134. Abnormalities
After arriving in Mahogany Town, Nurse Joy quickly inspected the Gyarados and found that the body of this Gyarados was indeed in very bad shape.
Not to mention the Pokémon Center here, even the one from Lake Lucid, the Pokémon Center that is the most professional in treating Water-type Pokémon in the whole region. He has to adjust to the sequelae of its forced evolution and heal its injuries, which in itself is a very long process.
Thinking of this matter, Ash knew that he could not rely on the current human technology he has. Even if his journey came to a standstill for some time, he must heal Gyarados' body as soon as possible.
He called Liza in order to exchange his Charizard back to him, bid farewell to Brock, Misty and Molly for the time being, and rode Charizard towards back to Mt. Quena.
Molly was obedient this time around and did not clamor to go with Ash. She knew that her brother would have be in a constant rush along the way and would not have more energy to take care of her.
After this period of travel, she has grown a lot from the child she was before. She is no longer the little girl who summoned Entei when she was lonely.
Mt. Quena was near Ecruteak City, and he was not too far away from there. They set off again from Ecruteak City to Mahogany Town.
Ash rode Charizard and arrived in just one morning.
Mewtwo and his clone Pokémon have long since left here, and now it has become a truly inaccessible and hidden place, with only the many wild Pokémon left to live and work here.
It is better for such a place to be as little-known as possible, otherwise if too many people come, this clear spring will slowly lose its effectiveness and turn into an ordinary lake without any of its powerful healing abilities.
Fortunately, such magical spring water can be preserved due to his Suicune, giving Ash the hope to restore back his Gyarados' body.
"Come out, Gyarados!"
The main outside injuries on Gyarados' body have been healed by his Heal Ball and Nurse Joy, and now the blood-red scales all over his body look like shining red gems, reflecting under the sun.
"Roar!"
Gyarados had regained his consciousness and stared at Ash with his big golden eyes. Although his body was in constant pain, he still seemed quite happy and lowered his head and knelt in front of Ash with his mouth wide open.
He looked fierce from a regular persons point, but he is actually very well-behaved under Ash.
Ash patted his big dark red horn. Touching it here will make Gyarados very calm. "The spring water here should have an effect on your body. You can take good care of the hidden injuries here. I will stay with you here while you are in the water!"
"GAY!"
Gyarados too seemed to feel that the spring water here was very different. He nodded slightly and dived under the spring water.
Ash hoped that he got better soon.
"Hello, Molly!" Ash used the communicator to call Molly and the others to check that they were safe.
"Big Brother, are you there?" Molly's seemingly cheerful voice came from the other side, "We met Aunt Sheila who invited us to eat her homemade Rage Candy Bar. It was delicious. Big Brother, I left two for you. You have to come back quickly or else I will eat them!"
"Ash, you don't have to worry about us. How is Gyarados doing?" It seems that the communicator has been replaced by Misty.
"He dived into the clear spring. I hope he gets better as soon as possible with the help of this place!" Ash's voice was very soft. He didn't know whether Gyarados could get better or even how long this process would take.
But he'll be here with Gyarados until he gets better because after all, he was it's Trainer and it was his responsibility to make sure that he is okay.
"Okay, we will take good care of Molly while you are busy!" Misty hung up the phone, she didn't want Ash to worry about them.
After hanging up the phone, she got told off by Brock how she didn't let him talk to Ash.
She then returned to the Lake of Rage and summoned all her Pokémon.
Goldeen, Politoed, Starmie, Corsola, Psyduck.
"Everyone, we are going to have a special training session!"
Ash was also doing his own special training. Since this time he came to Mt. Quena, he is ready to stay here for a while and take full advantage of his time.
So in addition to Gyarados, Pikachu and Charizard, he also brought over three of the youngest Pokémon who are currently in his team.
Lapras, Phanpy, and the newly captured Tyrouge!
Phanpy's physical condition was already very good, and it seems he is already looking forward to his first battle. Although he is young, his power is not to be underestimated.
"Pikachu, take Phanpy to the side and train with him in Rollout!" Ash directly entrusted Phanpy to Pikachu, since Phanpy also liked his Thunder Shock very much.
Lapras also felt that the spring water was not normal, and cheered from the water. Then he called Ash a few times, opened his mouth and spit out a not so powerful water ball.
"Water Pulse? Turns out you learned a new move while away from me. They surely do grow so fast."
Ash patted his head and said, "It's very good, but we both know that you could do so much better than that!"
In fact, the main one was his Tyrouge. Ash didn't have any good training methods for him, so he gave an hourglass-shaped item over to him.
The Macho Brace produced by the system restrained Tyrouge in one fell swoop, making him unable to move.
"Are you ready boy?"
Hearing this, Charizard on the side suddenly showed a kind of cruel smile. This smile was exactly the same as that of his Trainer, Ash, at that time!
"Boom!"
Ash's whole body was shining with a royal blue light, and he punched Tyrouge away before he could react.
Tyrouge fell to the ground with a confused look on his face. How could his speed slow down so much and so far? He has never felt his hands and feet being so heavy in his life!
"This is called a Macho Brace. All your predecessors trained like this! Now that your body is restrained all over and your speed can only be half of the usual speed wearing this. Get used to it while you are at it!" Ash came to him again and punched towards him again. He did not hold back on his Arizona Smash!
Tyrouge quickly reacted and rolled to the ground like a rolling gourd, barely being able to avoid the attack.
However, before he had time to stand up, Ash had already caught up with him and kicked at him again.
He had no choice but to lift it up with its arms and was violently whipped out towards a boulder, his force was able to smash the large stone into pieces and fell to the ground. Now Ash's current power is much much stronger than when he fought against his Charizard!
"Stand up, you are a Fighting Pokémon, a true warrior. You, who refuses to evolve need to work ten times or a hundred times harder than a Hitmonchan or a Hitmonlee to gain the power you want!"
"This is what you need to realize. Stand up and show your worth to me!"
Ash's loud words was like a sudden enlightenment to Tyrouge, and he then remembered that his master, Annihilape, usually fought against him with restraints in his attacks.
However, other Pokémon that also belonged to Ash often practice with no such restraints against each other. They always went all out until they can't move anymore,
Strength is never obtained out of thin air!
"TY!!"
Tyrouge roared and stood up. It began to attack actively, punching, kicking and overhead. It turned its whole body into weapons to try and hit Ash's body.
"Very good, continue with this!"
Ash took all his attacks without trying to attack back, all he did was redirect the attacks.
Tyrouge: 220/230
DING
"It has been detected that the compatibility of the host's Pokémon is increasing abnormally, it is suggested to check and see what happened!"
The System's beep prompted Ash to grab Tyrouges punch, throw it aside, and then wave to stop his attacks.
At first, he thought it was Tyrouges compatibility. Indeed, in such a sparring session, its compatibility and Bond Valuesincreased rapidly, just like Charizard at that time.
But after checking the system, he found that it belonged to his Gyarados and not his Tyrouge.
Gyarados: 160/190
Gyarados: 190/230
Gyarados: 230/250
Gyarados: 255/255