Damn It, Giovanni is Still Chasing Me

"Hey!"

Lt. Surge revealed a surprised expression.

Gazing in amazement at shiny Metang that floated above the field with no serious injuries on its body and Aisha, who stood at the back with an expressionless face, the electric type Gym Leader also raised a lot of interest.

"It's not a show-off, it's really something..."

Lt. Surge so whispered to himself.

After that, he also took out the Poké ball and retrieved Raichu, who had already lost his ability to fight and fainted under the Volt Tackle's backlash and Earthquake's damage.

"Not bad."

Naturally, Lt. Surge was well aware of his Raichu's level.

Although it was said that Raichu was a brittle Pokémon.

However, because Lt. Surge himself liked hard and violent frontal battles, it was said that Raichu was also specially trained towards melee combat and resistance to blows.

As a result, Raichu's full-strength volt attack couldn't instantly kill the shiny Metang whose numerical value on paper was not as incredible as Metagross, but shiny Metang's Earthquake took away Raichu in one fell swoop.

"Huh, I'm getting excited!"

Lt. Surge's smile was a bit manic.

"Go, Electivire!"

With a wave of this retired soldier's big hand, a Poké ball swiftly opened above the mid-air of the opposing field, and the stocky and tall Electivire roared and landed above the field, as if it were Tarzan of the Apes, constantly waving its thick and full of power arms and pounding its thick chest.

"Roar!"

Of course, although it was said that this appearance was a handsome pose and the roaring voice was just as imposing, Electivire couldn't lower the physical attack of shiny Metang.

"Electivire has activated the 'Intimidate' trait, and shiny Metang's physical attack level is reduced by one."

"Lt. Surge this Electivire is not legal, when did Electivire have the 'Intimidate' trait?"

"Lt. Surge said this is a Pokémon given to me by a friend of mine, Sabrina is a psychic, and Koga is a ninja, so it makes perfect sense for the two of them to collaborate to magic a little bit of Pokémon's trait!"

"Instructor Ai said in that case I'll use Caterpie to release a Draco Meteor, we're all full of illegal Pokémon anyway, who's afraid?"

"This one is even more heavyweight."

Seeing that the Vermilion Gym Challenge had quickly progressed to the second stage due to the excellent performance of shiny Metang, the water users watching the live broadcast also coincidentally sent out quirky barrages.

A serious head-to-head battle was just that.

The punches and kicks were also explosions of power, carried out at a very fast pace.

"Metang, Earthquake!"

Aisha, on the other hand, repeated his old trick and commanded shiny Metang to use a powerful move with an attribute restraint.

Electric, this attribute was very good.

The penetration was excellent.

Although it had a blind spot for attacks, the weak attribute was just as only one.

Moreover, the skill pool of Electivire belonged to the same category that surpassed Raichu's excellence, and shiny Metang couldn't take much advantage of it in a close-quarter battle.

So Aisha was prepared to stabilize a hand.

"Electivire, we do the same, use Earthquake!"

Lt. Surge just showed a smile in the face of Aisha's command, and after that, commanded Electivire to engage in a hard-fought battle with shiny Metang.

"Me-ta-!!!"

"Roar!"

shiny Metang and Electivire raised their arms coincidentally under the command of their respective masters, and almost at the same moment, they slammed down on top of the field where they were battling, awakening a churning and stirring of the ground's attribute energies, which at once spread out to all corners of the entire field.

They suffered the damage of attribute restraint together.

The ground attribute was not only the weakness of Electivire, it was also the weakness of the Flash Metang.

The vulnerable attributes of shiny Metang were even more numerous!

For example,...

"Electivire, Fire Punch!"

Lt. Surge let out a loud shout of the command to attack, and Electivire then forced itself to withstand the damage from the earthquakes, dragging hot flames on top of its fists, and boldly rushed in the direction of shiny Metang.

"Metang, Protect after Bullet Punch."

Aisha's mind flashed like lightning, and afterward, immediately gave what he thought was the most reasonable command.

"Me-ta-!!!"

