How come my Pokémon turned into a girl?

"Hehe, this is all thanks to the cultivation of Lord Lance." Upon hearing this, "Brother Long" couldn't help but show joy on his face, and hurriedly complimented.

However, Lance didn't seem to be impressed by this kind of flattery. He changed the subject and said, "Of course, if it doesn't work out, or even if it ends up being a mess..."

The glass in his hand slammed back onto the table. "Brother Long" felt his heart shaking like the wooden table. Lance stood up and slowly walked to him, who was too frightened to move, and whispered softly in his ear:

"Then I can only consider increasing revenue and reducing costs for the organization."

His legs went weak and he nearly fell to his knees. The crew-haired young man's voice trembled as he repeatedly promised, "Please, please, please, trust me! I haven't lost in all the competitions in Yuhong Game City. I will definitely win first place for you this time!"

He never doubted any of the threats they made. Although he hadn't participated in any dangerous missions since joining Team Rocket due to his timid personality, he was still very clear about the power of the organization. As long as the people above wanted, a rat like him could disappear from the world without attracting any attention.

"I'm looking forward to your performance." Patting the huddled young man's shoulder, Lance lowered his other hand from the black headset on his right side and walked towards the depths of the room.

"The target has arrived here, go and do your job."

Chapter 47 Goodbye, Alija

Game hall, I haven't been to a place like this for a long time...

Qianye sighed in his heart as he stepped into the Yuhong Game City with the group behind him. From that moment on, the music turned up to the maximum decibel, the rapid tapping of keys... all kinds of harsh noises immediately reached everyone's ears.

Nazhi frowned. The meditation practice of a superpower person requires absolute silence around him, so she naturally would not like such a noisy environment.

His eyes glowed slightly, and green telekinesis condensed into an invisible barrier around Qianye and his group. The moment the barrier was formed, the external noise was suddenly reduced to an acceptable level.

"Is it okay to keep using superpowers like this?" Qianye asked, a little worried that Nancy would consume too much energy.

"This level... is no problem." Shaking her head, Nancy's red eyes were full of ease. Just as she said, maintaining this kind of thing couldn't even distract her.

Superpowers are so convenient... This is the nth time that the boy has sighed in his heart. Unfortunately, even though Nancy has taught him step by step, he shows no signs of learning at all.

"If Xiaoye wants to learn, you can."

The sudden sound of the lolita's voice made Qianye pause, but he soon realized whose voice it was and quickly continued in his mind:

"Jirachi? You haven't come out since that day. What happened?"

As soon as he asked this question, he could clearly feel the other party's voice begin to turn resentful. "It's because your girlfriend's superpowers are too sharp, Xiaoye. If I come out, she will definitely sense it."

Hearing Jirachi addressing Nancy, Qianye subconsciously touched his nose: "That's nothing, Nancy isn't a bad person..."

"No means no!"

Listening to the voice that suddenly rose in pitch, he could already imagine a willful-looking blonde loli, with her hands on her hips, looking at him angrily.

"Okay, then, forget what I said. But what do you mean by saying I can learn superpowers? I tried to learn from Nazzi before, but it was no use at all."

"Hehe, Xiaoye, you've underestimated your potential. The power you inherited also includes some supernatural abilities, but they haven't been activated yet. If you can successfully draw them out, even the girl next to Xiaoye won't be able to compare to you!"

He understood that this was a disguised form of self-promotion... However, the boy still followed her words and asked, "Then how can I stimulate my superpowers?"

"It's actually very simple. You need a powerful esper to use the immense telekinesis that's in tune with you as a trigger to draw out the power sealed within Xiaoye's body."

"A powerful psychic...you mean, you can do it with your telekinesis?" Qianye asked excitedly after understanding Jirachi's hint.

"Of course not."

"..."

"Eh hey hey? Xiaoye, don't disconnect! It's not possible now... I said it's not possible now!"

When the boy logged back into the telepathic channel, Jirachi continued with a slightly aggrieved voice, "You know I'm lacking strength right now. Once Xiaoye fulfills enough wishes to help me recharge, it will be easy to do this."

That would take forever... Several black lines appeared on his forehead, but at this moment, he suddenly had an idea:

"If I just need a powerful telekinesis as an introduction, can't I just go find Nancy directly?"

But this idea was immediately dismissed by Jirachi: "It's not that simple. Everyone's awakened telekinesis wavelength is different. Xiaoye's power is inherited from me, so she can keep pace with me. If it were someone else, they would have to constantly fine-tune the wavelength until they were at the same frequency. The whole process is like looking for a needle in a haystack."

In other words, you still have to complete the main quest of "awakening Jirachi" first. The problem is that Jirachi herself doesn't know how much energy it will take to fully awaken, and the deadline for achieving the goal is too vague to really motivate people...

"Qian Ye Qian Ye!" Yuan Qi's voice woke the boy from his thoughts. As soon as he came to his senses, he saw a pair of small claws waving in front of him.

"Woo, finally woke up~ What was Qianye thinking about? He was suddenly in a daze for so long."

Heizi pouted unhappily. He had clearly said that he would bring her here to play, but in the end, they hadn't played anything yet and she was just standing there like a statue.

