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Qianli continued, "If you are not in a hurry to leave, come over for dinner tonight. You have come from afar and we didn't prepare much. We will definitely treat you well this time."
"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey."
Faced with the enthusiasm of Qianli, he couldn't refuse and simply agreed.
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Pokémon Center.
When Kashiwagi handed the Boscodoras to Miss Joy, he saw Hideki coming in from the door.
When their eyes suddenly met, the latter's eyes lit up and he came closer.
"Kashiwagi-brother, did you win?"
"It's true that we won." Kashiwagi nodded.
Hideki was surprised for a moment, as if he had not expected the other party to win so easily, and hurriedly asked: "Have you decided where to challenge the next gym?"
"Of course it's the gym in Kanaz City. What? Are you trying to encourage me to challenge your gym again?" He looked at the other person with a smile.
"Hey hey hey..."
Hideki scratched his head in embarrassment after his thoughts were exposed, and begged, "Please! Please challenge our gym - I can pay you!"
"Hey! Are you messing around again? If you pay someone to challenge you and get reported, your brother's gym will be closed tomorrow."
Kashiwagi knocked Hideki on the head and said unhappily, "You are not that old, but how come you have so many tricks that hurt others and benefit yourself?"
"I don't know."
Hideki covered his head in grievance. He really didn't know that there were many things he shouldn't do.
"Where's your brother?" Kashiwagi looked around but didn't see Toshiki. "Since you don't usually have challengers, what is he doing? Sitting in the gym and waiting?"
"As the gym leader, my brother must be waiting for challengers in the gym. Otherwise, if someone comes and he's not there, won't he miss out?"
Hideki speaks up for his brother Toshiki.
"...Your brother has done a lot of cool things too. You two brothers are just as bad as each other." He sighed.
Chapter 224: Senbei! Senbei!
Kashiwagi rejected Hideki's challenge invitation on the grounds that he had a dinner appointment at Chisato's house in the afternoon.
Hideki looked frustrated.
"Don't worry about it, your brother will find a way." He said goodbye to the little kid with so many ideas, took back the Pokémon such as Boskodora, and came to the Orange Gym again.
Before, we went through the front door, but now we go through the back door.
Qianli was drinking tea at the time, and when she saw him, she waved, "You came just in time. An old lady happened to give me some Kamahene senbei. Come and try some."
"Kama-en Senbei!"
Baimu's eyes lit up. He had been looking forward to this specialty of Fuyan Town for a long time. Unfortunately, there were few places selling it outside. Even at the specialty store in Weibai Town, there were queues every day but he still couldn't buy it. He had no choice but to give up.
I didn't expect to see it at Qianli's house.
He couldn't wait to pick up a piece and look at it again and again.
As soon as you take it in, you will smell the aroma of fried rice mixed with a little bit of seaweed and soy sauce. When you take another bite, you will feel the crunchy and crispy taste of seaweed and the sweet and salty taste of soy sauce explode on your tongue.
"good to eat!"
Kashiwagi's eyes lit up, and he released Mouthfeather and Chansey to share with them - he actually wanted to give more Pokémon a taste, but he was embarrassed to do so.
Snap, snap, one piece, two pieces, three pieces.
In a short while, the whole plate was eaten up by Kashiwagi and his two Pokémon.
Seeing the empty plate, he blushed a little, "Sorry, I couldn't stop eating all of a sudden."
This thing is even more addictive than Want Want Senbei, it's horrible.
"Hahaha, it's okay, it's okay. We understand. We're also happy to see that you like eating so much!"
Qianli laughed without caring and poured him another cup of oolong tea. "I was just like you when I was a kid. I couldn't stop eating it after I ate it once. It's normal."
"When you were a kid?"
Kashiwagi was stunned for a moment, then realized that Chisato in the animation might not have moved to Johto from other regions like in the game and the special, and was most likely a native of Hoenn.
evening.
Mitsuko prepared a table full of delicious food to entertain him, and the number of dishes was much more exaggerated than that at lunch.
Although it was not at the level of glowing cuisine, the ingredients used by Mitsuko were all top-notch, enough to make Kashiwagi eat until he could no longer eat.
The same goes for his Pokémon. Pokémon like the one with no points, like the Dragonite, were even so full that they felt like vomiting.
