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The gym leader of the latter was finally Kashiwagi's "acquaintance" Xia Bo. As the oldest trainer in the later batch, Xia Bo was still very young at this time, at least much younger than the gambler.
Xia Bo, who was probably only in his thirties or forties, was impressed by the gambler for challenging the gym at such an old age, but he did not let him win.
As a result, Honglian Gym became the second most difficult gym for gamblers to fight in history.
He challenged Xia Bo six times before he defeated him with the [Earth Rift] of Mosquito-Repellent-Lord, Super Strength and Rhinoceros.
The gambler who went out happily was kidnapped by Team Rocket again.
But what greeted him was not a beating, but a new round of image packaging, countless announcements, and a gym battle that was a joke.
Evergreen Gym.
It was the first time that the gambler had such an easy battle with his Pokémon. The opposing gym leader barely made any attacks or dodges, and had to resist his moves forcefully.
[You got the Evergreen Badge, which made you look at the flat-headed young man in amazement.]
"Oh my goodness, young Sakaki is here to fix the match!"
Kashiwagi looked at the young man with a flat head in the picture. Although he was a pixelated little man, he could somehow see a childish temperament on his face.
no doubt.
At this moment, his mother is still the boss of the Rockets.
Sakaki was just a gym leader who secretly supported Team Rocket, but when he grew up and inherited Team Rocket, the animated version of Sakaki completely turned into a businessman.
He is completely different from the charismatic evil villain in the special episode, who is known as "Sakaki of the Earth".
on the other hand.
With the Rockets' unremitting publicity, the Gambler, the older dream-chasing trainer, and the leader of the one-hit-kill style, became famous throughout Kanto.
No one knows how much money the Rockets made from this.
At least the gambler didn't see a penny. As the goose that laid the golden eggs, he was under strict surveillance by the Rockets and even lost his freedom, which was even more terrifying than before.
[You silently ponder your situation]
After all, the gambler is no longer young, and he knows very well that he will be doomed if he continues like this.
The League Conference is different from the Gym Challenge. It is impossible for him to have so many chances to start over. If he is unlucky, he will not even be able to break through the preliminaries.
In this case, the gambler, whose reputation will plummet, will inevitably be abandoned by the Rockets.
By then, not only will he not be able to pay off the loan sharks, but the safety of him and his grandson will also be in question.
[You know very well that the high-interest loans you and your son owed have already been paid to the Rockets in the form of various announcement fees. You no longer owe them anything.]
[You start thinking of solutions]
Chapter 569: Clumsy Cheating
How can one person fight against a behemoth like the Rockets?
Besides, the gambler is just an old man who knows his destiny.
[You count the chips you have and find that they are not only pitifully few, but also that none of them are enough to help you turn the tables]
[You sigh]
The gambler fell silent.
But Kashiwagi felt that this guy would never give in so easily.
The person who can rely on several one-hit-kill moves to challenge a gym and successfully obtain eight badges in the end is enough to prove that he has a crazy passion in his heart.
In this case, how can gamblers get out?
Kashiwagi looked at the light screen expectantly.
Although they were both forced to work for an evil organization, their living environment might not be as high-pressure as that of Huangtie Town, the Rockets were just as cruel as the Quicksand Team.
He was eager to know the gambler's future life.
on the screen.
The gambler faced the two Pokémon and opened his arms.
[You welcomed back the crab and mole that you asked the Rocket Team trainer to upgrade]
[Your large crab evolved into a giant crab]
[Your mole evolved into a three-mouse mole]
Thanks to the hard work of Team Rocket's trainers, the energy levels of the Giant Claw and the Three-Shrew have been raised to a certain level, enough to cope with most battles.
As the only two young Pokémon in the gambler's group of elderly people, they had not had contact with their trainer for a long time and were not able to get close to him again in the first place.
then.
The gambler turned down a series of subsequent programs and announcements on the grounds that he wanted to hone his coordination with the Pokémon in order to achieve good results at the Quartz Conference.
The Rockets also seemed to feel that his popularity was about to reach its peak and did not continue to exploit his surplus value.
They knew very well that the last wave of harvest would be at the Quartz Conference.
Gamblers gain a degree of freedom.
