The next day.
Inside the World Gym, a blue parrot was observing a Caterpie eating leaves in the luxurious hall.
The parrot was Blue Bird, who had returned from a business trip to the Naruto World.
"Master, this Caterpie will definitely become very strong in the future."
"Of course, with the blessing of time, space, and spirit, how could it not be strong?"
Yang Tao, who was eating, heard Blue Bird's words and said with certainty.
He was naturally full of confidence in Caterpie's future development, but the time was too short to see its abnormal aspects. In just half a year, Growlithe might not be Caterpie's opponent.
This was even assuming Growlithe didn't stop growing.
Yang Tao stood up and said to Blue Bird, "Let's go, follow me to the Goldenrod Gym."
Sabrina, a psychic who was terrifyingly strong in the early stages.
Especially her ability to turn people into dolls, which completely exceeded the upper limit of the Pokémon World.
However, Yang Tao felt that Blue Bird should be able to handle it.
"Okay."
Blue Bird flapped its wings and landed on Yang Tao's shoulder. As they walked out of the Gym, they immediately saw Growlithe rushing towards them.
"Woof!" (Master!)
Because there was something in its mouth, Growlithe's bark was a bit distorted. It ran to Yang Tao's side and motioned for Yang Tao to stretch out his hand.
Growlithe spat out an egg with a light blue pattern from its mouth.
???
"You even have an egg?? Did you dig this out, or did you find it in the forest?"
Pokémon, like Digimon, hatch from eggs, which is very magical.
"Woof!" (Dug it out.)
Yang Tao examined the egg in his hand, looking at the information that appeared beside it.
[Egg]
[A new life is being nurtured inside.]
'Is that all? That's too perfunctory, isn't it?'
But if Growlithe could dig it out, it meant they had a connection.
"Well done, Growlithe."
Crack...
As soon as Yang Tao finished speaking, the egg in his hand made a slight cracking sound. All eyes instantly focused on the egg.
Crack... Crack...
The cracking sounds became more frequent, and the egg was already covered with dense cracks. Yang Tao, who was hatching an egg for the first time, felt a bit flustered for a moment.
But soon, a Pokémon broke through the shell and poked its head out of the egg.
It had a pink, oval body, its lower half looked like it was wearing pants, and its head looked like it had braids tied.
"Happiny?!"
This was a Normal-type Happiny, but its identity was not ordinary. After evolving, it would become Chansey and Blissey.
Under normal circumstances, they were Joy's best assistants, and they were very kind-hearted Pokémon.
And Happiny is a very docile Pokémon. It is easy to get close to children and will play house with them.
"Did it send me a doctor?"
Happiny's hidden ability is Friend Guard, which reduces damage to other allied Pokémon by ¼, besides itself.
It was simply terrifying.
However, after evolving into Chansey or Blissey, this hidden ability would change to Healer.
That was also very abnormal.
Sometimes, being cute doesn't necessarily mean being weak.
"Ya..."
The little guy's voice was very soft, and it looked at Yang Tao with a brilliant smile.
Yang Tao watched as it took an egg from his backpack and put it into its hand. The little guy immediately excitedly put the egg into its pants.
It really likes white and round things, but because it is too small to lay eggs, it will pick up stones in the wild and put them in the pouch in front of it.
"The little guy is quite cute. Since Growlithe found it, then I'll leave it to you to take care of it."
As long as you don't take the egg from its pouch, this little guy is very easy to take care of.
Growlithe, who was promoted to nanny: "..."
He got on Bumblebee and took Blue Bird to the Goldenrod City Gym, where he saw a few unexpected figures.
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'Ash got to Goldenrod City so quickly?'
Looking at the terrified trio and the uncle standing beside them, Yang Tao knew that they had already challenged Sabrina, but they must have failed.
He opened the car door and got out of Bumblebee.
Brock looked at him with a surprised expression: "Mr. Yang!"
Yang Tao smiled and nodded, asking, "Brock, I didn't expect you guys to be so fast."
"It looks like you've already challenged the Goldenrod Gym. How was it?"
Misty said with a look of relief, "The Gym Leader, Ms. Sabrina, is too terrifying. We were almost crushed by a ball just now."
Ash didn't know if he was brave or broad-minded. There was no fear on his face as he looked at Yang Tao and asked, "Mr. Yang, what are you doing here?"
Yang Tao smiled and pointed to the Gym's main door, saying, "Oh, I'm also here to experience Ms. Sabrina's strength."
Hearing that he was also going to challenge the Gym, the uncle standing by the side tried to dissuade him:
"No, you can't challenge Sabrina today. Those few escaping have already angered Sabrina. If you go again, you might really be kept in the Gym by her..."
This uncle was Sabrina's father. After Ash was defeated by Sabrina, Sabrina's father used Teleport to rescue Ash and his group from the Goldenrod Gym, and advised Ash to give up challenging Sabrina.
After Sabrina's father used his psychic powers on Ash and acknowledged Ash's willpower, he told Ash that if he really wanted to defeat Sabrina, he had to go to Lavender Town to capture a Ghost-type Pokémon.
After all, Ghost-types are super effective against Psychic-types.
"I just came to see how strong Ms. Sabrina is, that's all. Don't worry, I won't hurt her, Sabrina's father."
The uncle's face showed a surprised expression. He didn't expect Yang Tao to directly reveal his identity.
"No, this is too dangerous."
Yang Tao didn't continue talking to the others. He said to Bumblebee, "Wait for me here for a bit, it shouldn't take too long."
With that, he walked straight towards the Goldenrod Gym. Sabrina's father immediately used his Teleport ability to block Yang Tao's path.
"No..."
Just as he was about to speak, Blue Bird's gaze fell upon him, and then Sabrina's father's body went limp and he collapsed to the ground.
Stepping over the uncle, he pushed open the Gym's main door. Along the short corridor, there were some rooms on both sides, and at the end, there was a rather luxurious wooden door.
Yang Tao walked into the Gym without hesitation.
Ash, Misty, and Brock looked at each other. Finally, Misty broke the silence between them and asked, "What do we do now?"
Ash hesitated for a moment and said, "How about we go in and take a look?"
"Ah? Go in? If you want to go, go by yourself. I don't want to face Ms. Sabrina again."
The uncle lying at the entrance of the Gym slowly woke up at this moment. He held his head and struggled to get up from the ground, saying painfully, "My head hurts so much..."
"What happened just now?"
He looked inside the Gym at the figure who had already reached the end of the hallway. Suddenly, he saw the blue parrot standing on the other person's shoulder suddenly turn its head and glance at him.
He instinctively shivered.
He seemed to see that parrot smiling.
This was truly terrifying.
And Yang Tao, who had reached the end of the Gym corridor, reached out and pushed open the wooden door in front of him.
A huge battle arena, and a figure holding a doll was sitting on a chair in the shadows.
Yang Tao's action of pushing the door paused, his face filled with disbelief.
Of course, it wasn't because of Sabrina, but because of the prompt that popped up in his vision.
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"Blue Bird, take care of the opponent. I'm in a hurry."