Pokémon Padea Adventure: The Journey Continues

After a brief exchange with Xiaozhi, Pipa also walked in the direction where he wanted to know and get the answer.

We came to a hillside on the edge of Xuezha Town... To be precise, Xuezha Town was built at the bottom of a wide basin. This is a town born in a mining area. The basin underneath was also excavated by predecessors. , reclaimed terrain, man-made basins.

As for why it is built in the basin, it is because the area is rich in mineral resources but lacks vegetation resources. If a house is built on a slope, it will not be able to withstand the strong winds of the plains. It can only be built at the bottom of the slope to use the terrain to block the wind.

"What a smart approach! Born from nature, built on nature, and complementary to nature!"

Pipa burst into praises one after another, but a real problem hit him.

Although Piper didn't bother to participate in cooking competitions before, her heart was full of wanting to find secret seasonings and make secret dishes to detoxify the mastiff godfather, Millarton. However, during the trip with Xiaozhi and the others, I learned to relax my tense nerves and enjoy the adventure. After all, Xiaozhi is a person who does not make plans. There must be a way before the car reaches the mountain. This is also due to Xiaozhi's subtle influence. Due to the influence, Pipa would not be overwhelmed by the tight sense of responsibility.

Coupled with the fact that Dunzi regarded him as a strong enemy, he understood that there are people outside the world and there are mountains outside the mountains. The previous victory was just an accident on the spot. Otherwise, there were Dunzi, Musashi Maria and other chefs, and he might not be able to win.

Thinking of this, Pipa also came up with the idea of ​​formulating dishes according to the theme of the competition before the game, but... Xuezha Town is a barren area, lacking vegetation, so there is also a lack of tree fruits. This is why this place has been lacking for a long time. Suitable for the purpose of hosting the event, the activities carried out at this time can be described as a desperate attempt to attract tourists.

"What should I do? Doesn't that mean I can't practice before the game?"

Just when Pipa was thinking this, he unknowingly came to a newly developed mine entrance on the hillside. There were two or three miners inside, and more than a dozen miners emerged from the cave. The tired workers came out and said.

"What? Lunch hasn't been delivered yet. I'm almost starving..."

Listening to the complaints of the miners, the leader among them, a fatter man with a mustache, said.

"Everyone, don't worry. The food delivery vehicle has already arrived. However, a rare earthquake occurred while passing through the East Third District. The wheels were punctured by the cracked gravel ground during the bumps. The driver has already changed the spare tire and is heading towards Came here..."

"earthquake!"

Hearing this, Pipa could make a guess, thinking.

"What should I do? I guess it was the earthquake caused by the previous battle between Xiaozhi's Fire Crocodile and the Treasure Lord Tuo Tuo Earthworm. So it is still our problem. Did these miners starve? Yes..."

Pipa suddenly had an idea. He looked at the miners squatting at the entrance of the cave, leaning on each other and swaying around, their stomachs growling, and walked forward to talk to them.

"Well, if you don't mind, I still have a lot of ingredients for making sandwiches. Can I make some sandwiches for you now?"

After hearing this, the eyes of the miners shone with light and they spoke repeatedly.

"Really? Thank you so much..."

Facing everyone's continuous thanks, only the fatter miner could be heard saying.

"How can that be done? It's too troublesome for you! Besides, there is a lack of cooking tools here for processing!"

Piper said, holding up a finger.

"You don't have to worry about that. I carry the cooking tools with me..."

As he spoke, with everyone paying attention, Pipa took out pots, pans, stoves, and various ingredients from his big backpack like magic...

At the same time, he released salt and stone treasures to help him cook, lit the stove, and the kitchen knife in his hand flew up and down. After a while, the tree fruit ingredients were neatly stacked, and the seasonings fell like stars... The miners present were stunned. Stunned.

After a while, Pipa made each fragrant and steaming sandwich and delivered it to everyone.

"Everyone, the quantity is not large, so please don't dislike it, just give it a try!"

"How could that be? Thank you, young man!...Thanks to you, we are all saved."

