Pokémon: Start with an Admiral Crab!

Dinner time passed quickly.

In fact, Wang Yao and Xiao Feng couldn't eat much together.

Whether it was grilled fish or fish soup, they basically just tasted a few bites and then fed it to the Pokémon.

“Wow~ I didn’t expect to be able to eat such delicious food while camping outside!”

Xiao Feng rubbed her slightly bulging belly. She could no longer eat.

"——Thank you so much!"

Xiao Feng thanked A Yao with gratitude.

"That's nothing. Trainers traveling outside should help each other."

Wang Yao waved his hand and handed the kitchen utensils to the giant crab to wash them.

The meal was eaten up very cleanly, and there was not much left even of the grilled fish.

The main thing is that Wang Yao doesn't need to feed the Steelix specially on a regular basis. He can just walk near the mine occasionally and let it out to eat some ore.

Otherwise, considering its appetite, even if Wang Yao cooked ten meals, it would not be enough for it to eat.

"Ah... Speaking of which, I forgot!"

Wang Yao suddenly thought of something.

"Ok?"

Xiao Feng cast a curious look at him.

"——It's a battle!"

"The Pokémon battle after landing... ended up being forgotten for the time being because of the crowds!"

Wang Yao explained.

"Ah... that's true! But..."

Xiao Feng looked at the bulging belly of the sea lion beside him with some embarrassment...

"The Pokémon are all too full... It's not a good time to do strenuous exercise, right?"

In fact, Xiao Feng himself was a little unmotivated. After all, he didn't feel like exercising after eating.

"That's right... Then let's fight again tomorrow morning!"

Wang Yao thought about it for a moment and felt that the timing was not very good.

"…Just think of it as a warm-up before challenging the Red Lotus Gym."

Wang Yao suggested.

"Honglian Gym... I don't think I saw any information about the gym on the island today?"

Xiao Feng recalled the town map she saw while shopping in the afternoon.

"The old site of the Red Lotus Gym was destroyed by the erupting volcano..."

Wang Yao knew something about this.

"But since Mr. Xia Bo, the gym owner, is an expert in fire-type Pokémon..."

"The rebuilt Honglian Gym was built directly inside the Honglian Island volcano!"

Wang Yao had done his homework in advance.

"A gym built inside a volcano? The volcano on Guren Island is still active, right?"

Xiao Feng thought this was a bit too exaggerated.

"...So they built the gym directly on top of the lava?!"

"This seems a bit too dangerous for the challenger - can your Kanto Alliance approve such a crazy gym plan?"

Xiao Feng was a little shocked after hearing this.

She had always heard that the people in Kanto were simple and honest, but she didn't expect them to be so simple and honest!

"It's not bad... After all, there are a lot of gyms in Kanto, far more than the eight badges required to participate in the competition, and the current challenge threshold of the Red Lotus Gym requires trainers to have at least five badges..."

"Only high-level trainers can challenge the gym, and if you think it's too dangerous, you can choose another gym."

Wang Yao explained.

"Is that so... Then I am not qualified to challenge you - Yao, how many badges do you have?"

Xiao Feng nodded thoughtfully and then asked again.

"Only one."

Wang Yao was very frank.

"But badges are just proof of your strength."

"And my Giant Claw Crab and Steelix are also proof of my strength."

Wang Yao believed that his enthusiasm could impress Xia Bo and make him accept his request for a fight.

"What? I thought you already had five badges... Now it seems like you are really optimistic, Yao!"

Xiao Feng had black lines on his forehead and complained.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"This is called confidence as a Pokémon trainer!"

Wang Yao responded with a smile.

The two chatted for a while.

As night fell, the two hid in the Steelix camphouse.

Surrounded by many Pokémon, the night passed quickly.

……

The next morning, Xiao Feng woke up on the chubby belly of the Emperor Sea Lion.

"Haha~~"

Xiao Feng rubbed his eyes and looked through the gap in Steelix's body to see that Wang Yao had already prepared breakfast outside the house.

"Morning~"

Walking out of the cabin, Xiao Feng took out the toiletries she had brought with her and said hello to Wang Yao.

"I cooked some porridge and you can eat it after you wash up."

Wang Yao held a long-handled spoon and stirred the bottom of the pot.

The breakfast is light, just white porridge with dried fish.

Not long after, Xiao Feng, who had regained her spirits after washing up, took the bowl of porridge handed to her by Wang Yao.

"Hi——I'm starting!"

“Ouch! Ouch! It’s so hot!”

It didn't look like it was steaming, but when I put it in my mouth, I almost burned my tongue.

At this moment, Xiao Feng once again recalled the experience of being deceived by the boiling white porridge.

“Eat slowly…”

Wang Yao blew it cool slowly and put it into his mouth bit by bit.

"After breakfast, let's fight."

"You only have three Pokémon with you, right?"

When Wang Yao was having dinner last night, he only saw Xiao Feng releasing the Emperor Sea Lion, the Gotha Duck and the Fur Ball.

"Yes, I haven't captured many new Pokémon since I came to the Kanto region."

Xiao Feng also began to imitate Wang Yao, chewing slowly, put down the spoon in his hand, raised his head and responded.

"Then I'll just use three..."

Wang Yao estimated the strength of the Pokémon in Xiao Feng's hands and considered which ones to use to fight.

……

"As a warm-up match for the Red Lotus Gym, how about having my cowardly bug fight your fur ball in the first match?"

After breakfast, Wang Yao and Xiao Feng came to the empty beach by the sea, ready for a Pokémon showdown.

Because it was an ordinary competition, Wang Yao chose to match the Pokémon of both sides according to similar combat levels.

"no problem!"

Xiao Feng also felt that Maoqiu and Cowardly Bug would be good opponents.

"Here we go! Furball!"

Although Xiao Feng seems a bit careless in his daily life, he becomes very serious once he focuses on Pokémon battles.

"Clang!"

Maoqiu's radar eyes flashed, closely watching the opponent's every move.

"Coward! It's decided to be you!"

Wang Yao waved his hand and threw out the Cowardly Bug's Poké Ball.

"Gooji!"

The Pokémon of both sides stood a few meters apart on the beach, ready.

"I'll let you attack first!"

Wang Yao displayed gentlemanly manners.

"Don't underestimate us!"

But Xiao Feng, who was focused on fighting skills, didn't appreciate it.

"Fluffy Ball - use ultrasound!"

"Clang!"

Maoqiu's cry suddenly became sharp.

A sound wave with a special frequency was emitted from the mouth of the fur ball and rushed towards the position of the cowardly bug.

"Fight with a cacophony of sound!"

Wang Yao chose to use sound waves to fight sound waves.

“Gujijiji!!!”

If ultrasound is a strange sound wave that brings a dizzying feeling, then the piercing sound made by the cowardly bug is a purely annoying noise!

"Then get in the sand!"

The beach is home to cowards.

Compared to Maoqiu, who lives in dense jungles most of the time, Wang Yao naturally has to take advantage of this.

Although he doesn't have the skill to dig holes, sneaking in the sand on the beach is an innate ability of the cowardly bug.

"Gooji!"

The cowardly bug quickly dug up the gravel, shook its body a few times, and disappeared on the spot!

"What? Find your opponent!"

Xiao Feng didn't expect Wang Yao to have such a tactic, and immediately asked Maoqiu to use his detection skills to find the cowardly bug under the beach!