I, Xiao Mao, want to become a Pokémon Master!

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With only three matches a week, this gym owner must have a lot of free time.

But thinking about it, it makes sense. After all, the Evergreen Gym has challenging conditions, and there aren't many trainers who can get 7 badges, especially since there are more than 8 gyms in the Kanto region.

The Indigo League tournament only had about 200 participants, and at most half of them were trainers who participated with badges, even if everyone had challenged the Viridian Gym.

There are only about 100 battles a year, which is roughly equivalent to one dojo match every three days.

This top 190 gym leader is practically rolling in money. He doesn't need to fight more than a few matches a year to have a stable government job, which is even better than being a civil servant.

Xiao Mao and Xiao Huang continued to chat about what it was like for Kikuko during her time as the curator.

According to Xiaohuang, Agatha was the Gym Leader for more than two months. Because Agatha was too strong, challengers could not defeat her, at most they could only hurt Gengar. During her time as Gym Leader, the badges she gave were based on the trainer's performance to determine whether the trainer was qualified to receive the badge.

Gary thinks Agatha Christie is hypocritical. When Agatha Christie is the Gym Leader, she can use her own main Pokémon; but when it's Gary's turn, she forbids him from using Pokémon that are too high-level.

This is not fair!

Shigeru decided to have the professor teleport the Super Iron Tyrannosaurus and Aerodactyl over later.

Gary has already decided that the gym battle rules will be 3-on-3 battles. The first two Pokémon will be Kabuto and Omanyte, and the third Pokémon will be Aerodactyl and Giganotosaurus.

It's not that Gary can't accept defeat, but being a gym leader puts him in a very passive position. His Pokémon's attributes are fixed, and he can't change them, so he's just waiting to be outmaneuvered by others.

Although Gary isn't one of the Elite Four, he has won the League Championship three times. If he were to lose the Gym Battle, Gary would feel it would be a huge loss of face.

471: Shinji arrives

"Scythe Helmet, shattered by the water!"

The scythe-helmet's twin blades were covered in water, using the rain to accelerate, and his body intertwined with superhuman strength.

Bang! !

"Awesome!!"

The monstrous strength collapsed to the ground, losing its ability to fight.

"Machunky is unable to battle, Kabuto wins!" Little Yellow immediately announced, "Challenger Kazama's three Pokémon have all been defeated, and the winner of this gym battle is Gym Leader Gary."

"Damn it, I was so close!" Kazama clenched his fists. He had already defeated Gary's Omastar and was almost able to force Gary to use his third Pokémon.

"Your strength is alright, but you're still lacking something. Hurry up and send Mighty to get treatment," Shigeru reminded him.

“I will be back,” Kazama retorted.

"Welcome again."

Xiao Mao didn't care at all.

A month has passed since Shigeru temporarily took over as gym leader, and he has participated in 15 gym matches.

Because of the change of gym leader, some trainers thought that the new gym leader was not very strong, and those trainers who had been defeated before came to challenge him again.

Although these trainers were all defeated by Gary, they saw that Gary was so young, so they spread rumors online that Gary was a novice gym leader and that he had a great chance of getting a badge if he challenged the Viridian Gym.

This has led to many trainers who were afraid to challenge the Evergreen Gym rushing over to take on the challenge, which has given Gary a bit of a headache.

Although the frequency of battles didn't match that of the League Tournament, there was still a battle every two or three days, and they were all from relatively inexperienced trainers. They couldn't even force Gary to bring out his third Pokémon, which was really boring.

Xiao Mao finally understood what Dianci felt like.

If trainers who love battling Pokémon have to endure such boring battles for several years, they'll definitely go crazy.

Kazama left, grumbling and cursing.

As Shigeru watched Kazama leave, he calculated the time; he only needed to persevere for another 28 days to complete the mission.

Hopefully, no one will challenge me in the next twenty days.

"Gardevoir, come out and tidy up the area." Gary released Gardevoir and began tidying up the area.

"Gardedor, let me help you." Little Yellow also volunteered to help, taking a shovel and covering the turned-up soil back up.

Although Xiao Huang is not a dojo assistant, he stays behind to help with the maintenance of the dojo during his free time.

To thank Xiao Huang for his help, Xiao Mao paid him wages at market rate. Xiao Huang would also do odd jobs when he had free time. Although professional referees are paid by the Trainers Association, the wages are not much, and Xiao Huang needs to work to supplement his family's income.

"Finally all done."

After working for about half an hour, the site was ready.

Ding-dong!! Ding-dong!! Ding-dong!!

The doorbell rang suddenly.

"Someone else is challenging us!" Xiao Huang exclaimed in surprise.

