Chapter 43: Xiaogang and Sakaki
"Heath, did you change to a new car?" Heath was sitting in the dining car to rest when he heard Xiaogang's voice. When he looked up, he saw Xiaogang's squinting eyes.
"Yes, I won the prize before...but why are you here again?" Heath looked at Xiaogang strangely. He remembered that Xiaogang lived in Deep Gray City, so why did he come to him all day as if he had nothing to do?
"I've been in Changqing City for a while. By the way, did you notice the explosion last night?" Xiaogang asked Heath, smiling as he leaned over the counter of the dining car.
Heath's mouth twitched. What a strange question. More than just discovering it, he was there at the time.
A notice was issued today about yesterday's chemical plant explosion. According to the investigation, it was caused by a problem with the chemical plant's equipment and improper operation by employees. This also made Heath feel relieved, as he thought it was someone who was causing trouble.
"Of course I saw it. What do you want to eat?" Heath wiped his hands and stood up. He didn't prepare any other food today, but he still had fried rice with egg.
"Well... then give me some fried rice with egg. Do you have the green onions from Scallion Duck?" Xiaogang nodded, but his whole face shifted to the side while he was talking. Heath looked over curiously and saw a Miss Joy passing by.
Heath was a little speechless. Xiaogang was really a beauty lover. He was still young, but he had already shown this potential. However, there didn't seem to be anything wrong with it. Although Xiaogang was not very reliable, he performed well in front of ladies.
"Yes, waiting." Heath nodded, then turned around and started preparing the fried rice that Xiaogang wanted to eat.
Egg fried rice is actually not difficult to make. It is relatively simple and not too complicated. Of course, some chefs will use egg liquid to wrap the rice. In this way, no lumps of egg can be seen in the egg fried rice, but the rice is golden.
Some restaurants changed their names to Golden Fried Rice so that they can sell it at a high price.
However, Xiaogang doesn't like this type of fried rice. He likes to eat the kind with eggs and rice separately. Heath knows his taste.
"Come to think of it, didn't your father ask you to come to Changqing City to study? How are you doing in your studies?" Heath was chatting calmly with Xiaogang while flipping the pot.
"Hey, stop talking. I just now realize how troublesome it is to be a gym leader. I have to deal with a lot of things every day, and I also have to pay attention to training my Pokémon." Xiaogang held his chin with a look of despair on his face.
However, under the influence of those squinting eyes, Xiaogang always looks as if he has no expression. Perhaps it is for this reason that Xiaogang always moves his mouth in a big way, so that others can distinguish his emotions.
It's really hard to squint.
However, Heath still agreed with what Xiaogang said. However, when he thought about it, Heath's expression became a little strange. He began to doubt whether the reason why Xiaogang followed Xiaozhi to travel was because he was tired of the life of a gym leader?
In that case, Xiaogang might have more common topics with Daigo. After all, didn't Daigo feel that the championship delayed his search for stones, so he gave the championship to his good friend Mikoli?
"Oh oh oh! King Du! King Long!" Just when Heath was about to say something, he heard cheers coming from outside. Heath couldn't help but stick his head out to take a look curiously.
A fossil pterosaur flew across the sky at high speed. Although it was very fast, it was still possible to distinguish that the man in the cloak was A'du, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Quartz Alliance.
"Du! Oh my God, his fossil pterosaur looks so awesome. It's bred so well. I guess it can beat dozens of me, right?" Xiao Gang said with a shocked expression and envy on his face.
But in Heath's opinion, the other party's shock was just an open mouth and narrowed eyes...
Let’s not talk about it.
"Be brave, you can easily beat thousands of them." Heath handed the fried rice to Xiaogang with a smile and looked at him teasingly.
Adu, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Quartz League, is the strongest among the Four Heavenly Kings and is hailed as the person most likely to become the champion of the Quartz League. However, what is most praised is Adu's Pokémon.
Although Adu has always claimed that he is the king of dragon types, people soon discovered that most of the Pokémon used by Adu are flying types, and there are even special programs that have made fun of this.
Xiaogang tried to open his eyes wide and act as if he was very angry, but he didn't seem to be a threat enough. Farfetch'd didn't feel anything and continued to practice hard.
"Is King Adu passing by our Changqing City?" Heath asked Xiaogang curiously.
"Of course not, King Adu is here to investigate whether the chemical plant explosion is related to Team Rocket." Heath turned around in surprise when he heard the familiar uncle's voice. It was Sakaki.
Today, Sakaki has regained his former spirit. He is wearing casual clothes, but his hair is still a little curly, which is because he was too close to the fire.
"Mr. Sakaki! Hello! I am... I am..." Xiaogang turned around excitedly and looked at Sakaki with admiration.
"Oh? Look at your face... You should be Mr. Takeno's son, right?" Sakaki looked at Xiaogang's squinting eyes with interest. He remembered that he had seen such eyes before.
Xiaogang was so excited that he couldn't speak . He was so excited that he didn't know where to put his hands. Heath was a little amused and helpless.
If Xiao Gang knew that Mr. Sakaki, whom he admired, was actually the boss of Team Rocket, what kind of expression would he show? It's very interesting to think about it.
However, Heath couldn't help but glance at Sakaki. Mr. Sakaki really didn't care. King Dutian specially came to Evergreen City to investigate, but it seems that there is no result so far.
"Yes!" Xiaogang stood up straight instantly, just like a student having his homework checked by his teacher.
"Mr. Sakaki, would you like something to eat?" Heath asked Sakaki. Farfetch'd turned back curiously, wanting to see if there was any way he could help.
Only Zoroark was still sleeping soundly on the table, without any sound.
"Me? Please give me a portion...um, your mushroom buns and soy milk. I just need breakfast." Mr. Sakaki said with a smile. From time to time, passers-by greeted Sakaki respectfully, and Sakaki also waved in response with a smile.
Heath nodded, then put the three buns in a bag and handed it to Sakaki, while turning around to make soy milk.
