I, Xiao Mao, want to become a Pokémon Master!

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Even the Rattata released by Yamato was only of elite potential, at level 25. The Pokémon released by Gary, except for Alakazam, were all of higher level than Yamato's Rattata.

"Rada, use your killer front tooth!" Yamado launched the attack.

"Wartorium, use a high-speed water burst!" Gary commanded.

Wartortle immediately retracted into its shell, then spun itself at high speed, creating a series of water blades that formed a spiral water blade that shot straight out, knocking away the oncoming Rattata.

"What!" Yamado was shocked, never expecting that his Lada was no match for him.

"Water Wave!"

Wartortle stopped spinning and sprayed a water ball at Rattata.

Bang! !

The water wave hit, instantly stunning Radamanthys.

"twitter!!"

Scizor unleashed a barrage of Bullet Punches, instantly defeating the two Rattata.

Exeggutor and Alakazam also used Psychic to take out the remaining Pokémon. Team Rocket's Pokémon were too weak; without firearms, they couldn't even defeat the Pokémon of the people present.

The Pokémon released by Yamato and Kosaburo were quite impressive. Kosaburo's Pokémon was a Primal Monkey, but it was defeated by Sabrina's Alakazam with Psychic Beam.

"Damn it, I can't move!"

"What exactly did you do to us?"

After the Pokémon were defeated, Yamato and Kosaburo planned to retreat, but they found that they could not move, as could the 10 Team Rocket members they had brought with them.

Sabrina and the two Alakazam used their psychic powers to control Amado, Kosaburo, and the others.

"Exeggutor, use hypnosis on them," Shigeru commanded.

Sabrina used her telekinesis to gather the Team Rocket members together, and Exeggutor's three heads released hypnotic waves, quickly hypnotizing Amado, Kosaburo, and the others.

"Auctioneer, you can call the police now." With everything settled, Xiao Mao reminded him.

"Ah...yes!" Ishibashi was completely bewildered. He never expected that Team Rocket would be defeated by a boy and a girl so quickly.

Ishibashi immediately called the police and went to the backstage to check the situation. He found that all the security personnel were tied up with ropes, so he quickly untied them and calmed the staff inside.

Officer Jun Sha responded quickly, arriving in less than 15 minutes after the call was made.

Chapter 46: Shiqiao's Gratitude

Ishibashi told Junsa about what happened at the auction, and Junsa took the initiative to come over and thank Shigeru.

"You must be Shigeru. I've heard about your deeds in Tokiwa City. Thank you so much this time, otherwise there might have been casualties."

“Miss Officer Jenny, you’re too kind. This is what a citizen should do,” Xiao Shigeru said politely.

Officer Jenny didn't linger. She had the Team Rocket members taken away, leaving some police officers to guard the area in case of any further incidents.

"Mr. Ishibashi, it's all over, we'll be going now." Seeing that everything was alright, Gary also planned to leave. After all, he hadn't met any Pokémon he liked, and not only had he made a wasted trip, but he'd also run into Team Rocket, which was a bit of a hassle.

"Please wait a moment, gentlemen." Shi Qiao stopped the two and said, "You two have helped our auction so much, and I haven't thanked you yet."

Xiao Mao and Na Zi were both taken aback. It seemed that the other party was planning to give them a gift. How could they possibly refuse?

Although I really wanted to give a thank-you gift, I still had to be polite in words.

"No need to thank us too much. If we didn't help, the Rockets would have done the same to us," Xiao Mao said.

"No, a thank you is absolutely necessary," Ishibashi said firmly. "You two must have come to the auction for Pokémon. Just tell me what kind of Pokémon you'd like, and consider it a token of our gratitude."

Gary and Sabrina exchanged a glance, never expecting to get a Pokémon for free at the auction.

“Since it’s a Pokémon, then I won’t stand on ceremony, Mr. Ishibashi. I’d like a Pidgey or Pidgeotto with Gym potential,” said Gary.

"I want Slowpoke, with Gym Potential or higher," Sabrina said.

"Ah... Pidgey and Slowpoke...!"

Ishibashi wondered if he had misheard. He was prepared to spend a fortune, but the Pokémon that Gary and Sabrina wanted turned out to be so ordinary.

"Is there a problem?" Xiao Mao asked.

Although the Pokémon that Gary wanted wasn't at this auction, it shows that the auction house is quite reputable. The Pokémon he wanted wasn't particularly rare either; it should be something he could present in a decent manner.

“No problem, it’s just that the Pokémon you’re looking for is too common. You can increase the rarity, and I can find those myself,” Ishibashi said.

“Let’s raise its rarity… how about Iron Dumbbell?” Sabrina said.

“Miss Sabrina, please don’t joke. Iron Dumbbell is a Pokémon that is prohibited from being sold. Our auction is legitimate,” Ishibashi said, embarrassed.

It increases your rarity a little, but it doesn't make you a near-legendary.

“Then let’s go with Slowpoke,” Sabrina said.

“Okay, then let’s do it this way. I’ll try to find some with high potential,” Ishibashi said.

"When can Mr. Ishibashi bring the elf?" Shigeru asked.

