Pokémon: Start with an Admiral Crab!

Psyduck, Peppa Pig, Pikachu, Marylou...

They are all small and furry Pokémon.

"Go this way." Joey took Wang Yao and knocked on a door leading to the inner room.

"Mr. President Masuda..." Joey greeted the people in the room.

Wang Yao followed him into the house and saw an old man in a black suit and a full white beard, wiping a photo frame with a rag.

"Oh, it's little Joey..." When President Masuda saw Joey coming in, he stopped what he was doing, raised his head, and looked at Wang Yao and the others with a kind smile.

"President! I'm not a child anymore, don't always...always call me little Joey." Joey Shizuka blushed and glanced at Wang Yao awkwardly.

Seeing that there was no reaction, I secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ah! That's true... your aunt has been retired for five years... little Joey has grown up now!" President Masuda shook his head with some nostalgia.

Because before the previous Joey retired, he had worked with the current Joey Shizuka in Vermilion City for a period of time in order to hand over the work.

In order to distinguish between the two Joeys, the president has been calling Shizuka Joy, the new employee of the Vermilion City Pokémon Center, "Little Joey".

"I came here today for this little guy..." Joey introduced Wang Yao and Sleeping Mushroom to President Masuda.

"My name is A Yao, and this is my Pokémon, Sleepysh..." Wang Yao released Sleepysh.

The sleeping mushroom, which is still soundly asleep, curls up under its cap and makes even breathing sounds.

Joey explained Wang Yao's need to the president - to exchange the Sleeping Shroom for a Pokémon with greater combat potential.

"Because of its habit of hiding during the day and coming out at night, the sleepy mushroom usually sleeps during the day but becomes very energetic at night." Wang Yao briefly introduced the habits of the sleepy mushroom.

"——I understand!... It's called Nargassi? It's a Pokémon I've never seen before..." President Masuda was very curious about Nargassi.

Even now, the Sleeping Mushroom is still snoring, and President Masuda curiously leans close to observe it carefully.

"Oh! By the way! The Sleeping Mushroom can emit beautiful fluorescence in the dark environment~" Miss Joy added. Apparently, she discovered this when she was sleeping with the Sleeping Mushroom in her arms last night.

"...It sounds like a Pokémon that is very suitable for accompanying children who are afraid of the dark and can coax them to sleep!" After listening to the two people's description, President Masuda also gained a certain understanding of the Sleeping Mushroom.

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"So, Ayao - do you have any requirements for the person you want to exchange with?" President Masuda did not directly ask whether he could meet Wang Yao's needs, but instead asked Wang Yao for his own opinion first.

But Miss Joy, who was familiar with the president's temper, already knew that President Masuda had been completely fascinated by the Sleeping Mushroom!

Prioritizing asking Wang Yao about his needs was also to more confidently choose a Pokémon that could be exchanged with him, in order to keep this Sleeping Mushroom, which is very rare in the Kanto region.

"Well... as long as it's not water attribute, it doesn't matter what its current strength is, but I hope its strength after evolution will be very strong!" Wang Yao thought carefully about the current team configuration.

"Of course... it would be even better if it was a fire-attribute Pokémon!" Wang Yao still couldn't forget the experience of being unable to start a fire on a deserted island for half a month...

“Fire attribute… I see…” President Masuda nodded thoughtfully.

Picking up the photo frame he had just wiped, President Masuda suddenly began to recount his past stories with a lot of memories.

"When I was young..."

"The Flame Horse is my most reliable companion... its flames are so..."

"... and the Spearow... at that time it was..."

"...After evolving into a Toucan, I rode it and arrived quickly..."

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"It started again... Ugh!" Miss Joy covered her forehead gently.

"What did you say? It started again?" Wang Yao listened to the old president's adventure history when he was young and found it quite interesting.

"The president...will never stop talking about his travel experiences when he was young!" Miss Joy has heard these stories of President Masuda many times over the years.

"Ahem! President Masuda! Let's talk about the Sleeping Mushroom first!" When President Masuda was once again talking about how he relied on the trust of Flame Horse to fly over the canyon, Miss Joy finally couldn't stand it anymore and interrupted his recollection story.

"Ah... sorry, sorry! When people get old, they like to reminisce about the past! Hahaha..." President Masuda came back to his senses and laughed at Miss Joy.

