Pokémon: Hoenen Rage

Chapter 266 The Aftertaste of the Celebration (45)

The Battle Conference is the most important and lively part of the celebration, but it is neither the beginning nor the end.

After the lively awards ceremony, the audience with undiminished interest poured into the venue and started the second round of fun and carnival.

The fatigue of the past was relieved by the wanton play, and the pressure accumulated in this rock-solid town was also vented in this way.

A relaxed smile rippled on everyone's face, centering on the celebration site and radiating to the entire city.

There may be differences in life between rich and poor, leaving here, everyone's life is different, sweet or bitter, but in a short gathering, people can get more joy in a more equal way.

Holding hands and walking down the aisle, which was a little busier than at the beginning, Lai and Naqi felt the peace in the bustle together, as well as the rich emotional connection that spread between people.

Huayue said, "I want to go back and continue to practice more." She took the things they bought and returned early.

Today's battle between Lai and Daigo gave him greater motivation to pursue progress, and also made him unwilling to continue spending time here.

Taking the reward from the organizer, Lai took out the CD and handed it to Naqi.

"I can't use the invisible rock. It's just right for the armored bird."

"This" Naqi hesitated a little.

"What's mine is yours, just use it."

Len's tone left no room for doubt.

".it is good."

After silently accepting the CD and putting it into her handbag, Naqi leaned against Lai again.

Because the windbreaker fell on the ground and was stained with a lot of dust, Lai could only put it on his arm temporarily. The early winter wind was already quite biting, and Naqi's arrival brought some warmth.

Glancing at the dirty windbreaker, Naqi's tone was slightly reproachful:
"I asked you to act cool, now you know it's cold, right?"

As she said this, she hugged him tighter.

In the crowded crowd, the two of them were like pebbles in the waves, swimming around as the waves rolled up and down.

In fact, it doesn't matter where they go or what they play, what matters is spending time together in such an atmosphere.

Unconsciously, they walked to the ring throwing booth at the beginning.

The well-informed boss already knew the news about Lai’s championship, and he shouted loudly with a loudspeaker:

"The champion of the celebration competition also came to my place to play ring toss and won a grand prize! Take a look, the prizes here bring good luck!"

"This boss is really good at business. I took a few of his dolls and he took them to advertise for a day."

Listening to the boss's shouts and looking at the stalls that had become crowded again, Lai shook his head slightly and joked with a smile.

In the crowded crowd, he also saw Hills' figure, and next to him was a girl about sixteen or seventeen years old.

"Boss, what prizes has the champion won?"

"Let me think about it, there are Chinese Valentine's Day bluebirds, natural finches, and two long-winged gulls."

"Okay! Give me a ring of five thousand alliance coins!"

"If I hadn't seen Hills have a girlfriend backstage, I would have doubted whether he was interested in you."

Naqi also noticed Hills, listening to his excited loud voice, silently complaining.

"Compared to being jealous of a strong man, you might as well choose a suitable partner, such as Du Juan, at least the gender is right."

Regarding Na Qi's words, Lai felt that there were too many flaws and he didn't even know where to start.

However, a faint voice suddenly came from the crowd on the side: "If you are flirting, please don't bring in irrelevant people like me, okay?"

Looking sideways, he saw that it was Du Juan who had changed into regular clothes and was eating while walking with a lot of snacks in her arms.

"Ahem, I'm sorry Du Juan, he just said it casually, don't take it seriously."

Na Qi cleared her throat, changed positions with Lai, and greeted Du Juan.

"Hello, Naqi, do you want to eat something? I'm not interested in your boyfriend, so relax." Du Juan handed over a piece of baked rice cake in a paper bag.

"Thank you very much, Du Juan. I'm really sorry just now. It was just the two of us joking a little bit."

Taking the snack for Naqi, Rai apologized again.

After the interlude, Du Juan continued to eat and play, and quickly disappeared into the crowd.

