bookbashuk Chapter 18: Challenge Pewter Gym!
Chapter 18: Challenge Pewter Gym!
The next morning, after washing up, Qingyuan left the Pokémon Center and headed towards the Pewter Gym.
Because Pewter City is quite famous, many people come to challenge Pewter City every day.
To prevent trainers from arriving at Pewter Gym only to find it empty-handed, or arriving only to be unable to get a turn.
Therefore, you need to book a day in advance to challenge the Pewter Gym.
Qingyuan had already booked the gym challenge match at 8:00 AM this morning when he arrived in Nibi City yesterday morning.
Arriving at the Pewter Gym, Qingyuan slowly pushed open the door and entered the Pewter Gym.
All that came into view was pitch black.
"Good heavens, this Rock-type gym looks like a Ghost-type gym. Is Pewter Gym broke?"
"Logically speaking, with so many people challenging the gyms every day, the League shouldn't be withholding funding, leaving Pewter Gym unable to even turn on its lights, right?"
Looking at the surroundings, Qingyuan mentally complained as he slowly walked deeper into the dojo.
"Hello, challenger!"
"Oh my god! What the heck?"
Just as Qingyuan was searching for a place to fight, the lights in front of him suddenly turned on, and at the same time a voice came from the light, which startled Qingyuan.
After seeing that it was Brock under the light, and not some Ghost-type Pokémon.
Qingyuan then patted his chest to calm his heart, which was pounding wildly from the shock.
"Sorry, challenger!"
Looking at Qingyuan's intense reaction, Xiaogang scratched his head and said somewhat embarrassedly.
After Qingyuan recovered, he spoke to Xiaogang.
"It's alright! Hello, I'm Qingyuan from Viridian City. I booked today's Gym Challenge in the Pokédex yesterday!"
Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, Xiaogang crossed his arms again and addressed Qingyuan.
"In a gym challenge, you can use two Pokémon. If all of one side's Pokémon are unable to battle, the battle ends!"
"In gym battles, only the challenger can switch Pokémon; gym trainers cannot!"
"These are the rules for the gym challenge, do you understand, challenger!"
Qingyuan nodded and took out an elf.
"Understood. Shaktuff, may we begin the gym challenge?"
Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, Xiaogang nodded and waved his hand, instantly turning on all the lights on the battlefield.
The entire dojo seemed to transform from night to day in an instant, and Qingyuan's eyes were blinded by the light, tears streaming down his face.
He looked at Xiaogang and saw that Xiaogang's expression was normal, as if he hadn't been affected at all.
"Wow, so that's where squinty eyes come in handy!"
As Qingyuan squinted to adjust to the surrounding light, he silently complained to himself.
When Xiaogang saw Qingyuan's appearance, he didn't immediately start the dojo challenge, but stood still and waited.
After a long while, once Qingyuan's eyes had adjusted to the surrounding light, he spoke to Xiaogang.
"Master, I'm ready!"
Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, Xiaogang nodded seriously and said...
"The gym challenge between Qingyuan from Viridian City and Brock, the gym leader of Pewter City's Pewter Gym, shall now begin!"
"This is my first Pokémon!"
As soon as Xiao Gang finished speaking, a stone sprite with two arms appeared on the battlefield.
"Geomorphoth looks like a round, gray stone. It has raised stone eyebrows, trapezoidal eyes with brown irises, and a pair of muscular arms with five fingers on each hand. Alola Geomagnet is entirely dark gray, and one of its distinctive features is the eyebrow-like area on its head, which is said to be iron sand that adheres to it due to Geomagnetism. Its hands only have three fingers." (Not included in the main text!)
Qingyuan took out his Pokédex and scanned the Pokémon in front of him, collecting information from the Pokédex.
"In that case, Scorpio will bring me victory!"
After putting away the Pokédex, Qingyuan immediately released Scorpion.
"Clatter!"
Scorpio looked at the small Geodude in front of him with a serious expression.
"Hey cha-cha!"
Seeing Scorpio's expression, Geodude tugged at his fists in a somewhat provocative manner.
"Scorpion, use Quick Attack!"
The moment the scorpion was released, Qingyuan gave the order.
Anyway, Xiao Gang didn't specify who would attack first, so he, as the challenger, might as well shamelessly take advantage of the situation.
"Clatter!"
Scorpion let out a cry and transformed into a streak of white light, rushing towards Geodude at lightning speed.
"Geolith, use Round Form!"
Watching Scorpion rush towards Geodude at top speed, Xiao Gang remained expressionless and said calmly.
"Hey cha-cha!"
"boom!"
Geodude, as expected of the Gym Leader's Pokémon, is a seasoned veteran with rich battle experience, successfully using Circle before Gliscor could hit it.
This resulted in Geodude being knocked away by Scorpion's Quick Attack, but because it had already used the Circle ability.
The little Geodude wasn't hurt much.
"That's how you use scrolling!"
"Hey cha-cha!"
Using the kinetic energy from being knocked away, the little geodeer rolled rapidly the moment it landed.
It accumulated immense power in just a few seconds and swiftly attacked Scorpio.
"Scorpion, fly up and dodge! Use Sand Splash!"
"Clatter!"
Using its tail, Scorpion leaped into the air and successfully dodged Geodude's fierce attack.
At the same time, a cloud of yellow sand quickly gathered in front of Scorpio.
Geodude wasn't discouraged after failing to hit Scorpion, and kept rolling around on the battlefield.
While accumulating energy, it is also searching for Scorpio's weaknesses, preparing for its next attack.
Scorpion, meanwhile, glided across the battlefield, wielding the yellow sand, giving Geodude no chance to attack.
"Clatter!"
Scorpio suddenly screamed and fell straight to the ground.
Upon seeing this, Geodude immediately charged towards Scorpio.
Just as Geodude was about to reach him, Scorpion threw the sand in his hand to Geodude and then did a backflip to fly into the air again.
"Hey cha!"
The little fist-shaped stone, its eyes filled with sand, couldn't help but stop rolling and rub its eyes.
Upon seeing this, Qingyuan immediately began to give instructions.
"Scorpio, use Quick Attack now!"
Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, Scorpion glided and flipped in the air, its body glowing with a bright white light as it charged toward the little fist stone.
"Geosphere, get out of the way!"
Upon seeing this, Xiao Gang immediately shouted at the little fist stone.
However, how could the little geode, which had already stopped rolling, possibly dodge Scorpion's lightning strike?
"boom!"
With a loud bang, Geodude was sent flying by Scorpion.
"Scorpion uses Mud Shot on Geodude!"
Qingyuan knew that Scorpion's attack was too quick and couldn't kill the little fist stone that had already been rounded once.
So before the little stone even hit the ground, Qingyuan quickly ordered Scorpion to press the attack.
Clumps of dark brown mud rapidly gathered around Scorpio's body.
"Bang bang bang!"
A series of muffled thuds rang out; Scorpio seemed to have a natural talent for shooting skills.
Not a single mud ball that had gathered around him missed its target; they all struck the small, flying rock.
They let Geodude experience mud from the sky.
As the smoke and dust cleared, the little Geodude, its eyes now rounded and covered in mud, lay in a crater of rubble.
"Come back, Geodude, you've done a great job!"
Brock recalled Geodude and spoke slowly to Geodude's Poké Ball.