Pokémon: Ash the New Generation, Starting from Sinnoh

However, while Xiao Zhi was thinking, a shadow suddenly fell over his head, followed by a sharp blow to his forehead.

"Sigh~"

Feeling the pain in his head, Xiao Zhi gasped.

Knowing they had done something wrong, Scorpios skillfully stuck out their tongues, blinked, and acted cute, trying to get away with it.

"Gross, why did you fall down again?!" Ash asked, rubbing his head, looking at the adorable Gross.

"Didn't you already practice flying? Was it intentional? Or was it an accident?"

"Gray-yo~"

Of course, the only response to Ash was Gliscor's cute voice, which waved its pink pincers to indicate that it didn't mean it.

"..."

Ash glared at the cute-looking Gliscor, clearly annoyed. He didn't believe that Gliscor would fall from mid-air after being taught a lesson by Aerodactyl.

"Come on, Scorpio, I've seen you've been doing pretty well lately, so I'll reward you with some new skills!"

Seeing that Gliscor didn't care at all, Ash grabbed the little guy's tail with ill intent, preparing to give Gliscor some individual training.

This is his way of expressing his approval of Scorpio, and Scorpio will probably be very happy about it.

"Gray-yo~"

Believing it to be true, Scorpio immediately pestered Ash, preparing to study in order to become stronger.

"Pica~"

Only Pikachu on the street shook its head, expressing deep sympathy for the innocent Scorpio.

Chapter 164 Return to the City of Fate, the Unreliable Melissa

"Scorpio, sword dance!"

"Gray-yo~"

"Scorpion, Steel Wings!"

"Gray-yo~"

"Scorpion, Iron Tail!"

"Gray-yo~"

"Scorpio, Swallow Return!"

"Gray-yo~"

……

One morning, in a river with a rushing sound, a boy was directing a scorpion to use various skills to crash into the rocks on the riverbank.

Judging from the iconic Pikachu and baseball cap, the trainer is clearly Ash, and Gliscor is naturally the cute guy.

It was only after being smashed a few days ago that Xiao Zhi remembered that he needed to give this scorpion special training.

“G...lai...yo~”

After unleashing his skills one after another, Scorpio became breathless and forced himself to crash and rest on the ground.

Because of the significant attention he's received from Xiaozhi these past few days, the frequency of his practice has increased at a visible rate.

Although it learned a lot of skills, it was so tiring that it didn't have time to bother its trainer.

Scorpio was panting heavily, but his gaze couldn't help but drift towards Ash beside him.

"Are you tired?" Ash quickly stepped onto the field, concerned for the exhausted Scorpion. "Get some rest. You've worked really hard these past few days!"

"Gray-yo~"

Scorpio forcefully patted its body with its pincers to show that it wasn't tired at all, and even had the energy to act cute.

Looking at Scorpio's appearance, Ash couldn't help but laugh.

It wasn't out of a desire for revenge; after all, as a qualified trainer, he had plenty of patience with Pokémon.

The plan was simply to let Scorpion learn a few more skill discs, and then arrange for this guy to evolve into Scorpion King.

That's right, his most important plan was to evolve Scorpio into Scorpio King ahead of schedule.

Unlike most Pokémon, Gliscor does not have any level requirement for evolution.

There is no need to use Everstone or press the B button to ensure that Scorpio remains in its initial form.

Instead, you learn a few skills and then you can evolve.

In fact, the earlier they evolve, the better, as this is the only way to unlock Scorpio's overall combat power.

"Gray-yo~"

Just then, Scorpio slowly walked over and tugged at his trouser leg, blinking her big, watery eyes as if she were begging for something.

Ash instantly understood from this performance!

"Don't rush me, wait a few more nights, and I'll let you evolve, okay!"

He also expressed his understanding of Scorpio's eagerness to evolve into Scorpio King.

Because for the vast majority of Pokémon, evolution is an instinct ingrained in their genes, and very few Pokémon would refuse it.

"Gray-yo~"

Scorpio immediately nodded obediently, plopped down on the ground, and planned to continue resting for a while.

"Speaking of which, after this kid became the Scorpion King, his special ability seems to have turned into poison healing!"

That said, the characteristic of Scorpion evolving into Scorpion King seems to be the hidden ability Poison Heal.

In that case, I need to plan out the battle strategy for Scorpio in advance!

Looking at the gluttonous Gliscor next to him using Power Cubes, Ash couldn't help but think of something.

"Xiao Zhi, what's wrong? Is it not to your liking?" Xiao Gang, who was next to me, asked when he saw that Xiao Zhi was talking much slower than before.

Even Xiao Guang's gaze was drawn to it.

"No! I was just thinking about training methods after Gliscor evolves into Gliscor!" Ash replied, swallowing the sandwich in his mouth.

"You're working so hard!" Xiao Guang exclaimed upon hearing this reason.

Xiao Gang breathed a sigh of relief and grinned, "That's good! I thought there was something wrong with my cooking!"

"How could that be? Xiao Gang, your cooking skills are definitely among the top two in my mind!"

"Not at all!" Xiao Gang humbly scratched his head in response to the praise, but then immediately asked, "Then who came in first?"

"Of course it's my mom!!!"

Xiao Zhi answered without hesitation.

……

After a simple and delicious breakfast, the three of them traveled a short distance back to Yui City and headed straight for the Yui Gym to check if the Gym Leader, Melissa, had returned to the gym.

However, the answer was no. The three of them looked down at the notice board hanging above the Yori no Kyodo Gym and were all dejected.

"Oh dear, hasn't the owner come back yet?" Xiao Guang complained.

Among all the dojo trainers she encountered on her journey, this was the first time she had seen such an unreliable dojo leader.

After all, they had taken a long detour, challenged nearly two gyms and a Wallace Cup, but the gym leader of Yosuga City still hadn't returned.

This is absolutely outrageous!!!

"Oh well, I heard Melissa is a big fan of Contests!" Ash shrugged, though he already knew the outcome, he still found it hard to accept.

It's not that I can't accept that gym leaders have their own vacations.

But I haven't been at the dojo for a long time, so at least I have someone to replace me.

Making trainers wait outside for extended periods is also a form of irresponsibility.

Closing the gym for such a long time at once is hardly the right way for a gym leader to behave.

"This is really..." Even Xiao Gang, who was standing to the side, couldn't help but complain, after all, the time span was just too long.

There's no reason why a gym leader should be away from the gym for a whole month.

Of course, or perhaps they missed the time, and the other person just happened to be out.

This situation is not impossible.

But nowadays, Melissa is indeed not good at entering the dojo.

The three had no choice but to head back home and make other plans at the Pokémon Center.

However, as the three turned around, a stretched luxury car appeared in front of them.

A sweet and elegant woman in a light blue dress stepped out, accompanied by a bunny girl dressed primarily in brown with off-white accents.

The evolved form of Curly-eared Rabbit – Long-eared Rabbit!

"It's a long-eared rabbit!" Xiao Guang immediately released Curly-Ears to watch Curly-Ears evolve.