I caught a Pokémon

Xiaoxia and Xiaoyao were both moved at the same time, glanced at each other, and then both sighed.

They also longed to travel together.

Although Xia You and Xiao Zhi are friends, they are also rivals. It's fine for them to meet occasionally, but traveling together is simply impossible.

But what if we were to abandon one of them and join the other's team...?

Xiaoxia naturally couldn't leave Xiayou, and Xiaoyao couldn't abandon her younger brother Xiaosheng either. Both of them had their own reasons, so how could they change teams at will?

Sigh, it seems I'll have to wait until another opportunity to talk about it...

However, after this incident, their sadness lessened somewhat, and they were finally able to communicate normally again.

Seeing this, Xiao Zhi breathed a sigh of relief and quickly waved to Xia You, "Brother Xia You, see you next time!"

Xia You nodded, her gaze sweeping over Xiao Zhi and his group, and smiled, "Okay, see you next time."

After saying goodbye, they went their separate ways, one heading west and the other east, leaving the Pokémon Center and soon disappearing from sight.

Just as Xia You had planned, his next target was a small island far away from the Hoenn continent—Martial Arts Island!

Wudu Island is located in the southwest corner of the Hoenn region. It is a small island with a small mountain range in the center. Three or four continuous high mountains occupy this area. Because it is rich in various kinds of stones, many stone collectors go there to climb every day.

At the foot of the mountain lies the bustling town of Wudou.

Upon arriving at the port of Kaina City, Xia You and Xiao Xia quickly found a small passenger ship bound for Wudou Island.

After buying tickets and boarding the ship, they sailed in silence for half a day and arrived at Wudou Town at 3 p.m.

Before it got dark, after disembarking, Xia You led Xiaoxia straight to the martial arts dojo, following the navigation.

Xiaoxia didn't have time to appreciate how this place differed from other cities on the Hoenn continent. She followed Xia You closely, walking quickly, and soon they passed through the town center.

The martial arts dojo is built on a seaside cliff outside the martial arts town. After leaving the town, Xia You and her companion walked through a forest path full of palm trees and soon arrived at a very distinctive gate.

What makes this gate special is the sign above it, painted with gold paint, which makes it look shiny. At the very top is a relief of a monster and a powerful beast running forward together.

The two Pokémon stood shoulder to shoulder, with bright smiles on their faces. No matter how you looked at it, they exuded a strong sense of camaraderie and were quite gay.

Despite its oddity, anyone with a discerning eye can tell from the sign that this is a fighting-themed dojo!

This is why Xia You found it very unique.

At least there's a reason why it's strange!

Behind this gate lies the martial arts dojo.

The Dojo is a square two-story building. But don't be fooled by its ordinary appearance. Its roof, like the head of the entire Strength family, has three vertical protrusions, making it look like the head of Strength is placed on it!

"What a unique aesthetic..." Xiaoxia naturally noticed this strange thing as well and couldn't help but complain, "Is the owner of this place some kind of weird old man like Mr. Si from the capital?"

Xia You: ...

"Be careful, Ah Si might come to you in your dreams tonight and beat you up." He joked, then introduced, "The head of the Martial Arts Dojo is Fujiki. He's quite the trendsetter. Not only is he the head of the dojo, but he's also a professional surfer. Because he likes straightforward physical attacks, like ocean waves, he's also known as the Fighting Wave!"

"Fighting Wave?" Xiaoxia was taken aback. "That's a nice nickname, but I never expected someone like him to like Fighting-type Pokémon. I really can't associate him with Pokémon that are all muscle."

As they spoke, the two had already arrived at the entrance of the dojo.

Xia You originally wanted to knock on the door first, but found that the dojo door was not closed properly, but was left with a gap. Through this gap, she could hear that there seemed to be a battle taking place inside the dojo!

Oh?

Are there other challengers showing up today?

Driven by curiosity, Xia You didn't bother knocking again and opened the door, leading her and Xiaoxia directly into the dojo.

Behind the dojo's main gate was the dojo's battle arena. As soon as Xia You entered, she saw two women engaged in a duel.

First, there's the one on the left. She's around twenty years old, wearing a red sports swimsuit. She's quite pretty, with long, light blue hair that she's styled into a big ponytail tied at the back.

Perhaps due to years of exercise, her figure appears curvaceous, and her muscles are firm and toned.

Judging from her position, she should be someone from the dojo. I just don't know what her relationship is with the dojo master, Fujiki. Is she the dojo's agent?

Now let's look at her opponent.

Upon closer inspection, Xia You discovered that it was actually Cai Dou, whom he had briefly encountered with Xiao Xia at the Pokémon Center in Green Town!

