Why would you need a girlfriend when you have Pokémon?

Not to mention the super newbie on the TV set next door, who has been treating Pikachu as a follower pet for thousands of years. Nowadays, even if you are a new trainer, you will put your closest Pokémon outside to follow you around. Pokémon are not Huskies that can be let go, so what are you afraid of?

Perhaps Dr. Odamaki himself felt that his words were unconvincing, and after a moment of embarrassment, he quickly changed the subject.

"Just now, it was a beautiful fight. He is indeed worthy of being Chisato's son... ahem, that's not right..." Dr. Odamaki was halfway through his words when he seemed to feel something was wrong and immediately said seriously, "... He is indeed worthy of being a genius who could pass the alliance assessment at the age of six!"

Logically speaking, Lowe had long since stopped caring about the evaluation of "Chisato's son", but Dr. Odamaki seemed to think that this evaluation really negated Lowe's own efforts, as if Lowe's outstanding performance was entirely due to his father's influence.

But as a Pokémon professor, he knows better than anyone that the talent of a Pokémon trainer is not hereditary. Without a strong love for Pokémon and sufficient effort, it is absolutely impossible for him to have such outstanding strength at this age.

This is Luo Wei's own strength, and has nothing to do with whose son he is...

"Haha, thank you for the compliment~"

"By the way, Lowe is already twelve years old. How about that? Do you want to challenge the gym leader and win the badge?"

"Ok!"

Speaking of this, Lowe immediately became excited. In fact, Lowe had already thought about this when he was ten years old, because many trainers started their journey of challenging gym leaders after getting their first Pokémon partner at the age of ten.

There are eight gyms in each region. Defeating the gym master will earn you a badge representing the gym. Gather eight badges, embark on the road to championship, and come to the Pokémon League, where you can challenge the Four Heavenly Kings guarding the league.

This is certainly not an easy road, and it is already quite remarkable for most trainers to obtain one or two badges in their lifetime, because the gym owner will adjust his lineup according to the number of badges held by the challenger.

After all, if you use all your strength against the new trainer right from the start, it would be like encountering a boss on the road when leaving the novice village. Probably few people would be able to obtain the badge.

Usually, it is from the fifth badge onwards that the gym leader will show his true strength, because at this point, it proves that the trainer coming to challenge has already possessed strength far beyond the average level and is worthy of the gym leader's serious attention.

However, most trainers cannot even last until five badges. Starting from the third badge, many trainers will begin to feel obvious pressure when facing gym masters who begin to use some of their abilities.

For example, a childhood nightmare...

...Milka uses rolling!

A conservative estimate is that the number of Lil'Eyecats that were sent flying by Miltank's rolling attack could circle the Johto region twice...

In short, challenging gym leaders and winning badges is the most intuitive way for a trainer to prove himself. As a rookie trainer, Lowe naturally sets this as his goal without a doubt.

However, after Lowe finished speaking, his excitement paused and his expression became a little conflicted.

"Haha, is it because you care about your mom and are afraid that she will be lonely? You are such a considerate and good kid~"

Dr. Odamaki saw through Lowe's thoughts in an instant. As the saying goes, "While your parents are still alive, one should not travel far away." Lowe's father was already busy with work and was often on business trips and rarely came home.

If Lowe goes out again, his mother will be the only one left at home, with her husband and son all gone. It is impossible for her not to feel lonely.

Besides, once you start this journey, you will definitely encounter many hardships along the way. When your child is away from home, it is impossible for a mother not to worry...

Because of these reasons, Lowe had been undecided for two years and finally decided to tell his mother about his desire to embark on the journey.

But he had made his decision...

...Today is his twelfth birthday. More importantly, today they moved to Mobai Town, which is not far from Chenghua City where his father works. His father has become a gym leader, so there will definitely not be any major job changes in the short term.

In this way, his father would have time to go home and accompany his mother more often, so even if Lowe went away, he would not have to worry about his mother being lonely at home.

This is the best opportunity. While celebrating his birthday tonight, Lowe hopes to express his wish.

He is about to embark on a journey and officially begin his training as a trainer!

"I've decided!"

After struggling for a while, Lowe raised his head and answered very seriously...

"...I see. Well, that look is really convincing."

At this point, Dr. Odamaki recalled what Chitose said when she told him that Lowe and his mother were about to move in. For a moment, he just found it extremely interesting...

...This family of three is really "in tune with each other"

"Oh right..." Dr. Odamaki slapped his forehead, as if he remembered something, "I have to go back to the institute first. Xiaoyao is collecting experimental data for me on Route 103. Can you please go find her and bring her back to the institute?"

Road 103 is not far from here. It can be reached by going north through Gumei Town. Lowe agreed immediately.

"No problem, I'll cover it!"

"Then, I'll leave it to you..."

"Well, do you want me to escort you back to the institute first? In case of any accidents?"

"Kid, you can say things that are really hurtful sometimes!"

After repeatedly stating that he was sure there would be no problem, Dr. Odamaki watched Lowe leave in the direction of Gumei Town. For a moment, he shook his head, not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and then he muttered to himself as if he had thought of something.

"In that case, maybe we can entrust 'that research' to this kid Lowe. If it's this kid, maybe..."

Chapter 01 UB: Parasites

——Hoenn Region - Route 103——

"Well, let me see... Serpentine Bear, Long-winged Gull, Coyote Dog, OK, the illustrations of this area have been collected~"

A young girl with a red headband, who looked to be in her early teens at most, was fiddling with a palm-sized device in the bushes.

At the girl's feet, there followed a Pokémon that was about as tall as her calves, covered in orange-red feathers and shaped like a chick...

