Chapter 48: Not Worthy of Being Comparable to Xiaozhi
At this point, Xiao Hao's first gym challenge ended in failure, and Ma Zhishi also warned Xiao Hao that if Xiao Hao dared to challenge his gym with such strength again, then he would not even be able to enter the door of his gym.
There were no grand competitions held in Vermilion City these two days, and the Pokémon World Championship, which would be popular throughout the region in the future, is now nowhere to be seen. Therefore, Xiao Hao currently has no honors. Not only is he a rookie trainer, he is also a rookie who doesn't even know the attribute restraint.
Although Xiaozhi didn't know what attribute restraint was when he first started traveling, he was capable. And no matter how he got the badge, Xiaozhi at least got the gray badge of the Nibe Gym.
After being kicked out by Ma Zhishi, Xiao Hao ran to the Pokémon Center in despair, left the three seriously injured Pokémon to Miss Joy, and then completely ignored them and ran away to do something unknown, not caring at all about the three Pokémon who were sent to the emergency room because of his mental disability.
Think about it, after Pikachu was attacked by a group of Spearows, Ash grabbed Misty's bicycle and rushed to the Pokémon Center in Viridian City. After Pikachu was sent to the emergency room, Ash sat outside the emergency room and prayed with great self-blame, praying that Pikachu would be fine.
Comparing the completely different reactions of Ash and Goh when encountering such things, it is not difficult to see that the personalities of these two people are very different. Otherwise, how could Ash win the favor of so many legendary Pokémon? It was Ash's genuine love for every Pokémon that attracted them.
When Miss Joy pushed the three bandaged Pokémon out of the emergency room, she couldn't find Xiao Hao no matter how hard she looked. Finally, she found the Sakuragi Research Institute through the information Xiao Hao left at the Pokémon Center. Dr. Sakuragi's daughter Xiaochun came and took away the three Pokémon that needed recuperation.
After Xiao Hao finished playing outside and returned to the Sakuragi Laboratory, he didn't mention the three Pokémon at all. Relying on his good relationship with Xiaochun, he asked Xiaochun to get the information about the Diglett Cave from Professor Sakuragi, and rushed to Tsukimiyama through the Diglett Cave early the next morning.
Don't forget that Dr. Sakuragi is Dr. Oak's student, and Yu Longyan is also Dr. Oak's student, so Yu Longyan's "glorious deeds" have been circulated among their fellow students for a long time. In addition, when Yu Longyan posted the information, he directly posted it in the group, so Dr. Sakuragi also downloaded a copy.
After Xiao Hao remembered that there were rare Pipi tribes on Mount Tsukimi, he wanted to vent his resentment for failing to challenge the gym. It just so happened that Professor Sakuragi had information about a shortcut, and the next day was a full moon night. He would not be Xiao Hao if he didn't get involved.
But Xiaochun was really miserable. She was directly treated as a free tool by Xiaohao. After Xiaohao got the specific location of the Diglett Cave from her, he got up and left without even saying thank you, and left all the poor Pokémon he had captured to her care.
Coincidentally, Xiao Hao got lost after coming out of the mole cave. Yuejian Mountain was obviously very close, but Xiao Hao took the wrong path and ended up at the foot of the mountain, where he ended up starving and cold. He was truly a talented person.
Just when Xiao Hao couldn't stand the hunger anymore, he suddenly smelled an enticing aroma. The smell aroused the greed in his stomach. He immediately couldn't sit still and stood up to look for the source of the smell.
Because Xiao Hao knew that sharing food among trainers was an unwritten rule, he never carried any good food with him. If he met a trainer, he would go up to him and have a meal. If not, he would just eat dry food. Now, of course, he would not let go of this opportunity to eat for free.
As a result, after Xiao Hao found the source of the smell, he recognized Gongsun Yan and others before he could come out of the bushes to say hello. He was so scared that he didn't even dare to make a sound, let alone eat for free.
It can be seen that although Xiao Hao has a very low emotional intelligence, he has not lost his biological nature of seeking good and avoiding danger. He did not come out to cause trouble. Although as long as he came out, Gongsun Yan and others would be generous enough to give him a set of bowls and chopsticks.
Then Xiao Hao witnessed the interaction between Pibao and Liliae with his own eyes. During the interaction, he once wanted to throw the Poké Ball in his hand to capture Pibao first, but after hearing Gongsun Yan say that there would definitely be another Pibao coming to find Pibao, Xiao Hao chose to be patient for the time being.
