However, Lillian was the exclusive commentator for the Kanto Region Grand Prix after all. Seeing that the atmosphere in the venue was in trouble, she stepped forward decisively and delivered several jokes in succession, livening up the already cold atmosphere.
"Next, let Mr. Konkenstein, the director of conference affairs, present the golden ribbon to the winner!"
Seeing that the atmosphere had warmed up, Lillian was also wiping a cold sweat in the dark. She had finally managed to make it happen. She should strike while the iron was hot and complete the process quickly.
Chapter 150 Orudran City
"Look, here's the golden ribbon I got!"
"Oh, it's amazing."
"Yes, Not Bad."
"Can you please praise me with more sincerity?"
In a park, Gongsun Yan and his group occupied the swings and other places where people could sit. Xiaoyao excitedly showed everyone the first ribbon she got in the Kanto region.
However, to Xiaoyao's surprise, no one present seemed very enthusiastic and their congratulations to her were perfunctory, which made her feel a little jealous.
"It's not my fault. The previous fight was actually quite exciting, but the ending was a mess. Not swearing shows that I have a good temper."
Gongsun Yan answered Xiaoyao's question with a wry smile, and Xiaozhi and others on the side nodded in agreement, obviously they thought so too.
"Forget it, we have already decided that our next destination is there."
Gongsun Yan was not affected by his previous emotions and quickly shifted his attention to the next travel destination. Only that place could allow Gongsun Yan to meet up with Xiaozhi and others.
"Yes, both Dream and Suicune have reminded me more than once that I must visit the World Tree and Orudran City in the near future."
Xiaozhi gently stroked the two Master Balls on his waist. He had just found an opportunity to replace Suicune and Mew into new Poké Balls.
As for the original two Poké Balls, they shattered directly after Suicune and Mew left. It was completely unlike the situation described in Western fantasy novels, where even the soil becomes fertile where the legendary beasts have stayed.
"Yes, I have been waiting for this day to come when I was in the Hoenn region. Finally, everything is ready."
Gongsun Yan's face was also filled with fighting spirit. The World Tree was where the three divine pillars lived. Wasn't this the best touchstone?
Moreover, Groudon and Rayquaza were also rubbing their hands in the Master Ball, they had long been eager to have a strange, equally powerful opponent, they were almost sick of fighting each other, and were in urgent need of new opponents.
"By the way, Xiaozhi, speaking of which, how is your relationship with that person going?"
Suddenly, Gongsun Yan thought of something, poked Xiaozhi, and asked in a low voice, his eyes constantly drifting towards the ordinary shadow behind Xiaozhi.
"Oh, that. Ever since I awakened my waveguide, I immediately noticed his presence. After communicating with him for a while, I can barely command him."
Xiaozhi also reacted. Now in his wave sensing, there was a presence in his shadow emitting strong waves. The aura was so thick that it was like a small sun.
"Oh, that's good. Once we get to the World Tree, we need to be careful about everything. It's not very safe there."
Gongsun Yan said this with a hint of meaning, and he was not exaggerating. There were indeed dangers everywhere in the World Tree. Even without mentioning the three pillars, the Pokémon living in it were all very troublesome.
Although Aaron's Lucario is extremely powerful, he is currently mentally unstable and cannot communicate normally. He is only thinking about finding the truth.
Only after he sees the flower of time that records the last images of Ya Xuan's life, will he be able to communicate normally, but by then he will be dead.
If it were just Gongsun Yan and Xiao Zhi, then there would not be much to worry about safety. But the fact is that it cannot be just the two of them. Others will definitely have to follow in, so safety becomes a very important issue.
Not to mention that Lillie definitely doesn't want to stay in Orudron City waiting for Gongsun Yan to return from his adventure. With her current strength and the two Pokémon she got from both sides' mothers, she can be considered a pretty good combat force in the World Tree.
Since they cannot stop their companions' kindness, Gongsun Yan and Xiaozhi must do their best to protect them. After all, they also have good intentions.
However, the environment inside the World Tree is complex and changeable, and often one Pokémon cannot cope with various emergencies. Unfortunately, the Pokémon used for protection cannot be weak, and their numbers cannot be large.
To be honest, even Gongsun Yan and Xiaozhi don’t have many Pokémon like this, so this problem really bothered them for a while.
