I'm a Pokémon Master from School City (by mistake)

“No need to look,” Chiyo said proudly. “This is a boss-level Pokémon, not one you see everywhere.”

While Rapidash and Ponyta are not uncommon Pokémon, there is a category of Pokémon that are extremely rare, even among the more common ones.

Boss level!

Pokémon of this level possess the strongest potential, the strongest combat power, and are also larger than other Pokémon of the same type! They can be considered the best among their kind.

Since they are top-tier Pokémon, these kinds of Pokémon are quite easy to catch!

For Jessie and Kojiro, these two little Karami, boss-level Pokémon are truly just powerful Pokémon that can only be admired from afar!

But for Meowth, who knew that Chiyo had a Mythical Pokémon, this was nothing.

What's so rare about someone who can catch a mythical Pokémon and make it their own?

It would be rare to not have it!

"You..." Meow Meow looked at Chiyo with a bit of confusion. She didn't even know when she had been subdued by her. But putting that aside, what did she want from this visit?

"I want you to become stronger." Chiyo said, "Among all the Pokémon I've caught so far, you are the weakest, without a doubt."

"You might not be the weakest when I catch other Pokémon in the Kanto region."

"But that's how it is now, and as your trainer, I'm going to make you stronger."

"Hmm." Chiyo thought for a moment and said, "From today onwards, your Team Rocket will follow Ash and his group."

"Don't underestimate that kid, he's a great whetstone!"

Chapter Twenty-Two: Keep Up

"Meow meow~"

"Normal type, Pokémon: Yoko".

Chiyo took out her Pokédex and looked at the description of Meowth.

Meowth is not a rare Pokémon; it is found in the Alola region and is considered a very common Pokémon.

In her past life, Chiyo also caught a cat in the game.

However, I have never trained Meow Meow as a main character.

Chiyo tried to catch Meowth back in the Alola region, but failed each time.

At first, Chiyo didn't think much of it.

Meowth in the Alola region originally came as a tribute, an exclusive Pokémon of the Alola royal family, and only became available to ordinary people after the dynasty's fall.

Even so, under the royal family's training, Meowth in the Alola region generally have an arrogant personality. This personality makes Meowth in the Alola region a Pokémon that is common but relatively easy to catch.

Chiyo tried to catch it but failed. Moreover, the Meowth in the anime didn't have any memorable battle performances for Chiyo, so Chiyo didn't pay much attention to it.

If I can't catch it, so be it; I'm too lazy to think about it too much.

'I didn't expect to be waiting for me here?'

Chiyo puts away her Pokédex.

"Are you sure you want us to follow that kid with Pikachu?" Meowth, acting as the current bridge between Chiyo and Team Rocket, asked directly, "Our Team Rocket also has..."

"Catch rare Pokémon?" Chiyo retorted, "Do you think you're strong enough?"

"You don't think that being rare is just being rare, and that it's worthless otherwise, do you?"

This is the world of Pokémon!

Rarity doesn't just mean value; it also means danger, implying that these Pokémon may possess very powerful and difficult-to-counter moves.

The unknown is a real danger, a danger that can kill both people and Pokémon!

"You two!" Chiyo pointed at Jessie and Kojiro and said, "I won't mention your Team Rocket affiliation, but just considering yourselves as Pokémon trainers, I'm asking you now. What Pokémon can your Pokémon evolve into? What kinds of moves can they learn? What are the characteristics of these moves? Which moves are unique to your Pokémon? Which are universal moves? What special attributes do these moves have?"

These rapid-fire questions left Musashi and Kojiro speechless.

"Ah...this...that..."

"That's it?" Chiyo said without giving the two a chance to think, "Arbok evolves into Arbomon..."

Chiyo didn't think the two of them could say anything in their current state, and naturally she wasn't asking questions. She quickly explained the characteristics, moves, and general precautions for battling Arbok and Koffing.

The two men's explanations were cryptic and incomprehensible, yet they seemed to understand something profound.

"With your level of strength," Chiyo said coldly, "Trying to catch rare Pokémon is suicide!"

"So your special training involves battling Ash."

"Snap!" Chiyo snapped her fingers, and a meow-shaped hot air balloon appeared in the sky with a snap.

"Ahhhh!" Kojiro exclaimed, pointing at the hot air balloon in the sky, "That's our hot air balloon!"

“Yes,” Chiyo said, “but now it’s mine.”

"have opinions?"

"This..." The two people had objections, but who dared to say anything in the face of Chiyo's powerful fighting strength?

"Where did you hide our hot air balloon?" Musashi could only ask in return.

After their defeat yesterday, they couldn't find their hot air balloon. At first, they thought it had been blown away by the wind, but now they realize that's not the case at all.

"Guess?" Chiyo was too lazy to explain.

“Superpower.” Meow Meow explained for Chiyo, “This is her superpower, a very strange power, but that’s not the point right now.”

"Superpowers?" The two exchanged a glance.

There are also people with superpowers in the Pokémon world, but they are relatively few and they are mostly telekinetic.

Looking at it now, this girl's superpowers are quite rare and very strong.

It felt like a huge mountain was pressing down on them.

Chiyo lowered the hot air balloon, untied the ropes, and helped the two people and the cat onto the balloon.

Then they flew away in a hot air balloon along the edge of the forest.

Chiyo remembers that Ash and Misty did not challenge the gym in Viridian City.