Originally, when the three Pipis appeared, Xiao Hao couldn't help but throw a Poké Ball, but when he heard the news of the Pipi clan's Full Moon Dance, Xiao Hao suddenly became greedy and decided to follow behind everyone, have a Pokémon party, and by the way, stimulate Gongsun Yan and others.
I have to say that Xiao Hao's idea was quite good, and it did stimulate Gongsun Yan and others. If he had not failed to subdue even one Pipi and was smashed against the wall by Gongsun Yan, he would have really succeeded.
Originally, with Xiaozhi's wave power, he could have discovered Xiaohao in advance. However, Xiaozhi deliberately restrained his overflowing wave power after going out for a trip, so Xiaohao took advantage of the opportunity.
As for why Xiaozhi wanted to restrain the power of wave guidance, it was mainly because he often found things that were not conducive to his own protein storage, so the innocent Xiaozhi decisively restricted his own abilities.
The reason why there is no such problem in Pallet Town is mainly because Xiaozhi has lived there for so long and is too familiar with the place. He will avoid fixed places at fixed times. This is almost an instinctive thing, but it is not so convenient when traveling outside.
In fact, Gongsun Yan was also very curious about what Xiao Hao was thinking. He actually jumped out like that. Anyone with a little bit of common sense wouldn’t do such a thing, right?
It's like when you are playing Landlord, and you have a three, a four, and a royal flush in your hand. When it's your turn to play a card, you will definitely try to make a fortune in silence by playing a four first.
As a result, Xiao Hao got so excited that he played a royal flush, and then a four. However, the card was caught by Gongsun Yan. Now he only had Zhang San left in his hand, and he couldn't play any more. He was so anxious that it was useless even if he called his mother.
"Kid, open your eyes and look. Xiaozhi and I are Pokémon inspectors. Xiaogang and Xiaoxia are gym leaders. Xiaoyao is the runner-up of the grand festival in the Hoenn region and the famous Hoenn dancer. Even Xiaosheng is the next gym trainer of the Orange Gym appointed by Senri-sensei."
"If we talk about qualifications, it seems that each of us is qualified to enter here, unlike you who don't even have the entry qualifications. Don't you think so? Rookie trainer?" Gongsun Yan said to Xiao Hao in a sarcastic tone.
ps: Don't be anxious, everyone. Before, Ma Zhishi just beat up Xiao Hao, and the protagonist hasn't taken any action yet. Later, when the protagonist goes to challenge the Withered Leaf Gym, he will talk to Ma Zhishi about his experience of beating Xiao Hao.
Chapter 49: A Real Man Should Be a Flesh Monster
Looking at Xiao Hao’s expression that looked like he had eaten a large amount of rice, Gongsun Yan suddenly understood why the plot of pretending to be awesome and then getting slapped in the face was so popular in the past life, because it was really cool!!!
If the scene was not wrong, if they were on the beach, Gongsun Yan would have wanted to push Xiao Hao to the ground right now, then jump in front of Xiao Hao like a frog and say that classic line.
"I've always wanted to see this expression on your face, the expression of jealousy towards me!!!"
"Ahem, calm down, you can't do this, be reserved, even a man should be reserved. Now is not the right place, if you want to recreate the famous scene, you have to wait for the right time, place and people."
Gongsun Yan recited silently in his heart, forcibly suppressing his touched heart and the restlessness of his legs. After taking a few deep breaths, he finally returned to normal.
"So, you understand, you are the only one who has no right to stay here now, so we should indeed meet Miss Junsha, but we just want to transfer you there." Gongsun Yan said with a wry smile.
"Oh, I forgot to mention that we were invited by the Pipis, but you followed us here and even tried to catch all of them. We usually call people who do this kind of thing poachers!"
Gongsun Yan patted Xiao Hao's face in a seemingly friendly manner, and admired Xiao Hao's horrified face from a close distance, which made him almost laugh out loud.
How could Xiao Hao not panic? Even a person with little common sense knew how severe the alliance's punishment for poachers was. Xiao Hao felt a chill when he thought about it.
Moreover, Xiao Hao is simply bad but not stupid. He was just blinded by his hatred for Gongsun Yan. After he thought about what he had done, he found that he had no room for rebuttal at all. Anyone who saw him would think he was a poacher.
As we all know, when humans are extremely sensitive, they will always do some irrational behaviors. So there is no need to say more about what those who have violent tendencies subconsciously will do in this situation.
"Butterfield 3, paralysis powder, Beedrill, attack like crazy!" Xiao Hao threw the two Poké Balls hidden in his hands to Xiaozhi and others who were standing aside watching the show, and began to roar.
