Pokemon: Bond Evolutions of Pokémon

Chapter 280: 280. Rookie Gym Leader



Mr. Moore's performance in hiding himself were really full of errors and omissions to say the least. Ash thought that anyone with a discerning or even not completely blind eye can think of all the problems in this situation.

Ash knew that if he called Team Rocket over here to him, they would definitely yell at Mr. Moore at just bad he was at his disguise.

But he can probably understand that just like that guy Vito he met before, he dares not speak out about his true dreams because he was burdened with the expectations of his family.

Mr. Moore should have received all the farewells from his friends in the town before setting off for his trip. He must have felt very embarrassed to come back like this, without completing his goal.

"Grandpa!" Flannery finally understood who he was. Who else but her grandpa would know where the location of Heat Badge case was so well, "Why did you come back so soon?"

Now that he was completely exposed, Mr. Moore simply took off his disguise and said with a smile, "It's just that I simply don't trust you!"

It was very true that he was not fully prepared before setting off for the trip and failed to hand over the responsibilities of being a proper Gym Leader to his granddaughter, which made her panic. But he still didn't know that it would be so bad.

"Still as worried as ever." With her grandpa by her side, Flannery feels much more at ease compared to being alone and not knowing what to do.

Mr. Moore's return was even more of a good news for Ash, this meant that he can, just maybe, challenge both of the two Gym Leaders here.

Ash had heard that Mr. Moore's Trump Card, a Typhlosion, was a very powerful Pokémon, so he must try yo battle him out.

Ash also wanted to battle the team members of a former Elite 4 member like Mr. Moore, but he didn't want to be too overbearing.

The group quickly helped Flannery and Mr. Moore to complete the work of repairing the battle arena to its needed level, and then enjoyed their indoor hot springs and sand baths.

The time for his Gym Challenge finally arrived again!

"The rookie Gym Leader Flannery of the Lavaridge Town Gym is challenged by Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town to an Official Gym Battle. Let the battle began!" Now only Flannery and her grandfather, Mr. Moore, are in the Gym at this time, so the battle was temporarily refereed by Mr. Moore, a former Elite 4 member.

"Grandpa, you don't have to call me a rookie in front of so Amy people!" Flannery said, she was clearly dissatisfied with the prefix her grandmother put in her name.

"Gym Leader Flannery, I am now the referee of this match, you are not allowed to call me grandpa here! Understand!" Mr. Moore said seriously with no loving tone in his voice, "The number of Pokémon's used for this match is limited to three each, and the challenger can also replace their Pokémon, not the Gym Leader!"

According to the agreement Ash had with Flannery and Mr. Moore regarding this Gym battle, among these three Pokémon, Ash only wants to challenge only two of Flannery's Pokémon.

When these two Pokémon lose the ability to fight, Mr. Moore will replace Flannery and use his Trump Card, Typhlosion, to fight against Ash with everything he has.

"Mag, come out!" According to the rules of this Gym challenge, Flannery had to go first, and the one she sent was her lava snail named Mag.

Ash smiled as this was what he had expected, "Stand by for battle, Torchic!"

Seeing Ash's Torchic on the stage, May and Max's eyes lit up, "Ash's first one is Torchic. He is definitely going to evole him."

"Big Bros Torchic is already much more powerful than my yours, May." Max really didn't care about the feelings of his sister at all right right now, because he knew this was exactly the truth.

Ash's Torchic, had a bigger body compared to May's Torchic, who was older than Ash's. Compared to when Ash first caught him, he has grown very strong now, and is obviously stronger than May's one.

Not only that, he was also showing clear signs of evolution.

"You can attack first!" Flannery looked very confident in her Slugma. In this case, Ash won't be polite, he will attack with full blast.

Torchic turned into a fireball and immediately knocked Slugma away from where it was.

"That's so fast!" Flannery exclaimed. Her Pokémon's were all weak when it came to their speed. "Don't give in, Mag, use Flamethrower!"

Slugma's fire power was certainly something to not scoff at.

"Flame Charge!" Ash's command was still the same Flame Charge as his entrance attack. After all, this Attck can do both damage and increase the users speed.

