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Without levels, he has no winning rate.
[You know if your reputation is built on the Rockets' publicity, then they will agree to your request no matter what]
The gambler never dreamed of using his reputation as a threat to beg the Rockets to spare himself and his grandson. Even a gambler like him would not believe such a daydream.
The Rockets did not simply satisfy the gamblers' request. They asked the latter to appear on TV to promote themselves and increase their value.
The picture starts to speed up.
During this period, the scene of the gambler talking on the phone with his grandson flashed several times.
This made Kashiwagi curious if he could search online later to see if he could find any news about the gambler appearing on TV that year. It seemed like he was very popular.
It didn't take long.
The Gambler obtained two Pokémon from Team Rocket to complete the team.
[You have obtained a diamond-horned rhinoceros with white skin, and the old friend has increased]
[You have obtained a white sea lion with extremely long canine teeth, and the number of old friends has increased]
There are only two situations when Pokémon has a high energy level:
One, old enough.
Second, the combat capability is strong enough.
Compared with the latter, the former is obviously more satisfying.
The narration states that Team Rocket has a lot of high-level Pokémon that cannot be sold because they are too old. Their combat effectiveness has been affected, but they can satisfy the needs of gamblers.
The gambler wasn't picky and happily accepted the two Pokémon.
As for upgrading the levels of Crabgrass and Diglett, Team Rocket's method is also very simple and crude. They leave it to the professional Pokémon breeders in the team, and then send various Pokémon as experience babies.
This is the simplest method, cumbersome but effective.
You rejected the Rockets' idea of using research drugs on the crabs and gophers.
Compared to the heartless Rockets, the gamblers still have some conscience and did not feed the crabs and gophers randomly, even though this would slow down progress.
He took the four Pokémon in his hands and embarked on a journey to Cerulean City.
Maybe it’s because I’ve been on TV.
Gamblers no longer look for places to gamble as soon as they arrive in a new city, as if they are afraid that this will affect their reputation.
only.
This time the gambler was finally turned down.
[Your challenge request was rejected by the Cerulean Gym Leader. He is a stern person as his reputation suggests, and he is most disdainful of your gimmicky challenge method.]
The price of fame is that the gambler is known by many gym leaders.
Some can accept the gambler's tactical style, while others are extremely disdainful of his "scam" approach.
Pokémon should fight fairly!
What kind of real trainer is it if you rely on one-hit-kill moves!
There are many such voices of opposition.
"Xiaoxia's mother?"
Kashiwagi looked at the female pixel figure in the picture.
The latter has orange hair color, which is a bit similar to Xiaoxia, but she looks a little older.
Xiaoxia’s grandmother or great-grandmother?
Not impossible.
Speaking of which, Xiaoxia’s three older sisters have hair colors of yellow, blue and red respectively, plus her orange hair, which makes one wonder how many hair color genes Xiaoxia’s parents have.
within the light screen.
The gambler who was rejected had to leave Cerulean City. Fortunately, the environment he was in was an animation background. Even if a famous gym like Cerulean Gym rejected him, there were still other gyms to choose from.
The scene changes.
The gambler went straight back through the mole hole and returned to Vermilion City, and headed further east of Kanto.
He came to Heiyun City.
[You came to Heiyun City. The prosperous industrial city made you feel very novel. The chimneys of all sizes made you feel the changes of the times.]
Black Cloud City?
Kashiwagi was slightly startled, then he remembered that Xiaozhi had been here before.
However, in Xiaozhi's time, Black Cloud City had become deserted and filthy due to industrial wastewater and waste residue, and the sewers were blocked by stinky mud and stinky mud.
No wonder it sounds so familiar.
Here the gambler found a gym willing to accept him, and the gym owner was as young as ever.
It seems to prove that only young people can accept such "fresh" things.
The four older Pokémon took turns with each other. This time, the gambler challenged three times and used all three moves, [Earth Fissure], [Horn Drill], and [Absolute Zero] before he won.
[You defeated the Black Cloud Gym Leader and obtained the Black Cloud Badge]
"The name of this city directly predicts what it will look like in the future." Kashiwagi was so dissatisfied that he didn't know what to say, and watched the gambler continue to move forward.
Soon after.
