"I see, Ash, you are here to challenge the Badge of the gym!!"
Dayton suddenly realized, "No wonder I said you don't look like a Normal Pokémon Trainer..."
"Logically speaking, if someone challenges me, I won't refuse~~~"
"But if it's you, Ash, then that's an exception!~!"
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While Ash and the others were stunned for a moment, Dayton enthusiastically took out a Badge from his pocket.
"You've already saved my sister. How can I have the nerve to embarrass you in this regard?!"
"This is our Trovita Gym's Spike-Shell Badge, you can take it!!!"
Misty:"???"
Tracey:
Ash:"~~~"
Really, is it that easy?
Ash and the others looked at the shell that Dayton took out, which had spikes like the sun and a pink center badge on it.
And Dayton's sincere expression...
Also a little speechless.
If they really take it, this might be the easiest badge they have ever gotten since challenging the Orange Alliance.
The last badge that was so easy to get was at the Cerulean Gym in Cerulean City.
Of course, Ash still refused righteously, saying that he would never use the back door.
Well, if you know everyone in Kanto Region, it's okay to just take the Badge.
But in this situation, both parties are strangers, and they just helped to rescue her sister~
If I just take the Badge away like this, it would feel like I'm asking for repayment for something I've done for you.
The most important thing is that considering Ash's strength, taking down the Badge of this gym is just a piece of cake.
Then there is no need to waste the gratitude for saving my life in exchange for a Badge like this~~~
"Is that so? As expected of Mr. Ash..."
Hearing Ash's righteous refusal, Dayton's eyes were full of admiration:
"Only a Trainer like you, Mr. Ash, can have such a broad mind and courage...
"Okay, in that case, I'll make the decision. The special moves test before the formal challenge will be waived."
Just like several other Orange Alliance gym leaders, normally speaking.
Dayton requires challengers to undergo a Pokémon move test before challenging the gym.
The test requirement of this Trovita Gym is to let the Trainer shoot the Ring Target with Pokémon on a moving ship.
Ash's Golduck has already shown excellent qualities before, so there is absolutely no problem in this regard.
Then, let's get straight to the point...
"It's a three-on-three official battle!!"
Led by Dayton, a group of people came to Trovita Gym.
The outside of this gym looks like a Pokémon Center.
There is no battle field in this gym, but there is a Pokémon dance area and a restaurant.
The actual battle site is on the high rocks around Trovita Island.
Taking the hot air baloon, they arrived at the battle site smoothly.
"The rules of the game are three on three. Whichever side loses the ability to fight first will be deemed the loser."
"Of course, in addition to this, there is another very important rule...
Dayton stood across from Rock and said seriously, "That means the Pokémon Attributes sent out by both sides in each battle must be the same!!"
"no problem."
Ash has no objection.
"Well, I, Dayton, the Southern Star of the Southern Cross, declare this gym challenge officially open!"
"Go ahead, Electabuzz!"
He took out his Pokémon first, the familiar electric one with broad black stripes.
"First, let's use the Electric-type Pokémon to decide the outcome.
"Pikachu, you go."
Ash currently has only one Pikachu Pokémon with Electric Attribute.
"Pika Pika!!"
Pikachu jumped into the field, also full of fighting spirit.
"Use Quick Attack to get close to it."
Ash knew that this Electabuzz was trained to love absorbing electricity.
The effect of a simple Electric Type attack on it can be said to be minimal.
"Thunder Punch!"
Dayton decisively chose close combat.
This was indeed a good choice, but unfortunately, he overlooked one point.
"Pee! Pee!!"
Pikachu ran quickly on the Rock field and came to Electabuzz in a flash.
At the same time, the fist flashing with lightning also fell directly down.
But~~~
Swish!
When the Thunder Punch came down, Pikachu suddenly dodged it easily.
Bang!!
Quick Attack's Tackle hit Electabuzz right in the chest.
"..."
Electabuzz felt the pain and kept moving backwards.
"Keep going, use the Oreburgh tail!!"
"Pica!!"
Instantly, strong Steel type power gathered on Pikachu's tail.
"Use Brick Break!"
Dayton hushed, letting Electabuzz make the most appropriate spin for the moment.
But~~~
"Thunder Punch followed by Brick Break, it's a very familiar scene..."