He reached out and rubbed his head between his ears, "Sorry, sorry, I was just thinking about something."

By the way, he turned his head to look at Nancy, "Nancy, do you want to try it together? Video games are quite interesting."

Nancy has been locked up in her house since she was little, cultivating her supernatural powers, with her only entertainment being dolls and model toys. Now that she's finally out with me, I naturally want to introduce her to other forms of entertainment. Perhaps this will help her become more cheerful.

Seeing the girl still hesitant, Qianye took her hand and went to the information desk to exchange a few dozen game coins. Then, he led her to an arcade machine with the words "Pokémon Fighters" written in elegant, artistic fonts. If memory served, this was the event in the poster.

He skillfully stuffed a few game coins into the coin slot, and the next moment, the screen switched to the selection mode interface. After operating the joystick to enter the player combat mode, the boy made room for Nancy and the eager Kuroko.

Since both of them were novices, Qianye naturally took on the responsibility of guiding them to get started. After helping them familiarize themselves with the operation of the joystick and the buttons corresponding to commands such as heavy punches and light punches, they finally chose the characters they liked at first sight before the countdown ended.

Nancy chose "Alakazam", her main Pokémon in reality, so Qianye was not surprised by this choice.

Although Alakazam's damage ability is not outstanding because of the difficulty in forming combos with his skill set, he has high-speed, low-responsibility waves and high-mobility teleportation as a means of containment, making him one of the characters that is quite suitable for beginners.

As for the character chosen by Kuroko...

"Heizi, why don't you try playing a different role?"

Looking at the Pokémon on the selection display frame, with its four sturdy arms stretched out and its blue muscles reflecting a proud light, Qianye gave a sincere advice.

Its incredible strength, command-throwing abilities, and terrifying muscles suggest it's capable of dealing terrifying damage simply by grabbing its opponent. While its strength in this game is quite impressive, it's awkwardly ranked among the slowest characters, lacking its own unique movement speed.

In short, Kuroko is already at a significant disadvantage in terms of character compatibility. Considering the gaming experience for newcomers, it's best to switch...

"No, I'm going to use it." Heizi did not follow his advice and resolutely pressed the button to start the game.

The subsequent developments were basically the same as Qianye had expected. Except for a few rounds at the beginning when both sides were in the adaptation stage and fought back and forth, after that, Nancy, who was familiar with her role, began to ruthlessly slaughter Kuroko.

It should be said that not only is there a difference in the selection of players, but Nini is also obviously a more talented type. She even figured out how to use her super special moves on her own without relying on Qianye's guidance.

On the other hand, Heizi is a typical "bad at playing but still loves to play" player. Even though he hasn't won a single game, he still stubbornly refuses to change characters. He keeps fighting after repeated defeats, and keeps losing...

Until the last round when all the coins were used up, poor Kaili, with all his strength, couldn't even touch his opponent, and was beaten black and blue by Alakazam, who was still alive. Kuroko finally couldn't hold on any longer and scratched his hair frantically:

"Why? The character that Nancy-nee-sama uses is just too bad!"

"It's not because the opponent is too bad. Besides the disadvantages in character compatibility, you haven't found the correct way to use this character."

Although Qianye did think so at the moment, these words did not come out of his mouth. Subconsciously looking back in the direction of the sound, a familiar figure in kimono came into view.

"Ms. Ellija?!"

"Hi~ We meet again. How do you like my perfume?" The female owner of the perfume shop greeted with a smile, and winked at Nazi as if she was responding to some signal.

"Your perfume works quite well... in every sense." Whether it was for Nancy or Umbreon, it successfully opened his eyes, although the two methods of achieving this effect were different.

"By the way, why is Miss Alija here?"

Hearing this, Alicia, who was making eye contact with Naz, turned around and said with a calm smile, "What's wrong? Can't perfume sellers have their own way of relaxing?"

"Uh, that's not what I meant..." The main thing is that judging from her dress and temperament, Alija is the elegant and conservative type, and it is hard to imagine her going to places like game halls.

"Haha, don't look at me like this, I have my own opinions about this game~"

She walked up slowly, replaced Kuroko's position, and after testing the joystick by swinging it left and right and up and down, Ailijia turned to look at Nancy and extended her hand. "Nancy, can you lend me a few game coins? I'll return them later."

The girl nodded. Since she had only used one of the coins Qianye had given her, she simply poured a dozen coins into Alija's palm.

Pushing a game coin into the arcade machine, Ailijia quickly logged in and used the joystick to lock onto the "Super Strength" that Kuroko had just chosen. At the same time, a confident smile appeared on her face:

"Let me show you my strength~"

Chapter 48 I Know Just a Little Bit of Everything

Ever since Qianye challenged the Golden Gym, Nancy had never been so intensely tense. She'd even unconsciously lowered her noise-canceling telekinetic barrier. She was completely oblivious to the clamor of her most unpleasant surroundings, her eyes glued to the arcade screen.

