Pokémon: The Journey of Ordinary People

[The first step to becoming a tournament champion is to get 8 gym badges]

The trainer's manual clearly explains how to participate in the Pokémon competition and win the championship.

I opened the Navigator and found a very detailed description of the gym challenges. After looking at the gym ratings in Kanto, I found that the most suitable one for novices to challenge is the Deep Gray Gym in Deep Gray City.

The city of Kuye where Zhang Yu is currently located is rated as medium difficulty.

Although Zhang Yu had fought many times, he had never participated in a serious gym competition, so he was not sure how strong he was.

It just so happens that I’m in Vermilion City right now, so I might as well challenge the Vermilion Gym to see if I’m strong enough.

After sharing the idea with Liliai, she also agreed with Zhang Yu's idea.

However, you still need to be adequately prepared.

After strolling outside until the evening, the two went to the Kuye Supermarket to buy some snacks to entertain themselves.

Originally Zhang Yu wanted to pay the bill, but Liliai refused to agree, so they had to split the bill.

-

Sitting on the sofa, Zhang Yu felt a little distressed. The leader of the Witherleaf Gym, Ma Zhishi, used all Electric-type Pokémon, and apart from Skank that could resist a little, Smellybender couldn't do anything to him at all.

"Ayu, maybe... you should capture a Pokémon that can resist electric. If you want to collect all 8 badges, you need to have Pokémon with more attributes so that you can deal with different gyms."

Liliai gave some sound advice.

Zhang Yu nodded thoughtfully, but in his heart he would rather have nothing than have something less than what he wants. With his current abilities, he couldn't handle too many Pokémon.

As for catching it, I'm not in a hurry. I just want to test my strength. I'll go to the gym tomorrow to check the situation.

-

The next day, Lilia continued to train for the Gorgeous Competition, so Zhang Yu went to the Dead Leaf Gym alone.

"Hello, because there are too many people challenging the Vermilion Leaf Gym, currently you can only challenge the gym leader after you have challenged the three gatekeeper trainers~" the receptionist at the entrance of the Vermilion Leaf Gym said apologetically.

"Is it a level-breaking type..."

Now that you are here, there is no harm in giving it a try.

However, the difficulty is still not small. The challenger needs to defeat one Pokémon of three goalkeepers in a row. After winning, he can only restore the abnormal state of the Pokémon, but not the physical strength, except for special moves with recovery ability.

Only after winning all the games can you recover your strength and get the qualification to challenge the gym owner.

The number of Pokémon that can be used is limited to 3, and they can be replaced midway. This arrangement is to prevent the goalkeeper from being challenged by 6 Pokémon in a round-robin battle, and to select the most capable trainers.

When we arrived at the battle platform, three people had already been waiting for a long time.

The first goalkeeping trainer was a man in a sailor suit.

"Sailor Tatsuhiko, here you go!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a little Magnemite was released.

"It's decided to be you, Stinky Flower!"

Zhang Yu also released his Pokémon.

I haven't fought against an Electric-type Pokémon yet, but I know how to control it. Grass-type Pokémon are resistant to Electricity, so I have the advantage!

"So what if he's a Grass-type! My Magneto is invincible, and he can use electromagnetic waves!" Instead of attacking rashly, Dayan decided to debuff the opponent first.

Vile Flower wanted to dodge, but the speed of the electromagnetic wave was too fast and she was hit instantly, with arcs of electricity appearing on her body.

"Good opportunity! Ultrasound!" Dayan shouted excitedly.

"...Why are the buffs still coming in non-stop? Vilebloom, use your Leaf Blade to take it down for me." Before Zhang Yu finished speaking, Vilebloom understood what he meant, and its energy leaves flew towards Magnemite.

"Get out of the way!" Helplessly, Dayan was forced to stop releasing the ultrasound.

"Want to dodge? Release the Flying Leaf Quick Knife continuously!" As a classic move, Vile Flower has become very familiar with this move, and the leaves can be shot faster than the seed machine gun.

Once or twice is fine, but the large-scale skills make it impossible for Magneto to avoid. He has been hit by several leaves.

"Magnemite, hold on! Use electric shock!" Dayan tried to use the trainer skills.

Perhaps it was out of good luck, as Magnemite actually reacted and used an electric shock, which in turn triggered the paralysis effect that had been unresponsive, causing Smelly Flower to fall into a brief stagnation.

"Take advantage of now! Sonic boom!" Magnemite, who was able to take a breath, heard Tatsuya's order. The two U-shaped magnets beside him came together, and an invisible attack distorted the air and hit Skank.

"Get out of the way!"

"Haha~" Stinky Flower scratched his belly. This little Magneto seemed to be too low level. Sonic boom was just like tickling to it. (Sonic boom is just a scary name, the actual damage is very low.)

Zhang Yu was worried at first, but he felt relieved after seeing the reaction of Stinky Flower.