The corners of Ash's mouth slowly lifted up, which reminded him of the original story line, in the Sinnoh Region.
His Pikachu, write about the battle between Paul's Electabuzz.
This time, Dayton's Electabuzz is far inferior to Paul's Electabuzz in both strength and intensity.
one...
"Pica!!"
Pikachu flicked its tail violently, easily deflecting Electabuzz Brick Break's punch.
Then~~~
Bang!!!
The metallic tail slammed heavily on Electabuzz's face.
And the sound is very loud, and anyone who hears it will feel that it must be quite painful.
Not to mention the Electabuzz on the field.
"Hey!"
It screamed in pain, and then its body fell backwards.
boom!!
Electabuzz fell to the ground with a bang, and the swirling circles on his face and eyes were clearly visible.
"Exeggutor loses his ability to fight, Pikachu wins!"
The referee in the hot Air Baloon in Soaring in the sky also announced the result of the battle immediately.
"As expected of Ash and Pikachu, they won after all."
Tracey and Misty, who were also spectating in the hot Air Baloon, were also watching the battle below.
They also had no concerns about Ash.
The latter has been winning all the way, never failed, and has never lost any battle.
That undefeated record brought them enough confidence!
"Sure enough, I knew that Mr. Ash is so amazing..."
Even Dayton, who was a Rival, clapped his hands and exclaimed:
"So what's next..."
He took back the Electabuzz and then took out another Pokémon ball.
"It's a duel between Grass-Type Pokémon."
"Go, Exeggutor!!"
Bang!!
The three-headed Exeggutor jumped into the field.
"Ivysaur, please."
After Ash recalled Pikachu, he also took out Ivysaur.
"Music, start."
Dayton snapped his fingers lightly, and immediately, the gym disciples on the hot Air Baloon took out the tape recorder and started playing dance music there.
"Exeggutor, go dance!"
"Coconut~Egg~"
Exeggutor moves forward with a leisurely dance step.
Looking at its steps, it looks very much like modern dance.
"Teaching Pokémon modern dance is also a way for me to train them."
Dayton smiled and said that this is their training method at Trovita Gym.
Compared to simply training special skills, this is also a different approach.
"It's a really good method~"
Ash nodded slightly. In the original storyline, this Exeggutor easily avoided Ash Bulbasaur's Razor Leaf by dancing.
But this time~
"Ivysaur,用Vine Whip!!"
"Ditory!!"
Ivysaur growled and began to shoot out two or three Vine Whips from the bud on its back, whipping towards Exeggutor.
"Exeggutor, dance away!"
Dayton was obviously very confident in his Exeggutor dance and felt that he could easily avoid it.
But obviously, he guessed wrong.
Pah pah pah!!
Ivysaur's Vine Whip all landed on Exeggutor, whipping it continuously.
Even though it was well-trained in modern dance, it tried its best to avoid Ivysaur's attacks.
But this still couldn't stop Ivysaur from spinning like a top, and the Normal Vine Whip hit it like a storm.
"ẞ...."
Exeggutor was beaten so hard that he was dizzy, and his three heads received special attention.
It was visible to the naked eye that one of the three heads had stars in its eyes, while another was being beaten left and right.
One of them had swelled up so much that even the eyes couldn't be seen.
"Exeggutor?!"
Dayton's expression suddenly changed. This situation was beyond his expectations.
"Give it the final Knock Off!"
Ash took advantage of the victory and directly attacked Ivysaur with a Dark Type trick that could restrain Exeggutor.
[Knock Off]: Attack and cause damage. If the target is carrying an item that can be Knocked Off, the target loses the item before the end of the battle, and the damage of this attack is ×1.5.
It can be said that this is the trick to give Smack Down the props that Rival carried.
However, it is also a special skill of Dark Type, which just happens to restrain Exeggutor, which has both Psychic Type and Grass Type.
Ivysaur is a Grass Type and Poison Type, and is also good at Poison Type's tricks, and can be a Grass Type.
But when facing Psychic Type, it is restrained.
Therefore, using Dark Type's Knock Off is just right!!
"Ditory!!"
Ivysaur felt no pressure at all, and smashed down heavily with Vine Whip, which was wrapped in the power of Dark Type.
Bang!!
Right in the center of Exeggutor's trunk head.
Exeggutor shook his body twice, and then followed Electabuzz's footsteps.
