Pokémon Padea Adventure: The Journey Continues

Xiaozhi and his friends came to a place on the shore with Aimei where they could sit down and rest. They were willing to hear more details and listened quietly to Aimei's next story.

Ai Mei spoke slowly and leisurely.

The story begins after Infernape participated in the Fighting-type Pokémon battle - P1 Competition, won the championship as a rookie, and was then handed over to Santo for special training.

Under Shan Dou's guidance, the new fighting star, Infernape, seemed to have opened up his Ren and Du meridians, and he was far ahead of others on the road of fighting.

First, they won all the big and small competitions in the cities in the Kanto region, and then went to other overseas regions with Santos. As luck would have it, the regional route they were traveling was highly consistent with the adventure route of Satoshi and Pikachu. It can be said that they were following Satoshi's adventure.

The opponents in the fighting competitions in various regions are numerous masters, such as: War Dancer in the Chengdu region, Iron Palm Warrior in the Hoenn region, Throwing Ghost and Striking Ghost in the Unova region, Wrestling Hawkman in the Kalos region, Octopus Warrior and Formation Soldier in the Galar region, etc. Although the Fighting Pokémon opponents in various regions are strong, they are still defeated by Infernape.

In addition to those large and small fighting competitions, Infernape had the opportunity to fight with fighting trainers from various regions, such as: Li, the master of the "Curtain Gym" in the Sinnoh region, and Lianwu, one of the four fighting masters in the Unova region, and received extremely high praise from them.

Thanks to Infernape and Santo's unremitting efforts, he continued to adventure, train, challenge himself, and surpass himself, resulting in Infernape's championship belts stacked up as high as his body. Among them, Infernape's most precious championship belt is the first belt he won from the P1 competition at the beginning with Satoshi.

Shan Dou's fighting arena also went from being ignored to being a famous dojo with countless apprentices coming from different regions all over the world. Infernape also became the eldest senior brother with the highest status besides Shan Dou's Fast Punch Man.

Shandou is now busy running the gym. After all, the apprentices and their Pokémon in the gym are almost crowding the small gym.

After winning championships in various regional fighting tournaments, Infernape was almost a Grand Slam player and semi-retired from the fighting world... However, even though he participated in fewer competitions, Infernape did not dare to neglect his fighting training, and strived to become someone who could defeat thousands of enemies, so that he could meet Ash, Pikachu, and their companions at the top.

Therefore, this trip to the Padiya region was purely unintentional. After all, this island in the sea is not convenient for communication. There is no other way to understand their existence and internal customs except to visit this area. I never thought that I would meet Xiaozhi here and have an adventure here...

This was supposed to be a simple, relaxing, spiritual cultivation journey with Aimee, but after the ship landed in the "East Padia Sea", everything changed drastically. From then on, Infernape became devastated and could not even complete his usual spiritual practice with a calm mind.

Landing in the "North Second District", there is a white tent camp surrounded by iron fences in an area with mountains behind and the sea in front. Above the camp is a strange flag with a "five-pointed star" shape and an orange background...

Hearing this, Xiaozhi and his companions immediately realized what the strange building that Aimi and Infernape had encountered was. No one interrupted Aimi's narration and listened quietly to the rest of her story.

When we first arrived here, Infernape and I felt hit hard. A group of people dressed in strange clothes appeared from the crowd. After praising Infernape for his strong physique and sharp eyes, they tried their best to force us to join their organization.

After I sternly refused, they actually resorted to force, and a girl named Tanaka was the first to attack... Of course, they were not the culprit for Infernape's failure. After all, Tanaka's strength was limited. The monkey monsters and frogs she sent out had been trained every day, but their abilities were not top-notch, and they were easily beaten to a pulp by Infernape.

Until the matter got out of hand, a tall man who was called the leader of the "Fighting Gang" appeared from the tent. If it weren't for her high-pitched and feminine voice and the short skirt she was wearing, it would be hard to tell that she was a woman from the exaggerated makeup on her face, a mask with blue and red, black eyeshadow, and white fangs.

