Apart from the rarity of the skill itself, the rarity of the machine is also extremely high. Stacked together, it’s not something money can buy.
Ash calmly waved his hand after hearing this: "Don’t worry, the Pokemon I have are exceptionally gifted. As long as one learns it, the other Pokemon can learn it through observation."
Erika was slightly stunned but didn’t doubt Ash, because Ash’s Pokemon... indeed had very high talent!
What he said wasn’t impossible.
In just a small battle, Erika had seen too many impossible things. From what she knew about Ash, he wouldn’t joke about such things.
Maybe Ash indeed has the potential to become what he said, a Champion.
No, not a Champion, but a Pokemon Master.
...
After chatting for a short while, they bade farewell to each other.
The goal of this Gym battle was also fulfilled thoroughly. Besides the Rainbow Badge, Ash was more satisfied with the improvement of his Pokemon.
After all, the main goal of challenging Gyms is not to get the so-called badges, but to become stronger!
If you only have badges without the corresponding strength, even eight badges are just for show at the Quartz Conference.
If Ash wants to get enough Gym Badges, he can just challenge those smaller Gyms, and even for the tougher ones, he can use his credentials to lower the difficulty.
But he doesn’t want to do that because only by facing opponents with enough pressure can he and his Pokemon grow stronger.
And indeed, in this battle, two of his Pokemon evolved into their final forms, reaching Elite Intermediate Level, becoming the second and third Pokemon in his team to reach the Elite Level.
And Professor Pikachu is almost at the Professional Level.
With this combined combat power, Ash feels like he can challenge Professional Level Gym Leaders.
The premise is that the opponent isn’t too strong at the Professional Level; if it’s Professional Senior Level or Peak, then that’s still unreachable.
At this rate, maybe he’ll reach the Gym Level before entering the Quartz Conference!
Reaching Gym Level in six months, even Ash himself thinks it’s unbelievable!
"Hey, Ash, what are you giggling about? Are you still thinking about Miss Erika?" Misty pinched Ash’s side, sounding a bit dissatisfied.
"What?! Ash, you got a crush on Miss Erika too? Duel me! I won’t let you have Miss Erika!" Brock shouted excitedly.
This shout completely pulled Ash out of his fantasies. He glanced at Brock helplessly and said, "Don’t lump me in with you. My goal is to become a Pokemon Master! I don’t have time to think about those things. I was just thinking maybe I can level up my Pokemon to Gym Level before the Quartz Conference."
Misty’s eyes showed a hint of disappointment at the first part, but when she heard the second part, her face turned to shock: "You’re contemplating Gym battles without even reaching the Professional Level?!"
"What’s the big deal? I’ve only been out for two months and already have three Elite-level Pokemon! There’s still over four months left, I might be able to reach Gym Level." Ash said nonchalantly, with his hands behind his head.
What do you take the Gym Level for—although Misty wanted to say this, if the person doing it is Ash, he might actually pull it off.
The gap between Elite Level and Professional Level is a vast one, and the gap from Professional Level to Gym Level is even more enormous.
Training three Elite-level Pokemon in two months is indeed incredible, but the road ahead won’t be easy.
Let’s see if Ash can continue to create the same kind of miracles as before.
While chatting, they arrived at the Pokemon Center, where Ash handed his Pokemon to Miss Joy for recovery.
Even though he has the Power of Viridian, why not use the Pokemon Center to save effort?
When Brock saw Miss Joy, he started acting up again. Recently, his occurrences of acting up were increasing by the day, no idea what went wrong with him.
Misty directly tugged Brock’s ear to snap him out of it.
Then Ash called home to reassure Delia and share his achievements.
"Mom, I’ve got the fifth badge now! In less than two months, isn’t that awesome?!"
"Not bad, Ash, that’s fast... But have you listened to mom? Do you brush your teeth every morning and night? Is your food nutritious? Don’t skip meals, you need protein in every meal, and more vegetables for vitamins. You’re growing, don’t be picky..."
Hearing his mom’s endless words made Ash feel overwhelmed.
He just wanted to share good news, how did it end up as a lecture?
But hanging up directly would be bad since Delia was just worried, so Ash endured listening to her nagging, responding one by one, and quickly hung up the phone, breathing a sigh of relief.
"I can’t take it, even battling Professional-level Pokemon isn’t this tiring, isn’t that right, Pikachu?"
"Pika Pika~" Pikachu, standing by the phone, shrugged with a helpless gesture.
What else can you do? After all, that’s mom!
Then Ash called Professor Oak, sharing the same news. Professor Oak congratulated Ash and also shared Gary’s status.
Gary also has five Gym Badges now, one of which is from Saffron City, surprising Ash greatly.
"Did Gary beat Sabrina?"
He won with an Elite-level Gengar and his own Aura Power; how did Gary manage?
"Hey, he’s not as overpowered as you; Saffron Gym changed its leader."
"Changed leaders?"
"Yes, Sabrina’s father reclaimed the position of Gym Leader at Saffron Gym, so while it’s stronger than usual Gyms, it doesn’t have top-tier Elite-level Pokemon."
"Where did Sabrina go?" Ash asked with a slight frown.
When he left, wasn’t Sabrina doing well? Hopefully, nothing happened, as they agreed to battle again next time!
"Sabrina went on a journey."
"She went on a journey!? *3" This statement shocked all three of them, totally overturning their world views that Sabrina would go on a journey.
Though Sabrina’s condition had improved when they left, she wouldn’t just suddenly go on a journey, would she?
Professor Oak, with profound meaning, looked at Ash, ultimately not revealing the contents of his conversation with Sabrina’s father to Ash.
This young guy sure attracts attention, while his grandson does the same, his grandson only goes after regular people, but Ash directly snatched away the leader of the Saffron Gym.
But now Ash probably doesn’t know this, and when Sabrina appears in front of him, he’ll have headaches.
"Where did Sabrina go on her journey? Is it also in Kanto?" Ash asked with some curiosity.
"Seems like she went to Johto."
"Johto, huh, then we probably won’t meet during travels," Ash said with some regret, curious about how Sabrina had changed.
However, Misty quietly breathed a sigh of relief, hoping they wouldn’t meet.
Whether it was the pressure Sabrina gave her or Sabrina’s undisguisable feelings for Ash, Misty felt no desire to encounter Sabrina.
She hoped they would never meet again, Misty thought fiercely.
"By the way, what difficulty did Gary beat at Saffron Gym?" Ash shifted the topic back to Gary, as he had wanted to ask earlier but was sidetracked by the news of Sabrina traveling.
"He managed to beat the second difficulty, Elite-level Pokemon, but which exact Elite level, I don’t know." Professor Oak thought for a moment and replied.
’Elite level, huh... Gary’s progress is also fast; his Wartortle must have evolved into Blastoise. I need to speed up!’
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