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

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"Hello, I'm here to challenge the gym. Is anyone here?" Shigeru walked into the conduit and found the hall empty, so he could only shout loudly.

"Who is it? Don't you know it's Sunday?" A moment later, a voice came from inside, and a pink-haired woman walked out from the inner door. The person was Akane, the gym leader of the Goldenrod Gym.

"Hello, my name is Shigeru, and I'm here to challenge the dojo." Shigeru explained his purpose.

"Today is Sunday, a public holiday. Don't you check the time when you challenge the dojo?" Xiaoqian said.

Xiao Mao pursed his lips. He knew the rules for challenging the dojo, but he had never paid attention to the dojo's opening hours.

Xiao Shiu always thought that as long as it wasn't at night, he could challenge the gym during normal working hours. But then he thought that gym leaders are also human. They also have to train Pokémon and have their own lives. They should also have time to rest.

As for the gyms in the Kanto region, although the gym leaders do not have days off, they seem to be resting most of the time, or some gyms are closed, but when Gary went to challenge them, he didn't encounter a day off.

"I'm so sorry, when can I challenge your gym?" Shigeru asked.

"Really..." Xiaoxi looked Xiaomao up and down, and seeing that he was a handsome young man, she sighed and said, "Ah~! Anyway, I don't have anything to do, so let's have a gym battle. Come with me."

"Thank you."

Xiao Mao thanked her and followed Xiao Qian to the battle arena inside the dojo.

The Goldenrod Gym is just an ordinary gym, and the Pokémon that Xiaoxi uses are all of the normal type, so the battle arena is naturally the most ordinary arena.

Xiaoqian called the referee over, and the two of them stood in the command area.

The referee briefly explained the rules: the match is 3-on-3, and the rest of the rules are the same as a normal dojo battle.

Gary noticed that the gyms in the Johto region really liked 3-on-3 battles, as this was a better way to test the challenger's strength, but Gary thought it was too much trouble.

Because the gym leaders' Pokémon are limited in strength, and their highest level is no more than 50, it's not very interesting to fight at level 143. If it weren't for the mission rewards, Gary wouldn't really want to challenge the gym.

Xiao Mao originally wanted to breed new Pokémon, but he had too many intermediate-level magical candies stored up. If he didn't use them, they would just rot in his spatial backpack.

There are still 6 gyms left to conquer. After defeating them all, you'll get another 70 or 80 Intermediate Rare Candies, enough for Gary to train a team of Pokémon with near-Elite Four strength.

If you capture a Pokémon that is over level 50 along the way, you won't be able to use the Intermediate Rare Candies, which will save you some Intermediate Rare Candies. It seems that Gary can train more Pokémon in the future.

"Are you both ready?" the female referee asked.

Xiaoqian said, "OK!"

Xiao Mao said, "No problem, we can start anytime."

"Let's begin. This is my starting Pokémon. Go, Nidorina." Xiaoxi threw out the Poké Ball.

Baton!

Nidonna, who looks exactly like a giant rat, makes her appearance.

【LV30 Nidona♀/Gym】

Nidona is level 30, so the Pokémon that Xiaoxi sent out later should be quite strong. How come she only got 5 Intermediate Rare Candies as a reward?

"Weavile, this gym battle is yours to handle." Gary casually tossed out a Poké Ball.

Baton!

【LV50 Mavila♂/Champion】.

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"Nidonna, use Poison Sting!" Akane shouted as she saw Gary send out his Pokémon.

"Nido!" Nidona opened her mouth and spat out tiny, sharp poison needles at Mavira.

"Frozen Wind!" With that command, Mallowa unleashed Frozen Wind, freezing all the incoming poison needles. The Frozen Wind also hit Nidorina, but the effect was less than ideal.

Weavile has a very low Special Attack stat, and Nidorina is currently not evolved and is just a single Poison-type Pokémon, so it is not afraid of Ice-type moves.

However, this move also injured Nidona.

"Secret attack on key points!"

Weavile rushed toward Nidona.

Seeing this, Xiaoxi quickly commanded, "Nidona, use Ram!"

Nidona charged forward, and the two collided. As expected, Nidona was swatted away by Weavile's claw and fell to the ground, unable to get up.

"Nidonna is incapacitated, Mavila wins!" the female referee announced.

"What?!" Xiaoxi was shocked, not expecting her Nidona to be defeated so quickly.

Xiaoxi glanced at Weavile, then sent out her second Pokémon.

"Go, Clefairy!" As Xiaoxi threw out the Poké Ball, it opened, and a pink Clefairy appeared.

【LV18 Pipi♀/Near-King】

Xiaomao:? ? ?

When Gary saw Clefairy's level, he was stunned. Such a low level. If it were the starter gym, it would be understandable, but the Goldenrod Gym is the third gym in the Johto region. Sending out such a weak Pokémon, is it just to give away experience points?

"Pipi, use your finger!" Xiaoxi commanded.

Xiao Mao instantly realized that Xiao Qian was gambling with her finger, seeing what kind of skill she could randomly generate. If she could generate a powerful skill, that would be pretty good.