"Idiot, you stuffed it in without paying attention!"
Kashiwagi couldn't help but laugh and curse.
Qianli watched his Pokémon from the side and gave them high praise, "They are all great Pokémon. You've cultivated them really well."
"You flatter me..." He smiled reservedly, hesitated for a moment and asked, "Qianli-san, do you know any gyms in Beichenghua City?"
Qianli asked curiously.
"Not really." Kashiwagi shook his head and told him some of the things that happened yesterday.
The latter fell into deep thought after hearing this, and said after a long while: "I see, it is in danger of closing... No wonder I haven't heard any relevant news recently."
"I originally thought that the North Chenghua Gym could relieve the pressure on my side to a certain extent."
Qianli said helplessly: "The consequence of being famous is that we have almost no holidays in a year. At first, I privately instructed people I knew to help... but it ended up to the point where we have to close the museum."
Kashiwagi asked, "Did you instruct him to allow his brother to hand out flyers at the door?"
"That's all I can do to help." Qianli sighed, "I met with the young owner last year, but he was probably too nervous to communicate well. I'm worried that helping him too directly will put pressure on him."
Too nervous to meet your idol?
This is also common.
Kashiwagi thought that if this guy didn't stand up on his own, it would be of little use no matter who helped him.
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The next day.
Kashiwagi got up very early.
He had planned to stop by the North Chenghua Gym one last time, partly to say goodbye and partly to ask about the other party's plans, but he didn't expect that Junshu had already been waiting for him at the door.
"Kashiwagi!"
Junshu came over and bowed deeply without saying anything, "Please help me!"
"How can I help you? Give you some advice?" Kashiwagi did not refuse decisively, but asked first.
"I heard from Hideki that you have a good relationship with Mr. Chisato and that you went to Mr. Chisato's house for dinner. I would like to ask you to accompany me to find him."
Junshu said sheepishly.
"You...forget it, it's fine."
He wanted to complain about how Junshu was so timid, but then he thought that it was probably because Qianli's "idol halo" was too dazzling, and Junshu couldn't hold it back, "But I have a promise to you, I will not be responsible for passing on messages for you."
"what?"
"Come on, you don't even have the confidence to talk to Mr. Qianli. How can you gain experience from him if you can't communicate normally?"
Kashiwagi patted the other person's shoulder and said, "Show your courage to apologize to Miss Junsha. Just pretend that your brother has gotten into trouble again, and the person he got into trouble with this time is Mr. Qianli!"
"That's—okay, I get it."
Junshu nodded helplessly.
The two got into the car.
"By the way, have you made an appointment?"
"Of course I made an appointment!"
"If I refuse, will you still go? You won't cancel it right away, right?"
"Cancel? Uh... it would be rude not to show up after making an appointment, so I think I'll still go..."
"You're going to go anyway, so why should I go? Stop the car and let me out!"
"No! No! Please, come with me!"
Seeing that Junshu's hands began to shake, Kashiwagi immediately stopped provoking this guy. It would be difficult to deal with it if something went wrong.
In a blink of an eye.
The two came to the Orange Gym.
Junshu took deep breaths at the door for several minutes before he was dragged in through the back door by Kashiwagi and successfully met Chisato who had been waiting for a long time.
"I've finally seen you, Junshu."
Qianli's expression was calm and composed, and he had a sense of intimacy.
But Junshu was like meeting the ultimate boss, sweating all over his body, and it took him a long time to utter the first sentence, "Master Qian, Master Qianli, I am Junshu, the owner of the neighboring Bei, Bei Chenghua Gym..."
This stuff is really not very good.
Seeing this, Kashiwagi whispered in his ear: "Have some courage and stay calm. You are embarrassing Chiri-san and wasting his time! Do you understand?"
Hearing this, Junshu immediately calmed down a lot. After taking another deep breath, although his voice was still a little trembling, he was able to communicate normally with Qianli.
He couldn't help but look at Qianli, and Qianli gave him a look that said "leave it to me, rest assured."
then.
Kashiwagi decisively took on the responsibility of blocking the gate to prevent Toshiki from taking the opportunity to escape like he did last year.
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I have to say that it was right to block the gate with cypress wood.
After Toshiki tried several times to tell Chisato about his predicament in the hope of getting help but failed, he took the opportunity to leave several times.