Pokémon Researcher Road

Chapter 197 Electric Bead
After Junsha left, the two responded to everyone's inquiries with the excuse given by Junsha. Except for Duogui who was a little suspicious, everyone else seemed to believe it.It was still early, so Xiaozhi decided to challenge first.Although Xiaozhi clearly realized his own strength after the battle with Xuanjian, it would take some time before this realization turned into strength, and Xiaozhi lost to Ma Zhishi as expected.

"I remember that in the original book, Xiaozhi respected Pikachu's choice and refused to let it evolve, and finally defeated Ma Zhishi. If things develop according to the original book, then Ma Zhishi's theory will not be valid. In this way, Ma Zhishi is likely to change tactics, and Xiangta and I don't have to perform the mission! Interesting, then let me help Xiaozhi and let him defeat Ma Zhishi before Junsha is ready! Junsha's expression must be very interesting then!" Apologizing to Pikachu who just finished treatment.

"I'm sorry, Pikachu, it's all my fault for hurting you." Xiaozhi said to Pikachu with a face of shame.

"Beika~" Pikachu called softly, expressing that he didn't blame Xiaozhi.

"Xiaozhi, cheer up!" Xuanjian patted Xiaozhi on the shoulder, "The gap between Pikachu and Raichu is too big, it's normal for you to lose to the other party."

Speaking of this, I must correct one point. Inspired by the original anime dance, many people think that Raichu moves clumsily and is inferior to Pikachu, but this is not the case.Although Ash did beat Raichu by virtue of Pikachu being more flexible, in fact, although Raichu (normal) is a little bigger than Pikachu, its speed and agility are not lost to Pikachu at all.The clumsy movement of Ma Zhishi's Raichu is entirely due to its early evolution and insufficient training.The opponents he encountered after evolution were too weak, as long as he used force to overwhelm them, he lacked training, and his shortcomings were not made up for at all, so Xiao Zhi took advantage of the loopholes in the end.Under normal circumstances, if Pikachu is almost crushed by Raichu.After all, what's the use of evolution if you can't beat the pre-evolution after evolution?

"Ma Zhishi, the owner of the Withered Leaf Gym, is very good-looking. If you want to defeat him, the fastest way is to evolve Pikachu into Raichu. Didn't Ma Zhishi give you a Thunder Stone? I took a look, and the purity of that Thunder Stone is very high. It is a rare gem, and it is very suitable for helping Pikachu evolve." Xiao Gang said.

"Okay, then let Pikachu evolve into Raichu, and teach that guy a lesson!" Xiaozhi took out the Thunder Stone, but was stunned: "Um, how do you use this?"

"Stupid!" Xiaoxia covered her face and said, "Just put it on Pikachu!"

"Oh," Xiaozhi stretched out the hand holding the Thunder Stone to Pikachu, but Pikachu didn't appreciate it at all, and immediately launched an electric shock on Xiaozhi!
"Ah——" Xiaozhi, who was hit by the electric current, immediately went numb and collapsed on the ground. Pikachu took the opportunity to get up from the hospital bed, jumped out of the window, and ran out.

Although knowing that this is the unique way of getting along with Xiaozhi and his elves, and the electric shock power used by Pikachu is not strong, Xuanma still couldn't help asking: "Xiaozhi, are you okay?"

"It's okay~" Xiaozhi replied, apparently still not recovering from the paralysis caused by the electric shock.

"He's used to being electrocuted, don't worry about him." Xiaoxia gloated from the side.

Xuan Jian nodded and said: "It seems that Pikachu is not very happy to evolve into Raichu! But it is also good not to evolve into Raichu. After all, if he evolves into Raichu, Pikachu will lose a chance to go another way.

"Another way?"

"That's right. You must know that many elves' strength will be greatly improved after carrying special props. For example, Xiangta's Pippi. The same is true for Pikachu. When it carries a prop called Electric Orb, its double attack will be doubled. What is amazing is that the electric ball is only useful for Pikachu, and it is useless for Raichu and Pichu. According to the measurements of scientists, the attack power of Pikachu carrying Electric Orb is close to the limit value, which is higher than that of all other elves without props (Sumeng has not yet appeared). Compared with mediocre Raichu, isn't this Pikachu much more powerful?"

"So powerful? Well, since Pikachu doesn't want to evolve, and Pikachu is so powerful, I won't let Pikachu evolve!" Xiaozhi said happily.

"But we don't have electric beads?" Xiaoxia immediately poured cold water on it.

Xuanjian smiled and looked at Xiaozhi: "That's right, and electric beads are very rare props, you may not be able to find them, why not choose to evolve Pikachu! With your Pikachu's skills, after evolution, you can definitely defeat that Raichu! You were lucky enough to pick up a bargain in the previous two gym competitions. Otherwise, with your level, it is estimated that you will not be able to get any badges. You have to think about it. With your strength, it will be very difficult to get the orange badge if you don't let Pikachu evolve."

After hearing Xuanjian's words, Xiaozhi fell into silence, and lowered his head to think.The atmosphere gradually became solemn, Xiaoxia already felt uneasy and wanted to comfort Xiaozhi, but she was afraid of disturbing him to make a decision, so she could only worry about him silently, Xiaogang was also solemnly waiting for Xiaozhi to make a decision, only Xuanjian was smiling, not knowing what she was thinking.

Finally, Xiaozhi raised his head: "I've decided." In an instant, Xuanjian felt that Xiaozhi's eyes changed, and his body became aura, and he seemed to be a completely different person: "I respect Pikachu's choice. In fact, even if there is no item like electric beads that can greatly enhance Pikachu's strength, I will respect Pikachu's choice! After all, we are friends!"

"Xiaozhi!" Xiaogang and Xiaoxia on the side looked at Xiaozhi. Although they didn't speak, their eyes clearly expressed their approval for Xiaozhi.And Pikachu appeared out of nowhere, climbed onto Xiaozhi's shoulder, and rubbed against Xiaozhi's face affectionately.

"Okay, it's really Xiaozhi!" Xuanjian patted Xiaozhi's shoulder, "I'm touched by your sincerity and respect for the elves. If that's the case, then I will help you!"

Xiaogang's eyes lit up: "Do you have electric beads?"

Xuanjian did not answer Xiaogang's question, but said: "When I say help Xiaozhi, I mean helping Xiaozhi train Pikachu. Although the short-term training does not improve the strength much, it happens that Raichu has a fatal flaw. As long as you design tactics for that flaw, you can easily win. This is also a common method for beginners when challenging gyms."

Xiaoxia nodded: "I see, it's a pity that Xiaozhi always wins without thinking, and always wins by luck."

Xiaozhi retorted: "That's not the case! I just adapt to the situation!"

Stopping the quarrel between the two, Xuanjian said: "Okay, now let me talk about our tactics. Because the evolution was too early, the foundation was not solid, and there was no sufficient remedy afterwards, that Raichu moved very clumsily and at a very slow speed. Xiaozhi can defeat it as long as he learns one skill."

After hearing Xuanjian's words, Xiaozhi immediately became happy, and said loudly to Pikachu: "That's great, Pikachu!"

"Don't be too happy, this skill is not easy to learn!"

"I will definitely learn it!"

"Okay, then let's go to the training ground..."

　I think the value of Xiaozhi lies in his sincerity and respect for elves, and he doesn't care about his own gains and losses at all.This is something I can't do at all, but I yearn for it very much, so I let the protagonist test Xiaozhi like this.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)