not really a trick." ——As of my score just now, the speed at which the squares light up does not actually exceed the reaction ability of most people. Therefore, what needs to be practiced is not so much the reaction speed, but rather the 'concentration'."
The silver-haired boy nodded seriously and gestured to his friend to continue teaching him like he was an underachiever.
"As long as the attention is not distracted, I think everyone can score at least a thousand points." Xiaoye quickly avoided the captain's "humbly asking for advice" gaze - this was so inconsistent with the way the two of them got along in the past, " I personally am more accustomed to using methods such as psychological suggestion to enhance concentration, but it may not be suitable for other people."
"Psychological suggestion?"
"Well. For example, when we notice that the score is very high and we hope to break the previous record, we often get distracted and make mistakes, right?" Xiaoye explained, "Then just say to yourself repeatedly before starting practice - I What I do is not for the purpose of practicing skills or self-improvement, and the scores are meaningless to me. My task is just to 'click on the lighted square', without reason or motivation."
When she said these words, the girl's tone was very light, as if the words she spat out were just casual jokes.
"Although this kind of suggestion is very weak, it can at least prevent me from being distracted by emotions for a short period of time." After answering, she looked at Xiaotian and said, "If you want to try, I can tell you more." Longer and more verbose" expression.
A thoughtful emotion flashed in the young man's eyes, "Is this also the case during the '11-minute high-speed battle'?"
"Yes."
Xiaoye nodded honestly, but her friend suddenly changed the topic and pointed behind her, "Did you hear the sound just now?"
"What sound..."
Xiao Ye choked back her words when she saw the scene before her eyes - the poor training equipment was torn apart by the fire-breathing dragon at some point. The big guy knew he was in trouble, and was trying to move them back to their original positions. However, the mess got worse and worse, until the training room looked like a demolition site, and other Pokémon were too scared to help.
"I'm sorry, I'll go clean it up!"
Xiaoye ran away in a cold sweat, with "How much compensation will you have to pay if the equipment is damaged" written all over her forehead. Xiaotian raised his head and glanced at his friend's back with heavy and thoughtful eyes, which were carefully restrained.
"I'll help you."
As he spoke, he walked into the "demolition site" where people were turning their heads.
The afternoon was spent fulfillingly in training. As the sun set, the two handed their tired Pokémon to the small Pokémon Center on the cruise ship and went to have dinner together.
They planned to hang out for a while to enjoy the sea breeze after dinner, but when they walked out of the restaurant, they saw a mess on the deck. The tourists were hiding in the corners and whispering, while a few staff members were cleaning something in the middle of the deck.
"You guys came too late and didn't see it. A group of ink seahorses just jumped onto the deck for some unknown reason, spraying ink everywhere. The clothes and shoes of several people were damaged." Seeing the confused look of the newcomers, a tourist explained He said, "Look, I've been cleaning this for a long time, and I can just see the color of the floor clearly."
Xiaoye and Xiaotian immediately looked at each other.
Wild ink seahorse populations are usually very wary and will not approach human ships. It is difficult to imagine that they would deliberately jump into large cruise ships in groups. What's more, spitting out ink is Mo Haima's reaction when he feels in danger.
It was as if...he had wandered into the wrong place in a panic.
Amidst the worried comments from the tourists, a vague foreboding premonition arose in Xiaoye's heart.
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small theater:
Snow Boy: (cheerfully) Gu Gu Gu Gu!
Ghost Stone: Eeyah! ? (frightened and twisted into a scream)