Finally, Gongsun Yan's eyes unconsciously glanced at the shadows of the two people on the ground, and then Gongsun Yan thought of a perfect tool man, who didn't need them to pay him a salary, or even feed him. He was an absolutely perfect tool man.
As for what happened afterwards, Gongsun Yan had no idea, because he discovered a problem, that is, as long as he was there, Masha would never come out no matter how hard he tried, so Gongsun Yan could only avoid him temporarily.
Anyway, after a long communication between Xiaozhi and Machado, Machado agreed to protect Liliae, Xiaoyao and the others. The price was very simple, that is, Xiaozhi had to shoot him.
Don't get the wrong idea, this "one shot" refers to the wave force. During the time that Machado was hiding in Ash's shadow, he saw that Ash often used the wave force to heal his Pokémon and strengthen their physical fitness, and he was a little envious.
According to Xiaozhi, after being soothed by Xiaozhi's wave power, Machado made some strange noises, and then the look in Machado's eyes when he looked at Xiaozhi changed in some strange ways.
As for what the change was, Gongsun Yan had no idea. No matter how Gongsun Yan pressed him, Xiaozhi refused to explain, which was really confusing. (laughs)
All in all, in short, the next destination of everyone's travel is Orudran City. As the largest and most luxurious city in the Kanto region, Golden City naturally has the most convenient transportation system.
The city of Orudran is actually a very special place in the Kanto region. Because the Pokémon world is now based on an alliance system, although the previous kingdoms will not be swept into the garbage dump of history, they have also become something like a mascot.
However, the queen still exists in the city of Orudran, and the entire city is under the control of the other party, only nominally obeying the command of the alliance.
It's quite like Erlang Shen, the type who only obeys orders and not announcements. His autonomy is simply sky-high.
But this is normal, because the city of Orudran is located near the World Tree. There are even records of dream sightings in the city every year. The Alliance really can't be too radical.
With the help of the fantastic beast master Damalanqi, the city of Orudran has become a special place.
Chapter 151: I’m not in good condition, so just make do with it.
Thinking of this, Gongsun Yan suddenly felt that something was wrong. Why did Mew and Ho-Oh both ask Xiaozhi to go to the World Tree for help? Obviously, President Dharmalanchi is also Mew's beast master, right?
Why, as both of them are fantastic beast users, Satoshi has to fight in such a dangerous place, but Damaranch doesn't?
Gongsun Yan expressed that he was very confused, but he did have an explanation. It was possible that Dama Lanqi had completed a similar task in the past, so he did not make any comment now.
Furthermore, the test of the World Tree and the test of the Rainbow Hero are integrated together, so the difficulty changes so much.
"OK, we have almost finished what we need to do in Golden City. What do you say now? Should we leave that night or rest for another night?"
Gongsun Yan stood up from the swing, brushed the dust off his pants, and started asking everyone.
"Well, how about..."
"Please, Mom! There's a store I must go to once!"
Faced with Xiaozhi's question, Xiaozhi and others fell into thought, not knowing how to choose. Xiaoyao lived up to everyone's expectations and stepped forward to interrupt the silence.
As Xiaoyao spoke, he took out a travel guide from his backpack. On it was an introduction to a very famous ramen restaurant, which was known as the best ramen restaurant in Jinhuang City.
"I've wanted to try this restaurant for a long time. I was planning to try it last night, but I was too full at noon, so I had no choice but to give up. This restaurant is closed in the morning, so I have to go now if I want to eat."
As a famous "foodie", it goes without saying that Xiaoyao loves food very much. She is even more passionate about it than Gongsun Yan, a foodie from the Great Foodie Empire.
When he mentioned food, the aura he exuded was enough to make Gongsun Yan and Xiao Zhi temporarily avoid him.
As for why ramen shops are closed in the morning, this is actually a very normal phenomenon. In Japan, many long-established ramen shops have such strange habits.
The ramen in those ramen shops is really delicious, but it is also really hard to get. Even locals have to rely on luck to eat it, not to mention tourists from other places.
A slightly more normal ramen restaurant will open on time at 12 noon and close when the noodle soup runs out. At least there is a trace to follow.
But the business hours of those ramen shops that are more arbitrary are very strange. They may suddenly open at any time during the day, and close after the noodle soup is used up. Whether you can eat there depends on how close you live.