Shiny Metang instantly transformed into a silver meteor, its fist of steel rushed before Electivire and mercilessly struck its jaw, after which, the green energy shield blocked before its body, successfully blocking Electivire's flaming fist that was heavily swung towards itself after a moment of stagnation.

However,...

Electivire's flaming fist had more than one fist.

"Meteor Mash!"

Aisha quickly gave the order.

"Me-!!!"

Shiny Metang raised its left arm, and the luster of steel suddenly bloomed.

This time Meteor Mash was not for attack.

Instead, it was for defense.

"Roar!"

Electivire's Fire Punch slammed on top of shiny Metang's blooming arm at once - rather, it should be said that shiny Metang blocked Electivire's Fire Punch in time.

"Me-ta-!!!"

The sound of steel clashing mixed into the voice of shiny Metang.

Its steel body retreated a distance of twenty meters under the heavy monstrous force before it barely managed to stabilize its balance on top of the ground.

"Metang, come back."

Aisha flatly pulled out the Poké ball and retrieved shiny Metang.

"You've tried hard enough, no need to feel guilty or blame yourself, our partner is responsible for the battle that can follow."

Aisha spoke soothing words to the Pokémon of shiny Metang.

Within the Poké ball, shiny Metang closed its eyes in peace.

"Instructor Ai, knows that the speed of shiny Metang can't compare to Electivire, so said that the use of Bullet Punch as a pre-emptive skill to make up for the disadvantage of speed, the guards are counting on Electivire after receiving the attack, the time of action stops to carry out the defense, but, unfortunately, Lt. Surge in the end, is still the Gym Leader, and Electivire is not a weak Pokémon. "

"Very impressive, although it is said that there are no dirty routines, however, hot blooded hard frontal battles also need brains, not just a frantic use of powerful moves will do."

"Instructor Ai's reaction was too fast, hitting the most reasonable maneuvers possible, who says Instructor Ai only has paper strength?"

This time, the barrages sent by the water users were instead a lot more serious.

There was no lack of people who saw Aisha's thoughts.

"It's your turn, it's almost time to show off the power you've built up after completing your evolution and going through a long workout afterward, Charmeleon!"

Aisha smiled and threw out a new Poké ball.

"Roar!"

Charmeleon stood on top of the sparring ground and let out a rousing roar.

"Roar!"

As if provoked, Electivire returned Charmeleon's roar.

Both sides launched their respective intimidations, and nothing happened.

"Oh?"

Lt. Surge stared at Aisha's Charmeleon with ecstasy - the giant Charmeleon that was more than half the size of a normal Charmeleon made him, a retired soldier who loves big Pokémon, extremely excited.

Big is justice!

This was true for both Pokémon and "that thing".

"Hahaha~"

Lt. Surge laughed a few times and looked at Aisha with recognition in his eyes.

"Huh?"

Aisha looked towards him a bit puzzled, not knowing what this big man had thought of again.

"Hey, trainers these days are all about pretty, cute Pokémon, and it's a shame that one of the Paldea region's Three Royal Families, that Sprigatito, is already in short supply on the side of new trainers!" Lt. Surge indicted the pursuit of cute Pokémon in today's society, with a face of hatred, saying, "Sure enough, I still like handsome, mighty, domineering Pokémon, this is a man's romance!"

Lt. Surge's words by agitated a lot.

"Instructor Ai, you, indeed, are my kindred spirit!"

"...Yes."

Aisha wanted to respond to Lt. Surge with a "I actually like Sprigatito just as much, and I also like Gardevoir."

However, Instructor Ai's emotional intelligence was obviously very high, not so much so that he would dismiss Lt. Surge's face at this time.

"Hmph!"

Lt. Surge clenched his fists.

"Instructor Ai, I know you're a trainer who specializes in tactics." Lt. Surge spoke again about what he knew about Aisha, saying, "However, after today's sparring match, I also know that you are the trainer who balances both the calmness of tactics and the fervor of frontal combat!"

He didn't really like trainers who counted various factors for sparring all day long.

Aisha, however, was to his liking.

"I enjoyed myself against you, today, no regrets!"