Because Torchic was getting even faster and faster, he easily avoided the Flamethrower and was also too much for Slugmas reaction speed.

"In that case, Mag, use Smokescreen and then use your Double Team!"

Dozens of Slugma suddenly appeared on the battlefield, and Torchic's Flame Charge failed to hit the real one this time.

"How about it? No matter how many of the fake clones you hit, they won't cause any harm to us!" Flannery said with a smile, thinking that she had already taken the initiative for her first win in this battle.

However, Ash smiled and said, "Now now. You can't get too overconfident, can you. Use Flame Burst!"

All of Ash's Fire-type were able to use this advantage version of Ember to their fullest advantages since their early days, that is, in the form of Charmander, Houndour and Cyndaquil, and now even Growlithe, but this time Torchic not only learned Flamethrower, but also learned Flame Burst, which can do more wide spread damage.

And let's not talk about Entei, he can do more than that.

Torchic gathered up a large amount of Fire-type energy in his body, and then his three hairs on the top of my head suddenly all started to burn, and the flames they produced hit several of the Slugam's in front of him.

This attack still managed to hit the the real one, but the efficiency of destroying the clones were much higher, "Continue to use Flame Burst!"

Torchics movements became even more fierce compared to before, and all the Flame Bursts did hit their intended Slugmas, and soon Torchic hit the real body of the Slugma.

Even though the Fire-type attacks didn't do much damage to the Fire-type Slugma, it still shocked Flannery, "It's terrible, what should I do! Mag, cheer up!"

She panicked a lot at this moment, which was a huge mistake for a Gym Leader.

"Calm down, Flannery!" Mr. Moore couldn't stand it anymore and reminded him that this was a real Gym battle and she had to get used to such things.

During all fo Ash's previous challenges at his Gyms, Brock and Misty, who were mostly sitting below, would also shout out their suggestions.

Hearing her grandfather's voice, Flannery tried her best to quickly calm herself down. She looked at the Ash opposite: How could he always remain so calm, indifferent and confident in his every move?

If Ash knew her admiration and doubts about him, he would definitely smile and say that "It's because I believe in my Pokémon's, and they trust me back!"

At this moment, the battlefield was suddenly shrouded in a dazzling light.

"Torchic's evolving!" May and Max exclaimed over the calm Brock, "And now there is another one evolving!"

Both Slugma and Torchic had actually began to evolve together at this time, in the middle of their battle. What a coincidence this is.

The new Magcargo had a heavy and thick shell on his back made completely with hard hot rocks.

And Ash's new Combusken has evolved to become much more powerful, especially the pair of powerful chicken claws and legs, those must have some extremely destructive powers behind them.

This was Ash's ninth Starter Pokémon. Now all of his Hoenn Starters have also completed their first stage of evolution into their second form.

Not his height reached 1.1 meters. This height made Max's eyes sparkle with data. "Big Bros Pokémon's are so powerful. In comparison, May, your Pokémon is far behind. You really have to work hard!"

He must have forgotten how much Torchic beats him up every time he insults him.

Max was truly Ash's biggest fan.

In terms of their current types, after evolution, Magcargo gained the secondary Rock-type, while Combusken got the new Fighting-type, and he also learned two new Fighting-type attacks, Double Kick and Sky Uppercut.

This now makes him able to restrain more of Magcargo.

The battle still continued, Ash clenched his fist tightly and said, "Combusken, use your new Double Kick!"

Right after completing his evolution, Combusken suddenly raised his head, his orange-red eyes flashed with light, and his body turned into an afterimage, and he came to where Magcargo was at an astonishing speed.

"No, Mag, use a Reflect!"

Just then, a transparent psychic barrier appeared in front of Magcargo, which can weaken the opponents physical attacks.

Ash didn't expect that this Magcargo will use such a skill.

But that doesn't mean that he block all of the damage.

Combusken kicked him hard, almost breaking the Reflect and knocking Magcargo backwards for more than a couple meter.

Macarho had obviously just learned this move, which is why it was so easy to damage.

"Magcargo loses its ability to fight, meaning Combusken wins this battle!"

Mr. Moore looked at Ash and thought something very important.

'So this is the boy that defeated that Flying-type specialist.'


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