This was her twelfth challenge, and the previous eleven had all ended in miserable failure. It was clearly the same character, but in Kuroko's hands it was like a baby who couldn't even walk and could be played with at will, while in Alicia's hands it was a towering, suffocating mountain blocking her way.

But fortunately, after so many trials, she finally saw a glimmer of hope for victory - relying on the teleportation and pulling tactics, she and Alija successfully took down a lamp each and reached the deciding round.

And at this crucial match point, she successfully reduced the opponent's health to only a trace, while Alakazam still had half of his health left.

The tension brought about by the desire for victory made the hands that were tightly gripping the joystick begin to tremble slightly. When the strange force in the picture withstood the fluctuations and was approaching the dangerous distance, the command for instant movement was already rubbed out before the brain issued a warning.

However, Alicia's strange power did not move forward as expected, but instead retreated several steps as if she had already guessed her decision, and directly stuck in front of Alakazam who had just teleported.

The flash of light representing the super special move lit up from his muscles. Guai Li stretched out his four arms and directly hugged Alakazam, then jumped into the air, rolled around, and slammed into the ground.

"Strange power, win!"

Looking at the row of big words that suddenly appeared on the screen, Nancy froze in her seat. My health bar... disappeared?

"Huh... I was really scared. I was almost killed by Nancy. It seems that I am still more skilled." Elijah chuckled as she wiped the non-existent cold sweat from her forehead.

Hearing this, Nancy silently began to search her pockets for the next game coin. Although her expression didn't show it, it was clear that this game truly gave her great pleasure, otherwise the girl wouldn't be so eager to win the next round. This was also what Qianye wanted to see.

"Qian Ye, it's all used up." After pulling out her empty pockets, Nazhi looked up at the young man, a rare burning fighting spirit in her eyes.

"Nazi-chan, then use my coins. They were all yours anyway..." Ailijia said before Qianye left. But before she could take out the remaining game coins, a shrill voice came in:

"Brother, you are finally here. I have been waiting for a long time."

The young man with a crew cut suddenly walked out and put his arm around Qianye's shoulders. After seeing the women around him, he was amazed and showed admiration to the young man:

"There are several more of you...hiss~ bro, you're really capable. I've made this friend my permanent friend."

"Sorry, it took me quite some time to get here." Qian Ye's eyes barely caught sight of the ball-like object with a red corner visible in the other person's leg pocket, and he withdrew his gaze and answered naturally.

"No, no! Brother, I'm already very grateful that you're willing to come. At first, I was a little worried about what would happen if you didn't come."

The young man laughed a few times and patted the boy on the shoulder. At the same time, Nancy, whose attention was no longer on the arcade, stood up from her seat and looked at Qianye and asked:

"Qian Ye, who is it?"

"He's just a friend I just met yesterday. He was the one who told me about this kind of competition here."

He said this verbally, but the telepathic channel showed a completely different situation—

"He came to me out of the blue. Although he gave a very good reason, he probably has other motives. I plan to follow his lead and see what he's up to."

"Is there any danger?"

"Don't worry, I'll be on guard. Besides, Kuroko and Umbreon are by my side, so they'll be able to handle it even if something does happen."

The telepathic channel was disconnected, but in the eyes of the young man with a crew cut, he could only see that the somewhat cold and aloof beautiful girl thought for a while, nodded, and continued to sit back in her seat and fiddle with the joystick.

"Then without further ado, come with me to sign up now." Perhaps because he was afraid Qianye would change his mind, the young man acted extremely anxious and was about to drag him directly to the registration office. However...

"I see. Mr. Qianye is also going to participate in the points challenge here. I wonder if you can bring me along as well?"

No one present had expected Ai Lijia's sudden words. Qianye narrowed his eyes slightly, but did not directly refuse. Instead, he looked at the young man and asked, "Should it be okay? After all, the team quota is not full."

The crew-haired young man was stunned for a moment, then quickly nodded and said, "Of course, no problem. Welcome!"

He was the only one who knew that this match was practically all about that young man's jealousy. If the young man himself had no objections, how could he dare to object? Besides, his new teammate was a beautiful girl. He hadn't planned on relying on her to win anyway, so even if he didn't do anything, just being able to catch her eye would be great.

……

Entering the competition area, the topics discussed by the people around him suddenly became unified. It seemed that he had only taken a few steps when he heard two people arguing about who was the strongest character in "Pokémon Fighters" -

"In a fighting game, the most important thing is the ability to stand back. In my opinion, Dragonite, with the most powerful stand back ability and the most comprehensive mechanics, is the most powerful character!"

"I don't want to be too rude with something that has less attack and damage than a single Garchomp. Please prepare the mega stone for the hypertrophy."

"Land Shark who? You?"

"Gruisle killed a hundred Dragonites with a single blow!"

"Dragonite devoured Garchomp in one gulp!"

The quarrel was like that of naughty children. Finally, a passerby couldn't stand it anymore and walked up to them aggressively, intervening between them and shouting:

"I'm so fed up with you, these online gamers! If you'd actually played Pokémon Go, you'd know that Speaker Cricket is the strongest character!"

In short, there was no clear conclusion to the argument until the end. Heizi, who had been listening for a while, drooped his ears and muttered softly: