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After the battle at Fuchsia Gym, Charizard and Gardevoir's levels were pulled apart.
Gardevoir used Teleport to send Ash and the others outside, then sensed Charizard's level, and subsequently looked at Ash with a resentful gaze.
Pikachu had opportunities for this kind of training, Charizard had them, but she didn't! It was too unfair!
Ash could only apologize to Gardevoir with an apologetic smile, promising that if there was such a battle next time, he would definitely let Gardevoir fight.
In reality, not letting Gardevoir fight in that battle was a helpless choice; Charizard had Sacred Fire to ignite, giving him hope of victory.
Pikachu, with the dual status effects, even had the power to face opponents head-on.
But what about Gardevoir? Her skills were indeed diverse, but her level was too low.
Against opponents of the same level, or those whose levels weren't too far apart, she could remain undefeated and manipulate them at will.
However, if the level difference was too great, the opponent wouldn't be afraid of her flashy tricks at all.
Any flashy trick could be broken by sheer force!
So, sending Gardevoir to fight would be no different from throwing away a life; it would truly dull the blade!
But that was only for now; as long as Gardevoir was given a little more time to develop until her level rose, she would be able to face an Elite Four Class opponent even without relying on those flashy special powers.
Hmm... it should be possible after the Indigo Plateau Conference...
After Ash restored Pikachu and Charizard, the three began to walk towards their next target.
After Fuchsia Gym, the next place to challenge would naturally be Cinnabar Gym.
But according to the passerby from before, Cinnabar Gym seemed to have closed, and going there now might mean finding an empty building.
Going to Viridian Gym, however, was not very realistic.
Having struggled so much against Fuchsia Gym, challenging the even stronger Viridian Gym would be pure suicide, wouldn't it?
Although Ash still had a fighting chance as long as he didn't challenge Elite Four Class difficulty, Champion Ash and even the big shots in the group all said not to challenge Viridian Gym now, and it would be best to develop a bit more.
Moreover, even though Cinnabar Gym was closed, the Gym Leader was definitely still on Cinnabar Island, so they would surely find the opponent by going to Cinnabar Island.
Trusting the big shots in the group, Ash still set his next target for Cinnabar Island, and along the way, he would look for the location of the Mysterious Garden.
That place played a crucial role in Bulbasaur's evolution.
Even if he couldn't find it, Bulbasaur could still evolve, but the effect and future prospects wouldn't be as good.
So, it would be best to find the Mysterious Garden...
Time flew by, and more than half a month passed. It had been twenty days since Ash challenged the Fuchsia Gym, and during these twenty days, Ash's fame had fermented even more severely.
A Trainer who debuted two months ago, relying on Superior, Elite Level, and Professional Level Pokémon, defeated three Elite Four Class Pokémon—such a thing was virtually unheard of in a thousand years.
Pokémon were indeed creatures that could create miracles, but no matter how many miracles they created, this kind of cross-level victory was a bit too exaggerated.
And this wasn't just one miracle, but three miracles happening at once!
Even setting aside defeating an Elite, Ash, in just two months, had already nurtured a Professional Level Pokémon. Wasn't this an exaggerated feat?
According to informed sources, Ash did not obtain Pokémon before he started his journey; all his Pokémon were obtained after he began traveling, virtually starting from scratch.
That is to say, Ash truly cultivated a Professional Level Pokémon in two months, and that Pokémon was a Pikachu!
Wasn't this another kind of miracle?
The more they investigated Ash, the more they discovered that countless miracles had occurred around him.
It was said that he also possessed special abilities, and the Saffron Gym, which struck fear into people's hearts in Kanto, was defeated by Ash.
And after Sabrina, the Saffron Gym Leader, was defeated by Ash, she seemed to have resigned from her Gym Leader position and gone out.
Now, Saffron Gym had returned to being a normal Gym, and its Gym level had also become normal.
The mysteries surrounding Ash, one after another, aroused the interest of many people.
