Pokémon Padea Adventure: The Journey Continues

Anza Town held a cooking competition with the theme of "Salty Taste". It started today. As the competition was about to begin, more and more spectators came to watch. In addition to the residents of this town, there were also other neighboring towns. Residents of the town, as well as tourists passing by, came in droves to check out the excitement.

Outside the competition venue, Xiaozhi and Xiaoqing were looking around anxiously, hoping to see Pipa's face among the people passing by.

"It's weird, it shouldn't be! It's been two days and I haven't seen Pipa appear. Even though today is the day of the cooking competition, I haven't seen Pipa. No..., it couldn't be an accident, right? ?”

Xiaoqing frowned and retorted.

"Really, Xiaozhi! His words are so unlucky. Pipa has a sense of proportion in everything he does. He must be doing something somewhere that has to go to him. He will definitely get here. After all, this is the agreement between him and Dunzi. Good matchup.”

Xiaozhi thought for a while and said.

"Yes, Pipa has Hot Baby and Salt Stone Treasure. Even if there is danger, they can still come to the rescue... I don't know if Dunzi will come to participate in this game."

Xiaoqing shook her head and replied.

"Probably not. After all, the Padia region is so big, and there are towns of different sizes that hold cooking competitions. The possibility of encountering it here is not impossible. Even if we have been waiting at the entrance of the venue for so long, there are many People are coming in and out, if she exists, we will definitely find it."

Xiaozhi also felt that what Xiaoqing said made sense, but before they found Pipa, they could only wait where they were.

"So boring! Ah..."

Xiaozhi, who was impatient to wait, stretched out. At this moment, a stranger's figure appeared in Xiaozhi's sight and attracted Xiaozhi's attention.

The person who came was a dark-skinned, slightly fat, middle-aged man with a mustache. The suit he was wearing was somewhat inappropriate for his rough appearance... This man turned out to be the man that Pipa had helped before. A famous miner——Uncle Yatie.

For Xiaozhi, he was just an inconspicuous stranger at first, but the big backpack in that person's hand seemed a bit familiar.

Xiaozhi patted Xiaoqing and motioned for her to look in the direction he noticed. After a brief exchange, the two reached an agreement and walked forward to ask the stranger.

Walking to the front, Pikachu took the lead in coming to Uncle Yatetsu, raised his nose and sniffed the backpack hanging down in the opponent's hand, and suddenly became excited, and Pikachu's actions were all under the eyes of Xiaozhi and Xiaoqing.

"Hey, no! There's no food in here, I can't give this to you!"

Just as Uncle Yatetsu was urging Pikachu to leave, Xiaozhi and the others came to him.

"Hello, uncle, this backpack seems to belong to our companion. May I ask where he is? Do you still know?"

Uncle Yatie said with eyes brightening after seeing Xiaozhi and Xiaoqing.

"So, are you Pipa's companions?"

When Xiaozhi and the others got Pipa's name from Uncle Yatetsu, a hint of an answer floated in their doubtful hearts.

In this way, after a brief self-introduction, Xiaozhi and the others also learned from Uncle Yatetsu about their previous encounter with Pipa and the subsequent loss of contact with Pipa after entering the cave.

"So, this backpack is..."

"That's right, after I separated from Pipa, I helped him pack it up and keep it for him..."

With that said, Uncle Yatie handed Pipa's treasure to Xiaozhi. Xiaozhi and Xiaoqing also began to search worriedly. When they found the elf ball containing Hot Baby and Mastiff Godfather, their hearts suddenly dropped. More than half of it. But when he learned that Pipa was going after the Salt Stone Treasure, he felt reassured.

Uncle Yatetsu continued.

"That place is where we are digging. We are as familiar with the inside and outside as if we were at home. In addition to being connected in all directions, it is not as complicated as a maze. After all, it is a newly mined mine. We The depths inside have not yet been explored.”

"The wild Pokémon are just Little Tan, Big Tan, and their boss, Big Tan. Except for Big Tan, they rarely show their faces, but everyone is also a docile Pokémon. When we were doing excavation work, not only did they give They dug up excess mineral food, and reinforced tunnels and caves where we passed, which greatly enhanced their living comfort. They are also willing to help us transport mineral materials..., so we are also in a relationship of mutual help."

