Chapter 57 Coal Badge
"Super iron!"
"thump!"
The Super Iron Tyrannosaurus grinned when it saw the Circle Bear fall down. Just as it was about to raise its arms to celebrate the victory in the battle, its head felt dizzy and it fell to the ground the next second, losing its ability to fight.
"Both Super Iron Tyrannosaurus and Circle Bear lost their ability to fight at the same time. The match was won by the challenger Hanyu Yun from Futaba Town."
The referee observes the status of the Pokémon and confirms that it is correct before announcing the result of the battle.
"Yeah! Xiaoyun won."
Xiaoguang excitedly held up the latte art and jumped up on the spot with excitement. She looked so happy as if she was the winner.
"Come back, Super Iron Tyrannosaurus."
Piao Tai gave a helpless smile and took back the Super Iron Tyrannosaurus that had lost its ability to fight. He hoped that Xiao Yun would win, which would prove that his vision was not wrong. But he was a little disappointed when he really failed.
"Thank you for your hard work, you have done a great job, Big Bear."
Xiaoyun said softly to the Poké Ball. He was very satisfied with the battle of the Circly Bear today. The fact that it could tie with the Super Iron Tyrannosaurus of Hyouta was enough to show its excellence. It was worthy of being called a bug bear.
"Congratulations, Xiaoyun. This is the Black Gold Gym's gym badge, the Coal Badge."
Piaotai walked up to Xiaoyun and celebrated, then reached into his pocket, took out the badge and handed it to him.
"Is this the Coal Badge?"
Xiaoyun took the badge handed to him by Piaotai and looked at it carefully. The frame was made of metal, and the base color was gray-yellow representing rock. There was a hexagonal pattern in the middle, and it felt thick in the hand.
"Haha, besides the badge, I have another gift for you." Hyota said with a smile
"Gift, what gift is it?"
Xiaoyun asked curiously, wondering if it would be a skill disc for rock climbing or rock blasting like in the game.
"This thing is called Hard Stone. When worn by a Rock-type Pokémon, it can increase the power of Rock-type moves by 20%. It can be used by Fossil Pterosaur."
Piao Tai did not keep the secret and asked the staff to bring a small box with a dark gray stone in it. After introducing the stone's function to Xiaoyun, he handed it to her.
"Brother Piao, I cannot accept this reward without merit."
Xiaoyun naturally knew about this thing. His Lizard King was equipped with a miracle seed that could increase the power of the grass attribute by 20%. It was given to him by Dr. Yamanashi.
This kind of thing is sold in the Elf Shop, but it is a bit more expensive, about 5 Alliance Coins per piece, and the quality only increases the power by 10%.
After all, an ordinary skill disc costs about two to three thousand Alliance Coins, and a more advanced skill disc costs five to six thousand Alliance Coins.
A hard stone like Piaotai's is of excellent quality and can probably be sold for 20 Alliance Coins. However, he was shy and felt embarrassed to accept it.
Fossilized pterosaur: Are you shy? I am so shameless again.
"You're welcome. For a mineral lover, this thing is not as precious as you think. It can be regarded as a reward for passing my extra assessment."
Piao Tai knew that he would refuse, so he smiled and told him the origin of the hard stone. However, he was not wrong. To him, the hard stone was indeed not very precious. If Piao Tai liked to pay attention to Carlos' information, he would know that he also had mage evolution stones in his collection, but he himself didn't know that.
Later, Daigo, the former champion of Hoenn who shared the same hobby as him, discovered that he had accidentally collected a lot of Mage Evolution Stones. So when he saw newcomers with potential, he couldn't help but transform into an old grandfather and give them away for free. For example, Shota's Lizard King Evolution Stone was funded by Daigo.
"In that case, I'll accept it. Thank you, Brother Piaotai."
When Xiaoyun heard the other party say this, she did not refuse. She stretched out her hands to take the box handed over by the other party and bowed to thank him.
"You're welcome. I'm glad I could help you. I hope you can win the league conference. I'm very optimistic about you."
When Piao Tai saw that Xiao Yun no longer refused, he said gently that he was indeed optimistic about Xiao Yun. He felt that Xiao Yun was slightly stronger than the indifferent boy who came to challenge him a few days ago.
"I will. I can't bear to let anyone else take such a beautiful trophy."
Xiaoyun was no longer modest at this time. Being modest occasionally was ok, but being modest all the time seemed a bit pretentious. He generously revealed his goals.
"Haha, you are really not modest. Good, it's good to have confidence. Only if you dare to think can you dare to take it!"
Xiaoyun's speech made Piao Tai stunned for a moment, then he happily reached out and patted Xiaoyun on the shoulder to show encouragement.
"Then we'll take our leave, Brother Piaotai. We'll be heading to the next town tomorrow, so I'll say goodbye to you here first."
As they were talking, they arrived at the entrance of the gym, and Xiaoyun and the other two prepared to say goodbye to Piaotai.
"I see. Then your next gym should be the EMI gym."
Then Hyota thought of Nagase, the woman who was extremely crazy about Grass-type Pokémon. In his opinion, that woman was even more excited when she saw Grass-type Pokémon than he was when he dug a hole.
"Yes, but we have to go to Yuanzhi Town first. I heard that there will be a gorgeous competition there, so we have to go there first."
Xiaoyun did not hide it from Piaotai and nodded and answered truthfully.
"Xiao Guang wants to challenge the Grand Celebration. Not bad, not bad. The two of us can make progress together."
Piao Tai looked at the two of them, then the corners of his mouth began to rise, and he said in a teasing tone, feeling like he was watching a spectator online.
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"Then we'll leave first, brother Piaotai. We'll meet again if we have the chance."
"Goodbye, Mr. Hyota."
Xiaoyun responded to Piaotai's gossip with a few words, then pulled Xiaoguang, who was blushing beside her, to say hello, and walked away quickly.
"You're still shy, this won't do."
Piao Tai looked at Xiao Yun's hurried back, shook his head with emotion, and then murmured: "Bai Dai Dojo, why don't we say hello to that woman in the vegetable garden in advance?"
"Forget it, let her experience it herself. There will be no more challengers, so I can mine happily again. What a wonderful day."
Pokémon Center.
"Excuse me, Miss Joy."
After Xiaoyun and Xiaoguang returned to the Pokémon Center, they handed the Poké Ball to Miss Joy.
"You're welcome, this is what I should do."
Miss Joy took the Poké Ball and spoke gently with her usual smile on her face.
"Hey, Xiaoyun, did you just come back from outside?"
At this time, Xiaozhi and Xiaogang also came in from the hall and greeted Xiaoyun after seeing him.
"Isn't this Xiaozhi? How did you know I just won the Coal Badge?"
Xiaoyun's eyes lit up when he saw Xiaozhi coming, and he answered Xiaozhi's questions in a "calm" tone.
I don’t know why, but after he answered this question, he felt a lot more clear-headed, and he felt as happy as if he had drunk an iced bottle of Kola in the summer.
Xiaozhi: “….”