Pokémon, Ash is going to become a perfect man from now on.

Xiao Zhi: ...

That's a really cheesy joke!

"What...what do I need him for?!" After a moment of surprise, Xiaoxia immediately bristled.

"He's so great! Not only is he in great shape, but he's also incredibly boyfriend material. You really don't know what's good for you~" Xiao Lan said with a smile and a pout. "Well, you don't have to. But if you lose... you'll have to spend money to buy it."

She casually tossed a Poké Ball, but what jumped out was a somewhat dim-witted Pokémon…

Magikarp.

Upon seeing this Pokémon, Misty's face darkened completely.

"What do you mean by this?!"

Chapter 57 The Battle of Female Trainers

After seeing this Magikarp, Xiaoxia was absolutely furious.

As is well known, Magikarp only has Splash as its special move at low levels, making it one of the weakest Water-type Pokémon.

Although it can learn the special moves "Impact" and "Berserk" after reaching a higher level, that doesn't change its inherently weak nature.

So Misty never thought about catching Magikarp... and for some additional reasons, she never thought about raising Magikarp to evolve!

Seeing that Xiaolan was reluctant to battle her and instead threw out a Magikarp to mock her, Xiaoxia was naturally furious and wanted to go berserk.

"Don't overreact like that. I already said it's just a small prize," Xiao Lan said casually with a smile. "Haven't you ever played games? You get a prize after beating a trainer on the street. I'm not asking for the prize money directly, I'm just selling you a Pokémon. It would be stingy of you to refuse!"

"Wait a minute." Before Xiaoxia could respond, Xiaozhi frowned in confusion. "You didn't have Magikarp in your hand before, so where did you get this?"

Ash is now a little worried about how things will develop. Blue doesn't know if it was just a lucky coincidence, but she ended up with a lively and ferocious creature.

Objectively speaking, if Magikarp could be bred to evolution, it would definitely be the most suitable Pokémon for Misty, which is also the case in the original anime.

Unfortunately, Xia is now carrying some psychological trauma...

"I bought it at Saint Anne's," Blue giggled, leaning close to Ash's ear, but her voice didn't lower. "There was this Magikarp guy who said this Magikarp could produce gold, and he asked for 30,000 yen right off the bat!"

"You didn't actually give it to me, did you?" Xiao Zhi couldn't help but be surprised.

But then I thought, Xiao Lan shouldn't be fooled like Kojiro was.

"No way, we have to bargain when we buy things~" Xiao Lan said matter-of-factly.

"So, how much did you ultimately pay for it?"

"Hehe, three hundred~"

"You're awesome!" Xiao Zhi couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

To think she could slash the price down to 0.1%! Does Xiao Lan have a dragon-slaying sword hidden in her mouth?

You know, even in the game, buying a Magikarp from the Magikarp guy costs 500 yen...

"So, sister, you see, this is genuine, authentic, and honest. It even comes with a free spawning and rearing device. You'll have fish that reproduce and reproduce again, and then you'll be rich!"

"How about that? Doesn't it seem like a great deal? I'm selling it to you at a loss for only 50,000 yuan, it's an absolute steal!"

Seeing Xiaolan switch sales pitches in a flash, and even spouting all of Magikarp's lines, Xiaoxia was speechless.

Damn... This isn't just taking advantage of me, it's treating me like a fool!

I heard you two whispering to each other just now, okay? That Magikarp only cost 300 yuan, and now you're asking me for 50,000?

Are you kidding me? I wouldn't give you even five yuan!

"Stop nagging! I'm not going to be a sucker! And I'm definitely not going to raise a Magikarp!" Xiaoxia refused impatiently. "If you're going to fight, then hurry up! If you keep dawdling, then I'm not fighting anymore!!"

But at this moment, Xiao Lan's expression suddenly turned serious: "But I just feel that you need it."

"What do you mean?" Xiaoxia's expression hardened.

She finally detected a hint of nitpicking on Xiao Lan's face.

"You should know what Magikarp evolves into, right...? In the gyms behind Kanto, without a Gyarados to back you up, who do you think you can beat?"

"I will definitely beat them!" Xiaoxia shouted angrily, "Didn't I already beat Mt. Surge before?!"

She was really annoyed by Xiao Lan's attitude and couldn't understand why the other party was targeting her for no reason!

Is it really because I accepted a ticket before that I feel indebted to them?

"You only beat a Lt. Surge who was holding back. I'll show you how far you're from there!" Blue's attitude became increasingly arrogant. "No more dawdling, let's start the battle now. Two against two, I'll use the Gym Leader rules, you can switch Pokémon as you like."

