I, Xiao Mao, want to become a Pokémon Master!

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Kenta and his friends watched Gary leave. After Cyndaquil finished treating him, the three of them returned to the Skywood Lab.

"Dr. Kūki, I'm back. What do you need me for?" Kenta asked.

"You left in too much of a hurry; you and Marina forgot your Pokédex." Professor Elm handed two Pokédex entries to Kenta and Marina.

The two guys rushed to the Pokémon Center as soon as they received Nurse Joy's call, forgetting to bring their Pokédex, which is essential for identification and a must-have item when traveling.

"Oh, I almost forgot." Kenta realized he hadn't brought the encyclopedia, so he quickly took it and put it in his pocket.

Marina also carefully put the illustrated guide away.

"By the way, Marina just said that Junichi battled a trainer. How did it go?" Professor Elm asked.

"Doctor... I lost." Junichi said somewhat embarrassedly. After all, when he first left home, he had made a bold statement that he would definitely become a Pokémon Master, but he lost his first battle. It was too embarrassing.

"Is the other person a rookie trainer like you?" Professor Elm asked.

“He looks a bit older than us, but that person said he knows Dr. Kongmu and asked us to give him our regards,” Chunyi said.

"You know me? Who are you?"

“His name is Xiao Mao, and he comes from Zhenxin Town,” Chun Yi said.

"What! Shigeru!!" Dr. Elm was shocked.

"Dr. Kuroki, do you know him?" Seeing Dr. Kuroki's surprise, Kenta was also curious about Shigeru's identity.

“Of course I know him. He’s the grandson of my teacher, Professor Oak. I even met him when he was a child,” Professor Oak said.

"What! Professor Oak's grandson!" Marina was also shocked. Professor Oak is a very famous professor, world-renowned. She never expected that Gary would be the grandson of such a famous person.

210: Heracross Forest

"Professor Oak's grandson! I never imagined that Gary had such an identity!" Junichi exclaimed in surprise. He had just randomly picked a random person to fight, and he actually managed to find someone so powerful.

"Besides, Gary won the championship in the last Kanto League tournament, so it's normal for you to lose to him," Professor Elm said.

"Kanto League Tournament Champion...!"

Junichi and Kenta looked at each other in bewilderment. They hadn't known Shigeru's identity before, but now that they did, they realized how incredibly presumptuous they had been.

"That Shigeru has already won the League Tournament once, why does he still need to participate in the Silver Tournament?" Marina asked, puzzled.

"Oh, Shigeru is going to participate in the Silver Tournament too...!"

Dr. Kuroki exclaimed in surprise, "Then you'd better work hard and don't lose to Shigeru!"

“Professor, Gary has already won a league championship. Junichi and Kenta have just become trainers. How could they possibly be a match for Gary?” Marina said.

“Who said we’re not rivals? It’s just a battle; it won’t determine the final outcome,” Chunyi immediately retorted.

Despite Junichi's usual doting on Marina, he doesn't indulge her at all on this kind of issue.

“That’s right. Gary hasn’t been a trainer for very long. We have a lot of time to train our Pokémon before the Silver Conference starts. We must beat Gary.” Even Kenta’s fighting spirit was ignited.

"Very good, then you all have to do your best. If you can beat Shigeru, it will indirectly prove that I am better than the teacher." Professor Kuroki said with great anticipation.

The leagues in various regions have entrusted these professors with the task of training new trainers, and Professor Elm naturally hopes that the trainers he trains can become Pokémon Masters.

"Okay, Kenta and I will work hard together."

"That's right, let's start by collecting all 8 badges."

Junichi and Kenta regained their confidence and also had a new goal: to defeat Shigeru.

...!

in the afternoon.

After having lunch in Wakaba Town and resting for a while, Xiao Mao continued cycling westward, entering Route 29 and heading towards Yoshihana City.

Along the way, Shigeru kept an eye out for the Pokémon he encountered. Unlike his first trip outside, when most of the Pokémon he encountered had ordinary or elite potential, he didn't encounter a single Pokémon with gym potential.

As for why Gary wanted to catch a new Pokémon, besides fulfilling his promise to Ash, it was also to use up the extra low-level Rare Candies in his inventory.

To maximize profits, Gary would wait until his Pokémon reached level 27 before using Low-Level Rare Candies, as three Low-Level Rare Candies would get him to level 30.

Once the sprite reaches level 30, it can no longer use low-level magical candies, resulting in 42 low-level magical candies remaining in the inventory.

Since Pokémon above level 30 can't use low-level Rare Candies, Gary plans to catch and raise a few lower-level Pokémon in the Johto region to use up these low-level Rare Candies.

Because of the experience of challenging gyms in the Kanto region, the mission rewards are determined based on the current gym leader's strength. Since the first few gyms weren't very strong, the Rare Candies rewarded will definitely be low-level.

So Gary continued to catch Pokémon with high potential and levels below 30 to use up some low-level Rare Candies.

Unfortunately... he didn't encounter any Pokémon he liked along the way, since Gary wouldn't try to catch Pokémon with potential lower than the Elite Four.

However, Shigeru wasn't unprepared. He planned to capture a Heracross, and on his way to Yoshinori City, he would pass through the Heracross Forest.

Ash caught his Heracross in Heracross Forest, and Gary plans to catch one there as well.