"Good!"

Hearing Lt. Surge's words, Aisha also revealed a smile.

For once it wasn't an uncontested laugh.

He was also very happy to enjoy the hot blooded sparring.

"Roar-!!!"

"Roar!"

Above the field of the sparring match, Electivire and Charmeleon let out a stirring and enthusiastic roar together as if they were infected by their master's emotions.

"Electivire, Thunder Punch!"

"Charmeleon, Fire Blast!"

Lt. Surge and Aisha gave the command to attack together.

"Roar!"

Lightning flashed above Electivire's fists as it charged Charmeleon with bravado.

"Roar..."

Hot flames then overflowed Charmeleon's mouth, its furious eyes firmly locked onto the Electivire's body.

The audience watching the live broadcast had already mobilized their emotions under Lt. Surge's passionate declaration. Everyone was watching the live broadcast intently, staring nervously at Electivire, who was dragging thunder and lightning towards Charmeleon, and suddenly swung its thick fist towards Charmeleon's head. Charmeleon, filled with flames between its sharp fangs, raised its head at just this moment, and Fire Blast was aimed at Electivire's face.

Time seemed to stand still for a moment.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

The roars of the two Pokémon then broke the quiet moment.

The scorching flames hit Electivire's face head-on, and the power of Fire Blast swept in all directions, almost engulfing the battle field; but Thunder Punch tore through a piece of flame, and with strong force, it hit Charmeleon on the head, causing the air to tremble.

"Roar!"

"Roar!"

This time, the two Pokémon's roars were tinted with a tinge of pain within them.

Electivire and Charmeleon flew backwards together.

Charmeleon held its dizzy head in mid-air, and after a moment of effort, it finally landed on the ground in a not-so-stable manner, stopping its backward steps.

Electivire, on the other hand, rolled over and crawled on the ground, losing its ability to fight.

"Electivire has lost its ability to battle, Gym Leader please replace the next Pokémon!"

The referee naturally confirmed the situation of both sides' Pokémon with sharp eyes, and afterward, immediately raised a small flag to declare Electivire's defeat.

"Roar!"

Above the field of the battle, Charmeleon struck a fit pose, and hot flames as it were spewed into the sky all at once.

"Roar!"

Charmeleon glanced back at Aisha, and his eyes shifted back to shint Metang's Poké ball - this victory was the fruit that the three of them, together, had fought for.

"..."

Shiny Metang met Charmeleon's line of sight within the Poké ball, and finally fell asleep with peace of mind.

"...Not bad."

Aisha revealed a smile of relief.

Strength growth wasn't everything.

Utilizing this power for the sake of one's partner was the most important thing!

"Ah..."

After the surging blood subsided, Lt. Surge also showed an embarrassed expression and said: "We are at a big disadvantage, it's hard to handle now."

Shaking his head, his smile was exceptionally bright.

"Instructor Ai, brothers are really having a great time today!"

Although there was still one Pokémon left, however, Lt. Surge had already understood Aisha's strength.

Estimated that he have lost today.

"Today, mainly because of the Gym Challenge, I couldn't use my main Pokémon." Lt. Surge moved his arms and neck, and said, "If we have the chance in the future, let's use each other's proper main team, and have a smooth and proper battle, okay?"

"Okay!"

Hearing Lt. Surge's spaced out shout, Aisha also revealed a smile and agreed with him dryly.

Hmph, if I can't fight Red and Blue, I still can't fight you?

Lightning whirlwind!

"Cool!"

Lt. Surge threw the last Poké ball at once.

"Ee!"

Accompanied by flashes of light and sharp sounds, Jolteon with its athletic stance and obviously having gone through reasonable and sufficiently strong workouts so to say, its muscular lines were very graceful, landed on all four feet on the battlefield, its sharp hairs as tough as needles and thorns.

"Ee!"

Jolteon looked ahead, his sights locked on Charmeleon.

"Jolteon?"

Aisha revealed a somewhat surprised expression.

He thought that according to this character of Lt. Surge he should have arranged three physical attackers, but as a result, there was still a special attacker hidden within the team.

