Chapter 968 Gengar: I despise you!

Apart from Shang Zhi, there were no other noteworthy players in this conference.

This is also in line with normal combat situations.

Faced with such a situation, Xiaoyao and Shangzhi were able to use their huge advantages to easily defeat their opponents, first becoming the top four, then advancing to the semi-finals, and finally meeting in the final.

This also brought the battle to the most critical and important moment.

When Xiaoyao and Shangzhi came on stage for the last time, everyone's attention was focused on them for a moment.

Even the host Bai An excitedly said, "After so many choices, we have finally come to the final battle of the Black Gold Conference. So, will Xiaoyao win, or will Shangzhi have the last laugh? Let's wait and see!!"

Amid the cheers and applause of the people, the game timer started ticking.

Xiaoyao and Shangzhi also sent out their Pokémon at this time.

Just like the previous few battles, the Pokémon sent by Xiaoyao was still the Stottle that she had just evolved not long ago, and the Pokémon sent by Shangzhi was also unchanged, which was the Cricket that he chose in the second round.

Speaking of this Pokémon, most people may be unfamiliar with it.

The speaker cricket is about one meter tall, like a standing cricket. It is red all over and has a pair of long and thick mustaches, which looks a bit funny. The antennae on its head are red, curved strips, and its belly is a bit like the shape of a violin. Its hands have become slender and are divided into two sections to make it easier to turn. There is a pair of black wings on its back that can be used for short flights.

It is said that the speaker cricket was designed based on the violin beetle, and its shape also incorporates elements of violins and musicians.

It can express its emotions with melody. When singing, it will cross its knife-like forearms across its chest to make the sound, and make its call pleasant by letting the sound resonate in the hollow of its body. The melody it plays varies from individual to individual. Some villages even let them compete with each other in their varied calls as an entertainment activity.

Well... that's another way to tease crickets...

However, although it sounds fun, perhaps because of its appearance or its single bug attribute, there are very few trainers who use it.

Compared to it, Squirtle is much more common.

However, although she didn't understand much, Xiaoyao had watched several battles between Shangzhi and the Speaker Cricket before, so she was able to learn and apply what she had learned, so she was not completely clueless when dealing with it.

After the two Pokémon came on the field, they knew that time was tight, so there was no sizing or testing. Instead, they directly launched attacks under the command of their respective trainers.

Stottle mainly uses water attacks, while Cricket focuses on close combat.

At this time, Xiaoyao's solid combat ability is reflected.

Even though it was her first time fighting against Cricket, thanks to her well-developed adaptability and Squirtle's own strength, she was not at a disadvantage when facing Shang Zhi from the very beginning of the battle. On the contrary, she showed signs of suppressing him.

However, as mentioned many times before, Xiaoyao's fighting style, just like her easy-going personality, lacks sufficient suppression power in the early stage. She is obviously more powerful, but she just can't achieve that kind of dominating effect. She plays steadily and conservatively, not decisive at all.

Although this method will allow her to slowly discover the opponent's weaknesses, it will also expose too much of herself, leaving certain hidden dangers and giving Shang Zhi more opportunities to take advantage of.

This is a bit like Xia You's style, but it doesn't have Xia You's deadly rhythm and the ability to kill the game instantly!

Fortunately, as I said before, after such a long journey, Xiaoyao has become strong enough!

The two Pokémon were fighting in the field, alternating between offense and defense, and the fight went back and forth. Each other's gorgeous values ​​were constantly decreasing, but with her better performance, she still firmly suppressed Shang Zhi.

This pressure lasted from the beginning to the end. Although Shang Zhi tried to turn the situation around many times during the battle, Xiao Yao completely consumed all his gorgeous value with more than 20 seconds left to the end!

This also allowed Xiaoyao to win the game without any danger.

For most other spectators, this was naturally an exciting game. After all, it lasted almost the full five minutes, and both sides played to their expected strength, which was dazzling to watch.

But for Xia You, Xiaoyao still has a long way to go.

Of course, this is all measured based on his own strength, which is indeed a bit too much to ask. But if you look at it from a normal person's perspective, Xiaoyao is already very powerful!

After all, if she wasn't good enough, how could she have gotten the second place in the Kanto Grand Festival?

“Let us congratulate Xiaoyao and her Squirtle for winning this year’s Black Gold Festival!!!”

Following Bai'an's impassioned voice, the entire venue was once again filled with applause and cheers. People generously gave their cheers to Xiaoyao, and Xiaoyao stood there, waving to her Stottle.

In fact, for Xia You and Xiao Yao, this trip to the Black Gold Conference was like a natural progression. From hearing about it, to participating in the competition, to defeating Shang Zhi and getting the ribbon medal, everything seemed very simple and smooth. This also shows that for Xiao Yao now, such ordinary competitions basically do not pose any big trouble.

