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Shota nodded frantically and said, "Right, right! Uh, you're going to be on TV soon? You don't seem too happy about it?"
"No, it's your illusion."
He denied it flatly.
The two walked around the gate and prepared to go to the top of the building. When they looked up, they found that Naqi, who was wearing a flight suit as usual, was standing at the higher part of the stairs, with her long purple ponytail swaying in the wind.
She saw Baimu hurried down with a smile on his face.
"You are the challenger this afternoon, right?"
"Yes."
"Because it's going to rain tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, and today is a rare sunny day, the TV station has moved up the originally scheduled filming time to today. So the next gym challenge may be recorded, edited and uploaded to the TV. If you mind, please let me arrange another challenge time for you."
Naqi fully explained why she didn't inform him in advance and said apologetically: "I'm so sorry..."
"It's okay, just take the photo."
Kashiwagi said generously.
Although he doesn't like to show up in public, he has shown up countless times when participating in the glamour competition. Besides, the protagonist of this shoot is Naqi, and God knows how many shots he will get. After some editing, there will probably be only one or two left.
No problem.
"Thank you!"
Naqi said happily, and then looked at Shota next to her, "Shota, it's fine if you want to watch the game, but you have to keep quiet. Don't shout like you did last time."
"Hey, hey, I know."
Shota responded rather embarrassedly under Kashiwagi's surprised gaze.
The three came to the top battle venue.
It can be seen that the people from the TV station have already arranged cameras from multiple angles, hoping to capture a 360-degree shot of Naqi's heroic performance in dealing with the challengers.
Unlike other gyms, the trainer's seat at the Inyu Gym is located on a high platform and gives commands.
no doubt.
This is because all of Naqi's Pokémon are flying attributes, and she hopes to keep them on the same level as her own Pokémon when commanding them.
As for whether the challenger and his Pokémon can stay on the same level, it has nothing to do with her.
This is essentially a small test.
Kashiwagi climbed onto the lifting platform, and after Naqi on the opposite side followed suit, the machine started working and sent the two of them to a higher place.
The TV director in charge of filming looked at the former with a somewhat curious look.
"Why does this person look familiar..."
at this time.
As an assistant, Sega read out the rules loudly.
"The gym battle between Inyu Gym Leader Naqi and challenger Kashiwagi begins now. Both sides can use four Pokémon. The match ends when all Pokémon of either side lose their combat capability. In addition, only the challenger is allowed to exchange Pokémon at will!"
Cypress!
It was him!
The director suddenly understood what was going on and heard a lot of discussion. When he turned his head to look, he saw that other staff members were also talking.
Chapter 438: Battle of Yinyu
nowadays.
Anyone who pays any attention to the glamour contest will have heard of the name Kashiwagi.
He has participated three times and won three times. He has received praise from Master Mikoli many times just based on his game videos. His game clips are still popular on many video websites.
It's no wonder the TV station staff were so surprised. There were even one or two of his fans!
The director looked at Kashiwagi, who had a calm expression in the challenger seat, and felt a little excited inside.
I was just here to shoot a routine short video, but I happened to catch a big fish!
When the production is finished, cut a small clip of it in the trailer, and it will become a hot search at night! ?
And inside the venue.
The war is about to begin.
Naqi suddenly half-knelt down, folded her hands sincerely on her chest, and said loudly:
"Great sky, please grant me wings, and grant me the strength to withstand the strong winds. Then, guide us in the vast blue world!"
pray?
Kashiwagi didn't quite understand what she was doing, but out of the corner of his eye he could see the people at the TV station excitedly filming it, and Shota, who was watching the game, was equally excited.
He seemed to vaguely hear the conversation of the staff below.
"Miss Naqi's sky prayer is really worth watching."
"Yeah, that's why she's called the 'Bird Pokémon Trainer Who Flies Across the World'!"
Sky Prayer?
It should be considered some kind of personal special ceremony, like a pre-war declaration or something like that.
As far as Kashiwagi knows, Naqi does not have any supernatural powers. Her specialty is that she can read the direction of the wind, which can speed up the flying speed of Pokémon and save their energy.
It is equivalent to that all her Pokémon have a tailwind effect.
"Awaited."
Naqi stood up, her whole face glowing as she finished the prayer, a confident smile on her face, her posture as straight as a pine tree, "I've read your information, all the owners have high praise for you, this is rare."
Although her face was locked in several cameras, she completely ignored them as if she was used to it, and her gaze fell squarely on Kashiwagi opposite her.
When the director heard her words, he was so excited that he asked the cameraman to give a close-up of each of the two people's faces.
Kashiwagi, a rising star renowned in the world of grand competitions, also possesses great talent in the world of duels?
Editing this gym battle into the show will definitely boost the ratings!
Great, great!
Unfortunately, Kashiwagi obviously didn't have much desire to talk to him, and he just nodded casually in response to the compliment.
“…It’s a compliment.”
"Oh, in that case..."
Seeing this, Naqi didn't say anything more and threw the Poké Ball forward decisively.
"Come out! Big-billed Gull!"
Bang!
The light flickers.
"Pah!"
A large-billed gull with a yellow beak occupying two-thirds of its body appeared. A rumbling sound was heard in the sky, and the sunny day was quickly covered by thin dark clouds.
A drizzle of rain fell from the sky.
【Rainfall】Features!
Happiny, who had just come out of the Poké Ball, felt the coolness coming towards him, and his face was full of high morale.
"Happy~"
The rain, as heavy as cow hair, soon left numerous water droplets on its furry surface, forming thin wet marks.
As the referee, Sega quickly raised the green and red flag and shouted:
"Game start!"
"Big-billed Gull! Descend rapidly!"
"gravity!"
Naqi and Kashiwagi issued commands at almost the same time, and the two Pokémon responded accordingly.
The first to move was the Toucan. Riding the wind, it rushed towards Happiny smoothly from the air. Although its wings were not flapping much, its speed was incredibly fast.
But the next moment.
The invisible force turned into a field, pressing down on it like a mountain falling from the sky, knocking it down from the air!
"Pah!"
The falling gull screamed in pain. The Gravity move was a nightmare move for bird Pokémon. Once it took effect, it was enough to take away most of their mobility.
Naqi showed a little surprise when she saw this.
"Even gravity? Not bad!"
She was not panicked at all. She stretched out her index finger as if feeling something and murmured, "The wind is very gentle today~ Surfing!"
"Pah!"
The toucan that was unable to fly also quickly adjusted its state. Its eyes suddenly became sharp, as if it was not affected at all. A stream of blue water was stirred up under its body, lifting it up to a high place like a fountain, and then it fell heavily down!
Bang!
The azure blue waves rose up, and with the blessing of the rainy day, they overturned towards Happiny with great power!
"Happy~"
Happiny's expression remained unchanged. Countless sharp glowing rocks condensed in front of it at some point. They flew in all directions like floating cannons and mysteriously disappeared.
【Invisible Rock】
When the wave came, it stood there and let itself be hit by the tide, with a flash of pain on its face.
But that's it.
For this top-level special shield, the surfing of the black-billed gull in the rain can only be considered to have considerable power, but it is far from causing any serious damage to it.
Naqi saw this and couldn't help but praise: