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Misty, watching from behind Ash, looked at the sleeping Geodude wrapped in white silk, her red lips slightly parted in surprise.
She seemed to somewhat understand why Ash wanted to catch Caterpie. Leaving aside its raw power, this tactic of inflicting abnormal status conditions was indeed the best strategy for Caterpie's final evolution, Butterfree.
Although Butterfree is a final evolution, like other Bug-type Pokémon, its species' abilities are relatively low, especially in terms of stamina and defense, which are arguably among the worst.
Its speed is actually average, but relatively speaking, it's not bad. Butterfree's most outstanding aspect is its special attack. However, as a mid-speed, frail Pokémon, even high special attack is not very useful, let alone when it's a recently caught and evolved Pokémon facing a Gym Leader.
Therefore, Misty actually never thought much of Butterfree's usefulness in Gym battles.
However, Ash immediately gave her a wake-up call at the beginning; his opening strategy was as if to tell her—'Watch closely, this is how Butterfree is used!'
On the field, after Butterfree had fully utilized its role, Ash chose to recall Butterfree.
"Good job, Butterfree, come back!" After recalling Butterfree, Ash looked at the Pikachu at his feet. Pikachu nodded and charged forward in a sprint.
"Pikachu, I choose you!"
"Pika Pika!" Pikachu was full of energy.
"First Butterfree, then Pikachu? Bug-type, Flying-type, Electric-type... Ash, are you doing this on purpose or do you really not understand the principle of type advantage?" Brock's face couldn't hold back some surprise when he saw Pikachu come out.
What kind of Pokémon are these being sent out? Pikachu, Butterfree, aren't they all weak to Rock and Ground types?
Even if Ash hadn't investigated what type of Gym Pewter Gym was beforehand, he should have known Geodude's type when he saw it, right?
Geodude is as common in Kanto as Pidgey and Spearow. Generally, even a Rookie Trainer would know Geodude's type, let alone a Trainer like Ash who can use such clever tactics.
Yet, knowing Geodude's type, he stubbornly sent out two Pokémon with type disadvantages—and not just a general disadvantage. One is four times weak, and the other deals no damage to Ground-type Pokémon, completely countered.
If a Gym Leader faced such a type disadvantage, unless there was an advantage in level, the Gym Leader would be in terrible pain.
In contrast, Ash... "Of course I know Pikachu's Electric-type moves can't hurt Ground-type Geodude, but Pikachu doesn't just have Electric-type moves. Go, Pikachu, let Brock see the secret technique we've been training for this period!"
"Pika Pika!" Pikachu stood on two legs, full of fighting spirit, placed its hands on its waist, and slowly closed its eyes.
At this moment, Ash's eyes were also closed. The actions of the man and the mouse were surprisingly consistent, both with their hands on their waists.
Brock and Misty were both a bit confused, especially the latter. She had been by Ash's side for so many days and was well aware of any training Ash did with his Pokémon.
Even she didn't know what secret technique Ash and Pikachu had. During this time, besides battling, they were just practicing Electric-type moves and Pikachu's speed.
Besides that, every time after dinner, Ash would close his eyes and sit cross-legged, like meditating. Pikachu would also close its eyes on Ash's shoulder, as if sleeping, which was somewhat similar to its current appearance.
But could that really be called a secret technique?
Time passed by second by second. The opening created by Butterfree's Hypnosis was being wasted by Ash and Pikachu, but Brock didn't interrupt Ash.
He didn't know if Ash was bluffing or truly had some astonishing trump card, but if the time dragged on, it would definitely be to his advantage, as Geodude was currently asleep and could only be targeted.
As a beginner Pikachu, besides Electric-type moves, it should only be able to use Normal-type moves. Although those wouldn't cause much damage to Geodude, if accumulated, they shouldn't be underestimated.
Ideally, he could drag it out until Geodude woke up.
The next second, the Geodude wrapped in white silk suddenly moved. Brock was overjoyed and quickly shouted: "Geodude, wake up quickly, use Rollout attack!"
"Geo..." The awakened Geodude began to struggle. With a sudden burst of strength, the silk threads on its body were directly broken free!
Although some white silk threads were still tangled and sticking to its body, reducing Geodude's speed, it was completely harmless to Geodude, whose speed was already extremely slow.
Geodude curled into a ball again and began to roll in place.
"Now, Pikachu, Aura Sphere!!" At this instant, Ash suddenly opened his eyes and shouted.
"Pika Pika!!" Pikachu also opened its eyes; its dark pupils had now turned a brilliant blue. Between Pikachu's hands, a brilliant blue Energy Ball rapidly formed, growing in the blink of an eye to a size comparable to Pikachu's height.
Before Geodude rolled over, Pikachu pushed its hands forward, and the Aura Sphere in its hands shot out, hitting Geodude like a meteor.
Geodude was still in its Rollout state. Sensing danger, Geodude quickly rolled away, trying to use the speed of Rollout to dodge the Aura Sphere launched by Pikachu.
However, when Geodude moved away from its original spot, the Aura Sphere actually curved in the air, directly catching up to the fleeing Geodude.
"Boom!!"
Aura Sphere hit precisely!!
An explosion sounded, and a large cloud of smoke rose from where the Aura Sphere hit. Pikachu slowly lowered its hands in a calm posture, let out a breath of turbid air, and then slowly turned around.
The explosive storm blew behind Pikachu. At this moment, Pikachu looked like a 'real man never looks back at an explosion'.
Misty and Brock both had their mouths wide open, staring in disbelief at the rising smoke on the field, speechless for a long time.
What the hell was that just now? Aura Sphere? Never heard of such a move! Is that a move Pikachu can learn? Brock expressed his incomprehension and was greatly shocked.
Misty's heart was also very complicated at this moment. Of course, she knew what Aura Sphere was—wasn't that an attack move Ash created with his Aura Power? Why could Pikachu use it too?
No, no, that's not right. Ash and Pikachu made the same pose just now, and both closed their eyes. Could it be... No, that's impossible. Becoming one with a Pokémon and sharing moves, how could that happen in reality!