Elf: Newborn Zhiye, starting from Sinnoh

"Boom~"

With all the energy balls coming from the Vine Snakes, they finally hit the Sentinel Rat who was desperately dodging before Tiredness arrived. Powerful energy exploded behind it, causing it to fall to the ground.

"Take advantage of now, Ye Baofeng."

Seeing the opportunity coming, Xiaozhi's eyes lit up, he held the brim of his hat and shouted loudly.

Teng Teng~

The petite body of the vine snake jumped up and rotated 360 degrees. Its green tail lingered in the upper air currents and green leaves, turning into a powerful leaf storm that continuously washed away the sentinel rat.

It kept turning its head in the center of the green tornado, eating the leaf storm that had been strengthened many times head-on, and the sentry mouse lost its fighting ability without any suspense.

"Both the Aloe Hall leader Pokémon have lost their ability to fight, so the winner is challenger Ash Ketchum." Mudachi put his middle finger on the frame and announced the result of the competition.

"Oops, I've been penetrated twice!" Aloe looked troubled.

"I'm sad, mother of the child. After we have taken care of the last challenger, we can take a day off. Let's swim in the ocean of knowledge together!"

As a partner, Mu Li stepped forward to comfort her affectionately, while Aloe nodded in obedience. The two looked like they were in love.

"..."

Although the combination of one fat and one thin seemed a bit weird, this unexpected wave of dog food left Xiaozhi speechless for a while, while Mei and Serei looked at each other with rosy faces.

"Alas, showing affection will kill you quickly."

Xiaozhi squatted down and touched the proud snake that was doing well.

In response, Vine Snake did not refuse, turned his body and let the other party touch him. After all, his trainer performed well, so it was just a reward for him.

"This is a good battle." Encouraged by Mu Li's partner, Aloe quickly came to Xiaozhi and handed over the same basic badge as Mei, "No, you deserve this."

"Thank you."

After receiving the second badge, Xiaozhi nodded politely and celebrated with Vine Snake and Pikachu running towards him.

"Please invite the next challenger."

In order to close the store as soon as possible, Aloe looked at Serena, who was wearing a magenta top hat and sunglasses, and expressed some anxiety.

"Okay, okay!"

Serena rested her arms on her thighs, straightened her back stiffly, and responded in an awkward voice. With Mei's encouragement, she slowly walked towards the battle site.

"Don't worry Serena."

"Pickup pickup~"

On the way back, he saw the nervous girl. Xiaozhi patted her shoulder, comforted her with gentle words, and helped Serena relax.

Pikachu also cheered for Serena out of good intentions, and it was definitely not because she was making its favorite tomato popcorn.

"Phew, thank you, Ash!"

Looking at Xiaozhi's gentle face, Serena breathed a sigh of relief and smiled sweetly.

"You're welcome, come on for this battle!"

Looking at the girl's smile, he smiled back slightly.

"Mmmmm~"

Serena nodded heavily and was unexpectedly encouraged by Xiaozhi. With inexplicable joy, she waved her jade arms and confidently walked to the top of the stage.

Only Pikachu was left, who had not waited for Serena's response, staring in the direction Serena left with a look of resentment.

"Pikapi~ (Xiaozhi, why is Serena ignoring me?)"

Pikachu, who felt a little unhappy, stared at Ash with a joking expression.

"Who knows?"

Xiaozhi, who was pretending to be dumbfounded, found an excuse to excuse himself, then returned to his position, took the belt from Mei, thanked her briefly, and watched Serena's battle.

As a usual practice, before the start of the game, Aloe Vera released the two elves to be used in the game - Little York and Sentry Rat.

"Ale, does the owner of the Aloe Hall raise a little York family and an army of sentry rats?" Mei Yi tilted her head and couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Ah, who knows?" He shrugged and said in denial.

Just looking at the girl with her jade hand on her chest and still looking a little nervous, she actually recognized the elf sent by Aloe Vera.

After all, it was Serena's first time to challenge the gym. This level of difficulty was just right for her to get used to.

……

Soon, the game began.

Aloe took back the Sentry Rat and left Little York on the court, obviously intending to use the roaring style of play to test Serena who had "I am a newcomer" written on her face.

"Please, Pickpocket Cat!"

Serena's first choice is not the initial pet fire fox, nor the honest and powerful bodyguard of the armored rhinoceros, but the pickpocket cat obtained in Hezhong.

"A pickpocket cat!?"

Thinking back to the moves mastered by Serena, the pickpocket cat, Xiaozhi nodded. It was indeed a good way to disrupt the opponent's tactics.

"Well, a heterochromatic pickpocket cat, a very rare little guy." Aloe sighed slightly, but that was all, and raised her hand to hook Serena.

Serena was not polite about this. Recalling the battle between Mei and Xiaozhi, she pointed her little hand and whispered softly: "Pickpocket cat, roar loudly."

"Lie~hands~"

The seemingly well-behaved pickpocket cat opens and closes its mouth, speaking incomprehensible Elvish language, and with its unique evil sound waves, it endlessly reprimands the fierce-looking little Yorkie.

Let it hang its head in shame, as if embarrassed to face the pickpocket cat.

"Little Yorkie perked up and roared."

Aloe didn't care about this, just reminded Little York, and used their family's special trick.

"Ow~"

Hearing this, Little York raised his head again, regained the same ferocious face as when treating an enemy, and howled at the pickpocket cat quite ferociously.

"Now, use provocation." Serena's pretty face was happy and she shouted sweetly.

"Pickpocket~"

The pickpocket cat's face suddenly showed a provocative smile. When the little Yorkie opposite saw it, he couldn't help but want to beat it. The roaring skill that was ready to be used was interrupted because of this.

"Successful!" Serena was delighted.

After watching two games in a row, she had already thought of countermeasures.

It relies on the provocative moves mastered by Pickpocket Cat to interrupt the opponent's roar, thereby avoiding being replaced, thereby disrupting the Aloe Hall owner's rhythm.

"Ow~"

Now with Little York's vicious expression, it is not difficult to see that his mood has been affected by the pickpocket cat. The good start made Serena happy.

"Great, Serena is half done!" Mei Yi raised her hand to congratulate.

In response, Xiaozhi also smiled, happy for Serena's good start.

"However, the important point is the latter." Xiaozhi then calmed down and continued watching.

A good beginning is not guaranteed, and it will not lead to the ending you want. The process requires continued efforts.

Serena on the field also realized this. After a moment of joy, she calmly directed the rest of the game.