Pokémon: The Genetic Researcher Just Wants to Slack Off

Chapter 117 Crimson: Can't challenge the Gym Leader?

I was careless. I was so focused on how the system could cheat that I forgot I was just a mortal.

Tell Xiaogang that you saw it with your own eyes?

Xia Ye shook his head frantically, saying it was more believable to say it was a revelation from the Great Venerable.

At this moment, Xiao Gang was carefully checking the giant rock snake for any injuries.

By the way, why isn't the portable gene analyzer that I gave to Daigo to research ready yet?

Natsuno took out his phone, dialed Daigo's number, and asked him about it.

On the other end of the phone, Daigo slapped his forehead: "Oh right, I knew I'd forgotten something!"

"When I went to the workshop just now, the person in charge forgot to mention that the portable testing device is already ready!"

"We have also completed online network adaptation, which can perform gene comparison in real time, although it will take a little longer."

Natsuno was overjoyed: "That's great! Have someone send one to the Dark Grey Gym right now, I need it urgently!"

"By the way, have you gotten the gene activity inhibitor yet? Bring one over; we might need it!"

Daigo replied after half a minute: "It was indeed finished this morning and has been sent up for testing. It's probably not appropriate to use it now."

"Don't worry, Daiwu-san, you still don't believe my stuff?"

"I trust you completely, but the proper procedures still need to be followed. I'm just worried that you'll pay the price for it."

Xia Ye had a sudden inspiration: "No problem, just say they are volunteers we invited to test, it's a reasonable procedure."

Daigo nodded: "It's a feasible path, but we need to sign an agreement and a disclaimer in advance."

After hanging up the phone, Xia Ye patted Xiao Gang on the shoulder: "Xiao Gang, don't be sad, I have some ideas."

"We'll have to wait for Devon to send over a portable testing device, and then we'll have a clear picture of the situation soon."

Xiao Gang nodded gently and took out some wound medicine to spray on the wound of the giant onion snake.

"Thank you very much, Natsuno-kun. You can visit the dojo first and come back later."

After confirming that there was nothing to do for the time being, Natsuno glanced around a couple more times, nodded, and left the room.

After taking off their protective suits and putting on sunglasses and masks again, they walked towards the battlefield.

As they drew closer, Natsuno felt a wave of heat emanating from him.

The atmosphere in the arena was electric, with trainers' enthusiastic shouts filling the air.

"Little dragon, get out of the way!"

Good grief, you chose Charmander again to go straight for the Rock Gym Leader, you're ruthless!

In the enthusiastic atmosphere, Natsuno was quickly infected as well, her heart racing.

With a "whoosh," two red lights flashed, and Xiao Cai and Xiao Zhizhu ran out.

Xia Ye quickly caught Xiao Yuan, who was falling from a height of one meter, and breathed a sigh of relief.

The latter made cheerful "plop plop plop" sounds, clearly indicating that it was very happy.

Xia Ye looked around but didn't see the crimson figure, so he began searching inch by inch.

My eyes lit up when I saw a Charizard standing in one of the battle arenas.

That's probably a bright red fire dragon, while the others mostly use small fire dragons or fire dinosaurs.

Natsuno walked over and chose a comfortable spot to sit down and watch.

The area was surrounded by a large crowd, who seemed to have discovered something extraordinary about the crimson color.

Pikachu stood on Crimson's shoulder, clenching his little fist to cheer on Charizard.

At this moment, his crimson-red opponent, the bronze-skinned dojo apprentice, wiped the sweat from his brow.

At the edge of the apprentice's area, a level 39 Golem was struggling to stand up.

Charizard stood not far from the Graveler, one hand clenched into a fist, with ice crystals scattering around it.

Natsuno heard an apprentice below exclaim in alarm, "If Golem didn't have the Sturdy ability, it would have been instantly killed by that Ice Punch!"

The apprentice stared at Crimson with wary eyes: There's no reason for this. We're the same level, and the opponent has four times the rock weakness. The advantage is mine!

The apprentice opened his mouth and gave the command: "Grenadier, Rock Slam!"

The next second, the apprentice's pupils constricted violently.

Longlongyan's body left a trail on the ground at an extremely fast speed, his eyes turned into circles, and he completely fainted.

The Charizard remained in the same position, still in the punching stance.

The area around the venue was initially silent, then erupted into a frenzy of discussion.

"Hiss, it's so fast the opponent can't even react! Dragon Dance's speed in one go far exceeds the speed after being polished by the rocks here!"

"Of course, Charizard is trained for offense and speed, while Golem here hasn't been trained for speed much."

"So hexagonal cultivation is the best option, but unfortunately it consumes more resources."

Natsuno listened patiently to their discussion, thoroughly enjoying it.

The referee quickly stepped forward to check on the situation at Longyan.

"Grenadier is unconscious and unable to rise again. Red has won this battle!"

The apprentice's mouth was agape, and he was completely stunned.

A moment later, he was startled awake by the enthusiastic applause and cheers from the surrounding audience.

Taking out a Poké Ball and putting away Graveler, the apprentice stepped forward and shook hands with Red.

"Congratulations! You've quickly passed the third apprentice test. You're a powerful trainer!"

Xia Ye also came down at this moment, and after hearing what the apprentice said, he clicked his tongue in amazement.

How long has it been? It's been less than twenty minutes since Crimson came out after helping out, right?

Is this the dojo apprentice's third consecutive victory?

Red put away his Charizard, shook hands with the other party, and gave a shy smile.

"It was just luck, so does that mean I can challenge Gym Leader Brock?"

The apprentice stared at Crimson with the eyes of someone looking at a monster, and shook his head slightly.

"As you just saw, Onix seems to be sick, so the Gym Leader challenge will be delayed for a while."

"Moreover, quite a few people have already met the requirements to challenge the gym leader, and they are all in the queue."

"Your information has been registered. Please go back and wait. You will be notified one day in advance when it is your turn."

His crimson eyes were filled with confusion: "Huh, we can't challenge them in time again? Why is the Pewter Gym like this too..."

Natsuno stepped forward and gently patted Akane's shoulder: "Aka, don't rush."

"I've already started looking for the problem for Xiao Gang, and we should have results soon."

Akane turned around and saw it was Natsuno, letting out a helpless sigh: "Natsuno-nii, it's my fault for being too slow."

"That guy, Qinglv, got the Dark Gray badge yesterday morning and even texted me to brag about it."

"In that case, I'll stay in Dark Gray for a few more days. I can improve my strength anywhere."

Akane waved goodbye to Natsuno: "Natsuno-nii, I'm going to Mt. Tsukimi to dig for fossils. Will you revive me then?"

Natsuno laughed and replied, "Okay, I'll revive you for free. Good luck!"

After Crimson left, Natsuno watched the trainer battles from the stands for a while longer.

Xiao Cai's face was slightly flushed, her little fists were clenched, and her eyes were fixed on the battlefield below.

When the Pokémon below successfully responds, she will cheer.

She will feel disappointed if her Pokémon fails to cope and gets beaten.

Seeing how engrossed the little guy was, Natsuno didn't disturb him.

Still transformed into dark, foul-smelling mud, it took out its phone to take pictures and record every moment of Xiao Cai.

The battle below has finally ended, with the challenger winning by a hair's breadth.

Xiao Cai breathed a sigh of relief and cheered quietly in celebration.

Natsuno held the colorful puppy, whose body was radiating warmth, in his arms and couldn't help but give it a kiss.

"Xiao Cai, do you like battling? Would you like to try battling in the future?"