Hearing this, Xiaozhi and the others also breathed a sigh of relief.

"In this case, shouldn't we just come from the entrance? Could there be other exits..."

Uncle Yatetsu nodded and replied.

"That's right, when our people went in to search for his whereabouts, they discovered two newly created exits. The ones that should have been created by those wild coal Pokémon are in the same direction of the valley."

Hearing this, Xiaozhi also remembered the appearance of that valley. After all, he had followed the map of "Celebration Scroll" to that place before.

"I know that place. Although there is only a straight road there. If you go straight ahead, you will be in the direction of Xunzha Town. But if you take the wrong direction, it will be a thousand miles away from the town. Is it possible..."

Just when a bad premonition lingered in Xiaozhi and the others' hearts, a radio broadcast suddenly sounded, startling them.

"Ding ding ding..., the cooking competition held in Anza Town is about to begin. All contestants, please go and report early..."

As the broadcast ended, Xiaozhi and the others were like ants on a hot pot, anxious... At this moment, Joel, who had had a dispute with Pipa before, appeared in front of Xiaozhi and the others. Obviously going to the game venue to report.

Joel said casually when he saw Pipa's backpack in Ash's hand.

"What? What happened to that person? His words were better than his singing, and he ran away from the battle..."

When Xiaozhi and the others were wondering who the visitor was, they learned from Uncle Yatie's dictation that the other party was Joel, which made Yan Shibao leave angrily, causing Pipa to lose contact.

Xiaozhi immediately said angrily.

"First of all, his name is Pipa, and he is the one who will defeat you. Secondly..."

"That's not important! Whether it's Pai Pa, Pai One or Pai Two, opponents like this are just running companions, and I don't take them seriously..."

Faced with Joel's arrogance, Xiaozhi and Xiaoqing immediately became angry. When they were about to retort, Uncle Yatie spoke first.

"Please wait, Joel!"

Uncle Yatetsu, who was originally soft-spoken and gentle, suddenly spoke louder and louder.

"We don't know your strength, but if you are really strong, that's your ability. But you can't improve yourself by belittling other people's efforts. Please think about it for yourself!"

Faced with Uncle Yatie's accusation, Joel also felt that his words were somewhat inappropriate, but he, who has always been arrogant, rarely lowered his attitude and still spoke in a high-profile manner.

"Then let that guy named Pipa defeat me in this cooking competition!"

With that said, Joel left in despair.

As time passed bit by bit, more and more pedestrians entered the venue. Uncle Yatetsu looked at the time and said to Xiaozhi and the others.

"Well, I'll leave the matter of Pipa to you, I'm going to go in and make preparations!"

With that said, Uncle Yatetsu followed the pedestrians and entered the competition venue.

Just when Xiaozhi and Xiaoqing looked at each other, that familiar face finally ran over from a distance.

"Hey... Xiaozhi! Xiaoqing!"

"It's Piper!"

Xiaozhi and Xiaoqing said in unison... In this way, the three people finally reunited after two days of separation. Xiaozhi asked immediately.

"Pipa, where have you been? I heard that you never came out after entering the mine."

As he said that, Pipa motioned to Xiaozhi and the others to follow the direction of his finger. On the mountain on the edge of Anuzha Town, they saw a ferocious giant charcoal mountain, as well as twos and threes of small charcoal boys and big charcoal carts, heading towards them. He waved in the direction... After being shocked, Xiaozhi and Xiaoqing also responded politely and returned the hand.

Pipa also continued to talk to Xiaozhi and others about his experiences in the valley, recalling them.

Just as Paipa and Yan Shili were celebrating after successfully rescuing Jutanshan, Jutanshan quietly stood up behind them.

Vaguely, Pipa felt the appearance of a huge black shadow behind him, which startled him. He jumped forward a few meters, and the salt stone barrier was also placed in front of Pipa, in a fighting posture...

In panic, Pipa and the others turned around and saw the face of Jutanshan. They saw that it had lost all its anger and was sitting there with a dazed look on its face, watching other wild little Tanzi and Big Tanshan come up to each other. Treat kindly.

