After some playful banter, Xiao Mao shook his hair and asked Xiao Zhi, "By the way, did you get the Cerulean Gym badge?"
Xiao Zhi shook his head, spread his hands, and replied, "Only the Pewter Gym badge. I'm planning to challenge the Cerulean Gym later."
Xiao Mao pondered for a moment, then pointed at Goldenrod Bridge, a glint in his eyes. "Should we team up to challenge this Goldenrod Bridge?"
"Huh? A Double Battle?" Xiao Zhi recalled Li Qingfeng's explanation of the Double Battle mechanism and blurted it out instinctively.
"No, no, no, it's us two against a group of them." When Xiao Mao said this, he seemed to feel refreshed. He was afraid Xiao Zhi wouldn't agree, so he added, "What? Are we Trainers from Masara Town afraid to battle Pokémon Trainers?"
As soon as he said that, how could Xiao Zhi tolerate it? With Butterfree on his left hand, Pidgeotto on his right, and Pikachu on his head, he passionately said to Xiao Mao, "How could I not dare! Come on, Xiao Mao, let's go defeat them together!"
'Hoo, to see them two cooperate in a battle so early, that's really good.' Li Qingfeng nodded repeatedly; he was delighted by this situation.
Xiao Zhi and Xiao Mao both stepped forward. The Trainers on the bridge saw two Trainers arrive and blocked their way.
Beside them were their respective Pokémon, from left to right: Psyduck, Weedle, Growlithe, Meowth, and Sandshrew.
"Xiao Mao, where are your Pokémon?" Xiao Zhi glanced at Xiao Mao and saw that two poké balls had already appeared in his hands.
Xiao Mao threw them forward, muttering, "Go, my two darlings!"
Li Qingfeng looked closely and saw that they were Wartortle and Eevee.
"Xiao Zhi, can you command three Pokémon? Should we both use two and see who gets the most knockouts?" Xiao Mao saw the situation and wanted to compete with Xiao Zhi.
After thinking it over, Xiao Zhi recalled Pidgeotto. This guy was a general for the upcoming Cerulean Gym battle, so he couldn't get tired. "Okay, Pikachu, Butterfree, prepare for battle!"
The Goldenrod Bridge Five heard their conversation and felt somewhat disrespected, issuing commands simultaneously.
Suddenly, various moves were unleashed from the other side. The first to attack was Psyduck; its mouth slightly lifted, and a fierce stream of water rushed towards Pikachu and the other Pokémon.
"Pikachu, dodge. Then use Thunderbolt on that Psyduck. Butterfree, you decide, use Psybeam." Xiao Zhi commanded them to dodge.
Pikachu dodged the Water Gun attack with agile movements, then its whole body erupted with powerful electricity.
Thunder flashed, bright light radiated, like dozens of electric currents shuttling around Pikachu's body, emitting a buzzing electric sound.
Electricity coiled around Pikachu's body, the power of the lightning grew stronger and stronger, the current exploded in the air, streaking across the entire bridge like lightning, accurately hitting Psyduck, leaving a bright electric trace.
Xiao Mao, seeing this scene, twitched his eye. He even suspected if his grandpa had chosen the wrong Pokémon; this Pikachu was ridiculously strong.
Due to the type advantage, Psyduck immediately lost its ability to battle, and the girl retreated dejectedly.
Butterfree also began to move. Weedle's Trainer was a bug catcher. He quickly told Weedle to dodge the attack. But how could Butterfree let it? A strange beam of light converged, flinging Weedle around.
Shifting the view to Xiao Mao, he immediately wanted to counter the encirclement of three Trainers: "Eevee, use Quick Attack on Meowth. Wartortle, use Water Pulse on Sandshrew."
Growlithe's Trainer: ?
Eevee's Quick Attack was effective; it leaped quickly, making Meowth's eyes unable to keep up with its speed, then knocked the opponent to the ground at a strange angle.
Immediately, the Growlithe nearby couldn't stand it. Its whole body was covered in flames. It quickly started rolling, the Flame Wheel spinning faster and faster, emitting whooshing sounds of fire. Growlithe, like a whirlwind of flames, rolled fiercely towards Eevee.
As soon as Wartortle defeated Sandshrew with one move, it saw its former partner being attacked by two Pokémon, and in a flash, it sprayed a Water Gun from its mouth onto Growlithe.
The water extinguished some of the flames, but it still couldn't stop Growlithe's attack. Fortunately, Eevee reacted in time, using Meowth as a springboard to leap up.
'Xiao Zhi, go!' Li Qingfeng saw Xiao Zhi still watching from the side and quickly reminded him.
"Oh right, this is a competition. Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!" Xiao Zhi, hearing Li Qingfeng's words, immediately commanded Pikachu to attack.
Xiao Mao also heard Xiao Zhi's words. Eevee had just dealt with Meowth, leaving only one Growlithe on the field.
Although the power of his Wartortle's Water Pulse was not as strong as Thunderbolt, it had the advantage of type effectiveness!
This wave is my advantage!
"Wartortle, use Water Pulse quickly!"
The two separately recalled Butterfree and Eevee into their poké balls to avoid unnecessary involvement.
Electricity flashed all over Pikachu's body, continuously emitting crackling electric sounds. The light of lightning intertwined around Pikachu, forming a golden electric curtain. Electric energy burst from its body, like a storm.
Wartortle stood up, hands placed on its chest, as if concentrating its power. It slowly took a horse stance, closing its eyes, quietly feeling the flow of energy around it.
"Super Saiyan Pikachu"
"Wartortle Sage"
"Xiao Mao, is your Wartortle so chuunibyou when it uses Water Pulse?"
"Xiao Zhi, how dare you say that about me? Your Pikachu's move isn't that powerful, why is it so showy?"
The two continued to bicker. When Pikachu and Wartortle used their moves, their aura wasn't actually that strong; it was just a scene they imagined. To outsiders, these two Pokémon were just posing.
Growlithe's Trainer directly recalled Growlithe. He didn't want his Growlithe to be hit by these two powerful moves: "Forget it, I surrender."
"No!" * 2
Xiao Zhi and Xiao Mao simultaneously refused. If this person surrendered, what about their competition?!
"This... why don't you go find that guy over there? Anyway, since you defeated us, you can go to him to claim your reward. Let him decide the winner and loser," the young man sighed, pointing to a man standing on the other side of Goldenrod Bridge.
The man held a Goldenrod, looking like it could be sold for a lot of money. Xiao Zhi and Xiao Mao exchanged glances and swaggered over.