Streamers fell from the sky.

After the director of the gorgeous competition's affairs bureau, Kang Kenstein, presented the prize to Xiaoyao, the Black Gold Conference ended with little fanfare.

Following the crowded passage, Xia You and Ya Mi finally squeezed out of the venue until most of the audience had left. They found Xiao Yao, who had been waiting for a while, in front of a coffee shop not far away.

"Congratulations! I got another ribbon medal. I am now three medals away from the required five. Then I can participate in Sinnoh's grand celebration!"

As soon as they met, the two naturally congratulated her, and Xiaoyao looked back at them with a shy smile, and showed them the ribbon medal she had just received.

But when the joy faded, Xiaoyao looked up at the sun that was already high in the sky, and couldn't help but say to Xia You: "Brother Xia You, it's already this late, the owner of the Black Gold Gym, won't he leave the gym again?"

"Who knows." Xia You shrugged, "You won't know until you go there. I can only hope he's still there."

The three of them did not stop, but followed the road and went to the Black Gold Gym again.

In fact, Xia You could have challenged the Black Gold Gym alone when Xiaoyao was participating in the Gorgeous Conference. In this way, she would not have missed either the Gorgeous Conference or the Gym Challenge. But they were companions after all. The Black Gold Gym could be challenged another day, but Xiaoyao only had this one Black Gold Gorgeous Conference. So as a companion, whether Xiaoyao won or lost, she had to go and witness her performance with her own eyes.

Xia You didn't feel anything wrong about this. He was even prepared to go to the Black Gold Gym and come up empty-handed again this time.

And sure enough, when they arrived at the Black Gold Gym and saw the man reading Playboy magazine again, he also looked helpless.

He spread his hands, looking a little puzzled: "Didn't I tell you yesterday? If you want to challenge the gym, you have to do it in the morning. Now Hyota has gone to the Black Gold Coal Mine again!"

It's really like that...

"Sorry, we were delayed by other things."

Xiaoyao walked out of the Black Gold Gym again and stood in the same position as yesterday, feeling a little embarrassed.

After all, it was because of her that Xia You's plan was delayed. Although she knew why Xia You did this, she always felt guilty.

But before she could say anything, Xia You turned to look at her and Ya Mi: "Do you want to go to the black gold mine?"

"Eh?" Xiaoyao was holding back her words, and asked in surprise, "Black... Black Gold Coal Mine?"

"Yes." Xia You nodded. "This Black Gold Coal Mine is so mysterious that a museum owner can spend most of the day there. It is also a landmark place in the entire Black Gold City. Don't you want to go and see it?"

After hearing what he said, Xiaoyao and Yami were obviously also interested. Since the three of them had the same opinion, there was nothing to say. After asking for the direction, they went straight to the black gold charcoal pit.

The Black Gold Coal Mine is located in the southern part of Black Gold City. It covers a very vast area, which can be said to be even larger than the entire Black Gold City.

It not only has an above-ground part, but also extends to under the city and even to the bottom of the sea.

And because of the huge output of coal, the livelihood of the entire Black Gold City, whether it is electricity, fire, energy, or industries and factories related to these, basically depends on this coal mine.

It can be said that this black gold coal mine feeds the entire city on its own!

Such a famous place naturally attracted more than just Xia You and the other two.

Almost everyone who comes to Heijin City for tourism will come here to take a look, and in order to attract these tourists and develop the tourism industry, a viewing platform and tour guides have been specially set up here, and even a paid fossil digging activity has been launched. In a word, people can not only see, but also fully experience this charcoal mine.

In such an environment, Xia You and the other two entered the charcoal pit and took a walk around.

It can be seen that there are busy workers everywhere, and arm wrestlers and iron palm wrestlers working with them. Through the guide of the tourists nearby, Xia You and his friends also learned that when mining in this charcoal mine, they try their best to avoid destroying the living environment of wild Pokémon, and the transportation system of the mined coal is fully automatic. It is said that Piaotai also allows trainers in the city to train their Pokémon in this charcoal mine.

I have to say, this place is really used to the extreme...

The three of them walked around here for a while, but did not see Piaotai. This was normal. After all, the entire carbon mine was so huge. At a glance, it was full of people and Pokémon, all wearing the same safety helmets. It was indeed very difficult to find Piaotai here.

Fortunately, Xia You’s target was not Piao Tai.

They walked around a little first, and then Xia You spent money to let the three of them experience fossil excavation. It felt really novel to keep looking for stones and knocking on them with a small hammer.

After spending the rest of the time here, they returned to the Pokémon Center before dark.

Now, there is almost nothing that can hinder tomorrow's gym battle.