That’s right, Xiao Hao chose the most extreme and irrational way to deal with the situation, which was to attack everyone and then run away. This choice was so stupid that it couldn’t be more stupid.
In fact, there is no big problem with this decision itself. Although there are some minor flaws, those flaws can be explained or ignored.
But just like answering multiple-choice questions, the options themselves may not be wrong, and may even make sense, but they have nothing to do with the question. If the answer is irrelevant, then no matter how correct the option is, it will be useless.
When facing a group of people who are superior to you in both status and strength, the worst thing you should do is to fight, because that will only deepen the other party's bad impression of you and make the situation more unfavorable to you.
Just like a suspect arrested by the police, if he behaves himself and does not put up any unnecessary resistance, he may be given a lighter sentence. However, if the suspect resists arrest, he will not be able to escape under the strict law and will be charged with a more serious crime, at least one of which is assaulting a police officer.
"It's a pity that you chose a dead end, but do you think we haven't been prepared for this move of yours?" Gongsun Yan shook his head and looked at Xiao Hao with disdain, not worrying at all about the people who were attacked behind him.
"Pika~chu!"
With a roar from Pikachu, two creatures with charred bodies and completely unrecognizable species flew past Xiao Hao. After vaguely distinguishing them, they seemed to be Butterfree and Beedrill that Xiao Hao had just released.
"Ah~, what other tricks do you have? Use them all. Please me with your ugly performance. Keep dancing!"
After Gongsun Yan uttered a line that was extremely cheesy, he asked Xiao Hao to release all the Pokémon he had on him, because he wanted to fight ten of them!
Xiao Hao was obviously angered by Gongsun Yan's words, and anger filled his brain again. At this moment, he forgot the difference in status between the two sides, and also forgot how weak his own strength was. He bravely attacked!
"That's it? That's it? Who gave you the courage to provoke me, Fish Leong?" Gongsun Yan squatted in front of Xiao Hao and asked in confusion.
As mentioned before, Xiao Hao has never trained his Pokémon at all, and because he only relies on throwing balls to capture Pokémon and never fights, the strength of his Pokémon is not worth mentioning.
Gongsun Yan didn't even plan to take out the Heart Scale Treasure. The experience gained from these few rotten bird eggs that Xiao Haofang brought out was probably not as good as that of a little Rada that jumped out from the roadside.
If you want to know why Gongsun Yan felt this way, it’s because he didn’t even release his Pokémon. He personally went up to fight and overturned Xiao Hao’s remaining four Pokémon!
Even though Xiao Hao had captured so many Pokémon in the forests around Vermilion City before, there were only six really strong ones. Three of them were killed in the Vermilion Gym, and two of them were just killed by Pikachu's 100,000 volts. In the end, Xiao Hao only had one Flame Rabbit left that could fight.
However, it must be said that the fighting qualities of this Flame Rabbit are quite good. Gongsun Yan and he fought hard. Although Gongsun Yan was very powerful, Flame Rabbit was faster and avoided all of Gongsun Yan's attacks.
In the end, it was Xiao Hao, the stupid teammate, and the good opponent who came to the rescue. Because Gongsun Yan took the first step, Xiaozhi and the others were just watching from the side. However, their hostile eyes made Xiao Hao feel uncomfortable. Under pressure, Xiao Hao made an extremely stupid choice, which was to release all his remaining Pokémon.
As mentioned before, Xiaohao's command ability is absolutely shit. He can't even command one Pokémon, let alone command four Pokémon at once.
Such behavior results in the four Pokémon having to act on their own, with no cooperation or tacit understanding at all. After all, apart from eating together, their lives have no intersection at all.
As a result, the battlefield, which was originally clear, suddenly became chaotic. Gongsun Yan felt at ease with this chaotic scene, but Flame Rabbit must be feeling terrible now. He, as a trainer, is a complete pit!
Chapter 50: Is Xiao Hao worthy of being compared with Shinji?
Originally, Fennekin could still maintain a stalemate with Gongsun Yan, but after his "companions" came on the field, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse. Gongsun Yan became more and more excited as the fight went on, but he became more and more depressed.
Look at what Pokémon Xiao Hao released later: Rattata, Caterpillar, Beetle, and Pidgeot...these four have absolutely no fighting power.
As a result, these Pokémon have perfectly inherited the shortcomings of their trainer Goh. Not only are they overambitious but they are also novice and playful. Even though they clearly have no strength at all, they still keep rushing forward, squeezing out Enma so much that there is no room for them.
Originally, Fennekin relied on his speed to deal with Gongsun Yan, but once these Pokémon appeared, his range of movement was largely restricted. What's more, those Pokémon kept blocking in front of him, making it completely impossible for him to attack.
