Pokemon Dawn

The quiet time was not as long as Xiaotian imagined.

A hand was already on Xiaotian's shoulder, making him stand up straight. Looking up, the purple-haired girl smiled helplessly.

"You're too outspoken, Xiaotian."

"Ha, I really lost to you." The golden-haired boy scratched his head and stood up, "How could I refuse when you look so serious?"

"Moreover," Xiaoling added the second half of what Xiaojie wanted to say, "We are members of Xia Yang, a military family. It is natural for us to help each other in times of crisis."

Four boys and girls stood around each other, Xiaojie was the first to extend his fist.

"Boy Iceberg, my answer is - I will help you with this!"

Xiaoling smiled easily, and also pressed her fist against her brother, "Don't worry, this is a carefully considered answer. Ah, speaking of it, although I have gathered like this more than once before..."

"This is the first time for me to gather myself together worth remembering." Xiaoye took over the conversation with a smile, and made the same move as the golden retriever brother and sister.

The first time was under the Stone of Oath, and then in the Sunlight Forest. Although we met twice by coincidence, this time it was indeed Xiaotian who brought everyone together.

Facing the smiling gazes of the three people towards him, Xiaotian also raised his right hand.

This young man whose expression rarely changed did not raise the corners of his mouth, but a soft smile did appear in his ice blue pupils.

"Thanks."

The four people's right fists collided with each other, making a soft sound.

The silver-haired boy carefully remembered the smiles of everyone around him.

This is what my father said, a temporary team, right?

So--

Please give me your advice, my teammates.

Since they decided to move together in the next few days, everyone simply went to the front desk to change Xiaotian's single room into a quadruple room. Friends who were traveling with them lived in the same dormitory - this was also the default rule among free trainers.

"Speaking of which," Xiaojie, who was sitting casually on the window sill, threw away the eaten apple core in his hand, "Boy Iceberg, are the four of us enough? If we are really short of manpower, do we need to call in a few more people?"

"No need." Xiaotian sat at the table and put down the tea cup, "This matter is too dangerous and we cannot involve irrelevant people at will."

"Yes." Xiaojie was halfway through nodding when he suddenly felt that something was wrong, "Hey, are you willing to involve us?"

"Because you are related to me."

Xiaotian's tone was calm and matter-of-fact, even with a hint of confusion as to why he was asking such an obvious question.

Xiaoye: ...Wow, a straight shot.

There was a brief silence in the room again, until the golden-haired boy's laughter broke the silence.

"Hahaha!" Xiaojie jumped down from the window sill and put his arm on Xiaotian's shoulders with ease, "Yes, I like this statement! Then next time if I am in trouble, I will call you politely.

To the rescue!"

"As you wish."

"Well, it seems that I have to work hard to discover the 'Artificial Lugia Project' or the 'Artificial Celebi Project'."

"...take your hands away."

"Hey, why? You regret it so quickly?"

"You didn't wash your hands after eating the apple."

"...Ah, indeed. Well, don't worry about the details!"

"..."

At the other end of the room, Xiaoye and Xiaoling, who were packing their luggage, looked at each other with similar subtle smiles.

"Oh my, my relationship is so good that I was too embarrassed to go over and interrupt." Xiaoling spread her hands, "I obviously didn't like her when we first met at the Stone of Oath."

"Indeed, at that time, I was particularly afraid that Xiaojie would ask questions like, 'Are you a boy or a girl?'" Xiaoye recalled that Xiaojie stared at Xiaotian in fascination, and she couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.

"Pfft, then we'll have to break up the relationship, hahaha!"

After zipping up her backpack, Xiaoye suddenly thought of a question, "Xiaoling, did you also receive a call from Xiaotian this morning?"

"That's right." Xiaoling replied, "Ah, speaking of which, Xiaoye, you still didn't give me your phone number!"

"...Uh, that's it. By the way, how are we going to arrange our special training tomorrow..."

"Don't change the subject!" Xiaoling put her hand on Xiaoye's shoulder with a cheerful face, and did not forget to emphasize, "I washed my hands after eating the apple."

"Pfft, is that the point?"

After barely coping with Xiaoling's questioning about the phone number, Xiaoye's eyes stopped on Xiaotian on the other side.

Xiaojie and Xiaoling both received calls this morning, but according to Miss Joy, the message sent to her existed early yesterday morning.

Xiaotian asked her for help a whole day earlier than he asked Xiaojie and Xiaoling.

Xiaoye shook her head gently, but her expression was smiling.

This straightforward trust is really... as frightening as ever.

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On the night of March 30th, Elven Calendar Year 1000, they gathered together for the third time and made an incomplete team declaration.

However, this was indeed a decision they made out of their own will. Even if they endured countless pains and lost countless important things in the future, they never regretted their decision on this day.

That's right, everyone has never regretted it.

until--

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Early next morning.

The four of them got up early, and while having breakfast in the Pokémon Center dining area, they also made plans for the next few days.

According to Xiaotian, he had already discussed the matter of assisting the execution department with the executive officer who led the team this time, and got the agreement. The executive officer asked them not to act alone for the time being, and to wait until the personnel arrived before starting the search work——

Before that, the free trainers who join temporarily must be tested.

Of course, even without instructions from others, the four of them would not act recklessly.

Then, before the execution department arrives at Honglian Island, there is only one thing they can do——

train.

This is not ordinary training, but special training based on "four people" and focusing on teamwork.

As we all know, "team fighting" is one of the most difficult skills for trainers. Unlike fighting alone, team fighting requires team members to know each other well before and have combat skills that are sufficient to coordinate and respond to their teammates. This is not a day or two.

The skills that can be developed and the truly strong teams all have to go through a long period of time and face countless dangers together before they can become tacit and close teammates.

Just like the Blue Dragon Fang team that held an exhibition match in Joban City - cooperation with each other has become their instinct.

Even in major trainer training academies, team combat is still one of the most difficult courses. There are countless books and materials related to team combat skills. Just establishing a clear understanding of it at the level of theoretical knowledge requires considerable time.

energy.

Today is March 31st, and there is only a short week left before April 7th when the Rockets may take action. Therefore, Xiaoye and the four of them took action non-stop and came to the sparsely populated area near Honglian Volcano.

place.

Xiaoye had learned part of the theoretical knowledge of team battles before, and was not completely ignorant of it. The same was true for Xiaojie and Xiaoling, but their previous knowledge only came from scattered books and was not systematic, and they had no practical experience.

Compared with these three dabblers, Xiaotian's ability to master team battles is much higher. He has systematically learned the basics of team battles under the guidance of his father, and this is not the first time he has tried team training. In fact, he has systematically learned the basics of team battles.

, as early as in the Sunlight Forest, Xiaotian's ability to guide the team to cooperate in combat was also significantly higher than the other three.

So, at the request of the temporary captain Xiaotian, the three of them opened the thick book called "Introduction to Team Combat" that he handed over.

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small theater:

Xiaoling: (Spreading hands) Oh my, my relationship is so good that I was too embarrassed to interrupt. I obviously didn’t like her when we first met at the Stone of Oath.

bgm sounds——

[I didn’t like you the first time we met, but who knew we would become so close later. One of us is like summer and the other is like autumn...]

Xiaojie: (interrupts angrily) That guy is clearly in winter!