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

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Upon seeing Gary, Ash immediately became excited.

"Oh, isn't this the person who's been staring at my back the whole time?" Xiao Shigeru said sarcastically.

"What did you say!"

"Alright, alright! Stop arguing, you two are the rising stars of Pallet Town," Professor Oak immediately interjected.

"Hope Star? Me?" Ash was immediately dumbfounded.

"Yes, of the four rookie trainers who set off this year, only the two of you have collected eight badges."

Professor Oak said, "I'm very pleased that there are two people who will become Pokémon Masters in the future."

As someone from the same town, Ash naturally recognized the other two and asked, "What happened to Yellow and Orange?"

"They started off well, but then they got stuck and couldn't get the badges, so they gave up on becoming trainers," Professor Oak said.

"That's it."

Because he was late, Xiao Zhi always thought he was the last among the four newcomers, but he didn't expect that Xiao Huang and Xiao Cheng had both given up.

"It's their own problem; they didn't raise their Pokémon properly." Gary was well aware of Charmander and Bulbasaur's potential; even if they hadn't reached Champion potential, they still had Elite Four potential.

If they're willing to put in the effort, collecting eight badges shouldn't be a problem.

Professor Oak agreed with Gary's words and continued, "Ash, you've collected 8 badges, and Gary has 12. You've both qualified to participate in the Indigo League. You must work hard and not slack off."

(Wang Zhaozhao) "The Indigo League! Let's go now!" Upon hearing about the Indigo League, Ash couldn't wait to participate and was about to leave.

"Wait!" Gary immediately called out to Ash.

"what happened?"

"The Indigo League won't be held for another two months. What you need to do now is to train your Pokémon properly. Does your Charizard still listen to you?" Gary asked.

"Ah...you're right, we need to train it first. I'm determined to make Charizard obey me," Ash nodded in agreement.

"Ash, isn't your Charizard listening to you?" Professor Oak asked curiously.

"Yeah, ever since Charmander evolved, it's become more and more disobedient. After becoming Charizard, it completely ignores us," Ash said, exasperated.

"So much time has passed, and you still haven't tamed your Charizard?" Gary thought that defeat would at least make Ash's Charizard more docile, but it seems it had no effect.

134: A Battle of Captured Pokémon

"This... not yet." Although he didn't want to admit it, that was the reality, and Ash could only bow his head regarding the Charizard incident.

“Let’s leave aside the Charizard problem; you have another fatal flaw,” said Gary.

"A fatal problem? What problem?" Ash asked, puzzled.

Not only Ash, but also Brock and Misty looked puzzled.

"Ash, ever since you came here you've been clamoring to participate in the Indigo League, but are your Pokémon ready? I doubt you've properly trained the Pokémon that you've been fostering at the lab," Gary said.

"Ah, this...!" Ash looked as if he had just woken up from a dream. Although he had caught a lot of Pokémon, it was definitely more than six. Ash had never raised those Pokémon; they were all kept in Professor Oak's lab.

Although Gary did the same, each Pokémon underwent a period of training, and even the Pokémon sent to Professor Oak's lab had to have a customized training program developed for them.

Ash simply handed his Pokémon over to Professor Oak so that Professor Oak could take care of them. Fortunately, Professor Oak was a former trainer and knew how to arrange training for Ash's Pokémon.

Otherwise, the level difference between the Pokémon Ash placed in Professor Oak's lab would definitely be significant.

“It’s not just the Pokémon in Research Lab 587, but also the Pokémon you have. Out of the six Pokémon, only Charizard and Pikachu are decent. The other four are not very good. Even Charizard doesn’t listen to you. In the end, only Pikachu is usable,” said Shigeru.

"This...!" Ash was speechless after being rebuked.

"Pikachu." Pikachu shook its head helplessly. It also agreed with Gary's assessment of Ash. Currently, when Ash encounters any strong enemy, he can only get rid of it and Charizard. The key is that Charizard is disobedient, so in the end, Pikachu has to shoulder all the burdens.

No wonder Pikachu likes actors; it's all Ash's fault in the end.

“I already know that, and I’ve made changes,” Xiao Zhi said.

"That only involves nurturing the Pokémon you have with you. The Pokémon you keep in the lab aren't growing much. The Indigo League isn't just a couple of simple battles. The opening matches are all 3-on-3, and there are five rounds of matches. Once you get to the quarterfinals, it becomes 6-on-6 matches."

Xiao Shiu lectured, "Even if you make it to the top eight, there will be four 6-on-6 matches, one every day. Do you think your current Pokémon can withstand such a long period of back-and-forth battles?"

"So many matches...!" Ash was also stunned. He still didn't know the rules of the Indigo League. Hearing that there would be so many matches, he knew that it would be difficult for his Pokémon to handle it alone.

"So, how many Pokémon do you have now, Gary?" Ash asked in return.

"Brown has caught a total of 25 Pokémon so far," Professor Oak said.

Xiao Mao was stunned for a moment. He hadn't expected that the number of Pokémon he had caught was so low. No, he had to catch Tyranitar quickly and get past the number 25.

"You've caught so many Pokémon, it's impossible to train every single one properly," Ash said.

“Of course not, but the Pokémon I plan to raise are all qualified to participate in the Indigo League. Although some Pokémon are still being raised, there are still two months until the Indigo League, so I’m sure I can raise them,” said Gary.

“I can do it too,” Xiaozhi said.

Xiao Mao smiled and said, "In that case, let's go to the backyard to see our Pokémon and compare the differences in their physiques."

