Ash, with his invincible physical body, wants to become a Pokémon Master...

"I think you'd better not go to that place."

Xiaoxia's expression became even more panicked. "That place... has very, very scary ghosts that can appear there!"

As she spoke, Xiaoxia made what she thought was a scary face.

Unfortunately, it didn't scare Ash at all. "Hahaha, what a cute funny face! Pikachu, let's go."

"No, wait for me!" Misty teleported in front of Ash.

"How about we go to Vermilion City? There are lots of Water-type Pokémon and a harbor. We can take a luxury cruise there, and stand in the hillside park by the harbor to watch the sunset. It's so romantic!"

"See? Even someone who's brainless knows which way is better, right?"

"I can forgive you for flicking my forehead with a pebble in the middle of the night last time!"

To make her words more convincing, Xiaoxia used both her hands and feet, and her exaggerated language almost made her face touch Xiaozhi's: "Let's go there!"

With things having come to this, Xiao Zhi could only clap his hands and say, "Okay, I've made up my mind."

"Really!"

"I've decided to go to Cerulean City!"

Upon hearing what Xiaozhi said, Xiaoxia immediately fell to the ground.

"But seeing how excited you are, Xiaoxia, let's go to Coral City next after Cerulean City."

Ignoring Misty who had fallen to the ground, Ash walked straight past her.

"In any case, we must get the Cerulean City Gym Badge. Now that we're all here, how can we not go to Cerulean City?"

"Seriously, is his head all muscle?!"

With a pat on the head, Misty could only helplessly follow Ash on the road to Cerulean City.

"If you don't listen to me, you'll definitely be in trouble, Xiaozhi."

However, as Misty had predicted, Ash was immediately struck by misfortune upon arriving in Cerulean City.

Because she was watching the commotion from the sidelines, she was taken away by Officer Jenny from Cerulean City for a talk.

Finally, after much difficulty, he was released only after showing his Pokédex and proving his identity.

"No matter what, I would never steal a giant water pipe and a large engine!"

After waving goodbye to Officer Jenny and apologizing, Ash looked around and realized that his team seemed to be missing someone.

"Speaking of which, where did Xiaoxia go? I didn't see her early the next morning after we arrived in Hualan City."

"Pikachu..." Pikachu shook its head, indicating it didn't know either.

"They should have gone back to the Cerulean Gym."

Cerulean City is a large city in the Kanto region with a consistently good public security record, and it's also Xia's hometown.

She wasn't a fragile girl who needed constant protection, so Xiaozhi didn't ask any more questions.

Pick up the map and head towards the Cerulean Gym.

"Turn around this corner..."

Upon arriving at their destination, Ash saw a large venue with a giant sea lion sign and extravagant decorations.

"Is that the place?" Ash checked the map in his hand in disbelief.

This place really doesn't look like a dojo.

I have the impression that Cerulean Dojo neglects its main business, but this is too much...

[Ding! Main Quest: Badge! Head to Cerulean City Gym and obtain the Blue Badge. Reward: Defense +1, Special Defense +1, Free Attribute +3]

"The system has beeped, so we shouldn't have gone to the wrong place." Xiao Zhi could only go in and check the situation.

However, upon entering the venue, one is greeted by a huge diving pool. The venue is bustling with noise and a loudspeaker is broadcasting narration.

"Dear audience, thank you for your patience. The water ballet show featuring the city's three beautiful sisters is about to begin."

Seeing that the gate was already closed, Ash had no choice but to take Pikachu to an empty seat and sit down to observe the situation.

It's definitely not because of the three beautiful sisters!

The performance began soon after, and three girls in swimsuits appeared on the diving platform under the lights.

Their hair and clothing colors are all different, but their similar eyebrows and eyes indicate that they are indeed sisters.

"They have slender and graceful figures, and their faces are really beautiful!" Xiao Zhi expressed his approval of the three beautiful sisters.

The three beautiful sisters leaped off the diving platform and began their ballet performance in the water like beautiful mermaids.

The beautiful young woman and her graceful dance moves drew excited cheers and applause from the surrounding audience.

Even Pikachu and Ash were completely engrossed in watching.

"Wait, Pikachu, aren't we here to challenge the gym?"

Suddenly realizing what was happening, Xiao Zhi glanced at the performance on stage.

"Let's finish watching it before we go out."

After the performance, Ash took Pikachu to find a battleground for the gym within the stadium.

Unfortunately, Ash's terrible sense of direction kicked in at this moment, and he got lost inside the stadium.

After turning left and right, we arrived at a place that looked like an aquarium.

Just as Xiaozhi was wondering what to do, he heard a girl's voice.

"Success!"

"Sakura-neechan, this dress suits you so well."

"This means our special training was not in vain."

The girls chatting amongst themselves were the three beautiful Hua Lan sisters who had just performed in the pool.

Excuse me, may I ask you something?

Seeing their lifeline, Ash quickly stepped forward to stop them.

"Is there something you need? If you want to interview me, you have to go through my agent first."

The pink-haired girl was the first to answer Xiaozhi.

"I can't get an autograph either."

Ash immediately retorted, "No, I'm here to challenge the gym!"

Upon hearing this, the three sisters immediately struck their own cool poses.

"We are the challengers, the three of us are the trainers here."

"How was the performance? Wasn't it beautiful!"

"That doesn't matter. Anyway, let's start the battle right now!"

"Pickup!"

The three sisters sighed in unison, and the pink-haired girl could only continue speaking to Ash.

“We’ve lost all our fighting spirit. Before you arrived, we were utterly thrashed by those three guys from Pallet Town.”

"How could this happen? It's Xiaomao and the others..."

"How tragic, how tragic... It was so tragic that even their eyes became crooked. Seriously, all our Pokémon are recovering at the center."

The blue-haired girl added the reason, making a cute face while speaking pitifully.

"Only those left who can fight are..."

A flash of white light appeared on the field; it was a goldfish.

"So there's really no way I can fight you anymore."

"We're too busy making ourselves more beautiful to focus on training other Pokémon."

"But..." Xiao Zhi still didn't want to give up.

The blonde girl interrupted Ash, clapped her hands, and summoned a small sea lion from the pool beside her, taking a teardrop-shaped badge from its protruding tongue.

"I know that. Here, take the badge." The blonde girl took the badge and handed it to Ash.

"You wanted this, right? Here, have it."

They gave out badges without even having a match?

Just as Xiaozhi was considering whether or not to accept.

"Ash, wait a minute!"

Xiaoxia appeared on the stands nearby at some point.

Xiaoxia leaped from the stands and landed between Xiaozhi and the three beautiful sisters.

"Sakura-neechan, I'll help you in this match."

"Xiaoxia has finally arrived." I thought she wouldn't show up until I left Hualan.

Xiaoxia said helplessly, "After all, I am also a member of the Cerulean Gym. If you take the badge like this, the reputation of the gym will be further damaged."

"I'm willing to play against you, so let's go, Xiaoxia!"

Xiao Zhi just wanted a good fight; he didn't care who came.

Just then, the system suddenly beeped.

[Ding! Legendary Quest: Joyful Ascension Sisters' Donburi: Use force to bring the four Cerulean sisters to the pinnacle of joy with you! (0/4) Activated.]

【奖励：大师球+（1~4）；空间格子+（4~12）；阿尔宙斯的石板+1；】

"Damn it, system! Stop testing this upright gentleman like me."

Chapter 10 Battle against Xiaoxia

"Are you sisters?" Although your facial features are somewhat similar, your hair colors are quite different.

"That's right, we are the four beautiful sisters of Hua Lan."