Aya was still wearing that racing driver-like fighting outfit, with a black headband that looked like rabbit ears, and her face was serious, as if you couldn't see any other expression on her face!

How did she end up here?

On second thought, since this is a Fighting Dojo, and Bea, as a Fighting-type trainer who travels all over the world, would understandably come here to challenge someone.

He never expected that he would meet her again here after they parted ways in Green Town!

Let's take a look at their Pokémon.

The female gym leader used a Marshall.

This is a Fighting/Psychic type Pokémon with gray-blue skin, what looks like a large headscarf on its head, milky-white ring-shaped patterns on its arms, relatively large eyes with black pupils, and it looks somewhat like a monkey from India!

This Pokémon practices yoga in the deep mountains and can even float in the air. Yoga is indispensable for it every day, and it also improves its mental strength through meditation. It can meditate for several hours every day. It is said that Masha only eats one berry a day. For it, eating less is also a part of its training. It tempers its mind by enduring hunger every day!

And the one fighting against this Mashana is a domineering panda!

Just like its name suggests, as a Pokémon from outside the Hoenn region, Ratchet looks like a giant panda, but it is more ferocious and stronger!

It had a long bamboo stick in its mouth, like a cigarette, and at first glance, it looked like it had been involved in the underworld.

Pandaren is short-tempered and impulsive, but also very bold and has a deep affection for its companions. As a result, many trainers are fascinated by it. However, if you want to become a Pandaren trainer, you can only negotiate with it using your fists. Therefore, the number of people who can catch this Pokémon is extremely limited!

It is a wild Pokémon that prides itself on its macho strength. It likes to solve problems with brute force and is the type that lets its fists do the talking. With just one punch, it can turn a large dump truck into scrap metal!

Moreover, it will not tolerate anyone bullying the weak in front of it. Even when attacked, it will not back down but will rush up and use its arm strength, which can break telephone poles, to defeat its opponent. It can also use the swaying of bamboo leaves to detect the enemy's movements. It can be said to be a Pokémon that is very chivalrous, yet quite fierce!

At this moment, the two Pokémon were engaged in a fierce battle on the field, and the sounds Xia You had just heard outside the door were coming from them.

Neither the female trainer nor Cai Dou noticed Xia You and Xiaoxia's arrival, as they were completely focused on their battle.

Looking at the field, the two Pokémon are very close together, clearly engaged in close combat, constantly using their respective Fighting-type moves, exchanging blows and clashing with each other.

In terms of attributes, it's hard to say who has the type advantage when facing a Fighting/Psychic type like Mashana versus a Fighting/Dark type like Pandaren.

After all, Marshall's psychic attacks cannot damage Dark-type Pokémon, but its Fighting-type can deal double damage to Pokémon.

While Pandaren's Dark-type moves are very effective against Psychic-type Pokémon, its Fighting-type moves only deal half the damage.

However, it's clear that Bea didn't intend to win using Dark-type moves; she simply kept having Pandaren attack with Fighting-type moves. The woman fighting her had the same plan, also only using Fighting-type moves to retaliate.

This made the battle less flashy with its moves and more intense with every punch landing!

While this style of play may lack some of the visual appeal, it is still quite exciting!

Bang...bang...bang bang!

With each punch thrown by the domineering panda, it seemed to create a shockwave, appearing powerful and heavy.

Compared to it, Mashana is smaller and doesn't possess the same strength as the domineering panda, so it can only outmaneuver the domineering panda.

This also put it at a disadvantage when competing head-to-head.

Fist bump... high five... elbow bump...

See through, push, bare-handed chop, slam throw, leverage throw, flying knee kick—the two Pokémon used a variety of fighting-type moves in succession. In just over ten seconds, they had already exchanged blows more than a dozen times, leaving the audience breathless.

However, it was clear that the domineering panda was stronger. Although Masana could hold her own against it for a while at the beginning, she quickly ran out of energy and was knocked to the ground by the domineering panda as the battle progressed.

Seeing her Pokémon defeated, the female trainer sighed helplessly and said to Bea, "Okay, you won. You are indeed qualified to challenge Itsuki. But as I just said, he is surfing right now. If you want to challenge him, you have to come first thing tomorrow morning."

Cai Dou frowned slightly, but didn't say anything. Instead, she put away the domineering panda and walked directly towards the door.

As she turned around, she came face to face with Xia You and Xiaoxia.

Upon seeing the two, Aya paused, clearly remembering that she had seen them somewhere before. However, she only paused briefly and didn't say anything. She simply nodded politely to the two of them before walking out of the martial arts dojo without looking back, leaving behind only a cool silhouette!

I have to say, it's actually pretty cool...

