Pokémon: I just became a Gym Leader, and Cynthia proposed to me.

Chapter 68 Coming for the Reputation

The muscular man stood up and walked up to Li Shuwen. "I heard your 'Fire Monkey' is really good, so I came here specifically to test my skills!"

Let's decide who's better.

Judging from this person's demeanor, he is clearly a fighter, and most likely specializes in fighting skills.

Li Shuwen asked, "So how many badges do you have now?"

The muscular man frowned. "I don't plan to challenge the Sinnoh League, so I have no intention of collecting badges. I only have the Badge from the Bit Gym."

Bit Dojo is the other fighting-type dojo.

"After challenging the Bit Gym, I felt that Fighting-type gyms were just so-so, so I didn't plan to challenge the Veiled Gym next."

"But some people online say that the Veilgate Gym Leader is pretty good, especially praising your Infernape, so I hope to have a match with you, Infernape."

Li Shuwen blinked. "Someone online is praising the Curtain Dojo?"

The key point is to praise him?

It seems he had a dojo match right in front of the cabbage.

Then he was busy participating in the Celebration Cup. Was he a spectator at the Celebration Cup?

Li Shuwen nodded. "Since you're just here to challenge us and not for the badge, let's try a different approach."

"You must also be a fighter specializing in fighting styles, right?"

The muscular man nodded. "In order to improve my fighting skills, I challenged many fighting dojos, but the Pokémon I encountered were all just average."

I hope you won't let me down.

He had a very arrogant tone.

Li Shuwen smiled. "No problem, shall we do it one-on-one then?"

The muscular man nodded. "Okay."

Li Shuwen said, "I need to say a few words to the Pokémon, please wait a moment."

"No problem, it won't make a difference."

Li Shuwen walked to the training ground, closed the door, and released the fiery monkey.

"Someone may come to challenge you, but you still need to control your anger and not easily touch your soul."

"You'll die!"

Every time I use Fist of Rage, it's like cutting vegetables on a balloon.

If the balloon pops, Incineroar dies.

But without the Fist of Rage, there's no way to evolve.

When asked how to avoid the flaws of the Fist of Wrath, Li Shuwen asked the Abandoned Monkey, whose answer was to leave it to fate.

If you're tough, you won't die.

Li Shuwen, however, felt that this "tough fate" could be understood as a sufficiently strong soul.

Anger will not burst out of the body.

Li Shuwen prefers to maintain basic training and wait for Dr. Yamanashi's research results.

Seeing Li Shuwen's serious expression, Inferno Monkey could only suppress his inner turmoil and agree not to use that power of anger that transcended the physical body.

Li Shuwen and Fiery Monkey returned to the reception room and led the muscular man to the battlefield.

Upon seeing the rocks on the field, the muscular man revealed an appreciative expression.

"This kind of environment is definitely more suitable for Fighting-type Pokémon to battle than flat ground."

"Go, Menggenya!"

Bro, this isn't right, is it?

Dreamy Nyx, the evolved form of James's Desert Nyx, is the signature Pokémon of May's effeminate rival, Harry.

It seems to be a Grass/Dark type Pokémon?

Li Shuwen asked in confusion, "Aren't you a trainer specializing in Fighting-type Pokémon?"

The muscular man nodded. "That's right. I enjoy exploring the fighting aspect of Pokémon, but I'm not limited to the attributes that researchers have identified."

"Any Pokémon that excels at or enjoys fighting are simply fighting Pokémon!"

Li Shuwen: "..."

Okay, old man with lung fog was right, this guy has something wrong with his head.

Never mind, let's fight!

"Then let's begin the battle."

"Dreamgonia, Needle Leaf Weapon!"

Suddenly, spikes sprouted from Menggena's arms. She leaped across the rocks and swiftly charged towards Infernape.

"Break the tiles, next!"

Their arms collided, but the sharp spikes of the needle-like projectiles still pierced Inferno Monkey's body.

Then, the muscular man noticed that a layer of red energy immediately covered the surface of the Infernal Monkey.

He forcefully pushed Mengge Naya away.

The muscular man winked. "Is that right, friend?"

