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Kashiwagi nodded and took it. The white feather badge looked like feathers and wings, and the gradient color of white and blue perfectly interpreted what the blue sky and white clouds were.
"Yes."
"It's not far from the eight medals required for the conference, but it's getting late. If you want to have enough time to prepare for the conference, you have to speed up your travel."
"I understand."
Kashiwagi knew that this was a good reminder from her.
The Caiyou Conference is usually held in the spring of the following year, and it is indeed not early now that winter is approaching.
However, due to the geographical environment, the winter in Hoenn is not too cold.
Snow is basically out of the question.
Chapter 442 Bloodline Suppression
While the two were talking.
The TV director came up with a smile on his face.
"The filming was very successful! The battle between the two of you really amazed me. Thank you Miss Naqi for your cooperation. After this, the program will be completed soon!"
"I'm glad you're satisfied. Thank you for your hard work."
Naqi nodded, and then thanked the other staff on the top floor one by one.
The staff members responded with smiles.
Kashiwagi silently put the badge into a special box and showed it to the big-mouthed kid beside him, whose eyes sparkled.
The director suddenly said:
"Mr. Kashiwagi, thank you for allowing us to film this time. I am really grateful."
"Not really. I just don't want to disrupt the plan."
He responded casually, and then found that several TV station staff had surrounded him, and anxiously but expectantly begged him to sign his name in the notebook or on his clothes - it would be best if Big Mouth Wa could also give him a plum stamp or something like that.
He would not refuse such a small request, but Big Mouth refused to press the plum seal. Instead, he enthusiastically snatched the pen from Baimu, and with the pen-holding posture of a three-year-old child, he thought for a moment and wrote its name like a doodle.
There is no doubt that this is the small result of its recent initial literacy with the help of Porygon 2.
When he was in a literacy class, Kashiwagi also started by learning how to write his own name and annotating its pronunciation.
The staff were very surprised.
"Big Mouth Baby's personal signature!"
"Great!"
"Thank you so much! I will treasure it for the rest of my life!"
Several people, both men and women, bowed and expressed their gratitude.
"嘁哚~"
The big-mouthed kid put his hands on his hips proudly.
After learning to write, I feel like the whole Pokémon has become more confident!
The director watched this scene with a smile and took out a business card from his pocket. "This is my business card. I hope you will accept it. Maybe we will have the opportunity to work together in the future. Please take care of me."
Kashiwagi reached out and took it——
【Hoenn TV, First Production Department Producer, Takemura】
"It's the same for me. Please take care of Mr. Takemura." He didn't have any prejudice against people from the TV station. Considering that there would be opportunities for cooperation if he became famous in the future, he was polite.
When director Takemura saw Kashiwagi accepting the business card and being so kind, the smile on his face suddenly became more sincere.
The two sides had a brief conversation, the main content of which revolved around the battle just now. Director Takemura expressed regretfully that he could not give too many scenes of the battle just now in Naqi's personal interview.
After all, Naqi didn't have many highlight scenes. If you count carefully, there were only a few times when she forced substitutions and defended against fatal moves, but in the end she still suffered a terrible defeat.
It's impossible for a TV station to show someone else's highlights in a personal interview, right?
Therefore, the director's initial attempt to use Kashiwagi's fame to increase the ratings failed.
"With the development of the Internet in recent years, fewer people watch TV, and it's becoming increasingly difficult for our TV station to run." Takemura complained, adding that in the past the TV station would select one or two trainers for personal interviews almost every week.
From champions, the Four Heavenly Kings to gym leaders and tournament winners, and even powerful civilian trainers.
Nowadays, only the personal interviews with the Elite Four and gym leaders have some viewership. Not many people are willing to watch interviews with ordinary trainers, and even less famous gym leaders have little viewership.
So this column was adjusted from once a week to once a month, and recently there is an idea to adjust it to once a quarter.
Every season?
Is there really anyone watching this with such a long cycle?
Kashiwagi couldn't help but feel suspicious, and when he heard that Naqi had already done a personal interview three years ago and this was a reprint, he no longer had any expectations for the program.
A show that has started to rehash old stuff is doomed to fail.