"I won't take advantage of you! If you don't trade, I won't trade either!" Xiaoxia angrily sent out the Gem Starfish. "It was my first one!"

"Nidoran, you go ahead." Knowing it was a match against Psychic/Water, Blue still picked out Nidoran, whose type advantage was quite significant.

"This guy... Starfish, use Surf to attack!" Xiaoxia's eyes flashed with anger, and she started with a huge wave.

"Protect." Little Blue's command was much simpler, directly instructing Nido to erect a tight protective barrier, standing firm amidst the surging waves.

"Opportunity! Starmie, use Psychic!" Xiaoxia's eyes lit up, and she immediately had Starmie launch a quick attack.

The protection is indeed a powerful skill, but it is easy to fail if used continuously, and the opponent will definitely have no way to defend against it!

"Nido, 100,000 Volts!"

"what?!"

Xiaoxia was shocked. Just as Nido was hit by the mental interference, a burst of electricity struck the gem starfish's body, instantly reducing its strength by a large margin and even causing it to lose control of the mental interference!

"Gemstone starfish, hurry up and regenerate..."

"It's too late, use the Hyper Beam!"

"Roar!" Nido roared, unleashing a powerful energy beam from his mouth that struck the gem starfish squarely!

After the attack, the gem starfish was slammed onto the beach, and the gem on its chest glowed red as if its energy was depleted.

"This... Starfish, come back!" Xiaoxia didn't expect that the other party would take care of her first one so easily.

After much deliberation, she could only resort to her current trump card: "Please, King Goldfish!"

Xiaoxia's second Pokémon was the same Goldeen that had evolved before. After training at the Vermilion Gym, it finally evolved as well.

"Jump into the sea and use Water Wave!"

As soon as Goldeen appeared, Misty used the strategy taught by Ash, allowing Goldeen to launch an attack while using the water flow to move on land.

Moreover, she cleverly made use of the terrain to her advantage, allowing the Goldfish King to enhance the power of its special move by taking advantage of the nearby ocean!

As for Little Blue's Nidoran, since it hadn't recovered from the shock of the Destruction Ray, it could only endure the onslaught of the water.

"Finish it off, King Goldfish, use the straight-pump drill!"

"Little Nido, highly poisonous!"

"not good!"

Xiaoxia was immediately startled; she vividly remembered the poisonous attack that Xiaozhi used at the Vermilion City Gym!

But by the time she tried to get the goldfish king to defend itself, it was too late, and she could only watch helplessly as it crashed into the venom.

Thus, although the Goldfish King successfully defeated Nido, it inevitably fell into a state of severe poisoning.

"Well, you've definitely improved since you beat Nidoran." Blue recalled Nidoran and switched to another Poké Ball. "My next one is this, Frog!"

A flash of light, and leaping out of the ball is Bulbasaur, the Kanto Grass Starter that has already evolved once!

Chapter 58 How a Drama Queen is Made

Bulbasaur, the mid-evolution of the three grass-type starter Pokémon in Kanto, is also a grass-poison type.

Grass/Poison is a pretty good type combination. It not only resists Water but also compensates for Ground-type's weakness to Poison-type, making Goldeen's Drill Rush less effective.

Xia is well aware of all of this, but she shows no sign of seriousness; instead, she reveals a confident smile.

"Goldfish King, show it your special move, Flying Leap!"

Bang!

The goldfish king lashed its powerful tail against the ground, and then used the reaction force to shoot straight up, as if it were flying into the sky!

"Oh, so you've honed a flying-type move? Oh well, whatever." Little Blue shaded his eyes with his hand, glanced up, and continued to leisurely issue commands, "Little Frog, grow."

As one of the only two Flying-type moves that Goldfish King can learn, Jump requires one turn of airtime, which is enough time for Blue to comfortably complete its power-up.

Bulbasaur's body suddenly grew larger, and its attack and magic attack increased simultaneously!

"Go, Goldfish King!" Misty waved confidently, and Goldfish King swooped down from its maximum height, intending to finish off Bulbasaur with one blow!

"Little Frog, use the vine whip."

"What?!" Seeing the several vine whips suddenly thrust out by the other party, Xiaoxia's confident expression froze on her face.

In another unavoidable situation, Bulbasaur wove its vines into a cage, but Goldeen was unable to change direction and had no choice but to plunge into it.

Its horns strained forward, but it ultimately failed to break through the dense defense of the vines, and it was tightly bound like a rice dumpling.

"Little frog, start with a Venom Impact."

"Goldfish King!!"