Gongsun Yan obviously also discovered this and deliberately kept those Pokémon just to disgust Charmeleon and at the same time bring Xiao Hao longer psychological torture.
However, no matter how long Gongsun Yan delayed, those Pokémon could not hold on for long. They all fell down exhausted in less than ten minutes, while Gongsun Yan just felt that he had just warmed up.
"Forget it. I won't play with you anymore. Good afternoon, Enma Rabbit. If you want to blame someone, just blame your trainer."
Gongsun Yan accelerated and rushed to the side of Enma Rabbit, and with a casual punch, he made him fall into a deep sleep. Before Enma Rabbit fell unconscious, he heard what Gongsun Yan whispered in his ear.
"So that wasn't his full strength? It's really ridiculous that I, as a trainer..." A trace of gloom flashed through Enma's heart.
"Sleep well, it's not your fault. Have a good dream, Flame Rabbit." Gongsun Yan carefully put Flame Rabbit on the ground, his eyes full of regret.
Gongsun Yan actually felt sorry for Fennekin. He had such strong fighting qualities. If he could follow a practical trainer, he might be able to reach the level of a king. He had a bright future. But he was defeated by Xiao Goh.
"Be thankful, Xiaohao, your first Pokémon is Inui. If it was Snake or Froggy, a trainer like you would have been abandoned long ago."
Gongsun Yan stood in front of Xiao Hao, looking at him sideways with a look full of contempt. Although the height difference between them was not that big, Xiao Hao felt that Gongsun Yan was looking down on him.
"They are just Pokémon. How can they have the right to choose their trainers? Not to mention they want to abandon their trainers. They can't beat you, which means these Pokémon are trash. I want to capture other stronger Pokémon!"
After seeing that all the Pokémon on him were defeated, Xiao Hao suddenly felt his eyes go dark, but he forced himself not to fall down, and looked directly into Gongsun Yan's eyes and shouted.
"As expected, you always blame others for your mistakes. I feel like my hands are dirty when I beat someone like you. Go away. For the sake of Enma Rabbit, I will show mercy and let you go. Now, get out!"
Gongsun Yan now disdains to even look at Xiao Hao. If Xiao Hao's performance before could be barely compared to Shinji, his words show that he is not even worthy of being compared with Shinji.
Although Shinji is ruthless, he is also a man of real talent and skills. Under his training, the strength of those Pokémon have greatly improved. His methods are a bit cruel, but it is not a big deal.
Moreover, although Shinji's training methods are very cruel and ordinary Pokémon cannot survive at all, the Pokémon in his hands not only survived, but also listened to Shinji very much. It can be seen that they actually recognize this trainer very much, and it also indirectly proves that Shinji's training level is very high, as high as three or four floors.
It’s not over yet. After Shinji captures a Pokémon, if he finds that the Pokémon is not to his liking, he will decisively release the Pokémon without any attachment. Although Gongsun Yan does not advocate this idea of treating Pokémon as tools, he does not oppose it either.
But what about Xiaohao? He doesn't have the real talent like Shinji, and he is unwilling to release the poor Pokémon he caught. He also doesn't like them and calls them trash.
A big part of the reason why Xiaomao captured so many Pokémon was to collect data for Professor Oak. Xiaomao has always treated those Pokémon equally, rotating the Pokémon in his hands from time to time, trying to take care of every Pokémon.
What about Xiaohao? He captured all Pokémon for his own selfish desires. Don't forget that Xiaohao in the anime made the wish to capture all Pokémon because he felt that Mew had the genes of all Pokémon, so if he captured all Pokémon, it would be equivalent to capturing Mew.
Let us not talk about the loopholes in this logical relationship for now. At least at first glance, there is no big problem. Although it is a bit far-fetched, it makes sense. But the little Hao in front of Gongsun Yan has never said such a thing.
That's right, Xiao Hao is still dreaming of conquering Mew. The reason he conquers these Pokémon is just for fun and he wants to defeat Gongsun Yan. But if these Pokémon cannot defeat Gongsun Yan, Xiao Hao will treat them as waste and leave them idle.
Gongsun Yan wanted to kill this kind of person who had neither real talent nor skills, was too ambitious, and liked to fly around in front of him, so as to avoid wasting the alliance's resources.
But Gongsun Yan couldn't do it. We were living in a society ruled by law now. Battles or even fights between trainers were not a big deal, as long as no one was killed. This made Gongsun Yan very helpless.
