97. Olivine Lighthouse

Removing the waterproof wax from Onix's body is more troublesome than applying it.

Because it is a dual Rock-type and Ground-type Pokémon, you cannot use water, but must use sand to grind it off bit by bit. In this process, Onix must be very uncomfortable.

It is through experiencing such a process that Janina can reflect.

Janine, such a young girl, forced Jasmine to accept her as her apprentice because of her admiration for her. In order not to disappoint Jasmine, she tried to make up for Onix's weaknesses!

"I'm sorry, I didn't know this was cheating!" She should really know that she was wrong.

Ash smiled and lifted Molly off Onix, and said with a smile, "It's okay, really! As long as you realize that what you are doing is wrong now, then that is your progress! Slowly you will understand what being a Trainer is like and what your responsibility is towards your Pokémon!"

As a trainer that has an Onix's, Brock also said, "In fact, there is no need to forcefully change the weaknesses, you should use Onix's own strength!"

"But I don't know what to do or what that is. Please help me!" She asked for advice.

"As long as you always listen carefully to what Onix is ​​saying, you will definitely understand it!"

"Miss Jasmine also said something similar to what you said but I don't understand my Onix!" She is very familiar with this sentence, but now she doesn't know what to do with it.

"In that case, do you want to come and have a battle?" As a Pokémon Trainer, battle is the best way to communicate with their Pokémon. And as the person who wants to become the Pokémon Master, he naturally must battle and get better with his Pokémon's.

It's too much for him to battle her, so Ash decided on the next best thing.

The two sides fighting are Onix and Jigglypuff!

That's right, it's Jinina and Mollly who are going to battle!

"Molly, this is your first real battle! Do your best!" Ash encouraged.

"Yeah, I will definitely win!" Molly nodded vigorously, very confident in herself and her Jigglypuff.

"Practice battle, let's begin!" Brock, as a referee and a also a trainer who uses Onix, can give some opinions from the sideline, while Wsh has to prepare Molly for the battle with some pep talk.

"Jigglypuff, use Disarming Voice!" Molly gave the order. Jigglypuff once again took out the marker that it thought was mic, but this time the song was not a lullaby but an actual attack!

This charming voice was hard to guard against as it was not a physical attack, and Onix and Janina were caught before they could react. Onix has a very heavy stone head but he could he keep it up because it was part of his body and genetics, but now he felt that his head was so much more heavy and he almost fell over.

Janina looked over at Molly, "I didn't expect you to be so powerful!"

But she would not admit defeat to her, "Onix, use your powerful Tackle!"

Although it is a simple attack like Tackle, but it is quite powerful when used with a body as big as Onix (I don't really know why Onix's attack is so low in the game even though it has such a large body made out of rocks). But Onix couldn't really didn't see what Pokémon was in front of me or even where he was going!

"Jigglypuff, float up and hide!"

The Air Baloon Pokémon, Jigglypuff, took a large gulp of breath and held it inside her stomach, puffing itself up and becoming a large ballon. The strong wind brought by the Tackle of the huge size rock snake blew it away, making it impossible to hit!

"How is that possible?" Janina seemed to not to understand what was going on. Molly on the opposite side used her Jigglypuff's ability to float itself very flexibly!

So what is Onix's special ability that he could use?

Hard! Strong! And a snake-like body!

"Come on Jigglypuff, the Gyro Ball!"

The Steel-type Gyro Ball is super effective against Onix's Rock-typing! Molly was already very familiar with the Type Counter Table from a very young age!

"Onix, hide away, then use Iron Tail!" Janina finally began to understood Onix's special body ability, and saw Onix twisting his body and successfully dodging Jigglypuff's Gyro Ball.

As a trainee at a Steel-type Gym, Onix naturally learned the Iron Tail move.

Steel-type attack against another Steel-type attack, Jigglypuff's Gyro Ball was immediately knocked away, and she returned to Molly's side in a daze.

"It's not over yet, Jigglypuff, use Sing!"

This is her like signature move, and Meganium was already afraid of what's going on, so she quickly used Safeguard to protect everyone present, but Janina and Onix were not included! Molly was able to dodge this because Jigglypuff made sure that she didn't hear this.

The dazed Janina clearly heard before falling asleep that Molly asked Jigglypuff to use Wake-Up Slap, which knocked Onix out.

After the battle, Ash and his team woke up the sleeping Janina, but Onix was still knocked out beside her.

"Janina, you did a good job, you should understand a little bit more about Onix, right?"

Seeing her head nodding, Ash asked, "Do you know where Jasmine is? She seems to be in trouble, maybe we can help!"

"Yeah!" She nodded repeatedly, "Miss Jasmine is at the Olivine Lighthouse on the pier!"

The Olivine Lighthouse, located on the east coast of Olivine City, is a lighthouse with a long history. When they arrived, they found it empty, so the group had to climb to the top of the tower.

But all they saw was a listless Ampharos!

"Ash, why are you here?" Jasmine walked out from the stairs next to them.

It goes on like this, Olivine City is a harbor coast city, and it has always used the Light Ball in Ampharos' tail as a light source since there was no electricity in the past to help guide the ships near it.

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Even though another electric lighthouse is now built next to The Olivine Lighthouse, the Olivine Lighthouse is still regarded as a symbol of prayer for safety to those sailors. After all, the safety of people sailing on the sea is the most important thing, more than the actual products that's being transported.

However, Ampharos' breathing has not been smooth recently, and the light on his tail has also weakened significantly. Despite Jasmine's careful care, he is still not getting better.

"Is there no way to heal this?" Brock looked worriedly at the sick Ampharos.

"Actually, I have asked the pharmacy in Cianwood City to prepare their Secret Medicine!" Jasmine said, "Just now, I received a call from them saying that the medicine is ready to be picked up!"

Ash looked at the Ampharos and pondered for a moment, "Let it recover some of it strength first while the medicine is not here!"

"Shock theme all, Raikou!"

"Oh my Ho-Oh, it's a Raikou!" Well, Ash and his group are used to hearing such exclamations from people.

"Raikou, recharge this Ampharos!" Seeing that Ampharos was in better spirits after getting a little energy from Raikou, Jasmine felt relieved.

But Ash said, "Jasmine, this is just a temporary solution, not the root cause. We still have to go to Cianwood City to get the Secret Medicine back! Why don't you leave it to us. We can cure Ampharos as soon as possible and in addition to that, I can also complete my Gym Challenge here as soon as possible."

"Is this really okay with you?" Jasmine certainly didn't want to trouble Ash and his friends who were meeting with her for the first time.

But Misty's focus was elsewhere, "Cianwood City is on the other side of the sea, right?"

"Ah, the cool sea breeze is calling me!"

"For Miss Jasmine, I'm willing to go through mountains seas of fire an-" Brock's ears was pulled away by Misty's hand before he continue to speak.

"In that case, the ship is about to leave!" Jasmine hurriedly sent Ash and his party there because the regular ship to Cianwood City was about to leave.

When they came to the foot of the tower, they met Janina again, "Miss Jasmine!"

The Onix next to her was already clean.

"Janina?" Jasmine saw her, looking a little nervous, and smiled and said, "Can I ask you a favor?"

Then, Jasmine looked at Ash and said, "I'm really sorry if I ask you to make an extra trip!"

"Ash, there is also a Gym in Cianwood City. Why don't you go and challenge the Cianwood Gym first? I would also like to trouble you to take care of Janina on the way!!

Hearing this, Ash nodded as he didn't see any trouble with it. Such an arrangement would be like hitting two Spearows with one stone!