Before Xia You could look away, the female trainer in the dojo also saw Xia You and the other person, and asked in surprise, "Who are you?"

"I'm so sorry..." Xia You turned around and smiled at her, "I came without knocking. My name is Xia You, and I'm a trainer who travels around. I'm here to..."

Before he could finish speaking, the female trainer waved her hand and said, "I know, I know. You're here to challenge the gym, right?"

"of course."

Seeing Xia You nod, the female trainer shrugged and said, "You must have heard what I said to that person earlier. The gym leader of this gym is currently unavailable, so you'll have to wait until tomorrow to challenge him. But before that, you must defeat me first to be qualified to challenge him!"

"Of course, no problem." Hearing this rule, Xia You naturally had no objections. "I just haven't asked yet, who are you...?"

"Oh, I forgot to introduce myself." The female trainer puffed out her chest with a hint of pride. "My name is Shinobu. I'm the top student and lover of the gym leader, Fujiki, and also the acting gym leader while he's away!"

"I see, my apologies. Shall we begin the competition now?"

Although he said "I'm sorry" to the man, Xiaoren couldn't sense much respect in his tone.

Really!

She couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.

Including that woman who just used the Overlord Panda, don't these people know just how famous Teng Shu is in Wudou Town?

He's the most popular person on the whole island!

Not only is he a star surfer, but he is also a gym leader. Almost every girl in the town hopes to become his lover!

And me, as his top disciple and lover, why do these people all seem so indifferent after hearing this?!

Chapter 654 Prelude to the Typhoon

Xia You had no idea what the woman named Xiao Ren was thinking.

Even if they knew, they would probably just shake their heads and sigh at Shinobu's limited perspective.

This is the benefit of traveling around; it allows one's perspective to expand beyond just one place.

For the residents of Wudou Town, she certainly has reason to be proud.

But no matter how famous Tengshu is in Dewford Town, his fame won't spread beyond the island. In the Hoenn region, he's just an ordinary gym leader. Not to mention compared to the Elite Four or the Champion, even other gym leaders have a high reputation in their local areas. Who isn't as popular as him?

As for himself and Bea, one is a champion of two regional tournaments and the other is also a gym leader, no less than Tengshu. Who would care about Tengshu's reputation?

Not to mention that Shinobu is merely Fujiki's disciple and lover!

Xia You took a few steps forward and came to the spot where Cai Dou had just stood, facing Xiao Ren across the space.

After the battle just now, Shinobu's Marshall was obviously no longer able to fight. Apart from this Marshall, she either underestimated Xia You or had no other Pokémon she could use, and only sent out a Machop!

It's not that Xia You looks down on Machop, but since the Kanto region, he has dealt with countless Machop or their evolved forms, and he is very familiar with its moves and abilities, so he no longer feels any difficulty!

Shinobu, of course, was unaware of all this. She continued, "My rules are simple: before the official gym battle tomorrow, if you can defeat me in a 1-on-1 battle, you can challenge Fujiki."

She deliberately emphasized the name 'Tengshu' to attract Xia You's attention and let him know that the master of the pavilion was not so easy to meet. Unfortunately, to her disappointment, the man in front of her remained indifferent and seemed not to have understood the hidden meaning in her words.

What a blockhead...

"I understand." Xia You nodded, then took out a Poké Ball and released her Pokémon.

Since he had come to the Fighting Gym, he wanted to follow the rules of the game, and he happened to have a Fighting-type Pokémon in his hand.

"Come out, Mighty Chicken!"

With a flash of blue light, his Mighty Chicken appeared in front of Machop.

The two Pokémon, each less than 1 meter tall, stared at each other, their eyes seemingly flashing with fire.

"Oh? Combusken?" Shinobu said nonchalantly, hands on her hips. "It's just an ordinary Pokémon!"

Hearing Xiao Ren's faint sarcasm, Xia You couldn't help but glance at her wrist strength.

How dare you say that to me?

Speaking of ordinary...

Combusken only inhabits the Hoenn region and occasionally appears in small numbers in other regions. From a global perspective, it is relatively rare. But your Machop, isn't it available in every region and can be found everywhere?

Too lazy to say anything more to her, Xia You ignored the conversation and chose to simply ignore her.

After being rebuffed, Shinobu's smile froze awkwardly.

However, she didn't pay too much attention to this and instead focused her attention on the battlefield.

As the acting gym leader, in addition to fighting personally, Shinobu also acted as the referee. Seeing that Xia You's Powerpuff was ready, she adjusted her mindset and then shouted, "Then, let the match begin!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she didn't stop and directly commanded Wrist Strength to rush straight towards Strong Chicken.