The car wash man puffed up his chest proudly: "Did you see the water arrow turtle behind me? He succeeded in getting ninth place!"
"Kame!"
As if to verify what the car washer said, the water arrow turtle who was washing the car also turned around and rushed towards Lu Ze and the others, making a bodybuilding pose.
"By the way, are there any requirements to participate in this competition?" Lu Ze smiled and asked the car wash man.
"Of course, there is a limit to the strength. As long as the strength is at the intermediate level of Pokémon, you can participate."
"Intermediate Pokémon's strength?"
Lu Ze was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at the single-headed dragon, Kodakya and Huayedi behind him.
The three of them seem to be intermediate-level Pokémon, right?
Lu Ze was a little surprised. Is it just right?
I just happened to bring these Pokémon out, and they happened to meet the requirements for participating in the competition.
strangeness?
Lu Ze was a little confused, but he didn't pay much attention.
Only Gengar, after hearing the request to participate in the competition, hung his head feebly.
"Ah, what a pity."
Giratina looked at Gengar next to him with disgust: "Why are you so anxious to participate in the competition? Have I learned my skills?"
"Ah, why is Shadow Sneak Attack so difficult!" Gengar said sadly, raising his head.
"That's my exclusive skill, so naturally it's very difficult to learn."
Giratina smiled confidently: "Do you think it's the same as that little kitten? It's so easy to learn exclusive skills!"
"OK."
Gengar nodded dejectedly.
It is indeed as Giratina said, it is great to have the opportunity to learn his exclusive skills, but he is still picky.
Lu Ze naturally didn't know what was happening in his shadow. At this time, he was already walking towards the mall with his Pokémon.
Victini, disguised as an electric flying squirrel, lay on top of his head, with Hua Yedi sitting on his left shoulder, and Hupa disguised as a small wood spirit on his right shoulder.
The single-headed dragon and Koda Duck followed behind Lu Ze.
Kodak duck looked around with his head in his hands.
While looking at the various novel things in the mall, he would pull the single-headed dragon up to a straight line from time to time.
Although the hair on the head of the single-headed dragon was trimmed by Lu Ze, the single-headed dragon was still blurry.
Maybe this is their racial characteristics.
Lu Ze looked back and felt relieved after seeing Kodak taking care of the single-headed dragon.
With a few little ones in tow, they soon arrived at the battle arena on the first floor of the shopping mall.
"Hello, would you like to register here?"
Lu Ze stepped forward and asked curiously to a middle-aged man who was recording something.
"Yes, the registration conditions are three Pokémon with intermediate strength. The winner is the food of the three Pokémon in the battle for a month, which can be cashed into shopping mall and supermarket vouchers."
The middle-aged man introduced the registration conditions to Lu Ze without even raising his head.
"Okay, I meet all of these."
Lu Ze smiled and then nodded and said.
He even felt like this game was just for him.
"good."
The middle-aged man raised his head and glanced at Lu Ze, but he did not recognize Lu Ze's identity.
After all, Lu Ze was wearing a mask, and now only one pair of eyes was exposed.
After Lu Ze filled out the form, he also received his own competition number plate.
"Thirty, it doesn't look like there are many people."
After Lu Ze took a look at his number plate, he muttered to himself strangely.
"Of course there aren't many anymore. It used to be a battle with one Pokémon, but this year it suddenly became three Pokémon. Who can have three Pokémon with the same strength?"
After hearing Lu Ze talking to himself, an uncle on the side also spoke to Lu Ze.
"Most of the people who come to the mall are not trainers, and their Pokémon are just family members they like."
"Generally speaking, one is enough. Except for trainers, it would be good for ordinary people to have a Pokémon as a family member to accompany them." The middle-aged man shook his head helplessly.
It’s not like this year requires three Pokémon, so I think there will be a lot of people coming.
After all, the flow of people in this mall is still very large.
Just like last year, the number of participants has reached two hundred, which is the limit for small competitions.
"Oh, that's how it is."
Lu Ze nodded clearly.
