Since it has been confirmed that there is indeed an Orange League Pokémon Gym on Naipuru Island, and the distance is not very far, and Annie herself has no specific arrangements recently, so she readily agreed to Xiaoxia
At his request, he went to the so-called Naipulu Island with the three people.
Of course, when she went back, Annie would definitely not squeeze into the ocean with those three people on that big turtle shell that couldn't poop. She simply let go of the dream and let
Meng Meng carried the three people and the electric mouse Pikachu together, and then followed her and flew directly to the Naipuru Island with a high volcanic island in just a few minutes.
However, what made Annie, Xiaoxia, Xiaozhi, and Xiaojian extremely strange was that when they arrived, they found that the Naipulu Island was actually quiet, and all the houses were empty, as if
Like an uninhabited island?
Fortunately, before the three of them could come to their senses and figure out what happened on Naipuru Island, a speedboat with a spinnaker sailed towards the wind. When the man who jumped off the boat claimed to be 'Xiao Dan'
After the uncle introduced himself and volunteered to act as a guide for the four of them, they quickly arrived at the gate of the Pokémon Gym on Naipuru Island.
But unfortunately, when the door was opened, everyone found that this Pokémon Gym was just like the small town on Naipuru Island. It was also silent. It seemed that there was no one there?
However, fortunately, there was a sign posted next to the hiking trail leading to the top of the mountain, and the notice above said:
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【notice】
Dear challengers, welcome to the Naipuru Island Gym!
The rules of this gym are: challengers must first climb from the mountain trail to the top of the mountain to test the challenger's physical fitness and perseverance, and then they are eligible for the next challenge.
Note: When climbing a mountain, the challenger must only rely on his or her own strength. If any help from Pokémon is used along the way, the challenge will be deemed a failure and the challenge will be lost on the spot. Please remember!
Also: non-challenging people accompanying you can use the mountain cable car to go directly to the top of the mountain for free.
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"That is to say..."
"Do you want to climb the mountain on your own strength?"
After reading the notice and understanding the whole story and the prerequisites for the challenge, and then looking at the terrifying mountaineering trail that winds up and has some very dangerous sections, Xiaozhi was in a state of surprise and disbelief.
At the same time, I couldn't help but feel some slander and complaints in my heart.
"How strange!"
"The gyms of the Orange Alliance are indeed different from the gyms in other places!"
"First it was the Pokémon competition, and now it's the trainers' physical fitness test..."
After all, he just wanted to be a Pokémon training master and challenge the Orange League competition and try his best to get good results. But now, the other party not only did not accept his challenge well, but also came to test him.
physical fitness?
"I really don't understand, what does this have to do with training Pokémon?"
"This is obviously making things difficult for others!"
Anyway, he couldn't figure out the connection between climbing such a steep mountain and Pokémon training.
"Ha ha!"
"actually……"
"It's not exactly making things difficult for others."
"Think about it, if a Pokémon trainer can't even meet his own physical fitness and perseverance standards, what right does he have to ask his Pokémon to fight with all his strength?"
"Is that so?"
Hearing Xiaozhi's complaint, the strange uncle Xiao Dan hurriedly smiled and stepped forward to comfort him, and explained to the entourage, Xiaoxia and Xiaojian, who also looked at him with some doubts.
"Anyway!"
"I'm ready to climb up!"
"If you want to challenge together, come with me!"
"I will lead the way!"
Then, after finishing speaking, Xiao Dan began to pack his luggage.
He seemed to have really made up his mind, and was going to rely on his own personal strength to climb up the mountain along the terrifying mountaineering trail that wound up and had some very dangerous sections, according to the notice.
The top of Naipuru Island?
"Such a high mountain..."
"this……"
"I, I think I'd better forget it!"
"It's such a high mountain and so dangerous. I definitely can't climb it!"
"And I'm not a challenger..."
Xiaoxia had no intention of participating in the Orange League Competition, and so far she didn't even have a badge. Therefore, seeing that the prerequisites for challenging the Naipuru Island Gym were so demanding, she wanted to practice
I didn’t want to, so I quickly waved my hand and flatly refused with a wry smile.
