The strongest gym leader starts by beating up Gary.

The referee had somehow returned to his post and dutifully delivered his verdict.

Looking at the Sea Dragon that had lost its ability to fight, Xiaochun felt as if her head had exploded, and all she could hear was a buzzing sound in her ears.

She lost, and not just lost, but was almost completely crushed throughout the entire match!

She still lost to a gym leader she had never really respected, and this gym leader wasn't even using her main Pokémon.

It's a Gym Pokémon!

Just then, Fang Yuan coughed softly, attracting Xiao Chun's attention.

Fang Yuan wanted more than just to defeat Xiao Chun; he wanted Xiao Chun to realize that being a gym leader was also a very prestigious position.

Fang Yuan still felt that he should do a good job of handling the aftermath.

After all, if Fang Yuan couldn't afford to lose to Mewtwo, Lance would be his only option.

"So, not all gym leaders are weaklings, are they?"

Xiao Chun recalled her initial thoughts about Fang Yuan, and how Fang Yuan was comforting her now. Xiao Chun blushed slightly, feeling a little embarrassed.

“Gym Leader Fang is very strong; he can defeat me even with just one Gym Leader Pokémon.”

Seeing Xiaochun looking somewhat helpless, Fang Yuan smiled slightly and walked to her side.

"Actually, I owe my current strength largely to my position as a gym leader."

"Really?" Xiao Chun looked at Fang Yuan with doubt.

"It's true. Just because I'm a gym leader, I need to use different Pokémon to deal with different challengers, and I even need to deliberately suppress my strength when facing certain challengers."

"Therefore, in my opinion, the position of gym leader is particularly good for developing a trainer's command skills."

Hearing Fang Yuan's words, Xiao Chun nodded in sudden understanding.

"No wonder you have such strong command skills!"

Listening to Fang Yuan's description, Xiao Chun's resistance to the dojo master vanished instantly, and she even felt a little bit of longing for him.

Of course, Xiao Chun didn't reveal herself at this moment, but nodded to Fang Yuan and said...

"Thank you so much for your guidance, Master Fang."

Just as Xiaochun was thanking him, Fang Yuan had already taken a weather badge out of his pocket and tossed it to her.

"Although you did not defeat me, I believe that with your strength you are qualified to receive the Weather Badge."

Looking at the badge in his hand, and Fang Yuan standing there shining brightly in the sunlight.

Xiao Chun carefully put away the badge Fang Yuan gave her, and nodded seriously.

"Thank you for the badge!"

Then Xiaochun changed the subject.

"Master Fang, although I lost in the preliminary round, this result will not affect my advancement to the main competition. I hope that I can have another match with you then!"

Looking at Xiaochun's appearance, Fang Yuan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

"Trainers are a bunch of guys who never give up."

Whether it's Ash, Gary, Shinji who came later, or now Tsubaki and Masao, they are all a group of guys who refuse to admit defeat!

Even if they lose, they always think about winning back; Fang Yuan is the same in this respect.

"Perhaps that's the charm of being a trainer."

Fang Yuan had recently spoken with Zheng Xiong, who is likely to advance to the main competition as well.

Fang Yuan couldn't wait to get Mudkip to avenge its defeat!

Xiaochun led her heartbroken fans away from the battlefield.

At this moment, Yulongdu also arrived beside Xiaochun and said...

"Am I right? The gym leader is actually pretty good too..."

Before Yulongdu could finish speaking, Xiaochun looked at Yulongdu and said...

"Cousin, do you think I can become a qualified gym leader?"

"Just like Master Fang..."

Xiaochun lowered her head and circled her hands behind her back.

Upon hearing Xiaochun's words, Yulongdu's eyes lit up.

"Of course!"

"Cousin, can I intern at Master Fang's dojo for a while?"

"why?"

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"Why? With your qualifications, you don't need an internship to inherit the dojo directly."

Xiao Chun remained silent.

Meanwhile, news also spread that Yu Longdu's cousin, Xiao Chun, had lost to Fang Yuan.

Ash and Gary, who stayed behind at the gym to watch over the place, exchanged a glance.

"Didn't Master say he was going to handle important matters? Why is he suddenly going to participate in a competition?"

In Golden City, Naza watched the news report on television and immediately frowned.

"Why is Fang Yuan on Tianwang Island? That's no good place!"

As a member of Team Rocket, Sabrina knew that Team Rocket was about to make a big move on Elf Island.

Nazi instinctively picked up her phone to contact Fang Yuan.

But when Naz saw that the two people who had added each other as friends hadn't been in contact since, Naz suddenly threw a childish tantrum, tossing her phone onto the bed.

"Hmph! Why should I worry about this guy?!"

"And last time, he pinned me down, almost making me lose face!"

Just then, Naz saw a photo that Fang Yuan had sent her.

In the photo, Fang Yuan is holding a lot of snacks, revealing his handsome face.

