I, Xiao Mao, want to become a Pokémon Master!

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"Please bring all your Poké Balls to the venue immediately."

The car drove past Xiao Mao and the others.

"What exactly are we supposed to do?" Xiaoxia was puzzled. She didn't understand what the organizers meant and why they would bring a Poké Ball to the venue.

But seeing that the other party was driving the Quartz convention's official vehicle, they didn't question it too much.

Xiao Shigeru silently watched the car drive away, thinking that the Rockets were really getting bold. This was the Indigo League, and they were causing trouble at this time. Weren't they afraid that the League would make things difficult for the Rockets?

Giovanni was probably so focused on finding Mewtwo that he didn't pay attention to the Indigo League, otherwise he wouldn't have let Team Rocket run wild.

"I'll go check it out." As a player, Ash naturally had to go and see what was going on.

"I'll go too." Xiao Mao went along as well.

There was no other way. After all, Xiao Mao was a player himself. Even if the notice issued by the Rockets impersonating the organizers was fake, Xiao Mao had to go and see for himself. He could always expose the Rockets later.

It seems that it was Team Rocket's interference that delayed the fifth round of the Indigo League by a day, since stealing a player's Pokémon was a major mistake.

Ash and Gary arrived at the plaza in the center of the venue, where many trainers had already gathered, some eliminated and others who had successfully advanced to the competition.

"Why are you suddenly in such a hurry... Hiro!" Ash didn't understand what was wrong either, but he saw Hiro whom he had just met.

"Ash, Gary!" Hiro was startled when he saw Ash calling him and immediately ran over.

"You don't need to be so polite. Just call me Ash and him Gary. By the way, are you a player too?" Ash asked.

"Hmm." Hiro nodded and said, "Satoshi, Gary, do you know why we were suddenly summoned here?"

Ah Hong had just finished speaking when he heard the loudspeaker sound again.

"Now I'm going to conduct a health check on the Pokémon. When we get there, please hand over all the injured Poké Balls."

Next to the white vehicle, an armed man was using a loudspeaker to announce something to everyone, while Kojiro stood nearby, holding a bag in his hand.

Seeing this, Shigeru didn't jump around wildly. These three were really arrogant, treating the trainers here like fools.

“A health check...?”

Why haven't I heard of this at the Pokémon Center?

"...!"

The trainers around them weren't so easily fooled, and some of them had doubts.

"If you don't participate in this health check, you'll lose your eligibility to compete," Musashi said, spouting nonsense.

Upon hearing that they would lose their eligibility to participate, the trainers who had been skeptical immediately felt a headache coming on and obediently took out their Poké Balls, ready to hand them over.

"stop!"

Suddenly, Xiao Mao shouted.

The trainers who were about to hand over their Poké Balls immediately stopped and looked in the direction from which the sound came.

Shigeru led Ash and Hiro out.

"Team Rocket, how dare you impersonate Indigo League staff? You have some nerve!" Gary directly exposed the trio's identities.

"What! The Rockets!"

Ash and Hiro were both shocked; they never expected it to be Team Rocket.

Seeing that Li's act had been exposed, the Rockets trio stopped pretending.

"Since you have discovered it with such sincerity."

"Then we will mercifully answer you."

"...!"

A classic opening speech.

"Tyranitar is yours now." Gary could talk to them and delay the Indigo League, but that would take up his time, so he had to get Team Rocket on their way as soon as possible.

"Roar!!"

Tyranitar roared at the Team Rocket trio.

"It's that elf! Meow!"

"Run!"

The Rockets' trio had already witnessed Tyranitar's power during the opening ceremony and immediately jumped into their vehicle and fled.

But Xiao Mao won't give them a chance; it's better to let them disappear into the horizon.

"Tyranitar, Hyper Beam!" Gary shouted.

"Roar!!"

A beam of light condensed in Tyranitar's mouth, and a stream of orange-red light shot out.

154: The opponent in the fifth match is Lily!

Boom! !

"This feeling is awful!!"

Team Rocket's vehicle was hit by the Destruction Ray and exploded instantly. The three members of Team Rocket flew into the distant sky and turned into a star.

"These guys always have to do bad things, they're really despicable," Ash cursed angrily.

Fortunately, Shigeru discovered it in time; otherwise, it would have been a serious matter if the Pokémon of a contestant at the Indigo League had been stolen.

In the original story, Team Rocket used this trick to steal the Pokémon of the tournament contestants, causing the Indigo League to be postponed by a day.