However, one thing needs to be emphasized. Although these stores are closed most of the time, it does not mean that the store owners spend the rest of their time having fun. Such stores cannot be passed down for so long and cannot be called time-honored brands.
Although Japanese ramen and Chinese ramen have the same origin, they parted ways in their later development. After all, the customs and geography are different, so it is normal for some changes to occur.
Chinese ramen focuses more on the noodles themselves. The most classic one is probably the dragon beard noodles. Each noodle is as thin as a hair and can be called a work of art.
Although noodle soup and toppings are also important, noodles are ultimately the protagonist, and all the other things exist to set off the bowl of noodles.
But Japanese ramen is different. It is not the noodles that occupy the dominant position, but the soup. Even the toppings are placed above the noodles. These are carefully prepared by the store. The noodles are produced on an assembly line and there is no difference.
Although the owners of these ramen shops have limited business hours every day, they spend a lot of time in their shops, thinking about how to improve their recipes. As long as the quality of the finished product can be improved a little, even if it is just one ingredient that is tried, they will accept it.
This may be what the Japanese often call the spirit of craftsmanship. The spirit of craftsmanship does not mean that you have it just by working in a field for a long time. It requires hard work and dedication.
It's like someone has fifty years of work experience, and you have only one year of work experience repeated fifty times. The gap is huge.
So although Japan is indeed a bit of a bummer (a hundred curse words omitted here), they also have things worth learning. We should discard the dross and retain the essence.
The store that Xiaoyao mentioned is, in a sense, also a time-honored ramen shop, but unlike those ramen shops, this ramen shop was closed for many years and only recently reopened.
"Oh, this store is a little hard to describe."
Gongsun Yan recognized the ramen restaurant in the guide at a glance, and his expression instantly became strange, while Xiaozhi next to him also showed a similar expression.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this store?" Xiaoyao asked puzzledly.
"No, the food in this restaurant is absolutely first-rate, but..." Gongsun Yan hesitated for a while, and finally told what he knew.
In fact, the whole story is very simple. The manager of this ramen restaurant is actually the heir to a fighting dojo. However, he has no interest in inheriting his own dojo. Instead, he is very interested in cooking ramen.
So, the conflict arises. Hamakuri is the current master of the dojo and also Kyotaro's father. He has always wanted his son to inherit the family dojo and then run away to become a ramen chef.
But Kyoutaro refused to obey. It was you who taught me how to make ramen back then, and now you want me to inherit the family dojo so that you can be free. What the hell are you dreaming of?
And because both of them were very stubborn, in the end neither of them was willing to admit their mistakes first, so Kyotaro ran away from home and picked up the old house again. As a result, he was very popular and had many guests coming to his house.
As the trainer of a new fighting gym, Wu De was naturally very supportive of the fighting gym in Jinhuang City. After learning about this, he tried to mediate more than once, but none of them was effective.
There was no way. Although his current status was quite high, he was naturally inferior to these two. Binli and Wude's masters were brothers, and Binli was also Wude's senior brother, so Wude naturally couldn't say anything.
But even if it was Kyotaro, Wu De couldn't say anything, because their masters were brothers, so they were brothers from the same school. Logically, they had a closer relationship and could communicate better.
But Kyotaro was the first person to become Wude's disciple, and was considered the eldest brother in this school. Wude was half a generation younger than him, so he couldn't say anything, which made him a little annoyed.
Anyway, the final result was that Taketoshi gave up, and let Hamakuri and Kyotaro, father and son, do whatever they wanted, and he would not bother himself with anything.
ps: My younger brother was making a fuss late at night today. I was almost going crazy. I was in no mood to write, so I managed to write this. Please forgive me.
I really want to go back to school as soon as possible. It will be much quieter and provide a good environment for studying and writing.
Chapter 152: The Festival of the Wave Hero
Anyway, in the end Xiaoyao insisted on eating ramen from that restaurant, and Gongsun Yan and others naturally agreed happily. In the end, they happened to see Kyoutaro and Hamaguri swearing at each other in the street, and the scene was very embarrassing for a while.
As for what exactly happened, I won't waste words to tell it, as I don't think there's anything fancy to it. Anyway, Kyotaro continued to open the ramen shop, the next generation inherited the dojo, and Hamakuri went out traveling with the ramen cart he used to carry around.