Well, he didn't even get to use any of his special moves before being easily dealt with by Ivysaur.
And it only took two moves to send Exeggutor away.
0...
"Exeggutor is incapacitated, Ivysaur wins!"
The referee announced the result promptly, and as a result, Ash took the lead in winning two games.
"No wonder I didn't have to give you the Badge directly….
Dayton was able to see things in a positive light.
With Mr. Ash's ability, there is no need for me to give it directly.
"Your own strength alone is enough to get the Badge from me..."
"Come back, Exeggutor."
Dayton took back Exeggutor directly, and he was not going to take out the third Pokémon.
"It seems that even if I take out the third Pokémon, it won't change the situation much..."
He smiled and said, "Mr. Ash, you have won two games. The result of this gym challenge is already obvious.
"The third Pokémon battle was originally a Water Type duel, and I was going to send out Starmie as well."
"But now it seems that it is basically useless."
As for the Water Type, he also knew that Ash had that Golduck.
He couldn't bring himself to deal with Golduck and Dayton who were trying to rescue his sister.
What's more, he has already lost.
"This is the Spike-Shell Badge..."
This time, Dayton was convinced and took out the Badge of his gym.
"Mr. Ash, you are indisputable and can get this Badge..."
The Spike-Shell Badge was obtained, and the third badge was officially in Ash's pocket.
"But I still have a question…
Ash asked casually as he pinned the Spike-Shell Badge to his collar.
"What's the problem?"
.....THE
Despite losing the game, Dayton was in a good mood.
He accepted his defeat sincerely, and Ash conquered him with his strength.
Plus, the other person is his savior...
The combination of various factors made it difficult for him to have any ill feelings towards Ash.
"Your gym is called Trovita Gym..."
Ash smiled and said, "But why is your badge called Spike-Shell Badge instead of Grapefruit Badge?"
Dayton:...…
He really seemed to have never thought about this question.
In the end, after getting the Badge, Ash and his team declined Dayton's hospitality.
After waving goodbye to Dayton and his sister Marie, we continued on the Lapras towards the next island.
"The island we are currently on is Fairchild Island~
On an island in the northwest region of the Orange Islands, Tracey was explaining the situation of the island to everyone.
"There seem to be a lot of Pidegeotto and Rhydon on this island."
"And the size seems to be a lot bigger than normal ones."
"This may be because the forest is so large and the food source is so abundant..."
This place is great for Pokémon observers like Tracey.
He also began to explore the island with great interest.
Fairchild Island is mostly covered in forest.
In the forest, there lived many giant Pidegeotto and Rhydon.
However, they are not very welcoming to outsiders. They often attack visitors and drive them off the island.
In the original storyline, Ash and his crew arrived at Fairchild Island and fell into a trap set by Team Rocket.
Pikachu was captured by Team Rocket and chained to Meowth.
Just when Team Rocket was feeling proud, Meowth and Pikachu were captured by Pidegeotto.
Meowth and Pikachu finally managed to break free from Pidegeotto, but they couldn't find the way back...
Fortunately, without the harassment from the Rocket trio, Ash and his friends' trip to the island seemed safe and sound.
Well, it's another day of missing that trio.
But what Ash didn't know was that the recent situation of the trio didn't seem to be very good~~~
The observation of Fairchild Island was soon over, and Ash and his companions continued riding Lapras towards their next destination.
Of course, when we started our journey in the Orange Islands.
The reputation of Ash and others gradually spread.
Among the three gyms in the Orange Islands, there is Xia Qian Gym, Bai Lang Gym and Lun Bao Gym.
The masters of the three gyms all praised Ash highly.
During this period, Ash and others helped at Seven Grapefruit Island, and Miss Casey there also spread the message of Ash and others' help to the travelers.
Officer Jenny and Nurse Joy, who have received Ash Help on various islands, also began to talk about Ash's assistance.
It can be said that, for a time, the entire Orange Islands began to talk about Ash.
Especially, when some Trainers heard that Ash was the Quartz Conference Champion of the Kanto Region Alliance Conference.
And he was a Mega master who shut out Rival~~~
Suddenly, all the Trainers in the Orange Islands became excited.
They all started to go out to sea with great interest, looking for the whereabouts of Ash and others, wanting to have a good fight with him.
The first one to find Ash was Xiao Shi.