Uh-huh.

Nope, this one can't be easily concluded.

Lt. Surge even has a physical attacker configuration for Raichu, a Pokémon that doesn't have many physical attack moves, this guy's workout direction and team configuration can't be speculated according to normal theory.

It belongs to is intelligent matching...

"Jolteon, Thunderbolt!"

In the end, Lt. Surge betrayed his melee combat soul as a tough guy.

While Jolteon slashed a beam of lightning under his command, Charmeleon obeyed Aisha's command and spewed out a beam of Flamethrower in one breath to resist the Thunderbolt attack.

Thunderbolt vs. Flamethrower.

Classic!

However, in terms of fire output, there was no way Charmeleon lost to anyone!

"Ee!"

Seeing its Thunderbolt being pushed back by Charmeleon's Flamethrower, Jolteon immediately screamed and interrupted the release of Thunderbolt, and then used Quick Attack to make up for the speed under Lt. Surge's command, and swiftly ran on top of the field, dodging the enemy's attacks.

"Flame Burst."

Charmeleon spat out an unusual flame towards the sky.

The sticky flames exploded above midair, and a rain of fiery droplets spread widely, scattering on top of Jolteon's tail, who happened to have run to the edge of the battlefield.

"Ee!"

Jolteon's movements stalled for a moment.

Charmeleon, on the other hand, immediately spewed out Fire Spin, trapping the nimble-moving fellow.

"Charmeleon, Fire Blast!"

"Roar!"

Taking advantage of the fact that Jolteon was trapped by Fire Spin, Charmeleon immediately roared and puffed up its chest muscles, and between the surges of its throat, a mouthful of Fire Blast was sprayed at it whose movements were trapped.

"Jolteon, Dig!"

"Ee!"

Jolteon obeyed Lt. Surge's command in a critical situation, and his forelimbs quickly dug a tunnel above the ground, dodging Charmeleon's attack just in time.

"Huh?"

Aisha's thoughts were delayed for a moment, clearly not expecting Lt. Surge to tell Jolteon to Dig.

When really, it was an intelligent match.

"Roar!"

Charmeleon didn't need Aisha's command, and a mouthful of fiery spatter hit the hole in that tunnel of Jolteon's with precise accuracy, and the latter hurriedly broke through the ground under the pursuit of the flames and returned to the ground above, meeting Charmeleon's long-stored Flamethrower.

"Ee!"

Jolteon's body was engulfed in flames.

Charmeleon, however, as if it was a phobic person with insufficient firepower, immediately replenished a shot of Dragon's Fury while Jolteon was still inactive.

Charmeleon seemed to be a patient with a phobia of insufficient firepower. While Jolteon had not moved yet, it immediately added a burst of Dragon Rage.

Oh, it was indeed a phobia of insufficient firepower.

"Hmph~"

Aisha instantly showed a proud expression - Charmeleon's insufficient firepower phobia was rather Dayan-like.

"Jolteon has lost its ability to battle, and the winner of this Gym challenge is the challenger and Charmeleon!"

After the referee confirmed Jolteon's condition, he immediately announced that Aisha had gained the victory in the Gym Challenge.

"Ha..."

Lt. Surge retrieved Jolteon and scratched his head a bit awkwardly, saying, "It's a shame that all aspects were suppressed."

Having said that, there was nothing gloomy about his expression, instead, he laughed brightly.

"Boy~"

Lt. Surge shook Aisha's hand and took out a sunflower-shaped badge.

"This is Vermilion Gym's Thunder Badge, it's yours now!"

"Thanks a lot."

Aisha smiled back and accepted the Thunder Badge.

"Hey!"

Lt. Surge continued to hold Aisha's hand and suddenly pulled him, from which Aisha stuck next to the burly man.

"Instructor Ai wonders if he would be interested in showing his face and accompanying me for a light meal, and chatting about some things in the meantime."

Lt. Surge's voice purposely put on an eerie feel.

"For example, Giovanni is somewhat interested in you... Instructor Ai should be a bit interested in this matter?"

"...Sure."