It sent out a Pokémon that I had never seen in other regions. It looked like Infernape, but was slightly larger. Its spherical body was covered with gray hair, which was stretched and flowing. The ends of the hair turned white and then dissipated into the air. Its dark gray limbs were adorned with broken black rings. It had two long drooping eyebrows on its face, and its expression was gloomy and angry, with angry red light bursting out of its eyes.

When it appeared on the stage, Infernape was as if facing a formidable enemy and did not dare to underestimate its opponent. It was the first time that Melo saw a hint of fear on the confident Infernape's face.

In the battle with the unknown Pokémon, the opponent used fighting skills such as "close combat", but they were all defeated by the battle-hardened Infernape. But when Infernape attacked it, Infernape's skills were useless against the opponent's dreamlike body... In the end, the battle with Infernape was easily won with zero damage to the opponent.

This is the story of how Ai Mei replaced her father Shandou and led Infernape to the Padia region randomly, where they were beaten to a pulp by an unknown Pokémon. That battle also destroyed Infernape's confidence as a Grand Slam player for a long time.

After hearing what Aimi said, Xiaozhi looked at the dejected Infernape and felt very sad. He hoped to avenge his companion immediately.

After combining Ai Mei's description, Papa made a bold guess.

"Although I have seen many local Pokémon in the Padia region, I have never seen the image of the unknown Pokémon you mentioned, Ai Mei. According to your description, Infernape's moves are useless against the opponent..."

"Combined with my understanding of Infernape, it often participates in large and small fighting competitions. I boldly guess that Infernape is proficient in skills that are mostly fighting and general. If these powerful skills that can defeat a group of strong men can't do anything to the opponent, I guess the opponent should be a Pokémon with ghost attributes!"

After listening to Papa's analysis, Ai Mei felt like she had found a treasure. She slapped her thigh and said.

"Right. How could I not think of such a simple analysis? Oh, right... the opponent has a skill I have never seen before. It is a move that accumulates a deep blue aura from the whole body, gathers it into the fist and shoots it into the air. According to the order of the opponent's trainer, this move is called "Fist of Fury" and is a ghost-type skill!"

"Ghost type..., "Fist of Fury"..."

Based on Papper's guess and Aimi's supplement, Xiaozhi took out the Rotom mobile phone, hoping to find the other Pokémon's information from the pokedex. Unexpectedly, the answer he got from Rotom mobile phone was.

"LotoLotoLotoLoto..., I can't recognize information about a Pokémon I've never seen before..., LotoLotoLoto..."

After the search was fruitless, everyone was in the same state as Infernape, unable to recover.

It was Xiaozhi who spoke loudly after he stood up suddenly.

"It's okay! What's the big deal about occasional failure? Since we know we are not as skilled as others, we must undergo special training to strengthen ourselves..."

As he said this, Xiaozhi turned his head and looked at the depressed Infernape.

"Infernape, it's been a while since we last met. Please have a Pokémon battle with me so that we can have special training during the battle!"

Infernape, who was already listless, didn't show much interest after hearing Xiaozhi's suggestion, but he couldn't resist Aimi's strong lobbying.

"Infernape, shall we give it a try? It's a rare opportunity to meet your trainer, Ash, here. Don't let everyone's good intentions go to waste... Besides, after you lost to that Pokémon, doesn't it mean that all the honors you won from participating in the fighting tournament before were lost to your opponent?"

Following Aimi's advice, Infernape also felt it made sense, and thinking back to the opponent's face after winning, Infernape remembered that he was about to fall and lose his ability to fight, the opponent's trainer said to his Pokémon.

"Okay, let's go... We don't want to recruit such weak trainers and Pokémon."

After recalling that experience, Infernape was furious. After his mood recovered, he quickly jumped up and clenched his fists. The rage materialized from his head, and angry white smoke rose into the sky from his forehead. At this point, Infernape also recovered his spirit.

In the spacious terrain next to the "Big Pot Lake", with Papper acting as the referee, the Pokémon battle between Ash, Aimi, and Infernape is about to begin.

Aimi and Infernape were on one side of the field, Ash and Pikachu were on the other side. Just when Pikachu thought that he would be sent out to fight, a red light flashed beside him.

"Come out, Surge Duck! It's decided to be you..."

Pikachu turned his head to look at Duckling beside him, only to see Duckling making a handsome appearance with a greasy hairstyle. Pikachu could only return dejectedly.

"Pikachu, I'm sorry! Because Infernape was defeated by a Pokémon it had never seen before, so this time I want to let Surge Duck, which lives in the Padia region and has never been seen by Infernape, fight against it."

At Papa's command, the Pokémon battle officially began. Xiaozhi's guess was correct. Facing the Surge Duck, which was born in the Padia region, Aimi and Infernape had never seen it before, so they did not dare to act rashly.

Xiaozhi took the lead in ordering.

"Surge Duck, use Water Wave!"

The elegant Duckling did not regard the simple-minded and well-developed Infernape as a strong rival. It spurted out a circle of water from its mouth and attacked Infernape with the vibration of the water.

Although Surge Duck was an opponent they had never seen before, the skill "Water Wave" was indeed a water-type skill they had seen many times. Ai Mei and Infernape were not as worried as they were at the beginning, and ordered a counterattack.

"Infernape, use Cross Slash!"

Infernape rushed out at high speed, raised his arms and crossed them in front of his chest, then used his hands in the shape of a "cross" to chop at the oncoming "Water Wave" attack.

From the direction that Ash and Duck were watching, they saw Infernape rushing into the water circle like a cannonball. A "cross" crack appeared in the middle of the water circle, and then it was neatly cut into four parts by Infernape's attack.

"what!"

Before Ash and Surgeon could finish their shock, Infernape flew through the water and headed straight towards them.

Xiaozhi could only hold back his dropped jaw and quickly reminded him.

"Get out of the way, Surge Duck!"

"Gada!"

Just before Infernape's powerful attack was about to hit Duckling, Duckling dodged it by sprinting away, and fell heavily to the ground in a slightly embarrassed manner.

After this attack, Surge Duck no longer dared to underestimate the pig-monkey Pokémon with a "pig nose" in front of it.

Xiaozhi hadn't seen his companion for a long time and was shocked by his amazing attack. He kept praising him to Infernape.

"Infernape, your strength has really grown a lot! It's amazing to me..."

Infernape scratched the back of his head a little embarrassedly. Melody on the opposite side was determined to let Ash see Infernape's other outstanding qualities.

After the previous round of confrontation, Infernape gradually regained his composure. Unlike the physical fights in the fighting competition, under the sky of Pokémon battles, it felt a refreshing feeling. Looking up at the unruly Surge in front of it, the eyes of the Pokémons on both sides became sharp and serious again.

This time it was Meiluo's turn to give the order first.

"Infernape, use Mega Kick!"

After Infernape charges up energy at a jog, it jumps high and launches a powerful kick in the direction of Sprint Duck. The powerful kick rolls up a heavy blow, forming a huge wind pressure that comes towards Sprint Duck.

Xiaozhi ordered back.

"Surfing Duck, use "Air Blade"! "

The Surge Duck flapped its wings, releasing dozens of flying blades of air from the wing tips, forming sharp blades and attacking. The "air blades" that could even split the sky disturbed the air and made a whirring sound.

In the center of the venue, the two forces met, and Infernape's "Million Ton Kick" formed a wind wall that deflected dozens of air blades one by one.

But two fists are no match for four hands. Infernape's single route is easy for the opponent to see through, and it is straight forward without any detours. In this way, several sharp blades hit Infernape's body, destroying the balance of its attack posture. In the end, Infernape was not hit by the "Air Blade" attack, and exploded in the air with a "bang".

Xiaozhi gradually realized the battle problem of Infernape, but in order to further verify it, he did not say it out loud too early. Subsequent battles were needed to prove his guess.

There was a small puff of smoke after the explosion, in which Infernape stretched out its arm, and with a fierce wave it cut through the smoke, revealing Infernape inside which was also emitting billowing white anger. It looked like a killing god, chilling and frightening.