After three days, Xiao Mao finally found the Forest of Heracross. Along the way, he encountered many Bug-type Pokémon, and the Bug-type Pokémon here were not afraid of people at all. The forest was also filled with an atmosphere of peace.

Because Bug-type Pokémon living in the Heracross Forest feed on tree sap, they don't fight each other for food. The only ones to be wary of are Bird-type Pokémon.

【LV18 Heracross♀/Elite】

【LV16 Heracross♂/Elite】

...!

【LV20 Heracross♂/Gym】

...!

"None of them will do." Xiao Mao shook his head slightly. He had encountered quite a few Heracross along the way, but none of them satisfied him.

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"Huh? Why are the trees here withered?" Xiao Shi was puzzled. Team Rocket shouldn't be here, so this shouldn't be happening.

In Ash's travel storyline, they arrive at Heracross Forest and find the trees withered. This is because Team Rocket has temporarily occupied Heracross's habitat, causing the Heracross to run to Heracross's territory to steal tree sap.

Because Heracross is a gentle elf, he chose to back down in the face of Kelos's invasion, and in the end, he could only absorb the sap of those trees that were not normal, which caused the trees to wither.

However, Ash and his friends haven't reached Leaf Town yet. After all, traveling on foot is much slower than Gary riding a mountain bike.

..... ..... ....

Even if the Rockets trio acted prematurely, it shouldn't have been at this time. This also indicates that the trees withering was not caused by the Rockets trio, but by other reasons.

"I want to see what's going on."

Xiao Mao found it quite interesting and continued deeper into the forest, hoping to find the reason. He only needed to look at the area where the tree sap secreted the most.

The sap production in the Hercules Forest, given the number of Hercules here, is not enough to cause a large number of trees to wither.

As they ventured deeper into the forest, Gary saw more Heracross, and even discovered two Heracrosses with the potential to become Elite Four members.

However, these two Heracross with the potential to become Elite Four members did not catch Xiao Shi's eye, but one of the Heracross caught his attention.

On a tree nearly ten meters tall and so thick that it would take three or four adults holding hands to encircle it, a Hercules was perched on the trunk, sucking sap.

Crucially, this Heracross's skin is also different from other Heracrosses; this Heracross has black skin, while the normal Heracross has dark blue skin.

Because Heracross has a Mega Evolution form, Gary had naturally noticed what color Heracross's Shiny Form was.

Shiny Heracross are usually pink, but this one was black. Under the sunlight, its tough, iron-like skin gleamed with a metallic sheen, giving it a very strong defensive capability.

211: Odd-Colored Heracross

【LV25 Heracross♂/Champion】

The Heracross before us is not only a stylish black, but also possesses championship potential.

Aside from the three legendary birds, this is the first time Gary has encountered an ordinary wild Pokémon with such high potential.

As for Electivire, when it was still Electivire, it only had the potential to become an Elite Four member. It was only after being struck by lightning that its potential was raised to Champion.

The Heracross before us has the natural potential to be a champion.

"Heracross!" Gary walked up to the big tree and called out, "Heracross, I want to tame you and make you my spirit."

Heracross, who was sucking tree sap, rolled his eyes downwards. When he saw Gary and Eevee, he ignored them and continued sucking the sap.

"ignore me?"

Xiao Mao looked at the Heracross that ignored him, and then looked around and found that there was only this one Heracross on the big tree, and the other Heracross dared not approach.

Therefore, the reason why the trees withered was because this Heracross occupied the big tree in front of it, which caused Heracross to suck the sap of other trees, thus causing the trees to wither.

"Ibu, you should try this sap too," said Shigeru.

"Bue-ee." Eevee had been wanting to try it for a long time. As soon as it entered the area, it smelled the sweet tree sap. With Gary's permission, it immediately went to the big tree and licked the sap that was overflowing from the tree.

"Bu-ee!!"

After just one bite, Ibu's eyes curved into crescents, and he ate without making a sound, which shows how delicious the sap was.

"Heracross!" However, Heracross, who was perched on the tree, saw that Ibrahimovic dared to eat its sap and immediately warned Ibrahimovic.

"Boohoo!" Although Eevee is docile, it was raised by Gary and wouldn't be intimidated by Heracross's threatening voice. It immediately retaliated with a shout.

Seeing that Ibrahimovic dared to resist, Heracross didn't hold back and immediately pounced on Ibrahimovic. Ibrahimovic immediately retreated more than two meters away, and with a loud thud, Heracross crashed headfirst into the grass, his horns embedding themselves in the soil.

"Hera...!"

Heracross exerted force with his head, and the ground instantly cracked open, pulling his large horn out of the soil.

"Such great power." Xiao Mao didn't expect that Heracross, at level 25, would have such great power. If it were a Pokémon of the same level, it would most likely be trapped in this situation.

However, Heracross has a base stat total of 500 and an Attack stat total of 125, making it an absolutely powerful physical attacker.

After Heracross broke free of its large horn from the ground, its carapace unfolded, revealing transparent wings. It then charged quickly towards Eevee, aiming its large horn at Eevee, intending to knock it away.

"Strengthen your mental focus," Xiao Mao commanded.

Ibrahimovic's eyes glowed blue, and Heracross immediately felt himself unable to move. Then, his body slammed violently to the ground, and after several slams, he collapsed and couldn't get up.

"Heracro!"

"Hera...!"

"...!"