A flash of light appeared.
An Onix appeared on the battlefield.
Pokémon: Onix
Level: 20
Aptitude: Superior Elite
Ability: Sturdy
Gender: Male
Skills: Bind (35%), Harden (35%), Rock Throw (33%), Iron Tail (33%), Rock Tomb (33%)
Jiang Fan raised an eyebrow.
It changed from a Superior Onix to a Superior Elite Onix?
At this moment, Brock on the opposite side spoke confidently:
"Letting my carefully trained Onix battle will truly be a good challenge for you. Don't worry, even if you lose this battle, you can still take the Gym Badge."
After speaking, he threw a bottle of HP Potion to Charmeleon.
"Charmeleon, drink it to replenish the energy you consumed while waiting."
Then he shouted to his younger brother in the audience.
"Jiro, record the upcoming battle. We'll play it on the big screen later for publicity. This will definitely be a high-quality, evenly matched battle."
"Okay, big brother."
Jiro, Brock's younger brother, immediately took out a camcorder to record.
On the other side, Jiang Fan's lips curled up after hearing that.
Evenly matched?
That's not necessarily true.
A moment later, the second battle began.
"Charmeleon, Sunny Day!" This time, Jiang Fan gave the command first.
"Rua~"
Charmeleon immediately let out a cry towards the sky.
"Sunny Day? Did this kid make a mistake in his command?"
Brock, who was ready to show off his skills, was first startled, then ordered:
"Onix, Rock Tomb!"
"Roar~"
Onix roared, flicking its tail, and dense gravel from the rocky field flew towards Charmeleon.
"Charmeleon, dodge it! If you can't dodge, block it with your claws."
Jiang Fan did not choose to give an attack command to counter.
Upon receiving the command, Charmeleon tried its best to dodge the thrown stones.
However, due to the sheer number, it was pushed back four or five meters by three consecutive gravel.
Brock smiled slightly.
This was the effect they, Rock-type, should have against Fire-type.
But, the next second, his face stiffened.
Because the temperature of the rocky field began to rise.
Blazing sunlight suddenly poured down from the sky.
Golden streamers appeared on Charmeleon's body, which had just been pushed back. Its Sun Power ability became increasingly noticeable under the gradually dazzling and scorching sunlight, and the flame on its tail gradually turned into a bluish-white color.
"This...it really is Sunny Day!"
Brock looked up at the sky, his expression filled with shock.
The scorching temperature made him quickly break out in a sweat.
Then an ominous premonition arose, and he quickly gave a new command:
"Onix, Harden."
Onix stopped attacking, a silvery light appeared on its body, and its defense quickly increased.
Meanwhile, Jiang Fan simultaneously gave an attack command.
"Charmeleon, Ember!"
Charmeleon received the command and flicked its tail.
The next second, a bluish-white fireball, much larger than before, flew towards Onix's huge body.
The bluish-white fireball landed on Onix, and it immediately let out a cry of pain.
The pain was so intense that if it weren't for the Sturdy ability, it seemed it could have been knocked out in one hit.
Brock was sweating profusely.
"Onix! Hold on, rush over and use Bind! Don't give it another chance to use Fire-type moves."
"Roar~" The severely injured Onix charged towards Charmeleon.
"Charmeleon, Ember."
Jiang Fan, on the other hand, calmly gave the command for the second Ember.
In such a nearly fainted state, it still wants to stop Charmeleon from using Fire-type moves?
Unless you are a Psychic-type Pokémon.
And Charmeleon, having received the command, faced the charging Onix and, like Jiang Fan, calmly flicked its tail.
Another bluish-white fireball was sent out, colliding head-on with Onix.
After being hit by this one, Onix fell to the ground directly after three seconds, and the outcome was decided.
Silence!
A deathly silence.
For a moment, everyone in the entire Rock Gym was stunned.
Even the referee was stunned.
Did the Gym challenge just end like that?
This was only the second time he had seen the Gym Leader switch to a Superior Elite Onix during a battle.
The previous challenger's Pokémon was defeated by Onix.
