Pokemon: I am Gary

In the Water Arena, the audience erupted with deafening cheers.

"Gary is the best!"

"Go, Gary! Just take him down!"

"So brutal, I love it! Slurp~"

Nidoking panted slightly, looking at the tentacles of the Tentacruel wrapped around its arm, and simply tossed the rolling-eyed jellyfish back into the pool.

Gary calmly checked his phone. "Hmm~ Nine and a half minutes, not bad."

In the VIP room, Bruno nodded while watching the TV broadcast. "Gary's efficiency is indeed his style."

Lance shot a glance at Bruno; did they not both know how efficient Gary was?

"Yohouhou, I can't stand it! This kid is even more outstanding than Yukino back in the day!" chuckled Charles Goodshow, stroking his beard joyfully.

On the commercial street near the venue, Team Rocket's trio stared at a small TV on a stall.

"He won again; our boss is amazing!" James praised.

"Yeah~ Young, handsome, and strong; no wonder he's in charge," Jessie sighed.

"You two better not slack off! Thanks to our boss's consideration, we can focus on running this stall! We must earn enough funds to capture that brat's Pikachu!" Meowth declared with fighting spirit.

He already had a new dream: to have the boss give him head pats!

For his ambition, Jessie and James had to work hard to earn money!

Meanwhile, Ash and his friends were preparing for their third round of matches.

"It's been so peaceful lately~" Brock squinted his eyes while gazing at the sky outside.

"Yeah~ It really is peaceful. Team Rocket doesn't seem to be doing anything; they haven't come to mess around at all. It's quite boring," Misty lamented.

Ash looked at both of them speechlessly. "The most important thing right now is the league matches; those three idiots should stay away!"

...

After finishing his match, Gary casually chatted with reporters for a bit before leaving directly.

Waiting at the player exit was Lorelei, who smiled when she saw Gary return on time. "Did you win?"

"Of course!" Gary nodded. "Let's go buy some groceries."

Lorelei nodded and took out her phone. "I have something to do this afternoon; I'll take half a day off…"

Lance glanced at Lorelei's leave request and tilted his head. "Whatever; there's nothing much to do anyway. Let's consider it a break for ourselves."

Busy man Lance was definitely one of the top ten most influential people in the league; every day he was either fighting crime or on his way to fight crime.

Being able to relax and watch a Baby Cup match was quite an easy job for him...

Before the supermarket sale ended, Gary successfully snagged discounted grilled tofu, konjac noodles, and sterilized eggs.

This wave is called putting full effort into both love and cooking!

With sweet onions, mushrooms, chrysanthemum greens, fish balls, and quail eggs, plus baby bok choy that absorbs broth well, and finally two packs of udon noodles—the ingredients were complete.

The main ingredient would be A5 Wagyu beef from Lorelei's fridge.

Taking out a slightly shorter electric pot, Gary cut the prepared beef into neat cubes. "Alrighty then! Tonight we're having sukiyaki!"

Although he was also craving spicy hot pot, without Doubanjiang and green Sichuan peppercorns, Gary chose a more Japanese style of cooking.

The Pokémon were all nestled in the living room—some sleeping while others were causing chaos...

"Wait! Golduck! Put down that corner of the sofa!" Gary's eyebrows twitched!

Golduck revealed an awkward smile as it carefully opened its mouth and released its grip on the corner of the sofa it had been about to play with.

Clunk… As soon as it opened its mouth, two sterilized eggs fell out...

"You…" Gary hadn't finished speaking when a red flash zipped past.

"Ha-sai!" Scizor opened its mouth wide and gulped down both sterilized eggs...

Those were Golduck's "imported eggs"!

"You two…" Gary raised his hand in anger! Didn't I feed you?!

"Forget it; Pokémon just like to mess around." Lorelei was playing on her phone but looked up to comfort Gary.

Recently, Devon Corporation's R&D department had been quite diligent and had updated several software applications continuously.

In addition to commonly used forums, maps, and music functions, there were even online mini-games like Solitaire and Snake!

Recharge six Pokedolars for a free Gyarados skin! Spend thirty Pokedolars to upgrade your battle pass for a crystal Gyarados star skin!

Gary couldn't help but nod; although he wasn't sure how effective their game development team would be, their planning and operations department certainly knew how to have fun...

Eevee sat on the windowsill yawning before turning its head to sleep—acting as if it didn't know these silly Golduck and Scizor...

On the sofa, Golduck adjusted its glasses while continuing to watch videos with headphones on...

Electivire curiously leaned over for a peek and immediately turned red—wow! These bipedal creatures really know how to have fun!

Charizard lay at the staircase landing with its head resting on Venusaur's back as it snored comfortably~

Squirtle cautiously accompanied Lorelei's Cloyster and Dewgong in their aquarium...

Behind the sofa, Nidoking lay sprawled out sleeping soundly. He had been the most exhausted over these past few days.

He really wanted his wife to give him a back rub...

"Alright! Time to eat~" Wiping his hands clean, Gary called Lorelei over to sit down.

Using beef tallow in a hot pot, he sautéed sweet onions until fragrant before adding Wagyu beef, konjac noodles, grilled tofu, chrysanthemum greens, and mushrooms.

Then he drizzled thin soy sauce and sukiyaki broth over everything—a steaming hot pot was ready!

Gary cracked an egg into a bowl while waiting for the ingredients to naturally release their juices so they could dig in.

"Phew~ In this cold weather, hot pot is definitely the best." Picking up a slice of Wagyu beef, Lorelei pouted her pink lips as she blew on it gently.

The aroma of Wagyu mixed with floral scents made Gary blush slightly.

"Ahem! This steam is quite hot." Gary opened two cans of soda as he focused on eating.

Lorelei didn't point it out either; she happily enjoyed their hot pot time together~

...

At Professor Oak's lab, Rhydon, who was training with Tyranitar, lay on the ground while Nidoking lifted its foot up and stepped onto Rhydon's back.

Rhydon sighed—ah~ so refreshing!

Tyranitar chewed on iron ore disdainfully while rolling its eyes; massages? Who needs them?

In the lab, Professor Oak took out his phone to check the latest news.

The genius boy from Pallet Town had advanced through two rounds with three consecutive wins.

"Gary is working hard! Good! After finishing this paper I'll go cheer him on at the finals," Professor Oak said with a yawn as he smiled.

…

On January 23rd, the third round preliminaries in the Grass Arena began punctually.

It was still a familiar formula.

From Unova came contestant Sanlin who predicted several possible outcomes but ultimately chose a lineup consisting of Grass-type Sawsbuck, Water-type Simipour, and Flying-type Tranquill.

However—this turned out to be useless.

Nidoking once again showcased its unfathomable skill pool.

Earthquake, Thunder combined with Sheer Force—one hit took down each opponent!

Amidst cheers and applause from all around, Gary raised his right hand triumphantly.

He had broken through in round three of the preliminaries!