Pokémon Padea Adventure: The Journey Continues

After the meeting, Ye Ci left in a hurry after saying something that seemed to encourage everyone but was actually meant for Xiaozhi and his group. It seemed that the Padya Alliance was extremely busy.

Seeing the end of the meeting, Namor was the first to tender his resignation.

"Since the mid-term open class and the mid-term meeting that all Padiya people were invited to watch have ended, and I was fortunate enough to encounter two Pokémon with a 1% probability of appearance, one Pokémon of a different color, and two wonderful battles, it's time for me to leave. Regarding the future research direction of the "Pokémon Fan Club", I still need to carefully formulate it..."

Seeing Namo leave, Nishida, who was also an outsider, also planned to leave, but his Buna was still being treated by Mimosa. Not only that, the same was true for other Pokémon that had been fought.

At this moment, Mimoli, holding a few Poké Balls in her hands, carefully staggered towards Xiaozhi and the others. Although she was so careful, she still tripped accidentally...

"Everyone, sorry to have kept you waiting. I already have your Pokémon... ah!..."

Mimoli tripped and fell heavily to the ground, and the several Poké Balls in her hands were thrown into the air...

"Oh no! The Poké Ball was..."

Mimoli, who fell to the ground, was still worried about the Pokémon that had just recovered their strength. Xiaozhi and his friends, who were quick-eyed and quick-handed, immediately raised their hands to catch the four Poké Balls. Those were the four newly captured Pokémon that Xiaoqing, Nemo and their friends had secretly conducted a test on before the public battle.

"Nimo, this is your Bubba the Woodcock."

"Okay, Papa! This is the Insect Armor Saint, I'll give it back to you too."

"Xiaoqing, your walking whale is here with me..."

"This is your Buna-eating grass, Nishida!"

After catching the Poké Balls from others, the four trainers returned them to their real trainers.

Xiaozhi and Pikachu were helping the fallen Mimosa up. Fortunately, Mimosa was not injured. She patted the dust off her knees and clothes. Xiaozhi hurriedly asked Mimosa.

"Medical Chief Mimosa, where are my Pokémon? Infernape and Earth Dragonite!"

"Are you talking about the Poké Balls that Genia brought over? They are still receiving treatment. With Teacher Genia accompanying them, Xiaozhi, you don't have to worry..."

It turned out that just after Ash had experienced an open battle and when he was listening to Yeci's mid-term meeting, Genia borrowed the Poké Ball containing Earth Dragon and Infernape from Ash, and took her own Lanci and Kirin, who had lost their ability to fight, to Mimosa's infirmary for treatment.

After getting the Babu Tubo, Nimo went straight to the next gym to challenge it and submitted her resignation.

"I got it from Babu Tubo. I'm going to leave first to get the last gym badge. I want to get eight badges before Xiaozhi with an overwhelming advantage and win the Padia League. I will be the one going to the "Zero Area Research Institute"! Hahaha..."

Having said that, Nimo let out a long roar towards the sky and walked away.

"You..., you! Nimo..."

Looking at Nemo, who was already one badge ahead of him and was now leaving in a hurry, Xiaozhi was anxious but still suppressed his eagerness, because more haste makes waste.

At this moment, the Infernape that Xiaozhi had been thinking about had recovered its strength and was heading towards Xiaozhi.

“Hot, hot!”

"Infernape! You're fully recovered..."

Xiaozhi spread his hands to catch the Infernape that was jumping towards him, and the impact caused Xiaozhi and Infernape to fall to the ground together.

"Alright! Infernape, don't get too excited. You bumped into me. Calm down..."

After getting up, Ash and Infernape brought Genia, who had the Poké Ball containing Raptor's brother, to Ash, handed the Poké Ball to Ash and said.

"Xiaozhi, these are your two Poké Balls. The Earth Dragon inside and the Infernape here have both recovered. Please keep them."

After receiving the Poké Ball, Xiaozhi thanked Jinia and Mimosa.

"Thank you, Teacher Mimosa and Teacher Genia! You helped me restore the Pokémon's strength..."

Genia replied.

"You're welcome, Xiaozhi! I'm just helping out with some errands. The main credit goes to Mimosa..."

Mimosa replied modestly.