At the same time, she was also very happy. She was glad that she did not accept Xiaozhi's instigation to collect the badges together. Otherwise, she would regret it to death if she had to give up now!
"Me too!"
"I'm just a Pokémon observer, so I won't get involved. I'd better take the cable car up with Xiaoxia?"
"You guys have to work harder!"
Similarly, when Xiao Jian on the side saw Xiao Dan looking towards him, he quickly stepped back, waved his hand and explained with a smile, indicating that he had no intention of challenging.
Although, climbing mountains is not difficult for him, but...
Since he is not participating in the Orange League competition, nor is he planning to collect the four Orange League badges, then there is no need for him to suffer and crawl in front of him. Just looking at it is daunting and scary.
The mountains of Naipuru Island.
"Annie!"
Seeing Xiaozhi's hesitation, and seeing the handsome and tall Xiao Dan already starting to do warm-up exercises, Xiaoxia thought for a while, then looked at Annie next to her with some worry and asked:
"This mountain climbing seems very difficult. Do you want to give up?"
"Take the cable car up with us?"
She knew that since Annie was also going to participate in the Orange League competition and was determined to compete with Xiaozhi for the first place, then four Orange League badges were a prerequisite for participation.
Essential!
But now, the content written on that notice board, the so-called mountain climbing test of the trainer's physical strength and perseverance, that kind of test, is certainly not so friendly to Anne.
No matter what, Xiaoxia didn't think she could climb the mountain of this terrible Naipulu Island.
And similarly, since she herself can't do it, then of course Annie, who is even smaller than her and has thin arms and legs, can't do it!
"give up?"
()
"That's impossible!"
()
When Anne heard the other party say such outrageous things, she turned her head away without even thinking about it.
What plane joke are you kidding? You know, in Queen Anne's dictionary, the only difference is whether she wants to do it or not. Where is the word 'giving up'?
"Isn't it just a climb up a hill?"
()
"Very simple!"
(ˉ▽￣~)Cut~~
"You can fly up directly!"
()°
really!
This kind of hillock is only three or four thousand meters above sea level. She, Queen Anne, just needs a thought and jumps directly up there. Why should she give up for this?
"Fly, fly up?"
"No way!"
"Absolutely not!"
Hearing Annie's words, she wanted to fly like everyone did when they came to Naipuru Island before. Xiaojian became anxious, then hurriedly signaled and pointed at the notice board and said:
"Didn't you see it?"
"here!"
"It says above that if you use Pokémon's abilities or ask Pokémon to provide help, you will be directly disqualified from the challenge!"
Afraid that Annie would really mess around, Xiao Jian hurriedly walked to the wooden notice board and pointed to a certain paragraph of text on it again.
"Xiaojian is right!"
"Annie..."
"If you use flying, you will be directly disqualified from the challenge!"
Xiaoxia also hurriedly stepped forward and echoed.
"Really!"
"That kind of request is obviously to make things difficult for others!"
"How can a girl climb such a high mountain?"
"and!"
"Not everyone is good at mountain climbing. The owner of the Naipulu Island Museum must be mentally ill, and he is seriously ill!"
Then, while Xiaoxia exclaimed, she couldn't help complaining and criticizing the owner of Naipulu Island. She was very dissatisfied with the prerequisites for the challenge set by the other party.
In Xiaoxia's opinion, Annie is the seed player most likely to win the first place in the Orange League competition. She has countless times more chances than Ash. After all, Pokémon like Mewtwo and Tibbers are just like that.
It was indeed as powerful as any other. So far, she had never seen one that could surpass those three Pokémon.
But now it's better. Anne is excluded from mountain climbing alone. Although she is anxious and annoyed, there is nothing she can do.
"ah?"
"Well..."
"Ha ha!"
"Maybe what you said Xiaxia makes sense?"
Xiaoxia was so angry that she didn't know why. Xiao Dan, who was making preparations next to her, looked at her in slight shock for a while, then felt embarrassed and agreed with a hesitant smile.