The girl was wearing a light sports outfit, and she was walking briskly back and forth in the bushes. The Pokémon beside her was waving its wings that were obviously unable to fly, and was trotting behind her...

After repeatedly confirming that there were no undiscovered Pokémon in the area, the girl contentedly put away the device in her hand and glanced at the time.

"Ah, it's already this late? I have to hurry back. Anyway... Rowe should be here by now, right? I haven't seen him for three years. I wonder how he's doing now..."

Needless to say, the girl with the red hairband is naturally Lowe's theoretical childhood sweetheart, Xiaoyao, the daughter of Dr. Odamaki.

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As she was speaking, the girl was preparing to pack up and go home, but just as she was about to take a step, she suddenly felt a chill for no reason and goose bumps appeared all over her body.

"?!"

While she was stunned, her body had already started to move. She pushed forward with her toes, and rolled on the ground with a light lunge... As the grass leaves fluttered, she had already jumped into the half-person-high grass in front of her.

Just a moment later, a figure suddenly appeared from where Xiaoyao was before, and flew directly towards where Xiaoyao was before. However, because Xiaoyao dodged in time, the figure missed...

After missing the attack, the figure immediately searched everywhere for Xiaoyao's whereabouts. Xiaoyao, who was in the bushes, had already seen clearly what had attacked him.

"Uh, Pokémon? Are there any Pokémon of this kind around here?"

It was a translucent creature that looked like a jellyfish. Its huge umbrella-like cap, which should be its head, was swaying around, and its translucent body, which looked like a cloak, appeared and disappeared in the air, looking extremely dreamy.

Xiaoyao immediately took out the device in her hand and pointed it at the jellyfish-like Pokémon. However, the device screen flickered for a while, and in the end, no corresponding Pokémon information popped up, only a string of strange codes...

At the top of this string of code is written this:

UB-01: Parasite!

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"Ah, this... could it be the one that dad and his research institute have been researching recently..."

Xiaoyao couldn't help but mutter something in a low voice, and as she spoke, the strange Pokémon that looked like a jellyfish raised its tentacles. The translucent tentacles swayed in the air seemingly randomly, but they seemed to be "sense" something.

Two seconds later, the swaying tentacles suddenly turned and pointed directly at the bushes where Xiaoyao was hiding.

"!"

Oh no, we’ve been discovered!

Xiaoyao realized this immediately, and without hesitation, she raised her hand and waved...

"...Fire Chicken, Charge Up Flame Attack!"

Instead of waiting to be attacked, it is better to take the initiative and solve the problems caused by Pokémon through Pokémon battles!

This is basically the basics of this world. From world crises to daily greetings, you can have an exciting Pokémon battle.

The Fire Chicken received the order and immediately straightened its small chest. Its hard beak collided up and down, creating a golden-red spark...

The flying sparks immediately turned into a string of flames that enveloped the entire body of Charmeleon. The little guy jumped up like a cannonball and crashed directly into the jellyfish-like Pokémon.

There was only a dull sound, and the golden-red flames smashed into the jellyfish-like Pokémon. The force of the impact made its body shake, but it did not retreat at all.

Instead, the huge recoil force bounced back to the Fire Chicken, and the little guy was immediately repelled by the force, flapping his little wings and rolling back to Xiaoyao's feet.

"Well……"

Xiaoyao took a look and saw that the jellyfish-like Pokémon was not affected at all. It took the charged flame attack and there was not even a white mark on its body...

Although the Fire Chicken's attack didn't cause any damage, as the golden-red flames dissipated, two golden rays of light flashed on the Fire Chicken's body...

"The fire-type attack didn't work. Is this guy a rock-type or water-type elf?"

As the daughter of Professor Odamaki, she naturally has a wealth of knowledge about Pokémon. As for attribute restraint, it is common sense that trainers must master when they get started.

And as the daughter of Professor Pokémon, Xiaoyao naturally knows that the attributes of Pokémon can be judged based on appearance most of the time, but sometimes... the appearance is completely opposite.

Under normal circumstances, when seeing such a jellyfish, people would generally guess that it is a water type, a psychic type, or a ghost type...

How the hell could you guess that it's a poison and rock type? !

But after all, it would be strange if there were trees. This thing looks like a grass-type thing, but when you turn on the attribute, it turns out that there is a rock-type thing in front of it. It’s not that surprising.

Seeing that the fire-type's charged flame attack did not cause any damage, Xiaoyao immediately changed his tactics...

"A flash of lightning!"

As soon as the voice fell, Chickadee immediately jumped up again, and the jellyfish-like Pokémon over there waved its tentacles to fight back...

However, the tentacles did not touch the body of the Fire Chicken, but instead made the Fire Chicken quickly dodge its attack...

...It was clear that when the Fire Chicken used the Charged Flame Attack just now, its movements were not that fast.

Charged Flame Attack is a skill that can increase the user's speed. Starting with this move also has the consideration of increasing speed and further increasing suppression power.

In addition, Xiaoyao's Fire Chicken also possesses the precious characteristic of "acceleration", which can continuously improve its speed during battle.

Relying on the energy-storing flame attack and acceleration characteristics, Fire Chicken has accelerated twice in a row, and has widened the speed gap with the opponent.

However, Fire Chicken's attack once again hit the opponent hard, but still failed to cause any major damage.

The jellyfish Pokémon, which had been hit twice, waved its tentacles again, but this time there were more of them.

All the tentacles on its body attacked at the same time, blocking all the escape routes of the Fire Chicken from front, back, left, and right...

"see through!"