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More and more people in the office building joined the discussion, and Kashiwagi's name became widely known in the business district.
A large part of the discussion came from the trainers from various companies who had left the arena. Having witnessed Kashiwagi's strength with their own eyes, they held him in high regard, and at one point thought that he might be as good as the regional champion.
Some people think it is exaggerated.
Some people also think that the first league conference will be held in the Oure region soon, and Kashiwagi is so strong that he has a good chance of winning the championship.
at the same time.
Kashiwagi came to the Rainbow Building again and turned to the others and said, "We'll be here in the morning. I need to go to the mountains. Steelix and the others can't wait any longer. Do what you need to do and meet here or at the entrance of the arena at 1:30 pm."
"But we have just reported to the team and are going to act with you—"
Cheng Hong hesitated.
Kashiwagi frowned. "Follow me? No need. What's the point of following me like a soldier in formation all day? Just read a book when you have nothing to do! Only by absorbing more knowledge about Pokémon can you help me!"
"……Yes."
Cheng Hong looked at the others and agreed dejectedly.
They really hope to be able to do things for Kashiwagi as they did in the past, but now it seems that the boss no longer needs them.
In other words, they currently do not have the ability to meet the boss's needs.
"See you in the afternoon."
Ayana nodded to Kashiwagi, stepped on the accelerator and drove towards the villa in the east of the city.
After leaving office, she no longer held any position in the Rainbow Team. She was only a board member who received dividends at the end of the year. She didn't want to cause trouble for herself again, so she planned to go back and slowly browse the e-book sent by Kashiwagi.
In just a few hours in the morning, what Kashiwagi showed her opened her eyes, and she was very glad that she made the decision in advance.
Challenge other arenas...
Ayana felt the hot wind blowing towards her, and the corners of her lips curled up slightly, and the long-lost feeling of anticipation filled her heart.
This made her even more certain that the power of the Rainbow Team was not what she wanted.
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The eastern entrance to Huangtie Town.
Kashiwagi drove here alone, said hello to the forest ranger who was in charge of observing the condition of the grass and trees, and did not rush to continue riding towards the mountains. He raised his hand and released the giant Steelix.
"Roar!"
The big steel snake stood up excitedly. Even if only two-thirds of its body was upright, it was still taller than the trees planted near the town entrance, so its field of vision was extremely broad.
The reason for calling it out is——
Kashiwagi: "Where's that underground tunnel you mentioned earlier?"
He remembered that Steelix once said that in order to facilitate rapid movement between the mountains and Pyrite Town, it gathered a group of Steelixes and Onixes under its command and dug several underground passages connecting the two places.
This incident also had a certain impact on Shan Min.
Because it was a period of migration of underground city residents, many people who were accustomed to living underground were reluctant to return to the surface.
It so happened that the underground passage it dug was very close to an underground city, causing the top of the city to be unable to withstand the squeezing caused by the shaking of the rock strata, and most of the city was buried by landslides.
Fortunately, the residents there evacuated early and left little property behind, so the losses were minimized.
The key is that the buried underground city successfully made those residents give up the idea of moving back, and the number of petitions was greatly reduced.
So Shan Min decided to go all out and buried all the underground cities on the pretext of something.
Seeing that it was impossible to go back, the residents of the underground city gave up and joined the torrent of surface construction. Even now, they would probably be reluctant to move back.
"roar~"
The giant Steelix looked around, confirmed the direction, and lowered its head to let the trainer get on.
Kashiwagi was going to refuse, but when he saw the excited red eyes of the big guy in front of him, he nodded slightly and said, "Okay, Gengar! Please help me swallow the motorcycle!"
"哓GA!"
The lively, heterochromatic Gengar jumped out from the shadows, grabbed its belly and pulled it open like a tablecloth, covering the hoverbike with it.
Its shadow storage space is not actually very large, but it is more than enough to fit a hoverbike.
Baimu patted its head and felt it was cool, smooth and delicate, just like touching a balloon with excellent texture. "Thank you!"
"Jie hee hee~"
Gengar laughed but did not shrink back into his shadow. Instead, he raised his chubby claws to protect himself from the sun and looked around curiously.
Then a man and a ghost jumped onto the top of the giant steel snake.
“Haha ....”
The giant steel snake let out a melodious roar, like a steam locomotive setting off on a journey. It slowly rose into the air with flashes of lightning, avoiding the lush trees and flew towards the underground passage.
Forest.
The scattered forest rangers looked up at the giant steel snake that looked like an aerospace mothership, and continued to work calmly.
