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

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Blastoise fired a water cannon, but only one hit Gengar; the other missed.

"Was it caused by poisoning..." Xiao Mao wondered to himself.

In reality, poisoning not only depletes a Pokémon's body but also causes dizziness, nausea, and other symptoms, severely affecting the Pokémon's movement.

"Kami!"

Blastoise cried out in pain, its entire body enveloped in golden lightning as it was struck by a Thunderbolt.

“Gengga…!”

Gengar, who had been blasted away by the water cannon, stood up and looked at Blastoise kneeling on the ground with a smug smile on its face.

"It's still not down." Kikuko was also quite surprised, thinking that 100,000 volts would be enough to defeat Blastoise.

"Blastoise, don't give up! There are no limits to us!" Ash shouted.

"Kami!!"

Upon hearing Xiao Shi's call, Blastoise stood up, emanating a blue aura that swirled around its body. The terrifying water energy filled the air with moisture.

"This is... a rapid!?" Kikuko looked surprised and doubtful. She had seen violent things before, but she had never seen a rapid with such power before.

"Oh, a rapids...!" Ash also recognized it as a rapids. Although he had Squirtle, he had never triggered Squirtle's rapids before.

Ashida lifted her sunglasses in surprise and exclaimed, "What terrifying rapids! That Blastoise is really amazing!"

"Blastoise, Waterfall!" Gary commanded immediately.

Blastoise is poised to strike, its body erupting with a large amount of light blue energy with white, flowing stripes.

Whoosh! !

A blue light streaked across the arena as Blastoise, with its overwhelming momentum, knocked Gengar away.

Bang! !

"That's fast!" Before Akiko could even react, she quickly commanded, "Gengar, use Thunderbolt!"

"Geng Ga!"

Gengar endured the pain, its entire body crackling with electricity.

"Final blow, water cannon!!" Shigeru shouted.

"Kami!"

Blastoise's shoulder cannon gathered intense water-type energy, and a huge blue water column, resembling a laser cannon, shot out.

"Gengga!!"

Gengar also unleashed a bolt of lightning with all its might, which clashed with the Hydro Cannon.

Bang! ! !

The water cannon, piercing through 100,000 volts, struck Gengar, exploding into a huge cloud of white mist that spread outwards, almost occupying half the field before stopping.

"this...!"

Kiku was also dumbfounded. She never expected Blastoise to be able to unleash such a terrifying Hydro Pump. Even her Gengar at full strength might not be able to withstand it.

After everything calmed down.

Then they saw a large hole in the wall, and Gengar's figure had disappeared.

"What! The wall has been breached!" Ash was dumbfounded. He rarely saw such a terrifying attack.

"Huh? Where's Gengar?" Ashida was completely bewildered. He couldn't see Gengar's status, so how was he, as the referee, supposed to make a judgment?

"I lost," Kikuko said.

Ashida was quite surprised, not expecting Kikuko to concede defeat on her own initiative.

Since Akiko conceded defeat, Ashida announced, "Gengar is unable to battle, Blastoise wins! The winner of this match is Gary."

[Ding! Mission complete. Rewards have been sent to your inventory.]

"Blastoise, come here, open your mouth." As soon as Ashida finished announcing this, Gary immediately ran to Blastoise's side, took out the antidote, and gave it the antidote.

Afterwards, the group followed Kikuko to the back of the wall, where they saw Gengar lying on the ground with its eyes darting around.

Having witnessed Gengar's defeat, Ashida gave Gary a deep look, secretly plotting something.

"Come back, old friend." Akiko took out a Poké Ball and put Gengar back into it.

Since all the Pokémon were injured, the four of them went to the Pokémon Center to treat them.

"Shigeru, you're quite strong. I'm entrusting the Evergreen Dojo to you." Kikuko generously handed Shigeru the key to the Evergreen Dojo.

Shigeru took the key and said politely, "Ms. Kikuko, you're too kind. It was just a one-on-one match. The whole team is currently competing, and I'm no match for you."

Although he won, Shigeru was not complacent about being able to beat Kikuko. Moreover, the reason he was able to win was because of EX Torrent. If it weren't for EX Torrent, it would have been hard to say who would have won in the end.

"Hehe, I'm already old, you're still young," Kikuko said with a smile.

Kikuko is nearing retirement age and has long since stopped training new Pokémon. Her strength has reached its limit, and even if Gengar still has room for improvement, it would take far too long.

For a Pokémon with champion potential to reach champion level, it would take at least ten to twenty years.

Akiko's Gengar is level 70. It takes about two years to level up once, and it would take at least ten years to go from level 9 to 2.9. Akiko doesn't even know if she'll live to see that time.

"Let's go, I'll take you to register."

Next, Akiko took Gary to the Pokémon Center to register as a temporary Gym Leader. As a Gym Leader, one must follow the rules of Gym Battles and determine which type of Pokémon to use.

As expected, Xiao Mao chose the Rock type, since the levels of the other types of Pokémon were all too high, leaving only the few fossil Pokémon from the Ancient Era as usable options.