"Yes!"
"If you can't use Pokémon's abilities to help, Annie will probably have to give up the challenge, right?"
"But it doesn't matter!"
"I'm definitely going to win the Orange League!"
After everyone had such a discussion and noise, Xiaozhi suddenly felt full of energy for some reason.
Because, he finally discovered that as a Pokémon trainer, he now finally has something better than that little girl Annie, and that is - physical fitness and perseverance!
Just like now, a bad little girl has to give up the challenge honestly even if she has the most powerful Pokémon in the world. But he, Xiaozhi, will climb directly to the top of the mountain and get this Nepe
Ludokan badges, and then continue to collect the remaining badges, and then participate in the Orange League competition and win first place, there will be no doubt about it!
"Annie..."
"You definitely won't be able to complete this mountain climb, so just give up!"
"Anyway, this Orange League is not an international competition..."
"But at least we can take the cable car up together and enjoy the scenery along the way?"
"Right?"
As she talked, Xiaoxia hurriedly walked to Annie's side and comforted her, fearing that Annie would feel aggrieved, saying that it didn't matter even if she gave up, she would definitely not laugh at her.
"??"
()
"If you don't use Pokémon, you don't have to use it. How do you know that others can't complete it?"
く(＾_)ゝ
Scratching her head, Anne was a little confused. She didn't know how the people in front of her came to a conclusion for her.
"Is not it?"
"Without Meng's help, you can't go up at all!"
"Should we give up?"
Xiaoxia thought that she would definitely not be able to climb up without the help of Pokémon, so she also thought that Annie could not climb up either. There was no doubt that Annie's physique seemed to be weaker than hers, and she was even stronger.
It's short, so it's better to give up early.
Otherwise, if you insist on showing off your strength, it would be bad if you get injured in the process.
"certainly not!"
(へ╬)
"Even without Mongol's help, they can still climb up, and I'm sure they can escape them by at least several blocks!"
o(^｀)o
Annie retorted bitterly, pointing with some disdain and arrogance at Xiaozhi and Xiaodan who were making preparations next to them.
"ah?"
"you sure?"
Xiaozhi looked disbelieving and asked.
If it's a Pokémon battle, Annie, who has many powerful Pokémon, can easily beat them by several blocks. However, if it's mountain climbing, he thinks he will never lose to Annie with such a small arms and legs.
little girl.
Even, let alone Annie, even Xiaoxia, Xiaozhi are 100% sure that they can beat each other on the mountain climbing!
"You're talking nonsense again!"
"I do not believe!"
Xiaoxia shook her head with a look of disdain on her face, indicating that Annie must be telling lies, and like Xiaozhi, she didn't believe it at all.
"I don't believe it either!"
"Ha ha!"
"Me too!"
Similarly, Xiao Jian and the newly met guide Xiao Dan on the side also said with a cheerful smile, thinking that what Annie said was a joke made out of bravery and stubbornness.
"Then you just keep an eye on it!"
o(*｀ー)o
Unexpectedly, these guys underestimated her in the end, which made Annie couldn't bear it anymore.
"Isn't it just a small hill? I'll climb it for you to see!"
(`^)
"Don't blink!"
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==(｀Д)
With that said, Annie did not summon Pokémon, but ran directly along the climbing passage. She ran far away in a flash, and then when she encountered the cliff area, she jumped around like an ape.
Divide by two and quickly climb up dozens of meters.
"Look!"
(/^▽^)/
"Aren't you very fast?"
(-)
Then, Annie, who climbed at least thirty to fifty stories high in one breath and nimbly stood on a rock platform protruding from a relatively flat cliff, turned back and waved proudly at the four stunned people below.
The ground shouted loudly.
To be honest, this is actually because Anne severely suppressed her own strength, suppressing her strength to the level of a 'normal ordinary person'. If she let go, she would not need to climb such a small height at all.
Just a thought suddenly flew up.
Of course, if there are no restrictions, direct transmission may be faster?
"..."
"..."
"..."
"..."
