Pokémon: Journey Beyond

Ash and Sarina arrived at the assembly site before the torch ceremony began.

As the time for the opening of the flame arrives, so does the number of people visiting the quartz plateau.

However, there will be no place for some runners or travelers to be accommodated due to the large number of people.

Because the Quartz Plateau is the location of the Quartz Convention, it is also the location of the headquarters of the Pokémon Alliance.

Although the Quartz Plateau does not have a single city, there are many urban buildings around the alliance headquarters.

But there is also a lot of green vegetation, especially the quartz competition site, which is surrounded by an average of one kilometer of green vegetation.

The competition site and the surrounding urban buildings are more reasonably separated, which also minimizes the impact of urban noise during the competition.

The day before the Quartz Assembly Flame Ceremony officially began, Ash and Sarina basically took advantage of these few days to have already visited most of the surrounding places.

Familiarize yourself with the environment first, so as not to recognize the way when you get it, and don't delay the game.

Ash remembered that in the original plot, it was because Team Rocket made an accident that he almost lost time, and at the same time, Bibi Bird's physical strength was almost gone.

Coupled with Charizard's disobedience, this made the original Ash stop at the top 16 of the Quartz Conference, which is really a pity.

Ash took Sarina for a walk here, but it didn't take long before they went back.

Because, someone came looking for Ash.

Arriving at the Pokémon Center, he just came in when he heard someone calling him.

"Ash, long time no see!"

A man and two women were greeting him from a seat by the window.

"Xiao Gang, Xiao Xia. And also...... Sundae! Here you are. Xiao

Gang and Xiao Xia are still the same dressed as before, Xiao Xia is still holding Pockby in her hand, and Pikachu ran over after seeing this cute little guy.

In addition to Gangye and Xiaoxia, the third person is Xiaozhi's cheap apprentice sundae.

Today's sundae did not wear a student uniform like when he taught with Ash's video, but now he is wearing a casual outfit, with that still somewhat green face, which is even more cute.

Ash didn't recognize it for the first time.

"Yes, I was on my way to the Quartz Conference to cheer you on, and I happened to meet Sister Xiaoxia and them."

Sundae said.

It turned out that the sundae had boarded a plane to the Quartz Plateau in Hualan City at the beginning, and happened to meet Xiao Gang and Xiao Xia who were meeting at the airport.

After Xiao Gang was busy with family affairs, he came here to meet Xiao Xia, and then boarded the plane together to find Xiao Zhi.

The three happened to meet and found that the purpose was to cheer Ash on, so they went together.

Anyway, I had a good chat at the Pokémon Research Academy before, and when Ash taught video, I sometimes chatted with them across the screen, and the relationship was still very good and naturally came together.

"This is?"

Sarina looked at the sundae who was more enthusiastic about Ash, and frowned, but quickly stretched.

"Oh, forgot to introduce. This is the sundae, and I asked her grandfather to be her cheap teacher. When traveling, I'll find some free time to teach her and teach her about her Pokémon, because next year she'll be traveling alone. Sundae, this is Sarina, from the distant Carlos region, is a good friend of mine!

Ash introduced the two girls who met for the first time to each other.

"Hello, my name is Sarina, nice to meet you!"

Sarina, hearing Ash say this, plucked up the courage to extend her hand to the sundae.

"Hello, my name is sundae. On the way here, I also heard Sister Xiaoxia say that they said about you, and it was a pleasure to meet you.

"Ash, you and Sarina don't just stand and sit down."

Just as the two girls were communicating with each other, Xiao Gang said to Xiao Zhi.

Ash nodded, and then pulled Sarina to sit down after the introduction.

"By the way, you three just arrived, have you already found a hotel to stay in?"

These days, Ash and Sarina are staying in the hotel, and they are both in the same room.

Don't get me wrong, Ash is just worried that Sharina can't sleep alone, after all, she is in a strange city, just to take care of her more conveniently.

"Xiaoxia and I are representatives of the Dark Gray Taoist Hall and the Hualan Taoist Hall respectively, and represent our own Taoist Hall to attend the Quartz Conference. Along the way, accommodation, food, etc. can be reimbursed by the alliance.

As for the hotel, during the quartz conference, as long as there is any hotel with spare rooms, the two of us can stay in it for free. "

To put it bluntly, the two of them can be said to be traveling at public expense.

The benefits brought by the annual quartz conference are very huge, and the tourism industry alone can create hundreds of millions of wealth in this seven-day period.

Xiao Gang and Xiao Xia are also representatives of the Kanto regional dojo, which can also be said to be one of the faces of the Kanto Alliance, if the representatives of their own regional dojo come to participate in the quartz conference, they can't cover their expenses.

The hottest headline in the news around the world tomorrow is:

"Shock! The Kanto Alliance is stingy to the point of being so stingy to its own dojo"

There are so many people in other areas of the Quartz Conference these days, and this bad reputation will soon spread, and when the time comes, it will be due to small mistakes.

"I'm similar to Sister Xiaoxia, we have a Pokémon Research Academy, but every year we can allow some students to directly get a place without collecting badges. Arranging accommodation or something was a breeze.

Sundae laughed.

"Wow, you don't have to collect badges to be able to participate in this level of competition. Your academy sounds amazing!

Sarina, who was on the side, listened to the sundae say this, and opened her mouth in surprise.

The common sense that only those who collect badges can participate in regional competitions is known to almost everyone.

Unexpectedly, this cute girl in front of her, there are people in their academy who can participate in the competition without collecting badges.

I didn't expect that there is still this land of crouching tigers and hidden dragons in Kanto!

"Ahem!"

As soon as Sarina's words came out, except for her, the other four people present were all choked.

Especially the sundae who just finished speaking and took a sip of orange juice.

Accidentally squirted all the orange juice in his mouth, and the opposite side was Ash, but fortunately Ash reacted quickly enough and dodged sideways.

Continue coughing after hiding.

"Is there something wrong with what I said?"

Sarina looked at the reactions of the four people like this, and carefully thought about whether she had said something wrong just now.

Like, no....

"In other words, tomorrow the flame ceremony begins, shall we get up early?"

Xiao Xia quickly diverted the topic, although the Pokémon Research Academy is indeed a little unbearable, but the villain sundae is also here.

If the other party is not there, they can talk about it, but the other party can't say to her face, this school is not good, right?

Although this school is indeed not working now.

If it is true, it will be really too embarrassing, or it is better to change the topic.

"Okay, go early. I heard that tomorrow's torch relay ceremony is very lively, and there may be random selection of torch relay personnel, maybe we are lucky enough to be selected! "

This news is indeed very attractive, after all, it is a very honorable thing to be the bearer of the flame.

Everyone chatted around tomorrow's torch relay, and then Xiaoxia and the three went to arrange a hotel, considering that they wanted to be closer to Ash, so they looked for Ash's hotel.

It happened that there were still a few spare rooms around Ash, so he immediately moved in with his bags, and everyone slept peacefully in anticipation of tomorrow's flame ceremony.

"So, Ash, why did I just mention that there was such a big reaction inside Pokémon Research Academy?"

"Ah this... Well, you listen to me. At

night, a certain girl who asked for knowledge asked, and Ash had to explain honestly.