It's true. If you are not a trainer, there are usually only a few Pokémon in a family.
There are even families that don't even have a few Pokémon, only one or two.
After all, training Pokémon also costs money.
Although family Pokémon do not need to be trained for combat power, their food, drink and care also require money.
So basically many people will only choose one Pokémon as their partner.
If they meet a competition like the one in the shopping mall that requires only one Pokémon, as long as they meet the conditions, they will join in the fun.
Even though they didn't get a ranking, they and their Pokémon were still happy.
Although I am not a trainer, the feeling of fighting Pokémon together is still very exciting.
It's a pity that this year the mall has changed the rules and requires three Pokémon, and they are three Pokémon with the same strength.
After Lu Ze nodded, he quickly noticed the competition rewards next to him.
The number one Pokémon ration.
The second place water stone.
The third place will receive one thousand shopping mall vouchers.
The fourth to tenth places are 1,000 vouchers for shopping malls and supermarkets.
"This year there are fewer participants, so their rewards are also more generous."
Lu Ze looked at the competition rewards, and the uncle on the side also looked at the rewards and said.
"Weren't the rewards so generous last year?"
"Of course, last year's fourth to tenth place only received 500 vouchers."
The uncle smiled and looked at Pogaman beside him: "It's a pity that we can't play this year."
“Boga boga!”
Pogaman reached out and took the uncle's hand that was about to touch his head, pressed it with his little face, and said happily.
"He said, as long as I can be with you, I'll be happy, Hupa~"
Seeing this scene, Hupa on Lu Ze's shoulder couldn't help but translate Pogaman's words to his uncle.
"you this…"
After the uncle heard Hupa's translation, he bent down and hugged Bogaman with a look of emotion.
But the next second, the uncle seemed to react and looked at the "little wood spirit" on Lu Ze's shoulder with a surprised look.
He was certain that this Pokémon really spoke human language just now!
"Well, he is a little special. Because he wanted to learn from humans, he sacrificed his own qualifications to learn from humans."
Lu Ze was also shocked, and subconsciously attributed Miao Miao's experience to Hu Pa.
Seeing that his uncle didn't seem to believe it, Lu Ze explained dryly again: "He learned from a meow who could speak human language. Meow meow is also in the same situation."
"It's amazing that you actually sacrificed your own qualifications to learn to speak human language."
Although the uncle was a little skeptical, he still accepted Lu Ze's statement.
Seeing the "little wood spirit" on Lu Ze's shoulder, the uncle also praised him.
Hupa looked at Lu Ze strangely, but soon he received the message from Lu Ze's eyes.
"Don't be exposed!"
"By the way, uncle, if you want to fight Bogaman together, you can choose to challenge the gym."
"Challenge the Gym?"
The uncle was stunned for a moment: "But can someone at my age still challenge the gym?"
"Of course you can. There is no age limit to challenge the gym."
The uncle held Bogaman with one hand and scratched his head with the other: "But didn't I hear that the gym badges obtained after the Humanity Gym can directly participate in the World Youth Championship? At my age..."
"Yes, yes, but whether you participate or not is up to you. Furthermore, even if you choose to participate, there is nothing you can do if you fail to meet the requirements of the World Youth Championship. It is not a competition organized by Dragon Kingdom itself.
" Lu Ze said, somewhat dumbfounded.
He finally understood why those who came to challenge the gym recently were young people.
It turned out to be because of this.
"You mean, I can also challenge the gym at my age, right?" The uncle asked Lu Ze with a little excitement.
Pogaman, who was in the uncle's arms, also looked at Lu Ze with bright eyes, as if waiting for a positive answer.
"Of course."
Lu Ze nodded seriously: "There is no age limit for the gym challenge. Even if you just want to collect badges, you can still challenge the gym."
"That's it."
The uncle laughed: "I thought people my age could no longer challenge the gym."
After saying that, the uncle looked at Bogaman with gentle eyes: "How is it? Are we going to try it?"
"Boga!"
Bogaman nodded vigorously. Even without Hupa's translation, the uncle understood what Bogaman meant.
