Pokémon: Start with an Admiral Crab!

"You're asking about that station...it only operated for a few years after it was rebuilt."

This batch of new Pokémon at the Pokémon Center are all very healthy. After completing the physical examination for them, Mr. Ayong also answered Wang Yao's questions.

"When the new station in the next town was built, the old train station was abandoned by the residents because of the noisy machinery..."

Aguo’s wife added.

This railway station was built quite early, and now this small square has become the urban center of Qianhong City. It is definitely not possible to preserve such an old railway station in a crowded place like before.

Whether it is the cumbersome iteration of new and old equipment or the scale of the station's land...it is destined to be forgotten.

Nowadays, if residents of Qianhong City want to travel by train, they need to go to another small town more than ten kilometers north.

Fortunately, the roads are now well built, and the distance of more than ten kilometers is not far.

"So that's it..."

Wang Yao nodded.

"And the sea bridge is about to be completed... In a few years, you won't even need to take a train to go inland."

Mrs. Aguo pointed at the mountains west of Crimson City through the window of the Pokémon Center.

Asakusa City is located on a peninsula on the southeastern edge of Kanto, across the sea from the Kanto continent.

In order to facilitate transportation between the north and south regions of Kanto, the Alliance began building a cross-sea bridge two years ago. The 20-kilometer-long cross-sea bridge connects the city of Qianhong and the town of Sunshine on the other side of the sea.

"The bridge over the sea...it feels very interesting."

Wang Yao muttered, stroking his chin.

"Okay... after chatting for so long, it's time for us to go home."

Aguo's wife stood up and was about to say goodbye to Qiao Yi and Wang Yao.

"Yes, we still need to keep an eye on the breeding house."

Mr. Ayong is a little worried about his daughter and son-in-law - the young couple have not yet mastered the skills of taking care of Pokémon.

"Goodbye, Sister Joey~"

Kumiko took her grandmother's hand again and said goodbye to Joey.

"I'll take you there... Thank you very much for your help!"

Joey immediately stood up and walked the three generations of grandparents and grandchildren to the door of the Pokémon Center.

"How's it going, Yao... Now you know why the train station was abandoned - so what were you worried about yesterday?"

Joey looked at the other person's receding back and asked Wang Yao beside him.

"What can I worry about..."

"By the way... Shizumi-chan, I'll just have curry rice for lunch - remember to add more chopped onions!"

Wang Yao denied it flatly and decided what to eat for lunch.

“No curry rice! Only fried noodles and hamburgers~”

Jingmei replied with a straight face...and thought to herself, has this guy always been so tough?

"Eh...but I haven't had curry rice for several days!"

Wang Yao has begun to miss the taste of rice.

"Humph - if I say no, then I mean no."

Jingmei raised her head, like a victorious turkey, left Wang Yao and turned back to the ward.

"...Women are so fickle."

Wang Yao sighed.

"Forget it... I have nothing to do anyway - let's go to a gym first."

There were still two and a half hours before lunch, and Wang Yao planned to go get his fourth badge.

……

Half an hour later, in the Light Red Gym, Wang Yao and the gym owner Aju stood at opposite ends of the venue, looking at each other from afar.

"The first duel is over! Furball loses his ability to fight - Little Fire Horse wins!"

The gym's apprentice raised the arm closest to Wang Yao and announced the result of the match loudly.

"As a challenger with only three badges... Yao, your performance is beyond my expectations!"

Aju took back the ball of fur that had lost its strength, and looked at Little Fire Horse and Wang Yao with admiration in his eyes.

The number of Pokémon that can be battled in the Crimson Gym is limited to two, and only the challenger can change Pokémon.

So in the next match, he has to show some strength! He can't let the challenger look down on him!

"You are a little fire horse in the sun..."

"…and I am the bat in the dark!"

Ah Ju lowered his head and made seals with his hands.

With a bang, the smoke bomb hidden in his hand exploded, and Aju summoned the second elf.

"Come out—Golbat!"

A red light flashed, and a giant bat as big as an adult appeared above the field!

……

Two minutes later.

After taking back the victorious giant crab, Wang Yao gave Aju a thumbs up.

"Oh Moses Roy...your ninjutsu is so powerful!"

This Zubat was able to take a crab punch and survive, and only relied on the bubble beam to finish off the opponent to win the second match.

It can be seen that Aju has taken good care of it.

As for why he didn't let Little Fire Horse continue to fight the second game... it was because Wang Yao heard the description of Zubat in the illustrated book.

[Once they bite, they won't let go. They will suck your blood desperately, so sometimes they are too heavy to fly on their own.]

Naturally, he was reluctant to let the little fire horse be sucked blood by the super-large bat on the opposite side, so he replaced it with a giant crab with a solid crab shell to deal with it.

Even if the difference in hard power is enough to win, the use of tactics is the combat quality that a qualified trainer should have!

"…Although I lost the gym battle, Master Ayao, there is no need for you to deliberately learn to speak like a ninja…"

"And nowadays ninjas don't talk like that anymore..."

Ah Ju had his face half covered, trying hard not to pull out his shuriken and poke a few holes in the body of the guy in front of him.

"Oh... I thought you would prefer this way of conversation."

In fact, Wang Yao also felt a little awkward.

"As proof of victory - this is the pink badge, please accept it!"

Aju took out a scroll from his arms and unfolded it to reveal a pink badge in the shape of a heart.

Although the badge looks very girly, its shape and color are actually taken from cherry blossom petals, not an ordinary heart.

Wang Yao knew that this was actually designed by Aju's daughter...so he didn't pretend not to understand and asked the reason.

"Ah! Thank you!"

Wang Yao tried to take the scroll, but couldn't pull it...

"...Please only take the badge, the scroll is not given away!"

Aju silently recited the sixth rule of the gym leader's rules in his heart - trainers cannot be beaten.

He just wanted to get this guy away as soon as possible.

I was fooled by that little fire horse. The person in front of me was actually pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger...

He even thought about showing mercy in the fight in order to make up for his daughter's mistake.

"Oh……"

Wang Yao reached out and took the badge off the scroll.

He actually quite liked the scroll, it looked pretty cool.

Moreover, the scroll made of this silk cloth is very sturdy, and it is also suitable to use it as a table mat when spread out.

"Where's your daughter? Why didn't she come out today?"

Because challenging the gym took just over half an hour in total - twenty minutes of which were spent on the road.

So Wang Yao had nothing to do for the time being, so he planned to chat with Aju.

"Axing, her training is not yet complete, so I am sending her to the Ninja School for further training."

Talking about her daughter, Aju still has a headache.

After all, his wife died young, and as a modern ninja, it was difficult for him to raise an ordinary kid next door...

Ah Xing's eccentric personality was also influenced by him.

Now I just hope that my younger sister Aya, who is also in the Ninja School, can keep this little girl under control and not let her cause any more trouble.

In this way, when Ah Xing grows up, I can pass on the dojo with peace of mind.