Under everyone's watchful eyes, Machamp opened its four arms simultaneously and rushed toward Tyranitar again. And next, people clearly saw exactly how it fell into a disadvantage.
They saw Machamp's shoulder bump lightly, and it smashed through the rock blocking its way with great ease. Immediately, it took a few more steps and arrived in front of Tyranitar. Judging from this posture, it seemed to want to hug Tyranitar and use Seismic Toss!
Everything was fine up to this point. If Seismic Toss was successfully used, it would definitely cause a massive amount of damage to Tyranitar!
However, just at the moment Machamp was about to touch Tyranitar, Tyranitar suddenly turned around. That tail behind it, not too long but exceptionally thick, swept directly at Machamp's legs!
Caught off guard, Machamp only felt a pain in its lower limbs. Immediately, it lost its center of balance violently, falling backward facing the sky!
Oh no!
Seeing this scene, Brawly's face changed drastically, and a bad feeling had already arisen in his heart!
Thump.
Machamp fell heavily to the ground.
Adhering to the principle of "striking while the opponent is down," Natsui shouted loudly at the right time: "Good opportunity, use Hyper Beam!"
Hearing Natsui's command issued, now, everyone knew what he was going to do.
Because they felt empathy, some gym girls turned their faces sideways, simply unable to bear watching what would happen next. There were even some people who actually covered their faces with their hands and quietly shed tears!
And following Natsui's command, Tyranitar lowered its head slightly. Huge energy gathered in its mouth, and at an extremely close range, it burst forth, hitting Machamp right in the chest!
The energy, looking full of destructive power, emitted a scorching and dazzling white light. With a huge zzzt sound, it hit Machamp continuously.
Under the huge energy blow, Machamp's body twitched constantly, its eyes rolled upward, and it soon lost consciousness.
"Stop it!!"
Seeing that Tyranitar was actually still recklessly spewing the remaining energy of Hyper Beam, Brawly became anxious immediately, and his eyes kept looking at Natsui!
Fortunately, seeing the match end, with a wave of Natsui's hand, Tyranitar closed its mouth immediately, and the Hyper Beam also stopped abruptly at this moment!
Just as the referee's voice fell, Brawly also called a stop to Tyranitar.
However, how could his words command Tyranitar!
This time, the referee raised the colored flag almost immediately.
"Machamp is unable to battle. The winner is Tyranitar. The challenger wins the final victory of this gym battle!"
Seeing this, Brawly hurriedly stepped forward to check Machamp's injuries. Seeing that it was fine and there was no major issue, only then did he take out the Poké Ball and recall Machamp.
"I lost..."
Although unwilling in his heart, he still put on an indifferent look on his face, seeming not to care much about his own failure.
Even if he lost, he had to find a way out for himself (save face).
"Your Tyranitar is very strong, especially the attack targeting Machamp's lower body. It really made my eyes light up. And I can also tell that before challenging here, you must have done special training, right? I have to say, the preparation was really sufficient!"
"Special training?"
What training?
Training lower body attacks?
Natsui shook his head helplessly.
But in Brawly's eyes, since Natsui didn't refute, that undoubtedly represented that this man acquiesced to his words.
It seems he indeed did special research on his lineup before challenging!
This also made him feel somewhat better in his heart.
After all, a grand Double Region Champion must be extremely powerful in strength. Obviously, it's not worth it to specifically study anything just to challenge a gym.
"This is my Knuckle Badge, take it."
Walking in front of Natsui, Brawly once again handed the badge, which he wanted to give away just now but was refused by Bea, to Natsui.
While speaking, he also stared at Natsui all the time, afraid that this man, like the woman just now, was only here to train and not to challenge the gym, and would refuse his badge again.
But fortunately, this man didn't have any hesitation and took the badge directly.
Seeing this, Brawly breathed a long sigh of relief.
Finally over...
It was really a few torturous matches...
Well, never mind. Let's heal the Pokémon first, then go for a good surf to relax the mood!
Thinking of this, he turned around, just about to call those gym girls to go to the seaside to relax. Unexpectedly, he saw them gathered together, all looking at one of their phone screens, chattering and discussing something!
Raising his eyebrows, with a brilliant smile hanging on his face, he walked toward them.
"Girls, rare good weather, let's go surfing!"
Before he could get close, he heard that girl say: "I said why he felt somewhat familiar when I looked at him. I just searched it up, and sure enough, found that he is not an ordinary person!"
Not an ordinary person?
Brawly became more curious. Coming to the girl's side, he also looked into the phone screen. He saw an award ceremony video playing on the screen, and the man standing on the podium in the video was precisely the challenger who had just battled him!
Look at the title again — "Congratulations Natsui, Winning the Second Pokémon League Championship!!"
"What?" Brawly was stunned hearing this. Could it be that man is not an ordinary challenger?
He is actually a champion of two regions!?
I didn't see it at all!
No wonder that Tyranitar was so powerful just now!
Thinking again that he just made an excuse, saying something like Natsui had studied him before the challenge, his face turned red immediately.
But the voices of praise in his ears also immediately made him feel jealous in his heart!
You know, this kind of admired gaze, previously these all belonged to him!
...
Natsui looked down at the Knuckle Badge in his palm.
Just like its name, the shape of the Knuckle Badge is like a boxing glove, nothing special. It consists of two colors. First is the large area of blue, like the main body of the glove, and an orange circle at the bottom of the glove, like a protruding thumb!
