Pokémon: The Journey Begins with a Cowherd

Chapter 63 Challenge the Vermilion City Gym

The next day, Qingyuan got up early to wash up and prepare breakfast for Scorpion and the others.

Last night he booked a 2v2 gym challenge in Vermilion City for today.

Therefore, Scorpios need to be kept in a perfect state.

Considering that Lt. Surge, the Gym Leader of Vermilion City Gym, is a formidable Gym Leader who will not hold back.

Therefore, Charmander will not be able to participate in this gym challenge.

Lt. Surge doesn't hold back; he can severely injure many weaker Pokémon.

There's no need for Qingyuan to seriously injure Charmander just to gain experience in gym battles.

So after careful consideration, he finally decided to send Scorpion and Scyther to battle this time.

Slowpoke is weak to Electric-type moves. If you use it to fight the Vermilion City Gym, Qingyuan will probably get a taste of what it's like to have Slowpoke's tail roasted by electricity today.

The cat's strength level is a bit too high, so facing Lt. Surge's Raichu won't be of much training value.

After all, that was a Raichu that Pikachu defeated with its speed.

Although Qingyuan believed that Ma Zhishi's strength was definitely far superior to his own.

However, the Pokémon he uses to test himself might not be that strong.

Every gym challenge is a great opportunity for training.

In order not to waste this opportunity, Persian will not participate in this gym challenge.

Rhydon, although this guy has a type advantage when fighting the Vermilion City Gym, its leg injury hasn't healed yet.

Therefore, he was naturally not included in the roster for this match.

Upon arriving at the Vermilion Dojo, the first thing Qingyuan saw upon entering was a group of young people with brightly colored hair.

If I'm not mistaken, these guys should be the gym apprentices at the Vermilion City Gym.

Or you could call them the Rockets' reserves.

After all, Mt. Surge was originally a mole planted by the Rockets in the league.

As a member of Team Rocket, it's not impossible that Lt. Surge, taking advantage of his position as gym leader, would use it to train some of the lower-ranking members of Team Rocket.

"Hello, I'm here to challenge the Vermilion City Gym. I already made a reservation in the Pokédex yesterday!"

Looking at the many gym apprentices training their Pokémon, Qingyuan politely spoke loudly.

Regardless of the other party's identity, at least for now, Lt. Surge is the dojo master.

As a trainer preparing to participate in a major competition, it's always good to be polite to Lt. Surge, the gym leader.

As for Mt. Surge's status with the Rockets, Qingyuan has no intention of interfering.

Let those things that don't affect him be left to the league's higher-ups to worry about.

In fact, Ma Xueshi's identity is closer to his.

After all, he was a trainer who came from the bottom.

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, all the gym apprentices who were training Magnemite and Voltorb immediately turned to look at him.

"Ha! Another fearless brat has arrived!"

"Hey! Has the little brat been weaned yet?!"

"Hey, Master, another brat with no guts has come to challenge you. Come out and greet him!"

Upon seeing Qingyuan's youthful face, the apprentices, who resembled young men from the streets, suddenly felt immense malice towards him.

Qingyuan never expected that a simple greeting would provoke such malice here.

"grass!"

The hot-tempered Qingyuan couldn't take it anymore. "I can't beat Ma Zhishi, but I can't beat you bunch of small fry."

"You! Yes, you, come out and fight me one-on-one!"

Qingyuan pointed to the apprentice who had just asked him if he had been weaned.

Seeing Qingyuan's actions, the apprentice pointed at himself incredulously.

"That's right, it's you! How come you have the guts to insult people but not the guts to fight them one-on-one!"

Seeing the apprentice's actions, Qingyuan said something again.

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, the apprentice was immediately enraged. He felt that Qingyuan was treating him like an easy target.

"Come on, come on!"

"Let me see what kind of strength you have, kid!"

After saying that, the apprentice took the Poké Ball and walked towards the battlefield.

Seeing this, Qingyuan also headed towards the battlefield.

"Oh ho! Xia Mao, you can't lose to this brat, or I'll look down on you!"

"Exactly! You're always bragging that your Magnemite is the strongest. If it can't even beat a little imp, then you'll be incredibly embarrassed!"

"Well, if Xia Mao loses, it won't just be a loss of face, it'll be a loss of everything!"

"Hahahahaha!"

Seeing this, the apprentices not only did not stop Xia Mao, but instead continued to provoke him.

Upon hearing these words, Xia Mao unconsciously gripped the Poké Ball in his hand tighter.

He had to win this battle; he didn't want to lose face in front of so many people.

Qingyuan didn't seem to care about these words.

After all, none of it was meant to provoke him, and from those words, he also learned what the other person's spirit was.

This is quite useful information; he has already decided which Pokémon to use later based on it.

"Now, let's begin with..."

"By the way, what's your name, kid?"

The blond referee from the Fallen Leaf Gym was standing on the sidelines, about to deliver a formal referee's address.