In the game, gym challenges must be performed in order, otherwise you'll either be kicked out after entering or the gym leader will be absent due to story reasons.

In reality, you can challenge any gym as long as there are people there, and there's no need to follow a specific order, because in the game, you progress step by step.

However, the strength of a dojo in reality is hard to say.

Ash is quite self-aware; with his current number of Pokémon and his own strength, he simply cannot challenge the gym.

So instead of wasting energy on such useless work, it's better to put some effort into something useful.

For example, catching Pokémon.

Viridian Forest is a primeval forest, and since it has moved from anime to reality, there is now a very real reason for people to catch Pokémon in the wild.

Degeneration.

Of course, it's not the kind of organism that degenerates from vertebrates into single-celled organisms.

Compared to wild Pokémon, domesticated Pokémon, bred by humans, have significantly lower combat power, fighting spirit, and fighting will. However, these domesticated Pokémon also exhibit better discipline, organization, and are more obedient than wild Pokémon.

Therefore, Pokémon bred by humans are more suitable as pets or working animals, and those with a stronger fighting spirit will be selected to become the first starter Pokémon for Pokémon trainers.

However, if you want Pokémon that are primarily for battle, then you will inevitably have to go out and catch wild Pokémon.

In the face of nature's cruelty, these Pokémon possess a stronger fighting spirit, more combat skills, and greater potential for training.

Therefore, anyone who becomes a Pokémon Trainer inevitably has to enter various primeval forests to capture wild Pokémon.

So even without inferring from the plot, Chiyo knew that Ash should be in Viridian Forest.

And he won't get too deeply involved.

Having learned his lesson with Pikachu, he should understand that wild Pokémon are not to be trifled with. The deeper you go into the forest, the stronger the Pokémon become. If he messes up, there might not be a next time.

Therefore, with Ash's current strength, he can only wander around.

"Found them!" Chiyo's eyesight was good now, and even without binoculars, she still noticed Misty and Ash at the edge of the forest.

"You go and fight them once."

"The two of them?" Musashi and Kojiro scoffed.

"A defeated opponent indeed!"

"Defeated opponents?" Chiyo waved her finger and said, "Don't underestimate them."

"Let's play again. We don't know who will win if they fall asleep. Don't be so confident."

"If we lose, we'll be so embarrassed!"

Chapter Twenty-Three: Crushing Defeat

"For love and justice..."

Chiyo, hiding in the corner, suddenly felt a headache coming on.

She genuinely couldn't understand why the Rockets insisted on their pointless opening remarks.

Forget it, I wasn't expecting the Rockets to pull off a sneak attack or anything.

Let them go their own way.

Ash and Misty were also very surprised at this moment.

"You are..." Ash felt his mind go blank for a moment, as if it had frozen, before he remembered who the people in front of him were. "Team Rocket?!"

"How rude!" Musashi felt humiliated.

"We met just yesterday," Kojiro mocked. "We beat you to a pulp, and you looked like a stray dog. How come you're pretending not to recognize us now?"

Xia was immediately displeased by the mockery. Although she hadn't performed well yesterday, these two weren't exactly much better. She retorted, "Oh, I just remembered, you were easily defeated by Chiyo."

"He was defeated in one move without even having a chance to fight back."

Musashi and Kojiro turned pale and red-faced, speechless for a long time, unable to find a way to refute.

Seeing Chiyo's boss-level Rapidash, they felt it was normal that they couldn't beat her, but after all, Chiyo was younger than them and was even dominating them, and now she was even pointing fingers at Team Rocket.

I had absolutely no outlet for my anger.

"What do you want from us?" Ash was a little nervous. Although Chiyo had easily defeated Team Rocket, all of his Pokémon had lost to them in yesterday's battle. Viridian Forest was clearly not a suitable place for Misty's Pokémon to perform well on land, and it would be very difficult for her to defeat Team Rocket on her own.

It would be best to avoid fighting if possible.

It just disappointed Ash.

The appearance of the Rockets was arranged by Chiyo, so it was impossible for them not to fight.

"Of course, I'll steal all your Pokémon!" Jessie finally found her words and threw out her Pokémon, "Go! Arbok!"

"Let me show you how powerful Team Rocket is!" James excitedly threw out his Pokémon, "Go! Koffing!"

Both of them were also resentful.

Although they weren't anything special, they had been in the underworld for a long time and were somewhat well-known, with low bounties on their wanted posters.

He's better than this greenhorn in every way!

This kid shouldn't be the one choosing the whetstone!

"You two are really persistent!" Xiaoxia was very angry. She took a big step back and stood behind Xiaozhi, shouting, "Xiaozhi, hurry up and chase these two annoying guys away!"

Ash smiled awkwardly. If he didn't know that Misty's Pokémon were all Water-type, he really wouldn't know how to comment on Misty's actions.

"Then you're chosen!" Ash threw out a Poké Ball. "Go! Caterpie!"

"Pikachu, I'm counting on you!"

Both Pidgey and Torterra have suffered losses at Team Rocket's hands, especially Pidgey, which, as a bird Pokémon, has a natural fear of Arbok. Without specific training, going up against it would be a waste.

"Not bad." Chiyo, who was watching from the shadows, nodded.

They've grown very quickly; it seems they've already considered that besides type advantages, there are also some natural species-specific advantages between Pokémon.

This is a problem that is not reflected in the game, but exists in reality.