There seems to be something wrong with these Pokémon

"I'm sorry, Doctor." Xiaozhi lowered his head and apologized to Professor Oak who was trying to repair the camera. "I'm sorry for damaging your camera. Is there anything I can help with?"

"It's okay, don't worry about it." Dr. Oak straightened his back and said with a relaxed look, "It's just a small problem. It will be fixed soon."

Even so, Xiaozhi still looked guilty, but Pikachu showed no such emotion at all. It was running around the room with a smile on its face.

"This Pikachu is worthy of being Xiaozhi's. The damn personality is exactly the same." Xiaomao, who was combing his afro, dodged the cup that was knocked over by Pikachu by moving sideways, and the veins on his forehead bulged.

"Are they equally lively?" Xiao Ye took out a new set of clothes from Xiao Mao's packed backpack and handed it to Xiao Mao. Looking at the Pokémon jumping up and down, he smiled and said, "With such similar personalities, they will definitely get along well during the trip."

"That would only be a disaster." Xiao Mao took the clothes that Xiao Ye brought, ended the topic, and went upstairs to change clothes.

Xiao Ye looked at Xiao Mao's angry back and shrugged helplessly, then turned his attention to the other boy.

"But then again, with Ash and Pikachu in their current situation, they probably can't cooperate in a battle with Mao, right?"

Xiao Ye walked over to Xiao Zhi, ruffled his unique afro, and brushed off the dust on his body.

"of course can!"

When Xiaomao was mentioned, Xiaozhi immediately became motivated. He rolled his eyes, looked for an opportunity, and jumped up with one step, accurately intercepting Pikachu in mid-air - this time he remembered to wear rubber gloves.

"Hey, Pikachu." Xiaozhi felt Pikachu's struggle and used some force to prevent it from escaping, looking into its eyes seriously, "Xiaomao and I are going to have a battle in a while, can you please join me?"

Pikachu also found that his struggle was useless, so he simply relaxed and spread out his two short hands, looking helpless.

"Pikapi——"

"Don't be like this, Pikachu!" Xiaozhi whispered in Pikachu's ear, "You've seen how annoying Xiaomao is, right? Just do me a favor!"

After saying that, he put Pikachu on the ground, clasped his hands together and begged Pikachu sincerely.

Xiaozhi waited for a long time with his eyes closed, but Pikachu didn't respond, so he quietly opened his eyes a little, thinking that Pikachu would soften his heart and agree to his request.

But the result was contrary to expectations.

Pikachu found a set of small pillows and quilts from somewhere, and fell into a comfortable sleep with his back to Xiaozhi!

Upon seeing this, Xiaozhi stumbled and fell to the ground - it turned out that Pikachu didn't even glance at his true feelings just now!

After suffering such a setback, Xiaozhi reluctantly took out Pikachu's Poké Ball and said dejectedly, "If you are sleepy, come back first, Pikachu."

But who would have thought that when the Poké Ball was thrown at Pikachu, Pikachu used its flexible big tail to hit it back without even looking, and hit Xiaozhi's face accurately, causing the back of his head to fall to the ground again.

"Look at me, I forgot to mention it again." Professor Oak laughed and added, "This Pikachu is a bit special. It doesn't like to enter the Poké Ball."

At this time, Xiao Mao had also changed his clothes and came down, and happened to see this scene.

He immediately stopped and stood on the stairs and sneered.

"No way, Ash? Could it be that the future Pokémon Master can't even command Pokémon now?"

"No!" Xiaozhi got up from the ground as soon as he heard the voice of his mortal enemy and retorted, "Pikachu just said that it is tired now and doesn't want to fight with you."

"Really?" Xiao Mao snorted disdainfully, "I've been waiting for you for this battle. You won't let me waste so much time in vain, right?"

Knowing he was in the wrong, Xiaozhi shrank his head, and his masculine aura weakened uncontrollably, "I won't let you down! Stop blaming me for being late!"

"But Xiaozhi's Pikachu really doesn't have the slightest desire to fight." As a bystander, Xiaoye looked at Pikachu with embarrassment.

He knew that Xiaomao and Xiaozhi were looking forward to this battle, and it would be a pity if it ended before it even started.

"This is also a compulsory course for novice trainers." After finishing his work, Professor Oak put the camera aside and walked over to say, "Learn how to treat Pokémon that don't obey your commands, learn how to stimulate Pokémon's desire to fight, and learn how to face disappointment."

However, Professor Oak still underestimated Satoshi's intelligence when facing Shiro.

His eyes quickly locked onto Xiaoye's waist, and he appeared in front of Xiaoye at lightning speed, asking in a low voice, "Xiaoye, you should have a partner too, right? Can you lend it to me for a fight?"

Xiaoye, who had not yet come to her senses, was shocked by Xiaozhi's speed.

I didn’t even see Xiaozhi’s trajectory, how did he get here?

Xiao Ye replied while he was dazed and wondering if he was still sleepy and couldn't even see the person clearly.

"Of course there is no problem, but..."

"It's just that captured Pokémon won't follow the instructions of unfamiliar trainers." Xiao Mao walked down the stairs, approached Xiaozhi and rolled his eyes, "You can't have forgotten even such simple knowledge, right?"

Xiaozhi's face froze, and he obviously really forgot something that even a three-year-old child knew.

At the same time, Pikachu in the distance stretched his legs, turned over and lay down comfortably.

Professor Oak saw that Xiaomao and Xiaozhi were about to quarrel again, so he quickly interrupted and gave a compromise suggestion, "You can fight at any time, there is no need to rush now."

