While traveling to Tokiwa City, Li Qingfeng told Xiao Zhi some things about himself.
This made his eyes light up: 'Wow! Li Dage, you're so amazing! So, if we use the ranks here, are you also a Champion?'
Li Qingfeng recalled the actions of the Champions among the Eight Masters and replied, 'Mm, and I can be considered one of the best.'
Hearing Li Qingfeng say this, Xiao Zhi exclaimed in surprise, 'If that's the case, then do you know everything about Pokémon?!'
'I play matches, I'm not a Pokemon Doctor!' Li Qingfeng retorted, but still nodded and said, 'However, you're not wrong to say that. To become a Champion where I'm from, you need to understand many Pokémon.'
To play a good match, you need to understand a Pokémon's move coverage, effort value distribution, and the opponent's Pokémon's base stats.
You can't just be a brute and play matches with a true love team, right? But it's hard to say with a true love team in the real world. Bonds are quite metaphysical, but the basics still need to be solid.
Xiao Zhi's foundation is lacking, so I need to help him build a good one. At least he needs to understand type advantages and disadvantages.
The boy mentioned on the Switch is probably Xiao Zhi.
Since Arceus told me to help and witness Xiao Zhi reach his peak, then I will do my best to help him!
Some things must absolutely be prevented, such as Monferno and Pidgeot.
Scarlet and Violet now have a new evolution for Monferno, Annihilape, so I absolutely must stop Xiao Zhi from giving Monferno away.
It's estimated that the world's patches have already been applied, and Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, Dynamax, and Terastalization should all appear. I hope Xiao Zhi, as the protagonist, has good luck!
And Pidgeot, Xiao Zhi only got Pidgeot back in the very last episode of the curtain call, which was truly unfortunate. With his help, Pidgeotto will definitely be able to evolve before the Indigo Plateau Conference.
And most importantly, I will definitely make Xiao Zhi see through this scumbag Gou Hao.
In the evening, Xiao Zhi finally arrived in Tokiwa City, where a Nurse Joy stopped him.
Nurse Joy saw Xiao Zhi holding Pikachu and frowned: 'Why is this Pikachu so seriously injured? Little brother, can you please show me your ID?'
'Take out your pokémon index and show it to her.' Li Qingfeng said, and Xiao Zhi quickly took out his pokémon index: 'I'm Xiao Zhi from Masara Town, this is my pokémon index, it should have my identity information inside.'
Nurse Joy was overjoyed; a pokémon index was the best proof!
'By the way, Nurse Joy, can you tell me where the Pokémon Center is?' Xiao Zhi couldn't help but become anxious. His Pikachu needed treatment at the Pokémon Center now.
Nurse Joy understood Xiao Zhi's intention. She led Xiao Zhi to a parking lot where there was a motorcycle. She said, 'You seem to be in a hurry, so I'll give you a ride.'
Xiao Zhi also said impolitely, 'Then I'll trouble you!'
'Hold on tight, little brother!'
As soon as she finished speaking, Nurse Joy floored the accelerator, speeding off, kicking up clouds of dust~
While in the car, Li Qingfeng thought for a moment and had Xiao Zhi ask Nurse Joy if anything had happened recently.
At these words, Nurse Joy said somewhat mournfully, 'There have been thieves around these past few days, a man, a woman, and a cat. Little brother, you must be careful. They are notorious Pokémon hunters, and if you encounter them, you must protect your Pokémon.'
Xiao Zhi said seriously, 'Hmm, I will definitely protect my Pikachu!'
'Pika.' (I will also protect Xiao Zhi. Strange, why does it suddenly not hurt anymore?)
Upon arriving at the Pokémon Center, Nurse Joy led Xiao Zhi inside. She saw Nurse Joy standing at the front desk and called out, 'Emergency! There's a seriously injured Pokémon here!'
Saying that, she led Xiao Zhi to the front, letting him hand Pikachu over to the other party.
Li Qingfeng came out to explain to Xiao Zhi: 'This is Nurse Joy, she's specifically responsible for treating Pokémon. You can safely hand your Pokémon over to her.'
'This Pikachu... aside from being covered in mud, it seems to only have superficial wounds.' Nurse Joy carefully examined Pikachu. She waved her hand, and a Chansey walked over, taking Pikachu to the infirmary for bandaging.
Understood, it would have been fully healed a little later.
Thank you, Ho-Oh.
After Pikachu was bandaged and recovered its vitality, it jumped back onto Xiao Zhi's shoulder. Xiao Zhi walked to the public phone and dialed his mother's number: 'Mom, I've arrived in Tokiwa City!'
'Xiao Zhi, what happened to you? Why are you covered in mud? Did you encounter danger?' Hanako's words were full of worry. Really, why is this kid so troublesome?
Hanako kept reminding Xiao Zhi about various things, and finally, before hanging up, she encouraged him: 'But you're truly amazing, you reached Tokiwa City in just one day. Your father took several days to get here back then. In any case, you must become a Trainer stronger than your father and grandfather! Go, Xiao Zhi!'
After hanging up the phone, Xiao Zhi turned to see a hanging painting on the wall.
On it were three bird-like Pokémon and one canine Pokémon.
'Moltres, Articuno, Zapdos, and... Arcanine. These are all legendary Pokémon. Also, the Ho-Oh you encountered earlier is also a legendary Pokémon.' Li Qingfeng said this in Xiao Zhi's mind.
Before Xiao Zhi could reply, the phone rang again.
Xiao Zhi was the only one around, so he picked up the phone. The part of the painting with Arcanine lifted, and a gray-haired old man in a white lab coat appeared.
This person was Da Mu Xuecheng.
'Xiao Zhi, I just heard from your mother that you've arrived in Tokiwa City. How many Pokémon have you caught now?' The Pokemon Doctor's words were very gentle, which made Li Qingfeng feel a bit strange. He remembered that in the original series, the Pokemon Doctor had said something else.
Why did he skip all that and jump straight to how many Pokémon Xiao Zhi had caught? It's really strange.
Xiao Zhi replied directly, 'I haven't caught a single Pokémon, but on my way here, I saw something similar to this Pokémon, and it flew towards the other side of the rainbow!'
Li Qingfeng followed Xiao Zhi's hand and saw that it was a painting of Articuno.
(Articuno: Why me?)
The Pokemon Doctor looked up at the mural, and Li Qingfeng quipped, 'How can you see it through the screen?'
The Pokemon Doctor just smiled and said, 'How could that be... Oh? This feather does look different. It must be a feather from a legendary Pokémon~'
As for why the Pokemon Doctor changed the subject, it turned out that Xiao Zhi had taken out Ho-Oh's feather, and seven-colored light shimmered around the feather.
This feather looked extraordinary; it was clearly a drop from a legendary Pokémon, with great research significance!