"Explosive Fist!"

Intense Monkey caught up and punched Dreamy Nyarlathotep.

"Spike defense!"

Menggenaiya put her arms in front of her, and sharp spikes immediately grew from her arms.

The Infernape punched the arm, and with even more ferocious force, Dreamy was sent flying backward, crashing into a rock and shattering it.

The spikes piercing his fist fueled Infernal Monkey's rage, and the muscular man's eyes widened.

It's still rising!

As a fighter, he has a better understanding of Infernape's changes.

What's wrong with this fiery monkey? Why does it get so angry when it gets hit and when it hits people?

In just two moves, Infernape's power has increased several times over.

How do we fight this?

Actually, the muscular guy should be glad, because Mengge Naya isn't strong enough.

Otherwise, the anger wouldn't just increase a few times, but more than ten times.

The only way to control Infernape's anger is to make its opponent too weak so it can't get angry.

"Dreamgirla, Absorb Fist!"

With spikes on its fists, Mengge Naya swiftly charged forward, stepping on the rocks.

You know what, Menggenaia's lightness and agility are really well-practiced.

It is both fast and agile.

But these are ineffective against absolute power.

"Explosive Fist!"

Infernape stood still, taking the hit of Mirage's Drain Punch, and then, fueled by rising anger, slammed its bright yellow Burst Punch into Mirage's body.

Menggenaiya's eyes widened as she flew backward, smashing through three rocks before crashing into the fourth and falling flat on her face!

No, why is his Infernal still going up in price?!

That's many times more!

The muscular man retrieved Menggenaia, paused for a moment, and then said, "I will use Menggenaia to increase my strength before coming back to challenge you."

Goodbye.

"I send you."

We just got rid of the muscular guy, and now another challenger has arrived.

"Hello, are you Li Shuwen?"

Li Shuwen was taken aback for a moment. "It's me. What's the matter?"

"I came here because of your reputation to challenge you, hoping that my Infernape can also achieve a breakthrough."

Infernape? Came here because of its reputation? Could it be...?

Li Shuwen frowned. "Wait, where did you see that?"

"It's a post on the trainer forum that says his Infernape successfully learned Flare Blitz with your help."

Sure enough it was him!

The challenger who was spectacularly defeated by him in front of the cabbage!

"Which badge are you?"

The challenger said, "The seventh one."

"My Pokémon just accepted a challenge from someone. Since it's the seventh badge, I'll have to wait until tomorrow morning to try again."

"They've already fought far too many battles today."

The challenger was somewhat disappointed. "Okay, I'll come first thing tomorrow morning."

Li Shuwen shook his head. "You'll probably be even more disappointed after tomorrow's match."

I hope I won't cry...

Li Shuwen arrived at the training ground and released all six Pokémon, intending to conduct a tournament summary.

Gallade lowered its head in deep shame, kneeling on one knee, "Gallade!"

Gallade felt very sorry for not winning.

Li Shuwen stepped forward and hugged Gallade tightly.

"You've done a great job."

Gallade's pupils contracted slightly, and its entire body trembled.

Suddenly, Gallade pushed Li Shuwen away.

He didn't understand why his heart was beating so vigorously.

Why does his master treat him so gently even though he lost the battle?

Gallade stared at Li Shuwen, "Gallade? Gallade?"

With a smile, Li Shuwen explained, "You are my partner, everyone's partner. Even if we lose this time, we'll become stronger together and win back."

"Everyone agrees, right?"

Just like when he went into battle, Li Shuwen reached out his hand again, and the scaled dragon was the first to reach out.

"Lingga!"

Intense Monkey also raised his fist, "Cheer up!"

The wicked frog silently stretched out its palm.

"quack!"

The green onion duck stretches out its wings.

"Gamo!"

The turkey hopped and jumped, trying to put its claws on top, but it couldn't, and could only stick out its beak.

Li Shuwen could only pick him up and place him on the makeshift fist support.

"Gallade, you're the only one left."

Gallade slowly stepped forward and placed her hand on his.

"Ai... Lu..."

At this moment, Gallade truly and wholeheartedly identified with the team.