"Stinky Flower, use sleeping powder to spread it all over the space." Zhang Yu used an old skill. Status-based moves are still very useful.

Yellow powder filled the air around it. Although it was unknown how it could breathe air without a nose, Magnemite was still affected by the sleeping powder and became sluggish.

"Damn it! Cheer up!" No matter how Dayan shouted, Magnemite still staggered to the ground.

"Super absorption!" Zhang Yu adhered to the principle of hitting the downed dog and replenished his physical strength vigorously.

By the time the referee announced that Smelly Flower had won, its strength had almost recovered.

The second goalkeeper was a bit non-mainstream. He was dressed the same as the spirited young man and didn't say a word. He just smiled evilly with his mouth crooked. He threw the Poké Ball in his hand, and a... uh... Poké Ball came out of it?

Zhang Yu looked at the other party's Pokémon that looked very similar to the Poké Ball, and silently took out the Pokédex.

"Ding - Thunderbolt Ball is a creature of unknown origin. It can use special moves with electric attributes. Sometimes it will suddenly explode, and has a self-destructive personality."

The corners of his mouth twitched as he looked at the opposing trainer and Pokémon with the same crooked and evil smile, and felt that the atmosphere of the second battle was a bit weird.

"Stinky Flower, be careful. Poison powder!"

Zhang Yu had a bad feeling in his heart and decided to spread the powder in the air around him first.

Snap—the energetic young man suddenly snapped his fingers.

The Thunderbolt Ball, which had been standing still, suddenly laughed strangely and quickly jumped towards the Stinky Flower, not caring even if it was hit by the poison powder.

"There's a problem! Stinky Flower, get out of there!" Zhang Yu shouted in shock.

"Everything will be crushed to pieces!" Just after Stinky Flower dodged the impact of the Thunderbolt Ball, the red and white ball next to it suddenly emitted a bright light.

"Hana!!!!∑(°Д°ノ)ノ"

Boom——after a loud bang.

Thunderbolt Ball had lost consciousness, and Stinky Flower was also blown away. Although his strength was not drained, he was still standing unsteadily.

"...I was tricked."

Thinking of Yongji's Onix last time, he made the same mistake this time.

"Sorry, Stinky Flower, it's all my fault. You should come back first."

After taking back the Vileflower, it was the third goalkeeper's turn.

The other party took off his hat, bowed like a gentleman and said, "My name is Olsen. Your Stinky Flower is quite powerful, but if you want to challenge the gym owner, you still have to get past me."

After that, he sent out the last Pokémon for this challenge - Pikachu.

Even though he knew that the Water type was restrained, Zhang Yu had no other Pokémon to play and could only send out Ink Seahorse.

"Mohaima, be alert and don't lose points. Although we are restrained by the attribute, we must play with momentum!" Zhang Yu used pre-war chicken soup. Hearing this, Mohaima straightened his body, indicating that he was ready to go!

"Good - Smokescreen!"

He was already at a disadvantage, so he had to change his tactics. In fact, he could have used the stench of the stinky flower, but Zhang Yu didn't bring a gas mask, and if he used it, he would lose consciousness.

“Ha!”

Bursts of black smoke spewed out of Ink Seahorse's mouth, and soon the positions of the two Pokémon could no longer be seen on the field.

"Pickup?!"

Pikachu panicked a little, but Olsen's voice soon calmed it down.

"Don't be afraid of Pikachu, the other party can't see you either. Cover the field with an electric net! Feel the other party's position."

"Pickup!"

A hissing sound was heard, and some tiny arcs flashed in the smoke.

"Hana~"

But the voice that came was not that of the black seahorse.

"No, there's a problem!" Olsen realized that the situation was not that simple, so he asked Pikachu to be alert to the surroundings.

When the smoke cleared, what appeared on the field was actually Stinky Pooh!

It turned out that when the smoke blocked Olsen's sight, Zhang Yu replaced the Black Seahorse with Vilecroft and used Rooting in the smoke. During this short period of time, he had recovered a lot of physical strength.

"In that case, Pikachu, use Thunder!" Seeing that Vileflower's body couldn't move quickly because of being rooted, Olsen directly asked Pikachu to use his electric ultimate move.

Lightning as thick as a bucket burst out from Pikachu's tiny body and rushed towards Skank.

Violent lightning washed over the body of Stinky Flower.

"Hold on! Take root!" Zhang Yu continued to command the use of Root.

"Haha..." Although Vileflower looked painful, strangely, she did not lose consciousness until the thunder stopped.

"What! What's going on!" Olsen was also confused. The amount of meat was a bit outrageous.

As we all know, electricity is conductive. Zhang Yu asked Vileplume to use Rooting, on the one hand to restore its strength, and on the other hand to transmit electricity underground. Pikachu is too fast, and it is very difficult to dodge, so it is better to just take it head-on.

However, Zhang Yu did not intend to explain.