Regarding the Fuchsia Gym incident, Koga, the Fuchsia Gym Leader, also stepped forward to state that Ash's Pokémon were able to unleash power far beyond their own levels because the God of Victory, Victini, had assisted them.
As for why Victini appeared in Kanto, and why it helped Ash... don't ask. If you ask, it's a coincidence; if you ask, it's Ash's desire for victory that attracted Victini, thus triggering this miraculous battle.
Victini's general information was also released by the Kanto League.
Regarding Koga's explanation, actually ninety-nine percent of people were half-believing, but besides this explanation, there seemed to be no other possibility for a Advanced-level Pokémon to easily defeat an Elite Four-class Pokémon.
So, this reason was already the best explanation.
It was precisely because of this reason that Ash's achievement of defeating an Elite Four Class Pokémon at Fuchsia Gym was not recognized by most people.
They acknowledged Ash's genius, but they completely dismissed the idea that Ash defeated an Elite in two months.
Defeating an Elite by relying on a Mythical Pokémon had almost no relation to one's own strength.
You can't always happen to encounter a Mythical Pokémon coming to help you, can you?
If you really could encounter such a thing, then considering Victini's boost as part of your own strength might not be impossible.
But obviously, such things cannot always happen; Victini is not Ash's Pokémon, but merely passed by by chance.
So, Ash's miracle cannot be replicated a second time.
However, even so, Ash's name is now famous throughout Kanto; appearing in any city would cause a commotion.
This led to the Ash trio starting to wear masks when they walked around.
Fortunately, because of Ash, a Pikachu craze swept through Kanto.
Many people began to capture Pikachu and keep them outside, attempting to replicate the miracle of Ash's Pikachu.
Many people wondered if they had overlooked Pikachu's potential.
If they didn't evolve Pikachu, would they be able to reach Professional Level from beginner ordinary level in just two months, just like Ash's Pikachu?
However, Pikachu's miracle would only occur with Ash's Pikachu.
Those who tried to imitate it would ultimately be greatly disappointed.
But thanks to their imitation, Ash putting Pikachu outside didn't seem so out of place, which allowed them to avoid the crowd's attention with just a mask.
Ash once again felt the troubles of being famous; he couldn't train his Pokémon properly during this time.
However, this popularity couldn't be permanent.
Once this craze slowly passed, even if his fame remained, he wouldn't be surrounded by a group of people asking how to train Pokémon as before.
During these twenty days, Ash and the others passed through many cities and encountered various events and all sorts of people, such as a very timid Parasect, a Pokémon sprint competition, a forest full of Pikachu, and a very peculiar Jigglypuff.
Along the way, the Ash trio arrived at a place called the Safari Zone.
There, Ash caught a Tauros with good potential, but besides that, he didn't catch any more Pokémon.
However, Misty caught a rare Pokémon—a Dratini!
That's right, it was the Kanto pseudo-legendary Dratini!
This was a Pokémon caught in the Safari Zone, and even Misty hadn't expected that she would be so lucky as to catch a Dratini.
Dratini had appeared in the Safari Zone back in the day, but because of its appearance, the Safari Zone's threshold was trampled by Trainers from all over Kanto.
After all, this was a Kanto pseudo-legendary; as long as it was trained to its final evolution, it would definitely reach Gym level.
Moreover, the pseudo-legendary's various stats were extremely outstanding among Pokémon of the same level; who wouldn't want to catch such a Pokémon?
However, the Safari Zone was thoroughly searched back then, dug three feet deep, but no Dratini was found.
Instead, the ecosystem of the Safari Zone was greatly damaged, which led to the later regulations limiting the number of people and Poké Balls.
In reality, Dratini did exist in the Safari Zone, but they were hidden, and only Kaiser, the Safari Zone warden, knew their whereabouts.
This time, they were able to catch Dratini largely due to Team Rocket, who held Kaiser hostage and extracted the whereabouts of Dratini.
In the end, the Ash trio worked together to repel Team Rocket, and Misty even found the bomb under the lake and had Ash destroy it.
