Arriving in front of the Black Gold Gym, Xiaozhi and Plantina stopped arguing.
One person uses theoretical knowledge as the basis, while the other person uses completely practical ideas. No one can convince the other.
The argument even got a bit over the top in the end, almost using Xiaoguang's brain as a battlefield and rolling up one's sleeves to start a fight.
"Stop, stop, stop! The first gym has arrived!"
After arriving at the destination, Xiaoguang covered his buzzing head and stopped the two from continuing to argue.
Plantina calmed down a little. After all, they came from different worlds. Maybe the rules of operation of this world were different from what she remembered...
It’s better to check out the first gym and test the waters first.
So Xiaozhi walked up the steps and knocked on the door.
The entire building of the Black Gold Gym is like a house embedded in a stone mountain, which makes it very special.
Squeak...!
Soon, the door opened, and a man wearing a safety helmet looked at the two of them.
"We are here to challenge the Black Gold Gym!"
Xiaozhi did not reveal his identity as the inspector immediately, but seemed to challenge the new trainer of the gym.
"Oh, now Mr. Hyota is accepting challenges from other challengers..."
Hearing this, Xiaoguang also came closer and asked tentatively:
"Then can we sit around and watch?"
This is her first time to challenge the gym...she first looks at the other people's faces and gets a little prepared.
"It's okay, but remember not to disturb their battle... Then please come with me."
The man in the helmet said with a smile, and then led the two of them into the Black Gold Gym.
After passing through a long corridor surrounded by potholes that looked like caves and stone paths, the two of them arrived at a competition venue.
Then he walked around in a low voice, sat in the spectator seat at the edge, and then looked down at the arena below.
Similar to Nibi Gym, the Black Gold Gym Arena is also a rock-type gym, so the ground beneath your feet is naturally rocky.
At this moment, at the end of the hall where the host was commanding, stood a man with glasses wearing work clothes, boots and gloves, and a red safety helmet.
The medium-length red hair sticks up on the back of her head, and she looks quite delicate—it is none other than Hyota, the owner of the hotel!
And the person who fights Hyota...
"Huh?"
Xiaozhi was surprised and surprised, but he didn't expect that this person was Shinji who he had just met not long ago.
It seems that the game has just begun, and neither of them has thrown the elf ball yet.
...
"Huh...?"
Soon, Hyota also noticed the two people who suddenly appeared in the spectator seats on Shinji's side.
Especially the Pikachu on Ash's shoulder.
A trainer with an electric rat, a specialty of the Kanto region?!
Hyota looked shocked. This guy looked so young. Could it be that he was the inspector appointed by the alliance who was said to be coming to seal down the gym?
This made Hyota subconsciously look to the other side of the spectator seats, where Xiaogang was sitting as a spectator.
"..."
Naturally, he also noticed Xiaozhi's arrival, and there was a cute girl next to him. It seemed that he was the new companion named "Xiaoguang".
However, Xiaogang was not in a hurry to recognize Xiaozhi.
After all, he informed Hyota about Xiaozhi's information through gossip.
If Hyota knew that he was actually good friends with Ash... wouldn't that be the same as revealing his secret?
"It's rare for Xiaozhi to ask me to help, so I'd better be more rigorous."
So Xiaogang looked at Xiaozhi in the distance and put on a calm expression.
As the best brother, Xiaozhi naturally understood it and did not scream or shout anything.
Then facing the questioning look from Laotai, Xiaogang looked solemnly again, and finally nodded his head solemnly.
"?!"
Laotai was shocked. A person cannot be judged by his appearance. Is this boy really that big monster?!
"..."
Seeing several Riddlers around, their eyes were constantly changing, which made Shinji, the challenger, confused.
Subconsciously, he turned his head and noticed the figures of Xiaozhi and Xiaoguang behind him.
The cold face made it impossible to tell what Shinji was thinking.
The next moment, the two people on the field threw elf balls at the same time.
boom!
On Shinji's side is a blue and white water rat with slender ears and a curved ball tail. It looks very cute - Mariluli!
As for Hyota's side...according to his habit, in a 3v3 gym challenge, he usually sends out the small fist stone as the first test.
But now the inspector is sitting on it, staring directly at him...
As far as he knows, the Black Gold Gym is the lowest difficulty gym in the Sinnoh region, and it is very suitable for newcomers to challenge... but it turned out to be Rumble Rock?
"Only by fighting with all your strength can you be worthy of the name of the Black Gold Gym!"
However, Hyota didn't care about Shinji's confusion and shouted the gym's spiritual slogan.
The battle officially begins!
"Mariluri, use the wave of water!!"
Although he didn't know what happened, Shinji still took the initiative to attack. After all, water-type moves still have a terrifying four times effect on Rumble Rock.
Whoosh!!
The huge rock ball was not slow at all. It hit Mariluli's face head-on and knocked the latter away on the spot.
"Now, use the rock blade!!"
Hyota's attack was like fire, and the rumble rock rolled up along the slope on the ground, released its ball state in mid-air, and stretched out its limbs and head.
Seeing this, Shinji couldn't help but snorted coldly and took back Mariluli.