The energy load of thunder is also very heavy for Pikachu. After using this move, Pikachu was breathing slightly on the spot.

Zhang Yu once again asked Vileflower to use various powders, but they were ignited in the air by Pikachu's electric net.

Root was also infused with a large amount of electricity, making it temporarily unusable. Currently, Skank has less stamina than Pikachu.

"Electric shock doesn't work, so what about this trick, shadow clone!"

Olsen continued to give orders, and Pikachu's figure shook, and three identical Pokémon appeared on the field.

"Iron Tail!"

Although the two shadows were shattered by the whip, the iron tail still hit the body of Stinky Flower hard.

Skank also took this opportunity to hold onto Pikachu's tail.

"Great! Venom Attack!" Zhang Yu shouted excitedly.

"Pikachu!" 100,000 volts were transmitted from Pikachu's tail to Skank's body. But the other party refused to let go and sprayed a purple beam of light from its mouth.

“Hana!”

The impact of the two energies caused a small explosion.

"Both parties lost consciousness, Mr. Ayu won!"

In the end, both Vileflower and Pikachu ran out of energy, but Zhang Yu won the level because he still had Pokémon to fight.

However, he did not celebrate happily, but instead rushed to the Pokémon Center with Skank in his arms to recover.

Zhang Yu didn't expect that Stinky Flower had such a strong fighting spirit. She could even insist on a one-for-one trade in that situation.

Under Miss Joy's rebuke, Zhang Yu promised that he would never let his Pokémon fight so hard next time.

"It's a good thing you're okay, stinky flower. I was so worried about you!" Zhang Yu hugged it.

"Haha~" Chouchouhua smiled foolishly and hugged Zhang Yu.

Although Flowey doesn't have many clever ideas, she has a lot of love for her trainer.

-

"Wow! Vilebloom is so powerful!" After coming back from training, Liliai listened to Zhang Yu's talk about today's battle and was amazed at Vilebloom's strength.

Meimei and Huahua also circled around Chouchouhua.

"Hana~?*.?(ˊwˋ*)??*."

She still looks dazed, and it's hard to associate her with the desperate Vile Flower on the battlefield.

"Then Ayu, do you still want to challenge Ma Zhishi?" Liliai asked.

Although he has obtained the qualification to challenge the gym owner, Zhang Yu also knows that he may not be able to beat Ma Zhishi, as even the goalkeeper's strength and coordination are so strong.

There is still a lot of room for improvement.

"No, I'm not strong enough to get the Wither Leaf Badge at the moment. I want to train for a while first, or catch a new Pokémon," Zhang Yu replied.

It is necessary for me to capture another Pokémon to enrich the team's attributes.

"If you're challenging the Dead Leaf Gym, the Rock attribute might be more suitable..." Lilia recommended after hearing Zhang Yu's idea.

"That makes sense. Let's see if we can have the chance to encounter a rock Pokémon."

Zhang Yu still remembers Yongci's Onix, which was long, thick and very handsome.

But now I know that my strength is average in Kanto, and challenging the gym is a long way to go, so there is no need to rush.

Let's do the things in front of us first, for example, go to Daigan Island and fulfill the wish of Stinky Flower.

"Eh? Ayu, are you leaving?"

The next morning, Zhang Yu told Liliai about his idea. He originally wanted to wait until he finished watching her competition before going to Daigan Island, but there was still more than half a month before the competition, which was enough time for him to go back and forth. Besides, it was not a big deal for him to stay at Liliai's house all the time.

"Don't worry, I will be back soon and will definitely be able to catch up with your game." Zhang Yu made an OK gesture.

"Well, since you have something important to do, go and do it first," Liliai's voice was a little low, but she also knew that Vileflower's matter was very important. After adding the navigator as a friend, the two agreed to call each other when they came back.

Zhang Yu was not surprised that Liliai, a young lady, had a navigator.

After arriving at the dock, we quickly boarded the boat to Daigan Island. After waving goodbye to Liliai, we embarked on a new journey again.

-

Daigan Island is located in the southwest of the Orange Islands and is also the location of Dr. Uchiki's research institute.

After two days of sailing, Zhang Yu finally arrived at Daigan Island. As soon as he got off the boat, he immediately felt the same feeling he had had at the Orange Islands, the breath of the South.

The buildings on this island are relatively "wild"

A large amount of jungle wood was used as building material, blending in with the forest.

Walking through the path in the forest, Zhang Yu saw many Pokémon with strange patterns or colors, which were very different from those in other areas.

"It's probably due to regional influences. The same creature looks different in different regions." He thought of how animals on Earth are similar to Pokémon.

"That's right! Young man, you know a lot about Pokémon." Suddenly a figure walked out from the woods nearby and agreed with Zhang Yu's point of view.

Looking at the woman in front of him who was wearing a white coat and dressed like a researcher, Zhang Yu was a little confused.

"Excuse me, who are you?"