Lu Ze was inexplicably moved when he saw this scene.
"It seems that I want to make a statement when I go back. Not only young people can challenge the gym. Anyone can challenge the gym as long as you want."
Lu Ze glanced at the field. The game was about to start. It was definitely too late to start now.
Let's see if there is time during the competition. If so, I will publish it later.
Anyway, I don't need to stay in the gym.
After Lu Ze came from the auditorium to the preparation area, he looked around.
Lu Ze counted and found that there were a total of thirty-two people in the preparation table, including himself.
"It shouldn't take long, right?"
Lu Ze checked the time. It was now past twelve noon. At least he should be able to go home for dinner at night.
Soon, the battle began.
In the battle between No. 1 and No. 2, Lu Ze ranked 30th and should have appeared later.
Lu Ze dragged his chin and watched the battle on the field with interest.
Although it was just a battle between mid-level Pokémon, it was still quite interesting.
At least the people participating in this competition are all people in their thirties who have been exposed to Pokémon for a long time.
Lu Ze even saw a few middle-aged people who were about the same age as the uncle just now.
There are also a few housewives.
There are basically no young people except myself.
Although the level of fighting between them is similar to that of the Chang'an City Baby Cup competition that he participated in.
But compared to these young people who had just been exposed to Pokémon for a short time, the battle between these two people on the field was much better.
At least it has some tactics.
Lu Ze watched with great interest, but he didn't know that someone in the audience was live broadcasting all this.
"The two people on the field are really not very good-looking. Let's see if any of the contestants participating this time are more handsome."
A sweet-looking girl is holding up her mobile phone to broadcast live.
However, she really had no interest in the two middle-aged men in their thirties, one of whom was bald.
She is an outdoor anchor. She usually goes shopping, explores stores, and watches Pokémon battles on the roadside.
I came here to visit the supermarket today, and happened to see that the mall was holding a Pokémon battle, so I joined in to live stream it.
But some of the contestants on the field really didn't fit her taste.
[Don’t turn around, just let me watch you quietly!]
【What's so cool about this handsome guy? Come and see me!】
【Upstairs, who gave you confidence?】
[If you don’t accept it, let’s even mic, let’s see if I’m handsome or not!]
There are not many people in the sweet anchor's live broadcast room, so she can also watch the barrage.
After seeing the remarks in the barrage, she couldn't help but smile.
"There's no need to even use the microphone. Let's see if there are any handsome guys or any cute Pokémon in the preparation area."
The sweet anchor said and directly moved the camera.
"What a cute flower leaf!"
As soon as the anchor's live broadcast camera moved to the preparation area, the sweet anchor saw the pedicle of a blue flower.
Huayedi pinned her flowers to the man's ears and was lying on the man's shoulders, holding her chin with her hands and watching the battle on the field.
[Haha, I was forced to become a village girl, this Huayidi is so cute!]
【So cute, it feels like you are holding it in your arms!】
"Well, Huayedi's trainer is so handsome too!"
The sweet anchor's eyes were attracted to Lu Ze in the next second.
"Although I have a flower pinned to my ear, this gentle look really pokes me!"
The sweet anchor looked at this scene and couldn't help but become a little obsessed.
[He is indeed handsome, but he is probably still a little worse than everyone in front of the screen. 】
[He is indeed handsome, I admit it! But he is still a little inferior to me. 】
[A bunch of shameless guys!]
[No, wait, this person looks familiar?]
[What looks familiar? You can tell it looks familiar even if you’re wearing a mask?]
[No, look at the Kadak Duck and Single-headed Dragon in his arms, do they look like the Kadak Duck and Single-headed Dragon of the Eighth Gym Leader?]
[When you say that, I also discovered that the little wooden spirit is very similar to the electric flying squirrel above the head!]
[By the way, it’s not really the gym leader of the eighth gym, is it? 】
"The Gym Leader of the Eighth Gym?"
The sweet anchor was also a little strange after seeing the barrage in the live broadcast room.
[The anchor will check it out and find out, it’s really similar, especially the eyebrows!]