The next day.
Xiao Mao and Na Zi arrived at the Zhenhe City Gym together.
【Ding! Quest Released: Obtain the Zhenhe City Gym Badge/Reward: Intermediate Miracle Candy X10, Signal Beam Permanent Learning Skill Device, Top-Grade Silver Powder (Bug-type skill power increases by 50%) X1】
The system issued a quest.
The Zhenhe City Gym is a Bug-type Gym, judging from the rewards, the Gym Leader is pretty strong.
The two pressed the insect-shaped doorbell at the entrance.
After a while, someone came to open the door.
“Hmm! It’s you!!”
The person who opened the door was a young man about the same age as Xiao Mao, a sturdy little fat boy.
“You are… Warrior!!” Xiao Mao exclaimed in surprise.
The little fat boy in front of him was none other than the bug-catching boy Warrior, who Xiao Mao had encountered when he had just entered the Viridian Forest.
“You are… Xiao Mao.” Warrior also called out Xiao Mao’s name.
“How come you are here?” Xiao Mao asked in confusion.
Viridian Forest is very far from Zhenhe City, this guy actually came here.
“I… After being defeated by the four trainers from your Pallet Town, I went out to train, and then I came here and apprenticed under the Gym Leader.” Warrior said.
After being continuously defeated by the four new trainers from Pallet Town, Warrior also had his pride. After being defeated by Xiao Zhi, he decided to emulate the Pallet Town trainers and embark on a journey.
Along the way, Warrior deeply felt his own weakness. There were far more trainers stronger than him than just the four from Pallet Town. This also dealt a heavy blow to Warrior, who was finally hit hard. When he came to Zhenhe City and learned that the Gym Leader of Zhenhe City was a Bug-type Pokémon trainer, Warrior specifically came here to apprentice.
“I see, then please take me inside. I’m going to challenge the gym.” Xiao Mao said.
As a gym apprentice, Warrior knew his duty, leading Xiao Mao and Na Zi into the gym.
“My master is very strong, you have to be careful.” Warrior reminded.
“Is that so, then it’s really worth looking forward to.” Xiao Mao responded casually.
Seeing Xiao Mao so calm and collected, Warrior didn’t say much. The gym battle later would make Xiao Mao regret it.
Warrior didn’t know Xiao Mao’s current strength. He was no longer comparable to what he was before. Warrior naturally knew Xiao Mao had become stronger, but he didn’t expect Xiao Mao to become so strong.
Soon, Warrior brought the two to the gym’s arena. A middle-aged man sat on a chair at the end.
“Master, someone is here to challenge the gym.” Warrior said respectfully.
“I know, you can go down.” The middle-aged man said in a deep voice.
“Yes.”
Warrior immediately stepped aside to watch.
Na Zi also stepped back, leaving the field to Xiao Mao and the Gym Leader.
The Gym Leader stood up from his chair and walked to the command area, introducing himself, “My name is Wu Xiong, and I’m the Gym Leader of Zhenhe City Gym.”
Wu Xiong???
Xiao Mao glanced at the gym’s exhibition area. Warrior also has the surname Wu, and the key is that Wu Xiong and Warrior look very similar, like father and son.
Are you two sure you have nothing to do with each other?
“My name is Xiao Mao, from Pallet Town.” Xiao Mao said.
“The rules of the Zhenhe City Gym are 3 vs 3. If you have no problem, then we can start.” Wu Xiong said.
“No problem, we can start now.”
Wu Xiong nodded and threw out a Poké Ball.
“Go, Beedrill!”
Bang!
A 1-meter tall giant yellow bee appeared, its double needles made people shudder. If one were to be stung by these needles, they would be finished.
【LV30 Beedrill♂/Gym】
Level 30, the level can only be described as average. But Wu Xiong saw that Xiao Mao was young, so he didn’t send out a strong Pokémon.
“Your first gym battle, do your best.” Xiao Mao said to the Poké Ball in his hand, then threw it out.
Bang!
“Awoo!!”
A majestic Arcanine appeared.
“What! Arcanine!!” Warrior was startled. As an apprentice of the Zhenhe City Gym, Warrior naturally knew that Fire-type Pokémon were extremely effective against their own gym. And Arcanine was also a very rare Pokémon, basically impossible to capture.
Wu Xiong was also taken aback when he saw Arcanine. Being able to possess Arcanine means Xiao Mao’s identity is not simple.
“Flamethrower!” Xiao Mao directly launched an attack.
Flames raged in Arcanine’s body, it opened its mouth and a raging fire gushed out, turning into a fire dragon rushing towards Beedrill.
“Rapid Spin!”
Beedrill quickly rose to a higher altitude to avoid the flames.
However, Arcanine wouldn’t give Beedrill a chance to escape. A series of fireballs shot out, closely following behind. Beedrill wasn’t very fast and didn’t dodge a few times before being hit by a fireball.
“Kwiisi!”
Beedrill wailed loudly, its body bathed in flames, like a meteor falling towards the ground, directly collapsing.
“What! Beedrill was killed in one shot.” Warrior was shocked. He knew how powerful Wu Xiong’s Beedrill was, but he didn’t expect it to be no match for Arcanine at all.
Beedrill’s strength was not strong due to its own base stat limitations. It also didn’t have any outstanding points, not every Beedrill was as good as the one belonging to Shigeru.
Moreover, Wu Xiong, knowing that he was a Bug-type gym, didn’t consider making Beedrill learn Substitute or Rapid Spin. It would be very passive against Fire-type Pokémon, and it wouldn’t have a chance to get close to the opponent.
“This Arcanine is very strong, ordinary Bug-type Pokémon are no match.” Wu Xiong thought to himself.
Retracting the defeated Beedrill, Wu Xiong then threw out his second Poké Ball.
Bang!
A green shadow appeared on the field.
【LV35 Scyther♂/Near-King】
The second Pokémon Wu Xiong sent out was Scyther. It looked like it had decent strength, but it hadn’t evolved yet. If it had evolved, then it would be even more afraid of Fire-type moves.
“Flamethrower!” Xiao Mao commanded.
Arcanine sprayed flames at Scyther.
“Dodge, then use Substitute.” Wu Xiong commanded.
The wings on Scyther’s back opened, its wings vibrated, and it dodged the flames in one swift motion. At the same time, it pulled out a series of shadow clones, quickly approaching Arcanine.
“Arcanine, use Extreme Speed!” Xiao Mao commanded.
“Awoo!!”
Arcanine took a deep breath through its nose, and then rushed quickly towards one direction. There was a Scyther in front of it.
“No good, use X-Scissor!” Wu Xiong shouted in a hurry.
All of the Scythers made a cutting motion.
Bang!!
However, the next moment, with the sound of the collision, all the surrounding clones disappeared. Only Arcanine and the real Scyther collided. Both were knocked back by the force of the collision.
But Arcanine, which landed on the ground, sprayed out a mouthful of flames. Scyther, which was about to land, vibrated its wings, flew into the sky, avoiding the fatal flames.
Scyther is not good at flying, but it doesn’t mean they can’t fly. They just can’t fly for long.
“Flame Wheel!” Xiao Mao commanded.