The midsummer day in the South is always scorching. In the midst of a rolling heat wave, the hazy cold air surrounding Snow Boy was thin and fragile, making the Pokémon itself look pitiful.
Witnessing this scene, Yukinosuke's face immediately darkened.
"Are you looking down on me?"
He admitted that his partner, the newly evolved Mosquito Repellent, had not fully adapted to the new body, so he lost to a fire Pokémon in terms of swimming speed. Fortunately, he thought he could avenge his shame through fighting, but he didn't expect the new sailor to be so arrogant and even sent a cub to fool him.
How could the southerners endure such humiliation? They let out a long string of skillfully harsh words on the spot. But the other party still had a polite smile on his face, which made the boy so angry that his eyes turned black and he almost felt like he had a heatstroke.
The people facing the examination - Xiaoye and her Pokémon partners were not affected by the menacing "examiner".
Snow Boy has a laid-back nature and has never known what it means to be nervous. At this moment, he was jumping up and down in front of his trainer and making gestures to express his determination.
Since the end of the Snowstorm Battle, Snow Boy, who is not interested in fighting, has been uncharacteristically actively participating in training, competing with his companions, and honing his skills - he has witnessed the scene of his friends falling after a bloody battle, and no longer wants to be helpless. Hiding behind everyone. The trainer responded to Snow Boy's little wish and carefully customized the training menu for him, planning the most suitable items and intensity.
It is just right to welcome the "stage test" now.
The captain, who is responsible for deciding the outcome, announces the start of the battle. Snow Boy turned around, his blue eyes calmly taking in everything on the field.
The impatient Southerners took the lead in issuing the order.
"Mr. Mosquito Repellent Repellent, please rain!"
In just a few breaths, dark clouds enveloped the port of Little Orange Island. The seaside is already filled with moisture, and when it rains, it's like rolling oil into a fire, instantly triggering a violent chemical reaction. The rain poured down heavily, making it almost impossible to open one's eyes.
Mr. Mosquito Repellent started running in the heavy rain. Its steps are as light as a dragonfly touching water, and its cold body almost melts into the rain, making it difficult to grasp its direction.
Yukinosuke was obviously very proud of his partner's skill. After admiring the confused look of Snow Boy spinning in the rain for a while, he proudly gave the order.
"water gun!"
The mosquito-repellent incense master mustered up all his strength, and the high-pressure water jet spurted out from the center of the vortex in his abdomen.
It is not easy to see the direction of water-type moves in heavy rain. Mr. Mosquito Repellent's trainer opened his eyes wide, expecting the poor cub to cry and be beaten away - but the situation on the field was completely opposite.
The little guy wearing a bamboo hat jumped lightly, just in time to avoid the attack of the water gun. It was not in a hurry to fight back. Instead of paying attention to Mr. Mosquito's movements, it seemed to be more concerned about this rainstorm, which was very new to a Pokémon living in the snowy mountains. It was spinning around in a circle, looking extremely comfortable.
The southern boy's face immediately twisted into an angry pattern.
"A series of slaps!"
Mr. Mosquito Repellent waved his powerful palms and charged forward, but the short Snow Boy showed no timidity at all. It jumps left and right following the opponent's rhythm, avoiding attacks easily and calmly, almost as if it is dancing with Mr. Mosquito Repellent.
Looking carefully, the weak cold air spreads down the little guy's feet, condensing into a thin layer of ice on the moist ground, making the snow boy's movements become more agile - almost in the blink of an eye, most of the ice surface has been covered On the battlefield, Mr. Mosquito Repellent slipped on his feet and almost fell over.
Fortunately, Yukinosuke immediately stopped his partner's offensive.
He realized that this seemingly weak Pokémon was not that easy to deal with. After putting aside his contempt, the young man from Southern China, who was full of martial virtue, mobilized his rich fighting experience and immediately came up with a plan.
"Mud Shot!"
