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"Oh? Butterfree, you managed to raise a fully evolved Pokémon in just nine days? You truly are an amazing Trainer," Brock exclaimed to Ash, watching Butterfree fly in the sky.
Although it's a Bug-type Pokémon, raising a fully evolved Pokémon in nine days is indeed quite remarkable for a beginner.
Moreover, from Brock's perspective, this Butterfree wasn't just simply evolved to its final form; its condition in all aspects was excellent.
Whether it was its spirit, its fur, its wings, or its eyes, everything was of top-tier quality among Pokémon. This indicates that Ash didn't rush Caterpie's evolution into Butterfree but rather allowed Caterpie to evolve naturally through careful nurturing.
In the eyes of Brock, who aspires to be a Breeder, this Butterfree has been exceptionally well-bred.
"Didn't I tell you? Rookie Trainers from Pallet Town are different from other Trainers. It's normal for me to have a Butterfree, right?" Ash said, a hint of self-satisfaction on his face.
Being praised by a Gym Leader before even battling made him feel like he was floating.
But Ash quickly suppressed the smile on his lips, his expression becoming serious.
Arrogance and overconfidence in battle are major taboos. If he wanted to be self-satisfied and proud, he had to wait until he won.
"It's impressive that you could raise a Butterfree, but you seem to have forgotten the Pokémon type chart. Butterfree is a Flying-type and Bug-type, which means it's quadruply weak to Rock-type. As long as my Geodude lands one hit on you, it's over," Brock suddenly changed the subject.
The Geodude he sent out was an advanced-level Pokémon. For ordinary beginners, it was an impossible level to defeat. After all, even with Ash's speed in training Pokémon, it took him almost ten days to raise a normal-level Pikachu to an advanced level.
If it were an ordinary person, even tripling that number might not achieve what Ash could.
So, just in terms of level, the beginner's challenge was already very disadvantageous, even if this challenge level was the Gym's lowest difficulty.
And Ash's Butterfree was only at peak normal strength, not to mention being completely countered by Rock-type in terms of typing. Its chances of winning seemed very slim, but for Ash, this was not the case.
"Level and type are indeed the most crucial factors in battle, but even more critical is the Trainer who commands the Pokémon. Let me show you and Butterfree's tactics. Butterfree, use Sleep Powder!"
"Bilibili~~" Butterfree flapped its wings, and countless powders scattered down, targeting Geodude.
"Sleep Powder? Geodude, use Rollout!"
"Punch~" Geodude curled up into a ball, then spun rapidly in place, charging forward with a sudden burst!
By the time the Sleep Powder fell, Geodude had already left its original position.
"That slow Sleep Powder won't hit my Geodude. Just use Rollout to attack Butterfree!" Brock waved his hand, directly launching an attack on Butterfree.
Rollout's power increases with the duration of the roll. With Geodude's higher level than Butterfree, increased Rollout power, and a quadruple type advantage, this move might directly incapacitate Butterfree!
However, despite Brock's shouts, Geodude did not bounce towards Butterfree but continued its straight-line roll, though its rolling speed had already slowed down significantly.
"What's wrong, Geodude?!" Geodude's unusual behavior made Brock confused. What happened? Why wasn't Geodude obeying his command?
The next second, Geodude gave Brock the answer.
Geodude, still in its Rollout state, crashed into a rock pillar on the field, then finally stopped rolling and remained motionless on the ground.
"This is... asleep?! How is that possible! Geodude clearly dodged Sleep Powder just now!" Brock cried out in disbelief.
Sleep Powder's range isn't large, and its speed is very slow. Without a feint, it's relatively difficult to hit.
So Brock didn't pay attention to Butterfree's Sleep Powder. An attack of that speed, even a very slow Geodude, could dodge with Rollout.
But what was going on now? Why was Geodude hit by Sleep Powder?
"Hehe, because my Butterfree's ability is Compound Eyes," Ash said proudly, wiping the tip of his nose.
A few days ago in the forest, Ash finally understood how to use Butterfree in the group chat, and what a support Pokémon meant.
A Butterfree with the Compound Eyes ability can increase its accuracy by thirty percent. This increase isn't just on a statistical level; why does Compound Eyes increase accuracy by thirty percent? Because with this ability, Butterfree observes other Pokémon as if they are in slow motion.
This allows it to precisely land its moves on opponents that appear to be moving in slow motion.
This was also what Tactician Ash taught him, the core tactic for using Butterfree — Compound Eyes Sleep Powder!
Under Compound Eyes, the hard-to-hit Sleep Powder's accuracy is greatly increased. Unless the strength difference between the two sides is extremely vast, the first Sleep Powder is very likely to hit if they haven't considered Butterfree having Compound Eyes.
And the result was indeed so. Brock confidently believed Geodude could dodge Sleep Powder, but in reality, Butterfree had already observed the opponent's trajectory when it used Rollout, and then scattered Sleep Powder on its inevitable path.
This was why Geodude fell asleep.
"Compound Eyes ability... You can even understand and skillfully apply Pokémon abilities. Are you really a Rookie Trainer?"
"Of course, I'm a genuine newcomer, it's just that this newcomer... is a bit powerful! Butterfree, use String Shot!"
"Bilibili~" Butterfree's mouth slightly opened, spitting out a stream of white silk at the sleeping Geodude.
The white silk directly wrapped around Geodude, encasing it tightly.
The second move after sleep, to lower the opponent's speed!
Originally, Tailwind should have been used at this time, but Butterfree hasn't learned the Tailwind move yet, so it can only use String Shot to lower the opponent's speed.
According to relativity, if the opponent's speed decreases, it's equivalent to our speed increasing!
When the level is insufficient, only this relatively low-spec tactic can be used.
"Sleep Powder... String Shot... First sleep, then slow down? That's a good tactic." Brock also praised Ash's tactics. A Trainer who just started out is already using tactics of this level?
Who exactly is this guy?