Ultimately, they prevented the Dragon Valley in the Safari Zone from being blown to smithereens.
Because of this incident, Kaiser's goodwill towards Ash and the others greatly increased.
At the same time, the Dratini from back then had already evolved into Dragonair and had a child, which was the new Dratini.
She wanted her child to go out and see the world, so she entrusted Dratini to one of the Ash trio.
Ash and Brock both chose to withdraw, giving Dratini to Misty.
Ash felt that he already had too many Pokémon to train, and if he added a Dratini with a very long growth cycle, it would be even more troublesome to rotate training Pokémon.
He caught a Tauros because he rode that Tauros throughout the Safari Zone, and Tauros also had a good impression of him, which is why he caught it.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have caught a single Pokémon on this trip.
And Brock also caught a Rhyhorn in the Safari Zone.
For him, this trip was also fruitful, but Misty hadn't caught any Pokémon, so in the end, this Dratini was given to Misty.
Misty was so moved at the time that she shed tears.
This was a pseudo-legendary Pokémon! For an ordinary Trainer, fighting fiercely and even causing brothers to turn against each other for a pseudo-legendary would not be an exaggeration.
But Ash and Brock chose to actively give this Dratini to her; how could Misty not be moved by such friendship?
Finally, Misty accepted Dratini, and the number of Pokémon she had reached five.
These were the additional Pokémon the Ash trio gained in twenty days.
Besides the increase in Pokémon members, all their Pokémon naturally also improved.
Misty's Starmie had already reached Professional Level Advanced.
It was very difficult to raise a level once reaching Professional Level; an increase of one minor level in a month was already considered extremely fast, but Starmie only took over twenty days.
Staryu's level reached Professional Level Intermediate, Wartortle reached Superior Peak, Horsea reached Superior Advanced, and Psyduck... his level was very strange.
Although normally he only appeared to be Ordinary Intermediate, during a confrontation with Team Rockets, he burst out with power comparable to Professional Level!
That time, Team Rockets grabbed Psyduck's head, and Psyduck immediately had a huge outburst.
From that moment on, Misty realized that her Psyduck was indeed a bit unusual, but that explosive power couldn't always be used; normally, Psyduck was only Ordinary Intermediate.
And because of his usual dazed nature, Psyduck couldn't even train, only growing in level through normal eating, drinking, and occasional battles.
So, even though Psyduck's strength was low, its level increase was very slow.
Brock's Onix reached Superior Advanced, Graveler evolved into Golem, and its level also reached Superior Advanced, already catching up to Onix.
Zubat reached Superior Advanced, Wartortle reached Superior Peak; generally, they all improved by two minor levels.
Such an improvement in less than a month would be impossible under normal circumstances.
Even if Misty and Brock were currently at a Gym and poured all their resources into one of their Pokémon, they might still find it difficult to achieve such an improvement.
Again, being with Ash, they seemed to enjoy some inexplicable grace; their Pokémon's improvement speed increased significantly, and Ash also had the rare and highly sought-after Strange Incense.
Currently, Strange Incense is highly coveted in Kanto and even throughout the entire League, making it extremely difficult to obtain.
But as the recipe provider, Ash definitely had enough Strange Incense, coupled with Ash's Viridian Power recovery, and the combination of nutritious meals and massages, as long as a Pokémon was diligent, no matter how low its aptitude, its level could be raised!
At least before Gym level, there would be no worries about bottlenecks.
Brock's newly caught Rhyhorn's level was Ordinary Advanced, which was a relatively common level in the wild, while Misty's Dratini was Ordinary Peak.
It seemed that Dragonair was quite focused on training her daughter.
For a pseudo-legendary to reach this level, the effort required was far greater than for an ordinary Pokémon.
Finally, Ash's Pokémon levels, starting with Pikachu—Professional Peak!
After that battle, in just twenty days, he consecutively gained two levels.
Even Ash felt very surprised; how could Pikachu improve so quickly, even at the Professional Level?
This rate of improvement wasn't much slower than at the Advanced Level!