The mosquito-repellent incense spat out gray-black mud. It didn't care whether the mud shot hit the opponent or not, it just chased the snow boy's movements and attacked randomly; and the heavy rain quickly turned the mud into sticky sludge, covering the clean ice. When Snow Boy realized something was wrong, mud had spread in all directions, blocking all escape routes.
"Now, water gun!"
The fierce water column was directed at the imprisoned Snow Boy. Until then, the silent trainer finally gave the first command of the entire battle.
"Shadow clone."
The Pokémon wearing a hat leaped high into the air, its small figure split into eight parts. Mr. Mosquito Repellent Repellent was dazzled for a moment, and the water gun swept out randomly, only to smash two afterimages in vain.
Yukinosuke was stunned for a moment. Before he could react, his opponent's instructions came one after another.
"——Frozen Wind."
Many snow boys spun together. The icy storm swept and expanded around them, the thin mud was easily swept away, and even the heavy rain was almost frozen. The freezing low temperature made the people who lived on the warm island tremble, almost feeling like the northern winter came across time and space. illusion.
——Maybe it’s not an illusion.
The clouds have not yet dispersed, but the wind and rain have stopped unconsciously. White snowflakes slowly drifted down from the sky, covering the earth with an icy veil.
Snow scene.
"Snow" is a rare sight in the Orange Islands for many years. Even though it was just a miniature snowy sky created by Pokémon that barely covered half of the coast, people still let out bursts of exclamations. All of a sudden, the crew members of the Kaiowaru, Kaohmaru and Koohmaru came in one after another, eager to bathe in the baptism of ice and snow. Within half a minute, the battlefield would be surrounded by water.
——For the boys in the South, the spotlight is tantamount to stimulants. The little frustration of losing the favorable weather was immediately forgotten, and Yukinosuke called to his partner to start the offensive again.
"Show them your true skills - Ushio Twister!"
Mr. Mosquito Repellent raised his hands high, and a huge vortex emerged out of thin air.
This powerful move acquired after evolution was polished to be full of power, and the water swirled violently to swallow up the battlefield, and most of the open space was submerged. Yukidouji had no choice but to run and barely settle down in the narrow safety zone, which was exactly what Yukinosuke had planned.
"Hypnosis!"
After the command was given, the pattern on Mr. Mosquito Repellent's abdomen began to ooze out blue light.
The seemingly overwhelming tidal wave is actually only used to shrink the battlefield, and hypnosis is their real killer move. The snow boy who was trapped in a small open space had no way to escape. If his eyes came into contact with the pattern, he would be hypnotized into a deep sleep. Giving up on observing his opponent was tantamount to being beaten passively. The balance of victory had already tilted——
Wait, what is that snow boy doing?
Under the stunned gaze of Yukinosuke, Yukidoji suddenly began to "roll all over the ground" - as if he was eager to escape but had no way out, the little guy was spinning around the open space. The overflowing cold air caused the frost to condense, and the little Pokémon was The whole thing is wrapped in a snowball.
"Headbutt."
Seeing a spherical object flying in the sky, Mr. Mosquito Repellent Repellent had no time to adjust his posture and subconsciously waved his fist. There was just a loud bang, and the huge impact caused Mr. Mosquito Repellent to fall over and roll into a frog ball. The tidal wave that entrenched the field gradually dispersed.
There is no doubt that Snow Boy stuffed himself into the snowball not just to block the view - under the "snowscape" covering the harbor, both the ice Pokémon's body and the ice and snow itself became harder than before. Mr. Mosquito Repellent only felt pain in the bones of his hands, and he felt as if he had just fought a big steel snake.
Snowball retreated as soon as he struck, as if he wanted to distance himself and return to the fighting situation. Fortunately, Yukinosuke immediately realized that even with the bonus of the snow scene, Mosquito Repellent was still superior in close combat ability. The brief defeat just now was just because he was too hasty to deal with the incident.
