Chapter 92 Red Lotus Island

Vermillion City is not far from Honglian Island. The next morning, Zhou You arrived at this island and town famous for its volcanic hot springs.

Honglian means the bright red color of passion.

However, the city on this volcanic island is actually not as good as before.

The extinct volcano on Honglian Island has revived for unknown reasons, causing people in nearby areas to be keen to travel here and visit the site to witness the only active volcano in Kanto and the hot springs produced by its resurrection.

The island once had the largest research institute and the largest Pokémon mansion in Kanto. Xia Bo of Honglian Gym was also considered by many to have the strength comparable to that of the king, and was one of the holy places in the minds of trainers.

But now, with the resurrection of the volcano, an endless stream of tourists have come, and some accidents have gradually buried the past of Honglian Town, and it has finally become a famous tourist city.

The owner of the gym, Xia Bo, closed the gym because of the disturbance, and has not received challengers for a long time.

Because of this, there are now very few trainers crossing the sea to this resort town.

As soon as he got off the boat, Zhou You felt the enthusiastic atmosphere of the scenic spots, which made him feel a little PTSD.

When he went to various scenic spots on Earth, there were crowds of people. It was better to say that he was looking at people than to see the scenery. He had already tasted enough of the densely packed humans in the scenic spots.

Fortunately, the Pokémon world is vast and sparsely populated, and the scenes on Earth will definitely not appear.

Having said that, he, who had lived in the economic circle for a long time, was not interested in this kind of Internet celebrity attractions that became popular due to temporary traffic, and he had no plan to visit them from the beginning.

"Sugar☆Sugar!"

As an elf who was born not long ago, Xiao Xiannai loves the bustle. It can feel the fluctuations close to happiness emitted by tourists, which is the most favorite food of their race.

It took a day to perfectly master "meditation". At this time, it can easily sense the happiness fluctuations emitted by humans within a range of more than ten meters. After arriving on this island, it has been playing non-stop.

Because Xiaoxiannai was outside the Poké Ball, the leftovers who usually refused to stay in the Poké Ball for even a second became autistic.

"Qiao Qiao, the tourist brochure says that the extinct volcano on Honglian Island is active again, but where is this active volcano?"

Beside Zhou You, a brown-haired boy who looked exactly like him except for the different clothes, and anyone who came would only conclude that they were twins, said excitedly: "Let's go there for sightseeing!"

Zhou You: "..."

There is no doubt that this is Eden who has returned from school and overcome the racial defect of revealing his tail after transformation.

Having lived in the Oak Research Institute for 5 years, it has long been looking forward to the new things on TV, but the defect of its tail has always made it difficult for it to show up outside.

Now that its illusion skills have improved and it is no longer easy to reveal flaws, it is natural to realize all the wonderful ideas and wishes that it has suppressed for 5 years!

"Don't look at me like that, stupid Ou Doudou. My magical power can discover and search for natural products under the magma that humans cannot grab. Maybe I can pick up a fire stone." Eden, who turned himself into Zhou You and made up a twin brother, spontaneously defended himself.

Seeing Eden trying to find an excuse, Zhou You was thoughtful.

This is really too much like when he was a child and wanted to ask his parents for something/something, he tried his best to rationalize his demands.

Are all children the same?

Although Eden suffered so much in his childhood that his mind was more mature than that of ordinary Soraya, he was still just a 6-year-old child.

"Since we are here, let's have fun." Zhou You, who completely forgot that he was too lazy to visit the Internet celebrity attractions, said, "But active volcanoes are very dangerous. There must be people guarding them during the day. Let's wait until night."

Active volcanoes are volcanoes that have the possibility of eruption. If it were on Earth, the residents would probably have moved away to avoid it.

But the people of Honglian Island will use many fire-type Pokémon to absorb the energy of the volcano, which can not only increase the Pokémon's strength, but also suppress the volcanic eruption, forcibly maintaining an active and safe state to create a popular attraction.

In addition, Xia Bo of Honglian Gym guards the volcano, and any unusual movement can be detected at the first time.

In fact, if Xiaozhi hadn't come to Honglian Island and attracted the Arrow Team to mess with the volcano, this volcano maintained by people and Pokémon would basically not have erupted in a hurry...

"Do you have a sightseeing plan?"

"Our first task is to challenge Honglian Gym, then go to the Research Institute to see if anyone can revive the fossils, and then go to the Pokémon Museum to explore, and stay in a hotel to soak in the hot springs at night." Zhou You thought.

In addition to the closed Honglian Gym, for trainers, the most famous places in Honglian Town are naturally Honglian Research Institute and Pokémon Museum.

The former is the research institute where Dr. Fuji and Xia Bo used to be, and the latter is the mansion where Dr. Fuji lived at that time.

Unfortunately, time has changed. After a certain incident, Dr. Fuji gave up scientific research, and these two places gradually fell into disrepair. Even the Pokémon House was burned down to ruins.

After deciding on the itinerary for today, Zhou You and Eden followed the map to the Red Lotus Gym.

When they arrived, all they saw was a collapsed ruin.

Given that it was in such a state due to years of disrepair, I'm afraid that Xia Bo really hadn't received any challengers for many years, as the rumors said.

"This gym is out of tune with the lively atmosphere of the entire town, and it makes me begin to doubt Xia Bo's taste. Compared to the fire system, he might be more suitable for the ghost system."

Looking at the ruins in front of him, Eden sighed disappointedly: "It's hard to imagine that a gym that has not been open for many years has not been revoked by the alliance. I feel that this is even more outrageous than the gym in Hualan City that gives away badges for free."

Zhou You shook his head and did not comment on Eden's opinion: "Xia Bo is strong and has a long history, so it's understandable that he is playing badly. When I become the owner of the gym in the future, I will definitely do more than him."

What could be more outrageous than giving away badges for free and not opening the door for a few years! ?

Eden was shocked. Could it be that he was letting the elves work in the gym while you went out to play? But this didn't seem to be a problem.

At least he was fulfilling his duties.

"I plan to take the gym leader's assessment every year for 8 consecutive years, and then design 8 different badges to give to challengers according to my mood."

As for which eight badges, it was self-evident for the time traveler.

"In other words, as long as you graduate perfectly from me, it is equivalent to being directly recommended to the league competition. It is not impossible to give 8 badges for free if you meet someone you like."

Eden: "..."

The three shameful sisters in Hualan City only gave 1 badge for free at most, but you are thinking of giving 8 badges directly, right?

That's indeed a bit too much.