It is no longer a new thing that Steelix runs rampant in this area.
In the past, I could see it flying across the sky every few days. At first I thought it was very spectacular, but over time it felt like it was no different from a Bobcat flying across the sky.
But the cypress tree on top of its head is worth noting.
Steelix was flying so high that one was worried that he might slip and fall.
however.
At this moment, Kashiwagi was more concerned about the gradually rising temperature of the Steelix after the sun shone directly on its body than the slip. Although the wind blowing in his face could dissipate a little of the heat, the big guy under his feet was still a life of steel after all...
As he was thinking, a shadow suddenly fell on his head.
"Ok?"
Kashiwagi raised his head and saw a big black umbrella covering his head. The one holding up the black umbrella with his fat paws was Gengar, who had been floating beside him at some point in time.
Feeling his gaze, Geng Gui turned around and gave him a bright crescent-shaped smile, "Geng Ga~"
"No wonder you didn't hide in the shadow just now. Gengar is so gentle. I'm so touched." Kashiwagi didn't expect Gengar to have such a considerate side. He couldn't help but smile and hugged Gengar, kneading its pointed ears like a cat.
Steelix, who was concentrating on flying, looked up and realized belatedly that the flying height would bring uncomfortable heat to the trainer.
"roar~"
The Steelix roared, lowering its altitude while increasing its flying speed.
A few moments.
It came to an abandoned mine, ignored the warning fence at the door, crossed the dilapidated guardhouse, and roared as if calling, "Hello!"
The roar echoed in the empty mine.
Kashiwagi raised his eyebrows slightly and found that the ground was continuing to shake, as if some heavyweight creature was approaching.
next moment.
There were more than ten Onixes in total, and four Steelixes appeared from different directions, surrounding the giant Steelix and growling in response.
They looked at Baimu who was standing on top of the giant steel snake, their eyes full of curiosity.
"Roar!!"
The giant Steelix raised its head and roared at every Steelix and Onix in front of it. The pale white whistling sound visible to the naked eye shook their bodies.
Immediately, under the curious gaze of Kashiwagi and Gengar, they arched their long bodies, pressed their tails and chins against the ground, closed their eyes, and assumed an attitude of being at the mercy of others.
Does this mean... surrender?
Kashiwagi had a certain understanding of the basic habits of Steelix and Onix, and understood that their behavior was similar to a dog showing its soft belly to show weakness.
Both of them are actively exposing their weaknesses.
"Roar?"
The giant steel snake looked up at him with a bit of pride, as if to show how powerful he was.
Kashiwagi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He didn't expect that Steelix actually had so many little brothers and sisters in private. It was probably one of the few Pokémon in the team that valued group relationships.
"awesome."
He patted Steelix's hot forehead, while Gengar winked at the other Steelixes and Onix. Its naturally funny personality made it want to play a prank.
But it held back.
Because Steelix did not stay in this abandoned mine for long, it carried Kashiwagi and it into a deep mine cave under the rock mountain.
Pokémon that can dig holes tend to have similar habits, so it's impossible to just create a single route by going straight back and forth.
So when Kashiwagi barely adapted to the darkness in the mine, he soon discovered countless entrances leading in all directions.
God knows whether these idle Steelixes and Onixes have completely hollowed out the underground.
What’s interesting is that they seem to be the only Pokémon living in the caves. Kashiwagi also discovered Pokémon such as Sandshrew, Sandslash, Geodude and his family, and even Zubat.
Compared to the vast wasteland under direct sunlight, dark caves are indeed more suitable for some Pokémon to survive.
Ten minutes passed.
Kashiwagi could feel that the Steelix, which had been descending just now, began to continue to ascend. When a ray of light emerged from the end of his sight, he knew that he had reached his destination.
Rumble-
The ground shook.
In the quiet foothills, a huge steel snake shining with silver light rushed out of a cave, with a half-crouching human and a chubby and cute balloon ghost on its head.
"Roar!"
It raised its head and roared, announcing its arrival, startling a few birds in the distant woods.
"Huh...it's still a bit too choking in the cave."
Kashiwagi took off his mask and breathed a few breaths of fresh air. The characteristic of Steelix walking on land is that it will stir up a lot of dust, which will linger for a long time in the cramped environment of the cave.
This kind of dust and sand is no problem for it, but it is a great suffering for the cypress trees as humans.
He jumped down from the top of Steelix, using the horizontal steel bones on his back as a cushion, and landed quickly and steadily, then released a group of Pokémon - except for Mimic.
Since you are not used to this kind of environment, don't come out and suffer for the time being.