Putting the badge into the badge case, Natsui nodded to Brawly, said no more, and turned directly to walk out of the gym.
And seeing this, Misty and Bea in the audience seats also stood up at the same time, met with him, and then walked out of the gym together.
Too lazy to argue with him, Natsui took out the Poké Ball and also recalled Tyranitar.
After challenging the Dewford Gym, Natsui has already obtained the Stone from Rustboro Gym, the Heat from Lavaridge Gym, the Dynamo from Mauville Gym, and the Knuckle from Dewford Gym, these four badges.
The goal of collecting eight badges has been half completed.
Just four more, and he can participate in the Ever Grande Conference!
Natsui, Misty, and Bea, after leaving the Dewford Gym, followed the small road they had walked many times and came to the outskirts of Dewford Town.
After challenging the gym, they were also facing separation at this time.
Since their friendship was not deep, after simply exchanging training methods, they simply said goodbye and watched Bea leave first.
The only regret was that until the end, he didn't know that woman's name, nor did he get her contact information.
Looking at Bea, Natsui asked curiously: "Where are you going next?"
Bea didn't hesitate and said directly: "There are other famous Fighting-type trainers in Hoenn. I want to visit them. After challenging them all, I will go to other regions."
"I understand." Natsui nodded. "Then I wish that we meet again by fate."
After Bea left, Natsui and Misty also returned to Dewford Town. They first went to the Pokémon Center to find Nurse Joy to treat the injuries of Combusken and Tyranitar, then had lunch here, and then set off again to the port of Dewford Town.
Buying tickets and boarding the ship, the journey was silent.
The passenger ship sailed on the sea for half a day. In the evening, Natsui and Misty stepped onto the Hoenn continent again.
Only stepping here did they truly feel grounded.
It is worth mentioning that because they arrived late, this hotel happened to have only one room left. Natsui and Misty could only stay together. And when checking in, Natsui braved the shocked gaze of the receptionist, explained for a long time, and finally was allowed to stay with Misty under the scrutiny of the lobby manager.
This is the inconvenience of traveling with a minor...
Even when the two got into the elevator, at the moment the elevator door closed, Natsui, holding the room card, still saw the receptionist and the lobby manager staring at him with a look reserved for perverts...
Forget it, I'll get used to it eventually...
If possible, he would rather stay in a Pokémon Center or a homestay than come to this kind of place.
The journey was dull and boring. After landing at the port city, the two didn't rush the journey but stayed in a hotel here for one night.
The night passed without incident.
Wait until early the next morning, Natsui didn't even eat much breakfast, taking Misty and fleeing from here directly, heading straight for Petalburg City.
Wait until they sat on the passenger ship returning to the mainland, the two blowing the sea breeze on the deck, looking at the blue sea, Misty asked: "Where are we going next?"
"Just go to Petalburg Gym. I went there before. At that time, it happened that Norman (Mr. Senri) was out on business, causing me to miss the gym battle. Moreover, Dewford Town is not far from there; it is just right to go from here!"
"Mr. Norman is May's father, right?" Misty nodded. "I wonder what kind of person he is."
Natsui gazed into the distance: "He is a person born for Pokémon, also a serious, rigorous, and popular person, but most importantly, he is a powerful man!"
Because it is relatively close to Littleroot Town (Oldale), the road leading to Petalburg City is filled with a large number of trainers who have just set off not long ago.
In order to train his Pokémon, whenever someone wanted to challenge him, Natsui refused no one. Using Eevee, Combusken, and Metang, these three Pokémon, he rampaged all the way, sweeping these novice trainers. When he arrived at the outskirts of Petalburg City, with a posture of complete victory, he won seventeen victories in one fell swoop!
This also made Misty laugh incessantly.
"Brother Natsui, why are you competing with those novices? Didn't you see how desperate their faces were after you defeated them? I'm afraid after fighting with you, some people will take a long time to walk out of the shadow of failure."
"What do you know?" Natsui shrugged and rolled his eyes at her. "Although I have been traveling for a long time, these three Pokémon of mine are also considered rookie Pokémon. Since they are all novices, isn't it reasonable to find them to spar and hone Pokémon skills?"
"Yes yes yes... you are right." Misty covered her mouth and snickered. "But aren't you afraid that this matter will be known by others? Fortunately, those people don't know your name. If it spreads out, there will definitely be some explosive news circulating like 'Shocking! Contest Champion Abuses Novices in Starter Area!'"
Giving Misty a light knock on the head, Natsui laughed loudly and stepped into Petalburg City contentedly.
Just have fun, just wander, life goes on as usual.
However, just at this time, his phone rang suddenly.
Hmm?
Natsui felt strange in his heart. For no reason, why did he call him?
He knew something must have happened. Otherwise, destined to have little intersection in the future, he wouldn't look for him at this time.
Thinking of this, he immediately answered the phone.
"Hello? Mr. Natsui, are you still in Hoenn?"
He picked up the phone and found that it was actually Mr. Stone's secretary, Kuroda (Mr. Kennedy), calling!
"Of course, I am near Petalburg City. Is there anything wrong?"
Hearing that Natsui was actually not far from the Devon Corporation headquarters, Kuroda on the other end of the phone obviously breathed a sigh of relief, then went straight to the subject: "That's great. If it's convenient, can you come to Rustboro City? President Stone has a very important matter he wants to ask you!"
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