Pipa and the others were just worried about it, but now they put it into their stomachs... Pipa bravely stepped forward and said.

"I'm sorry, Jutan Mountain! Yanshi Lei and I were just passing by and didn't disturb your peace..."

Listening to Pipa's explanation, Jutanshan also put aside his prejudices, stretched out his hand to shake hands with Pipa and Yanshi Lei respectively... After clearing up the misunderstanding, Pipa started to have a headache again.

"Hey, the misunderstanding is solved now, but it still takes some brains to find the way back to Anza Town... I have been missing here for two days. Today is the day of the cooking competition, what should I do?"

Hearing Pipa's worried words, Jutanshan immediately understood. He stood up slowly, turned around and walked forward, while turning his head to signal Pipa and the others to follow... Looking at Jutanshan's gesture, Piper said tentatively.

"What's wrong, Jutan Mountain? Do you want us to follow you?"

Ju Tanshan stopped answering and walked forward slowly, looking back every step of the way to see if Pipa and the others were following... When Pipa and Yan Shili had no choice but to follow them with doubts about getting lost, they could only follow with doubt. superior.

After reminiscing, Piper continued.

"Fortunately, we have the help of Jutan Mountain and the others. They led the way and brought Yanshi Lei and me here."

Xiaozhi and the others replied immediately after looking at the salt stone barrier next to Pipa.

"I wanted to ask when I saw it before. Is it really the evolved salt stone barrier of salt stone treasure? It seems that the salt stone barrier has also become a lot stronger."

Ash said as he handed the backpack that Uncle Yatetsu handed to him before into Pipa's hands.

"Pipa, I returned your backpack to you. The Poke Balls containing Hot Baby and Mastiff Godfather are safe and sound."

After seeing it, Pipa was surprised and happy. He took the backpack and said hurriedly when he learned that the two Pokémon were still there.

"Thank you so much, Xiaozhi, Xiaoqing... But, how come this backpack is in your hands? It was obviously scattered at the entrance of the mine."

Xiaozhi and the others also told Piper about meeting Uncle Yatetsu here...

"Really! Uncle Yatetsu is here too, so I must perform well in this cooking competition!"

As the conversation progressed, Xiaoqing reminded.

"Okay, Pipa! The game is about to start. Let's not chat here. You can quickly report to the competition venue!"

"Oh, yes..., then I'll go right away, let's go to Salt Rock Barrier!"

With that said, Pipa and Yanshi Lei ran towards the venue in a hurry, with Xiaozhi and Xiaoqing following closely behind...

Arriving at the venue, Xiaozhi and Xiaoqing took their seats in the audience and watched the host's pre-match opening.

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome everyone to gather together and share the points of this competition in Anza Town, the Padiya region cooking competition. The theme of the competition is 'savory'. I am the host of this competition, Sweet …”

Looking at the host on the stage, wearing a pink suit and a straight suit, Xiaozhi said to Xiaoqing.

"Isn't that Sweet the host who also hosted the cooking competition in Shenbo Town before?"

"It seems so! It seems that Mr. Sweet is responsible for hosting the cooking competition schedules in different towns, big and small. It's really hard..."

While Xiaozhi and Xiaoqing were talking, Paipa and Yan Shilii also rushed to the scene...

Since she was the last to sign up, Pipa came to the 20th place at the cooking table at the end of the venue. After taking their seats, Pipa and Yan Shili were panting... By coincidence, the person right in front of Pipa The cooking table is the opponent Joel who has to defeat this time.

After Joel saw Pipa behind him, he turned back to Pipa and said.

"I thought you had run away with your tail between your legs. Although you are a little late, you still have some courage to show up here..."

As he said that, he looked at the salt stone barrier next to Pipa.

"Oh! It seems that you followed my advice and evolved your salt stone treasure. This should enhance your cooking skills..."

Piper said angrily after hearing Joel's arrogance.

"Stop talking nonsense. Whenever my Salt Stone Treasure wants to evolve into a Salt Stone Barrier, it is the bond between me and it. It has nothing to do with any of your words... As for my cooking ability, let this competition Get the answer at the end!"