"Didn't I tell you to come at 12 o'clock? Why so early? It's already this time, don't you think that if you arrive two hours early, the old man will feel respected?"

Xiaoxia said to Guan Liyuan with an innocent face in front of the Hualan Gym.

"It's all because of you! You suddenly said that I want to rent the gym, and now the owner of the Explosion Flame Gym must have the intention to kill me!" Guan Liyuan said helplessly.

That's right, Guan Liyuan now knows that the current owner of the Hualan Gym is named "Explosion Flame". According to Xiaoxia, it was her grandfather who started to change his surname.

In this world, it is not uncommon for people to change their surnames, and Xiaoxia has already changed her surname to "Water Blue" on her own initiative... Of course, the old owner will definitely not admit it.

"I am also kind enough to help you find a place for the breeding house!" Xiaoxia said righteously.

"Really?" Guan Liyuan asked back.

"Yeah!" Xiaoxia smiled brightly.

But Guan Liyuan clearly felt her "malice" at this time, as if to say: Let you two straight men hurt each other!

Of course, Guan Liyuan felt that he was wronged and had walked into a trap.

"And you two, are you really so free? Why did you come here to watch the fun?" Guan Liyuan looked at Haruko and Xiaoyue who were pretending to pass by and watch

, puzzled. This time it was Xiaoyue who answered him: "For the time being, I am still preparing for the journey. I will officially debut as a trainer when I can train ghost-type Pokémon. Now I am just following Haruko... Haruko has collected eight badges and is preparing for the ninth one."

"Why are you saying this..." Haruko pushed Xiaoyue embarrassedly.

Guan Liyuan looked at her in surprise. Eight badges are enough to participate in the competition, and nine badges are already the level of a seeded player in the youth group... Who would have thought that Haruko is such a powerful young trainer?

At this moment, "Uncle Guang" came out of the building of Hualan Gym, opened the front door...

and said to Guan Liyuan: "Boy! Can't wait? Come in, the owner is waiting for you!"

Knowing that the other party was very dissatisfied with him, Guan Liyuan didn't say much. Xiaoxia and Tomoko followed as a matter of course, and Qingzi and Xiaoyue also followed quietly. The bald man probably thought they were all Guan Liyuan's companions, so he didn't stop them.

Guan Liyuan specifically pulled Tomoko over to remind her that before he took the initiative to speak, she must not mention the matter of renting a venue!

"Um... where are we going?" Guan Liyuan felt that the direction led by the bald man was not the reception room or something like that.

The bald man didn't answer, but he arrived soon.

In front of him was a strange enclosed building with a hemispherical shape and the size of a small stadium. It was also the largest building in the gym area. After the door was opened, there was a long and narrow entrance passage.

"It's so hot!" Guan Liyuan couldn't help but sighed.

Since he came in, Guan Liyuan felt a burst of heat coming towards him, and after turning a corner in the passage, Guan Liyuan finally saw the scene inside the building!

"This is..."

Burning flames, simulated magma, various plants and fruit trees growing in high temperature environments...

Little Charmander, Duckbill Baby, Lava Worm... There are even Charmander and Caterpie that are rarely cultivated in the outside world... The fire attribute Pokémon in the Kanto region and the Johto region are the main ones, and various fire attribute Pokémon live here!

"Top-level fire simulation environment! After renting it, there is no need to renovate here..."

"Ahem!" Guan Liyuan stopped Chieko's evaluation with a severe cough. Guan

Liyuan also saw at this time that there was a flat field in the middle of the simulation environment, and in the field, a middle-aged man with a mustache who looked very serious and rigid was sitting upright and waiting for something. Guan Liyuan had

a vague guess about his identity, and before he could speak, Xiaoxia had already taken the initiative to step forward...

"Old man, I'm back again." Xiaoxia said.

"Is this your choice?"

"Yes, the gym is going to be closed anyway, so I'll just rent it to my friend!" Xiaoxia said as a matter of course.

After that, Guan Liyuan felt that he was locked in a stern gaze.

"Ahem... that... hello Uncle Blast Flame! My name is Guan Liyuan. Actually, there are some misunderstandings. I just want to open a breeding house in Hualan City, so I'm just looking for a place. Xiaoxia said she has a suitable place... But I saw it! This place is too grand and it's obviously a place to open a gym, so forget it..." Guan Liyuan immediately admitted his mistake.

It is unreasonable to be involved in a father-daughter dispute because of this inexplicable misunderstanding and to have a conflict with Xiaoxia's father.

Seeing that Guan Liyuan was quite humble, the anger of the owner of the Blast Flame gym subsided a little. He probably guessed that Xiaoxia was deliberately "pitting" his teammates.

The Explosion Gym Leader's eyes were less angry and more scrutinizing as he said, "You've been traveling with Xiaoxia recently? Are you... a trainer? And you said you wanted to open a breeding house. Did your parents want to open it?"

No wonder Xiaoxia and her father didn't get along. Guan Liyuan also hated his tone.

