Early the next morning, Luther accompanied Mai to the Breeders Association.
At this time, the genius was bright, and there were only two people in the open space in front of the Breeders Association, Mai and Luther.
"Aren't you planning to challenge the Curtain City Gym? Go now. It doesn't matter if I'm alone."
Mai took the spiny tail worm from Luther's shoulder, put Eevee on the bench aside, and motioned Luther to do what he wanted to do.
Luther knew that Mai was planning to calm down for the last time and adjust her condition.
Luther hugged her gently: "Don't be stressed, you are not bad at all."
After saying that, he waved to Mai and turned to leave.
For a long time after the Spinytail saw Luther leaving, Mai was still standing there blankly. He was about to climb up to see the situation, but was slapped on the seat by Pachlitz's tail.
The gym leader of the Curtain City Gym is Ah Li. He is probably famous for punching missiles with his bare hands. He can beat Lucario to a 50-50 fight.
However, her combat ability is a bit unsatisfactory. As a gym owner who has only taken over the gym for half a year, this inheritance system puts a lot of pressure on her.
After all, Curtain City is considered one of the core gyms. No matter how strong your psychological quality is, people will doubt whether they are qualified for this role after experiencing failure.
Not to mention that Shinji's unpleasant mouth also irritated her.
"I don't know how my recovery is going. Can I accept the battle?"
Luther walked into the gym gate and found that he was not the first challenger to come.
The electronic screen in the gym hall showed that a battle was already underway.
The muscular male staff in fighting attire in the front hall warmly entertained Luther and helped him register the battle information.
The battle arena of the Veil City Gym is not designed to be suitable for watching battles. It is completely operated as a dojo, so there is no real viewing area and no real resting area.
Under the guidance of the staff, Luther walked through the wooden corridor that had been scrubbed spotlessly at first glance.
It can be seen that the Curtain City Gym is indeed very old. The colors of these building materials are slightly dark, giving off a sense of the vicissitudes of the times.
After walking under the eaves for a long time, as the staff pushed open a wooden door, Luther got in and heard the sound of the collision of skills.
"Brother, don't lose, come on Huchu!"
Luther couldn't help but slow down a little.
Why does this voice sound so familiar?
Walking into the dojo where the battle took place, Lucario's figure leaping into the air came into view. At the same moment, Hu Hu was knocked away and ejected into the yard. After a while, all his limbs stretched out of the shell.
"Huhuhu has lost the ability to fight, so the winner of the competition is the owner of the hall, Ah Li."
Ah Li, who has short pink hair and a cheerful smile on his face, is shaking hands with the challenger.
The challenger is a boy about sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a white shirt and a pair of black trousers. With his serious face, he looks a bit dull.
Luther's eyes were not on the two of them. He looked with interest at Naomi, who was standing behind the young man and looking at him blankly.
Naomi pointed at Luther for a long time without saying a word. Naomi's brother saw Naomi's state and subconsciously protected her.
"Brother, I lost my badge to him."
Naomi acted completely different in front of her brother than when Luther saw her. Now Naomi is a little timid.
Naomi's brother glanced at Naomi and brought her to Luther: "Are you Luther?"
Luther sighed, he hated trouble, but it just happened to come. It felt bad to beat the young and then grow old.
Ah Li just wiped his sweat and took a towel to cool down Lucario. When he saw this scene, he quickly ran up to check the situation.
Naomi's brother suddenly put his hand on Naomi's head and pressed it gently. At the same time, he bowed to Luther.
Luther was stunned.
"I'm Naomi's brother Yan, just call me Ayan." Ayan's hand tightened a bit, "Forgot what I told you? Apologize!"
Ayan said the word "apology" very hard, Naomi shuddered, lowered her head obediently and said sorry.
"I already know what Naomi did yesterday. I don't know where she learned the practice of betting on badges. I'm sorry for causing trouble to you."
Luther then came back to his senses and waved his hand: "No need to apologize anymore, I'm not bothered at all. Although I was a little angry at the time, Naomi's actions after that have calmed me down."
"Naomi."
Luther's voice made Naomi raise her head.
A pink, shiny metal object was thrown over, and Naomi subconsciously reached out to catch it.
After seeing what was in her hand, Naomi breathed a sigh of relief at the badge, wiped it with her sleeve, and cried with joy.
Ayan sighed: "You should smash the badge so that she can remember it."
Ayan's words made Naomi shiver and she quickly put the badge on her chest.
"The punishment has been passed. The experience of losing the badge should be very painful. After this time, she should not mention betting on the badge again."
Naomi protected the badge and nodded sharply, promising that she would never mess up again.
Ah Li picked up the phone and took a look, his eyes brightened: "Are you the Luther that Xiao Song and Yang Bai mentioned?"
Luther recalled that during his visit to Qifeng City, Xiao Song seemed to have said that he had a friend who had just become the owner of the hotel, and it seemed that he was Ah Li.