With their disruptive behavior at the opening ceremony and during the game, the Rockets are really in for a rough time.

Shortly after the incident, the two officers arrived and, after learning what had happened from Xiao Mao, thanked him again.

Shigeru has captured Team Rocket members quite a few times, and he's become somewhat well-known within the police department.

...!

The Rockets' performance was not significantly affected. The organizers held a brief meeting and decided to continue the game according to the original schedule.

in the afternoon.

Gary and Ash arrived at the center of the venue and began drawing lots.

The fifth round of the competition had only 16 players left, and the venue was also a regular venue. This time, the draw was to catch the King of Carp.

There are 16 Magikarp in the pool. Each Magikarp is marked with the number A-1 or A-2132, and they are all plural. Players who catch Magikarp with the same number are rivals.

After reading the rules of the lottery.

Ash couldn't wait to start fishing, while Gary didn't care at all and planned to wait until Ash finished fishing before he started fishing. He wanted to see if the power in the original story was really that strong, and if it would cause the two of them to meet again.

According to the normal storyline, the fifth round of the match was postponed by one day, but this time Shigeru corrected it, which may change the result of the draw.

"coming!"

Ash felt the vibration of the fishing rod, pulled hard, and a red Magikarp was pulled out and boiled. The Magikarp had an A-3 mark on its belly.

"A3, Xiaozhi's next opponent is Ahong," the counter lady said.

"what!"

Ash immediately looked at Hiro, and found that Hiro was also there, and looked at Ash in surprise.

"Alright, you guys go ahead and chat, it's my turn." Xiao Mao also had a fishing rod, so he cast it into the pond, and the hook went in.

It didn't take long before it took the bait. With a strong pull, Xiao Shi pulled the hooked Magikarp out of the water. Its body was marked with the symbol B-2.

Xiao Mao was speechless. Was this guy just so destined to be with him?

"B2, Shigeru, your next opponent is Yuri," the counter staff said.

"lily...!"

Shigeru thought for a moment and remembered that in the original story, although Hiro defeated Ash, he stopped in the top eight. It seemed that his opponent in the sixth round was Yuri.

From this perspective, if Gary defeats Lily, then his opponent will be Hiro or Ash.

Shigeru looked around and spotted Yuri. She had come early to draw lots, but hadn't gotten her opponent yet, so she waited here. When she saw someone draw B2, she immediately looked at Shigeru.

"Hello, this is my opponent in the next match," Xiao Mao greeted Yuri politely.

“Xiao Mao, I watched your interview. I will prove that my strength surpasses yours,” Lily said.

"I haven't seen any strength in you yet. I hope your strength is as tough as your mouth when the time comes," Xiao Mao said disdainfully.

"You...!" Yuri was furious that Shigeru would accuse her of being stubborn.

"Someone whose record in four games isn't as good as mine says he'll surpass me. Is this just empty talk? Isn't it just being stubborn?" Xiao Mao continued to mock.

"You just wait," Lily said before leaving.

Unfortunately, Lily's record in the four matches was indeed inferior to Shigeru's. If it were based on the points system, Shigeru would have advanced directly to the round of the all-out battle long ago.

Once the opponents are selected, the match times will be set. Gary's match is the first one tomorrow afternoon, while Ash's match is the last one tomorrow afternoon.

"I didn't expect it to be the last match. I'll have plenty of time to rest," Ash said.

Gary looked at Ash, who was smugly pleased with himself. Ash had no idea that Team Rocket would cause him trouble tomorrow, almost causing him to miss the game.

Gary was wondering whether he should make a move, because Ash hadn't used Charizard since the Indigo League started, and had been using other Pokémon in battle.

Without Team Rocket's interference, Ash would likely have sent out Pidgeotto to battle instead of Charizard.

The key point is that Gary suggested Ash use Gary to motivate Charizard at Professor Oak's lab, and it's unclear whether Charizard still listens to Ash now.

Gary wanted to ask Ash if Charizard was still obedient, but with Hiro here, Gary couldn't bring himself to ask, lest Hiro find out that Gary had a Charizard.

"Forget it, why think so much? Ash has a long way to go, let him grow on his own."

Xiao Mao felt he was being too much of a nanny, so he decided to let things take their course. After thinking it through, Xiao Mao turned and left.

...!

The next afternoon.

Xiao Mao arrived at the Quartz Stadium and entered the athletes' tunnel.

The stands were completely empty. After the fifth round of matches, all subsequent battles would be held at the Quartz Stadium, and everyone could only watch from there.