The dream of becoming a Pokémon master

Kyosuke calmly snatched the money from Billy's hand.

Even if he gripped tightly with his hands, his strength was limited. For Kyosuke, humans could no longer stop him.

Billy, a muscular man, was clutching his bag, tears welling in his eyes but refusing to fall.

"This is what I've accomplished this week, sob sob..."

Hearing his words, Kyosuke, who was counting the money, turned around and flicked him on the forehead: "What's wrong? You think you're right to bully a newbie?"

"No. Occasionally, some strong newcomers come along, and I still have to obediently pay them. Besides, who knows, next time I might run into a big shot like you (a scoundrel), and I'll just have to follow your orders."

Kyosuke counted the money, put it in his bag, and didn't take back the Nidoran. After all, Billy looked tall and strong, and who knew if he might stage a robbery later. Although he wasn't afraid, it was better to avoid trouble.

After finishing his work collecting fees, Kyosuke was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something and turned back to ask, "Billy, do you know where there's a dojo nearby?"

"You've come to the right person! There's a gym in Fairy Forest City near our Green Forest Town!" Billy suddenly became enthusiastic. "Go south, and you'll see it as soon as you leave the forest!" He then pointed out the direction to Kyosuke.

"Although you're not very good at yourself, it's good that you know your mistakes and can correct them! Do more good deeds in the future, bye-bye!" Kyosuke said goodbye to Billy with a smile and walked in the direction Billy pointed.

Billy smiled and waved.

Hahaha, that idiot has no idea that Yaolin City is in the north! Hahahaha!

……

The Kanto region is located in the middle of the national map.

Chengdu is in the west, Hoenn is in the south, and Sinnoh is in the north.

It is the largest of the four adjacent regions, with no fewer than a hundred towns. There are also no fewer than fifty dojos within it.

Compared to gyms in other regions, which are fewer but of higher quality, with each gym leader possessing exceptional skills, gyms in the Kanto region vary greatly in quality. There are powerful gyms like the Saffron Gym and Viridian Gym, as well as less competitive ones like the Cerulean Gym.

Therefore, many trainers of average skill level can collect all eight gym badges simply by traveling to a lot of places. Of course, this is also one of the reasons why Kanto is criticized by other regions. While other regions have to work incredibly hard to qualify for major tournaments, in Kanto, it seems like all you need to do is travel far enough.

Of course, many skilled trainers prefer to collect more badges or take on nearby challenges, which is also a way to hone their skills.

For example, Kyosuke only has one gym that he absolutely must challenge: the Crimson Gym. Of course, it's not because of the gym itself, but because of a piece of news about Moltres.

Now, he finally emerged from the woods and came to a fork in the road, where he saw a road sign pointing to Yaolin City.

"It's rare to find a way in life without getting lost!" Kyosuke remarked, glancing in the direction of Yorin City before decisively beginning his journey.

He didn't notice that the words "Yaolin City" on the road sign were reversed. Naturally, he also didn't know that the direction was reversed.

As expected, flipping the words doesn't affect reading!

"Yorin City, Yorin City..." Looking at the increasing number of trees on both sides, Kyosuke couldn't help but sigh, "As expected of Yorin City, it's actually in a dense forest." He didn't feel anything was wrong at all.

As they rounded a bend, someone suddenly rushed out and crashed into Kyosuke. Kyosuke didn't budge, but the other person was thrown to the ground by the force.

As Kyosuke was about to reach out to help him up, the other man pulled a knife from his pocket and pointed it at Kyosuke. However, Kyosuke found it quite ridiculous to be sitting on the ground with a knife.

"Kid, you're just unlucky to have met me. Be my hostage!" He swayed as he slowly stood up and lunged at the villain.

"Is encountering bandits part of the journey?" Kyosuke quipped, then swung his right hand and knocked the knife away.

"Huh?" The robber was a little stunned, watching the knife fly away. He'd never seen such a fierce kid before. But he only paused for a moment before quickly regaining his composure and reaching into his belt to retrieve a Poké Ball: "Come on, Primeape! Let's take down that wretched brat!"

"You've attacked humans? I won't forgive you! Mai, spit silk!" Kyosuke said coldly.

He hated those who used Pokémon to attack humans or do bad things, so he summoned his strongest Caterpie. Recently, Caterpie had been training String Shot like crazy and had already developed a certain attack power. As soon as he fired String Shot, he hit Primeape and his trainer on the head, making both of them lose their ability to fight instantly. Then he skillfully tied them up.

After Kyosuke retrieved the Caterpie and tossed the two tiny creatures aside, the latecomers arrived.

"Have you seen a blond-haired man with a fierce look...?" Officer Jenny arrived on her motorcycle and asked Kyosuke, then saw the target who was tied up.

"I'm Officer Jenny from Fairywood City. Thank you for your cooperation. I'm taking this man with me. You can collect a reward if you come to the Fairywood City Police Station later." Officer Jenny got off the motorcycle, saluted Kyosuke, and then used the bandit's Poké Ball to recall his Primeape before strapping him to the passenger seat of the dump motorcycle.

"I'm Kyosuke, a rookie trainer, heading to Sylvanas City to challenge the Gym Leader. Wait! Isn't this the way to Sylvanas City?!" Kyosuke realized the crucial point! He had clearly been paying attention to the road signs this time, so how did he still get lost!

Seeing Kyosuke's shocked expression, Officer Jenny laughed, "Yorin Town is in the direction you came from, little one!" She then patted the empty seat on the motorcycle, "If you don't mind, get on, I'll take you directly to Yorin Town."

"Then I shall respectfully accept your offer." Kyosuke naturally did not refuse and got on the motorcycle.

"Ugh, this road is so bumpy!" Hugging Officer Jenny tightly.

……

"Is this the Demon Forest City? It's not what I imagined." As Kyosuke walked out of the police station, he looked at the sparsely wooded city and felt that something was off.

"A long time ago, Fairy Forest City was full of trees, and many Grass-type and Fairy-type Pokémon liked to live here, so it was also known as Fairy Forest. However, later, real estate development cut down all the trees, and it became what it is now." Officer Jenny's voice came from behind, slowly getting closer.

Kyosuke turned around and found Officer Jenny already behind him. He subconsciously took a step back and said, "Officer Jenny, thank you so much for what happened earlier."

"That's nothing, I should be thanking you for helping me catch that thug." Officer Jenny waved her hand and smiled at Kyosuke. "So, what's next? Are you going to challenge the gym right away?"

"No, no, no, I'm planning to rest at the Pokémon Center first, and then challenge the gym." Kyosuke shook his head. "But please tell me where the Pokémon Center is."

"Just walk a little further and turn left, you'll see it. But don't you want me to take you?" Officer Jenny teased Kyosuke.

"No, no need, I can do it myself!" Kyosuke quickly ran away.

Watching Kyosuke run off into the distance, Officer Jenny smiled: What a cute and handsome kid, just a little too young.

Meanwhile, Kyosuke was also thinking: Women are terrifying.