Pokémon that goes with the flow

"Finally stood up..."

Stepping on the floating platform floating on the water, with the help of Scorpio, Hoshino, who was soaked all over, finally managed to stand firm.

Xiao Ming and the others looked quite relaxed standing on it before. They thought it was very simple, but they fell into the water twice in a row before they could barely stand still. Fortunately, they put on swimsuits, otherwise their clothes would be completely wet.

"That little star, are you okay..."

"Ah~ It's okay, it doesn't matter, let's start the duel."

Feeling a little embarrassed by Xiao Ming's concerned eyes, Hoshino quickly waved his hand and directed Scorpio to start the duel.

"Then I'll attack first, and Scorpio will use the poisonous needle!"

"Scorpion~!"

Scorpio jumped high and threw out several poisonous needles from its tail and flew towards the pangolin. Although the pangolin dodged it in time, the poisonous needles stuck on the floating board made of wood.

This scene was naturally noticed by Xiao Ming, and he instantly understood what Hoshino wanted to do.

"Water Mountain Rat, quickly interrupt Scorpio's use of skills! Use rolling!"

"A~!"

With a command, the pangolin turned into a ball and jumped high into the air, hitting Scorpio in the sky, but Scorpio still easily dodged it.

"That's it now! Use the high-speed stars quickly!"

"A~!"

The pangolin that passed by Scorpio continued to rotate, and at the same time several yellow stars flew out with the rotation.

Because the distance was too close, Scorpio had no time to dodge, and the high-speed star successfully hit the target. Scorpio fell into the water from the smoke of the explosion, while the pangolin successfully landed on another floating board.

"Scorpio!"

"Scorpion~!"

Scorpio shouted, jumped out of the water, shook his body twice, and shook off the water on his body.

Seeing Scorpio who was still looking energetic even after taking a high-speed star, Xiao Ming decisively chose to increase his attack power, "Mountain Rat, use Sword Dance!"

"A~!" The pangolin raised his hands, and several white lightsabers began to rotate around it, and its body began to glow.

Naturally, Hoshino would not sit back and watch the mountain rat strengthen and let Scorpio continue to attack, "Scorpio, use the poisonous needle!"

"Scorpion~!"

Several poisonous needles flew towards the mountain rat again, but they were all bounced away by the rotating lightsaber and did not cause any damage.

"What? How else can this happen?!"

Under Hoshino's surprised gaze, the pangolin rat completed the strengthening of its sword dance, and Xiao Ming ordered, "Pangogo rat, use rolling!"

"A~!"

The pangolin turned into a ball and hit Scorpio again. The latter quickly flew away, but the pangolin was still chasing after it.

Seeing that he couldn't get rid of him, Hoshino changed his strategy and decided to fight head-on.

"Now! Scorpio, use Split directly on the mountain rat!"

"Scorpion~!"

After receiving the trainer's instructions, Scorpio did not run away anymore. He turned around and swung out his pliers. The impact of the collision forced both Scorpio and Pangolin to lose their balance and both fell into the water.

Scorpio climbed out of the water as usual, but the mountain rat was not so calm. After climbing to the platform, he quickly shook off the water on his body. It didn't take long for the mountain rat to realize something was wrong, and he had stepped on the poisonous needle without knowing it.

Seeing the pangolin's cheeks begin to turn purple, Xiao Ming realized that Scorpio's escape just now was to guide the pangolin back to the place where the poisonous needles were originally planted. Hoshino knew that his pangolin was afraid of water, so he had to knock the pangolin into the water even if he was forced to take damage.

In order to quickly shake off the water on its body, the pangolin does not pay attention to the surrounding environment when climbing up, and is poisoned as a result.

"Now, Scorpio, use Lightning Flash!"

"Scorpion~!"

Scorpio emitted a dazzling light and crashed towards the Mountain Rat. Because the pangolin was in a poisoned state and was slow to move, it was unable to escape the attack and was shot down into the water again as soon as it climbed ashore.

"Mountain rat!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, Xiao Ming wanted to jump into the water to save the pangolin. But Scorpio was one step faster than him, and seemed to have discovered something was wrong with the pangolin. He saw the pangolin falling into the water without struggling, and quickly jumped into the water to pick it up.

"Scorpio, hurry up!"

At this time, Sakura who was watching the battle threw a pink fruit to Scorpio. Scorpio saw that this was a peach fruit that could detoxify, so he fed the fruit to the pangolin.

By the time Xiao Ming brought the pangolin to the rest area, the latter's poison had almost faded away.

Seeing that the pangolin woke up, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Hoshino said apologetically to Xiao Ming: "I'm sorry, Xiao Ming. I didn't expect the pangolin to be in such danger."

"It doesn't matter. It's normal for Pokémon to get injured during battle. Because of this, Pangolin and I will have to train harder!"

"First!"

Even though he was still a little weak, the pangolin still responded positively to Xiao Ming, and the fighting spirit between the two was rekindled again.

"Hey~, you trainers are really out of danger just now, and now you want to train quickly. I really don't understand you." Mudan saw the appearance of Xiao Ming and the mountain rat, and held her head with a headache.

"That's right, if we weren't fighting in the swimming pool, the pangolin wouldn't be so dangerous." Acorus on the side complained one after another, "If it were on the ground, the pangolin as a ground type could also exert more strength, but... I insist on fighting in the water.”

Seeing that the pangolin was out of danger, the two sisters continued to complain. Seeing that the two of them always said that they did not understand trainers, Hoshino asked the two of them with some confusion.

"Excuse me, if you don't like being a trainer so much, why do you still want to be a gym leader?"

"This is not just for my little sister."

Peony said with a proud look on her face, and Acorus continued with the same attitude.

"If it weren't for her, we would no longer be trainers in this gym."

After hearing the two explanations, Hoshino was confused and couldn't quite understand what they said. Sakura on the side stood up and continued to explain.

"Actually, it's like this. We also have a fourth sister named Xiaoxia. She is practicing as a Pokémon trainer outside." Sakura looked at Hoshino with a look of recollection.