Hoodlum and Xiaomi continued their journey with Shirley. The encounter with the Rockets was just an episode in their journey. Such episodes might appear in the future.
In order to train his team better, Hoodlum kept the sixth Pokémon, the Fast Dragon. As a replacement, the Bigmouth Sparrow, which also had the ability to fly, was sent to Dr. Oki as the seventh Pokémon. Although the Bigmouth Sparrow had joined Hoodlum's team a long time ago and had contributed a lot to him in the early days, the opponents they would encounter in the future would become stronger and stronger. Although the Bigmouth Sparrow might not necessarily lose, there was not as much room for growth as the Fast Dragon. Therefore, Hoodlum carefully considered giving up on Bigmouth Sparrow and chose Fast Dragon.
" But it's not like I won't meet Bigmouth Bird again. Maybe I'll have a chance to fight in the future," Hoodlum comforted the Bigmouth Bird.
As such, Hoodlum had the Evolved Elf Shirley, the Fire Element Six-Tailed, the Grass Element Magical Frog Grass, the Water Element Godard Duck, the Fire Element Little Fire Horse, and the Dragon Element Fast Dragon. As a multi-faced team, the Fire Element Little Fire Horse was a bit redundant and needed to be replaced with other Pokebabs. Hoodlum thought that the last Pokebabs should be for Pokebabs with stronger Strength or Ground Attributes. Speaking of Strength and Ground Attributes, The Ironclad Tyrannosaurus was the best choice. Not only was it strong, but it wouldn't be at a disadvantage against large Pokémon. In addition, its ground attribute could resist lightning attacks and water resistance. However, Hoodlum didn't have an Ironclad Tyrannosaurus. As a substitute, he had Haulik and King Needor. If they were to compete in strength, neither of them would lose.
The fast dragon was extremely fast. Its speed was one of the best among the magical treasures, but this speed could also be said to be happy. Although the fast dragon had great strength, it was a magical treasure with a gentle personality. However, once someone angered the fast dragon, it would definitely suffer.
Hoodlum didn't use normal methods to tame the dragon, so when he released it for treatment, he was worried that it wouldn't listen. However, his worries were unnecessary. Although he had used some methods to tame the dragon, the dragon didn't seem to mind. It relaxed and accepted Hoodlum and Xiaomi's treatment. The dragon didn't suffer many external injuries, but more stamina was consumed. Losing too much stamina at once could only be recovered slowly without treatment equipment.
After treating Kuailong, Hoodlum and Xiao Mi traveled south for another day. The next morning, they arrived at Half Moon Town, which was only separated from Sunshine Town by a sea. In order to better communicate between the two towns, a sea bridge was built between Sunshine Town and Half Moon Town. This bridge was the longest bridge in the Kanto region. It took a day to walk from one end of the bridge to the other, so one had to ride a bicycle or drive to cross the bridge. If they crossed the bridge on foot, they would probably have to sleep on the bridge.
The two of them walked on the road near the sea. Gradually, the shadow of the bridge appeared in their field of vision. It was really a magnificent bridge. The road was very wide and divided into two levels. One level was for cars, and the other level was for bicycles. According to the guard, the bridge was still under construction, so only bicycles could pass through.
Although they could fly to Sunshine Town in a flash, it would be a rare experience to ride a bicycle and enjoy the sea scenery. Hoodlum and Xiaomi had this thought when they looked at the bridge and the surrounding sea.
However, the price of the bicycles in the shop was really high. It was not something that young people like Afei and Xiaomi could afford. They had no choice but to go to the Pokémon Center to recover their strength. It would be best if they could think of a way to get a bicycle to ride across the bridge. If they couldn't, they could only give up and fly over.
"Miss Qiao Yi, sorry to trouble you." In the Pokémon Center, Hoodlum placed his and Amy's precious balls on Joey's tray.
"Leave it to me. I'll recover soon.”Joey smiled as he held the tray and arranged treatment for the Pokémon.
When Joey returned, Hoodlum asked,""Miss Joey, do you know where I can borrow a bicycle in this town?”
"You want to cross the bridge by bike, right?”Joey saw Hoodlum and Amy nod and said,""I'm really sorry. Originally, we can rent bicycles at the Pokémon Center. However, the bicycles have been lent out recently.”
The day after tomorrow! Hoodlum thought that it would be too late the day after tomorrow. The two of them couldn't stay here for two more days just to ride across the bridge. It seemed that there was no other way.
"Wait, there might be a place where we can borrow a bicycle!”Joey suddenly thought of something and said,""But the owner of that place is a strange person, but perhaps you can go and try!”
Hoodlum and Amy looked at each other. Strange person? Let's try it first.
The two of them rested at the Pokémon Center in the morning. After lunch, they retrieved their Pokémon from Joey. Following the direction Joey pointed out, the two of them looked for someone who could borrow a bicycle.
