"Sabrina...! You are the Saffron Gym Leader!!" As a gym leader in the Kanto Region, Lt. Surge still knew Sabrina, and he also knew that Sabrina was a Psychic.
But... why did Sabrina appear here?
"The Saffron Gym has been handed over to my father, and I am no longer the gym leader," Sabrina said.
Lt. Surge was taken aback. He wanted to take advantage of Sabrina, but he didn't expect to meet a formidable opponent. Fortunately, he apologized in time, otherwise, it would have been bad.
Although Kaz tried his best to hide Sabrina's affairs, Saffron City and Vermilion City are so close, Lt. Surge had heard about Sabrina to some extent and knew that she was a powerful Psychic.
"Can we start the gym battle?" Gary interrupted the conversation between the two.
Gary didn't want to waste too much time on the gym battle. If it ended early, his Pokémon could start the morning training early.
"Okay, then come with me." Lt. Surge looked at Gary. Although he was a child, he could be with Sabrina, so Lt. Surge stopped underestimating him.
The two came to a battlefield and stood in the command area on both sides.
The Vermilion Gym is very advanced. After all, Trainers who specialize in Electric Pokémon are a bit technology-savvy, so the gyms they build are naturally very advanced.
The referee is the intelligent housekeeper system.
"Now let's start the gym competition, the battle is 1 on 1."
Ding!
The bell rang, and Lt. Surge threw the Poké Ball.
"Go, Raichu!"
Great!
A strong Raichu appeared. Compared with other Raichu, Lt. Surge's Raichu is very muscular, much like his Trainer, and has a fierce expression on its face.
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[LV30 Raichu♂/Gym]
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Lt. Surge's Raichu has good potential, but the level is not very high.
"Scizor, I leave it to you." Gary threw the Poké Ball.
Great!
"Scizor!"
Scizor in red armor appeared.
"This kid is really something," Lt. Surge naturally knew the Pokémon Scizor. Just having Scizor alone was stronger than most of the Trainers who came here to challenge.
"The game begins."
Dang!
The alarm bell rang.
The battle was about to start.
"Thunderbolt!"
"Quick Attack!"
Both sides issued commands at the same time.
Raichu's cheeks sparked and it quickly shot out a laser. Scizor used the Quick Attack skill to speed up and easily avoided the lightning. It came in front of Raichu and knocked it out.
"Thunder!"
Raichu, who was knocked out, was very unconvinced. While flying backward, its body also emitted arcs and shot out a golden thunderbolt.
"Double Team."
Scizor immediately used Double Team, causing Thunderbolt to miss, and the clones surrounded Raichu.
"Fury Cutter!" Gary continued to attack.
Scizor and its clones quickly rushed towards Raichu, with the giant claws wrapped in insect energy.
"Release Thunder Shock in a scattered manner," Lt. Surge shouted immediately.
"Thunder!"
Raichu didn't care which one was the real one, and countless chaotic electric currents were emitted from its body. The electric currents expanded outwards and instantly dispersed the clones. Only Scizor itself used its giant claws to block Thunder Shock.
Scizor put one foot into the ground, and the current on its body was led into the ground along the steel armor, successfully avoiding the damage of Thunder Shock.
"What! This...!"
Lt. Surge was stunned. Although Steel Pokémon are not afraid of Electric skills, because their whole body is metallic, Electric skills can easily paralyze them.
But Scizor's move actually avoided the damage of Thunder Shock.
This move was naturally learned from Pikachu, and Gary naturally learned and applied it. Steel Pokémon can use this move to deal with Electric skills when facing Electric Pokémon.
This move can be regarded as a pseudo-lightning rod, but it is not immune to all Electric skills. If the Electric skills released by the opponent are strong enough, they will still be hurt.
"Raichu, use Thunderbolt," Lt. Surge also saw this and ordered immediately.
"After Quick Attack approaches, use Bullet Punch!" Gary also gave an order instantly.
Whoosh!
A red light passed between Scizor and Raichu.
Scizor appeared in front of Raichu, its pincers flashing silver, and its Bullet Punch rained down on Raichu, knocking it away.
Electric Pokémon are highly resistant to steel skills, but the Bullet Punch skill is better in terms of high combo, which can hit more than a dozen punches in a short period of time.
If you practice enough, you can hit dozens of punches in a few seconds.
Even if the power is low, it can still cause considerable damage if you do it more often.
What's more, Scizor has the Technician Ability, and with the attribute bonus, the Bullet Punch with a power of only 40 can be increased to 80.
In terms of skill power, a skill with a power of 80 is not bad, and it has reached the highest threshold of wave skills.
"Thunder...!"
In just three rounds, Raichu has been seriously injured and is about to faint.
"Bullet Punch!" Gary also pursued and attacked ruthlessly, not giving Lt. Surge and Raichu any chance to turn the tables.
"Then let's have a Close Combat, Mega Punch!" Lt. Surge also saw that the electric skills were useless against Scizor, so he had to fight head-on.
"Thunder!"
Raichu clenched its fist, and ordinary energy gathered on its fist, emitting a white-hot light. As Scizor arrived, Raichu punched out.
Bang!
The two sides fought, and it was evenly matched, which showed that Raichu's muscles were not just for show.
However, Scizor's attack was not over yet, and another giant pincer attacked. Raichu wanted to block it but it was too late. The pincer covered with silver steel elements hit Raichu's cheek and knocked it out.
Bang!
Raichu fell to the ground, its eyes rolled in circles, and it lost consciousness.
"Raichu lost its ability to fight, Scizor won."
"The winner is the challenger Gary."
A mechanical voice sounded.
"What a complete defeat." Lt. Surge covered his head with his hands. Although he couldn't accept the defeat, he really lost completely. The opponent's tactics successfully targeted his Raichu.
The battle was over.
"Congratulations, this is the proof of defeating me, Thunder Badge." Lt. Surge handed the gym badge to Gary.
The Thunder Badge is in the shape of a sunflower, with yellow and orange colors, which is quite beautiful.
"Thank you."
Gary took the badge.
[Ding! Mission completed, rewards have been distributed to the space backpack.]
After challenging the gym, Gary and Sabrina also went to the Pokémon Center.
Gary and Sabrina went to the public venue to release Pokémon for training because they were in the city. The training time was changed from 1 hour to 2 hours.
Gary mainly focused on Growlithe.
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[LV12 Growlithe♂/Quasi-Gym]
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After a few days of growth, Growlithe is now level 12.