Knights of the Elf World

Because they were worried about Xichen's health, Xiaozhi and others did not propose to go to Vermilion City on the first day Xichen woke up. Instead, they waited until the next day to confirm that Xichen had fully recovered before setting off.

There is only one road leading to Dead Leaf City, so there is no need to worry about getting lost. After walking for about a morning, the group saw a city. There was a sign at the entrance of the city that read Dead Leaf City.

"Great! We're finally in Vermilion City!" Looking at the city in front of him, Xiaozhi jumped up excitedly and ran inside with Pikachu, "Gym Tournament, Gym Tournament!"

"Wait a minute, Xiaozhi!" Xiaogang stopped Xiaozhi at this time, "Let's go to the Pokémon Center first, after all, it's noon."

"Are you kidding? I want to challenge the gym right now!" Xiaozhi said dissatisfiedly.

"Look at Pikachu, Xiaozhi." Xichen pointed at the Pikachu on his shoulder. At this time, Pikachu's ears drooped down, and he looked listless, and his stomach made a rumbling sound.

"Pica~"

"Pikachu, you are so pathetic. How can you just...?"

"Cuckoo!"

Before Xiaozhi finished teaching Pikachu a lesson, his stomach started to upset and his face turned red.

"I don't think you're much better!" Xiaoxia said sarcastically.

"Always paying attention to the physical condition of Pokémon is also a compulsory course for us trainers, Xiaozhi." Xichen also began to preach, and then walked towards the Pokémon Center with Xiaogang and Xiaoxia.

"Ah! I get it. Wait for me!" Seeing that everyone had left him behind, Xiaozhi quickly followed them. They soon arrived at the Pokémon Center and enjoyed lunch.

"Little Rattata! You have to hold on, little Rattata!" Just as Xichen and the others were enjoying lunch, a young man brought a burnt-black little Rattata into the Pokémon Center, "Ms. Joy, please save my little Rattata!"

"That little Rattata is seriously injured. Who did this? It's too much!" Xiaoxia looked at the little Rattata who was pushed into the emergency room by Jigglypuff, with a trace of sympathy and anger in her eyes.

"Oh, this is already the 15th this month." Miss Joy at the side sighed when she saw this scene. Although the Pokémon Center was established to save Pokémon, the frequent number still made her feel tired, and each one was so badly injured.

"Miss Joy, do you know what this is going on?" Xiaoxia asked.

"These were all done by Ma Zhishi, the leader of the Withered Leaf Gym. They are all challengers." After Miss Joy finished speaking, she also went into the emergency room, leaving Xichen and the other three to discuss.

"Is this Ma Zhishi so cruel? Brother Xichen, what kind of person is this guy? He is obviously a gym trainer, but he hurt the challenger's Pokémon so badly." Xiaozhi couldn't help but ask. Although he is indeed a hot-blooded idiot, he will feel something when he sees those Pokémon being injured so badly.

"What's wrong, Xiaozhi? You're not scared, are you? Well, after all, one of the two badges you have now was obtained with the help of Lord Xichen, and the other one was obtained because of my sympathy for you. The gym trainer this time will not show mercy." Misty, who was standing aside, saw Xiaozhi like this and immediately started to criticize him.

"Who's afraid? I'm just asking Brother Xichen's opinion!" Xiaozhi defended with a blushing face.

"I don't think that what Ma Zhishi did was too wrong." Xi Chen said, and his words startled everyone present. "Some trainers, who obviously don't have the strength, still want to challenge such a difficult gym. Don't they deserve to be beaten? I don't believe that they didn't get any news before challenging Ma Zhishi!"

"But isn't it the job of a gym trainer to teach those challengers?" Xiaogang argued.

"That depends on whether you have the strength. You still want to challenge someone with such a huge gap in strength. What do you expect the gym trainers to teach them? Look at that boy just now. If he had brought that Rattata to challenge your Nibe Gym and was defeated miserably, what would you say to him? Raise your level before challenging again? I guess Ma Zhishi has said this countless times. However, there are still some trainers who have no strength coming, and his patience is just gone!" Xichen said a lot in one breath, leaving Xiaogang speechless.

Vermilion City is a famous port city, and the number of trainers that Ma Zhishi has to deal with is far more than that of Nibe City, so it is understandable that Xiaogang does not understand.

"Hahaha, well said, little brother!" At this time, a hearty laugh was heard. Everyone looked up and saw a burly man nearly two meters tall, with dry yellow hair and wearing sunglasses walking towards them. He was the gym trainer of the Dead Leaf Gym, Ma Zhishi!

"I've long been fed up with those challengers. Every time they come to challenge me, they bring a bunch of babies with them. They don't listen to me, so I'm going to teach them a lesson!" Ma Zhishi came to Xichen, took off his sunglasses, and looked at Xichen with the eyes of a close friend. "Little brother, your words really touched my heart!"

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Ma Zhishi. My name is Xichen, and I'm also a challenger who wants to challenge you." Xichen stood up and shook hands with Ma Zhishi.

"Okay, I look forward to your challenge. I believe that Brother Xichen will not be like those babies!" Ma Zhishi gladly accepted Xichen's challenge.

"And me, I want to challenge you too!" Xiaozhi on the side quickly stood up and said.

"Oh~ You want to challenge me too?" Ma Zhishi glanced at Xiaozhi, then noticed Pikachu licking ketchup on the side, and smiled contemptuously, "I'm telling you, baby, you're not going to challenge me with Pikachu, are you?"

"What's wrong with Pikachu? I just want to use Pikachu to defeat you and take the badge from you!" Xiaozhi immediately got angry when he saw that the other party looked down on him and Pikachu. When Ma Zhishi heard what Xiaozhi said, there was even more disdain in his eyes, and then he threw a Poké Ball.

"Another combination of a baby and a baby? To tell you the truth, there is absolutely no way you can beat me. Come out, Raichu, let this baby see the world!"

A yellowish-brown Pokémon appeared in front of everyone, with a long tail that ended in a lightning shape, lightning-shaped ears, and yellow electric sacs on both sides of its cheeks. It was the evolved form of Pikachu, Raichu!

"This..." Through the Pokémon Encyclopedia, Xiaozhi also learned about Raichu's information and knew that it was the evolved form of Pikachu. He was stunned for a while.

"So, I still advise you to give up. Brother Xichen, I'm waiting for your arrival at the Dead Leaf Gym." Then Ma Zhishi said goodbye.

"What's wrong with Raichu? Pikachu, I believe we will win!"

"Pikapi!"