Sunyshore City, a Harbor city built on a promontory with intricate terrain.
As its name suggests, it is adjacent to the sea and is located at the easternmost point of the entire Sinnoh mainland. The scenery looks very beautiful. It is not only a famous port city in Sinnoh, but also an important port leading to the Pokémon League. It is far across the sea from the island where the Pokémon Alliance is located on the other side of the strait.
Because of the distance, when the conference is held every year, countless Pokémon Trainer also set out from here, take boats to Pokémon League, and strive to realize their dreams. It can be said that it is also a place where dreams set sail.
The navigation lighthouse located on the seaside has been shining brightly on this sea area, pointing out the direction for countless passing ships. Basically, as long as they see this place, people will know that Sinnoh has arrived.
From the topographic point of view, the entire city is built on a long and narrow promontory and is surrounded by mountainous areas. In order to make up for the lack of space, the city Shota solar panels are laid out as elevated walkways to provide energy for the entire city, so it is also jokingly called a city that never lacks electricity.
After traveling for more than a day, Xia You, May and Cheryl arrived here very smoothly.
This was even several hours faster than they expected, giving them more time to use.
However, they did not waste time. Instead, they took advantage of the fact that it was just noon. After entering Downtown, several people did not go to Pokémon Center to rest or even have lunch, so they went straight to Sunyshore Gym.
It has to be said that when they walked onto the streets here, they discovered that this city was full of Solar Panel, with many escalators and mobile devices scattered around, making it look very futuristic.
This also reminded Xia You of the Hoenn Techno City--LaRousse City that we had visited before.
But obviously, the sense of technology here is still too low and cannot be compared with LaRousse City.
"No matter how many times I take it, I have to say, it's really convenient." Taking the escalator on the street, they don't have to walk by themselves, so that the long elevator can take them to where they want to go. This also makes May couldn't help but sigh, "You don't have to go out by yourself. People living here must be very happy!"
Xia You shook his head. "It seems that technology has changed life, but compared to this way of traveling, I would rather walk by myself, just to exercise, instead of being controlled by these Machine in such a modern city."
All I can say is that this is a difference in concept.
The world is so big, naturally some people like this kind of technology. After all, technology represents progress, and people should not live in the present forever, but naturally some people have an indifferent attitude, and Xia You is obviously the latter.
As he said, he prefers nature to the technological city!
After hearing Xia You's reply, May didn't dwell on this issue and just focused on the upcoming battle with Gym.
"Who is Gym Leader here?"
"It's Volkner." Cheryl answered her, then glanced at Xia You and said hesitantly, "But the next Gym battle shouldn't be easy."
"Eh?" May was stunned and asked, "Why do you say that?"
Cheryl shook his head. "I heard that Volkner is a very strong person. Since he became Gym Leader, he has never lost!"
"Never lost!?" May was greatly surprised, "Really or not? In other words, no one has ever been able to take Badge away from him?"
"I heard that's the case."
"Then... that's really powerful." May was speechless, but smiled indifferently, "It doesn't matter, no matter who it is, they will definitely not be able to defeat Xia You!"
If Sinnoh people who don't understand the situation hear this sentence, they will definitely think that this little girl is too arrogant. After all, for such a long time, those who challenged Volkner thought that they would definitely defeat him and take Badge from him, but obviously these people failed in the end without exception.
Who can't tell lies?
But obviously these people don't know that today's challenger is not an ordinary person.
Listening to the discussion of the two women around him, Xia You couldn't help but think about the situation of this Sunyshore Gym.
As the official Gym of Sunyshore City, Gym Leader of Sunyshore Gym is Volkner. As you can tell from the name, this is a Electric-type expert.
Even as Cheryl said, this man who looks exactly like the Fourth Hokage can be regarded as the strongest man among Sinnoh and Gym Leader!
He was even called Sunyshore's Thunder because he was so strong, which shows that he is indeed extraordinary!
He is a man worthy of being taken seriously...
It seems that this time, I finally don't have to let my Pokémon fight on its own.
Because there was an elevator, they quickly arrived at Sunyshore Gym.
Speaking of which, this Sunyshore Gym is located on a wide lawn in the city, slightly away from the bustling high-rise buildings in the city. Except for the ring of photovoltaic solar panels above the building, it is no different from other common venues, just like a circular arena.
They walked along the avenue on the lawn and walked to the door of Gym. Before they could push the door open, a neutral electronic sound came from Gym through the microphone.
"Welcome, what can I do for you?"
Xia You didn't need to answer. May on the side had already taken a step forward and said to the electronic screen on the side, "We are here to participate in the Gym Challenge competition. Is Gym Leader here?"
"Please look at the lower right."
As the electronic sound sounded again, a box suddenly opened in front of the Xia You people, revealing the Badge inside.
At a rough glance, there are at least several hundred!
Looking at these Badge, May was extremely surprised. "What does this mean?"
"Please take one of them." The electronic voice continued, "For everyone who came to challenge Gym, you can now take one of Badge directly without fighting."
"What!?"