After the temporary dojo master's information was registered, everyone returned to the Evergreen Dojo.

"Xiao Mao, I'm leaving this place in your care. Here's the phone number for the maintenance department. Just call them if the dojo breaks down."

Kikuko seemed reluctant to stay any longer. After packing her luggage, she gave Mao a repair phone number and left.

470: Temporarily appointed as the curator

"If I had known, I should have gone easy on him."

Xiao Mao looked at the large hole in the wall and realized that repairing it would cost a lot of money.

Looking at the dilapidated site, Xiao Shi was also very troubled. Although the damaged buildings of the dojo could be repaired by maintenance personnel, the site itself needed to be dealt with by the dojo owner.

"Gary, you stay here and be a good gym leader. I'm leaving now." Ash said, seeing that everything was settled, and prepared to leave as well.

"Oh, you should go back quickly, Aunt Hanako misses you very much," Xiao Shi reminded him.

During her time in Pallet Town, Hanako would visit Oak's lab every few days after learning that Gary had returned, asking him if Ash had come back.

After all, Gary and Ash are the same age and grew up together. Every time Hanako sees Gary, she thinks of Ash, and it's a bit like seeing something that reminds her of him.

"Okay, I'll head back now. Goodbye!"

"Pikachu!"

Ash and Pikachu said goodbye and left.

"Shigeru, remember to come and challenge the Battle Frontier!" Ashida reminded him.

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"Don't worry, I'll take on the challenge in two months," Xiao Mao said.

"Well, then I'm leaving."

Only then did Ashida feel relieved and leave.

Actually, even without Ashida's invitation, Shigeru would have challenged the Battle Frontier for the system's mission rewards; it was just a matter of time.

Anyway, there's still a long time before the Lily of the Valley Conference. If Gary wanted to, he could give him two months to defeat all the Battle Frontier Leaders and get to the Sinnoh region to collect all eight badges.

"Let's get the venue ready first."

Looking at the dilapidated area, Shigeru released his Pokémon to help tidy up the space.

Then, Shigeru asked Ken to teleport Kabuto and Omanyte over for him.

There are two Kabutops and two Omastars. According to the rules, the Viridian Gym requires trainers to have at least 7 badges from the Kanto region to be eligible to challenge them.

According to the latest requirements set by the league, dojos with challenging restrictions, such as Evergreen Dojo, must have their dojo leaders participate in at least 3-on-3 dojo matches during dojo tournaments.

Two Kabuto and two Omanyte are enough to handle it, so Gary added Crobat and Majestic Fang as well. Although there are type restrictions, it doesn't matter if one of them isn't one of them.

"I never imagined that after all these twists and turns, I would end up on the green path again. Am I destined to be connected with Evergreen Dojo?" Xiao Mao exclaimed.

In the special manga and games, Blue eventually becomes the leader of the Viridian Gym, while Blue never intended to become a leader, but he temporarily becomes one.

"Let's check out the dojo."

Gary handed over the task of organizing the battle arena to his Pokémon, and then visited the Viridian Gym.

The rebuilt Evergreen Gym is not large. The main area is the battle arena, and there are also rooms for Pokémon training. In addition to the toilets and kitchen, there are 5 rooms for people to live in, each room is about 60 square meters in size, which is quite spacious.

Xiao Mao also took the opportunity to call the dojo's referee to get to know him in advance, because every dojo match that follows needs to be presided over by a professional referee, and any dojo match without a referee is considered an invalid match.

"Gym Leader Shigeru, hello! I didn't expect you to arrive so soon." After finishing his phone call with the referee, the referee came to the dojo to meet Shigeru.

"Hello, Xiao Huang, nice to meet you. Please give me your guidance." Xiao Mao extended his hand and casually glanced at the opponent.

"Hello!" Xiao Huang grasped Xiao Mao's hand, shook it, and then let go.

The young woman in front of me, Xiao Huang, is a professional referee certified by the Trainers Association. She is a young woman who looks to be under 20 years old.

When Xiao Mao first heard the other person's name on the phone, he thought it was the same person as Xiao Huang in the special comic. Now that he has met the person in person, he realizes that the two are not the same person at all, they just have the same name.

"I'll leave the dojo competitions to you from now on," said Shigeru.

"No problem, it's what I should do," Xiao Huang replied with a smile.

"By the way, you came so quickly, do you live nearby?" Xiao Mao asked.

"Yes, so as not to delay the dojo competition, I rented a house nearby. If there is a dojo competition, Gym Leader Shigeru can notify me at any time," Huang said.

"Hmm." Xiao Shigeru nodded, then asked, "By the way, are there usually many people challenging the gyms? On average, how often are there gym battles?"

“Normally, not many people come to challenge us. Trainers only come to challenge us when the Indigo League is about to be held. Even then, there are only about three matches a week at most. In the off-season, there might not even be one match a week,” Xiao Huang said.

What the hell!