As Takemura was chatting, he suddenly changed the topic and said that if Kashiwagi performed well in the upcoming large-scale grand celebrations or Ayumi conventions, the TV station might try to develop his personal project.
"Kashiwagi-kun has become very popular recently. Your performance of leaping over the dragon gate at the Akiba Competition finals was a huge success. Everyone in our station knows you."
"Director Takemura is exaggerating..."
"Not an exaggeration, not at all." Takemura shook his head quickly, "You will become a big shot sooner or later, and it's only a matter of time before you can do a personal interview. I hope Kashiwagi-kun will give you more advice when the time comes."
to be frank.
Kashiwagi has no interest in TV interviews.
But he knew that Shan Min, who was far away in Orei, would definitely instigate him to participate. Thinking that he couldn't avoid it anyway, he simply took the initiative to find out the details.
We didn't talk for long.
Considering that the occasion was not suitable for a long conversation, Naqi had other challengers to receive, and the director also needed to collect enough materials from the next battle.
Kashiwagi briefly understood the interview production process and then said goodbye and left.
Go down the long steps.
When I was halfway there, I heard Shota's call from behind.
"Wait! Kashiwagi! Wait for me!"
He turned around and asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"
Shota quickly ran to stand beside him. After catching his breath for a while, he stroked the back of his head in confusion and looked around, "Um..."
Kashiwagi and the big-mouthed kid looked at each other, neither saying anything, just quietly waiting for the kid to speak.
In the past, Happy Egg was much more shy than this. It would take a minute for them to think for a simple sentence before they could say it. Their patience had been cultivated long ago.
"If I go out traveling, can I become as strong as you?" Shota finally spoke as if he had mustered up the courage.
After seeing the gym battle just now, he couldn't help but start to wonder if he could become as strong as the former if he chose to travel instead of staying in the gym as an apprentice.
Faced with this question, Kashiwagi did not hesitate too much, shook his head and confessed: "I don't know."
"……Eh?"
Shota was stunned for a moment.
He thought of many possible responses that the other party might say, either ridicule or encouragement, but... he didn't know?
"Everyone's fate is different. I'm not a prophet, so how can I predict your future achievements?" Kashiwagi paused and asked, "Do you want to travel?"
"……Um."
Shouta nodded hesitantly.
It was not the first time he had such an idea, but it was difficult for him to give up his job in the gym because he had fought hard for it.
In addition, he had never left Yinyu City and was quite confused about traveling, so he kept it in his mind.
Kashiwagi was a little surprised.
I thought Shota was a hot-blooded boy like Satoshi, with a casual personality, but I didn't expect him to have such complex psychological fluctuations.
If it were Xiaozhi, he would probably choose to travel with his eyes closed, right?
"Just do what you think is right."
He patted the other person's shoulder and said, "There's no need to think too much."
“The right thing…”
Shota lowered his head and muttered to himself. When he came to his senses, the latter had disappeared with the big-mouthed baby.
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Exit the Pokémon Center.
Kashiwagi went straight to Kili's secret base.
To be honest, the gym battle with Nachi was much easier than he had imagined. Happiny and the others barely took any damage.
Haven't even been touched a few times.
However, through this battle he also discovered a lot of areas that needed to be improved.
For example, Milotic's move pool is not deep enough, and Kog'Maw's output is quite limited even with his Force and Super Strength, but Happiny is close to being complete.
[Earth Throw] also makes up for its shortcoming in close combat...
But there are still many moves to learn.
"Take it step by step. Too much debt is better than nothing." Kashiwagi thought of Doronbaruto who was still resisting him, and his heart suddenly calmed down.
There is so much to do that it is piling up like a mountain.
You can't rush it.
In a blink of an eye, he arrived at Kili's secret base. Surprisingly, this guy seemed to have found two more "students" and was using his poor teaching ability to convey the learning method of the secret power.
"Is the competition over?"
Keely's eyes lit up slightly when he saw him.
"Well...if you're busy, I'll come see you tomorrow." Kashiwagi glanced at the sad-looking suckers and Pokémon, and realized that he was not the only one who realized that this guy's teaching ability was unreliable.