"This should be the place."
Mi and Hoodlum found the place that Joey had mentioned. It turned out to be a bicycle shop. There were many bicycles in the shop window, but the shop looked too old. It couldn't be compared to the gorgeous bicycle shop that they had seen at the beginning. No wonder the business here was so quiet.
"Let's go in and take a look first." Hoodlum pushed open the door and walked in. He said loudly,""Sorry to disturb you!"
The shop was very deserted. Other than the bicycles, there were no customers or shop owners.
Hoodlum and Xiaomi looked at each other. They didn't expect the shop owner to be absent in broad daylight.
"Welcome to our store!"
Suddenly, a greeting came from behind them, scaring Hoodlum and Amy. Hoodlum appeared quietly behind them, and even Shirley did not notice it.
The two men who were frightened turned around and saw a bearded man smiling at them,""Are the two of you here to pay for the taxi?"
Hoodlum calmed down and replied,""No, if it's possible, we'd like to rent two bicycles.”
The bearded man looked thoughtful and said,""Could it be that you were introduced by Joey?”
Hoodlum nodded." That's right. We were introduced by Joey, but this looks like a bicycle shop. If there are no bicycles to rent, we'll leave first."”
Hoodlum wanted to leave with Amy, but the bearded man moved his slightly chubby body sideways and blocked them.
"Don't worry, my two customers. It's been a long time since anyone came to visit our store. Actually, it's not impossible to borrow a bicycle.”The bearded man continued to smile.
"Can I borrow it?" Xiao Mi asked.
"Ah, of course, but there's a condition!”
Ah, so the condition is to have a race, Hoodlum thought to himself as he stood on the lawn in the backyard of the bike shop. This bike shop was an old shop in Half Moon Town, and most of the bikes rented by the Pokémon Center were provided here. However, the owner of this shop was a strange man. He would compete with the trainers who came to borrow the bikes, and the trainer would only be able to borrow the bikes if he won. That was why Joey from the Pokémon Center called him a strange man.
From Hoodlum's point of view, the bearded man still regarded himself as a trainer. He had been passionate about Pokémon battles for more than ten years. For people who couldn't travel everywhere, it was a very enjoyable activity to be able to fight with trainers from all over the world.
"Young man! Don't look down on me just because I'm old. More than ten years ago, I, Tai Da, was also a very famous trainer!”The bearded man named Tai Da said confidently.
Hoodlum smiled. Although he had never heard of this name, this man seemed to be quite capable. At this age, he still had a lot of experience as a trainer, and the level of the Pokémon he used was not low either. Hoodlum said,""Don't worry, I definitely won't underestimate my opponent. I'll send you out, Xue Li!”
Hoodlum sent out his Pokémon. Shirley jumped off his shoulder and stood on the stage.
"So small." Teda looked at Ivan on the field and threw his precious ball as well.""Go, old friend!"
After the white light faded, a muscular figure appeared. It was a Kentaro.
"Such a strong Kentaro!" Amy couldn't help but sigh.
Hoodlum naturally knew that Kentaro was very outstanding. He had a strong body and looked very aggressive. His sharp eyes stared at Shirley, who was much younger than him. His forelimbs kicked the ground impatiently, giving people the feeling that he could knock his opponent over at any time.
"Shirley, attack with the Shadow Ball!" Hoodlum was the first to give the order to attack.
Cher immediately got into the zone, and a black energy ball formed in front of her, shooting towards Kentaro.
"Too weak!" "Kentailo, use your ultimate attack!”
"Mou!" Kentailo roared and charged towards Cher, not caring about the incoming shadow ball.
The shadow ball hit Kentaro, but it didn't cause much damage. It didn't stop him either. Kentaro rushed out of the smoke of the explosion and quickly ran towards Shirley.
"Danger, dodge!" Hoodlum hurriedly ordered. Although he knew that Kentaro was strong, he didn't expect that even his ultimate attack wouldn't affect him.
In terms of agility, the petite Cher had the advantage. Although it saw the strong Kentailo's attack approaching, it still calmly jumped to the side and dodged the attack.
"Not bad, your Ivan is very fast.”Seeing Xue Li dodge the attack, Tai Da was slightly surprised.
"No, this is the first time I've seen Kentaro resist the Shadow Ball's unique skill.”Hoodlum smiled. The tension of the competition made his blood boil.
"Brat, I like you very much. Fighting with you seems to have returned to my youth.”Tai Da laughed. The opponent he met this time was different from the average trainer. "But I won't go easy on you in the competition! Go, Kentaro, use impact!”
Hearing Tai Da's loud order, Kentaro turned around and started running again. He was like a tank that was charging forward, and a large amount of soil was sent flying under his hooves.
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