"It doesn't matter! I think all these adventures of yours are very interesting!" Wang Yao shrugged. He hadn't heard them as many times as the others, so he felt that President Masuda's story still had some novelty.

"Hahaha! Thanks to you young people for not disliking the nagging of an old man like me!" President Masuda smiled and then became serious.

"Ayao, what do you think of my Flame Horse?" President Masuda asked, pointing at the tall and handsome Flame Horse in the photo with flames burning all over its body!

"A very handsome Pokémon..." Wang Yao said truthfully.

The Flame Horse appears quite a few times in the animation, and its appearance is like a unicorn whose mane turns into flames!

Because of its handsome appearance, Flamehorn has always been very high-end among many Pokémon.

"But isn't it your best adventure partner... And judging from the photo, the age of this flaming horse is..." Wang Yao asked with some doubt.

The two Pokémon that President Masuda has the best relationship with are the former Charmander and Spearow. After they evolved one after another, the trainer and the Pokémon became inseparable.

"Of course it's not Flame Horse... but the child born by my Flame Horse! That is - Little Flame Horse!" President Masuda took out another new photo from the drawer.

In a green grassland pasture, two flame horses, one big and one small, were running, and President Masuda was leaning against a wooden fence, revealing a silhouette.

Unlike the old photos before, this photo was obviously taken in recent months - President Masuda's outfit in the photo is almost the same as it is today.

He just wore a hat and a pair of sunglasses for going out.

"Little Fire Horse?" Wang Yao stared at the picture of the little fire horse running, touching his chin with one hand and thinking.

He was no stranger to this kind of Pokémon.

In the animation, Ash seemed to have participated in a riding competition on Charmer, and it even evolved into Flamehorse during the competition... He still had a deep impression of that episode.

And the evolved Flamehorse looks pretty cool too! It's both a tall horse that can be ridden and a powerful fire-type Pokémon, which perfectly meets his needs for Pokémon.

"How's it going... This little guy is almost one year old now! Because of his overly lively personality during his growth period, he is now at the age that gave my old friend a headache! Haha!" President Masuda said with a smile, pointing at the little fire horse chasing after his mother's footsteps in the photo.

"Ayao..." Miss Joy also wanted to know what Wang Yao thought.

"...Of course!" Wang Yao nodded readily.

"I didn't expect the problem to be solved so easily... Then I'll go to the Pokémon Center with you and use the communication switch to teleport Ponyta from the ranch..." President Masuda stood up with a smile.

"But... before that, how about taking a walk around the club? As a mature trainer... Yao, you might gain the admiration of many children here!" President Masuda picked up his hat from the hanger and put it on, then suggested to Wang Yao.

"Little kid... I'm not very good at dealing with this... Please spare me!" Wang Yao quickly shook his head.

"Let the Sleepy Mushroom replace me and be popular among children in the future!" Wang Yao didn't want to be watched by children.

"...You and Miss... and Miss Joy have exactly the opposite personalities! Joy used to be very popular among the kids in the club!" President Masuda looked at Wang Yao and then turned his gaze to Joy.

"...Ms. Joy used to be the big sister followed by many kids in the club!" President Masuda seemed to calmly reveal some incredible secret.

"Yamiro!! President, please stop talking!" Joey Shizuka blushed and suddenly shouted, interrupting President Masuda's speech.

"Okay! Okay! Ayao, let's go back to the Pokémon Center - Chansey won't be able to handle it all by itself!" Joey appeared behind Wang Yao, put his hands on his back, and quickly pushed him out of the room.

"Hey——!" Wang Yao wanted to talk more about the little fire horse.

"President Masuda, hurry up and catch up!" Joey said without turning his head.

Wang Yao was held hostage by Miss Joy and quickly walked out of the club.

"Huh!" Joey breathed a sigh of relief.

"You didn't hear anything just now... right!" Joey lowered his head and spoke in a very low voice, so Wang Yao could only barely hear it.

"Of course!" Wang Yao looked calm.

"Hello! Big Sister Joey! I didn't hear anything just now!" Wang Yao suddenly straightened his back, put his hands straight in his trouser pockets on both sides, looked straight ahead, and saluted Joey respectfully.

boom--!

A million-ton punch hit Wang Yao's forehead accurately.

Hitting the vital point! Wang Yao fell down!

"You bastard!" Joey gasped and retracted his still smoking fist!

