"You can participate if you collect eight badges, and you also need six Pokémon."
"What if I don't have them?"
Ye Feng asked.
"If you don't have them, you can still participate, but it's a bit of a disadvantage. Others will have six, and you'll only have five."
Hearing this, Ye Feng nodded.
He remembered needing six Pokémon, but if that condition wasn't strict, it would be simple.
One Pikachu would be enough to defeat them all.
"Alright, you two will train hard for these two months and strive for good results in the Indigo Plateau Conference in two months!"
Professor Oak laughed heartily.
At this moment.
A Kingler suddenly appeared, holding a tea tray with several cups of tea on it.
"Long time no see! Kingler!!"
Ash saw that it was his Kingler and became very excited.
"Long time no see?"
Gary heard this and immediately looked at Ash.
"Hey, Ash, you haven't used this Kingler by your side since you caught it, have you?"
Ash: "Is there a problem?"
Gary scoffed dismissively.
Then, he took out his Poké Ball.
And released his own Kingler.
As soon as it appeared, the difference was obvious. Gary's Kingler was more than just a little bigger than Ash's, with a difference of several times.
"Heh, that's the problem."
"Ash, I can tell from your words and actions that you only use a few Pokémon when you catch them. But I'm different. I use and train all my Pokémon regularly."
Ash: "You!"
Seeing that the two were about to start arguing again, Professor Oak quickly said, "Alright, alright, everyone has their own way of raising Pokémon, there's no need to dwell on this."
"Oh, speaking of which, let me see your Pokédexes."
Professor Oak thought of this and was about to lead them inside.
At this moment, Ye Feng suddenly asked, "By the way, Professor Oak, where is Nana?"
Ye Feng looked around, only seeing some other staff members, but not Nana Oak.
Professor Oak: "Oh, oh, Nana? The Indigo Plateau Conference is still two months away, isn't it? She's naturally been invited to help out."
"Oh, oh."
Nodding, Ye Feng had originally planned to win over Nana this time.
After all, Nana was a great beauty.
And unlike Hanako and Aurora, who were different.
Hanako was a mature housewife.
Aurora was a rich young lady.
Nana, on the other hand, was a strong career woman in research.
Three different flavors.
But since she was going to help at the Indigo Plateau Conference, it wouldn't be too late to win her over in two months.
"Alright, Professor Oak, I have other things to attend to, so I'll be going now."
Brock: "Ye Feng, aren't you staying?"
Ye Feng: "No."
Professor Oak didn't say anything when Ye Feng said that.
He said, "Alright, you can go then."
Then, he led Ash and Gary and the others deeper into the laboratory.
Ye Feng left the laboratory.
He then went to a fishing supply store in Pallet Town.
This place sold fishing hooks, fishing rods, and bait.
The owner was a middle-aged胖子 (fat person). As soon as he saw a customer, he put on a "customer is God" welcoming expression.
"Boss, I want to buy something for fishing."
Ye Feng got straight to the point.
The owner led him to a wall, where many fishing rods were hung.
They had prices on them.
The cheap ones were in the tens, the expensive ones in the hundreds, and the most expensive one was a little over a thousand.
Ye Feng glanced at them.
The cheapest ones, in the tens, were not actually fishing rods, but rather fishing lines wrapped around something like a reel.
You just hold this thing to fish.
You might ask if this thing can catch fish?
Of course, it could catch fish, but it was only for beginner amateurs or people who had the leisure to play around.
It could catch small fish, but not big fish.
For big fish, you'd need to buy a good fishing rod.
Ye Feng glanced at the entire wall of equipment and frowned, about to leave.
The owner quickly stopped him.
"Ye Feng, what's wrong? Are you leaving?"
Pallet Town was not too big, nor too small. But not everyone knew each other.
However, with Ye Feng's outstanding and perfect appearance, it was hard not to be recognized.
Because in this world.
It was similar to Ye Feng's modern world.
Women liked to dress themselves up.
They wore makeup and styled their hair.
But men, many maintained their rough habits, disdaining to dress up, rarely bothering to specifically match clothes, shoes, and hairstyles.
Ye Feng didn't pay too much attention to these things, but his outstanding appearance made him the most dazzling person in the crowd even in a simple shirt.
"Your fishing rods here aren't good enough, I'm going to another shop."
Ye Feng shook his head.
The owner heard this and frowned, "You think mine are too trashy?"
Ye Feng nodded, "Yes, I'm not looking for something to fish ordinary fish with, I want something that can catch Pokémon."
Fishing rods that could catch Pokémon were much better quality than ordinary fishing rods.
None of them were cheap.
The owner clapped his hands.
"You should have said so earlier."
After saying that, he pulled Ye Feng into the back room.
The back room was dim. The owner turned on the light.
As soon as the light was turned on, the surrounding walls were covered with fishing rods.
Their exquisite craftsmanship was hard to describe in words.
They were in no way comparable to the ordinary goods outside.
Ye Feng looked around, very satisfied.
"These are all fishing rods capable of catching Pokémon."
Hearing the owner's introduction, Ye Feng's gaze swept over them one by one.
Finally, he settled on a fishing rod that cost a little over fifteen thousand, entirely red.
If it were in the past, he would definitely have been reluctant to buy a fifteen-thousand fishing rod.
But he was rich now.
He was not afraid at all.
So, he directly asked for this one.
And the matching accessories for this fishing rod.
It totaled seventeen thousand.
The owner was so delighted to see Ye Feng's extravagant purchase that he couldn't stop smiling.
After all, in Pallet Town, only fishing enthusiasts would buy such expensive items.
And there weren't many fishing enthusiasts.
He never expected Ye Feng to buy such an expensive one.
So, he directly gave Ye Feng a ten percent discount.
"This fishing rod is called 'Red Demon'. I remember that in a regional fishing competition, a fishing master used a fishing rod from the 'Red Demon' series to catch a green Gyarados, and instantly won first place. It was also he who made the 'Red Demon' series fishing rods stand out among the crowd."
"It's just a pity..."
The owner showed a look of regret.
"A pity for what?"
Owner: "A pity that the fishing master, despite achieving a good third place, lost his life."
"Gyarados is inherently a fierce Pokémon."
"Especially since he managed to catch a shiny one."
"And it was green!!!"
"Its temperament was naturally even more arrogant."
"It directly swallowed the fishing master whole and ran away after eating him... Alas..."
The owner shook his head repeatedly.
Ye Feng remained silent.
"It's also because of this fishing master that originally the 'Red Demon' series fishing rods, although all red, still had other colors on them."
"But the president of the 'Red Demon' fishing rod company, to commemorate and thank this fishing master."
"After all, without him, 'Red Demon' wouldn't have stood out in the fishing competition and its sales wouldn't have skyrocketed."
"So, all the fishing rods in the 'Red Demon' series were made entirely bright red, without any other mixed colors."
"It was to commemorate the blood spilled by that fishing master in his sacrifice."