Hearing that there was such a thing, May and Cheryl both opened their eyes in surprise.
They had thought it would go smoothly before, but they didn't expect it would go so smoothly!!
Can you get Badge without even fighting!?
Is this still the official Gym?
Cheryl curiously picked up two of them and played with them in his hands.
Xia You and May looked at each other at the same time, and saw that the shape of Badge was like a lighthouse. In fact, its name was indeed Beacon Badge, just like the representative navigation lighthouse of Sunyshore City!
"Is this Beacon Badge? Can we really take it now?"
Electronic Sound gave an affirmative answer, "Yes, please accept it!"
Holding these two Badge, Cheryl turned to look at Xia You: "What should we do now?"
Shaking his head at her, Xia You looked at the screen and asked, "Is Volkner here? I want to fight him directly."
"Sorry." The electronic voice had no tone, "Mr. Volkner is not among Gym now. He has made it clear before that the challenger who comes can take Beacon Badge directly without fighting. If you have anything else, please leave a message here. I will inform him later and ask him to contact you as soon as possible."
Sure enough, he's not here...
I knew this Gym battle would not go so smoothly...
If an ordinary person encounters this situation, especially when time is tight, they may grab a Badge and leave directly.
But he couldn't do that.
After all, he is so proud of being Pokémon Trainer that he will not accept victory without a fight. The most important thing is that he is no longer an ordinary Pokémon Trainer.
If word spread that men from three different regions, Conference winner, took Badge from a Gym Leader who had never experienced failure without fighting, and without his knowledge, it would undoubtedly make people laugh.
People might even think it was him, Champion, and be afraid of Volkner!
Therefore, others can directly take away these Badge, but he must defeat Volkner in an upright manner!
But Volkner is not among Gym now, how can we find him?
While they were thinking, suddenly a woman's voice sounded behind them.
"Eh? Aren't you...Xia You?"
Hearing this voice, Xia You felt familiar for the first time, as if he had heard it somewhere. To his surprise, when he turned around, he saw a thin Girl wife, standing not far away, looking at him!
Take another look, isn't it Gym Leader--Jasmine of Johto Region Olivine Gym!!
"Jasmine?" Xia You was a little surprised, "Why are you here?"
On the side, neither May nor Cheryl obviously knew Jasmine, but seeing that Xia You seemed to know her, the two of them couldn't help but look at this weak-looking woman suspiciously.
"Sure enough, it's you!" Jasmine smiled, "I just saw that you looked familiar, so I followed you over to have a look. I didn't expect that you were here to challenge this Gym. What? You didn't know that the Gym Leader here was no longer among the Gym?"
Xia You spread his hands. "I just arrived here today, so I'm not very familiar with everything here."
Speaking of this, he noticed from Ami's tone just now that she seemed to know Denci, so he couldn't help but ask, "Do you know Denci?"
Jasmine nodded and chuckled, "I have been learning about Coordinator's combat skills at Sunyshore City in the past two days, and I met him by chance. What? Are you looking for him?"
She learns the fighting skills about Coordinator?
What does this mean?
Ready to change careers?
But after all, he was not familiar with Jasmine, so it was hard for him to ask why. He just said, "As you can see, I came here to challenge this Sunyshore Gym. I happened to hear that Volkner is very strong, so I wanted to fight him."
"As expected." Jasmine suddenly realized, "I knew you couldn't simply take Badge away like others. Well, come with me. I happened to see him just now."
This is a real surprise.
I was still struggling to find Volkner, but unexpectedly I met a helper in a blink of an eye.
Under the leadership of Jasmine, the three of them left Gym and walked towards the seaside.
At this time, Xia You also introduced Jasmine, May and Cheryl. But again, he and Jasmine were not very familiar with each other after all. After a simple greeting, he had nothing to talk about.
On the contrary, May, as one of the outstanding Coordinators, chatted with Jasmine about Coordinator on the road.
As for Jasmine, obviously he did not expect that there would be a Coordinator traveling with Xia You. Naturally, he was also greatly surprised and started chatting with May.
Xia You and Cheryl listened quietly and did not talk to each other.
After all, this is May's area of expertise, and it's not something they can interfere with if they cross over into another profession.
The two of them followed behind Jasmine and May. Cheryl also handed one of the Badge they had just received to Xia You.
"Take this first." Cheryl said, "You are going to fight Volkner anyway, so it doesn't make any difference if you hold it in advance."
Looking at the Badge, Xia You shook his head.
"Let's put it with you first. I won't touch it until Volkner is defeated, so before that, you can keep it for me for a while."
Hearing what he said, Cheryl didn't take it seriously and just put Badge away again.
For her, it actually didn't matter whether she wanted to fight or not. Anyway, her mind was not on fighting, but more on traveling and shopping, so she didn't have any feeling of being looked down upon or any resistance to just taking Badge.
This is also the biggest difference between her and Xia You.
He obviously had great strength and talent, but he chose to waste it in vain.
Following Downtown, several people took the open-air elevator and quickly arrived at the beach.
And here, they also saw a huge rock block named Pokémon Rock!
