There seems to be something wrong with these Pokémon

"Osagadani?" Fujino Sakura thought for a moment and said, "What a familiar place name."

"Of course." Xiao Mao introduced proudly, "This used to be a tourist attraction famous for its majestic scenery of the Grand Valley. But about five or six months ago, researchers from the Nibi Science Museum unearthed a lot of precious fossils of extinct ancient Pokémon here. Since then, the Grand Valley has been famous for its fossils."

"anyway."

After waving goodbye to Professor Oak, Sakuya Ye stood up from his chair, turned around and smiled, "Xiao Mao, are you also passing by Shion Town?"

"How is that possible?" Xiao Mao rejected it outright. "I left Golden Yellow City two months ago. This time I came back from Red Lotus Island to find you."

"Red Lotus Island?"

Sakuya Ye remembered the travel route that Professor Oak had drawn for him before the journey began, and was quite surprised and said, "Isn't that the location of the last gym, the Red Lotus Gym?"

But Xiao Mao just sneered and waved his hand.

"What is the Red Lotus Gym? That place was transformed into a tourist attraction several years ago. It was only after I went there that I realized that the locals had completely forgotten what the Red Lotus Gym looked like and where it was. Instead, they had a deep memory of the Red Lotus Hot Spring that had recently opened in the bathhouse."

"So Xiaomao, how many badges do you have now...?"

"Only seven." Xiao Mao raised his chin, half-closed his eyes and looked very proud. "What a pity! If the Red Lotus Gym hadn't disappeared, the Crimson Badge would have been in my pocket long ago."

Seven?!

Sakuya Ye was suddenly shocked. Compared with Xiao Mao's, his three gym badges seemed a little shabby.

No, it should not be said slightly, but too shabby.

Of the three gym badges, only two can be truly obtained through strength, namely the gray badge and the orange badge.

As for the Blue Badge...

Uh, let’s not talk about it.

To get an admission ticket to the Quartz League, one needs at least eight gym badges, and Xiao Mao is only one step away from it, but he is still a long way away, not even halfway there.

We need to work harder.

Shuoya Ye made a secret decision in his heart.

After completing this commission from Professor Oak, I will devote all my energy to obtaining the gym badge.

Don't let the time pass when Shaun and Satoshi have already returned to Pallet Town with their eight gym badges to train in preparation for the upcoming Quartz League, while you're still struggling to get badges and hastily join the Quartz League.

"Seven badges?"

"Yeah, it's genuine."

Xiao Mao, who was so proud of himself, didn't care at all who raised the question. Instead, he took out a badge box from his arms, pressed the buckle, and showed his badges of different colors that glowed under the light.

"In fact, the strength of the gym trainers is just average, and they can easily handle a gym match. The time wasted in the gym match is not even one-tenth of the time I spent enjoying the scenery in the car."

"Xiao Mao, Xiao Mao, the strongest——!"

"Xiao Mao, Xiao Mao, the best--!"

Behind Xiao Mao, the girls with their hands raised and neatly arranged shouted in unison.

The momentum was so strong that all the passing trainers stopped to watch. Even Miss Joy raised her head and glanced at the commotion in her busy schedule.

"Thank you, thank you everyone." Xiao Mao turned around and waved confidently. His sunny and handsome smile made the group of girls scream.

"Hey, let me tell you." Fujino Sakura frowned as she walked past the cheerleaders. Before they could react, she took the flowers in her hand and placed them on a bench beside her. She said in a stern voice, "No noise is allowed in the Pokémon Center. Do I need someone to tell you about this?"

"Oops, sorry, sorry."

Xiao Mao walked over with a nonchalant smile, as if he was completely unaware of the girl's anger and continued, "After all, wherever I am, there will be a commotion. This is the charm, and it is indeed very distressing."

The cheerleading girls who were ruthlessly deprived of their hand flowers seemed to have stars in their eyes and nodded in unison.

"What's there to be narcissistic about?" Fujino Sakura rolled her eyes at Xiao Mao. "Only half of the badges in your badge box belong to first-level gyms, and the other half belong to second- and third-level gyms. They have no value and no honor. Why are you acting so arrogant?"

It was rare for Xiao Mao to be choked. His expression froze for a long time before he recovered. He laughed a few times to cover up his embarrassment and tried to save his face.

"In fact, I have already scheduled those first-level gyms into my future schedule. Isn't this to make up for the challenges you guys don't have time for?"

"Yes, yes, a Pokémon Master who spends more time looking at the scenery than challenging the gym~"

Xiao Mao was choked again and his face turned even darker.

He looked at the girl, who straightened her back as if to demonstrate to him, and walked towards Shuo Gu Ye without looking back, and whispered something in his ear.

And Shuoya Ye tilted his head considerately, occasionally showing a smile.

Xiao Mao pondered for a moment as he looked at the complementary atmosphere between the two people in front of him, then raised his eyebrows and asked when Shuoya Ye inadvertently glanced at him again.

"girlfriend?"

Sakutani Ye and Fujino Sakura froze almost at the same time and looked at him with strange expressions.