"Eat more? Look how thin you have become."

"Oh."

Naqi agreed in a sullen voice, and Naqi, who had not recovered from the embarrassment just now, silently bit into the baked rice cake.

"What kind of shape would be better for this keystone to be worn on your body?"

Playing with the top-quality keystone he had just obtained, Lai asked Naqi for her opinion.

"give me."

While nibbling on the rice cake, he stretched out his little hand, which was still slightly stained with oil, towards Lai.

"Huh?" With doubts, Lai still put the key stone in Naqi's palm.

"I'll do it, don't worry about it."

Naqi turned her head and put the key stone into her handbag. Naqi's tone was stiff and a little shy.

"Okay, I'll listen to you!"

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For the next half day, the celebration continued until the evening.

As students of the school, neither Du Juan nor Lisa was allowed to participate, but they still had a good day of fun at the celebration during the holidays.

In front of an air gun shooting booth, Lai and Naqi saw the enthusiastic Lisa, and Big Mouth Boy was standing next to her jumping up and down, but it was a pity that Lisa was not good at shooting, and after several rounds of shooting, she didn't get any prizes.

The big-mouthed baby was very disappointed, and the big jaw behind him drooped.

Seeing this, Naqi pushed Lai's arm and motioned for him to go up and help.

Lai, who had been watching the student's defeat with great interest, received the highest order, so he had no choice but to step forward and ask Risa and Big Mouth Baby about the prizes they wanted. With the help of the game vendor's life-long enemy's heart, he shot them down with one round of shooting. , it’s all in the bag.

"Mavi Maiev"

The big-mouthed baby turned from sadness to joy. He held the glass ball in his little hands, sang a song around Lai to express his gratitude, and rubbed his big jaws on Lai's legs.

Taking this opportunity, Risa started playing with the two people who had not seen each other for a long time, and whispered for a long time with Naqi, who was close to her. From time to time, light laughter passed into Len's ears, causing him to smile slightly.

On Risa's left ear, the gemstone earring that Naqi gave her before leaving still hung, shining slightly in the faint sunlight.

Jirachi, who was tired from playing, also stopped floating around, sat on Lai's shoulder, rested his head on Lai, and dozed off.

Seeing this, Len also slowed down his pace so that the little guy could sleep more peacefully.

Soon, in the evening, the celebration that lasted all day slowly came to an end.

Tired tourists left the venue in small groups and went home. The vendors also packed up their belongings, took stock of the day's harvest, and made plans for future operations and livelihoods.

After a short period of excitement, there will be a long period of calm. From the "event" that broke the normalcy, we will return to a not so beautiful, but also quite stable "daily life".

For Lai, Naqi and Huayue, as well as for Du Juan and Dawu, the city has returned to daily life, but they have to start a new journey to meet their own extraordinary life.

In a few days, with the arrival of Zhou Zhu and others, the exchange students from Karnaz City will also set off. The leader of the group is Du Juan. She will not only study the courses of the Nanhai Trainer School, but also gradually start practicing teaching. and management to gain strength for her future career as a teacher.

Dawu will also take a transcontinental flight to Sinnoh. After nearly a day of long-distance flight, he will arrive at a new fertile land and start his exploration.There, he will meet a group of new Pokémon, obtain a batch of rare rocks he loves, and keep advancing in the two-way pursuit of interest and strength.

At the same time as the flight took off, Rai and the other three people also walked to the northern suburbs of Karnaz City. About a hundred kilometers further north was the Meteor Falls, one of the most famous dangerous areas and training grounds for trainers in the Hoenn Continent.

There are two routes to the northwest islands. One is the deserted waterway in the northwest, and the other is passing through the Meteor Falls and exiting from the northernmost end.

After some discussion, the three of them decided to exercise and explore the Meteor Falls, which had more challenges and opportunities. As for the exploration of the deserted waterways, they decided to wait until they visited the northwest islands before making plans.

(End of this chapter)