Each facility is guarded by a corresponding Brain of the Frontier, and defeating the Brain of the Frontier grants the corresponding Frontier Symbol.
Ashida came to the Petalburg Gym because he wanted to invite Norman to become one of the Brains of the Frontier.
Seeing Ye Feng now, he naturally wanted to invite Ye Feng to be a Brain of the Frontier as well.
After all, Ye Feng was the most famous two-time champion in the world recently.
If he could be invited to the Battle Frontier, it would definitely bring a lot of traffic to the Battle Frontier.
Ye Feng understood Ashida's intentions.
He directly said, "I'm very sorry, I have no interest in the Battle Frontier or Brains of the Frontier. You also know what I said at the Silver Conference. I want to become a three-time champion, a four-time champion, and so on. I simply don't have the time."
Ashida was very disappointed.
"Is there no amount of money that can change your mind? I can offer you one hundred million a month."
"One hundred million?!"
Hearing this, Ye Feng frowned.
This actually startled him quite a bit.
Good heavens, is the Battle Frontier this profitable?
Just his salary alone could be one hundred million?
Keep in mind that at that time, after Ye Feng won the championship of the Kanto Indigo League, he only earned a little over twenty million through advertisements and other means.
This...
But Ye Feng still refused.
He knew that this was because of his two-time champion title. Otherwise, Ashida wouldn't be foolish enough to offer him such a high salary.
If he gained one more championship in the future, his commercial value would only increase.
Xiao Sheng, upon hearing Ye Feng's monthly salary of one hundred million, became unhappy.
He looked at Ashida and said, "Hey, Mr. Ashida, although I know Ye Feng is a two-time champion, your salary is clearly not balanced!"
"You're offering him one hundred million, but only five million to my dad! That's too much of a difference!"
Ashida had offered Norman five million.
However, Norman did not agree, not because he thought the money was too little, but because Norman, who yearned for Pokémon, had other things to do.
Ashida smiled awkwardly.
He couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his face with his handkerchief.
Damn it.
Although Norman's strength was indeed great among the gym leaders in the Hoenn region,
He was even called the next Elite Four.
But you're still not one, are you!
Normally, for gym leaders, two million would be enough.
Offering five million was already showing respect.
As for why Ye Feng was offered one hundred million?
Heh, besides being a two-time champion, the most important reason was his numerous female fans!
Everyone knew that whoever controlled the female fans controlled the economy.
Women were impulsive consumers.
Their money was the easiest to earn!
The invitation ended unhappily.
Ye Feng ate the meal prepared by Mitsuko and praised her while eating, "Gym Leader Norman, I really envy you for having such a beautiful wife who also cooks so well."
Norman smiled upon hearing this.
Xiao Sheng said proudly, "My mom cooks very well. You have good taste."
The table was very large.
It was covered with a long white tablecloth with flowers. The tablecloth trailed to the ground.
At this moment, Ye Feng felt a foot rubbing against his calf.
Ye Feng looked up and met Mitsuko's eyes across the table.
He saw that Mitsuko's gaze was full of seduction and shyness, and she bit down hard on her chopsticks.
Ye Feng remained silent, only a brilliant smile on his face.
After lunch.
"Mr. Ye Feng coming here should be to challenge me."
On the battle field.
Ye Feng, Norman, Mitsuko, Xiao Sheng, and Ashida were all present.
The battle field of the Petalburg Gym was an ordinary one.
And the Gym Leader Norman's specialty was Normal-type Pokémon.
"Yes."
Ye Feng walked to one side of the battle field with a smile.
Xiao Sheng excitedly said, "Okay, since that's the case, I'll be the referee! Dad, you must win!"
In every child's heart, their father was omnipotent, and Xiao Sheng was no exception. Although he knew Ye Feng was strong, he still believed in his father.
Norman gave a wry smile.
Then he looked at Ye Feng, "We will each use three Pokémon. The one who loses all their Pokémon will lose the battle."
Ye Feng nodded, agreeing to the battle rules, and then said:
"Gym Leader Norman, I'll give you some face too."
"Pikachu, Rayquaza, Squirtle, Gengar. Choose any one of these four Pokémon to challenge me!"
Hearing this.
Although they felt it was arrogant, everyone present knew that Ye Feng said this because he had the strength to back it up.
His strength as a two-time champion made everyone respect and be wary of Ye Feng.
Ashida, in particular, was focused, preparing to watch the upcoming match.
Norman thought for a long time.
He finally chose Squirtle.
He definitely wouldn't choose Rayquaza; he would lose if he did.
He also wouldn't choose the Shiny Gengar. Anyone who watched the Silver Conference knew that the Pokémon that battled Ye Feng's Shiny Gengar were still unconscious.
As for Pikachu, he had already seen its performance in the Indigo League.
So, let's see about this Squirtle!
"Alright."
Ye Feng nodded, and then released Squirtle.
Pokémon were independent individuals with different personalities, just like people.
Ye Feng's Squirtle absolutely hated battling other Pokémon.
Its favorite thing was to use a knife to cut up those Pokémon cutely and then eat their meat.
Norman saw that this Squirtle looked no different from an ordinary Squirtle.
He then released his first Pokémon.
"Come out! Slakoth!"
A Pokémon that looked very goofy appeared on the field.
This Pokémon looked listless, as if it was about to fall asleep at any moment.
"Slakoth! Use Focus Punch!"
But as Norman issued the command, the Slakoth, which had appeared so dejected, suddenly became completely energetic and excited.
Its fists emanated powerful energy, and it charged towards Squirtle at lightning speed.
"Dad's Slakoth is not comparable to ordinary Pokémon!"
Xiao Sheng excitedly said from the side.
*Bang!*
But he got excited too early.
Squirtle couldn't even be bothered to play with it. A Water Gun to the vital spot was highly effective!
It directly defeated Slakoth.
"This?! This is impossible! Does Squirtle's Water Gun have that much power?!"
Xiao Sheng said in disbelief.
Norman was also stunned.
He clearly hadn't expected this outcome.
But he recalled his Slakoth.
"You're next!"
Norman's second Pokémon was a Vigoroth, the evolved form of Slakoth.
It was quite strong.
Ye Feng said nothing.
As soon as the Vigoroth, this big white baboon, came out, Squirtle fired a powerful Hydro Pump from its mouth.
Another hit took down Vigoroth.
Completely defenseless.
Norman: "???"
Xiao Sheng: "???"
Ashida: "It seems that Ye Feng's Squirtle, while not appearing remarkable on the surface, its greatest terrifying aspect is likely the sheer power of the moves it unleashes."
Whether it was the Water Gun earlier or the Hydro Pump just now,
The power of these moves was too ferocious.
Even if you found a Blastoise, the final evolution of Squirtle,
A Hydro Pump battle wouldn't have the same power as the Hydro Pump released by this Squirtle.