"There are no adults in my family. I got sponsorship for the funds, and I want to open the breeding house myself." Guan Liyuan said.

"Sponsorship? You want to open a breeding house yourself?" The Explosion Gym Leader had a "are you kidding me" expression.

It's weird enough for a teenager to open a breeding house, and he can even get sponsorship? Is it so easy to cheat investors' money now?

"Haha, as expected, young people nowadays are all whimsical." The Explosion Gym Leader said and glanced at his daughter.

"..." Guan Liyuan was extremely unhappy about being involved in the internal family dispute and being shot innocently.

"Sure enough, uncles, they can no longer understand what a dream is. Can this be considered a Pokémon trainer?"

Listening to these multi-paragraph sentences and the hoarse voice, you can tell that Xiaoxia hasn't spoken yet, but Xiaoyue has already begun to question whether Bakugan, as the official gym leader, "is considered a trainer"...

Guan Liyuan was also helpless. It seemed that Xiaoxia and Xiaoyue, although they have completely opposite personalities, seem to understand each other very well... Yesterday, Xiaoxia started to "trick" Guan Liyuan because Guan Liyuan's words meant to deny Xiaoyue's efforts! Guan Liyuan had already reflected

on this matter when he was resting last night... Maybe he did have some male chauvinism at that time.

"Is it considered a trainer? Haha, it's a difficult question to answer. Of course, it can only be answered with strength!" Bakugan really got angry, but he obviously could only sulk.

"It's a pity that I don't have any Pokémon yet. I will definitely make up for it in a few years when I can really train ghost-type Pokémon." Xiaoyue's dull tone made Baoyan punch into the air.

But the opponent didn't have any Pokémon at all, so he couldn't even have a Pokémon duel, and he felt helpless.

"Ghost-type? No wonder you look like this. If you dress up like a normal girl, maybe some boys will like you. Young people nowadays are really whimsical!" Baoyan said disdainfully.

Guan Liyuan suddenly felt that Baoyan's tone seemed familiar?

At this moment, Guan Liyuan suddenly felt his hair stand on end...

He had the same feeling before Xiaoxia "framed" him in the restaurant yesterday. Is this... a sign of being shot innocently?

"Boy, then you come and complete this competition!" Baoyan said.

"Ha? Baoyan gym leader is joking. I'm still far from that 'now'." While being humble, Guan Liyuan also implicitly reminded Baoyan gym leader of the gap between him and him in age, and told him not to "bully the newcomer."

"If you have a Pokémon duel, it seems a bit bullying to you. Let's change the way of competition... You want to open a breeding house, right? Let's compete in the breeding of Pokémon. If you win, I can rent the gym to you, and the sign of the Cerulean gym can be removed in advance... Anyway, there are no trainers willing to challenge now, and there are fewer and fewer students."

"What if I lose?" Guan Liyuan is not without confidence, but he thinks more carefully.

"If you lose, you, Xiaoxia, and the girl with strange clothes over there will all have to train in the gym according to my training plan for half a year!" said the owner of the Explosive Flame gym.

"Eh? Such a biased bet? Not good..." Guan Liyuan said a little embarrassedly.

And the owner of the Explosive Flame gym had a well-shaped face on his head...

"Boy! Who do you think I am? Do you really think you can beat me?" Explosive Flame was inexplicably triggered by his anger point.

At this time, Xiaoxia reminded quietly: "Can you do it? The old man is a master of training fire-type Pokémon..."

It seems that the owner of the Explosion Pyro gym considered the gap between himself and "a young man who doesn't know the immensity of the world", so he proposed this biased bet.

However, since the girl asked "can you do it", even if the other party was Xiaoxia, Guan Liyuan still said: "Okay! If the two of them have no objection, I can compete with you... But how to train?"

"Hey, did you think of anything rude just now?" Xiaoxia's sensitivity made Guan Liyuan speechless.

Xiaoyue suddenly said at this time: "Then let's bet, I don't mind."

"Huh? This uncle will definitely let you train fire-type Pokémon, is it okay?" Guan Liyuan said in surprise.

Originally, he thought that Xiaoyue would definitely not agree... But Uncle Explosion Pyro should care more about Xiaoxia, so it shouldn't matter if Xiaoyue refuses.

"Well, I divined for myself this morning and I know I will win... Besides, you are fighting for your dream. If I don't believe in dreams, why would I persist until now?" Xiaoyue said paused.

Putting aside the morning divination that was full of flaws, Guan Liyuan suddenly felt that his burden had become heavier. He actually had to shoulder the responsibility of "fighting for his dream"?

"Then I agree... It's only half a year anyway!" Xiaoxia glanced at Guan Liyuan, clearly saying: [It's half a year! You'll be in trouble if you lose!]

"Okay! Guang, bring the two Pokémon eggs in the hatching area!"

"Eh? Gym Master, do you want those two?"

"Yes, the two that are about to hatch..."