Pokémon, Ash's art style is off!

Pikachu nodded with a hint of sympathy.

"Are you all stupid?!"

Xiaoxia couldn't help but nudge him with her elbow and whispered something.

"What kind of rule is that? This is clearly a blatant rejection!"

"Pikachu?!"

Pikachu's eyes widened in shock.

"Really?!"

Ash's expression was just like Pikachu's.

The starfish also appeared again in a flash.

"In that case, I still have a few injured Pokémon to take care of, so I won't bother you any longer."

Facing the innocent gazes of Pikachu and Ash that seemed to say, "Why are you still lying?"

Miss Joey turned around quickly and practically fled into the treatment room at the back.

They even dragged Jili Egg, who was trying to watch the drama unfold, into the room as well.

......

Leave the Pokémon Center.

Xiaoxia looked at Xiaogang beside her, whose face seemed gloomy despite his outward appearance, and felt a rare pang of sympathy for him.

She cleared her throat and tried to comfort her in a lighthearted tone.

"Um... Xiaogang, relax, you're just too impatient."

"Maybe it won't happen once we're more familiar with each other..."

Before she could finish speaking, Xiao Gang was drawn to a figure that had just walked by not far ahead.

She was a well-dressed, gentle, and quiet mature woman, carrying shopping bags as she walked slowly.

The next second, Xiao Gang seemed to be injected with new energy and fully revived. He straightened his collar, which was not actually messy.

"Excuse me!"

He gave a soft apology, then flashed back to the woman who had been startled, launching into another round of eloquent and flowery praise.

"This elegant lady, please allow me to admire your graceful, moonlit bearing..."

"Wow, Xia is amazing!"

Xiao Zhi patted her shoulder hard, his face full of sincere admiration.

"I never knew you were so good at giving advice! Just a few words and Xiaogang was really at ease! The effect was immediate!"

Xiaoxia: "?"

No?

I told him to relax.

But he's too carefree!

“I now think,” Xiaoxia said through gritted teeth, looking at Xiaogang who was fawning over a strange woman not far away, “my previous suggestion was absolutely right! For the sake of our team’s reputation, let’s kick him out now!”

Unsurprisingly, Xiao Gang's second attempt ended in a clear rejection.

The woman simply smiled politely and distantly, waved her hand, and then quickly left, as if afraid of being entangled.

"I got rejected again."

Xiao Zhi said.

Xiaoxia crossed her arms and looked at Xiaogang's pathetic appearance.

She pursed her lips, her voice carrying a hint of displeasure.

"I'm a beautiful young woman in the prime of my youth, for goodness' sake! Why has he never been so attentive to me? Not even a decent compliment!"

I'd rather fight for my pride than for a steamed bun!

She's already been stolen from her "little chef" title, and she can't afford to lose her "pretty girl" base too!

"Oh right, Xia, you're a girl too!"

Xiao Zhi suddenly realized.

If you don't tell him, he'll really forget!

Xiaoxia felt her hands trembling with anger.

What do you mean by "also"?!

What does that mean again?!

She glanced at Ash's fist, which was as big as a sandbag, and in a fit of anger, glared at Staryu!

"You didn't step out the door with your left foot first!"

Starfish: "?"

"Fine! Who told you to step out the door with your left foot first! Don't you know you have to step in with your right foot first?! Come back here!"

It captured Staryu into a Poké Ball.

Xiaoxia immediately felt much more refreshed.

Xiao Gang, who had just returned, responded to Xiao Xia's words in a calm tone.

"That's different."

"Huh? Aren't they different?"

Xiao Zhi was even more confused. He scratched his head, looked at Xiao Xia, and then thought back to Nurse Joy and the strange older sister from earlier.

Aren't they all so frail and weak, looking like they could cry for a long time if you punched them?

What exactly is different?

"Xiao Zhi, you're still young, you don't understand yet."

Xiao Gang affectionately put his arm around Xiao Zhi's shoulder and led him aside.

He lowered his voice and spoke in a tone that suggested he had seen it all and understood the ways of the world.

"This woman is like fine wine, she gets better with age."

Xiao Gang's gaze drifted into the distance, as if he were reminiscing about something.

"That young lady just now was clearly a fine wine that had been aged and refined; every gesture she made exuded elegance!"

"It's a bottle of fine wine that's been aged for thirty years!"

"As for the unripe fruit wine..."

He glanced at Xiaoxia, who was glaring at them angrily.

"The first taste is pungent and bland, but the aftertaste is sour and astringent."

He shook his head as he spoke, as if describing some kind of unpalatable, low-quality drink.

He then patted Ash on the shoulder heavily.

His earnest and profound words sounded like those of an old scholar imparting the true meaning of life.

"Ash, this place is the demonic path, you must never fall into it..."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhi scratched his head blankly, his clear eyes under the brim of his hat filled with confusion.

What kind of fruit wines and fine spirits, whatever?

That's a rather flowery way of putting it.

But in the end, isn't it just alcohol?

Since it's alcohol.

This is something that interferes with the synthesis of muscle proteins, thus affecting his ability to achieve perfect muscles.

Then Xiao Zhi would definitely not be able to get even a trace of it!

33. Ash's Great Crisis!

"Xiao Zhi, what did he just say to you?"

They ignored Xiao Gang, who was inexplicably rushing to the front with an excited expression.

Xiaoxia deliberately lagged behind and whispered to Xiaozhi in a low voice.

Just now, the beautiful girl's keen intuition gave her a frantic warning.

That little black guy and Xiaozhi must have been saying things that were bad for her behind her back!

"Well……"

Xiao Zhi stroked his chin, trying hard to recall and summarize that rambling admonition.

"I forgot the beginning and the middle, but anyway, he told me never to drink fruit wine."

Xiaoxia: "?"

So all this secrecy just to say this?

Could this be some kind of slang?

"Oh right, he also told me not to fall into the demonic path."

Xiaoxia: "???"

"Hurry up! You guys hurry up!"

Xiao Gang, who had already run more than ten meters ahead, turned around impatiently and urged them on.

"It's already past ten o'clock. If we're any later, the water show... I mean, we won't make it to the Dojo Challenge!"

"They're here, they're here."