This was the first time her defense was broken so thoroughly.

"Private Marseille...Big Sister Joey!" Wang Yao covered the bump on his head, looking pitiful.

"Forget it now!!" Joey suddenly showed his shark-like sharp teeth, grabbed Wang Yao's collar, pulled him up from the ground, shook him hard and roared at him!

"Okay... I have completely forgotten about it!" Wang Yao felt a chill on his back and shouted immediately.

"Oh my... I slept too late last night. I feel a little sleepy now. Let's go back to the room and take a nap after exchanging Ponyta..." Wang Yao changed the subject in a stiff tone, quietly broke free from Joey's grip on his collar, and walked towards the Pokémon Center on his own.

"You're so energetic... little Joey..." President Masuda followed Joey slowly.

"Huh?" Joey glanced back inadvertently, and the fierce look in his eyes made President Masuda shudder suddenly.

"President... please walk faster too! The work at the Pokémon Center is very busy." Miss Joy said in a flat tone.

"Uh! Yes!" President Masuda's old legs immediately took two more steps and chased after Wang Yao.

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……

“Beep!”

“Beep!”

As the communication switch was activated, the little fire horse teleported from the ranch successfully exchanged communications with Wang Yao's sleeping mushroom.

"Then I'll take the Sleeping Mushroom..." President Masuda took back the Poké Ball containing the Sleeping Mushroom.

"Ponyta! You will travel with me from now on!" Wang Yao also retrieved the Poké Ball containing Ponyta.

"Ayao! Please take good care of Charmeleon! I hope you can train it to be better than my Flamehorn!" President Masuda looked at the Charmeleon's Poké Ball in Wang Yao's hand with some nostalgia and instructed.

"As the offspring of your Fiery Pony, I think that Ponytail will have the same wonderful journey as its mother! I will help it become stronger all the way!" Wang Yao said seriously, feeling the slight beating of the Poké Ball in his hand.

"Come out! Little fire horse!" Wang Yao released the little fire horse.

"唏伦~"

With a clear neigh, a handsome and agile little fire horse appeared in front of everyone.

Judging from its body shape, it is just an ordinary off-white pony that is barely one meter tall, but the burning flaming mane from its head to its tail and limbs shows its extraordinaryness!

The little fire pony had just been teleported from the ranch. Before the teleportation, the ranch manager had already told it in advance that he would leave the ranch and go on a trip with a trainer.

This is also what the little fire horse, who has always been eager to go out and run freely away from the pasture, is looking forward to!

But at this moment, Ponyta suddenly left its mother and appeared in the Pokémon Center in Vermilion City, far away from its hometown. Its front hooves were still digging the ground uneasily.

"Ponytail! I am your trainer! Please give me your guidance!" Wang Yao smiled and approached Ponytail, slowly extending his hand.

Wang Yao did not rashly touch the burning part of the little fire horse, but gently stroked the horse's shoulders and neck.

Only trainers with a telepathic connection could touch Charmander's flames without getting burned. He didn't expect to be able to do that with Charmander the moment they met.

And unlike Charmeleon and Charmeleon, which also have flames on their bodies, Charmeleon cannot control their flames! Even the closest trainers will be burned by touching their flames!

Wang Yao gently stroked the white hair on the little fire horse and felt a warm heat wave coming from the flames on the mane.

The little fire horse, who was extrovert by nature, was not afraid of humans. At this moment, he lowered his head and sniffed Wang Yao's scent carefully.

"Hiss~" The little fire horse remembered Wang Yao's smell.

"Little Fire Horse! From now on, you must practice well with A Yao. When you evolve into a Flame Horse, you will definitely surprise your mother!" President Masuda earnestly advised Little Fire Horse.

"Ayao! Ponyta is the best Pokémon species at running. When it was on the ranch, it would run around in the mountains all day long, jumping over the weeds that grew tall every day as exercise."

"...You can let it out more often and let it release its nature through running. This is also very helpful for improving the level of the little fire horse!" President Masuda told Wang Yao about his experience in breeding the flame horse.

In fact, most of the skills that the little fire horse can learn by itself are related to movement and running, from high-speed movement to the most powerful fire move it can master - Flash Flame Charge!

All of these can only be practiced by the little fire horse while running!

"Is that so? Okay... I will do it!" Wang Yao nodded and memorized all the key points of cultivating the little fire horse mentioned by President Masuda.