Pokemon: Start planning Shiny Metagross

Black Gold City is located in the middle of the Sinnoh region. It has very rich coal resources and is also an important industrial town.

The east side is close to the foot of Dianyuan Mountain, so Mingzheng can only go around to the north of the city and come down the gentle slope.

The closer you get to Black Gold City, the more you can smell a faint smell of sulfur.

Not much, but Shuttlecock doesn't like it very much.

"You come back too."

Mingzheng didn't force it, and just slowly entered the city with Gala Gala.

This time, Mingzheng did not stay at the Elf Center, but chose a nearby five-star hotel.

After working so hard in the wild for so long, it’s time to treat yourself and the elves as a reward.

In the room, Mingzheng closed the curtains and checked them carefully before putting the iron dumbbells and shuttlecock flowers out again.

"I have something to do. You guys have some fun first and I will take you out later."

Letting the three little ones explore the room, Mingzheng took out his laptop and boarded the Rockets' internal platform.

As an important town in the Sinnoh region, Black Gold City was naturally stationed by intelligence agents assigned by Team Rocket.

After Ming Zheng became a mobile intelligence agent, he could browse all the first-level intelligence inside.

And in the first-level intelligence, there is a lot of information that Mingzheng urgently needs.

For example, the gym trainer Dong Gang, the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce, the Black Gold Museum, the Black Gold Charcoal Pit, the underground black market, etc...

As an intelligence agent, Mingzheng also developed the habit of making decisions before taking action. ‘

After understanding the basic situation of Black Gold City in detail, Mingzheng took back the Iron Dumbbell and Shuttlecock Flower, and took Gala Gala to the Rockets' liaison station first.

A jade antique shop.

After matching the password, Mingzheng was quickly invited to the backstage.

"I captured some elves, help me redeem them into points."

Mingzheng got straight to the point and took out all the gains along the way.

"please wait!"

The receptionist was obviously stunned for a moment when he saw a table of Poké Balls, but he quickly began to identify them on his own.

Half an hour later, Mingzheng's points stayed at 3210 points. Compared with the points obtained by completing tasks, this was just hard-earned money.

However, it is less involved and safer.

Then, Mingzheng came to the elf center and handed Gala Gala and Shuttlecock Flower to Miss Joy.

"I'm sorry!"

Miss Joy smiled, turned around and started working without saying anything else.

Ming was waiting silently in the rest area, listening to the chatter of the trainers around him.

Contrary to Mingzheng's expectation, the person who appeared most frequently in the chat was not the gym trainer Dong Gang.

But the upcoming Black Gold Festival!

The so-called Black Gold Festival is a festival that has been passed down in Black Gold City since ancient times, and now it has gradually evolved into a celebration.

In addition to various performances that day and various lantern festivals in the evening, the most famous one is the unique sandstorm competition in Black Gold City.

In the sandstorm competition, only elves with rock, ground and steel attributes are allowed to participate. The venue is fixed in sandstorm weather, which is a great test for both elves and trainers.

Of course, there will be corresponding prizes after winning, but they have not been announced yet.

Mingzheng is interested. Isn't this just suitable for Gala Gala to participate?

The ground-type Gala Gala has a strong restraining effect on rock and steel types, and it also serves as a warm-up match for the gym challenge.

You know, Donggang is not yet addicted to mining, leaving his son behind and heading to Shuimai City alone.

As a veteran gym leader, Donggang is very powerful.

Even if he won't use all his strength to test Mingzheng, he won't give away the badge easily.

The sandstorm competition is a good opportunity for improvement.

An hour later, a broadcast informed Mingzheng to retrieve the elf.

"Gala Gala and Shuttlecock Flower are both healthy and well cultivated. Keep taking good care of them!"

Miss Joy raised her little fist, with a sweet smile that almost struck Mingzheng's heart.

"I will, thank you."

Mingzheng shifted his gaze and responded softly.

Miss Joy smiled secretly, who wouldn't like a handsome boy who can take care of elves?

Back to business, after treating the two elves, Mingzheng went to sign up for the sandstorm competition.

"The Black Gold Festival will be three days later, and the sandstorm competition will start at the gymnasium at seven o'clock in the morning on the same day. Please don't go to bed late."

The young lady at the registration window happily handed the competition number plate and manual to Mingzheng.

"Well, no," Mingzheng took it with a smile.

"The details of the competition are in the manual. I wish you and Gala Gala good results!"

"OK, thanks!"

"Gala!"

Mingzheng couldn't help but find that although the air in Kurogane City didn't smell very good, the young ladies were much more enthusiastic and cuter than those in Nohara City.

"It's almost time, let's go back to the hotel for dinner!"

"Gala!"

One person and one pet returned in a good mood and soon arrived downstairs of the hotel.

On the way, Mingzheng was still feeling regretful.

It’s not time for iron dumbbells to appear yet, otherwise it would be a good idea to give them a try.

Just as he was about to go in, he saw a man rushing over from behind, almost taking Mingzheng away.

"Sorry, sorry, I'm in an emergency, sorry, sorry!"

Mingzheng turned away and took a closer look, and he actually recognized him.

"Hyota?"

"Ah? Do you know me?" Hyota was stunned, but immediately said: "No, I'm going to be late!"

After saying that, he turned around and ran into the hotel, and disappeared after a while.

‘I met him here, the world is so small’

After sighing in his heart, Mingzheng walked in curiously and found that many people were already standing in the hotel lobby.

"Did King Kikuno come to the Black Gold Festival too?"

"Yes, yes, I heard that she is staying in this hotel. Everyone is waiting to see if they can meet her."

"Ah! Can we really see him? I like King Kikuno so much!"

"Who here doesn't like it?!"

"..."

Listening to the discussion around him, Mingzheng figured out the situation, but was also surprised that he was staying in the same hotel as the King.

Mingzheng looked at the front desk, which was already crowded, and it was obviously hard to find a room.

Although he also wanted to see the true face of the legendary King Kikuno, he did not wait stupidly in the hall.

Swipe the card and go upstairs and enter the room.

Mingzheng used his computer to re-check the information about the Black Gold Festival, and found that the celebration was much more lively than imagined.

And the difficulty of the sandstorm competition is far from comparable to that of the Galaxy Department Store's grand opening competition.

Some elite trainers will even come specially to participate.

The final prizes are also very rich, including high-quality props, evolution stones, potions, etc.

After reading this, Mingzheng knew that Gala Gala had basically no hope of winning the championship, so he just wanted to see if he could get a good reward by ranking high.

‘How about... changing the order and challenging the gym trainer Dong Gang first to warm up for the sandstorm competition? ’

Mingzheng couldn't help but think about it, and then he laughed.

"If you sharpen your weapons before the battle, it will be useless if you are not happy. Gala, gala, we have to do some training next time."

"Gala!"

Gala Gala did not stop the action of maintaining the bone stick, but nodded slightly.

Well, let's wait until it's taken care of.