"But if Xiao Mao really wants to fight, he can try to fight Xiao Ye."

Professor Oak blinked and hinted to Xiaoye quietly.

"Ah?" Xiaoye was about to refuse when he saw Professor Oak's eyes twitching, so he had to bite the bullet and agreed, "Yes, I can be your opponent, Xiaomao."

"It just so happens that Xiaoye is also a novice trainer and is quite familiar with you, Xiaomao. The duel between you two will surely be very exciting." Professor Oak nodded and gave sincere advice.

"How's it going, Xiaomao?"

"Xiao Ye?" Xiao Mao thought about it and it seemed to be a good choice. At least it was better than arguing with the fool here. "Then I'll trouble grandpa to be the referee."

After saying that, he glanced at Xiaozhi who was inexplicably excited and said, "By the way, let's set an example for this idiot and show him what the level of a real novice trainer should be."

"Hey!"

"Okay, okay, let's go to the training ground behind the research institute." Xiao Ye interrupted hurriedly. He didn't want the short-lived peace that he had gained by sacrificing himself to be broken again.

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The backyard of the institute hasn't been so lively for a long time.

There was a Pokémon League logo printed in the middle of an empty field. When the residents of Pallet Town saw that someone was going to fight, they immediately brought small stools over and surrounded the field.

Even some Pokémon poked their heads out curiously, not fearing the people at all, and ran over to take a closer look.

"It's you, Charmeleon."

Ito greeted a Pokémon that appeared beside him. It was red all over, with only a few parts that were milky white. "Long time no see. Do you want to come and see the battle between novice trainers?"

The Charmeleon nodded and looked around.

"Hehe, Madoka hasn't come back yet." Ito shook her head. Seeing Charmeleon's expression gradually becoming depressed, she gently comforted him, "But don't worry. She called me a few days ago and said she missed you very much. I believe you will be needed to help take care of my girl again soon."

When the Fire Dinosaur heard this, it instantly raised its head, and even the flame on its tail burned even more fiercely.

It nodded, and excitedly looked towards the field. In a trance, it saw the first time it stood on the field with Xiaoyuan.

"Then I will be the referee of this match." Professor Oak stood in the center of the field and began to introduce the opponents on both sides. "On my right is the rookie trainer Xiao Mao and his initial partner Squirtle, and on my left is also a rookie trainer Xiao Ye and his partner Snake."

"Snakey?" Xiaozhi was sitting on the sidelines angrily, but his attention was drawn to this unfamiliar Pokémon. "What kind of Pokémon is that?"

"Don't you know, Xiaozhi?" Hanako stopped packing Xiaozhi's backpack, stretched out a finger and touched the corner of her lips and said, "I remember seeing it on a TV show. I think it's a Pokémon from the Unova region? It's very cute."

"Aaaaaa——!" Xiaozhi got even more mad after hearing this, and shouted unwillingly, "Why isn't my Pikachu so obedient! I want to fight too!"

"Hehe." Hanako just chuckled a few times before being interrupted by Professor Oak.

"Then, let the game begin!"

"Ivy Snake, are you ready?"

It was the first time that Xiao Ye was watched by so many eyes, and he was a little nervous. But after receiving the reply from Teng Teng Snake, he immediately calmed down and gave the order.

"Then let's go first. Vine Snake uses Vine Whip!"

Snake stretched out two vines and flew towards Squirtle from the left and right at an extremely fast speed.

Just as it was about to hit Squirtle, Xiao Mao shouted "Get out of the way, Squirtle!"

Squirtle kicked his legs and jumped into the air, and the vines of Snakevine brushed past it.

"Use the water gun!"

Squirtle took a deep breath, then exhaled suddenly, and a water gun the size of a cup came towards him and knocked Snake away.

The vine snake fell heavily to the ground, stirring up a cloud of dust.

"Teng Teng Snake, are you okay?" Xiao Ye gritted his teeth and blamed himself for not reacting quickly enough.

After hearing the trainer's concern, Snake used its vines to prop up its body on the ground and cried out to prove that it was fine.

"Next, continue using the vine whip!"

Two vines came out in response, but unlike before, the speed of the vines this time was significantly slower.

"The same move again?" Xiao Mao raised his chin and said, "Squirtle, get out of the way."

Squirtle chose to use the same method of dodging as last time, jumping high and looking at the vines under his feet.

"Now, tie it up!"

The vines under his feet instantly turned around and flew upwards, trapping Squirtle firmly in mid-air.

"Slowing down is for a better change of direction?" Professor Oak praised, "Mao mistakenly thought that Snake was seriously injured and slowed down, but ignored how a water-type Pokémon's water gun could cause huge damage to a grass-type Pokémon with just one shot?"

"That's how you pull Squirtle over here and use Impact!"

Snake retracted its vines, and Squirtle, who was originally on the other side of the field, was quickly pulled in front of Snake.

At the same time, a white light appeared above Snake's head, facing the flying Squirtle.

"Squirtle, quickly get into your shell!" Xiao Mao shouted anxiously.

After receiving the order, Squirtle quickly retracted its head, tail and limbs into its shell and withstood the impact.

Due to the reaction force of the impact, Squirtle curled up into a ball and returned to his side of the field, escaping from danger.

"That's a very good counterattack!" Professor Oak's eyes lit up. "After falling into a disadvantage, he didn't panic, but instead used the opponent's strength to escape danger. That's a really good reaction."