Double comparison: Elves? Heroines? Gather again!

"You can actually learn Leaf Storm in the form of Bulbasaur. Your Pokémon is at a very high level, but why hasn't it evolved?"

Ignoring her incompetent sister, Akane turned to look at Xiaozhi.

"This is Bulbasaur's decision, and I respect its choice."

Xiaozhi bent down and touched Bulbasaur's green head.

"A Pokémon that doesn't want to evolve?"

Evolution is the fastest way for Pokémon to gain powerful strength, but I didn’t expect that there would be a Pokémon that would refuse, and the trainer would let it do whatever it wants.

It’s really interesting. Thinking of this, Aju couldn’t help but become interested in the young man in front of him.

"Mr. Aju, I want to fight with you!"

Xiaozhi stood up and looked directly at Aju, telling him the purpose of this trip with high morale.

"Now that you've got the gym badge, why bother with a pointless competition?"

"A meaningless match?"

"That's right, there's no way you can defeat me!"

Aju didn't give Xiaozhi any face and spoke directly.

"But I got the pink badge from you!"

"I see. A former challenger?"

"It seems that my previous kindness has misled you."

Aju chuckled. In his opinion, getting the badge didn't mean anything.

"kindness?"

"That's right. The gym was originally established to guide and train new trainers, so the gym owner will adjust the strength of the Pokémon sent out according to the strength of the challenger."

"That's why most of the time gym leaders don't fight challengers with their full strength."

"Xiaogang and Xiaoxia, as the gym leaders of Nibi and Cerulean, you should understand this. I think you did the same."

"..."

Aju crossed his arms across his chest and looked at Xiaogang and Xiaoxia with the attitude of a senior.

After becoming one of the Four Heavenly Kings, he had information on the gym masters in Kanto and Chengdu, so he recognized the two of them.

But I still have no impression of the passionate young man wearing a hat in front of me.

In fact, most gym owners will let down their guard when facing challengers. If they went all out, the league would have run out of fresh blood long ago, and the league conference competition would have become just an empty shell.

Feeling the burning gaze from their seniors, Xiaogang and Xiaoxia turned their heads away embarrassedly and nodded insincerely.

[Bai Lu: Huh? Is that so? I thought that if I succeeded in the challenge and got the badge, my strength would be above that of the gym leader.]

[Du: Of course not. Except for those gym owners who inherited the titles from their elders, all gym owners are the backbone of the alliance. Their strength is second only to that of the king. Each of them has the strength to challenge the league champion.]

[Chibana: I have the strength of an Eighth Master, and I hand over dozens of Dragon Badges every year, if not hundreds. Do you think those trainers are stronger than me? ]

[Shinji: Yes, I had such naive thoughts at the beginning. It was not until I set my goal to become a gym leader that I realized what kind of strength it takes.]

In fact, Shinji’s current strength is not inferior to Satoshi’s, but even so he has not yet passed the league’s review to become a gym leader.

It is very difficult to become a gym leader through your own efforts without inheriting the gym of your elders.

[Xiaozhi: But I feel like Xiaogang and Xiaoxia didn’t let us win back then…]

Onix has always been Xiaogang's ace Pokémon. If it weren't for the accident, Xiaozhi, who used Pikachu as his main force, would probably never have been able to leave Nibe City in his lifetime.

[Gon: It’s a bit embarrassing to say this, but I’m actually the type of gym owner that Tosho mentioned who inherited the gym from his elders, hehe...]

[Xiaoxia: Um... Actually, I am also...]

【...】

"Even so, I am stronger than before. I will go all out with my strongest partner, so please fight me!"

Back to the scene, even after knowing the truth, Xiaozhi still requested a battle.

"I am one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Chengdu. I am no longer the owner of the Crimson Gym. Unless you win the Silver Tournament, otherwise..."

Aju was about to refuse, but Xiaoxia's Poké Ball suddenly opened, and a white light flashed, but Psyduck held his head and looked at everyone with a confused face.

“Quack???”

"..."

"Xiaozhi, isn't the strongest partner he mentioned calling you? Can't you just stay in the Poké Ball at a time like this?"

Xiaoxia reacted, walked forward with an apologetic look on her face, and then used her iron fist of love to beat Psyduck's head to educate it.

"Oh~ Isn't this the Psyduck I wanted to exchange?"

Aju walked forward excitedly. It was obvious that he was deeply impressed by the powerful Psyduck who saved his Thunder Ball.

"So... you came here with us... Xiaozhi, right?"

Seeing Psyduck, Aju's dusty memories were also opened.

With so many challengers every year, it is really hard to remember a trainer like Xiaozhi who is not very strong.

"Forehead......"

Xiaozhi didn't know whether he should be happy or not. After all this time, his presence was not as strong as that of a duck...

"In that case, I accept your challenge."

Aju turned around and looked at Xiaozhi, as a way of thanking Psyduck for saving the Thunderball from Team Rocket.

"Great!"

Xiaozhi was excited. He didn't expect that this time it was thanks to Psyduck.

"I didn't expect you to be so useful at the critical moment."

“Quack???”

......

On the other side, the three members of Team Rocket who followed Xiaozhi were holding on to the fallen mechanical wall of the gym, with a bottomless cliff below them.

"Damn it, what kind of shabby house is this? I just got knocked unconscious by a lightning ball, and now it's hanging on the edge of a cliff."

"Come to think of it, we didn't seem to have these mechanisms last time we came here..."

"That's because we came in from the roof, meow."

"..."

"I didn't expect this episode to start right after it premiered..."

"What a disgusting feeling!"

As soon as they finished speaking, they finally ran out of strength and let go of their hands, falling into the turbulent river, and no one knew where they were going.

[Xiaoxia: So this is what it was like when you guys didn’t come out to cause trouble. It’s a pity that it wasn’t recorded, otherwise it would have been very interesting.]

[Yulijia: Yulijia also likes Team Rocket's funny performance. ]

[Meow Meow: I already said it, we are not comedians, meow! ]

[Musashi: That's just the Rocket Team of the Red World being too stupid. We are not like this normally! Don't you think so, Kojiro?]

【Kojiro: ......】

........................To be continued.......................