Pokémon: The Journey of Ordinary People

"Vampire, seed bomb."

Zhang Yu planned to test the little sea lion's strength first.

Several large seeds fell into the water and exploded violently, splashing large amounts of water.

"Little sea lion——"

Xiaoxia was given a warning at the very beginning, and the little sea lion was swayed around in the water by the shock wave.

"I won't give up! Frozen Wind!"

Hearing Xiaoxia's order, the little sea lion steadied its body and exhaled a burst of icy mist.

Zhang Yu was also shocked by the power of the seed bomb. It turned out that the Queen of Flowers was so powerful.

"Venom blast!"

The Queen of Flowers opened her mouth and purple venom spurted out, colliding with the ice mist.

While blocking the attack, the ice was frozen into poisonous pieces and fell into the water.

"Booooo!"

The little sea lion quickly climbed onto the platform to prevent poisoning.

"..."

Xiaoxia realized that she seemed to have lost the advantage of the water system. Is grass poison so disgusting?

The little sea lion that cannot enter the water becomes the carp king on the chopping board.

She was successfully sent away under the continuous attacks of Queen of Flowers' magic leaves.

"Come back, little sea lion..."

The defeat in the first round made Misty a little discouraged, but she quickly cheered up and released the second Pokémon.

"Spiny Shell, come out!"

A shell-shaped Pokémon with spikes on its body stood on the platform.

"Isn't this Sanmei's Pokémon? Did you lend it to Xiaoxia?"

Peony asked, looking at Acorus.

"Third sister is busy, so I just happened to borrow it for use, hehe"

Having learned from the lesson just now, Xiaoxia did not let the spiny clam go into the water again, but changed her method.

"Use the freeze beam to freeze the pool!"

The spiny clam shot a white beam of light from the spikes on its head towards the pool. After a few seconds, most of the pool had been frozen into ice.

"Ready for close combat?"

Zhang Yu did not stop the other party's behavior. After all, it would be more convenient for the Queen Flower to move if the water in the pool turned into ice.

"Crack!"

The Thorny Clam jumped onto the ice and confronted the Queen of Flowers.

"Now is the real battle! Thorny Shell, use ice cones!" Xiaoxia commanded.

Several ice cones emerged from the spikes on the thorny shell, and with a shake of its body, the ice cones shot towards the Queen of Flowers.

"Vaquera, block it! Seed machine gun!"

"Dafu!"

A series of seeds were fired to block the ice cone attack.

"Crack!"

After shooting out the ice cone, the thorny shell slid over quickly.

"Shell Blade!"

The spikes on its head grew longer and transformed into energy blades that slashed at the body of the Queen of Flowers.

Zhang Yu had to admit that Xiaoxia's tactics were pretty good, but...

"Paralyzing powder!"

The Queen of Flowers was hit by the water-type shell blade, but did not receive much damage. Instead, it was easier for the Thorny Clam to be inflicted with negative status at close range.

"Pah?" But what was unexpected was that the spiny clam was covered in paralyzing powder, but still looked calm.

"It's the dust-proof property!" Mudan saw the clue. The dust-proof property can make one immune to powder-based moves. And the paralysis powder just happens to be of this type.

"As expected, Misty is the one with the strongest combat talent among us!" Acorus didn't expect that her sister could utilize the characteristics of Pokémon in this way.

"Dust-proof?" Having lost control of the powder, Zhang Yu had to fight more seriously.

"Ahahaha... Thorny Shell, continuous shell blades!"

Hearing her sister's words, Xiaoxia smiled awkwardly. In fact, she didn't understand the characteristics, it was just a coincidence.

"Crack!"

The Thorny Shell continued to swing the spikes on its head to attack the Queen of Flowers.

"But who said I only have the powder to use? Queen Flower is extremely poisonous!"

After dodging a slash, the Queen of Flowers sprayed a mouthful of venom at the Thorny Clam.

"Shrink into your shell!"

Xiaoxia shouted.

The clam closed its shell instantly, and the venom slowly slid down the shell, but did not hurt the clam's body.

"Is it possible?" Zhang Yu witnessed the new abilities of Pokémon.

"Is there nothing I can do if you hide? Blow it up with the seed bomb!"

boom--

Following Zhang Yu's order, several seed bombs hit the shells of the spiny clams.

Each seed bomb produced a huge explosive force, blowing the hard shells to pieces.

The spiny clam hid in its shell, but was unable to avoid the fierce attack and could only be shaken dizzy in its shell.

The ice surface was also shattered by the bombing, revealing the poisonous pool water.

“Pah…”

"Come on, Scorpion!" Misty shouted anxiously. She tried to help Scorpion through the trainer's skills, but to little avail.

However, despite such a fierce attack, the spiny clam still held its ground and did not open its shell.

"Throw it into the water!" Seeing that the attack was unsuccessful, Zhang Yu decided to adopt a more radical strategy. He ordered the Queen Flower to throw the thorny shell into the poisonous water.

"No!" Xiaoxia shouted in panic, "Use Shell Break!"

