How come my Pokémon turned into a girl?

The pale blue muscles on his arms flickered with white light and quietly tensed. Several consecutive "bodybuilding" moves revived the previously lost strength. This time, he also activated "energy gathering" once more, striving to achieve the ultimate impact of this attack.

Behind the strange power, other Pokémon also began their assistance. The white power of help flew out from the forehead and was injected into the tall body standing in the front.

"Ah!" Guai Li clenched his fists and assumed an attacking stance. The next moment, a light blue figure lunged forward, unleashing a barrage of powerful punches on Boskodora's thick, hard legs.

Close combat is the ultimate secret of fighting. The user needs to abandon all defense and devote all his attention to the stormy attack.

The so-called "a thousand strikes in one instant" is nothing more than this. Each strike is delivered with absolute full force, and because of the extremely fast speed, countless punches hit the same position almost at the same time, and all the power explodes in the next instant.

In an instant, Guai Li could feel many eyes focused on its back, and all the gazes expressed the same meaning -

Come on! Big brother with four hands!

Under their encouragement, Guai Li exerted his best strength in his life. Under the powerful force of close combat, the black armor covering his legs actually shattered!

Did you make it?

The crack was very conspicuous, but it did not spread outward after all. Moreover, compared with the huge body of Boskodora, the damage caused by the crack was probably equivalent to the damage caused by cutting a few fingernails.

"Boss..."

No, this attack did successfully hurt himself, and the pain was quite obvious, but it was still a little worse than that guy's wave missile.

Although it's a pity, it seems that it is impossible to rely on these Pokémon's attack moves to train my resistance, so... let's end it.

Boscodra twisted its body and swept its black iron tail forward lightly. The still gasping Pokémon had no way to avoid the tail that was bigger than its entire body. It was directly blown away, knocking down a large group of Pokémon, and then fell asleep peacefully on the ground.

Qianye silently walked to the side of the black giant beast at this moment. In his arms, little Xianla was extremely excited and kept shouting out joyfully -

Papa insults the enemy, Papa is invincible!

As for the young man himself, he raised his head and looked at the part that had just been hit by the strange "close combat" and reached out his hand to gently stroke it.

Although the armor was broken, the cracks did not extend deep into the armor. In other words, it was impossible to peel off a piece of it completely. While taking out the special medicine he had prepared long ago, Qianye turned to Professor Oak and shrugged helplessly:

"Dr. Oak, it seems there's no other way..."

Chapter 162: Xiaozhi Returns

In Tokiwa City, in front of the Tokiwa Gym, a young man wearing a red hat appeared. Looking at the tall building in front of him, he pulled the brim of his hat to cover his face, but he could not hide the overflowing joy and excitement.

After traveling for such a long time, Xiaozhi returned here again. At this time, he had collected seven gym badges. As long as he passed the challenge of the Tokiwa Gym in front of him and got the last badge, he would be able to successfully obtain the qualification to challenge the Quartz Conference.

"Actually, there's no need for you to be so excited. It's impossible for you to win on your first try anyway, Xiaozhi."

As Xiaozhi raised his front foot, a refreshing voice sounded from behind. He immediately turned around and asked the orange-haired girl: "Xiaoxia, what do you mean by this!"

"I'm telling the truth. Isn't it the same every time you challenge a gym? You always have to lose at least once."

The red-hatted boy was choked by Xiaoxia's calm response. After all, what she said seemed... seemed to make sense. But he quickly refuted her with a red face:

"...I won in the end anyway! And after traveling for so long, I'm no longer the same person I was before. Watch carefully, I will definitely get the Tokiwa Gym badge in one go this time."

With this declaration, Xiaozhi was about to step into the gym's gate, but the sound of a car engine starting came over, and the smoke and dust flew directly into their faces, causing everyone to cough violently.

"Ahem, who is it this time?"

As the smoke and dust cleared, a somewhat cocky voice answered Xiaozhi's question:

"Hey, isn't that Ash? What a coincidence, you've come to Viridian City too. Maybe you've finally realized you don't have the talent to be a trainer, so you're heading home in dejection."

"Xiao Mao!" The eyes under the red hat widened as he looked at the red sports car parked in front of them. Sitting in the driver's seat was a hedgehog-haired boy who made him very unhappy.

Xiao Mao's gaze flickered between his childhood friend and the tall building, a look of realization crossing his face. "Oh, isn't that so? You're still one gym badge short of collecting them. You're really slow."

"Then I have to tell you some sad news. It's impossible for you to get the badge from the Viridian Gym now."

Hearing the other party's ridicule, Xiaozhi subconsciously wanted to fight back, but after hearing the second half of the sentence, he immediately put that matter behind his mind and hurriedly asked: "What's the matter with not being able to get the badge?"

"Xiaozhi is Xiaozhi. No matter what he does, he's always half a beat slower than others. Well... in that case, let me explain it to you." Xiaomao raised his arm that was resting on the car window, pointed at the tall building in front, and said:

"Don't you realize that this gym building is a little too new? Actually, the gym leader of Viridian Gym is said to have committed some crime and was discovered by the Alliance. He is now on the run. It seems that his gym was destroyed once for resisting law enforcement, and it was just rebuilt today."