Several miners expressed their heartfelt thanks, and then started wolfing down the sandwiches. After a while, everyone had wiped out all the sandwiches.

One of the outspoken miners said something inadvertently after eating.

"It's so delicious, mouth-watering deliciousness! ... But it would be nice if it could be a little saltier and a little heavier."

Hearing his colleague miner say such inappropriate words, the fatter miner immediately glared at him. The miner immediately knew that he had said the wrong thing and was full of apologies...

Then, the fatter miner walked up to Pipa and said.

"I'm sorry, this young man. My colleague just said something he shouldn't have said. I would like to apologize to you. I'm sorry!"

Pipa waved her hand hurriedly and replied.

"It doesn't matter. For heavy manual laborers like you, I have also noticed the loss of salt, so I specially added salt from Shibao to the sandwich just now..."

As he said that, Pipa put his hand on Yan Shibao's head.

"...Unexpectedly, I mistakenly underestimated the salt content of Yan Shibao."

Hearing this, Yan Shibao lowered his head in shame, as if he had taken all the responsibility for the bad taste of the sandwich on himself... Fortunately, the attentive Pipa noticed the change in Yan Shibao's mood and immediately After being comforted, Yan Shibao's mood became clear again.

At this time, the miner continued.

"Hello young man, my name is Yatie, you can call me Uncle Yatie..."

After both parties introduced themselves, Uncle Yatetsu continued to ask.

"Papa, since your cooking skills are so superb and you carry all kinds of utensils and ingredients with you, you must also be a cook. How about you, do you want to participate in the cooking competition held in Anza Town in two days?"

Piper nodded and replied.

"The purpose of my coming here is to know about the cooking competition that will be held in this town, and I came here specifically to participate..."

"what!"

I saw Uncle Yatie saying with a happy face.

"That's great. I didn't expect that the cooking competition specially organized by our Anza Town would really attract people from outside to participate... They are still such great cooks. It seems that our town can be saved!"

Seeing Uncle Yatetsu's excited performance, Paipajing was a little shocked and at a loss what to do. He waved his hands repeatedly as he didn't know what to do.

"This is nothing, just simple cooking..."

Suddenly, a voice appeared behind Piper.

"It's really just ordinary food!"

Hearing the voice, Piper turned around and saw that the voice was spoken by a young man wearing high-end turtleneck custom-made clothes, carrying a high-end leather backpack, and his hair was smeared into a spiral hairstyle.

"...An ordinary place is indeed an ordinary place. Even the players who are about to compete with me are only at this level?"

Seeing the other party's rude remarks, Pipa immediately felt a little displeased, but he was not angry at the other party's words that looked down on him, but was angry at the other party's words that Xunzha Town was a small place.

On the other hand, Uncle Yatetsu said with a smile.

"Ahahaha... This town does have room for development, but now it still needs the participation of ambitious young people like you!"

Looking at Uncle Yatetsu's kind face, the other party still said with some contempt.

"Tch, it's boring. Fortunately, I came here specially to participate. I have to wait for two days, so I can only endure it."

As he was about to turn around and leave, Pipa immediately stopped him.

"Wait a moment!"

Hearing Pipa's shout, the boy turned around and looked at Pipa and said.

"Excuse me, what can I do for you?"

"I hope you can apologize to Uncle Yatetsu and this town!"

The other party said with a look of disdain.

"What? What I said is the truth, and I didn't say anything wrong!"

Faced with the other party's arrogance and rudeness, even the good-tempered Pipa was so angry that Uncle Yatetsu, who was behind him, reached out and grabbed Pipa's arm, hoping to interrupt the dispute between the two...

Pipa shook off Uncle Yatetsu's hand and took half a step forward to continue speaking.

"Who are you? What ability do you have to talk nonsense here..."

"What qualifications do I have?"

The other party had doubts about Pipa's words and asked..., and then burst into laughter.

"Hahaha..., low-level people are low-level people!"

Facing Pipa's questioning, the other party didn't feel the slightest bit inappropriate about what he said, and walked towards Pipa and continued.