"Then let's have a competition."

Ash couldn't believe that his Pokémon could be outmatched by Gary in terms of physique.

"Grandpa, let's go to the backyard."

"it is good."

So everyone went to the backyard, where Professor Oak released all of Gary and Ash's Pokémon for everyone to see.

Ash caught significantly more Pokémon than Gary, a total of 38, while Gary only caught 24.

However, of Ash's 38 Pokémon, 30 are Tauros, and the remaining 8 are different types of Pokémon.

Of course, Shigeru also caught duplicate Pokémon. For example, he caught multiple Ancient Pokémon, except for Aerodactyl.

However, in terms of variety, Gary has a more diverse collection of Pokémon.

"What kind of sprite is this?" Xiaoxia pointed at the ice sprite with its icy blue fur; it was the first time she had ever seen one.

"This is Glaceon, an evolved form of Eevee," said Gary.

"Wow! Besides fire sprites, lightning sprites, and water sprites, there are even ice sprites!" Xiaoxia exclaimed in surprise.

“Yes, Eevee has a total of 8 evolution forms. In addition to Glaceon and the three common evolutions, there are Espeon, Umbreon, Leafeon, and Sylveon,” Gary said.

"Wow, there are so many!" This was the first time Xiaoxia, a complete novice, had ever heard that Eevee had so many evolutionary forms.

Even Xiao Zhi was stunned by what he heard.

"That Butterfree is a Shiny Pokémon!" Ash quickly noticed Gary's Butterfree.

"It's not just Butterfly, the color of that fluffy ball is also different from that of ordinary fluffy balls."

"And the magnet of that little Magnemite doesn't have any color either; it's all gray."

As Ash discovers this, Brock and Misty also notice Boogle and Magnemite.

“That’s right, these three are all shiny Pokémon, they’re very collectible,” said Xiao Mao.

“That’s true. It’s said that Shiny Pokémon are very hard to find. We only encountered one Shiny Butterfree back then,” Xiaoxia said.

“Yes, shiny elves can fetch a very high price at auctions,” Xiao Gang said.

Ash was dazzled by Gary's Pokémon; every single one was incredibly cool, and Gary even had three Shiny Pokémon. In contrast, Ash himself had only caught nine Pokémon, excluding 29 duplicate Tauros.

"Ash, excluding multiple Pokémon, you've only caught nine Pokémon in total," Gary said.

Ash, feeling offended, said, "I may have a lot of Tauros, but that doesn't mean I can't use them in battle."

"Is that so?" Shigeru looked at the Tauros running on the grass. There were 30 Tauros running together, which looked very spectacular, but none of these Tauros had much potential.

"Apart from the Tauros leading the pack, the rest of the Tauros aren't very good, and their levels are probably quite low. If you use them to fight at the Indigo League, it's a complete waste of a spot," said Gary.

"How do you know that the Tauros in the lead is stronger?" Ash asked.

"Idiot, Tauros are social animals, and the leader is the alpha among them, so naturally it's the strongest. You're a Tauros trainer, how can you not even know that?" Gary retorted.

135: Heading to Baiyin Mountain

"It's clear that after you caught these 30 Tauros, you didn't even bother to take care of them. You probably don't even know what moves the leading Tauros has," Gary quipped.

Ash: (;′Д｀?)...!

Ash felt a little embarrassed when Gary pointed out his problem so clearly; he really didn't know the strength of the Tauros that was leading the pack.

With a little inquiry, one can easily identify which Tauros is stronger and then breed it accordingly, avoiding a situation where one is completely clueless.

Seeing Ash's silence, Gary continued, "I was just asking casually, and you really don't know? You don't even know what moves Krabby has, do you?"

At this moment, Xiao Zhi's figure seemed to grow smaller and smaller, while Xiao Mao resembled a homeroom teacher criticizing his students.

"Professor Oak, is this alright?" Brock asked in a low voice, feeling that Ash was about to become withdrawn if he continued to criticize him like this.

"It's okay, they've always been like this since they were little, and what Gary said is true, this is indeed the problem Ash is facing now." Professor Oak, on the other hand, had an attitude of indifference, as he was used to this kind of scene.

"By the way, where's your Primeape?" Gary asked.

He remembered successfully evolving Primeape into Forsaken in front of Ash and the others.

Ash was going to evolve his Primeape into Forsaken as well, and asked Fan to send Primeape to Professor Oak for an evolution test. Logically, Primeape should have been coming back.

"Oh, after Primeape evolved into Forsaken, I sent it back to Mr. Fanboo," Ash said.

Xiaomao "...!"

Gary was having a headache. He had finally managed to get Ash to give him his Primeape, and now Ash was giving it away again.

“You only have nine Pokémon you can use. Aren’t you going to bring back Abandoned Monkey to help you at the Indigo League?” Gary said.

"You're right, I forgot all about it." Xiao Zhi scratched his head awkwardly.

Xiao Mao had a bit of a headache. He felt that sometimes he shouldn't meddle in so many things and should just give Xiao Zhi some encouragement. If he kept interfering, his head would ache terribly.

"Let's not worry about that for now. You promised that if you defeated Blaine, Charizard would fight your Blastoise, right?" Ash said.

"What? Your Charizard wants to fight my Blastoise?" Gary asked.

“Of course,” Ash said.

"Ash, Charizard is weak against Blastoise, so why did you propose this battle?" Professor Oak asked, puzzled.