This is a small town located at the foot of Chimney Mountain.
Being close to a volcano, there are also many hot springs in this town, making it a famous tourist and leisure city... However, there are not many young and middle-aged people in the city, and most of the residents are elderly people who enjoy hot springs for retirement.
"Miss Joy! Please save this coal turtle!"
Carrying the Coal Turtle with huge internal injuries all the way, Xiaozhi and his team finally arrived at the Elf Center in Caoyan Town.
"This coal turtle..."
And Miss Joy seemed to recognize the latter. The Geely Egg next to her was pushing a trolley and quickly took the Coal Turtle inside for first aid.
After a while, the emergency light turned from red to green, and Xiaozhi and the others breathed a sigh of relief.
You can always trust Miss Joy.
"It's nothing serious. Just rest for a while."
Through the transparent glass door of the ward, Miss Joy warned several people.
"But this coal turtle...if I remember correctly, it should be the one that was bullied by Team Lava Zeng Jin, right?"
This sentence immediately attracted Xiaozhi's attention, and he quickly asked.
"Actually, I don't know much... Back then, a few gangsters from the Lava Team forcibly carved the mark of Groudon, the God of the Earth, on the shell of this coal turtle and paraded it through the town of Cauldron."
Miss Joy tried to remember.
Team Lava belongs to an extremist organization that worships Groudon, the god of earth, and would like to have Groudon's head painted everywhere.
"Is that why you will be disliked by other wild Pokémon because you have Groudon's mark?"
Xiaogang frowned secretly.
Among wild Pokémon, there is indeed a phenomenon of discrimination and exclusion of special individuals.
For example, if a fat Pikachu doesn't come out, he may not be able to have a girlfriend in the group for the rest of his life.
"Well, the problem is not this mark. There does seem to be some kind of problem with this coal turtle... But I don't know much about this. You can go to the Cauldron Gym that specializes in fire attributes and ask."
Miss Joy said.
Xiaozhi: "?"
The former's riddle directly confused Xiaozhi and others.
Apart from crying, there seems to be no other problem, right?
"After that, the lava team was driven away by Mr. Mulla, and then the coal turtle returned to Chimney Mountain alone...until you brought it here today."
"Mr. Mulla?"
It was another name that he had never heard of before, Xiaozhi asked again.
"Oh~ Mr. Mulla, this is a big shot, but you kids don't know that~"
But an old lady next to her who was enjoying the cool air in the elf center suddenly interrupted.
Xiaozhi and three others: "?"
Seeing the confused looks on their faces, Miss Joy continued to explain:
"Mr. Mulla is the owner of the Fuyan Gym... Well, I heard that the gym was entrusted to her granddaughter half a month ago."
In fact, many of the successions in the monastery are hereditary.
The former gym leader usually selects his juniors or confidants in advance to inherit his will... If he can't find anyone, he will be assigned by the official parachute.
Seeing a few people looking like "that's it", Miss Joy continued:
"Not only that, Mr. Mulla was the king of the alliance in our Fangyuan region when he was young...but he retired more than ten years ago, so the current trainers don't know much about his name."
"The former king of the alliance?!"
Sure enough, after saying this, Xiaozhi's eyes suddenly lit up.
It seems that this Caoyan Gym is not simple, it actually has a master of the Heavenly King level hidden inside.
I just don’t know if this king is still in the gym.
Xiaozhi couldn't wait to challenge the Cauldron Gym... a fire-attribute gym. This time, his lobster soldiers can show off their skills!
"Eh..."
Just looking at the coal turtle lying wilted on the bed in the ward, Xiaozhi sighed again and forcibly suppressed the urge.
We can't just leave this turtle here, right?
"Miss Joy, please help me recover my other Pokémon by the way."
After entrusting his Pokémon to Miss Joy, Xiaozhi gently opened the door and walked in.
...
"Wu...?"
Seeing someone coming in, the Coal Turtle raised his head slightly.
Unlike Squirtle, a turtle that has no neck at all... the Coal Turtle has a long and slender neck with an iron ring nested on it.
The thick limbs and ankles each have an iron ring, which seems to be a device used to assist in exerting force.
"Are you okay, Coal Turtle?"
Xiaozhi touched the latter's head. Although this guy was of the fire attribute, he did not have the usual irritability of fire-type Pokémon. Instead, his temper was very gentle, and he did not resist his actions at all.
If it were my own Squirtle back then, he would have already bitten him.
"Wuwa!!"
After feeling the kindness from Xiaozhi, the coal turtle burst into tears again.
Seeing this, Xiaozhi slowly took out one of his Poké Balls and held it in front of the Coal Turtle.
"How about it, since the Pokémon here don't like you, come with me and go on a trip outside."
Upon hearing this, Coal Turtle's half-closed eyes suddenly opened like an old man's, obviously very moved.
"Wu..."
But then, it shrank its head again, as if it was hesitating about something.
"I've heard that there seems to be something wrong with your body... But I don't care about any of this. As long as we fight side by side, we can overcome any difficulty!"
Xiaozhi shouted in a low voice, his voice extremely contagious.
He has never heard of any big problem that Pokémon is dangerous... If there is really a big problem, then there is only one possibility.
There is some incredible power hidden within this coal turtle!
Feeling the heat radiating continuously from the latter's turtle shell gave Xiaozhi a feeling like sunlight.
"Wu...wow!!"
After hearing what Xiaozhi said, the coal turtle burst into tears again, spurting out a fountain of tears that almost made Pikachu slip.
However, it finally managed to stop its tears and mustered up the courage to nod towards Xiaozhi.
Kantou poked his head out and touched the Poké Ball in Xiaozhi's hand.
Whoosh...!
The next moment, the coal turtle turned into a red light and was sucked into the ball. It was subdued without even shaking.
Obviously, whether it was Xiaozhi's previous operation of carrying it all the way to the Elf Center or the words he said to it now, the Coal Turtle's favorability towards the former was directly increased.
"The Coal Turtle, I conquered it!!"
Xiaozhi held the Poke Ball tightly with a firm gaze.
If he really has any questions, the next Fuyan Gym should be able to give him an answer...