"Because my nose is the radar, and the place where my hands touch is the detector..."

As the other party said this, he put his hand in front of Pipa and sniffed it. Then he turned to the workbench behind Pipa and touched the food crumbs on the chopping board.

"...My tongue is the terminator!"

I saw the other party go around behind Pipa, then go back to Pipa, circle around Pipa, then raise his hand to put the food residue on his fingers to his mouth, looking at Pipa evilly He licked his fingers..., but Pipa didn't react at all, quietly watching the other person acting like a monster.

Then the other person turned around, facing away from Pipa and continued.

"First of all, the heating time is not enough, and the excess water in the fruit is not eliminated, causing the sugar to be diluted and affecting the taste."

"Secondly, the salt becomes lumpy due to moisture and is wetted by juice. The salt is unevenly distributed, causing some parts of the food to be too salty and some not salty enough. The granular wet salt also affects the taste."

"Finally, the thought of using salt to replenish the salt in the body of heavy manual workers is indeed nuanced, but it is only a part that ordinary cooks will notice. For miners who are short of water, salty salt should not be used. It will cause them to be thirsty and lack water, so they should use a little sweet orange salt. Due to the limited conditions on site, it will not be blamed on you."

"Looking at your kitchen knife and the few bread crumbs on the chopping board, you can tell that you are a cook with solid knife skills, but... the most important thing is your salt supplier..."

As he spoke, he pointed to the salt stone treasure path aside.

"... Salt Stone Barrier! The problem is with your Pokémon. It can only produce some coarse salt of rock salt, but cannot produce fine refined salt. If it can evolve into a Salt Barrier, maybe it can be cultivated. value."

"Therefore, it is concluded that your Pokémon's level is too low."

Listening to the other party's preaching, Pipa was a little unconvinced, but he had to admire that the other party came up with such accurate results based on only some traces on the workbench without seeing him cooking.

Even though he didn't like the opponent's immediate delivery of a handkerchief, he couldn't help but admire the opponent's professional ability. Yan Shibao, who was standing by, also lowered his head without saying a word.

After seeing no response from Pipa, the other party turned and left... When he walked out seven or eight meters away, Pipa spoke.

"What's your name?"

The other party waved his hand and said without looking back.

"My name is Joel!"

After saying that, he gradually walked away, while Pipa stood there thoughtfully... It wasn't until Uncle Yatie spoke that Pipa woke up.

"It's great to be young, Pipa, you have met a strong opponent!"

Piper didn't say anything, just smiled.

Suddenly, Pipa didn't see the figure of Salt Stone Treasure beside him, and Uncle Yatetsu didn't notice either, one of the miners said.

"Just now, I saw your salt stone treasure running into the cave!"

Following the direction of the miner's finger, Pipa submitted his resignation, and ran into the cave before even having time to pack up his backpack and the belongings on the floor...

The miner needs to be stopped, said.

"Wait, it's dangerous inside!"

Uncle Yatetsu raised his hand to signal the miner to stop stopping him, even though Pipa had already run into the cave...

"Young people have many problems to face and solve in order to grow. Let him solve the 'crisis' he faces on his own."

Suddenly, Team Rocket's figures were revealed on the side of the cave entrance. They were dressed in their own miners' clothes and their bodies were dirty. It was obvious that they had worked together with these miners.

"What? The big one among the three little ones is here, nya?"

Kojiro said with an unfinished expression.

"I think the sandwiches made by Big Little Ghost Head are quite delicious, not as bad as that stinky guy said."

Musashi said with a smirk on his face.

"While the big little devil ran into the cave by himself, I remembered that he had a scent badge on him. Let's snatch him while he is alone and helpless!"

Miao Miao waved her hand and said.

"Musashi has to do something irrelevant again, nya. We are obviously working part-time now to earn part-time wages, nya."

"Sou Suo! Suo Suo... whatever I want to take, I'll take it! You don't want Luo Li, Suo Suo!"

Meowth and Kojiro couldn't defeat Musashi, so they could only follow Uncle Yatetsu into the cave together without them noticing.