Pokémon: Pikachu Bonds

Xiaozhi and his group took a ship to the Fengyuan region, where the next gym is located...

"Ash, Misty, and Brock!"

As soon as Xiaozhi and his friends got off the ship, they heard a familiar voice and looked in the direction of the voice... They saw Xiaozhi's former friend Xiaoyao running excitedly to Xiaozhi and the others.

"Long time no see, Xiaoyao!"*3, Xiaozhi and the other two waved and greeted each other at the same time.

"Pica~"

"It's been a long time since we last met, but I didn't expect that after so many years, Xiaozhi, you would challenge the Orange Gym again." Xiaoyao sighed.

"Haha~ I didn't expect that after so many years, I would go to challenge a gym in a region that I had traveled to before." Xiaozhi said, scratching his head.

"When you contacted me before, I had already told my father about your challenge to the Chenghua Gym. Dad is now waiting for you at the gym, so let's set off now!" Xiaoyao suggested.

"No problem~ But before going to the Orange Gym, we have to go to the Pokémon Center and ask Professor Oak to teleport the Pokémon over. After all, I only have three Pokémon on me now." Xiaozhi replied.

Originally, Xiaozhi had no intention of challenging the Orange Gym directly, so he did not ask Professor Oak to teleport Pokémon to the Pokémon Center in the Ice Cave. However, he later received a call from Xiaoyao while on the ship, so he changed his original intention.

"No problem~ Let's get in the car now." Xiaoyao pointed to the green jeep not far away and invited Xiaozhi and his group to ride in the jeep.

With the help of transportation, Xiaozhi and his party quickly arrived at the Orange Gym. When passing through Guchen Town on the way, Xiaozhi came to the Pokémon Center and contacted Professor Oak to replace five Pokémon. Then, under the leadership of Xiaoyao, he found the gym owner Qianli...

"Dad~I brought Xiaozhi here." Xiaoyao said.

"Mr. Chisato, I'll leave the joint gym tournament to you!" Xiaozhi said politely.

"Of course ~ But the gym battle may have to wait until tomorrow. After all, my Pokémon just experienced a battle and can't continue fighting now." Qianli explained.

"Dad, did anyone come to challenge us for the joint gym competition just now?" Xiaoyao asked curiously.

I didn't expect that during the time I went to the port to pick up Xiaozhi, someone would come to challenge me in the Joint Gym Tournament.

"Yes~ It's a trainer from the Sinnoh region, his name seems to be Shinji." Qianli answered, and then explained to Xiaozhi: "Although I have already made an appointment with you, I can't turn away a trainer who comes to challenge the gym, so our competition can only be postponed to tomorrow."

"It's Shinji!!"*2, Xiaozhi and Xiaogang showed surprised expressions when they heard it.

"Oh? From the sound of your voice, it seems that you know Shinji's trainer." Qianli asked curiously.

"Of course I know him. He was a strong rival I met when I was traveling in the Sinnoh region. He is a very powerful trainer." Xiaozhi replied.

"So that's how it is~ No wonder you know each other." Qianli nodded.

"By the way, where are Xiaosheng and the others?" Xiaozhi asked.

From the time Satoshi and his friends entered the gym until now, they haven't seen any sign of Kacchan. If it were any other time, Kacchan would have shown up long ago.

"Xiaosheng is in school now." Mitsuko replied.

"In class at school?" Xiaozhi asked puzzledly.

"Yeah~ Xiaosheng is now a teacher at the Pokémon School, teaching some Pokémon knowledge to children under the age of ten." Qianli explained.

"Xiaosheng became a teacher? I remember Xiaosheng wanted to be a Pokémon trainer?" Xiaogang interrupted.

"Katsuki did want to become a Pokémon trainer, but unfortunately things didn't go as planned... Although he learned from you, Satoshi, to travel around the Hoenn region with Pokémon, unfortunately he didn't even collect all eight gym badges, let alone participate in the Hoenn League's Saiyou Conference."

"Later, Xiaosheng felt that the difficulty of the Caiyou Conference was too high, so he decided to move to the Kanto region to participate in the Quartz Conference. After all, the Quartz Conference is called the Baby Cup, which is very suitable for novice trainers who have just debuted."

"So Xiaosheng took the Forest Lizard to the Kanto region to challenge the gym competition. Unfortunately, Xiaosheng ran back in a mess after staying in the Kanto region for less than a month, and since then Xiaosheng gave up becoming a Pokémon trainer."

"I'm very curious about what happened to Xiaosheng in the Kanto region that made him give up his dream of becoming a Pokémon trainer."

"I was also very curious at the time, so after repeated inquiries, I learned that he had challenged three gyms in a row but returned empty-handed. In particular, on the way back, he met an old man with a giant beedrill, and Xiaosheng wanted to find a sense of existence in the old man."

"After all, in Xiaosheng's opinion, if he can't beat the gym trainer, how can he beat a bug-catching uncle? So he challenged the uncle to a Pokémon battle."

"Although the uncle refused at first, he couldn't stand Xiaosheng's repeated challenges and accepted it. Unfortunately, the battle was one-sided and Xiaosheng's six Pokémon were killed instantly by the uncle's Beedrill." Xiaoyao explained.

"I remember that the gym tournament in the Kanto region wasn't that difficult, right? Which three gyms did Xiaosheng challenge?" Xiaozhi asked curiously.

"I remember what Xiaosheng was talking about was...Aju from the Crimson Gym, Nancy from the Golden Gym, and Xia Bo from the Red Lotus Gym." Xiaoyao replied.

"Ah, this..." Xiaozhi and the other two were stunned when they heard this. Wow! Xiaosheng is really good at choosing his opponents. He actually challenged the most difficult gym in Kanto region.

At the same time, Brock and Misty complained in their hearts: "Does Xiaosheng think he is that iron-headed kid from Xiaozhi? He challenges the most difficult gym right after he sets out on a trip."

You should know that there are many gyms in the Kanto region. You don't necessarily have to challenge the most difficult gym. You can also challenge gyms with lower difficulty. For example, the gyms that Shigeki challenged were not very difficult, while Satoshi challenged the most difficult gym.

"Actually..." Xiaozhi looked as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

"Xiaozhi, what's wrong with you? Just say whatever you want to say, it's okay." Qianli said.

"To be honest, it's normal for Xiaosheng to have psychological trauma after being beaten. After all, the three gym leaders he selected have already reached the King level. If it weren't for the joint conference, they would now be the Four Heavenly Kings of the Johto region." Xiaozhi took out the Rotom cell phone and handed it to Qianli.

Qianli took the Rotom phone and looked at the information on it, while Xiaoyao and Mitsuko curiously looked over... [The Johto Alliance sincerely invites... Aju, Nancy, and Xia Bo from the Kanto region to become the Four Heavenly Kings of the Johto region, and the invitation time is just a few days before the launch of the joint conference. ]

After reading the information, Qianli, Xiaoyao, and Mitsuko looked at each other. Even if they took a step back and said that when Xiaosheng challenged the gym tournament that year, their strength had not reached the king level, but it was not something that a newly debuted trainer like Xiaosheng could challenge, even if they would not exert their full strength.

Especially Qianli knew very well the value of the Four Heavenly Kings. After all, he had fought with Kona, one of the Four Heavenly Kings in the Kanto region, so he knew very well the value of the Four Heavenly Kings.