The mission went unexpectedly smooth this time. It was already the third day since Hisoka became the temporary Gym Leader of Cerulean Gym. As long as he stayed undefeated today, he will complete this mission.
In the past two days, most of the trainers who came to challenge him were new trainers who were just starting their journey. Most of them were challenging the Gym for the first time, and only a small number of people had a badge or two in their possessions.
In fact, the reason why there are so many rookies challenging the Cerulean Gym was because of the Gym ranking. The Kanto League Alliance listed the Gym ranking on their official website, of which there are two Gyms that are suitable for many rookies to start their challenge, Pewter Gym and Cerulean Gym.
Since Pewter Gym ranked higher than Cerulean Gym. As the weakest Gym in the Kanto region, they naturally became the best choice for the rookies to start showing off their skills.
Though sometimes, things might go well beyond your plan. An elite trainer with four Gym badges arrived at Cerulean City to challenge the local Gym yesterday. He was from Fuchsia City, so he was challenging the Gym from the other way around, ranging from strong to weak.
It was this match that almost caused Hisoka to fail his mission. The opponent himself was experienced, strong, and had a complete lineup. Luckily, the Cerulean Gym only applied a three-on-three challenge match, not the standard six-on-six battle. Well, since Feebas was only cannon fodder, it was a two-on-three kind of match.
Following his hometown tradition, the trainer had a mix of Bug and Poison-type Pokemon in his lineup. To Hisoka's relief, his Bug-type Pokemon is much stronger than his Poison-type. At least, Kirlia wasn't much at a disadvantage facing his weaker Poison-type Pokemon.
In the end, Kirlia sealed the victory by defeating his Golbat after a difficult battle. The trainer's Golbat was agile, easily dodging Kirlia's attacks. Moreover, it also knew Poison Fang, the Poison-type move, which is one of her weaknesses.
If it weren't for her last Psybeam that managed to hit Golbat, he would have already lost the match since his other Pokemon were already defeated before.
After having lunch, Hisoka sat leisurely on the lounge chair by the pool, enjoying his day. Meanwhile, Kirlia sat quietly behind him as she placed her hand on his shoulder. She then closed her eyes as her psychic power activated and started massaging his back with her psychokinetic ability.
Besides making him feel good, this massage also helped loosen his back muscles. It reduced the chance of him getting injured while doing strenuous exercise later.
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The massage was so good that he almost fell asleep. During these three days, he had experienced the easy and relaxing life of being a Gym Leader. As long as they fought a few trainers now and then, they were free to do their own things for the rest of the day. Moreover, they can also get a large amount of money from the Alliance every year. It was the kind of life that most people dream of.
A Gym Leader must always be available and couldn't leave the city for a long time. It was the only drawback of being a Gym Leader. After all, you don't know when a trainer will come to the Gym for a challenge.
If a Gym Leader didn't accept a single challenge for a long time and received many complaints from the trainers, the Alliance will disqualify them from the official Gym list.
'If I earn enough money one day, I will find a good city to build a Gym,' Hisoka thought.
As long as he can become famous, he can go to the Alliance headquarters to apply for an official Gym qualification and become a true Gym Leader after passing the assessment.
After thinking about it carefully, Hisoka discarded the thought in his head. It's good for him to experience this kind of life once in a while. However, there was no way he would stay in the Gym every day, waiting for the trainers to come and challenge him. In fact, he will probably demolish the Gym by himself in just a month.
Soon, it was nearing evening. Hisoka only needed to wait for two more hours to finish his mission. Fourteen trainers had come to challenge him in the past three days, with a record of 14 wins and 0 losses.
Screech!
Suddenly, there was a screeching noise of a car braking in front of the Gym.
'Hmmm? Another trainer?' Hisoka lifted his body from the chair.
A minute later, the Gym's front door was pushed open abruptly from the outside. Next, a young man with red-brown spiky hair walked into the Gym with a proud look on his face. He was wearing a purple sweater and dark gray pants, with a round, yellow-green pendant around his neck.
"Gary, Gary, he's the best. Gary, Gary, beats the best!"
Women's cheering can be heard coming from his back.
Okay?
What the f**k?
Hisoka pushed off the sunglasses on the bridge of his nose and looked to the door, only to see five girls in sexy cheerleader clothes standing behind the spiky-haired boy.
"Hey, are you the trainer of this Gym? Where's the Gym Leader?" The boy called Gary asked arrogantly with his arms folded over his chest.
'Gary, a familiar name,' Hisoka thought.
Then, he stood up from the chair while examining the boy. As a world-renowned Pokemon researcher, Professor Oak's family's information was easy to search on the internet.
And from the memory of his past life, the spiky-haired boy was likely to be Gary Oak, the grandson of Professor Oak.
Hisoka slowly walked up to him and said imperiously, "The Sensational Sisters are not at the Gym currently. I am the acting Gym Leader. If you want to have a Gym challenge, I can be your opponent."
"Humph!"
Gary took a few steps back. Apparently, he was not used to being stared at like this.
"It's the same thing anyway. As long as I beat you, I'll be able to obtain the Cascade Badge, right?" he asked disdainfully.
"Yes!" Hisoka nodded affirmingly.
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