Then, of course, the command that should be shouted now is——
"Mr. Mosquito Repellent, don't let it go! Zhenqi Fist!"
Unlike juvenile mosquito tadpoles, mosquito-repellent tadpoles have well-developed legs that enable them to run quickly. It drove straight in at an astonishing speed, and landed hard with a heavy fist that glowed with orange light. In an instant, it smashed the snowball into pieces, revealing the slightly panicked look of the snow boy inside.
The little guy seemed to want to repeat his old tricks, still trying to rotate his body, trying to make his "head hammer" less weak. Of course, Lucky Nosuke would not let go of such a good opportunity.
"One more punch——"
"Hold."
The deadly fighting-type boxing was approaching with the sound of wind and thunder, but what it touched was a vast void.
Yukidouzi jumped up lightly with the power of the spin. The green light bloomed, and the lightning-like speed made it look less like a shield and more like a bullet casing - the high-speed rotating hard ball of light curved in the air and hit the mosquito repellent king's back hard. At this time, its zhenqi fist had not yet exhausted its force, and it was unable to withdraw its strength at all. It immediately lost its balance and was thrown into the air.
"Freezing beam."
The shield disappears, and the cold light suddenly shines. Snow Boy finally showed off the skill he had practiced so hard for a long time, and the cold blue light pointed directly at Mr. Mosquito Repellent like a sharp arrow.
"Water cannons!"
The Southern Trainer's loud voice was like thunder, which made Mr. Mosquito Repellent perk up. His dizziness was immediately replaced by a burning will to fight. The adversity inspired the Pokémon's potential - it turned nimbly in the air, and water energy quickly gathered in its abdomen, faster and more powerful than ever before.
The dark blue water column roared towards the ice light, and the strongest skills of both sides collided in the air——
The frozen beam of light disintegrated like glass that shattered at the first touch, and the water cannon hit the bottom with the force of breaking through the clouds and fog, completely engulfing the little figure of Snow Boy.
Fortunately, Xingzhi's expression froze. The abnormal scene set off alarm bells in his heart. His eyes searched back and forth on the battlefield, and suddenly caught an inconspicuous yellow color among the broken ice.
"Mr. Mosquito Repellent Repellent, be careful behind your back——"
The trainer's warning came a little late after all. The afterimage cast by the shadow clone confuses the eyes of the mosquito-repellent frog. When it pours firepower on the false phantom, the real opponent is hiding among the broken ice edges rolled up by the tidal wave, aiming at its back and delivering a fatal blow. .
Mosquito Repellent Repellent struggled hard, but the fatal cold quickly took away all its strength and consciousness. The Pokémon fell to the shore covered with fine snow, and could not open its eyes no matter how much the trainer shouted.
The outcome has been decided.
Fortunately, looking at the messy battlefield in front of him, he was stunned and speechless. It wasn't until the onlookers dispersed and his father loudly announced the result of the battle that he was shocked, filled with unwillingness and humiliation. The boy felt a sore nose and quickly raised his head to hold back tears.
You can't cry. Crying when you lose is a behavior only for children. I'm a mature sailor and I absolutely can't--
"Whoa whoa whoa!"
Snow Boy burst into tears.
"..."
Konosuke's nose suddenly stopped feeling sore, and he was dumbfounded as he watched the winner of the battle burst into tears, as if praying for rain moved from the sky to his face. Even Mr. Mosquito Repellent, who had just woken up, was frozen in place. He couldn't help but start to reflect on whether his behavior just now was bullying the small one, and whether he hurt it with his fists.
Snow Boy's trainer was not surprised at all and patted the little guy's head gently to express comfort.
Perhaps it was guilt for hurting his opponent, or maybe it was the hard training that finally paid off, and the faith that had sprouted for the first time was put into practice - Yukidouzi cried himself like a water boy with mixed feelings, until the crew members panicked. The crowd gathered around him and he barely stopped sobbing.
