11. VS. Falkner

Chikorita is the second Pokémon captured by Ash in the Johto Region.

She has a brave and strong personality, and her compatibility with Ash is obviously very high. However, Chikorita has not yet evolved to its final form, so it is absolutely impossible for her compatibility to reach 255.

Now, Ash has let go. He can't force all his Pokémon to evolve to their final form.

Just like Bulbasaur and Squirtle now, they decided not to evolve, and Ash was willing to respect them.

After all, Pokémon is an independent life, not a prop. They have their own pursuits in life and their own strengths.

After conquering Chikorita, Ash had more than 6 Pokémon with him.

So he teleported Bulbasaur, who was also a Grass Type, back. It happened that Professor Oak's backyard had begun to have trouble with all the Pokémon there, so he sent it back to solve the problem as soon as possible.

Ash and his team trained on this mountain for two days before climbing over it and finally arrived at Violet City.

It was also these two days that allowed Ash and Chikorita to spend time together.

When arriving in Violet City, of course, the first thing to do is to visit Sprout Tower.

This is a three-story tower that looks like it is about to collapse at any time, but in fact this is more effective in avoiding the impact of disasters such as Earthquake on the tower.

According to legend, a column over 30 meters high was used to build the central pillar of the tower. It should be said that this is indeed the wisdom of their ancestors.

And this Sprout Tower also has special meaning for Trainers on the road.

It is said that Pokémon Trainers who participate in the Johto Region Alliance will definitely come to this tower to recall the events when they first left their hometown and embarked on their journey.

For Ash, his journey started with Spearow.

After embarking on the journey, Ash got angry because Pikachu did not listen to any of his commonds, and even had to rely on his own strength to try to catch a Spearow.

The result is, of course, obviously tragic.

Later, Ash tamed a Pidegeotto, but after completing his trip to the Kanto Region, he released the evolved Pidegeotto in Viridian Forest to help protect the Pidgey's and Pidegeotto's there from Fearow's terror.

I don't know if Pidgeot is still in Viridian Forest.

Speaking of the Pidgeot, Ash stood on the tower and looked outside, and saw a trainer controlling a paraglider and soaring in the air with a Pidgeot.

After coming down from Sprout Tower, Ash and his group met the paragliding trainer and the Pidgeot again at the entrance of Violet Gym.

"Hello! Are you a trainer coming to Violet Gym to challenge?" There was a Hoothoot on this Trainer's shoulder.

"Yes, I am Ash from Pallet Town. This is my first Gym Challenge in Johto Region!" Ash introduced himself.

"Hello, my name is Falkner!" Falkner introduced himself.

"This Pidgeot is so big!" Misty couldn't help but admired the Pidgeot when she saw it.

"Indeed, it's bigger than the Pidgeot I had before!" Ash said with a smile when he saw this Pidgeot.

As soon as he heard this, Falkner immediately became interested in Ash, "Do you also have a Pidgeot?"

"Yes!" Ash nodded, "It was following me not long ago!"

"Because something happened, it and I were separated in the Viridian Forest near my hometown where I caught it. I don't know what happened to that guy now."

Falkner was very moved by Ash's story, "I think you must also like your Pidgeot!"

"Of course!"

"Yes, Pidgeot is the best among the bird Pokémon!" As Falkner said, his Pidgeot is his Ace Pokémon!

Falkner patted Ash on the shoulder and smiled, "I think we will get along very well with you!"

"To tell you the truth, my dream is to become the most powerful bird Pokémon Trainer!"

"I had a longing for soaring in the sky, and over time, I became obsessed with bird Pokémon!"

"Ash, since you are here to challenge Violet Gym, then please come in with me!"

These words left Brock and Misty confused, but Ash quickly smiled and said, "Sure, Gym Leader Falkner!"

The Violet Gym is a very tall building, and the battle venue of the Gym is on the large platform on the top floor!

"Ash, welcome to Violet Gym!"

There were already many people waiting at the battle venue on the top floor. Everyone was holding their breath and holding their breath, making the atmosphere suddenly tense.

"Ash, are you okay?" Brock asked concerned.

Ash smiled slightly and said, "Only when I encounter such a nervous situation will I get excited!"

"So, starting now, Violet's Gym Leader Falkner, and the challenger Ash from Pallet Town, will start a formal Gym Battle for the Zephyr Badge. There are only three Pokémon that can be used by each Trainer. Are both Trainers ready? "

"Get ready! Falkner, I will definitely get your Badge!"

Seeing Ash's growing confidence, Falkner's blood boiled with excitement, "I won't let you get it easily. It's about the reputation of the Gym. I want you to know the real power of bird Pokémon!"

According to the rules of the gym challenge, the gym leader sends out Pokémon first.

And Falkner's first one was the Hoothoot that landed on his shoulder just now!

"Then it's up to you, Pikachu!" Since this is a Flying type gym, there is nothing wrong with sending the Electric type Pikachu to take the lead.

But in fact Ash thought more of his current team.

Squirtle is obviously not suitable to face this kind of bird Pokémon.

Chikorita, who had just been caught recently, was even more restrained.

As for Heracross, even if he was much stronger than Hoothoot it is a Bug Type and Fighting Type Pokémon, they are all tightly restrained by Bird Pokémon, so forget it.

Therefore, Ash's only players in this battle are Pikachu, Snorlax and Charizard.

Fortunately, Snorlax happened to be awake.

"The right choice, but Ash, if you think you can easily defeat my bird Pokémon with the electric type, you are totally wrong!" Falkner also became serious, "Preemptive strike, Hoothoot, Tackle attack!"

"Pikachu, let's use Quick Attack!"

The Quick Attack is obviously faster to activate. Just as Hoothoot was about to take action, Pikachu had already arrived in front of it and knocked it away!

"This is bad, Hoothoot, get up!"

"Want to run? Thunderbolt!"

Hoothoot struggled to flap its little wings to take off, but Thunderbolt had already landed and electrocuted it.

"Hoothoot loses the ability to fight, Pikachu wins!"

"There's nothing we can do about losing to the electric type!" Falkner took Hoothoot back and looked up at Ash, "Ash, you are really strong!"

Pikachu: 208/255