Pokémon Heart Journey

Chapter 262 Quartz Conference Opens

Next up! The Quartz Conference officially begins! Standing here are the elite Pokémon Trainers from every region, possessing eight or more badges!

All the trainers gathered in the venue. Looking from above, there were indeed a lot of trainers, roughly estimated to be about a hundred people. Xiaoyang also noticed a few familiar faces among them that needed to be vigilant.

For example, there is a boy and a girl each carrying an electric mouse. The boy wears a blue and yellow hat, and the girl has pigtails, which looks extremely cute. There is also a pink-haired girl with a Band-Aid on her nose, and a white-haired girl with a gigolo bag on her back.

In addition, Ming Ye, who appeared in the early stage, stood at the back and observed Xiaozhi in front.

"Many of them are future gym leaders. Are they here to gain experience?" Xiao Yang looked around and only then noticed that there was a wheat-skinned, red-haired girl standing next to Xiao Zhi and talking to him.

"That seems to be the granddaughter of the current Fukiyose Gym Leader, the future successor Fenglu," Yu Longyuan said uncertainly.

In the center of the venue, sunlight filtered through the thin high-altitude air of the Quartz Plateau, as if focused by a magnifying glass, falling on the epaulettes and badges of every trainer, dazzling the eyes.

Just as Xiaozhi put his hat back on track, Fenglu came up to him, put her wheat-colored arm on his shoulders, and smiled like the rising sun.

"Hey, Xiaozhi! That scene of lighting the sacred flame at the end was so cool!"

She waved the camera in her hand, "Come on—give me a V sign! I want to post the official news of the Fuki Gym!"

Pikachu reacted faster than Ash, raising his two little paws to his ears, "Pika-V!"

With a click of the shutter, the man and the mouse were frozen in front of the blazing sacred fire.

At this time, Xiaozhi finally reacted and looked up at the girl in front of him with some uncertainty, "You are... the one from the Saint Annun..."

Looking at Xiaozhi who was racking his brains, Fenglu pouted unhappily and said, "Although we have only met once, you are embarrassing me by acting like this!"

"Uh... Oh! I remember, you seem to be a friend of Miss Kamizrei."

"Oh! Remember Kami? You're not too stupid, eh?" Fenglu reached out and stroked the Pikachu on Ash's shoulder, then formally introduced herself: "I'm Fenglu from Fukiyose City in the Unova region. Don't look at me like this, I'm the next heir to the Fukiyose Gym!"

"Hey! Really? Hello, Ms. Fenglu, I'm Xiaozhi from Pallet Town. Will you also participate in the upcoming tournament? I..."

"cough cough"

Before Xiaozhi could finish his words, he heard a slight and familiar cough. Sundae walked forward and forcibly interrupted their conversation.

"Long time no see, Miss Fenglu, do you still remember me?"

"Oh, it's Miss Sundae? I still have a very good impression of you." Feng Lu narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at Xiaozhi beside her with a hint of deep meaning in her eyes.

Then she naturally started chatting with Sundae, and as a young lady, Sundae was naturally good at socializing.

Watching the two people chatting more and more heatedly, Xiaozhi felt that there was no room for him to interrupt, so he and Pikachu withdrew slightly and looked up at the surrounding scenery.

At this time, a short old man with a white beard walked onto the podium. The noisy sounds around him gradually subsided, and everyone turned their eyes over. The man who came was none other than the president of the alliance, Dama Ranchi.

I saw the other party slowly take off the microphone and cough lightly a few times.

President Damalanchi's voice was not loud, but it was like an old gramophone. As soon as he opened his mouth, the morning breeze of the entire plateau was collected into the microphone.

"Everyone——"

With just two words, the noise in the square instantly died down. The old man raised his hand, and the sunlight flowed along the folds of his red robe, like a slowly unrolled carpet.

"Welcome to the xxth Quartz Conference."

He paused, his eyes swept across the crowd, stopping at a few young people, and finally continued speaking.

"Standing here are 117 trainers from Kanto, Johto, Unova, Sinnoh, and even far away Galar. The badges in your hands are not tickets, but keys—"

Before you open the next door, prove yourself worthy of it."

"........."

After President Damaranchi's speech, the Quartz Conference was officially announced to begin, and then everyone dispersed on their own.

The trainers all headed towards the Pokémon Center, as that was where they could confirm their challenge venues and opponents.

The Quartz Conference is divided into four venues: water, grass, ice and rock. After each person is assigned to a different venue, they will also compete with people who are also assigned to the same venue.

"Okay! Xiaozhi from Pallet Town, your information has been registered. There are four venues here. Press this button and the aperture will rotate. Just press the aperture and it will stop! The venue where it stops is the terrain where you will compete next," Miss Joy said politely to Xiaozhi, and then made way for her.

"Okay, it's my turn next," he said as he excitedly pulled up his sleeves and pressed the button decisively. The aperture began to rotate as Miss Joy said. Xiaozhi stared at the screen, as if he was making some important decision. Then, his pupils suddenly shrank and his hand decisively pressed it again.

Finally, the aperture stops at the water drop pattern.

"You will compete in the water field, and then we will select your opponents!" Miss Joy said with a smile.

Just like in the original story, Ash was also assigned to the water venue, but this time his opponent was no longer the unknown magician. When the opponent's photo appeared on the screen, Ash and Pikachu looked at each other in surprise.

Xiaozhi's opponent this time is the boy who he had met twice before.

.........

Everyone gathered in a restaurant that Sundae had booked and began to discuss their situation.

"Long Yuan and I were both assigned to the rocky field, but not in the same round. As for our opponents, there's nothing to pay attention to. They're all relatively ordinary trainers. Of course, anyone who can get here must be very strong, so we'll be careful then," Xiao Yang said to everyone after taking a sip of orange juice.

"I was assigned to the Grass Field. My opponent is a girl named Kaoru. She comes from a place called Girls Town. According to the information I got, she seems to have a very tough trumpet sprout," Sundae was sliding the tablet in his hand, which contained information about his next opponent.

Xunzi? Girls Town? Bell Bud?

Isn't this the female trainer that Xiaozhi met at the Quartz Conference in the original story? She actually met Sundae.

"Bellbud, it seems to be just the initial form of Pokémon. Can it be so powerful?" Serena asked with some confusion.

Sundae shook his head and said in a deep voice: "I thought so at first, but after watching her battle video, I no longer think so." Then he played a video on the tablet and handed it to Serena.

Yulongyuan also came over to watch, but Xiaoyang, who had some understanding of the other party, didn't care and turned his gaze to Xiaozhi.

The other party also said consciously: "I am in the water field, and my opponent is this person."

He turned the screen of his smartphone towards everyone. After seeing the message clearly, Xiao Yang's pupils constricted instantly, his throat moved slightly, and then -

"Poof!" (Orange juice sprayed out)

"Emperor Xiu?"