The strongest gym leader starts by beating up Gary.

In his excitement, Fang Yuan suddenly noticed a small problem.

"Why is Tyranitar's ability Sand Void? Shouldn't it be Guts?"

Just as Fang Yuan was in a daze, Little Yuki patted its belly and then burst into tears.

Seeing Tyranitar cry, the group of burly elves stood there helplessly.

Tyranitar pondered for a moment, then pulled out a piece of iron rock, even larger than Tyranitar, from somewhere and placed it in front of Tyranitar. This was Tyranitar's usual snack.

Seeing the iron rock that was even bigger than itself, Yugira sniffed it, then its eyes lit up, and it took a bite without hesitation.

With a crisp sound, a small tooth mark appeared on the iron rock, while Kira's mouth became red and swollen.

It's obvious that Tyranitar's snacks were too hard for the newborn Larvitar.

Floating Bubble and Mudkip quickly took out their own snacks.

Mudkip took out a piece of turf containing a large amount of water-type and ground-type energy and placed it in front of Larvitar.

Floating Bubble also took out a small piece of cloud that he treasured, which contained abundant ice energy.

Seeing the 'food' offered by Mudkip and Bubbles, Larvitar cried even harder.

Seeing this, Fang Yuan said to the three elves with a hint of helplessness.

"I know your intentions are good, but could you please not set off yet?"

"Put away all your snacks. Let me do the job of being a stay-at-home dad."

Fang Yuan held out his finger and placed it in front of Kira.

Then a gentle green energy flowed into Tyranitar's body, and this warm and comfortable feeling immediately stopped Tyranitar's crying.

Fang Yuan reached out and helped Kira wipe away the tears from the corners of his eyes.

"Are you hungry? Try this first."

Fang Yuan took out a fragment of a Pokémon egg from the incubator.

Larvitar sniffed the egg carefully, and then its previously tearful face instantly broke into a smile. It grabbed the Pokémon egg fragment from Fang Yuan's hand and began to devour it.

After consuming all the fragments of the Pokémon eggs, Larvitar patted its belly and revealed a satisfied expression.

After eating and drinking its fill, the newborn Yukira was exhausted. It closed its eyes, hugged Fang Yuan's arm, and fell asleep.

Fortunately, Fang Yuan had been trained since childhood, and with the amplification of Tokiwa's power, although he couldn't compare to Ash who was holding Nebula, he could still lift Tyranitar, which weighed several tens of kilograms, with ease.

(Fun fact: Little Nebula weighs 999.9KG)

Seeing the fast-sleeping Tyranitar, Fang Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After calming down Tyranitar, Fang Yuan was finally able to find some time to investigate Tyranitar's problems.

As is well known, an elf possesses only one characteristic.

Larvitar's ability is generally Guts, but Fang Yuan's Flash Larvitar has the Hidden ability, Sand Veil.

Having a hidden ability is a good thing for most Pokémon.

For Yukira, however, it was the exact opposite.

Because Tyranitar's hidden ability isn't Sandstorm! It's actually the almost useless Tension!

If Bangalore's special ability isn't sandstorm, then is it still the Desert Tyrant?

Just thinking about this situation gave Fang Yuan a headache.

Fang Yuan immediately activated the system in his mind.

"System, shouldn't you explain what happened with Yukira?"

【….】

The system provided a solution immediately after being stuck for one minute.

[Due to an oversight in this system, two solutions are provided to the host.]

[Option 1: Give the host a Potion of Ability Exchange to restore Larvitar to its original state.]

[Option Two: As a Shiny Pokémon, Larvitar has the potential to have two abilities. If the host can raise Larvitar's IVs to perfect, the system can transform Larvitar into a Pokémon with two abilities.]

[And its second characteristic is Sand Cloaking.]

After seeing the two options provided by the system, Fang Yuan made his choice without any hesitation.

"I choose option two!"

Faced with these two options, even a fool would know which to choose.

Looking at the Tyranitar in his arms, Fang Yuan knew who the evolution potion he obtained was most suitable for.

After determining his goal, Fang Yuan did not hesitate and took out the evolution potion he had treasured for a long time from his system space.

[Evolution Potion: Randomly increases a Pokémon's Individual Values ​​(IVs) by 3-5 points]

Fang Yuan prayed silently in his heart.

"Five o'clock! It has to be five o'clock!"

Fang Yuan then injected the evolution potion into Yugira's body.

The system notification immediately appeared in my mind.

[Ding~ Injection complete. Congratulations, host, your Tyranitar's IVs have increased by 4.]

[Talent: Excellent (Physical Attack: 30, Special Attack: 30, Defense: 28, Special Defense: 30, Speed: 26, HP: 28) Total: 172]

Larvitar's Defense and Special Defense IVs each increased by two points.

At this moment, Kira's tan armor became even more sturdy, and its defensive capabilities were visibly enhanced.

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Meanwhile, in Pallet Town, Professor Oak is enthusiastically examining a Jynx.

"Ding ding ding~~~"

The sudden ringing of the telephone made Professor Oak frown.

"Honestly, don't you know not to call me while I'm doing research?"

Professor Oak wiped his hands and picked up the phone.

"This is Oak's Laboratory. May I ask if you have...?"

Before Professor Oak could finish speaking, a trembling voice rang out.

She was Professor Oak's bodyguard assigned to Gary.

"Doctor! Something terrible has happened! Young Master Mao... he..."

"Has Xiao Mao gotten into trouble again?"

Professor Oak's voice sounded somewhat helpless.

"No, Doctor! It's that Young Master Shigeru has become an apprentice of a dojo master! And he's become a disciple of that dojo!"

Upon hearing this news, Professor Oak felt a wave of dizziness wash over him.

"Who! Who dares to steal our Great Wood Snow City's mantle?!"

"It's...it's Fang Yuan, the headmaster of Songzao Dojo."

Chapter 13 Latias, a closely contested battle

Upon hearing that it was the Matsumo Gym, Professor Oak, who was already feeling dizzy, almost fainted.

Professor Oak could understand if Gary chose to become an apprentice at the Viridian Gym, Saffron Gym, or Crimson Gym.

After all, the trainers in these gyms are indeed exceptionally skilled.

Especially the mysterious Viridian Gym Leader—Sakaki

It is said that his strength is even greater than that of many of the Four Heavenly Kings.

But why did Shigeru choose to become an apprentice at the Matsuzo Dojo?!

Even Professor Oak, who is dedicated to scientific research, had heard of the "reputation" of the Matsumo Gym.

The headmaster of the Songzao Dojo is known for being unreliable.

The absurd things they did were countless.

If it weren't for the contributions made by the previous generations of gym leaders of the Matsuzo Dojo, the Matsuzo Dojo would probably have been abolished long ago.

In the entire Kanto region, only the Clarion Gym can "compare" to the Matsuzu Gym.

Professor Oak's fingers were squeaking as he clenched them.

Although Professor Oak has now become a researcher.

But Professor Oak was once a genius trainer in the League.

He even became the league's first champion of the league's major tournament!

His strength is definitely above that of the Heavenly King.

At this moment, Professor Oak wished he could personally go to the Matsumo Gym and bring back that unreliable grandson.

But Professor Oak then calmed down a bit, took a deep breath, and said...

"It's an official gym of the league, after all; we still need to be careful about the impact."

Moreover, even without taking action himself, Professor Oak has a hundred, a hundred ways to make the gym leader of the Matsuyama Gym hand over Gary himself!

As a professor in the Kanto region and one of the League's top officials, Professor Oak could easily obtain information about the Matsumo Gym.

When Professor Oak saw that the gym leader of the Matsumo Gym had recently changed to a young man about the same age as Gary, he became even angrier.

"Xiao Mao! Xiao Mao! Why did you choose to become an apprentice at this kind of dojo? Sigh..."

Professor Oak expressed his disappointment, but his movements as he flipped through the Matsumo Gym's information became increasingly hurried.

Soon, under Professor Oak's search, an inconspicuous piece of information caught his attention.

"A dojo master exam? And if you fail, your dojo will be demoted?"

Although Professor Oak knew that doing so was wrong, Gary was, after all, Professor Oak's only grandson!

Professor Oak still remembers the expressions on Gary's parents' faces when they entrusted Gary to him.

'At worst, I'll personally compensate the gym leader after Gary leaves, but let Gary stay at the Matsumo Gym...'

Although Professor Oak was reluctant to do this, he gritted his teeth and took out his phone.

"I remember that Kikuko was in charge of the dojo exams..."

Upon mentioning the name Kikuko, Professor Oak, who had been full of confidence, suddenly felt his hands tremble.

Back then, after Professor Oak became the League Champion, everyone thought he would continue on the path of becoming a Trainer.

To everyone's surprise, the once-unrivaled genius trainer, Yukishiro Oak, resolutely gave up the path of a trainer and chose to become a researcher instead.

At the time, countless people did not understand Professor Oak's choice, and among them, the one who understood it the least was Professor Oak's travel companion, Kiku.

Professor Oak is unwilling to talk about what happened in the past.

However, for the sake of his grandson, Professor Oak resolutely dialed Kikuko's number.

"Hello...."

"Speak up, what are you feeding me for? Stop being so fussy."

Kikuko, now in her seventies with graying hair, unleashed a torrent of angry words after receiving a call from Professor Oak.

But Professor Oak still had no choice but to bite the bullet and seek Kiku's help.

Even after Professor Oak told Akiko about his plan, Akiko's words were still full of sarcasm.

"If you hadn't chosen to become that damn researcher back then, you'd at least be a retired champion by now. Why would you need to be so timid and subservient like this?!"

"Think back to when you were standing on the battlefield, and look at yourself now, stuck in a lab eating instant noodles. If only you had listened to me back then..."

Faced with Kikuko's mockery, Professor Oak could only silently accept it.

"Xiao Mao is, after all, my only grandson."