The gambler came to Ziyuan Town.
But unlike the famous Pokémon cemetery in the game, the Lavender Town in the animation is just a place where ghost-attribute Pokémon appear more frequently.
The Pokémon Tower, which is used to place Pokémon tombstones in the game, is just an uninhabited castle in the animation, with rumors of ghosts appearing there.
The purpose of gamblers coming here is to challenge the gym.
[You decide to challenge Shion Gym]
Shion Gym is a ghost-attribute gym that surprised Kashiwagi very much. The Pokémon used by the gym leader are the Gengar family - Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar.
There was something strange about his expression.
Could these be the three that appeared in the Pokémon Tower later?
It’s hard to say, but Gengar and his family suffered the disadvantage of appearing too early, and they are extremely common in the animation, and they are not particularly rare and precious Pokémon at all.
And the gambler is likely to suffer a loss.
As expected, the gambler was no match for the Shion Gym and failed to defeat it after five consecutive challenges.
The reason is simple—three generals were killed!
The gambler has always relied heavily on Mosquito-Repellent and Strange Strength. One is his most familiar old friend, and the other has a relatively higher hit rate with the defenseless Earth Rift.
Unfortunately, Earthshatter has no effect on Pokémon with the Floating attribute.
The horn drill of the Rhyhorn has no effect on ghost attributes.
In other words.
The gambler can only rely on the White Sea Lion's Absolute Zero to attack Gengar and his family at the Shion Gym. It is extremely difficult to make a comeback with such thin chips.
It seems that the good luck has failed.
[Faced with an almost impossible battle, you can only give up helplessly and move on to the next city]
The hot-blooded young man's talent didn't seem to have any effect on the gambler?
When Kashiwagi saw the gambler give up the challenge so easily, he thought of the stubborn boy in the first simulation, who challenged the Evergreen Gym with a Caterpillar and continued to fight even after being beaten.
He continued to fight until the gym leader was "touched" by his perseverance and gave him the badge.
I also have the talent of a passionate young man, but I always feel that gamblers are particularly calm.
Screen changes.
[You came to the south of Kanto, to the seaside city of Qianhong, and the moist sea breeze made you feel a little fresh and happy]
The gambler began to challenge the Crimson Gym.
however.
The gym owner was not the young Aju as Kashiwagi thought, but another older middle-aged ninja.
Is the Crimson Gym also a family business?
Kashiwagi discovered that most of the gyms in Kanto have a heritage, passed down from parents to the next generation. This is the case with Brock and Misty's gyms, and it seems to be the same with the Jade Rainbow Gym and the Crimson Gym.
Fortunately, although the leader of the Crimson Gym is old, he can accept the gambler's tactical style of play.
[You defeated the Crimson Gym Leader and obtained the Crimson Badge]
The gambler did not dare to hesitate due to his good luck. He quickly asked for another wave of funds from Team Rocket and took a boat to the overseas Honglian Town.
Then I took a nice hot spring bath with the Pokémon.
[Do you think that taking a proper rest will help your character to explode in the future?]
The gambler was pretty nice to his old friends like Rhyno who had followed him through thick and thin. At least he didn't treat them as harshly as Team Rocket.
From the hearts flying above the foreheads of the four Pokémon, it is not difficult to see that Mosquito-Coolant and the others are in a good mood.
Even though they are often used as cannon fodder by gamblers and used as cushions during battles, Mosquito-Incense Jun and the others don't seem to have any complaints.
[You smiled and told the Pokémon such as Strange Power the stories of your youth. Thinking of the people and things you had met, you couldn't help but feel a little melancholy.]
It is said that men tend to think about philosophy and doubt life when taking a bath, and gamblers are no exception.
The narrator said that the gambler once had a relatively bright past, but gambling made his life a mess. Not only did his wife leave him, but even his beloved son became addicted to gambling and died young.
For a while.
The gambler who was soaking in the hot spring seemed to start crying. Seeing this, Pokémon such as Strange and Strong seemed to think of their own situation and became equally sad.
Kashiwagi was speechless, and no matter how much he regretted the past, it was irreversible.
Finished the hot spring bath.
The gambler, who changed his mood, began to challenge the Red Lotus Gym.