But in Xiaomao's eyes, this was the embarrassment after his secret was discovered.

"She's not bad looking." Xiao Mao reluctantly acknowledged Fujino Sakura's identity for the sake of Sakuya Ye, but he was still picky, "She's just a little short, has a bad temper, and is a little jealous."

"Xiao Mao, it's not..."

"What the hell are you doing?!"

Fujino Sakura clenched her fist and glared at him fiercely.

If looks could kill, Xiao Mao would have been chopped into pieces by the girl by now.

"Apart from boyfriend and girlfriend, do you not recognize any other normal relationships?"

"Not boyfriend and girlfriend?" Xiao Mao was not surprised, but seemed relieved. "That's good. I don't have to go against my conscience and praise Xiao Ye's vision in every possible way."

"After all, I've said so many bad things that I always feel a little flustered."

Xiao Mao, who had finally turned the tables, was in a good mood and looked at Shuo Gu Ye, "Xiao Ye, please introduce her. Who is she to you?"

"she is..."

"I am his mother, do you believe it?" Fujino Sakura gnashed her teeth, "Two grown men are standing in front of you, and you can tell by their ages, what else can they be but friends?"

"friend?!"

Xiao Mao opened his mouth wide, ignoring Fujino Sakura's expression which was similar to that of the head in the middle of Dodoli. He raised his arm and put it on Sakutani Ye's shoulder and winked at him.

"Then I'd rather believe that you're Xiao Ye's mother. At least I don't have to worry about his perspective on making friends."

"Haha." Fujino Sakura sneered, "I'll return it to you intact."

Seeing the two people arguing with each other at their first meeting, Sakutani Ye suddenly felt a headache. Ditto had quietly hidden away and covered his ears when the two of them had their first quarrel. His main point was to turn a deaf ear to what was happening outside so as not to be involved.

Seeing that the looks of the passers-by standing not far away and watching quietly were becoming more and more strange, Shuo Gu Ye hurriedly changed the subject.

"By the way, Xiao Mao, you said you would pick us up in that red car..."

"Yes, it is this young master's favorite sports car." Xiao Mao bared his teeth, hooked his arm around Shuo Guye's shoulder and said with a smile, "I have been verifying it for such a long time. This car is so cool. The rate of turning heads is 100%!"

"I guess everyone wants to see who the tasteless person is."

Before Sakutani Ye could reply, Fujino Sakura spoke coldly.

"A flashy red sports car for traveling? That's unheard of."

"You've seen it now." Xiao Mao shrugged indifferently.

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Shuoya Ye had to intervene again and said, "I remember that there don't seem to be many seats in this car? If you count Xiaoying and me, plus yours..."

Shuoya Ye looked back at the girls who had already started to silently dance for support, and swallowed back the word "cheerleaders" that was about to come out of his mouth.

"...Girlfriends, can you sit down?"

"They?" Xiao Mao glanced at Shuo Guye in surprise, "They definitely won't go with us. It's such a dangerous journey, I don't want to let these beauties take risks."

“Wuwuwu~Master Xiaomao——!”

The girls were so moved that they shed tears.

"Tsk, so hypocritical..." Fujino Sakura muttered softly, not bothering to even glance at these girls who seemed to have lost their minds.

So the trainers who stayed in the Pokémon Center for a long time saw a world-famous painting that they would never forget.

Two young boys with different temperaments were laughing and joking as they walked towards a very conspicuous red sports car outside the Pokémon Center. Behind them was a girl who was pinching her nose and rolling her eyes, as well as a group of beautiful women with different appearances but each with their own characteristics, with sad faces, holding up the hand flowers that had been confiscated not long ago, and crying, shouting in unison, "Master Xiaomao, we will miss you~"

----

In the shadows at the corner of the Pokémon Center, two dark figures emerged.

[Geng Gui, follow him.] Gastly looked at the boy in white clothes with his shoulders wrapped by another person's arm, and said to Gengar who was curiously pulling the leaves of the tender green potted plants planted in the Pokémon Center.

Geng Gui was surprised and his hand shook, and a leaf was pulled off by it.

The next moment, his scarlet eyes were filled with tears. He looked at the leaves that suddenly wilted in his hands, crying, feeling full of guilt.

【Come on, it’s just a leaf.】

When Gastly saw this ghostly appearance, he knew that Gengar’s saintly heart was overflowing again. He glared with his two big eyes, and the green leaf that was originally resting in Gengar’s hand was burned to ashes by the lavender will-o’-the-wisp fire, without even any ash left.

Seeing this, Gengar couldn't help but droop the corners of his mouth and droop his eyes, as if he would burst into tears with just a little stimulation.

[Why are you crying? You are a ghost-type Pokémon, why do you look like a ghost all day long?! ]

Gastly got angry when he saw Gengar's useless look, and said after swallowing hard.

[Follow him and ensure his safety until you see the legendary Pokémon, and tell it about the contribution our clan has made for this child.]

Gastly's eyes gleamed, "Ghost Pokémon never do business at a loss, you want me to work for nothing? Impossible."