"How did Xiao Song describe me?" Luther was a little curious.
"The fight with Yang Bai was back and forth, and she was the one who could win the match in a formal gym battle against someone who tried her best."
Ah Li stuck to Luther's face, stood on tiptoes, and said with fiery eyes: "Are you here to challenge the Curtain City Gym today?"
The staff of the gym sang the name at the right time, and Luther's name appeared, making Ah Li ecstatic.
Ayan and Naomi failed to understand what Ah Li's attitude meant. Is it a happy thing for Luther to appear here?
"Please allow me to adjust the elf to its best condition to meet this challenge."
After saying that, Ah Li continued to pick up the wet towel on the side and wipe Lucario to cool him down.
"There don't seem to be many challengers in the Curtain Gym."
This was the first time Luther saw Lucario, and he asked while reading the illustrated book.
Ah Li shaved his face sheepishly, while Lucario snorted.
"After all, there were rumors a while ago that the Curtain Gym might change its owner and not issue badges for the time being..."
Luther understood: "Is it the chain reaction caused by losing to Shinji?"
Ah Li's face turned red: "Have you even heard the trainer who has been traveling?"
This time even Lucario couldn't help but cover his face.
"But I cheered up and am now working hard to become an excellent fighting gym leader."
This sentence actually made Lucario feel relieved a lot.
With his bright eyes and energetic words, Ah Li's aura is quite good.
It seems that after the battle with Xiaozhi, Ah Li has also grown a lot.
Speaking of which, Yang Bai also said that the owner and the challenger grew up together.
After Lucario stood up comfortably and relaxed his muscles on the spot, Li nodded to Luther.
"What are the rules of the Veil Gym?"
"I want to use Lucario to have a one-on-one gym battle with you." Ah Li rubbed his hands, "Xiao Song doesn't have time to give me advice, wouldn't you be happy about it?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ayan and Naomi both opened their mouths in surprise.
What Ah Li just said was advice?
But isn't Luther just an ordinary trainer who challenges the Lily of the Valley Tournament?
Luther smiled bitterly: "I can't teach people, I can't give pointers or anything, but I will go all out to deal with this battle. Just think of it as the reward for Xiao Song and I fighting hard at that time."
Luther kicked Marilu, who was standing behind her and teasing Xiaoxian's breasts: "She was the one who killed Xiaosong when I was fighting against her. I will use her this time."
Ah Li knelt down and stretched out his hand towards Marilu: "Please give me more advice."
Marylou looked at her short hand awkwardly, hesitated for a moment, turned around, put her tail in Ah Li's hand, and shook it.
"Do you have a bigger space? The layout of this dojo is quite good and antique. It would not be good if it was demolished due to battle." Luther touched his nose and gave his own suggestion.
Ah Li nodded quickly and said that he could fight in the open space behind the dojo.
"Please let us watch this battle!"
Ayan saw Ah Li and Luther about to leave and quickly said.
"Okay, gym leader competitions are meant for trainers to watch, otherwise how can you improve yourself?"
Looking at Ayan and Naomi who were following behind, Ah Li suddenly smiled and said: "Senior Luther, Xiao Song said that you still can't position yourself correctly."
"Remove the word "senior", I'm not qualified to be called that."
Ah Li laughed loudly: "Xiao Song's guess is really accurate. As long as I call you senior, you will definitely say that. She also said that as long as you say this, it means that you have not corrected your position."
"She asked me to ask you a question, Senior Luther, do you know how many low-level trainers there are in the alliance, how many people who can't even touch the threshold of the Suzuli Conference, not to mention eight badges, even four badges can't be collected Do you know how many people there are?"
The feet on the ground loosened for no reason, and Luther was stunned.
Lucario beside Ah Li spread his hands in response to Ah Li's words. He also saw that Luther had not thought about this issue at all.
"The trainers who can stand on the stage of the Suzuran Tournament in the end are all selected from a million and screened out step by step. Trainers who enter the main competition stage are even rarer. By the time they reach the main competition stage, they are already at the top of the regional trainers. "
"Have you never thought about a question all the way to challenge gyms? Why are there clearly weaker gyms besides strong gyms? Certified gyms can challenge them, but under such conditions, most trainers still can't. Make up the number of badges."
Luther understood what Xiao Song was going to tell him.
"Do you understand? Senior, your vision is too far-sighted and your goal is too high. You are working hard with the main competition of the Suzuran Tournament as your goal, or even with the goal of winning."
"But below you, there are countless people whose goal is just to enter the qualifiers. As long as they have eight badges, they can land on the stage of the conference. It doesn't matter even if they are eliminated in the qualifiers."
"Below these people, there are countless trainers who train hard just to obtain eight badges. Even if they are gathered together, their fate will be in the first round of the preliminary selection."
"Since the beginning of the league competition, countless people's dream has been to travel to the first round, not the main game in your eyes. Now you still think that you can't afford to be a senior?"