"You bastard, you actually look down on me!" Xiao Hao was angered by Gongsun Yan's condescending attitude. He did not choose to run away, but waved his fist at Gongsun Yan.
"presumptuous!"
It was a hundred years too early for Xiao Hao's weak fist to hurt Gongsun Yan. Gongsun Yan pulled and pushed Xiao Hao to the ground, and the scene mentioned earlier occurred.
"If you had left obediently just now, I would have thought you were flexible. I didn't expect you to be so brainless. Forget it, it's too troublesome to hand you over to Miss Junsha. I'd rather you turn into a meteor in the sky." Gongsun Yan squatted down, patted Xiao Hao's face, and said something meaningful.
"Don't look at me like that. I did say that it would dirty my hands if I did something to you, but don't forget, it's not just us you're messing with. Look, they can't hold it in any longer."
Gongsun Yan kindly turned sideways, revealing the group of Pipis and Pixies covered in black smoke behind him, and smiled brightly.
Chapter 51: Become a Shooting Star
"Amitabha, my Buddha is merciful and cannot bear to see killing, so I can only turn my head and close my eyes. Pipi, I'll leave it to you."
Gongsun Yan stood up, pretended to turn his head and closed his eyes, giving space to the furious Pipi people. He stepped on the Seven Star Steps, made the sign of a cross on his chest and chanted Amitābha.
To be honest, if those people saw what Gongsun Yan did, they would probably want to kill him. They have seen a lot of mixes of things, but they have never seen such a mix.
As for what happened afterwards, no one knows. Gongsun Yan did want to go for a visit, but looking at Picosi who was guarding the gate with a mace in his hand, Gongsun Yan and others just stood there obediently, listening to the screams coming from deep in the cave.
There were some small incidents here. Perhaps the Pixies knew that the fault was all with Xiao Hao, and his Pokémon were not wrong, so they specially sent a Pixie that was proficient in healing to heal Xiao Hao's six Pokémon that had lost their combat ability.
After the six Pokémon recovered, the Pixie let them choose whether they wanted to stay with Xiaohao or leave.
Except for Enma, the other five Pokémon chose to leave without hesitation, and smashed their own Poké Balls with their own hands. They turned their heads and left without any feeling of reluctance.
Only Flame Rabbit chose to stay with Goh. Although he also felt that his trainer was not that good, he was very loyal. No matter how bad his trainer was, he would not abandon him and even took the initiative to plead with Pixie on Goh's behalf.
To be honest, both Pixie and Gongsun Yan and others on the side were about to cry. Gongsun Yan found out what Flame Rabbit was saying, so he asked Gardevoir to come out and help translate it. As a result, he heard the heartfelt words of this loyal and righteous Flame Rabbit.
"How could such a good Flame Rabbit fall into Xiao Hao's trap? Life is really unpredictable!" This was what everyone, whether human or Pokémon, thought in their minds.
After hearing what Enma said, Pixie expressed that she was very touched, and then knocked the other party unconscious with a backhand. Although I am very touched by your loyalty, that guy deserves to be beaten, and he can't escape this.
The fainted Inuit was taken into the Poké Ball by Pixie and placed on Goh who had just been carried out. Although Goh had no injuries at all, the light in his eyes had disappeared. It can be seen that the healing ability of the Pixie clan is indeed good, and no injuries can be seen at all.
The reason why Picosi and the others brought Xiao Hao out was not because they had fought enough and wanted to give Xiao Hao a chance to live, but because they wanted to fulfill what Gongsun Yan had just said and turn Xiao Hao into a "meteor".
"Tsk tsk, although I have seen Team Rocket turn into meteors several times, those were all done by us ourselves. It's really a different experience to stand aside and watch it like this." Gongsun Yan stood beside Xiaozhi, watching the scene with interest.
"Really? I don't think it's interesting." Xiaozhi had a different opinion from Gongsun Yan. He had seen the three members of Team Rocket flying backwards in so many different shapes over the years that he was visually fatigued.
"Alas, Xiaozhi, you still don't understand, but it's worth the price of the ticket to be able to see this scene." Xiaozhi didn't know what kind of bloody stories would happen between him and Xiaohao in the future, so he didn't have much empathy with Gongsun Yan.
"What a pity! If Huanhuan were here now, we could continue to play with him. What a pity! I don't know where that little guy went to play." Gongsun Yan sighed with regret.
That's right, although Xiaozhi had captured a Mew in the Oak Laboratory before, the playful Mew obviously couldn't stay quietly in Xiaozhi's Poké Ball. He got tired of playing with it after just two days and ran off to become wild. No one knows where.
