Tyranitar took heavy steps and rushed toward the Raikou.
At the same time, Raikou's attack arrived. A huge electric current sprayed from its mouth and hit Tyranitar.
This electric current looked powerful. But fortunately, Tyranitar's attribute was not restrained by the Electric type. Although it hurt, Tyranitar still moved forward with indomitable momentum, approaching Raikou bit by bit.
In fact, Natsui could have let Tyranitar use a move like Hyper Beam to attack Raikou from a distance. In such a narrow passage, Raikou could not avoid it at all. To avoid being hit, it could only use a move of equal power to cancel it out.
But since he knew this was the gym's test for challengers, and being inside the gym, it was not good to damage the building here. So Natsui had concerns and chose close combat.
Arriving in front of it, Tyranitar opened its mouth and used Bite, biting towards Raikou.
Compared with a real Pokémon, this Raikou was obviously not "smart" enough. It just stood there motionless and let Tyranitar bite its body!
Rip!
Tyranitar's teeth were not particularly sharp, and they were small, but it still easily bit off a piece of Raikou's "body"!
It was only at this time that Misty saw the various wires exposed inside Raikou's body. She realized that this was actually a fake Raikou!
Suffering such an attack, perhaps the internal circuits were chaotic, Raikou's eyes dimmed, and it stood there motionless.
"What? It broke so easily?" She put one hand on her hip and shook her head. "It appeared so arrogantly, but I didn't expect it to be so weak."
"This should be just a small test," Natsui said. "If they really made it too strong, or at the same level as the real Raikou, I'm afraid most trainers wouldn't even be able to enter the door."
As soon as his voice fell, a secret door suddenly opened on the wall to the side. Two men walked out from inside.
Walking in front was an old man in his seventies. He was not tall and had a big belly, looking a bit chubby. His sparse white hair was combed into a style, and a beard of the same color as his hair covered half of his face below his nose.
The old man wore a camouflage vest with a lightning symbol and work overalls underneath. Although he was old, he looked very energetic. As soon as he came out, he laughed non-stop.
Behind the old man was a young man wearing round glasses. He looked like the old man's assistant.
Perhaps on the other side of the secret door, he heard Natsui and Misty's conversation. When he walked out of the secret door, the old man grinned at Natsui.
"You are right, this is indeed just a small test," the old man said with a smile. "It is my Laughing Million Volt No. 2. Like the charging period of life, it is also a welcoming ceremony I prepared for challengers. How was it? Did it scare you?"
"What's there to be scared of?" Misty pursed her lips. Although she was indeed startled just now, she would not admit defeat verbally. "Compared to the real Raikou, the strength of your fake is far worse!"
"Oh?" Hearing this, the old man raised his eyebrows. "You actually know its name. It seems you are not trainers from Hoenn. And listening to your meaning, have you seen a real Raikou before?"
Misty realized she had let it slip. Her face changed slightly, and she couldn't help looking at Natsui.
Natsui took a step forward at this moment.
"I have seen it," Natsui said with a smile. "When I was traveling in the Johto region before, I even had a fight with it!"
He was not lying.
He just said half of it.
Fighting was true, but in the end, he also caught Raikou. It was not as simple as just seeing it.
Hearing Natsui say this, the old man did not doubt him. He just stroked his beard.
"Having fought with a Legendary Pokémon, your travel experience is really rich and colorful!" the old man exclaimed with emotion.
Recalling Tyranitar, in order not to continue this topic and to complete the business as soon as possible, Natsui looked at the old man.
"Are you Mr. Wattson?" Natsui asked.
The old man was indeed distracted.
"That's right, I am the Mauville Gym Leader, Wattson," Wattson said and nodded. "The one beside me is Watt, my assistant."
The man called Watt nodded to Natsui and Misty at this moment.
"Hello, welcome to the Mauville Gym," Watt said in a friendly manner.
"It's an honor. I am Natsui. As you can see, I am a trainer. And the one beside me is my traveling partner, Misty," Natsui said. "I think Mr. Wattson already knows my purpose for coming. I wonder if it is convenient now?"
"Of course, no problem," Wattson said and nodded. "Come with me."
Led by Wattson and Watt, Natsui and Misty left the passage and came to a spacious room.
This was obviously the gym's battlefield. As an Electric-type gym, the battlefield here was not as complex as the rock or water fields. It was just very ordinary flat ground, nothing more.
Misty found a random seat in the audience and sat down.
Unlike traveling with Ash before, where she had to be scared for every gym battle, being with Natsui, she basically did not worry about the battle. She just had to cheer a few times and watch quietly.
This was also one of the biggest differences between Natsui and Ash.
In the field, Natsui and Wattson went to their respective trainer command areas and stood still. Needless to say, Watt naturally acted as the referee for this battle.
Watt looked at Natsui. According to custom, he spoke loudly.
"Then, the Mauville Gym battle will begin now," Watt announced. "The number of Pokémon used in the match is three. The Gym Leader cannot change Pokémon at will during the battle. When all three Pokémon of either side are unable to battle, the battle is over!"
This is a very normal competition rule. It was exactly the same as Roxanne's Rustboro Gym before. It is also the mainstream rule in the world today.
After Watt finished explaining the rules of the match, Wattson was the first to take out a Poké Ball.
As he threw the Poké Ball onto the battlefield, the next second, a Voltorb appeared in front of Natsui.
"This is my Voltorb," Wattson said with a laugh. "I remind you, it can fight for a long time, so if you want to defeat it, it is best to end the battle in a short time!"
Wattson's reminder also let Natsui feel that this old man was indeed very cheerful and confident in his Pokémon.
"Thanks for the reminder, I will pay attention," Natsui said.
Natsui smiled politely. Without thinking much, he also sent out his Pokémon.
When the blue light flashed, Wattson looked at it and found it was actually a Combusken. He felt a trace of surprise.
"Why didn't you send that Tyranitar?" Wattson asked. "Judging from its performance just now, isn't it very strong? Oh, I understand. You must want to keep it for last, right?"
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