"Okay, Primeape, it's time to test it."
"Primeape!"
After a half-hour rest after a full meal, it's time to prepare for Primeape's evolution.
"Gary, how are you going to spar?" Ash asked. When training Pokémon in the morning, Gary told Ash's Pidegeotto not to train, and to spar with Primeape in the afternoon.
"Just watch carefully." Gary said to Ash's Pidegeotto without explanation: "Pidegeotto, you just use Quick Attack to attack Primeape later."
"Pidegeotto?"
Pidegeotto nodded suspiciously. Although he didn't know what Gary was going to do, it was still very simple to just attack Primeape.
Then, Gary took out an egg-shaped stone about the same size as the evolution stone from his backpack. The surface was as smooth as jade and looked like a very good stone.
"Gary, what is this?" Ash asked curiously.
"This is Eviolite."
"Eviolite...?"
"This is an item. If you let a Pokémon that can still evolve carry it, the defense of this Pokémon will be greatly improved." Gary explained.
"Oh! There is such a thing." Ash was surprised.
"Ash, this is a normal item. It is used to assist the Trainer in training Pokémon. In the unregulated competition, Pokémon are allowed to carry items." Brock introduced on the side.
Brock didn't care about this kind of thing before, but after getting along with Gary, Brock found that Ash's knowledge of Pokémon was still a Rookie, and he didn't even know about Pokémon items.
Brock and Misty felt a little embarrassed for Ash at this moment.
Especially when they thought that Ash wanted to compete with Gary whenever he had nothing to do, and now they saw Gary in person, they felt that the gap between Ash and Gary was not normal.
"Is that so, but Gary, what do you use Eviolite for?" Ash asked puzzled.
"You'll know in a minute." Gary was a little annoyed. Ash was like a three-year-old now. When he encountered something he didn't understand, he would ask why. He was so annoyed.
After carrying Eviolite on Primeape, Gary ordered: "Pidegeotto, use Feather Dance on Ash's Pidegeotto."
Gary's Pidegeotto flew to Ash's Pidegeotto, and the Dual Wingbeat waved. Countless pure white feathers made of energy surrounded Pidegeotto, and the feathers danced in the air.
"What is this?" Ash said in confusion.
"Ash, Feather Dance is a skill that can greatly reduce Rival's attack power." Gary introduced.
Ash and the other two were very confused and didn't know why Gary did this. Ash knew that even if he asked, Gary would not tell him, so he could only continue to watch.
After using Feather Dance on Ash's Pidegeotto three times, he continued to use Feather Dance on Primeape.
The physical attack was reduced to the lowest, and the battle could begin.
Gary ordered Ash's Pidegeotto: "Pidegeotto, use Quick Attack to attack Primeape. Primeape, you can only use Rage to counterattack."
"Pidegeotto!"
Ash's Pidegeotto nodded, flapped Dual Wingbeat, and immediately rushed towards Primeape.
Primeape knew that he was accumulating anger and did not dodge, allowing Pidegeotto to hit him. Although Pidegeotto's physical attack was reduced, he could still hurt Primeape. Primeape's anger was slowly increasing.
"Primeape!"
After Pidegeotto attacked for the fifth time, Primeape could not help it.
He was surrounded by a gloomy ghost.
Primeape Rage punched, and a huge Shadow Punch flew out and hit Pidegeotto hard, but Shadow Punch did not hurt Pidegeotto, but hit the tree behind Bibi.
The tree broke instantly where it was hit.
"What a terrible fist, why is Pidegeotto fine?" Ash was shocked by the destructive power of the Rage Fist, and was also confused as to why Pidegeotto was fine.
"That Rage Fist seems to be a Ghost-type skill, and Normal-type Pokémon are immune to Ghost-type skills." Brock analyzed.
"It turns out that Ghost-type skills are useless against Normal-type Pokémon."
This was the first time Ash knew about this.
He had challenged the Saffron Gym before, but it took three challenges before he succeeded.
He originally planned to capture Ghost-type Pokémon, but was told that the nearby Ghost-type Pokémon had been captured by the Saffron Gym, so he gave up.
Ash and his group even saw Gengar's comedy performance at the Saffron Gym.
"What is Gary doing? The Rage Fist obviously can't hurt Pidegeotto, so why does he keep using it?" Misty asked puzzledly.
"Is it possible that he is training the Rage Fist skill?" Ash guessed.
"Then there is no need to let Pidegeotto attack Primeape." Brock said. Ash and the other two couldn't understand what Gary was doing. It didn't look like a sparring match, and it didn't look like a skill training match.
"Miss Sabrina, do you know what Gary is doing?" Misty had to ask Sabrina, but she obviously asked the wrong person.
"I don't know what Gary is doing either. Just watch carefully." Sabrina said.
Everyone just watched as Primeape kept using the Rage Fist. When he used the Rage Fist for the 12th time, Primeape's eyes were covered with bloodshot. Although he knew it was a test, every time he was attacked by Pidegeotto, Primeape's anger would rise.
"It seems that he has reached the limit of Rage. There are still 5 more times to go." Gary kept counting how many times Primeape used the Rage Fist.
"Primeape!"
Primeape roared, and stone blades appeared around his body, rushing towards Soaring in the sky.
"Pidegeotto!"
Pidegeotto was shocked. Didn't he agree to use the Rage Fist? Why did he suddenly change his moves?
Fortunately, Pidegeotto ran fast. If he was hit by Stone Edge, he would definitely be seriously injured.
"Sabrina, let your Alakazam use Disable on Primeape." Gary ordered immediately.
"Huh!"
Alakazam, who was watching the battle, immediately used Disable on Primeape and used Primeape's Stone Edge to Imprison.
"Alakazam!"
Primeape's eyes were red, and he was obviously furious. Seeing Alakazam appear in front of him, he rushed over without saying a word, and a layer of white energy lingered in his right fist.
However, Primeape's body was instantly bound by Confusion.
"Gary, what's wrong with Primeape? Do you want to continue?" Sabrina asked.
"It doesn't matter, let go of Primeape, dodge Primeape's attacks, and try to let Primeape use the Fist of Rage." Gary said.
"Okay, then let Alakazam do Primeape's Rival. Alakazam, unlock Confusion."
After saying that, Alakazam unlocked Confusion immediately and rushed towards Alakazam with Primeape Rage, but Alakazam disappeared from the spot and dodged with Teleport.