"No, no, this is what I should do!"

Afterwards, Ash also asked, worried about the safety of the two Pokémon that Genia had just battled.

"Teacher Genia, how are your Lan Mantis and Qi Qilin? They should have received treatment as well."

"Of course, Xiaozhi. I sent your Earth Dragon, Infernape and the others to Mimosa's infirmary for treatment..."

As he spoke, Genia took out two Poké Balls from his coat pocket and showed them to Xiaozhi. Suddenly, a red light flashed, and with a "bang", Mantis appeared from the Poké Ball.

Genia asked doubtfully.

"Lan Tanghua, why did you show up? I didn't mean to summon you!"

After suddenly appearing, Mantis did not respond to Genia's meaning. After looking around, she saw the figure of Infernape. Her eyes immediately showed a "love" shape. She rushed to Infernape like crazy and knocked down Satoshi who was beside him.

After falling, Xiaozhi stood up puzzledly.

"What's going on here?"

Lan Mantis had a look of obsession on her face, staring at Infernape. After wrapping her "sickle"-shaped arms around Infernape's arms, she kept moving closer to him. Infernape used her other arm to try to push Lan Mantis away, and her disgust was evident in her expression.

The people present knew what was going on immediately. Genia covered her face with one hand and smiled awkwardly; Papa had the same expression and smiled slightly; Mimosa, on the other hand, had a look of confusion on her face; and Xiaoqing's face was flushed at this time. She covered her mouth with both hands, embarrassed to look at it, but waited quietly for Infernape and Orchid's every move.

Among all the people, only Xiaozhi was a little slow. He didn't know what Lan Mantis was thinking and what her actions were. Finally, he slapped his forehead, stood up and shouted.

"I get it, Lan Manhua! You are not willing to accept being defeated by my Infernape, and you want to have another battle with Infernape, right!"

Infernape and Ash had the same idea. They pushed Lanthropy hard to keep a distance, and prepared to fight it.

Xiaozhi and Infernape's understanding and actions stunned Xiaoqing and the others present, and Xiaoqing hurriedly shouted at the top of his voice.

"Really?! Ash, Infernape... what are you doing? That's not what Lantern meant at all!"

"Isn't that what you mean? Then what's wrong with it? It looks weird..."

Looking at Xiaozhi who was as thin as a cowhide lantern, Xiaoqing was hesitant to speak and was still helpless about what to do with him. Papa, who was standing beside him, came to his rescue.

"Okay, Xiaoqing! Don't force Xiaozhi to understand..."

Xiaoqing sighed.

"Hey, Xiaozhi is really a child."

"What! What little kid? What's going on?"

Faced with Xiaoqing's "slander", Xiaozhi continued to ask relentlessly.

Beside Infernape, no matter how Infernape pushed Lantern away, the other party kept leaning towards him. Looking at Lantern with eyes full of "love", Infernape, like Xiaozhi, still couldn't understand.

After repeated pushing and shoving, Infernape went from being confused to being annoyed, and finally had no choice but to escape. It ran and it chased, and the scene was in chaos.

Infernape had no way to avoid it. No matter where it went, Lantern was always there. Finally, Infernape had no way to avoid it. A flash of red light appeared and it took the initiative to hide in Xiaozhi's Poké Ball.

The Flowerbottom was unable to stop and was about to crash into Ash. However, Genia was quick-eyed and quick-handed and raised her hand to put the Flowerbottom back into the Poké Ball.

Genia took back the Poké Ball and came up to the frightened Xiaozhi and said.

"I'm sorry, Xiaozhi, my Lan Mantis has caused you trouble."

"It's okay, Teacher Genia, it's just that Lan Mantis was a little naughty, it's okay..."

After a commotion, Genia and Mimosa left first.

"Alright everyone, I still have to work on compiling the content for the newly discovered evolved Pokémon's Pokédex. I'll be back later."

"Ash, Aoki, Papa, I have to go back to the infirmary to help treat the Pokémon of other students in the academy and strive to become a formal teacher as soon as possible. Goodbye everyone!"

Xiaozhi and his companions said goodbye to Genia and Mimosa respectively. The returning students who attended the meeting also left one after another. Just when Xiaozhi and his companions were about to embark on the next journey, a voice was heard again to stop them.