“I’ll ask around at other auction houses, leave a phone number first, and I’ll let Mr. Shige know when I find one,” Ishibashi said.

"it is good."

So the two exchanged phone numbers, and then Xiao Mao and Na Zi left the auction.

Gary had planned to stay in Vermilion City on Saturday and Sunday, but now that Pidgeot's problem was solved, he decided to head to the next city, Celadon City.

...!

Early the next morning.

Shigeru and Sabrina rode their mountain bikes toward Route 6, which was also the road back to Saffron City, but it had a fork in the middle.

Gary and Sabrina planned to go to Celadon City from the fork in the road, as it was closer and they would pass through a small town called Hengbin Town, which also had a gym.

There are more than 8 Gyms in the Kanto region that are recognized by the League. In the original story, when Ash collected 7 badges, Gary had already collected 10 badges.

Moreover, of these 10 badges, only three overlap with the badges Ash collected; the other 7 badges are from gyms that have not appeared in the anime.

Shigeru also plans to collect more badges, mainly to complete system missions, since challenging the Cerulean Gym will trigger system-issued missions.

Then other gyms must be able to do it too; surely the gym leaders aren't as strong as those from Cerulean Gym.

Furthermore, according to the rules set by the Pokémon League, a region can only have a maximum of 18 gyms that can be recognized.

Once you obtain 8 of the badges, you can participate in the Alliance Conference held in that region.

However, there are not 18 gyms in the Kanto region yet. For example, there are two private gyms in Dark City, which are competing for a spot as an official gym.

Hengbin Town and Koba City are not too far apart, and Shigeru and Sabrina arrived at dusk.

Instead of rushing to challenge the Hengbin Gym, Xiao Mao spent the next day at the public training grounds asking a few trainers about the situation in Hengbin Town.

I learned from the townspeople that the gym leader of Hengbin Gym is named Yimu. He uses Normal-type Pokémon and is very strong. At least none of the trainers in the town are a match for Yimu.

"It's quite rare to see a general category like this."

Normal-type gyms are very rare because Normal-type has no advantage in terms of type, so there are relatively few Normal-type gyms in each region.

However, as long as there is a Normal-type Gym, the Gym Leader is quite strong, because Normal-type Pokémon have few weaknesses, so their strength is quite average.

Speaking of Normal-type Pokémon, Gary doesn't even have a single Normal-type Pokémon yet.

Xiao Shi doesn't have any Fighting-type Pokémon, so he's destined to have little advantage in this gym battle.

After finding out the basic information about Hengbin Dojo, Xiao Mao took advantage of his afternoon break to go to Hengbin Town Dojo to see if he could trigger the system to issue a task.

When Xiao Mao arrived at Hengbin Dojo, a system notification sounded.

[Ding! Mission issued: Obtain Hengbin Dojo Badge / Rewards: 10 Intermediate Rare Candies, TM Mega Kick (Permanent), 1 Premium Silk Scarf (Increases Normal-type move power by 50%).]

"Holy crap, 10 intermediate candies, a skill item with a power of 120!" Xiao Mao exclaimed in surprise.

After challenging the gyms several times, Shigeru also learned that the system rewards were determined entirely by the strength of the gym leaders, which showed that Shigeru's strength was greater than Lt. Surge's.

After all, when Shigeru challenged Sabrina, he was rewarded with a mid-level candy, which was related to Sabrina being a psychic.

Ichiki is not a superpowered individual; his strength is genuine and deserves 10 mid-level candies. The level of the Pokémon Ichiki possesses should be above level 30.

"Do you need to use some props to upgrade it?"

Xiao Mao felt it wasn't safe enough and wanted to upgrade Wartortle's level.

Wartortle is currently level 31, and it's only 5 levels away from evolving, requiring only 5 medium candies.

It wasn't that Xiao Mao was worried about losing, but that losing would mean wasting another day here.

Chapter 47: Blastoise

"Wartorium, come out."

After much deliberation, Xiao Shi decided to let Wartortle evolve, as it would be safer that way.

"Kami..." Wartortle looked around and saw that there were no opponents and everyone was gone. It immediately understood what was going on.

"Hehe, I'll boost your strength a bit," Xiao Mao said.

"Kami! Kami!"

Wartortle was overjoyed. It had been so envious of Scizor's sudden increase in strength, and now it was surprised to see itself become stronger so soon.

Come on, I'm all ready.

Xiao Mao smiled, reached out and placed his hand on Wartortle's head, directly using 5 Medium Rare Candies.

Wartortle LV31-LV36!

"Kami!"

Wartortle felt its strength increase, its cells grew rapidly, and its body shone with white light. Its original one-meter-tall body grew to the same height as Gary in a single breath, and its body also became wider and thicker.

As the light of evolution faded, a giant turtle-shaped Pokémon appeared. Blastoise had two cannons extending from the front of its shell, which could be used to fire powerful water cannons.

"Kami!"

Blastoise felt that it was much stronger than before it evolved, especially in terms of strength, and it could also hold more water element energy in its body.

Shigeru also used his Eye of Insight to observe Blastoise's attributes.