Jidai is Hamaguri's only disciple at present, and she is a female disciple. She admires Kyoutaro very much. When the two were arguing, she stepped forward and said that she could inherit the dojo.
So the plot is a very clichéd one: the man and woman love each other, the man doesn't want to inherit the family business, the woman decides to help the man, and finally they get married, and someone inherits the family business, so it's a win-win situation for all three parties.
Anyway, after a period of panic, Xiaoyao finally got to eat the ramen she had been craving for. I don't know if Kyoutaro and Hamakuri, the father and son, were incompatible, but they actually started to compete with each other to see who was a better cook, and they started arguing again.
But for Xiaoyao, this should be a happy trouble. Various kinds of ramen appeared from the hands of the two people, and Xiaoyao ate them to her heart's content.
The next day after the meal, Gongsun Yan and others rested in Jinhuang City for a night, and boarded the train to Oruderang City early the next morning.
However, although they were heading to the city of Orudron, everyone still changed a bus and had to walk the last bit of the way. There was no other way, as there was no station around the city of Orudron, so they could only walk or ride Pokémon.
After a whole day of long climb, Gongsun Yan and others even camped in the wild for a day, and finally arrived at the city of Orudlang on the second day. What caught their eyes was not the magnificent city, but the bustling crowds.
"Why are there so many people? This place shouldn't be so remote." Gongsun Yan and others were forced to follow the crowd, but they didn't know where the end was.
Because there were so many people, Gongsun Yan and others had to stay together. Gongsun Yan even held Liliae in his arms to prevent her from having any accidents.
"Hey, brother, what's going on? I remember it's not the day of the festival yet, why are there so many people?"
Holding the soft jade in his arms, Gongsun Yan turned to ask a big brother beside him in order to prevent any reaction from his body.
"Hmm? Don't you know? Just last night, the Queen suddenly sensed that the brave man of the wave guide was about to approach, so she held the ceremony to praise Lord Aaron in advance."
The big brother passing by was obviously a chatty person. He not only told everyone the current situation, but also introduced the history of the city of Orudran. If his girlfriend hadn't poked him, he would probably continue talking.
"Oh, thank you for the introduction, big brother. I wish you two a happy marriage."
Seeing that the other party had finally quieted down, Gongsun Yan wiped his sweat. Although it was a good thing to meet an enthusiastic person, he said that he would be unable to handle the situation if the person was too enthusiastic.
However, although the other party was talkative, he still told Gongsun Yan the important information, and let Gongsun Yan know why there were so many people here. It turned out that the festival started early.
"Tsk tsk, Xiaozhi, you are quite generous. As far as I know, the time of this festival has never been changed since ancient times, but when you came, it was directly advanced."
Gongsun Yan smiled and patted Xiaozhi's shoulder, with a rare hint of envy in his eyes. Although his strength was not weaker than Xiaozhi's, he definitely didn't have such a big face that such a large-scale festival could be held in advance for him.
Thinking of this, Gongsun Yan suddenly felt that he was at a disadvantage. He and Xiaozhi had both captured two legendary beasts, but this situation had never occurred before. But it was different for Xiaozhi.
The city of Orudran is a city that protects dreams. For Xiaozhi, the man who recovered the dreams and the former Wave Hero, the reincarnation of Yaxuan, coming here is like going home.
Moreover, Xiaozhi is the modern-day Rainbow Hero. If he goes to Yuanzhu City, it would not be going home. He would be worshipped as an ancestor, and the entire Bell Bell Tower would probably bow down to him.
What about Gongsun Yan? Groudon is a perennial otaku, and he does no good when he comes out. He just fights with Kyogre, and the fight is so fierce that even people in the Hoenn region don't like him, let alone people in other regions.
There were people who worshipped Rayquaza, but that group of people was called the Meteor People... Well, the Meteor Village is in ruins now, and the Meteor People are scattered all over the place. Even if they still worshipped Rayquaza, Gongsun Yan would not go looking for them.
"Haha, that's okay." Hearing Gongsun Yan's slightly envious tone, Xiao Zhi didn't know what to say. He could only smile awkwardly and fool him.
"By the way, I remember that if you want to participate in this festival, you have to wear ancient costumes. Do you have any with you? If not, there are free costumes available in the city of Orudran."
Gongsun Yan recalled the information he had seen at the beginning and reminded Xiaozhi and others.
