“Come back, Sea Lion.”
Sakura reluctantly recalled her Sea Lion. She hadn’t expected to lose so badly, she hadn’t even been able to give a proper command before being defeated.
The battle ended, Sakura walked up to Xiao Mao and handed him a blue, teardrop-shaped badge.
“This is the Blue Badge of the Cerulean Gym, keep it safe,” said Sakura.
“Thank you.”
Although Xiao Mao didn't think much of these three sisters, they were still being polite, so he replied in kind.
【Ding! Mission complete, rewards have been sent to your Space Backpack. 】
Xiao Mao took the badge and was about to leave.
“Hey! Xiao Mao, where are you from?” asked Mudan suddenly.
Xiao Mao was slightly taken aback, he didn’t know why Mudan asked him this, but he replied, “Pallet Town!”
After saying that, Xiao Mao left without hesitation, he didn't want to have anything to do with Xia’s three sisters.
“Too bad, he’s a handsome guy from Pallet Town, I can't marry far away.” Mudan lamented.
“What are you daydreaming about? Get busy cleaning, we have a performance this weekend.” Changpu couldn't help but knock Mudan's head seeing her hopeless state.
“Oh!”
Faced with her second sister, Mudan was still quite fearful and obediently took a broom to clean the place.
......!
After finishing the Gym battle, Xiao Mao had some time left, so he went to the public training ground to train his Pokemon.
Defeating Changpu hadn't wasted any of his energy, it felt no different from fighting a random trainer on the road.
Xiao Mao released all his Pokemon for training, but he specifically kept Squirtle behind.
He was about to try out the TM he got from the mission, and Squirtle was the perfect candidate.
Squirtle was currently lacking in a water-type physical attack move, Hydro Pump was exactly what he needed.
“Kame?”
Squirtle didn’t know what Xiao Mao was keeping him for, thinking that he was going to assign a new training task.
Xiao Mao patted Squirtle’s head and used the Hydro Pump TM on him, white light emitted from his palm.
“Kame!”
Squirtle was instantly stunned, he felt that he had mastered a new move, one that he could use at any time, it was like suddenly waking up to a new skill.
“Remember, keep this a secret.” Xiao Mao reminded him.
You see, Psychic-type Pokemon can communicate telepathically, if Squirtle happened to tell that Psychic-type Pokemon about this, and the information was spread, things would be hard to explain.
Of course, even if Squirtle really told the Psychic-type Pokemon, and the Psychic-type Pokemon told his Trainer, the Trainer probably wouldn't believe it, they would probably think it was just Pokemon bragging to each other.
Trainers compare who has the rarer and more powerful Pokemon, similarly, Pokemon also compare who has the better Trainer.
“Kame.”
Squirtle nodded in agreement.
“Wake up, go train, and get familiar with Hydro Pump, remember to use it even inside your shell, high-speed rotation combined with Hydro Pump will be very effective.” Xiao Mao reminded him.
“Kame.”
Squirtle nodded, and happily went off to train, first he went to show off his newly learned move to the others, causing Exeggutor and the others to envy him.
Xiao Mao reassured them that he would teach them skills later, but not now.
The next gym challenge is the Vermilion Gym.
According to the mission released by the system, the reward would be an electric-type move, and currently none of his Pokemon could learn electric-type moves.
Arcanine could learn Thunder Fang, but the electric-type move rewarded by the system has to be Thunder Fang.
Xiao Mao wasn’t in a hurry either, he currently had 43 Rare Candies, he could use some, the Vermilion Gym leader, Lt. Surge, was still quite strong, his Raichu should be over level 30.
From Cerulean City to Vermilion City, it would take about half a month, during this time, Xiao Mao could average his Pokemon’s levels to around 25, this would be the most cost-effective time to use Rare Candies.
After all, it’s much easier to level up Pokemon before level 30, the difficulty of leveling up starts to increase significantly after level 30.
......!
For the next five days, Xiao Mao stayed in Cerulean City, training his Pokemon every day, occasionally accepting challenges from trainers, his days were pretty fulfilling.
His Pokemon’s levels had also grown slightly.
Squirtle LV19—22!
Exeggutor LV21—24!
Butterfree LV18—21!
Scyther LV—23!
Golbat LV22—25!
Arcanine LV5—10!
Butterfree’s level reached 21, and he awakened Bug Buzz, which theoretically should have been Whirlwind.
Bug Buzz is a move that Butterfree learns at level 16, but it awakened at level 20, this shows that the awakening of skills in the real world is completely random, and the level may be higher, but it may awaken skills that it didn’t wake up at a lower level.
Scyther was level 15 when he joined the team, and now at level 23, he only awakened Shadow Claw, but not Double-Edge.
Xiao Mao also planned to have Scyther evolve into Scizor as soon as possible, but unfortunately the Pokemon Mart in Cerulean City was lousy, there were no Metal Coats.
So Xiao Mao planned to go to Goldenrod City, Goldenrod City is between Cerulean City and Vermilion City.
The headquarters of the famous Silver Corporation is in Goldenrod City, I believe that their Pokemon Mart will definitely have Metal Coats.
And today, Xiao Mao’s phone also arrived.
The current phone is the traditional gray screen phone, can only be used for making phone calls and playing some small games, but it is enough for Xiao Mao, the main purpose is for convenient communication.
Xiao Mao had already arranged for a SIM card in advance, inserted the card into the phone, and it can be used normally.
After getting the phone, Xiao Mao didn’t stay in Cerulean City any longer, he rode his mountain bike in the afternoon and headed to Goldenrod City.
Leaving Cerulean City, he hadn’t cycled very far when a boy wearing a baseball cap stopped him.
“Are you a trainer from Cerulean City?” asked the boy in the baseball cap.
“I am a trainer, but not from Cerulean City.” Xiao Mao said.
“Being a trainer is enough, let’s have a Pokemon battle.” The boy in the baseball cap challenged him directly.
“You look pretty weak, I don't really want to battle with you.” Xiao Mao politely refused.
“What did you say!” The boy in the baseball cap was taken aback by the rejection, but he didn’t want to give up the battle with Xiao Mao, and said, “How about this, as long as you can beat me, I will tell you where to find a powerful trainer, how about that?”
“Who is this trainer you’re talking about?” Xiao Mao was confused.
A trainer considered powerful by a random roadside trainer, that trainer must be quite strong, after all, who would remember the trainer who defeated them in a random roadside battle.