Xiao Huang was so certain because Xiao Mao wasn't a local and didn't have any particular feelings about Changqing City. Usually, the people who came here were challengers, and even if tourists came, they would just take pictures outside and wouldn't come in to disturb them.

"What's going on? The Quartz Conference hasn't even started yet. Just because I'm a young guy, does he think he can bully everyone?" Xiao Mao complained.

Even a clay figure has a temper. Xiao Shiu usually has to train Pokémon, and these trainers come to challenge him without considering the time. It's almost noon, and they still come to challenge him.

"That's probably it," Xiao Huang said with a wry smile.

There's nothing that can be done about it; after all, Gary is the newly appointed Gym Leader, and once other Gym Leaders find out, they naturally flock to challenge him.

"I'll go and send him away." Shigeru decided to refuse the trainer's challenge and tell him to come back in the afternoon.

"it is good."

Xiao Huang nodded, agreeing that this was indeed not a suitable time for a battle.

Xiao Mao arrived at the door, opened it, and saw a cold-faced boy in sportswear.

"Shinji!!" Shigeru exclaimed in surprise.

The person who arrived was none other than Shinji, Ash's most formidable rival whom he had encountered during his travels in the Sinnoh region.

"Hello, are you the owner?" Shinji asked in a serious tone.

Shinji came to the Kanto region to challenge the gyms. He has already collected all 7 badges. Since he knows that the Viridian Gym is the strongest gym in the Kanto region, he naturally wants to challenge it.

"Yes."

Xiao Mao nodded in agreement.

Upon hearing Shigeru's admission, Shinji was quite surprised and said, "I remember the Kanto region's Gym Leader was a guy named Itagaki. Are you sure it's you?"

This isn't Shinji's first time in the Kanto region. When he was under 10 years old, he traveled to the Kanto region with his older brother Raiji, watched Raiji participate in the Indigo League, and later challenged the Battle Frontier.

Judging from the timeline, it seems that Shinji came to the Kanto region around this time before participating in the Suzuran Conference, and then returned to the Sinnoh region to prepare for the Suzuran Conference.

“Itagaki has resigned, and I am currently the acting headmaster of the Evergreen Dojo,” Shigeru explained.

“…I understand.” Shinji nodded, then asked, “When can we start the gym battles?”

"Around 2 p.m.," Xiao Mao said.

"I'll be there on time. Goodbye."

Shinji politely said goodbye.

"How indifferent." Shigeru watched Shinji walk away, feeling a strange sense of anticipation for the gym battle that afternoon.

Given Shinji's aloof personality, when he challenges gyms in other regions, he will most likely use Pokémon bred in those regions. Of course, if Gary displays great strength, he might be forced to use Shinji's main Pokémon.

...!

2 pm.

Shinji arrived at the dojo 10 minutes early.

Shigeru and Shinji have already taken their positions in the command area.

"Shinji, how long have you been a Trainer?" Gary asked.

"Two and a half years!" Shinji said.

Xiaomao:? ? ?

Well, I didn't expect Shinji to be a (Deno) trainer with two and a half years of experience.

Xiao Mao nodded and said to Xiao Huang, "Xiao Huang, we can begin."

Standing in the referee's area, Xiao Huang announced: "The Gym Battle between Gym Leader Xiao Shi and Challenger Shinji will now begin. Each player may use three Pokémon in this battle. The battle ends when all three Pokémon of one side are defeated. Only the challenger has the right to substitute Pokémon. Shinji, do you understand?"

"I understand, Gan."

Shinji nodded coolly. He was already a veteran trainer and was very familiar with the rules of gym battles.

"Let's begin then." Gary casually tossed out a Poké Ball.

Baton!

【LV49 Scythe Helmet♀/Dojo】

Gary sent out the female Kabuto, who is currently level 49, and then sent her in after her husband finished fighting.

"This is...!"

Shinji was also seeing an ancient Pokémon for the first time, and immediately took out his Pokédex to scan it.

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Pokédex entry: "Kudus, a shell-like elf, lived in ancient times. It used to swim in the water to catch prey. In order to move from the water to live on land, its gills and feet began to change."

After reading the Pokédex entries, Shinji could throw out a Poké Ball at any moment.

"Infernape, make your appearance!" Shinji coldly tossed out the Poké Ball.

Baton!

【LV45 Fiery Monkey♂/Near-Elite Four】

"Crunch!"

Infernape slammed its fists together, making a dull thud, its eyes filled with rage as it stared intently at Scythe Helm.

"scare!"

The scythe-helmet also adopted a hunting stance.

Shinji still followed the rules of challenging the gym and knew to send out a Pokémon that was effective against the opponent's strength. However, Gary didn't expect that Shinji would also have a Magikarp, and that it had considerable potential.