Chapter 26: Chapter 26: Obtaining the Balance Badge
"Slaking, use Hammer Arm!"
After Slaking caught Arcanine, Norman immediately gave it an order.
After receiving Norman's order, Slaking grabbed Gary's Arcanine with one hand, and the other hand, after being wrapped in white light, hit Arcanine heavily.
"We can't give up, Arcanine!"
At this critical moment, Gary also had an idea, so he shouted at Arcanine.
"Arcanine, use Flamethrower!"
Arcanine obeyed Gary's order, gave up struggling, and attacked Slaking.
The hot flames gushed out of Arcanine's mouth, heading straight for Slaking in front of him.
In this way, Slaking's Hammer Arm hit Arcanine, and Arcanine was knocked out on the spot.
Similarly, Arcanine's Flamethrower also caused considerable damage to Slaking.
In this fight, both Arcanine and Slaking caused some damage to each other.
Fortunately, this attack was not fatal, so the fallen Arcanine also struggled to get up.
However, this time Arcanine's eyes were not so peaceful but stared at Slaking on the opposite side fiercely.
Gary, after confronting Norman, also decisively launched an attack.
"Arcanine, use Extreme Speed!"
As soon as Gary finished speaking, Arcanine decisively spread his limbs and started running, and under Gary's instructions, he continued to harass Slaking.
Although Slaking also waved his fists several times in succession, they were all avoided by the agile Arcanine.
Finally, when Arcanine appeared behind Slaking, Gary immediately gave it an order.
"Use Will-O-Wisp!"
As soon as Gary finished speaking, a group of blue flames suddenly appeared around Arcanine, forming a circle and constantly rotating around Arcanine.
Finally, under the control of Arcanine, these Will-O-Wisp fires attacked the direction of Slaking.
"No, get out of the way!"
After hearing Gary's words, Norman knew what Gary was thinking, so he also shouted to Slaking urgently.
Although Norman had shouted as much as he could, it was too late. The Will-O-Wisp fire directly hit Slaking, who could not dodge.
Under the effect of the Will-O-Wisp fire, Slaking immediately fell into a state of burning.
"Well done!"
After seeing this scene, Gary's mouth corners also rose slightly.
"It seems that we can't fight a protracted war."
After seeing Slaking fall into a state of burning, Norman had no choice but to choose a quick battle.
"Slaking, use Giga Impact!"
At Norman's command, Slaking waved his fist again and rushed towards the direction of Arcanine.
"Extreme Speed!"
Arcanine, which used Extreme Speed, completely left the spot before the attack came and dodged the attack.
In the next second, Arcanine appeared beside Slaking and took an attacking posture.
"Arcanine, use Flare Blitz!"
With Gary's order, a blazing flame suddenly appeared on Arcanine's body, and these flames instantly wrapped Arcanine.
Then Arcanine rushed towards the direction of Slaking, and the temperature was raised a lot by the flames wherever it passed.
"Let's go too, Slaking, use Body Slam!"
Norman also planned to decide the outcome with the last blow, so he also gave the order to Slaking.
But things are not always as expected. Just when Slaking took a step, the burns on his body took effect, forcing Slaking to stop.
And Arcanine used Flare Blitz unimpeded and hit Slaking, who was standing still.
Under the attack of high-temperature flames and impact force, Slaking was immediately knocked out and fell heavily to the ground.
However, this time, Slaking never stood up again but completely lost consciousness.
Arcanine also noticed this, so he immediately relaxed his vigilance and began to gasp for air because of the great damage to his physical strength.
"Slaking has lost his ability to fight, and Arcanine won, so the final winner is Gary!"
Norman, the leader of the Petalburg Gym, has lost three Pokémon, so the winner of this battle is Gary.
"Thank you for your hard work, Slaking."
After the referee announced the final result, Norman also took out the Poké Ball and took back the fainted Slaking.
"Come back and rest for a while, Arcanine."
Gary also took back the exhausted Arcanine.
After Gary just took back Arcanine, Rosa couldn't wait to come to Gary, hugged Gary's right hand tightly, and shouted to Gary.
"That's great, Gary!"
The smile on Rosa's face also made Gary feel much happier, and a smile also appeared on his face.
"What a strong strength, Gary!"
The gym leader Norman also came to Gary and said with a smile: "Your strength is far beyond my expectations."
"I'm still far away."
Gary is still very self-aware of his own strength.
"When I was the same age, I was not as good as you."
Norman shook his head at Gary's humble words.
After Norman said this, Gary didn't say anything else but smiled indifferently.
"This is the Balance Badge, the proof of defeating me, please accept it."
At this time, Norman also took out a Balance Badge of the Petalburg Gym from his pocket and handed it to Gary.
"Thank you, Mr. Norman."
After thanking him, Gary took the badge and put it in the badge case that Nurse Joy had given him before.
"You deserve it."
Norman replied.
In this way, Gary went through a lot of hardships and finally defeated Norman's three Pokémon and won the first badge in the Hoenn region.
"Then Mr. Norman, can you continue to challenge the gym next?"
After Gary won the Balance Badge, Rosa also stood up and challenged Norman.
"Of course."
Facing Rosa's challenge, Norman nodded.
As a gym leader, Norman could not have only one team, so facing Rosa's challenge, he still had Pokémon to challenge the gym.
"Then please, I want to challenge the Petalburg Gym too."
After seeing Norman agree, Rosa decisively challenged him.
"No problem!"
In this way, the battle between Rosa and Norman, the leader of the Petalburg Gym, also kicked off.