Chapter 20

Today, Su Hao and his father had agreed to travel together to Rongcheng, a city adjacent to Yangcheng, to select Su Hao's second Pokémon.

Su Hao had heard that Rongcheng possessed the largest Pokémon breeding base in the Shenzhou Alliance.

Within the base, there were small populations of "late bloomers" (Pseudo-Legendaries), which were rarely seen in the outside world.

Outside the Rising Sun Gym, Su Hao's father had been waiting for a long time.

Seeing Su Hao walking over quickly, his father crossed his arms and raised an eyebrow. As a powerhouse nearing the Elite level, his father's observation skills were meticulous.

The Su Hao before him had clearly dressed up with care. He already had a good foundation, and as a seventeen-year-old youth full of vigor, he looked even more handsome and eye-catching after tidying up.

However, it was a good thing for his father that his son was willing to groom himself; it would be even better if he could find a wife soon.

Unfortunately, the "vain" Su Hao had only tidied himself up because he was about to see his second Pokémon.

Su Hao jogged to his father's side to signal that he was ready.

His father waved his hand and threw the Great Ball in his hand.

He released a Charizard with an incredibly domineering aura.

Charizard was his father's ace, the only Pokémon among his father's many Gym-level Pokémon to have reached the Elite level.

His father's Charizard was much larger than an average Charizard, its broad back completely sufficient to seat his father, an adult man, plus Su Hao.

After the father and son were seated, Charizard flapped its wings, activating the 【Fly】 move to release sky-blue Flying-type energy that wrapped around the two of them, and they ascended rapidly.

In this world, the Fly move was often used by Flying-type Pokémon to carry people and cargo. Under the protection of the Fly move, the people and objects carried by the Flying-type Pokémon had no risk of falling. (Unless the Flying-type Pokémon fell along with them.)

Wrapped in the energy shield of the Fly move, Su Hao didn't even feel a bit of wind blowing against his face through the barrier.

Riding a Charizard without any protection for the first time still made him a bit worried, but after sitting on it, he felt much more at ease, even having the leisure to check Charizard's data.

Pokémon: 【Charizard】

Type: 【Fire, Flying】

Gender: 【♂】

Ability: 【Solar Power】

Level: 【73】

Moves: 【Scratch, Growl, Ember, Smokescreen, Dragon Breath, Fire Fang, Slash, Flamethrower, Heat Wave, Dragon Claw, Air Slash, Fire Spin, Flare Blitz, Dragon Rush, Scorching Sands, Protect, Dragon Pulse, Fly, Sunny Day, Thunder Punch, Solar Beam】

Charizard's luxurious move set was so extravagant it almost blinded Su Hao.

Su Hao had recently discovered one thing: the system's data panel also had its limits.

Except for Su Hao's own Pokémon, the Pokémon he scanned only showed the most basic level, ability, and learned moves.

The techniques for using the various skills mastered by that Pokémon would not be displayed on the panel.

That said, although the system's scanning function seemed a bit lackluster, being able to know what moves the opponent's Pokémon had mastered should be enough to gain the upper hand in battle.

Not long after, Charizard gradually lowered its altitude.

The outline of Rongcheng appeared before Su Hao and his father, Su Xu.

Even though his father had an official flight license specially issued for Gym Leaders, he still needed to land before entering the city in non-emergency situations and enter through a toll station.

After passing through the electronic toll station and walking a short distance, the father and son had officially stepped into the territory of Rongcheng.

At this time, the roadside was filled with Dodrio and Corviknight taxis waiting for customers.

These taxis were parked neatly on the side of the road, and with only a few people riding them, Su Hao felt a bit strange.

After looking around for a while, Su Hao noticed a large crowd of people on the side of the road surrounding two orange Pokémon carrying messenger bags.

This Pokémon was orange all over, with two long, thin antennae and a small horn on the top of its head. Its eyes were large and gray, its snout rounded, and its nostrils small. Its striped belly was butter-colored, extending to the tip of its long tail.

Its sturdy limbs each had three claws at the ends. The joints where its legs met its body were clearly defined, but the connection between its arms and body was very smooth.

That's right, the true identity of these two Pokémon was Dragonite.

Not to mention that Dragonite's appearance was honest and cute, as a late-blooming Pokémon, its strength after completing its final evolution was terrifying; every Pseudo-Legendary that completed its final evolution possessed at least Professional-level combat power.

With a cute appearance and powerful strength, Dragonite, gathering various elements, was very popular in this parallel world, and its fans were spread all over the country.

At this moment, a Dragonite took out a tag printed with a QR code from its messenger bag, flipped the tag over, and honestly pointed at the words on the back with its claw.

【Dragonite Taxi, 200 yuan per trip within Rongcheng, no trips outside the city, please scan the code before boarding】

Although he really wanted to complain about why someone who could afford to raise a Dragonite would still let them come out to work and make money.

But the most urgent matter now was to go to the breeding center to choose a new partner.

Su Hao directly dragged his father, who was eager to try riding a Dragonite taxi, toward the Corviknight taxis nearby.

After all, if they waited for a Dragonite taxi, they might not get a turn until nightfall, and Su Hao, anxious to go pick out a Pokémon, naturally didn't want to waste time waiting here.

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After the father and son got into the taxi, they soon arrived at the Rongcheng Breeding Center.

The Rongcheng Breeding Center was an oval-shaped building with a very large overall scope; one would imagine it must have vast space to raise different types of Pokémon.

After Su Hao's father walked into the breeding center with Su Hao, they went straight to the reception desk.

His father took out his phone and showed the QR code to the beautiful receptionist with exquisite makeup at the front desk.

After a series of operations, the receptionist said: "It's Gym Leader Su Xu of the Rising Sun Gym who made the appointment, right? The procedures for the 【Alliance-designated Fire-type Starter Pokémon with excellent high potential】 you redeemed in the Alliance internal system are complete, and the matching Pokémon have been transferred to the warehouse; you can go pick them out at any time."

"This is a temporary pass. You can use the pass to take the elevator to the fifth basement level you need to go to. There will be staff there to receive you!" The receptionist handed two things that looked like ID cards to the father and son.

Su Hao and his father soon got on the elevator and headed to the fifth basement level.

"Ding—." The elevator's prompt sounded, and they had arrived at the fifth basement level. After passing through several very sci-fi detection devices, the father and son finally arrived in the room where Su Hao's future Pokémon were kept.

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