Chapter 17: Chapter 17: Confrontation Before Separation - Part 3
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"Blastoise, let's avenge our past defeat!"
Facing Ash's Charizard, Gary still sent out the Blastoise that was defeated by Charizard before.
"Ash, I was able to defeat your Blastoise last time, so I can do it this time too."
After seeing Gary's Blastoise, Ash immediately gained confidence, after all, he had the confidence to defeat Blastoise in the Silver Conference.
"Today is different from the past, I won't lose again this time."
Gary's words were full of confidence.
"The battle begins!"
After Tracey saw that both sides had sent out their Pokémon, he announced the official start of the battle.
"Let's go, Blastoise, use Hydro Pump!"
As soon as Tracey finished speaking, Gary took the initiative to launch an offensive this time.
The cannons on Blastoise's shell quickly aimed at Charizard, and then a blue torrent rushed towards Charizard on the opposite side.
"Fly up, Charizard!"
Charizard also spread its wings and flew off the ground, avoiding Blastoise's Hydro Pump attack.
"Next is Flamethrower."
Charizard, flying in the air, also opened its mouth at this moment, and surging flames gushed out of its mouth, turning into a blazing pillar of fire, sweeping towards Blastoise below.
"Withdraw into your shell, and then use Rapid Spin!"
After receiving Gary's order, Blastoise immediately retracted its limbs and head into its shell. Because the Fire-type move did not cause much damage to the Water-type Blastoise, it easily resisted Charizard's Flamethrower, and it did not suffer much damage itself.
Then, Blastoise, which had retracted into its shell, immediately used the Rapid Spin move, resisting Charizard's Flamethrower while tearing through the flames and rushing to Charizard's position.
"No, get out of the way!"
Charizard saw this and gave up the output of the Flamethrower under Ash's shout. He flapped his wings and prepared to leave the place.
Unfortunately, it was too late. At this time, Blastoise was already within a few feet of Charizard.
After a while, Blastoise, which was in a Rapid Spin state, hit Charizard's abdomen and knocked it from the air to the ground.
"Next is Skull Bash!"
After knocking down Charizard, Gary continued his combo.
At Gary's order, Blastoise immediately aimed at the position of Charizard on the ground and used Skull Bash towards Charizard on the ground, using its shell to hit Charizard.
"No, get out of the way!"
At the critical moment, the fallen Charizard turned over and just avoided this Skull Bash. Otherwise, if it hit, it would also cause considerable damage to Charizard.
Just after Ash had taken a breath, Gary's order followed closely.
"You are too happy too early, my attack is not over yet."
Gary waved his hand and immediately issued the next order.
"Blastoise, continue to use Rapid Spin, and add Hydro Pump!"
Do you think this move is very familiar? Yes, it is the combination move of the Counter Shield that Ash developed in the original challenge to the Battle Frontier, but now Gary has used it in advance.
Blastoise, who received Gary's order, spun again, but this time it also used the Hydro Pump move.
So when Charizard just stood up, a Hydro Pump hit it directly, and the strong torrent directly rushed Charizard away, and at the same time caused relatively large damage.
"This move is..."
After Ash saw this Counter Shield, he felt very familiar, but he couldn't remember it.
Noticing Ash's thoughtful expression, Gary also smiled lightly. He could never have imagined that this was Ash's future invention.
It was really fun to use the combo skills invented by Ash on Ash. Gary also called him an expert.
"Next is Hydro Pump!"
After repelling Charizard, Blastoise immediately returned to normal, and then under Gary's command, it aimed the cannons at Charizard and used Hydro Pump again.
"Be careful, Charizard, use Fire Spin!"
When the Hydro Pump attack was about to come, Charizard also resisted in a hurry and used Fire Spin to resist.
But the hasty attack could not match the charged attack of Blastoise, plus the type advantage, so the Hydro Pump directly crushed the Fire Spin of Charizard and hit Charizard.
Under the continuous attacks of Blastoise, Charizard was finally unable to hold on, and after this Hydro Pump, it completely fainted.
"Charizard!"
When Ash saw the fallen Charizard, he ran forward worriedly to check Charizard's condition.
After finding that Charizard was fine, he was relieved.
"Charizard lost its ability to fight, Blastoise won, so Gary won this battle!"
The referee Tracey also announced the final result.
"Thank you for your hard work, Blastoise, come back and rest!"
Gary looked at Blastoise, who was very excited about avenging its previous shame, and smiled and said something, then took it back.
After taking Blastoise back, Gary looked at Ash, who was opposite him and had just taken Charizard back.
"Ash, you guy, you really haven't made any progress at all!"
Looking at Ash who had been defeated, Gary shook his head and said helplessly.
Compared with the previous battle in the Silver Conference, Ash really didn't make any progress. It seems that he has been slacking off for a while.
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"What? You're just lucky,"
For this defeat, Ash still argued: "I'll win next time."
"You're still the same as always!"
Looking at Ash who was stubborn and refused to admit defeat, Gary felt helpless.
After sighing helplessly for a while, Gary put away his emotions, then looked at Ash deeply and said: "Ash, what is your dream?"
"Of course, it's to become a Pokémon Master!"
Faced with Gary's question, Ash answered without thinking.
"My dream is to become the strongest Pokémon Trainer."
After looking at Ash, Gary continued, "After experiencing the previous failure, I also thought a lot."
"If you want to become the strongest Pokémon Trainer, it is useless to just talk about it, but you should use your own and your Pokémon's efforts to achieve it."
"So during this period of time, in addition to me, my Pokémon and my partners are also working hard to train themselves, in order to keep moving towards our common dream."
"And if Ash is still standing still, I won't wait for you there."
Gary said something to Ash earnestly.
For Ash, his childhood friend and part-time rival, even if he awakened the memory of his previous life, he still has an unbreakable friendship with him, so this is why Gary is so encouraging to Ash this time.
After hearing what Gary said, Ash lowered his head and thought for a while, then looked up at Gary with a serious and earnest expression: "I know, Gary, I will never lose in the next battle!"
"I'll wait."
Gary smiled when he heard it.
Similarly, Professor Oak, who was quietly observing, also showed a gratified expression.