Then he realized that he didn't know Qingyuan's name.

"Qingyuan!"

Qingyuan calmly uttered his name, not caring about being called a brat.

Upon hearing this, the referee nodded and then continued with his formal referee's statement.

"Now, let's begin the challenge match between Qingyuan and Xia Mao, the dojo apprentice of Kuye Dojo."

"Only one Pokémon can be used. If one side's Pokémon is unable to battle, the other side wins!"

"The match begins now!"

After saying that, the referee took a few steps back and left the battlefield.

"Magneto, teach this brat a lesson!"

Xia Mao immediately sent out his Pokémon after the referee finished speaking.

"Charmander, take him down quickly!"

Seeing this, Qingyuan sent out his young men to fight.

He originally thought Charmander wouldn't get a chance to train today, but he never expected that Vermilion Gym would have such an idiot.

Since he has been insulted, let his spirit become a little fire dragon and gain experience.

"Hahaha, as expected of a brat, even the Pokémon he's using is a baby Pokémon!"

"Hey! Kid, is your elf still breastfed like you?!"

Upon seeing that Qingyuan had sent out the little fire dragon, Xia Mao immediately started talking to Qingyuan, trying to distract him.

It has to be said that the other party's method was quite effective. Qingyuan was immediately enraged and cursed loudly.

"Damn it, I work 8 AM, I'll go to hell with you, you stupid idiot!"

"Take a look at your own sprite before you mock others!"

"You're so immature, you haven't even weaned yourself yet, and you still have the nerve to mock others!"

"Charmander, use Ember!"

After cursing, Qingyuan didn't give the other party any chance to react and directly commanded the little fire dragon to launch an attack.

"Magneto, get out of the way!"

Xia Mao, who was just about to verbally harass Qing Yuan, was instead distracted by Qing Yuan's barrage of insults.

Just as he was blushing and preparing to retort, he discovered that the little fire dragon in the arena had already launched an attack.

"Kuoyi~"

Although it reacted a beat too late, Magnemite still managed to avoid the spark thanks to its levitation advantage.

However, the residual force of the explosion also caused it considerable damage.

"Charmander, use Smoke Screen!"

Seeing that his attack had failed, Qingyuan immediately commanded Charmander to block Magnemite's view.

Qingyuan, who has been using this strategy for a long time, knows very well how easy it is to fight air-to-ground opponents.

"Magnemite used its ultrasonic waves to locate Charmander!"

As an apprentice at the Vermilion Dojo, Natsume is quite skilled.

Knowing that it was impossible to see clearly through the smoke, Magnemite used its ultrasonic waves to locate Charmander.

"Use Dragon Dive!"

Qingyuan did not intend to use the smoke screen to make the little fire dragon fight a guerrilla war.

He had Charmander use the smoke screen merely to create conditions for his next attack.

Therefore, in response to Xia Mao's method of dealing with the situation, he directly ordered Charmander to launch a fierce attack.

"Kuoyi~"

"Groo-wa!"

Magnemite just fired a supersonic wave at the front of it.

Charmander, carrying a terrifying killing intent, charged at Magnemite from behind.

Seeing the terrifying little fire dragon in front of him, Magnemite immediately cowered in fear.

It stood there dumbfounded, letting the little dragon knock it down from the sky.

"Don't let it get away, use Spark at face-to-face!"

"Groo-wa!"

Upon receiving Qingyuan's order, Charmander didn't hesitate at all and fired an Ember at the Magnemite beneath it.

"Kuoyi!"

The Magnemite only managed to let out a scream before falling silent.

As the smoke cleared, the Magnemite with its round eyes and the Charmander standing on its back came into view.

"Magnemite has lost its ability to battle, so the winner of this battle is Qingyuan!"

The referee on the sidelines performed his duties with great professionalism and announced the final result of the match.

"Come back, Charmander, well done!"

Qingyuan returned Charmander to its Poké Ball and praised it.

Xia Mao looked at the scene with a grim expression.

"waste!"

Upon seeing this, Qingyuan coldly uttered two words.

Upon hearing this, Xia Mao's already unpleasant expression turned even more so.

"This is incredibly embarrassing!"

Xia Mao took out the Poké Ball and shakily recalled Magnemite, thinking to himself.

Despite his grim expression, Xia Mao chose to remain silent in response to Qingyuan's words.

Having lost to his opponent, he has nothing more to say now.

His only regret now is that he shouldn't have provoked Qingyuan with his foul mouth, causing him to lose face in front of so many people.

Seeing this, Qingyuan ignored him completely.

No amount of reasoning with this kind of person will work. The next time they encounter someone weaker, they will still bully them.

So if you encounter this kind of person, just ignore them. If they provoke you, give them a good beating.

Once he knows you're not someone to be trifled with, he'll shut up.

"Alright, alright! Only a brat like you is qualified to challenge the Vermilion City Gym!"

Just then, a cheerful voice rang out.

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