Chapter 251

After obtaining the first Badge, Ash and his friends quickly headed to the Fighting Gym, waiting for the ship to Fighting Island to depart; during that time, the group decided to split up and act freely in Cinnabar City for a while.

Xiaosheng happened to meet the president of Silph Company, who liked children, named Zifuqi; thus Xiaosheng followed him to tour the company and saw the newly developed device—a machine that can peek into Pokémon dreams and also allow talking with Pokémon, etc., a device to become a Pokémon.

【Xiaosheng: I don't know if those devices have been released; if they really are released, then trainers and Pokémon could communicate smoothly, very convenient!】

【Mikuri: Da Wu, hey you!】

【Da Wu: It's still under development, many details need research, it won't come out that quickly.】

Da Wu's full name is Zifuqi Da Wu, he is the son of Zifuqi, president of Silph Company.

【Xiba: Just hurry up and develop it; even without aura or psychic power, trainers and Pokémon could communicate with each other, from now on there would be no communication barrier between trainers and Pokémon.】

Nowadays, trainers and Pokémon mostly guess each other's meanings; sometimes they misunderstand; if there truly were equipment that could let them talk with Pokémon, that would be very convenient.

Bai Shijie—

As soon as Xiaosheng arrived at De Wen Company, he heard Junsha say that someone might have infiltrated, discovering that a researcher had stolen De Wen Company's Fossil Revival Poké Ball research results, and seeing the impostor researcher use an Iron Claw Lobster, Ash and his group also learned from Junsha that the Johto Region had both the Aqua Team and the Magma Team.

The Johto Region also has an evil organization, unlike the Kanto Region where Team Rocket is the sole dominant force.

Everyone was wondering what the Aqua Team and the Magma Team were up to again!

Because of Misty's oversight, Ash and his group missed the boat to Fighting Island, and Misty found Haqi Lao Ren, who had originally agreed to take them to Fighting Island, but suddenly his attitude did a complete 180-degree turn.

It turned out that the Aqua Team member who had escaped from De Wen Company had taken Haqi Lao Ren hostage, seizing his long-winged gull Xiao Pi as a threat, and they also wanted to commandeer Haqi Lao Ren's boat to rendezvous with their teammates.

The Team Rocket Trio came out to lend a hand, their target still being the long-winged gull seen everywhere, and while the Team Rocket Trio was creating chaos, the Aqua Team member himself boarded a ship to escape, and in the process also snatched Xiao Pi again.

In order to retrieve Xiao Pi, Haqi Lao Ren took out his prepared second boat and gave chase, while the Aqua Team gang met up with a submarine, and Ash and his group also arrived at Fighting Island.

On Fighting Island, Fujitsu was about to go surfing and did not battle Ash at the Gym.

Team Rocket came out to cause trouble, but was blown away by Ash, thereby assisting Ash, and Fujitsu changed his mind and accepted Ash's battle request.

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Another assist from the Team Rocket Trio!

Looking back, the Team Rocket Trio really had unknowingly helped Ash many times, although their original intention was to capture Pikachu.

Unfortunately, Ash underestimated the opponent, thinking Fujitsu was obsessed with surfing and therefore not strong, but in fact Fujitsu was very skilled at applying surfing techniques to battle; his Arm Strength and Behind-the-scenes Strongman were also strong, and Ash was no match for him.

By this point, both of the Poké Balls Ash sent out had been defeated.

【Xiba: Fujitsu is still that strong, specializing in Poké Ball surfing; when encountering an attack, the body maintains stability just like when surfing and encountering a big wave.】

【Fujitsu: Just a narrow win; later after Ash trained, he won, he is a growth-type genius trainer.】

After Ash was defeated, he then trained on Fighting Island, and along the way heard that Da Wu had arrived at the Stone Cave.

Because the Team Rocket Trio had dug a trap, Ash and his group fell together with them into the deepest part of the cave and also provoked a group of Carbink; fortunately, Da Wu sent out a Gabite to rescue them, then he blasted the Team Rocket Trio away, and Da Wu fortunately found the Fire Stone.

【Yulongdu: Came all this way just to look for a Fire Stone......】

Da Wu's love for stones is unimaginable.

【Mikuri: That's just how a stone enthusiast is; Da Wu is very interested in stones, and even his own Poké Balls are basically Rock-type.】

Ash was doing special training with his Poké Balls at the seaside when an unidentified object suddenly appeared from beside the tent, causing a commotion, and later it was discovered to be a Lobster minion.

At first sight, he took a liking to the Lobster minion, Ash sent out Wood Guardian to battle it, and successfully captured the Lobster minion.

Brock also captured a Water-leaping Fish while training on Fighting Island.

Not long after, they also met Professor Xiao Tianjuan, and Ash's group joined him in studying the cave's ecosystem, discovering a man-made hut; moreover, the Magma Team also entered this hut, entered a ruin, and the Aqua Team was also here, with both sides conducting some tests on the ruin before leaving.

Along the way they also heard about red gems, blue gems, and such.

【Da Wu: Those two teams want to use two gems to control the mythical beasts that create the oceans and lands; one side wants to expand the land, the other wants to expand the oceans, completely disregarding whether others would fall into danger.】

【Yulongdu: Just like Team Rocket......】

Fortunately, it didn't succeed; otherwise, whichever side expanded would cause great destruction.

Everyone felt that Team Rocket's plans were much better than those of the Magma Team and the Aqua Team.

Bai Shijie—

After a long period of cultivation, Misty's Shell Cocoon evolved into a Hunting Butterfly.

Now Misty was pleased, but Musashi was very unhappy; her Armor Cocoon showed no signs of evolution, so she put it through special training, even having Ash and his group act as sparring partners, and afterward her Armor Cocoon evolved into a Poison Powder Moth!

And after several days of training, Ash once again launched a revenge battle against Fujitsu.

The newly captured Lobster minion displayed its strength, using Crab Claw Hammer to defeat Arm Strength, but was defeated by Iron Palm Strongman's True Qi Punch.

Wood Guardian again faced Iron Palm Strongman, and this time Ash came prepared, having found the Behind-the-scenes Strongman's weakness.

By specifically having Wood Guardian attack Iron Palm Strongman's lower stance, it made Iron Palm Strongman unable to stand firm and unable to exert its strength.

In the end, they really used this tactic to defeat Iron Palm Strongman and won the Boxing Badge.

【Ma Zhishi: Oh dear, Iron Palm Strongman's lower stance looks a bit painful; attacking the lower stance is indeed a good choice.】

【Xiaosheng: Never mind upper or lower stance; winning is the king's way!】