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Chapter 73 Golden City
Chapter 74 Golden City
Goldenrod City, Pokémon Center.
"That's strange, there's not a single person on the street." Xiao Zhi sat at the dining table, arms crossed, feeling a bit eerie.
"Maybe it's because it's nighttime?" Xiaoxia glanced outside.
"But even at night, it shouldn't be this sparsely populated," Xiao Gang added.
"Gentlemen." Miss Joey placed the trays in front of the group.
She paused, but still hesitated before speaking:
"Are you here to challenge the Saffron City Gym?"
"Is there anything you need, Miss Joey? I'll do my best to help!" Xiao Gang said, as always, taking the initiative.
"Ahaha, that's how it is." Miss Joey looked at everyone seriously and reminded them:
"Regardless of which of you is going to challenge the Saffron City Gym, my advice is to skip it and go to another city."
"Huh? But wouldn't it be enough to have a Ghost-type Pokémon?" Ash mumbled through his mouth, chewing on his dinner.
As he spoke, he pointed to Gastly, who was eating nearby.
"Sigh, even this child isn't enough," Joey shook her head pessimistically.
"Furthermore, if you were to challenge a gym and face Gym Leader Sabrina, you yourselves might be in danger."
"Geng Ga!" Natsume released a plump, round purple creature.
Gengar, LV86
Joey: "."
She paused for a moment, then silently picked up her plate and returned to the backyard.
The one in danger is Naz.
Perhaps it would be a good thing to let these people teach Sabrina a lesson, so she wouldn't have to keep going to the dojo to bail people out.
"La ki~" Chansey followed behind, looking at her owner with curiosity.
Normally, Joey would try to persuade him if he could, so why did he give up halfway through today?
"Why did Miss Joey say we would be in danger?" Xiaoxia asked curiously.
"Who cares about the danger? Just fight it!" Xiao Zhi said, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.
"Because the Gym Leaders in Saffron City are not only skilled at using Psychic-type Pokémon, but they are also Psychics themselves," Brock said.
Having served as a dojo trainer for two years, he had some understanding of the situation at other dojos.
"Psychic." Ash pondered the word.
"Natsume-kun, do psychics have some kind of advantage in Pokémon battles?"
Upon hearing this, Natsume looked up:
"Psychic beings can communicate with Pokémon telepathically, and can cooperate perfectly without giving commands, making them difficult to guard against."
"Natsume is right, besides..." Xiaogang paused, leaving the audience in suspense.
"I've heard that psychics possess telekinesis, even more powerful than some Psychic-type Pokémon, and can turn people into dolls!"
"Ah!" Xiao Zhi was startled and said with some worry:
"What if I win, but the other person can't accept it and turns me into a doll?"
"Honestly, they're already fantasizing about winning before it even starts," Xiaoxia said, rubbing her forehead.
"Don't worry, Ash." Natsume patted Ash on the shoulder, encouraging him:
"She has superpowers, you have super strength."
Natsume wasn't just talking; he possessed the SSS-rank True Form system, allowing him to see Ash's various "stats" anytime, anywhere.
Since the start of their journey, Ash's stats have all increased fivefold.
In less than three months, it's increased fivefold! Even Mewtwo, which is still making a comeback, would be moved to tears.
Natsume was incredibly naive to think he could catch up with the other person someday.
Ash's attributes are growing naturally at an alarming rate.
Fortunately, when the system issued the task, it used the newly met Ash as the "benchmark".
There is no bug that the project will never be completed.
"Ah, Natsume-nii, what's 'super strong'?" Ash looked at Natsume with a puzzled expression.
"Go and arm wrestle with the Great Dragonite." Natsume called over his Great Dragonite.
"Okay? I won't lose?" Ash looked at the Dragonite with surprise.
"He's playing tricks on you again, are you really lying?" Xiaoxia pinched Xiaozhi's ear.
"That's right," Dragonite stretched out its arm and grasped Ash's hand.