If the clam is thrown into the water, it will die slowly. Only on the ice will it have a chance to fight its enemies.

"Snap!" At the critical moment, the spiny clam suddenly opened its shell, and a spiny clam smaller than the original one jumped out.

"Dafu?" Queen Flower looked at the empty shells in her hands in surprise, at a loss.

"Wow, what a magical move!" Zhang Yu couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

Xiaoxia is quite flexible in her mastery of moves.

She doesn't look like a 6-year-old girl at all.

"Freezing beam!"

Because of the shell breaking, the attack and speed of the spiny clam are improved.

A beam of light thicker than the previous one shot towards the Queen of Flowers like lightning.

"Hold on!"

A green curtain of light blocked the attack.

"Petal Dance!"

Since the opponent's speed increased, Zhang Yu decisively used aoe to clear the field.

The blade-like petals were flying indiscriminately on the field.

"We also use Hold!"

A layer of green film also covered the front of the Thorny Clam, blocking the damage from the Petal Dance.

However, Petal Dance is not a one-time attack. The continuously rotating grass energy keeps cutting the green film.

Snapped--

With a crisp sound, the energy shield was broken.

"Crack!"

The decrease in defense caused by breaking the shell caused the spiny shell to suffer more damage.

"Now, Sunbeam!"

"Dafu!"

The crown of the queen flower gathered energy, and with a bang, it was released, knocking away the thorny shellfish that was unable to move immediately due to injury.

"Come back, Spiny Shell, you're already great!"

"Finally it's you! Gem Starfish!"

Xiaoxia flipped her hand and took out the last Poké Ball.

"Quaa?"

A red light flashed, and a Psyduck came out.

"Hey!!! Why is it Psyduck!"

Xiaoxia widened her eyes and looked at the silly duck in front of her.

"Ah~"

Shaking its head, Psyduck seemed unsure why it appeared here. It remembered that it was sleeping in its nest.

Let’s go back to before the game.

Sakura came to the gym and saw a Psyduck sleeping in the corner, with its Poké Ball next to it.

"Eh? Isn't this the Psyduck that Big Sister just subdued to learn performance? Why is it sleeping here?"

Sakura picked up the Poké Ball, took the lazy duck back, and put it together with the Poké Balls on the cabinet.

After a while, Ayame came over and selected Pokémon.

"Which three Pokémon should I give to Misty?"

"Baby sea lions, spiny shells, and... this!"

Acorus took the Poké Ball that was supposed to contain the Gem Starfish, but unexpectedly, Psyduck and the Gem Starfish were mixed together.

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"Never mind! Psyduck, use your telekinesis!" Xiaoxia gave the command with all her might.

"Quaa?"

Psyduck scratched his head in a silly way, looking at Amazon with lifeless eyes, as if he didn't understand Misty's instructions.

"Forehead..."

Looking at the somewhat dramatic scene in front of him, Zhang Yu was stunned for a moment, but still ordered the Amazon to continue the attack.

"Use... the Leaf Blade."

He was afraid that if he used too much force, Pikachu would turn into duck slices.

Swish--

The two blades shave off a layer of hair on the duck's butt.

"Cuck!!"

Psyduck screamed in fear and ran away, holding his butt. He had no will to fight at all.

"...Come back, Psyduck..."

"I lost..."

Although Xiaoxia was speechless, she still conceded defeat. The strength of the Queen Flower was indeed very strong, and even if she replaced it with the Gem Starfish, she might not win.

"Alas... Second sister is still so unreliable."

Misty walked over dejectedly and returned the Poké Ball to Acorus.

"Wow, I'm sorry, Xiaoxia. It's all my fault that I took the wrong Poké Ball." Acorus knelt down and hugged Xiaoxia, apologizing sincerely.

"Okay, Acorus, go buy Xiaoxia some ice cream. You're so grown up, but you're still so clumsy."

Mudan took out a teardrop-shaped badge and placed it in Zhang Yu's hand.

"Ayu, your queen flower is well cultivated. You are totally worthy of this water drop badge."

Although he had an attribute advantage, Zhang Yu was still very happy to get the badge.

Although Xiaoxia lost, she also fulfilled her little wish to fight, and soon went happily to buy ice cream with Acorus.

"Phew—not bad."

Zhang Yu breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Xiaoxia was sensible. If she cried after losing the game, he would have a headache.

So, I got the water badge!

After putting the badge into his backpack and saying goodbye to Mudan, Zhang Yu strolled along the streets of Hualan City.

It seems that because the Moon Viewing Festival is approaching, many small stalls related to the festival have appeared on the street, selling small items such as moon cakes and Pipi dolls.

"Hey, Ayu, long time no see!"

"Wow, you already have two badges, that's awesome!"

"By the way! I sent you some gifts. They will probably arrive soon. Remember to check them!"

"Yeah, okay, let's stop here for now. I have to be busy again. Bye."

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Yu just shared his experience with Liliai, but the other party just chatted for a while and then went back to work.

"Speaking of gifts, the Moon Viewing Festival is coming soon, and I have to prepare some gifts for my friends."