It waddled forward and stuffed a bunch of snowballs into the arms of the opponent Pokémon and trainer.
The mosquito-repellent incense man looked at the round snowballs surrounding him, and he suddenly became confused and became a mosquito-repellent-repellent man. And Yukinosuke's eyes widened when he saw it - the southern boy had seen less snow than Kyogre, so he couldn't resist this temptation. Before the surrounding snow had completely melted, he held the snowball that was round enough to meet industrial drawing standards and solemnly held the snow boy's hand.
"Please, teach me how to make snowballs!"
"Chirp!"
Seeing that the Pokémon's mood had calmed down, Xiaoye just looked away with peace of mind when her shoulder received a "hard push" from the captain.
"Good boy, good fight! Passed!"
Crew members wearing the same sailor uniforms gathered in twos and threes to greet the newcomers who had passed the examination. Before Xiaoye could see clearly whether the number of people around her was male or female, Captain Masahiko's loud voice rumbled in her ears again.
"Your main job this week is to be an 'air sentry', driving away dangerous Pokémon that approach the ship. The specific details are all written in the recruitment notice, so I don't need to explain them all. So——"
“Let’s welcome the new second officer on board!!”
The crew cheered loudly while the newly minted "second officer" was stunned.
"You...are you not recruiting trainee sailors?"
Masahiko groaned, his expression clear and slightly stupid, like a fire-breathing dragon who was asked what two plus three equals.
"We are recruiting sailors, but we are also recruiting second officers?"
"..."
"Hey, didn't I write it clearly? Forget it, it's almost done, it's all here, don't worry about these details!"
The captain laughed and hit the new second officer on the shoulder until she was in a daze and began to doubt life. Before she could figure out whether a ten-year-old new trainer could serve as second mate, how much money would be deducted if something went wrong at work, and other messy thoughts, Yukinosuke ran up to the captain with an arm full of snowballs in his arms.
"Dad, it's almost nine o'clock." The boy waved his pocket watch with a sullen expression, his dissatisfaction evident. "Are you a reliable recruit? He won't be late on the first day, right?"
"Be patient and don't be impatient."
Masahiko straightened his crooked hat and pointed forward.
"Look, isn't that coming?"
Xiao Ye followed the captain's signal and looked - the person walking towards the Kaiwang Maru was a petite child.
She was wearing a crisp sailor shirt and short skirt. At first glance, she seemed to be wearing the same outfit as the crew members, but the emblem on her chest made it clear that it was actually the school's summer uniform. Seeing the short, gentle and quiet-looking elementary school student, who looked like he was under ten years old, approaching the ship with a clear purpose, Xiaoye looked at herself, then at Konosuke, and finally couldn't help but cast a confused look at Kaifu Masahiko. look.
...Does this captain have a hobby of employing child labor?
The southerners were completely unaware of the strange looks around them and waved enthusiastically to the newcomers. And the elementary school student who behaved as well as his appearance walked up to the captain step by step——
He gave a sharp military salute.
"Report! It's sunny with few clouds today, and the wind is strong at Level 3 or 4. It's a good weather for going out to sea."
"The intern military doctor Qingshui Fengchi of the Third Army of the South China Sea has arrived!"
For a moment, Pichu petrified, Yukidouzi stiffened, and Yukinosuke's critical expression froze on his face.
But Xiaoye felt that the world had become quiet, the noise nearby and the sound of waves in the distance had all faded away, leaving only the loud voice of the "gentle primary school student" echoing in her ears along with the thunder in the sky.
...No, it’s a sunny day today and there won’t be any thunder.
It turned out to be tinnitus.
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small theater:
Masahiko Kaifu used [Sonic Wave]!
This works very well!
Xiaoye's HP -50%!
Qingshui Wind Chime used [Big Sound]!
This works very well!
Xiaoye's HP -50%!
Wild Xiaoye has lost her ability to fight!