[You can start your journey again, but you have to be accompanied by the Rockets]
Away from the complicated announcements, the first thing the gambler did was to pick up his grandson, apply for funding from Team Rocket, and take his grandson and a group of Pokémon to all the cities he had been to.
Team Rocket didn't allow him to do that at first. After all, they had agreed to work together to train the Pokémon, so why did they start traveling upstream?
And this time.
The gambler showed appropriate toughness.
[You know that the Rockets' investment in you is enough for them to agree to some requests that are not too excessive]
really.
As the gambler expected, the Rockets' top management agreed and allocated travel expenses.
But he was not too happy. Instead, he realized more deeply that the Rockets would inevitably get rid of him in the future. Only in this way would the Rockets pay the money so readily.
You have to know that they didn't give a penny of the money the gamblers made before to the former.
[Your grandson has no idea of your dangerous situation. He is just happy about your fame and excited about the journey.]
The gambler traveled to various cities in Kanto with his grandson and the elderly Pokémon team, greeting the gym leaders who gave him the badge.
During this period, the giant crab and the three rats gradually returned to the feeling of getting along with the gambler at the beginning, and the bond between them became deeper and deeper.
Unconsciously.
When traveling to Vermilion City, the Quartz Conference quietly began.
[You were forcibly taken away by Team Rocket, and your grandson was forcibly imprisoned by them under the pretext of taking care of him.]
Qualifiers.
There is no doubt that for a gambler who relies on his one-hit-kill strategy, the small qualifying round is also a huge test that requires him to give his all.
But fortunately, after such a long period of Pokémon training, although the gambler is quite poor at other moves and tactics, he is not completely clueless.
With this, he successfully used the Diamond-Horned Rhinoceros as the core and defeated his opponent with the Earth Fissure and Horn Drill respectively, even though his own side lost a general, the White Sea Lion.
The little girl, who looked only slightly older than his grandson, ran away crying on the spot.
You successfully defeated your opponent.
[You looked at the little girl's back and couldn't help but sigh in your heart. Although it was not your intention, you did ruin a young person's dream.]
Three qualifying rounds.
It was as if not having gambled for nearly a year had caused his good character to explode, and the gambler made the breakthrough very smoothly.
In the blink of an eye, it was time for the preliminary round, which started with the top 64.
Kashiwagi knew that the road ahead would become increasingly difficult, so he couldn't help but watch with bated breath.
Advance to the round of 32.
Those who can break through the preliminaries are the elite monsters among the trainers. Not only do their Pokémon have a high average level, but they also have rich combat experience.
The gambler's opponent in the first round seemed to have figured out his tactics, and throughout the whole process, he made his Pokémon use high-evasion and high-mobility moves to avoid one-hit-kill moves while creating effective damage.
but.
It seems to reflect the saying that no matter how powerful the tactics are, they cannot beat good luck.
The gambler with only one monster left managed to kill his opponent with three Earthshatters, driving the entire audience crazy.
[You enjoy the cheers of the audience, and your heart is filled with unprecedented happiness]
The gambler is by no means a psychopath who enjoys destroying young people's dreams, but this does not affect his happiness about his victory.
The same is true for strange powers.
Having worked for the Rockets for most of his life, he is even worse off than a corporate slave. How could he have had such a glorious experience?
[You looked at the strange force in front of you who was shouting excitedly, and you couldn't help but shout too, for this hard-earned victory]
Advance to the round of 16.
The opponent's strength increased again, and the gambler had to send out two "young men" from the senior group to fight the opponent.
Unexpectedly, both Guai Li and Mosquito Repellent were defeated easily.
Luckily, Team Rocket's trainers are pretty good.
Even without their one-hit-kill moves, the Giant Claw Crab and the Three Diglett are still capable of fighting.
The gambler successfully killed the opponent's second-to-last Pokémon with the help of the Crab's destructive ray, and then used [Guillotine] to reverse the game that he had fought very hard and was almost out of breath.
The quarterfinals are just around the corner.
however.
When the gambler was wondering if he could make another great progress, the Rockets gave him an order to find a way to lose.
[You heard that the Rockets thought you had no chance of winning and were quietly setting up a game in an underground gambling house. You knew it was time for you to be harvested.]
At this stage, everyone believes that the gambler can go further, so many people are betting on him to be promoted.