"I recently went to Tianwang Island for a competition. The food street there is great, the squid is delicious. Let's come and play together next time we have the chance."

Upon seeing the photos Fang Yuan sent, Naz walked out of the dojo without any hesitation.

Seeing Nazja come out, the disciples quickly came forward and said...

"Master, didn't you say you were going into seclusion? Where are you going?"

Looking at the disciples whose superpowers showed no improvement whatsoever.

Naza was furious and said coldly.

"Do I need to explain to you where I'm going?"

"Instead of wasting time on these formalities, we should focus on developing our superpowers!"

Upon hearing Naz's exceptionally cold tone, her disciples instantly fell silent, not daring to utter another word.

. . . . . .

Fang Yuan put his phone away after sending the message.

In Fang Yuan's view, all relationships need to be maintained, so he sent the same photo to two people: one was Na Zi, and the other was Qiao Yixue.

Qiao Yixue sent Fang Yuan a "Next time for sure" emoji.

On the other hand, Naz didn't reply to Fang Yuan's message at all.

This made Fang Yuan sigh with some regret.

"As expected, the relationship wasn't solid enough after just one meeting."

However, Fang Yuan didn't care. After all, as long as he sent out enough messages at once, someone would eventually keep his appointment.

Of course, Fang Yuan hadn't considered what would happen if everyone went to the appointment together.

At the border between Cerulean Gym and Pewter Gym, Joyce looked at the message sent from Fang Yuan.

"I just finished the assessments for Pewter City and Cerulean City recently. How about we go to Elite Four Island for a while?"

Qiao Yixue looked at the message Fang Yuan sent and muttered to herself.

Whenever she thought of Fang Yuan, Qiao Yixue couldn't help but recall the scene in the police station where Fang Yuan held her hand tightly, almost forcing her to leave with him.

Later, Qiao Yixue saw Fang Yuan's bare upper body, his muscles bulging with sweat, in the backyard.

Qiao Yixue touched her burning face and said

"I'll go there while I'm at it."

"It seems that a lot of big things have happened on Master Fang's side since I left last time, and I haven't been able to help much."

. . . . . .

After defeating Xiaochun, Fang Yuan found the remaining opponents even less challenging.

With the help of Kira, he easily defeated his opponents and became one of only two contestants to achieve a perfect record in the entire preliminary competition.

Besides Fang Yuan, the other undefeated contestant was Xiao Ai, the burly man who was 1.9 meters tall and used the same Pokémon that Zheng Xiong saw.

After talking with Masao, Fang Yuan guessed that the burly man must be Mewtwo disguised as a trainer.

After all, apart from Mewtwo, no one else could create so many Pokémon of the same level.

However, when Fang Yuan remembered that the 1.9-meter-tall strong man that Mewtwo was disguised as was named Xiao Ai, Fang Yuan couldn't help but laugh.

Although he wanted to laugh, Fang Yuan still remembered the character Xiao Ai.

At the same time that Mewtwo was cloned, not only Mewtwo was cloned, but also the three starter Pokémon from Kanto, as well as a human girl named Ai.

Ai is Dr. Fuji's daughter who died young.

When Mewtwo was still a baby, Ai became Mewtwo's only friend through telepathic communication. It could even be said that if Ai hadn't helped Mewtwo establish the most basic meaning of survival, it wouldn't have been for Ai.

It's likely that Mewtwo will become a world-destroying demon king from the moment it's born, rather than a Pokémon contemplating the meaning of life.

Unfortunately, cloning failed for both the three starter Pokémon and Ai.

Only Mewtwo survived.

Judging from the fact that Mewtwo is still using the codename "Little Love," Mewtwo must be a rather lonely Pokémon.

From this perspective, Fang Yuan can actually understand Mewtwo quite well.

After all, Fang Yuan was a transmigrator, and a transmigrator at that, when he first came to this world, he was just like Mewtwo, filled with loneliness.

They even felt that the world was out of place with them.

It wasn't until about ten years later that Fang Yuan gradually integrated into this world, making Songzao Dojo his home, giving his restless heart a new anchor.

Fang Yuan leaned against the bed and sighed.

"Sigh~ I don't want to think about these messy things anymore."

"When the main tournament comes, I want to show Mewtwo how big the difference in strength can be, even among Pokémon of the same species with the same aptitude and strength!"

Just then, Nine-Tailed Fox suddenly grabbed Fang Yuan's arm and said...

"Hurry up, Master! I haven't finished exploring the food street yet!"

"After the competition ends, we don't know when we'll be able to come back to the island again!"

Hearing Nine-Tails' words, Fang Yuan nodded.

"Okay, let's go."

At this moment, Kurama had changed out of her shrine maiden outfit and was wearing a cute pale yellow dress. She was lively and adorable, holding Fang Yuan's arm.

Meanwhile, Mewtwo looked at the list of those who had advanced to the main tournament and, without hesitation, placed Fang Yuan in the group furthest away from him.

“A valuable opponent should be saved for last.”

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