At this time, in front of the mountain climbing passage, seeing Annie running and climbing such a long distance in an instant, the four of them were of course so shocked that they couldn't say a word for a long time.
"awesome……"
"It seems that Annie is not talking nonsense. She is really good at mountain climbing. Maybe she can really beat you by a few blocks!"
"Xiao Dan!"
"You have to work hard!"
So, after reacting and saying a few words of emotion, Xiaoxia hurriedly turned to her new friend and cheered up the tall, tall and handsome Xiao Dan.
"besides!"
"You too, Xiaozhi!"
Then, thinking of an old friend of hers, of course she didn't forget to encourage Xiaozhi by the way.
"All right!"
"I will definitely not lose to her!"
At this time, Xiaozhi, who had come back to his senses, said angrily that compared to Pokémon, he was indeed not as good as Annie, but when it came to physical strength, he was a boy and he would definitely be able to... well, at least he wouldn't lose too badly?
"gone!"
"Pikachu!"
"Let's go!"
After saying that, he tightened his gloves and took a deep breath before starting to step forward, not forgetting to ask Pikachu to join him.
Of course, he didn't ask Pikachu to help him, that would be a violation, he just asked Pikachu to come with him.
"Beep! Beep!"
Seeing Xiaozhi's high fighting spirit, Pikachu of course ran up with him excitedly.
Pikachu is an electric mouse, and for a mouse, climbing mountains is not difficult. In addition, it is so small that it quickly ran in front of Xiaozhi.
"Ha ha!"
"I feel a little bit in crisis?"
"Then I'll come too?"
As he said that, he looked at the little girl in front of him who was almost halfway up the mountain, and then at the high-spirited Xiaozhi and Pikachu. After thinking about it, Xiaodan cheered up and followed.
"Let's go, Xiaoxia!"
"Shall we take the cable car up?"
"No one is here, and I don't know if it can still be started..."
Seeing that his fellow challengers were all starting to climb the mountain, Xiao Jian thought for a while and then called Xiao Xia to walk towards the small house next to it with the word "Mountain Cable Car" written on it.
"Um!"
"We have to hurry up, otherwise Annie will laugh at us if we get to the top of the mountain first!"
"Is that so?"
"Togepi?"
Seeing this, Xiaoxia didn't bother to look at Annie's little red figure that was walking quickly on the rugged mountain road. She just hurriedly hugged her Togepi and ran behind Xiaojian.
In that wooden house.
soon!
When Xiaoxia and Xiaojian finally successfully started the cable car and slowly moved forward at a neither fast nor slow speed, preparing to climb to the top of the mountain, when Annie, Xiaozhi, Pikachu and that little Dan were climbing on the rugged mountain road, the three ghosts
A sneaky figure also appeared at the gate of the Pokémon Gym on Naipuru Island.
"Did you see that?"
"They started climbing!"
"Of course I saw it!"
"Moreover, the Little Ghost Head Army is divided into two groups?"
"Hmph!"
"This is our chance!"
"We have to think of a way to catch Pikachu first while the little ghost climbs the mountain!"
"That's right!"
"Little Guitou and Little Guitou are separated by a long distance. Let's act quickly. If we catch her and run away, she will definitely not be able to rescue her!"
"Then it's decided!"
"Meow meow!"
"go!"
"Prepare the aircraft!"
"okay!"
"I've been ready for a long time~!"
"I just like the feeling of doing bad things!"
"Meow~"
And if Xiaoxia, Xiaojian, Xiaozhi and others look back, they will be able to recognize at a glance that those who are plotting something at the gym gate are not Musashi, Kojiro and Meowth from Team Rocket.
Who are those three haunting guys?
However, it is impossible for them to discover it for the time being.
Because, at this moment, Xiaozhi and Pikachu are immersed in climbing the mountain, while Xiaoxia and Xiaojian are just looking up at the heights on the cable car, wanting to see Annie's disappeared red figure, not living in the big place.
How can I have time to pay attention to the situation at the foot of the mountain while I am screaming?
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Chapter completed!