socalfunplaces Chapter 98 Fiery Monkey, is it trying to gain my approval?
Chapter 98 Fiery Monkey, is it trying to gain my approval?
Chapter 99 Fiery Monkey, is it trying to gain my approval?
"Go, Oddish!"
"Go, Oddish!"
On the D-class stage, a little girl kept cheering on Oddish.
The Oddish was very obedient, constantly bumping its head against a Pikachu.
"Pee—" The man with the middle parting turned over, facing his back to the Oddish.
Judging from its expression, it seems to be enjoying it quite a bit.
"Ah~" On the other side, Ash yawned.
This was not the battle he wanted at all, and he somewhat regretted registering to go into battle separately.
Xiao Zhi was feeling drowsy, so he leaned against the railing and closed his eyes to rest.
"Oh my god, even the Pikachu's trainer has fallen asleep! Is this some new tactic?!"
The host keenly noticed something was amiss and immediately began commentating on the D-level arena.
"Huh? What? What?" Ash suddenly woke up.
He then realized that he had become the center of attention.
"Middle-parted hair, stand up and fight! Everyone's watching you!"
Although he knew that Natsume had devised a "torture" tactic for him, Satoshi's face still burned under the watchful eyes of everyone.
"Pipika~" The man with the middle parting lifted his hind leg and farted.
After being constantly bumped around, the exhausted and unsteady Walking Grass was caught off guard. He leaned back, lost his balance, and tumbled off the ring.
"Let's congratulate this Pikachu with the Sleep ability on its incredible victory!"
As the host's passionate voice rang out, Xiao Zhi covered his face, his cheeks flushed, and squatted down.
"How embarrassing!"
He felt that this kind of work should be left to someone as shameless as Natsume.
"Ten-minute halftime break, second round begins immediately."
Nurse Joy was present and treated some of the injured Pokémon in the competition.
"Although this competition is organized by the public, it seems quite professional," Jiao Zi nodded slightly in the audience.
"Look! Xiao Gang is in Group C of the second round, and Mr. Amy's father is in Group A!"
Xiaoxia pointed to the big screen.
"Is Brock going to go on stage?" In the preparation area, Ash, with his middle-parted hair, found Natsume.
"Natsume-nii, this is so embarrassing!" Ash held up the sleeping, middle-parted hair in his hand.
"If you win the championship this way, you'll end up getting pelted with vegetable leaves by the audience, right?" Xiao Zhi's eyebrows furrowed.
"Why don't you wear a mask?" Natsume suggested.
"Mask... That's just self-deception." Ash lowered his head.
"I have Xiao Mao's mask."
"I want ten!" Xiao Zhi suddenly looked up.
Natsume actually took out ten masks modeled after Shigeru.
Xiao Zhi held it in his hand, his eyes wide open.
"Natsume-nii, where did you get all this stuff?"
Ash put a silicone mask on his head, and from a distance, he looked exactly like Gary.
"Satoshi, I remember telling you this many times." Natsume said seriously.
"What?"
"When you're traveling, you give yourself your own identity."
"So, Natsume-san, how many other 'identities' do you have?" Satoshi leaned closer and asked quietly.
"Not many. About a hundred or eighty?"
At most, he created a hundred or so characters that are prominent figures in the Pokémon universe.
He even copied several sets of uniforms from prominent organizations.
That's all.
"My God, this is unprecedented!"
The host's loud and boisterous voice continued to ring out.
The two looked back and found that the second round of the competition had begun.
Looking at the big screen, to everyone's surprise, the director did not broadcast the battle in the A-level arena.
Xiao Gang's image appeared on the screen.
But what surprised the host was clearly not Xiao Gang's little rock, but his opponent.
A fiery monkey and a hypnotic tapir.
Where are your trainers?
Xiao Gang felt that the Infernape looked familiar, but the absence of the two Pokémon's trainers made him even more curious.
"Oh my god, I asked the judges, and both of these Pokémon participated in the competition as wild Pokémon!"
"The one communicating with the staff is the Hypnotic Tapir, the partner of that fiery monkey!"
"Friends, the winds of our P1 Fighting Tournament have already blown into the wild Pokémon world!"
The host's passionate voice rang out, and the director wisely switched all four screens to the C-level arena.
Wild Pokémon are all rushing to participate in the P1 Fighting Tournament – what a great publicity opportunity!
"Hooray!" Infernape's sharp eyes searched the arena.
Upon seeing Ash and Natsume, it paused for a moment, but quickly looked away.
"Natsume-san, is that the Infernape that stole my hat?" Ash felt the more he looked at it, the more familiar it seemed.
"It seems so." Natsume looked at the Infernape strangely, then glanced at the Hypnotic Baku behind it.
What a strange combination.
"Alright, let the battle begin! Let's see a battle between wild Pokémon and well-trained Pokémon!"
At the command, the battle began.
"I won't lose—ah!" Before Xiao Gang could finish speaking, he was smashed away by the flying punch stone.
"Sigh! It's a good thing Miss Amy isn't here." Xiaoxia covered her face in the audience.
"Wow, this was expected, but it happened way too fast!" the host exclaimed.
The director switched the camera to Incineroar, who, after knocking Geodude away, looked around the arena, seemingly searching for something.
"Oh? Could it be that this powerful Fighting-type Pokémon is trying to find a human it approves of to become its trainer in this tournament?"
"I can't even imagine how powerful this Pokémon would become with proper training!"
The director's perspective kept switching as the fiery monkey turned its head.
"Hey, is this director Xiao Gang? Why does he pause for so long when he switches to the viewer's perspective and sees a pretty lady?" Xiao Zhi complained.
He really wanted to know what this fiery monkey was there for, but the director was being irresponsible.
Finally, the perspective shifted, and we arrived at the A-level arena.
On the ring, a rugged-looking man stood with his arms crossed, facing off against a muscular giant.
On the ring between them stood an Abby and a Mosquito Coil Swimmer.
The commotion caused by the Incineroar caught Aaron's attention.
When his face was frozen on the big screen, Aaron was slightly taken aback.
"Good heavens! Infernape's gaze is locked on Mr. Allen! Could it be that it's taken a liking to him?!"
The host gasped in surprise.
Airon turned his head and found the fiery monkey staring intently at him.
"Hmph!" A smile appeared on Aaron's face.
That makes sense. He and Hitmonchan trained in the deep mountains every day, so maybe that fiery monkey noticed him back then.
They actually followed me all the way here just to get my approval.
Airon instantly imagined a grand scene, so he nodded slightly at Incineroar.
"Huh?" Intense Monkey tilted its head.
Preparation zone.
"puff!"
Natsume spat out the water he had just drunk, his face showing signs of strain.
He used telekinesis to roughly understand Infernape's inner thoughts—it wanted to give Allen a good beating.
The reason is unknown.
If it weren't for the hypnotic tapir with human social experience strongly dissuading him, the Primeape would probably have lunged at Allen the moment their eyes met.
(End of this chapter)