Pokémon: Pikachu Bonds

"I didn't expect this two-tailed monster to have such rich experience." Xiaoxia exclaimed.

"I was just wondering why the Twin-Tailed Phantom suddenly ran towards the pier. It turns out he met an acquaintance." As soon as Xiaoxia finished speaking, a familiar voice sounded in Xiaozhi's ears.

Xiaozhi looked in the direction of the sound...only to see Mr. O, who had taken away the Twin-Tailed Monster Hand, running towards him breathlessly.

"Xiaozhi, Xiaogang, long time no see. Where are you going?" Mr. O asked.

"We are going to Crimson Island to challenge the Crimson Gym." Xiaozhi replied.

"A Bao~A Bao~"

When Dagger heard that Xiaozhi was going to make it to the Gym Tournament, he became very excited and danced in front of Xiaozhi, as if saying that he wanted to participate in the Gym Tournament with Xiaozhi.

Mr. O sighed when he saw this. After all, he had lived with the two-tailed monster for so many years, so he certainly understood what it wanted to express.

Mr. O then took out a Poké Ball from his bag and handed it to Xiaozhi: "Xiaozhi, this is the Poké Ball of Twin-Tailed Monster Hand."

"Mr. O, what are you doing?" Xiaozhi asked puzzledly.

"I can feel that Pokemon really wants to participate in the gym tournament with you. As a trainer, of course you have to respect the Pokémon's choice." Mr. O said with a smile.

"I understand~ I will take good care of the Twin-Tailed Monster Hand." Xiaozhi said with a smile.

"A Bao~"

When the Twin-Tailed Monster saw that Xiaozhi agreed, he couldn't wait to use his tail to pick up the Poké Ball in Mr. O's hand and put it in Xiaozhi's hand, and then put the hat on his head back on Xiaozhi's head.

"Double-Tailed Phantom, please give me your guidance in the future." Xiaozhi said to Double-Tailed Phantom while holding the Poké Ball.

"A-Po~" The two-tailed monster nodded excitedly, and then turned into a red light and returned to the Poké Ball.

"The Ink Sea Horse is about to depart. Passengers who have not yet boarded please hurry up and get on board..." The sound of the dock loudspeaker rang in everyone's ears.

"Xiaozhi's ship is about to leave, let's get on board quickly." Xiaoxia urged.

"I understand~" Xiaozhi nodded, then turned around and said goodbye to Mr. O: "Then Mr. O, I will leave first, I will train the two-tailed monster hand well."

Mr. O waved goodbye and said, "Xiaozhi wishes you a safe journey!"

........

Xiaozhi and his group boarded the Ink Sea Horse and arrived at the tourist attraction Honglian Island...

"We've finally arrived at Crimson Lotus Island. I can't wait to challenge the Crimson Lotus Gym!" Xiaozhi said excitedly.

"Xiaozhi's Gym Tournament this time is different from the previous ones. The gym leaders will perform at least 60% of their level. You have to be careful and don't let anything go wrong." Xiaoxia reminded.

"Don't worry, I won't lose." Xiaozhi was full of confidence.

"Xiaozhi, have you chosen the Pokémon you want to play?" asked Xiaogang.

"I originally only selected five Pokémon to play, and was still considering who to send for the sixth, but now with the addition of Grips, I plan to let it participate in this gym challenge." Xiaozhi replied.

"Let the Twin-Tailed Monster Fighter fight the first battle after his return? This is a good decision!" Xiaogang agreed.

"Isn't this Xiaozhi? Long time no see~" Suddenly a familiar voice sounded in everyone's ears.

Xiaozhi and his friends looked in the direction of the voice...and saw Xia Bo, wearing a wig, standing not far away with a smile.

"Xia Bo, is this your zodiac year?" Xiao Zhi asked.

"Huh? How did you know?" Xia Bo asked puzzledly. After all, he had never mentioned from the beginning to the end that this year was his zodiac year.

Xiaozhi rolled his eyes when he heard that: "You can tell just by looking at her. After all, who would wear red for no reason? Even her wig is red."

"(??w?? ?)...It seems that I am really too conspicuous in red." Xia Bo thought secretly.

Then Xia Bo changed the subject: "Xiaozhi, are you coming to Honglian Island to take a vacation?"

Xiaozhi shook his head: "I'm here to challenge the Red Lotus Gym."

"Challenge the Red Lotus Gym? Are you preparing to participate in the joint conference?" Xia Bo guessed.

"That's right~" Xiaozhi nodded.

"Xiaozhi, since you are going to participate in the Joint Conference, you should know that the gym tournament of the Joint Conference is different from the ordinary gym tournaments. I will perform at 60% of my level in the battle, and the Pokémon I will use are not the Pokémon usually used to test the strength of new trainers." Xia Bo reminded.

"Of course~ I'm ready and can have the gym match at any time." Xiaozhi replied with a smile.

"Since you are ready, just follow me." After saying that, Xia Bo led Xiaozhi and his group to the Red Lotus Gym hidden deep in the hot spring hotel.

The competition venue of Honglian Gym is still very unique. A giant stone pillar made of man-made buildings stands in the magma, and the competition venue is built on the rock pillar...

"Now the gym tournament with the combined badges as the stakes begins. The challenger is Satoshi from Pallet Town. He can use six Pokémon. There is no time limit, and the challenger can change Pokémon at will during the match." The referee announced the rules of the match.

"This is my number one player." Xia Bo threw a Poké Ball.

"Roar!!" The white light dissipated, and a Pokémon standing on two legs appeared on the playing field, with a hair-like flame burning on its neck...

"Is the first opponent Infernape? In that case, Snorkeler Itachi will be you!" Xiaozhi threw a Poké Ball.

bang~

"Huga~"

The white light dissipated, and a Pokémon similar to a sea weasel appeared on the competition field. Its fur was composed of orange and beige, there was a yellow floating bladder similar to a scarf on its neck, and there was an orange water drop pattern on its belly.

Although the competition venue is built on magma, causing the temperature around it to be extremely hot, it does not have much impact on the water-attributed snorkeling weasel.

"Facing the fire-type Infernape, it is a clear decision to send the water-type Snorkeler into battle. However, it cannot defeat my Infernape just by relying on attribute restraint." Xia Bo said with a smile.

"How do you know if you don't try? Besides, my Snorkeling Itachi is very strong." Xiaozhi is very confident in the strength of Snorkeling Itachi.

"Huga~"

"In that case, let Infernape test how strong your Snorkeling Weasel is?"

"Infernomon uses Thunder Punch!"

"Roar!!" Infernape arrived in front of Snorkeling Weasel at lightning speed, and swung its right fist covered with lightning to hit Snorkeling Weasel's belly...

"This Infernape is so fast!" Xiaoxia said in surprise.

"In terms of speed, my Snorkel is not slower than your Infernape." Xiaozhi said with a smile.

"Let the snorkeling weasel see our speed, and use the Chi Fist to avoid it!"

"Huga~"

Snorkeling Weasel quickly dodged the oncoming flaming fist, and while dodging, he swung his right fist and hit Infernape's face hard...

"roar~"

Feeling the severe pain on his face, Infernomon angrily punched Snorkeling Itachi in the stomach with a lightning fist...