This is no ordinary stone. Just like its name, it is also one of the famous landmarks of the city. It is famous for its shape that resembles Snorlax. Every day, many outsiders come here to check in and take photos.
Of course, this is not their purpose.
Along the beach, they continued walking towards the southeast corner of the city.
And very far away, they saw a strange lighthouse that was completely blocked by photovoltaics!
It is said to be strange because its shape is like the back half of a Submarine standing there, and it also looks like a Patrick star covered in photovoltaics. The densely packed Solar Panel above reflect a blue-like light when the sun shines on it!
Here is the navigation lighthouse.
But the people of Sunyshore City prefer to call it--Sunyshore Tower!
"We are here." When he came closer, Jasmine paused for a moment and introduced to several people, "This is Sunyshore Tower. I heard that this tower was invented by Volkner. It alone can provide sufficient power for the entire city! And Volkner is now in this Sunyshore Tower!"
I have to say, if Jasmine hadn't led the way, none of them would have thought that Volkner would be hiding here?
This is too hard to find!
After a few people entered the interior of Sunyshore Tower, they went straight to the elevator here, and then went up all the way to the highest floor of the tower.
And through the bright floor-to-ceiling windows, the entire Sunyshore City scenery was immediately presented to them.
It's really a nice scenery...
No wonder Volkner likes to stay here!
Under their feet, they saw a large-scale modern city, surrounded by low mountains and forests. In front of them were Saffron City-colored beaches and Harbor, and further ahead was the blue sea!
"Look over there!" At this time, Jasmine pointed further away, "Look at the horizon on the other side of the sea. That's where Sinnoh Pokémon League is. It can be seen from here!"
Sinnoh League?
Xia You squinted his eyes and looked into the distance, but unfortunately, because the distance was too far, he couldn't see anything clearly.
But it doesn't matter, I believe that he will set foot on that land before long and completely conquer it!
Just wait, only about half of the trip is left!
And they didn't know if they heard the sound of the elevator, but just when they reached the top floor, the door to the side opened, and a tall man wearing a blue vest, messy hair, and looking a little melancholy came out.
I saw that he was about twenty-seven or eight years old, with dark blond hair, and his face shape, he really looked like a certain yellow Flash.
Needless to say, this is Volkner.
"Jasmine?" When he saw that it was Jasmine leading a few strangers, Volkner was a little surprised, "Why are you here? Who are they?"
His voice was a little low, like the negativity of seeing through life after suddenly losing interest in everything, making him look quite decadent.
"Um..." Jasmine took a step back and introduced to several people, "This is Xia You, here to challenge you..."
However, when he said this, he was interrupted by Volkner.
"I don't want to fight anyone now." He glanced at Xia You first, then turned around and walked towards the room he just came out of. At the same time, he said lazily, "You can go to Sunyshore Gym first. There is Badge there. You can just take it."
Hearing this, Xia You couldn't help but squint his eyes.
He originally knew that this man named Volkner was the strongest among all Gym Leader, and he was quite interested, but now...
What the hell is this?
This is the attitude a Gym Leader should have!?
What about your professional ethics?
"Since you don't want to be Gym Leader so much and are so irresponsible, you might as well go home and resign. Why are you pretending to be here?"
A faint sentence came out of Xia You's mouth, which also made Volkner pause and stand on the spot.
Obviously this man didn't expect to hear such a sentence!
In fact, let alone him, not even May, Cheryl and Jasmine, nor Xia You, who has always been gentle and handsome, would say this!
What happened to him today?
"What did you say?"
Volkner turned around and looked at Xia You. A cold light seemed to flash in his eyes, and he seemed to have become a completely different person than just now!
"Your ears are not working well? Didn't you hear clearly?" Xia You raised his head slightly and looked at him with disdain, "Then I will repeat it again. Compared to those Gym Leaders who work hard, both your attitude and your management style make people feel ridiculous and childish. I think this Sunyshore Gym should just be closed down."
Volkner's eyes suddenly turned cold, staring at Xia You!
"Do you know what you are talking about!?"
Xia You looked back at him without showing any signs of weakness.
"Do you know what you are doing? Hmm... let me think about what to say, oh, by the way, this low-level Gym Leader who is worse than a child?"
How could Xia You be so Taunt, Volkner that he could endure it?
His fists clenched subconsciously.
"Very good, even if you apologize now, I won't forgive you. If you dare to slander me and my Sunyshore Gym, I will never let you go!"
Xia You chuckled.
"It's just you? But let's not talk about it. The way you look now is much better than the way you looked just now. But you don't think you are really powerful, do you?"
Xia You took out Poké Ball from his pocket and released his Gardevoir and Charizard. Then there was no order from him, and Gengar also popped up from the shadow.
Looking at Volkner arrogantly, Xia You smiled and said, "Now I give you a chance. As long as you defeat one of these three Pokémon, I will never be a Pokémon Trainer again.", and you, if you lose, get out of here as soon as possible and shut down this ridiculous Sunyshore Gym! Oh no, the strongest Gym Leader is nothing more than an irresponsible piece of trash!"