"So, if a gym doesn't have a gym leader, then there can't be gym challenges, so how can you be awarded a badge?"

"How could this happen..." Upon hearing this unfortunate news, Xiaozhi's mood suddenly dropped. They deliberately returned to Viridian City because they remembered that they still had a badge to get. If they wanted to find other gyms at this juncture, who knows how much time they would waste on the journey.

We are only one step away from challenging the Quartz Conference. Is it really that difficult?

"Wait, if that's the case, Xiaomao, aren't you also..." Xiaozhi suddenly realized a problem and raised his head again, but all he saw was the other party shaking his fingers:

"How naive! Do you think I'm as slow as you? I've already collected all the required badges, and even have quite a few extra."

The spiky-haired boy opened a small box, and inside it were no less than ten gym badges.

"Okay, I won't waste too much time here. See you in Pallet Town later... If you still have the courage to come back after collecting all the badges, hahaha!"

The red luxury car started and sped away, leaving only the sound of laughter along the way. Seeing Xiaozhi lowering his head, whose expression was difficult to read, Xiaoxia walked up to him, put her hand on him, and asked with concern: "Xiaozhi...so what are you going to do now?"

Although she often bickers with him on weekdays, in a sense, it is also a reflection of their very good relationship. She has seen Xiaozhi's efforts along the way, and it would be a pity if he really failed at the last step.

"Why don't we change our destination while it's still early? If we walk faster, we should be able to catch up." Xiaogang on the side also gave a relatively rational suggestion at this time.

"Well, I still plan to give it a try first. If no one is willing to accept the challenge, it won't be too late to make plans later." As he said that, Xiaozhi pushed open the door of the Tokiwa Gym.

What was somewhat beyond their expectations was that the Tokiwa Gym, which was said to be no longer managed, was actually brightly lit inside, with many people coming and going. It was not as deserted as they had expected.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, a figure with long red hair quickly turned around and walked quickly towards the uninvited guests who broke into the gym.

"You... I remember you are Qianye's friends. Why are you here?" Pushing the square-framed glasses on the bridge of his nose, Kona looked up and down at the boy and girl in front of him, a smile on his face.

"Master... Master Kona!" Misty, the chief fangirl, exclaimed in surprise. Then, with her eyes ablaze, she quickly stepped forward. "It's amazing to see you again. I heard the gym leader here is in trouble. Are you here to lead the investigation?"

"Oh, you guys are quite well-informed. I'm actually doing something similar, but it's almost finished now."

To be precise, the search of the Tokiwa Gym was completed a few days ago. The reason she stayed here was just to supervise the progress of the gym's reconstruction.

"Kona Tenno, we're here to challenge the Tokiwa Gym, but now the Gym Leader is gone. Is there any way to get the Tokiwa Badge?"

Xiaozhi also stepped forward and asked, "If it's the Alliance King, he should have a solution for this situation, right?"

"That's really unfortunate. The Alliance hasn't assigned a new gym leader yet, but I do have an idea."

Kona just waved his hand, and an alliance staff member who was moving things put down the things in his hands and hurried over.

"Please go and call those three people over, yes, the combination of two people and a cat."

A trio of two people and a cat, why does it sound so familiar... After hearing what Kona and the alliance staff said, Xiaozhi and his friends looked at each other, until the staff who left brought the three guys to them.

"Team Rocket?!" "Little brat?!"

"Come to think of it, it's been a while since I last saw you guys. And why are you dressed like that?" Xiaozhi looked up and down at the three members of Team Rocket who were dressed like construction workers, his eyes revealing confusion.

"Regarding this matter, after I caught them during the Alliance Assessment, these guys have been undergoing labor reform with me. Although they tried to escape several times, I always froze them into ice and caught them back."

"Putting aside their dishonesty, they are surprisingly capable. They were responsible for 70% to 80% of the work that led to the rapid completion of the Viridian Gym's reconstruction."

"That's right." "We are no longer who we were before." "I've reformed, meow~"

Hearing Kona's words, the three members of Team Rocket straightened up proudly and looked at the little brats openly.

"How about this, considering you've all worked so hard these past few days, as long as you complete my last request, you'll have made amends and will be free from today onwards."

As soon as Kona finished speaking, the three people's faces immediately lit up with excitement, and they all crowded in front of her:

"What! Really?" "Please give us your orders, ma'am. We will definitely complete everything you ask us to do perfectly!"

"It's not a very difficult task. These young people now want to challenge the Tokiwa Gym. Could you please take over as the gym leader?" Kona said with a chuckle as he took out the Tokiwa Gym's gym badge from his pocket.

……

"In the end, we blew them away." Sitting in the special car headed to Pallet Town that was prepared for them thanks to King Kona, Xiaoxia recalled the battle at the Tokiwa Gym and couldn't help but complain.

"Haha, who told Team Rocket to secretly install that device while they were building the battle station? They're really amazing. They managed to build something like that in such a short time..."

Xiaozhi, who was also sitting on the seat, was very happy. After all, although he suffered some pain during the process, overall this should be the easiest gym challenge he has had since his debut.

What's more, this is the last challenge in Kanto, which is of great significance to him, so much so that he still holds the badge with the evergreen tree pattern in his palm and turns it over and over again.

After hearing what Xiaozhi said just now, Xiaogang also sighed with empathy:

"Yeah, if they had used that skill for serious matters, they might have succeeded long ago. Kona King had promised that everything would be over after this, but now not only was he blown away, but he also has an additional crime to hide from."

Viridian City and Pallet Town weren't far apart, and while they were chatting, the car had already arrived at their destination. Opening the car door and breathing in the fresh air from his hometown, Xiaozhi stretched out his arms and shouted to the town ahead after a long absence:

"Pallet Town, I'm back!"

When he returned to his hometown, the first person Xiaozhi wanted to see was naturally his mother Hanako, but when he returned to his house, he did not see her.

After asking around on the street, they learned that Hanako was currently at the Oak Research Institute. Since the journey wasn't far, they decided not to rest and instead headed towards the Oak Research Institute.

However, what they didn't expect was that when they arrived at the door of the institute, the first person they saw was not Hanako, nor the institute's owner, Professor Oak, but another old acquaintance:

"Nazi?!"

Hearing the three simultaneous exclamations, the girl's long, smooth black hair swayed slightly, and her red eyes turned slightly puzzledly.

Next to Nancy, there was another girl with a white ponytail. Her temperament was so strong that she looked a little dazed. When she noticed the three people approaching suddenly, she blinked and asked Nancy, "Someone you know?"

"Yes, he's Qianye's friend." Nancy replied, and then went to greet Xiaozhi and the others.

Seeing the beautiful lady in front of him whom he had never seen before, Xiaogang's passive ability was almost triggered again, but Nancy was standing next to her. The fear from the past suppressed his body's instinct, and he could only stand there with a blushing face and cosplay Guan Gong.

Xiaozhi naturally noticed the stranger, but since he didn't sense any strong aura from the other person, he was probably not a powerful Pokémon trainer, so he just looked at him briefly and lost interest.

"Nazi, if you're here, has Qianye also returned to Pallet Town?"

"Well, a prickly guy just came over and said he wanted to spar with Qianye, so he took him away. If you want to find him, go to the backyard of the institute."

"A prickly guy? It's that Xiao Mao guy! He actually got there first. I'm going to challenge Qianye too!"

As soon as he heard about the Pokémon battle, Xiaozhi completely forgot what he was going to do. Just as he was about to take a step, Xiaoxia behind him grabbed his collar with a helpless look on his face and stopped him.

"Sorry, we're going to look for Aunt Hanako. Natsu, do you know where she is now?"

Hearing this, Nancy nodded, and a green light immediately lit up in her eyes, covering the three people and a Pikachu.

"Wait, we ourselves..."

Before they could even utter a word, the scene before their eyes suddenly changed, and then, they fell to the ground inside the research institute in front of a pair of astonished gazes.

"No matter how many times I experience it, it's still hard to get used to the feeling of teleportation." Xiaozhi touched his dizzy head and climbed up from the ground. Before he could recover, he suddenly felt a warm embrace.

"Xiaozhi...you kid, why didn't you inform me before you came back?"

The scolding voice came from above his head, making him feel a familiar warmth for a moment. The next moment, Hanako released the hug, looked at her child who seemed to have become thinner, and began to give the other party the same familiar and headache-inducing nagging.

Seeing that the mother and son had endless things to talk about, Xiaoxia and Xiaogang, who felt bored, had to find something else to do in the research institute. Soon, they found something like a jar placed in the corner of the wall.

When I got closer, I saw that the ceramic jar was filled with a mysterious purple liquid, with bubbles bubbling out from time to time.

"What... is this? This kind of thing appeared in the research institute. I'm afraid a monster will suddenly emerge from it the next moment!" Xiaoxia looked at the solution filled with an ominous aura, and subconsciously recalled the horror movies of the Frankenstein type she had seen before, and took several steps back.

"How is that possible? Professor Oak is a famous Pokémon doctor. How could he touch those forbidden experiments? In my opinion, this is probably something like nutrient solution prepared for Pokémon." Xiaogang retorted, and even moved closer to the jar.

"Stay away from that jar!" However, before he could get closer to observe and figure out the purpose of this solution, a familiar young man's voice exploded in the distance behind him.

Startled by the shout, the two hurriedly turned around, only to see a black-haired boy appear at the back door of the institute with an anxious expression on his face.

Why did Qianye look so anxious? As he was lost in thought, another gurgling sound, like something emerging from the water, was heard. Wait a minute, now near this research institute, the only place with water seems to be...

"No...no way." Xiaoxia and Xiaogang had cold sweat on their backs, their necks twisted stiffly. In their sight, a "monster" with long ears like a rabbit was emerging from the liquid surface, purple pus was flowing down its body, and a pair of evil red pupils were opened in the meantime.

The prophecy came true. The orange-haired girl went blind from the intense fear and fainted on the spot.