There seems to be something wrong with these Pokémon

"Hurry up! We're almost there at the Crimson Gym!"

In the forest, the girl was stamping her feet anxiously, constantly urging the two boys who were lagging behind her calmly, with an anxious look on her face.

"Xiaozhi and his friends arrived in Crimson City yesterday. They said they would challenge the gym today. We can't fall behind!"

“It’s an exaggeration to say we’re lagging behind.”

Sakutani Ye laughed a few times, but still walked a few steps faster as Fujino Sakura requested.

"What if Gym Leader Aju is still fighting with Xiaozhi? We'll just be standing there even if we get there. We might as well go slowly over there."

Shuoya Ye folded his arms and nodded seriously, "Xiaozhi is a very tough opponent. It will take a long time for Gym Leader Aju to win."

Kitazawa Reiyuu glanced at the anxious girl and asked.

"I didn't see you so anxious when I challenged the Honglian Gym. What's wrong?"

"Have you forgotten?" Fujino Sakura stared, "Leaf Stone! It was Xiaomao who asked Xiaozhi to bring me the Leaf Stone!"

"I still don't know."

Shuoya Ye asked curiously, "What is the use of the Leaf Stone? You climbed the Golden Mountain alone for it, right?"

"Um..."

Fujino Sakura's expression became a little ugly, and she hesitated and said, "I want to think about where to start."

"No rush." ​​Shuo Gu Ye said, "We are still some distance away from the Crimson Gym, we can take our time."

After a few minutes, Fujino Sakura slowly spoke.

In fact, in addition to the five existing Pokémon, she also has a Pokémon that has never been shown to anyone.

When she first set out on her journey from Golden City, this was actually the third Pokémon she captured, in addition to Bulbasaur and Stingray.

There is a tacit understanding between them that is hard to match by ordinary people.

In the early stages of your journey, this is a Pokémon that will be present in almost every Pokémon battle.

Thanks to it, Fujino Sakura was able to successfully obtain three gym badges.

She thought that with its help, the fourth gym badge would be within her grasp.

but--

"My brother and I passed through a small town."

Fujino Sakura spoke softly with her brows lowered.

"Because we were too tired from traveling, we stayed at an old lady's house for a night."

"Everything was normal before I went to bed, but at daybreak, I was woken up by my brother who had woken up early and was anxious."

"【Sakura! Don't sleep! Something happened to your balls!"

Fujino Sakura repeated the unforgettable scene in a calm tone.

"When I woke up from my dream and looked at my eggs..."

A trace of fear and trepidation appeared on her face, and she trembled slightly as she said, "Dandan is a Pokémon made up of six eggs, and each egg has its own consciousness and behavior."

"But that day, one of the eggs had no facial features! It was just like an ordinary egg!"

Sakuya Ye's hand stopped in mid-air as he tried to comfort the girl. He repeated in disbelief, "No facial features?!"

"Yes, it has lost its facial features." Fujino Sakura pulled the corners of her mouth, and her long hair swept across her cheeks. She continued, "I took it to the Pokémon Center to seek help from Miss Joy as soon as possible."

"After professional equipment inspection, Miss Joy told me the bad news."

A hint of pain appeared in the girl's light-colored pupils.

"It seems like something has stolen Dandan's superpowers! That's why this strange phenomenon has occurred!"

Kitazawa Reiyu, who had been listening quietly, suddenly raised his eyes and met the gaze of Sakutani Ye, who had also thought of something.

Up to duck!

Isn't it because of acquired superpower defects that Psyduck, who grew up in the Rain Praying Town, is not good at superpowers? !

Moreover, under the joint judgment of Professor Oak and Kitazawa Lingyou, they all agreed that something seemed to have drained away Psyduck's superpowers, causing its superpowers to atrophy while also destroying the channel in its body that outputs superpowers!

However, according to Jill's description, it seems that several years ago, Psyduck no longer often holds its head with its hands like other Psyducks, and occasionally looks like it has a splitting headache.

Are there any connections between these two similar experiences spanning several years?

Immersed in her memories, Fujino Sakura did not notice the uneasiness and confusion in her companion's eyes and continued speaking.

"Ms. Joy told me that the current level of technology does not have a cure for this strange disease. She can only try to keep the eggs in a superpower negative pressure environment for a long time to prevent the remaining superpowers from being lost. Otherwise, if it continues to develop, I'm afraid the remaining five eggs will become like the first egg and show symptoms of losing their facial features!"

"But...as its trainer, I won't give up any hope! I must find a way to cure it!"

Fujino Sakura clenched her fists. "So I looked up the information and found that the egg can evolve into a coconut tree through the leaf stone. Maybe the effect of evolution can help it heal..."

"The Kanto region doesn't know about the Pokémon Coconut Tree," Kitazawa Lingyou continued. "The only three types of evolution stones that are abundant in the Kanto region are lightning, fire, and water. The rest of the evolution stones only appear in other regions."

"That's right." Fujino Sakura nodded and raised her eyes with tears in the corners of her eyes. "When Xiao Mao suddenly contacted me and said that he had found a Leaf Stone, I really thought I was dreaming."

She slowly raised her hand to her chest and said sincerely, "I am very grateful to him, really."

Sakutani Ye paused, then took three or two steps to Fujino Sakura.

She said with a slightly confused look on her face.

"Let's have a game!" Shuo Gu Ye turned around and slowly backed away.

"Just like..."

"Who gets to the Crimson Gym first?"

After saying that, he turned around and jogged a few steps. Seeing that the two people behind him had no intention of moving, he smiled and asked, "What's wrong? Am I the only one who wants to get to the Crimson Gym as soon as possible?"

Fujino Sakura couldn't help but laugh when she saw the boy trying clumsily to comfort her.

She raised her arm to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes and ran towards the young man who was waving his hand not far away.

"A competition? Then I won't lose!"

Kitazawa Lingyou shrugged helplessly, but still opened his legs and ran after the boy in front of him.

"The loser should be punished."

"Yeah, that makes sense!"

"The loser will be responsible for preparing food for today's Pokémon!"

----

Not long after, the three of them stopped in front of a magnificent classical Japanese building.

Surrounded by lush green bamboo forests and cherry trees, the roofs of the houses are covered with fired tiles.

Through the half-open door, you can see the courtyard with a clear pond in the center.

A flagstone path connects the buildings through the courtyard.

Everything is so peaceful and elegant.

If it weren't for the loud explosions in my ears and the shaking houses in my eyes.

"what happened?!"

Fujino Sakura clutched the sculpture beside her and looked at the rooftop that was emitting white smoke. "Where did it explode?!"

Before Shuoya Ye could respond, a familiar voice reached his ears, causing a flash of surprise on his face.

"Charmander, use Sparkle!"

It's Xiaozhi's voice!

But before he could be happy for a few seconds, a cry of surprise was heard in the same tone.

"Charmander! Pikachu! Damn Rocket--!"

"quick!"

Shuoya Ye pushed open the unlocked door and ran anxiously towards the source of the sound.

"Ash is in trouble! It's Team Rocket!"

"It's them again!?" Fujino Sakura hurriedly chased after them.

Kitazawa Reiyu, who fell behind, frowned.

How come he didn't remember that Team Rocket had any recent plans for activities at the Crimson Gym?

----

After being almost ambushed by a trap in the house, Sakuya Ye looked at the house full of dangers and decisively took out the Poké Ball.

It seems that this is the test before challenging the Crimson Gym.

The original intention was to test the trainer's observation and adaptability.

But in such an urgent situation, Sakuya Ye chose to cheat a little and released Gengar.

"Geng Gui, find the location of the trap!"

Gengar dove into the wooden board, and couldn't help but be amazed at the lightning balls that were ready to self-destruct every few meters.

Oh my God, is he here to take my life or to take the test?

There's also a wall full of shurikens hidden in the left wall, waiting for people to step on it and get stabbed to death?

In line with his good character of not wasting, Gengar first avoided the locations of all the lightning balls and took all the shurikens on the wall.

If it weren't for Sakuya Ye who noticed something was wrong and urged him, Gengar would have been considering whether he could pack up the lightning ball and take it away!

With the help of Gengar's cheat, Sakuya Ye and his friends successfully avoided all the traps.

After moving back and forth between the movable walls, they arrived at the room where the dispute had taken place in a few minutes.

"Jewel Starfish! It's decided to be you!"

Coincidentally, Misty was about to take action when she saw that all of Ash's Pokémon had lost their ability to fight due to the insidious spider web attack by the Rocket trio.

Looking at the three people rushing over aggressively, she was stunned for a few seconds.

During these few seconds, she did not throw the Poké Ball in her hand.

The next moment, a white light lit up from her backpack.

A simple and cute yellow duck appeared in front of Xiaoxia.

Looking at the conflict that was about to break out in front of her, Xiaoxia ran out on her own and slowly tilted her head, calling out in confusion.

Xiaoxia raised her right leg high and threw the ball handsomely, but she staggered and almost fell.

Then she shouted like a lion, "How many times have I told you! You are Psyduck, not Gemstar!!"

"Really..."

Misty raised her hand to cover her aching temple and said speechlessly, "Having a Pokémon like you really gives me a headache!"

"Xiaoye!"

Xiaozhi, who was pulling the spider silk for Pikachu, looked back at his friend in surprise.

"You came?!"

Sakuya Ye responded to Xiaozhi's smile, then quickly turned his head and looked at the confused three members of Team Rocket.

"He looks familiar."

Kojiro frowned, his eyes constantly scanning the boy's signature silver-gray hair, "I don't know why, but I have a bad feeling..."

"fool!"

Musashi raised his hand and hit Kojiro's head hard, "Isn't that the brat with the precious Pokémon?!"

"right!"

Kojiro raised his hands to cover his head and suddenly realized, "It really comes without any effort!"

"Take it all in one swoop, meow!" Meow's claws appeared from the soft pads.

"careful!"

Xiaozhi, who had suffered a loss before, reminded, "They have very sticky spider silk on their hands--"

Before he could finish his words, the three members of Team Rocket screamed as they were blown away by a majestic column of water, smashing through the roof and flying out.

"What a disgusting feeling!"

Sakuya Ye's Psyduck is handsomely standing with his hands on his hips, which forms a sharp contrast with the other Psyduck who is raising his arms with a silly look in his eyes.

"What I want is Xiaoye's Psyduck—"

Xiaoxia looked at Psyduck and sighed, her eyes full of envy.

"What good is this duck other than giving me a headache..."

After sending Team Rocket away, Sakuya Ye saw several Pokémon entangled in spider silk and unable to move, so he raised his hand and released Ralts.

A blue light flashed around Lalulas' eyes, and her superpower quickly turned all the spider silk into nothing.

"Xiaoye!"

Xiaozhi's eyes lit up and he quickly ran towards Sakuya Ye who was looking at him with a smile.

Thinking that he would receive a warm hug, Shuoya Ye opened his arms and was ready to welcome the enthusiasm of his childhood sweetheart.

No one expected that Xiaozhi would stop one meter away from Shuoya Ye and open his coat with a proud look on his face.

"I now have five gym badges! Let's compete again some other day!"

Feeling betrayed, Sakutani Ye slowly lowered his arms.

Although there was still a smile on his lips, anyone with a discerning eye could feel the low pressure lingering around him.

Except for Satoshi who is still showing off his gym badge in various ways.

"Sure." Shuoya Ye nodded with a smile.

Unless there is no way out, he will never engage in a Pokémon battle with Satoshi again!

Having made up his mind, Sakuya Ye looked past Satoshi who was holding Pikachu and talking nonstop.

He looked at the man and woman who had been staring at him since he entered the room.

"Born in darkness, live in darkness, this is the fate of a ninja."

The insolent woman with a dark green high ponytail and a pink ninja uniform narrowed her eyes slightly, "Kuno, Ayaya is here."

The hedgehog-like man with thick hair, who was folding his arms beside her, spoke.

"Aju, the leader of the Crimson Gym, is here."

In the silence, Aju's thick eyebrows slightly raised, and a smile appeared on his face.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, Sakuya."