But this time, it was Onix that was defeated by the Trainer's Pokémon.
"Referee, you can announce the result now."
The stunned referee finally came to his senses after being reminded by Jiang Fan.
"This...this battle is over, challenger Jiang Fan wins."
The referee said, flustered.
The victorious Charmeleon roared towards the sky, and after the Sunny Day dissipated, it excitedly ran towards Jiang Fan.
"You truly are a super genius. You have once again shown your unparalleled strength to others."
Jiang Fan also praised excitedly.
"Rua~"
Charmeleon rubbed against Jiang Fan's arms like a child.
Jiang Fan stroked it affectionately, while also paying attention to its post-battle information.
It showed that after defeating Onix, Charmeleon had leveled up from level 23 to level 24.
Its intimacy also increased, reaching 60 points.
At the same time, it could now learn Fire Fang and Slash.
A few minutes later, Jiang Fan received the Pewter Gym Badge and over 20,000 challenge rewards from Brock.
"This Charmeleon has been trained very well by you. I hope to see you both shine in the League in the future."
Before parting, Brock patted Jiang Fan's shoulder.
"We will."
Jiang Fan smiled and nodded, then left with Charmeleon and Munchlax.
After Jiang Fan left, Jiro came to Brock's side with the camcorder.
"Brother, how should we handle this recording? Should we display it on the Gym's big screen for publicity?"
Jiro asked cautiously.
He said it would be an evenly matched battle, but the battle just now was clearly a complete crush.
And it was a complete crush against type advantage.
If Onix hadn't had the Sturdy ability, it wouldn't have been knocked out in one hit, otherwise, it might have fallen after the first Ember.
If this were publicized, it would feel like the Gym was hitting itself in the face.
"What do you think should be done?"
Brock snatched the camcorder, annoyed, and quickly deleted the recent recording.
Then he asked his brother for the Gym challenge record book that needed to be uploaded to the League.
He wrote the battle record as follows:
"In this battle, Gym Leader Brock, after his first Geodude was defeated, sent out the Gym's Superior Elite Onix and engaged in a thrilling battle with Trainer Jiang Fan's Charmeleon, narrowly losing.
Gym Leader Brock believes that this young man has great potential for the future and hopes that subsequent Gyms will strive to hone him, cultivating a backbone force for the development of the Kanto League."
After writing, Brock gave Jiang Fan the highest score in the rating column, an S-rank rating.
On the other side.
Jiang Fan, who had left the Gym, returned to the Pokemon Center with Charmeleon and Munchlax.
Karen was still waiting for them there. After meeting, they could take the three abandoned Pokémon back to the Pokémon House.
"Ka~"
But not long after leaving Pewter Gym, Munchlax was attracted by an ice cream cart.
It immediately signaled to Jiang Fan that it wanted ice cream, and at the same time, it reached into its fur, preparing to take out an item.
"Go, go, you glutton."
Jiang Fan smiled helplessly.
He thought that he should walk on streets with fewer shops later, otherwise, Munchlax would definitely eat all the way through.
And as he was thinking this, a piece of cloth that Munchlax had thrown at him appeared in his hand.
"Cloth? Munchlax wouldn't have picked up a piece of rags as an item, would it?"
Jiang Fan looked at the muddy and crumpled cloth, somewhat disdainfully unfolding it.
Two or three seconds later, his pupils contracted, and he quickly put the cloth away.
Because what was drawn on the cloth was a map.
At the top of the map, a giant bird Pokémon was drawn.
He recognized that Pokémon,
The legendary Sea God Lugia!
One of the regional guardian deities of the Kanto and Johto regions.
"This couldn't be the treasure map that Team Rockets lost, could it?"
Jiang Fan's heart pounded wildly.
He never expected that the item the Kanto League and Team Rockets desperately wanted would be taken out by Munchlax just like that.
"But how did Munchlax get it?!"
Jiang Fan stared dumbfounded at Munchlax, who had already run to the ice cream stall.
This kind of super lucky windfall made him want to slap himself to confirm that it wasn't a dream.