"Xiaozhi, Xiaoqing, Piper, wait a minute..."

Xiaozhi and the others turned around when they heard the voice and found that the person coming was Clavel who had presided over the midterm meeting before.

"Principal Clavel, what can I do for you?"

Clavel's gaze had never left the students, from the very beginning, and it was the same until now when the students left school again.

This also caught the attention of Xiaozhi and the others, and they turned their heads curiously to look.

"What's wrong? Principal Clavel, is there someone you're looking for among the students?"

Facing Xiaozhi's question, Clavel finally came to his senses and spoke quickly.

"Oh... yes! I have something to ask you... Have you seen Peony today?"

Hearing Peony's name, Xiaozhi also recalled.

"Oh, yeah, if Principal Clavell hadn't reminded me, I would have almost forgotten. At the beginning of today, I was asking if I would meet Mudan. How come I haven't seen her yet?"

Xiaoqing and Paipa standing by also shook their heads, indicating that they had never seen Mudan either.

Clavel said to himself.

"Although not all students are required to attend the midterm meeting, and due to the magnetic field problem unique to the Padia region, there is a delay in the information sent by the academy to the students' mobile phones. But we sent the information a week in advance, so it should be received even after a delay, right?"

"I haven't seen her since she left without saying goodbye in the flower field in the Northern Third District... Her hometown is also in Galar. Did I alert her?"

Xiaozhi heard Clavel's mumbling and asked curiously.

"Principal Clavel has also been to the flower fields in the "North Third District"! When did he go? We might have almost met."

Xiaoqing and Papa were startled at first, and when they were about to say something, Clavel also realized that he had said the wrong thing and immediately changed the subject.

"No..., it's okay. Since none of you have seen it, I won't bother you anymore. But Xiaozhi, remember to tell me if you see Peony."

Having said that, Clavel left in a hurry, leaving behind Xiaoqing, Piper, who were relieved, and Xiaozhi, who looked confused.

"Today, it seems that a lot of strange things happened..."

Then, Xiaozhi turned his head and asked Xiaoqing and Piper.

"Well, the midterm homecoming meeting is over, the snow season at Frost Mountain is not over yet, and we can't do the gym challenge at Frost Gym... So where else can we go?"

Piper replied, stroking her chin.

"I remember that Teacher Taim said before that Teacher Huangbo went to "Beigu Town". The gym leader of the "Beigu Gym" there, Lip, is Huangbo's good friend. After Ms. Lip completed her brand's model tour overseas exhibition, she returned to the Padiya area, and Huangbo went to reminisce with this long-lost friend!"

"In that case, we can go to 'Bagu Town' to challenge the gym. Fortunately, that place is the 'Southern Sixth District' not far from here..."

As he spoke, Piper continued to look at the Rotom map on the phone in his hand.

"It is southwest of here. Beigu Town is a fashionable town and a famous town for its pottery. The entire town is located on a huge rock. To get to the town, you need to pass through the Beigu Hollow, which makes transportation inconvenient. The main industry is pottery making. The town's buildings are also full of exotic styles, and most of the buildings are decorated with mosaic murals."

After hearing this, Xiaozhi's eyes shone with gold, and he stepped forward impatiently and said.

"In that case, let's go there! I remember Nimo said that she also won the "Baking Gym" not long ago. I can't fall too far behind Nimo!"

Afterwards, Xiaozhi and the others returned to their dormitories for a short rest. After Xiaozhi took off his school uniform and changed into his own clothes, he said goodbye to the suction cup puppet and started walking towards the entrance of the academy, where they were going to gather.

After a short wait, Xiaozhi and Piper saw Xiaoqing walking out of the school, arriving late.

Xiaozhi said as he could no longer suppress his desire to take risks.

"Xiaoqing, you are late, hurry up, hurry up!"

Xiaoqing rolled her eyes inwardly.

"I don't know who is the professional latecomer! When faced with battles, adventures, Pokémon and other things, he immediately becomes anxious. If he could put his thoughts on other emotions, he wouldn't be like Infernape, where objects take the form of their owners. What a straight man!"

After leaving the academy, Xiaozhi and his group ran towards the outside of the school.