"Hey, hey, hey, really? You guys really want to try it?" Xiaoxia was shocked. She originally thought Natsume was just joking.
"Natsume, Ash will get hurt if you do this," Misty said, looking at Ash with concern.
Unexpectedly, Dragonite and Ash were locked in a stalemate.
"Aaaaaah—" Ash's face turned bright red, then liver-colored.
"Woo woo woo woo—" The Great Dragonite's face was fierce, and its big, bulging eyes, which seemed about to pop out, revealed its struggle.
"boom!"
During their struggle, the table finally gave way and shattered, leaving Natsume with the bill.
"Huff—" Xiao Zhi gasped for breath.
That's so strange, the strength of this Dragonite is so inconsistent.
"Ugh—" Dragonite gasped for breath.
It's so strange, this human's strength is so unpredictable.
Ash and Dragonite sat back to back, drinking water and resting.
"Good, Ash!" Natsume picked up Ash's fallen hat and put it on his head.
"If Sabrina dares to use her superpowers on you, you should use your super strength on her."
Ash now is clearly much stronger physically than Ash in the original storyline.
Natsume thought it might be because when they first arrived in Pallet Town, he had been taking Ash around every day.
Through these years of training, Ash has matured ahead of schedule.
"That's amazing, Natsume-nii! I never thought I was this good!" Ash looked at his hands, seemingly finding it all a bit unreal.
"Huh? This is fake, isn't it?" Xiaoxia looked completely astonished.
"This is...unbelievable." Brock's gaze towards Ash changed.
He felt that Ash should be fed the same food as Dragonite from now on.
the next day.
Xiaoxia was still in shock. On the way to the gym, she kept circling around Xiaozhi, looking him up and down.
"Hey, why are you always staring at me like that?" Xiao Zhi was very uncomfortable.
After a moment of contemplation, Xiaoxia carefully took out a red and white ball and threw it at Xiaozhi's head.
"Hey, hey, hey, I'm not a Pokémon! Don't do the same thing as Natsume!"
The red and white ball emitted a burst of red light that enveloped Ash, but nothing happened; it simply fell to the ground.
"Sigh, it's not." Xiaoxia lowered her head in disappointment.
"Is that what you want?" Ash protested.
"Hey Ash, who's your father?" Brock walked over.
"My dad? He went away a long time ago. Why are you asking this?" Xiao Zhi asked curiously.
"Haha, I'm wondering if it's a genetic issue."
Xiao Gang's words awakened Natsume, and Natsume's gaze darkened slightly.
Hmm. By the way, has Giovanni's Mewtwo been made yet?
Why not try using Little Smart cells instead?
Anyway, Mewtwo is a Pokémon created by the fusion of Mew and human genes.
Perhaps if Ash's genes were used, Mewtwo would have actually succeeded in turning the tables.
Just as they were thinking this, the group arrived outside the Saffron City Gym.
"Let's go in!" Ash was very excited, his eyes filled with intense fighting spirit.
"Wait a moment!"
A slightly muffled middle-aged male voice suddenly came from behind.
Turning around, I saw a man wearing a hat and overalls.
His hat brim was pulled low, so only his beard was visible.
"Uncle, what can I do for you?" Xiao Zhi asked the newcomer.
"Are you here to challenge the Saffron City Gym? I'm here to advise you to give up." The middle-aged man shook his head slightly.
"Well, someone already advised us yesterday that we won't give up!" Xiao Zhi said, crossing his arms and raising them to his shoulders.
"Pikachu!" Pikachu understood and gave him a high five.
"Pee—" The bubble on the tip of its nose was popped, and the dog, its dream shattered, angrily bit Ash's index finger.
"Ouch!"
Seeing that the group hadn't taken his words to heart at all, the middle-aged man shook his head in disappointment.
"Fine, I'll never give up until I hit a brick wall. You can go now." He said with a deep look in his eyes, then turned and left.
We'll have to go through the trouble of rescuing these unlucky guys later.
(End of this chapter)