Pokémon, Ash's art style is off!

The dazzling white light engulfed our vision, and the heat wave hit us in the face, even the audience in the front row of the stands couldn't help but turn their heads away.

As the light slowly faded, Dorimia lay sprawled on the edge of the field, her belly heaving, her eyes seeing stars, and half a syllable still hanging on her tongue. She could no longer get up.

The referee looked for two seconds to make sure that Dorimia was indeed not moving before raising his flag high.

"Dorimia is incapacitated! Giant Kingler Crab wins!"

He glanced furtively at the giant crab's newly grown pincer.

Are you kidding me? You think you can scare him with something as simple as a severed limb regenerating?

The referees also have private chat groups!

The "self-regenerating giant claw crab," one of the three heroes of the conference, has been circulating in the group recently. I never expected that he would actually witness it today.

Kaoru stood there, her expression changing several times before she finally recalled her Pokémon.

"Come back, Doria, you've done enough."

"Well done, Ash. You've got some skills."

She truly hadn't expected that her Dorimia would be defeated by such a cheap Pokémon as Kingler.

"It's alright, it's mainly thanks to the Kingler Crab."

The giant crab weakly raised its two large pincers and tapped them twice.

The Giant Kingler isn't very skilled at using its Hyper Beam attack, and it always feels weak for a while afterward.

"Well—" Kaoru reached into her waistband and pulled out a second Poké Ball, twirling it between her fingers, "you'd better catch it now!"

"It's up to you!"

The Poké Ball traced an arc in mid-air.

A burst of white light appeared, and a Pokémon with a completely golden body slowly materialized.

Its body is like a tree trunk cast in gold.

The chassis is positioned low.

Two slender golden arms stretched out from the sides, each holding a gold coin.

The sunlight falling on it was so bright it was almost blinding.

"Wow, so bright—my eyes are going to go blind—"

A series of gasps erupted from inside the stadium.

"Oh my god, what kind of Pokémon is this? I've never seen it before!"

"This...it looks more like a strangely colored tree, doesn't it?"

Kaoru's expression froze instantly.

...What do you mean by a tree with different colors? Don't you guys ever read or study?!

Oh right, this is a major conference in the Kanto region.

That's fine.

"This is... a Fortune Hunter evolved from a Treasure Guardian?"

With a start, Ash recognized the Pokémon.

"Wow, that's amazing! This is the first time I've ever seen anything like it!"

"Speaking of which, the Treasure Guardian Spirit needs gold coins to evolve, right? How many gold coins would it take to evolve it...?"

"Pickup!"

Pikachu was also blinded by the light.

Just looking at it makes it seem expensive!

Feeling that Ash hadn't disappointed her, Kaoru gracefully brushed a strand of hair from her forehead.

"It's not much, just a little water."

"Oh dear, I didn't want to send it out either. This Pokémon... it just barely matches my style."

"To be honest, I wasn't really keen on having it, since it kept begging me to subdue it."

Sai Fuhao had been standing proudly on the field, his chest puffed out and his clothes gleaming.

Upon hearing this, he immediately collapsed.

Can't you at least give it the slightest bit of face by saying it in front of so many people?

Although... although that's definitely true.

Back when it was still a money-grubbing spirit, it really did follow Xunzi around shamelessly for a long time, begging and pleading until she finally subdued it.

After all, evolving from a Money-Grubber into a Rich Man requires collecting so many special gold coins.

For the sake of evolution? How pathetic!

Just as the two were about to start talking again, the referee's flag was lowered once more.

"Battle begins!"

Come on! Use Gold Rush!

Sai Fuhao moved almost the instant Xunzi finished speaking.

It swung its little golden arm forward.

A golden wave, as if molten gold, suddenly surged from his body!

Countless glittering coins splashed out of the waves, sweeping towards the giant crab in a massive, overwhelming rush!

"Ooo ...

Upon seeing this, the audience erupted in chaos.

One of the spectators who was nearby caught a coin and examined it closely.

"Are they really gold coins?! Real, shiny gold coins?!"

"That's incredibly extravagant—she just threw this thing away like that?!"

"This single bet is worth three years of my work..."

"Is this the world of the elite?"

A cacophony of voices—discussions, exclamations, and gasps—was heard as a massive wave of coins surged toward the giant crab.

A muffled boom resounded.

The giant crab was completely buried under layers upon layers of gold coins.

Xunzi gracefully straightened her cuffs.

Just as she was about to offer her comments, she caught a glimpse of Sai Fuhao out of the corner of her eye. He was crouching low, his short legs moving back and forth beside the towering pile of gold coins, his two little golden hands quickly picking up the coins scattered on the ground.

While picking them up, they even made happy humming sounds.

Kaoru's smile froze.

"Sai Fuhao... what are you doing?"

Sai Fuhao paused for a moment.

He looked up at her, then looked down at the gold coin he had just picked up, and blinked his innocent eyes.

Picking up money?

Xunzi's temples throbbed, and a vein bulged faintly on her forehead.

"You want to take back what you've already thrown away?!"

So many people are watching! Is this a slap in the face for her?!

Who is Kaoru?

Is someone who is generous, magnanimous, and never petty, the kind of person who would bend down to pick up a few coins after throwing them away?!

Doesn't she have any pride?!

Sai Fuhao lowered his head and made a sound.

It felt wronged too.

When I was a child, I was a money-gathering spirit. Let alone losing gold coins, if I saw someone drop a single coin, I would lie on the ground and rub against it for a long time before I would leave.

This is a habit ingrained in my bones; seeing money and not picking it up is as unbearable as seeing food and not eating it.

It's a conditioned reflex, really a conditioned reflex.

Although I do have money now...

But... but that's still money! It's money!

It was struggling internally when suddenly—

A huge black shadow burst forth from the ground.

The giant crab, covered in mud, gleamed with cold light as it slammed one of its pincers into Sai Fuhao's back!

"when!!!"

Caught off guard, Sai Fuhao sent his Pokémon flying, scattering the coins he had picked up all over the ground.

Xiao Zhi stood opposite him, clenching his fists, his eyes shining brightly.

"Perfect opportunity! Kingler Crab, digging really worked! Now's the time!"

Xunzi frowned, but quickly regained her composure.

"Sai Fuhao, electric ball! Hit it back!"

Sai Fuhao looked down at the gold coin he had just picked up and hadn't even had a chance to warm it up yet.

She looked up again at the menacing giant crab opposite her, her entire golden face scrunched up.

hesitate.

Deep hesitation.