It was late at night, Xia You had just finished washing up and lay down on the bed when his phone rang again.

This also surprised Xia You a little.

After all, he set different ringtones for his women, so he could tell clearly who was calling him just by listening to the voice.

But this time, it was just an ordinary ringtone.

To be honest, a lot of people have contacted him these days, and each time it is a different person. I wonder who it will be today.

The mystery was soon solved.

When Xia You picked up the phone, he found that it was a video call from Dr. Sakuragi!

And the moment Xia You saw his profile picture, he knew what was going on.

After clearing his throat, Xia You chose to answer the call. The next second, Dr. Sakuragi's familiar face appeared on the screen.

"Hello, Doctor." Xia You was the first to speak and greet him.

"I guessed that you must not be asleep at this time." Dr. Sakuragi smiled, "You look good. How is your recent trip?"

Xia You chatted with him about some family matters with a smile, and also told him some interesting things that had happened recently. But when he saw that the polite conversation was almost over, he took the initiative to change the topic to business.

"Doctor, are you contacting me now? Have those things arrived?"

The things that Xia You mentioned were naturally the research materials he got from Mori Mansion. These things were of no use in his hands, but among those scholars, they would definitely play their due value.

So after leaving the mansion, he found an international express company in EMI City and had it sent by express mail.

After several days of operation, it was finally delivered to Vermilion City today and into the hands of Dr. Sakuragi.

"That's right." Dr. Sakuragi nodded. "It can be seen that this is indeed the result of many years of hard work by a scientific researcher. Unfortunately, I am not engaged in research in this field, so I passed it on to a more knowledgeable senior."

senior?

Xia You didn't care about Dr. Sakuragi giving the information away again.

After all, it's not his stuff in the first place, and Dr. Sakuragi will definitely dispose of the information properly.

He was just wondering, who could be called a 'learned and talented senior' by Dr. Sakuragi?

After all, as everyone knows, his teacher is Professor Oak. It is really strange that he did not give these materials to Professor Oak even though he had such convenience.

"Who is the senior you are talking about?"

"You probably don't know her." Dr. Sakuragi smiled. "She is Dr. Mulan from the Galar region. She is very famous in the academic world. She is knowledgeable and has covered many fields. This information should be helpful to her."

Dr. Magnolia?

Xia You nodded, what Dr. Sakuragi said was indeed right.

I don't really know Dr. Mulan, but that doesn't mean I don't know her.

He was the first person to study Gigantamax!

He is also one of the main developers of the giant wristband!

In terms of his influence in the academic world, he can even be compared with Professor Oak!

And, of course, her age.

And unlike the easy-going Dr. Oak, Dr. Mulan is a very strict person. He is even strict with his own granddaughter!

But these have nothing to do with Xia You. Anyway, the things have been sent out, and who they are sent to is Dr. Sakuragi's own business.

At this time, Dr. Sakuragi couldn't help but feel curious: "By the way, how did you get such an important thing?"

Regarding this matter, Xia You concealed how he injected energy into the ghost girl, and told Dr. Sakuragi everything else, including how he turned the ghost girl's family into ghosts, reunited the family, and finally renovated the manor.

After hearing the whole story, Dr. Sakuragi was speechless for a long time.

"As fellow researchers, I never thought someone would go to such lengths for research results. Pluto... From the name, I know he's not a very righteous person..."

"Yeah..." Xia You also sighed, "This kind of research is obviously for the benefit of all people in the world, but there are always some people who choose such extreme methods for their own selfish desires and fame. It's really... unscrupulous."

It's not that the two of them are standing on the moral high ground and accusing others at will. In fact, Pluto is really not a good person, otherwise he would not do such a thing.

"Xia You, you did the right thing in this matter. I was right about you..." Dr. Sakuragi hesitated, "It's just... your turning the soul into a ghost, isn't this a violation of something? After all, the consequences of playing with the soul are..."

"I just did what I could from my perspective. As for other things, I didn't think that far ahead." At this point, Xia You shrugged and suddenly laughed, "Besides, it wasn't me who turned them into ghosts, it was my Gengar. What does it have to do with me? I'm just a human. Apart from talking, I don't have any ability. So... even if there is a cause and effect, it shouldn't be me who should be blamed, but my Gengar!"

In the shadow, Geng Gui almost rolled his eyes out when he heard this, but he did not show up. He just stretched out his right hand from the shadow and showed Xia You a middle finger.

I despise you!!

Humph, when you die, I will turn you into a ghost!

……

After resting for a night at the Pokémon Center, Xia You and the other two got up early the next morning. After having breakfast, they went straight to the Black Gold Gym.

This is their third time here.

Fortunately, just as the man said before, they really saw the owner Hyota at this time!