However, there are hundreds of Pokémon skills, but only a few are truly powerful. The probability of getting one randomly is extremely low, so I really don't understand what's the point of gambling. Even if you gamble on a powerful skill, it won't be able to instantly kill Weavile because the level difference between the two is too great.

"Don't give Pipi a chance, use the metal claws," Shigeru commanded.

"Mara!!"

Mallow rushed towards Pippi.

"Pipi, hurry up!" Xiaoxi said hurriedly.

It was obvious that Xiaoxi's Pipi had only recently awakened the Finger Swipe skill and wasn't very proficient at using it yet, as it couldn't activate the skill even after shaking it for several seconds.

"Pippi!"

Fortunately, just as Weavile was about to get close, Clefairy finally used her skill. Clefairy suddenly jumped up and startled Weavile.

However, Pipi simply jumped up, and nothing else happened.

Both Gary and Weavile were stunned, not knowing for a moment what skill Clefairy had used, but it seemed to be a very useless skill.

"Mavila, attack!" Gary immediately warned.

"Mara!"

Weavile reacted, its sharp, silver claws slapping against Pippi's round body. Pippi was sent flying like a volleyball, crashing to the ground and bouncing a few times before finally landing.

"Pippi is unable to fight, Weavile wins!" the female referee announced.

"Ah... was that a jump?" Xiaoxi was embarrassed. She didn't expect that waving her finger would result in a jump. This finger-waving skill is really unreliable.

"Pipi, come back." Xiaoxi retracted Pipi in a deflated manner, but quickly cheered up and said in a strong voice, "The battle just now doesn't count. I'm going to get serious now."

Gary was also taken aback by Sylvia's sudden aura. After all, Sylvia was the gym leader who had defeated three of Ash's trainers in a row, and her Miltank had grown up with her since childhood, so its strength was only stronger.

Xiaoqian assumed a pitcher's stance and threw the Pokémon in her hand.

"Go, Milk Tank!"

Baton!

A pink cow makes its appearance.

【LV54 Big Milk Tank♀/Near-King】

"well...!"

When Xiao Shi saw Miltank's level, it was clear that it was beyond the Gym level. However, outsiders couldn't tell the level of a Pokémon, so he could only continue the battle.

No wonder Ash got swept by Violet in a 3v1; it turns out her Miltank is such a high-level Pokémon.

"Big Milk Tank, use Roll!" Xiaoxi commanded.

With a light leap, Milk Jar curled its body into a ball in mid-air. After landing, it began to roll rapidly towards Weavile.

"Don't give Milkcan a chance to keep rolling. Sharpen your claws and then use Burst Punch," Shigeru commanded.

Ash doesn't know how powerful Rolling is, but Gary knows it perfectly well.

In the game, the power of rolling doubles with each hit on the target, up to a maximum of 16 times. Using the "round" skill will double it again, to 32 times. The base power is 30 for rolling, and the maximum power can reach 960.

Of course, these are just numbers in the game; the actual rolling skill in reality certainly wouldn't have such high power.

However, rolling doesn't require hitting the opponent; the power increases with the speed of the roll.

"Mara!" With a flash of light from the friction of its claws, Weavile rushed toward Miltank and unleashed a powerful punch on its back as it rolled. The immense force forced Miltank to stop and knock it back, halting its rolling motion.

"What!!"

Xiaoxi couldn't believe that her giant milk tank's rolling had been stopped by the other party. Despite its small size, the Weavile had such powerful explosive force.

"Move at high speed toward the big milk tank," Xiao Mao said.

Weavile uses its Quick STAB move, leaving trails of afterimages across the field; its speed is so fast that Miltank can't keep up.

"Use Earthquake!" Although the rolling tactic was broken, Miltank is not without other skills.

The giant milk tank immediately jumped up, preparing to stomp on the ground to trigger an alarm.

"Explosive Punch!" At that moment, Gary suddenly issued the command. Weavile appeared below Miltank and threw an uppercut Explosive Punch.

Weavile's fist struck Milkcant's back, sending it flying again. Immediately afterwards, Weavile unleashed a Dark Pulse.

Boom! !

The Dark Pulse hit, and Miltank plummeted to the ground. The fierce attack severely injured Miltank; had it not been for Miltank's incredible resilience, it would have been defeated.

"Big Milk Tank, use Playful," Xiaoxi commanded, frowning.

Upon hearing the sound, Miltank charged towards Weavile, but Miltank was neither as fast nor as agile as Weavile, and was easily outmaneuvered by Weavile.

Like a surgeon, Weavile seized the moment when Miltank was vulnerable and used its sharp claws to perform surgery on Miltank, effortlessly wearing down its last bit of strength.

"Milkyr is unable to battle, Weavile!" the female referee announced. "All of Gym Leader Akane's Pokémon are unable to battle. The winner of this Gym Battle is challenger Gary."

Weavile successfully defeated three opponents in a row, earning the Goldenrod Gym Badge for Gary.

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