205. Phanpy vs Slakoth

"May, what Pokémon did you get from Professor Birch?" Norman asked with concern. Receiving their Starter Pokémon is of great significance to a Trainers development no matter what position they are in.

"Yeah, May, what Pokémon did you chose?" Max was also very curious and envied that his sister was finally old enough to get a Pokémon and become a real Trainer.

After coming all the way here, the Bond Value between May and Torchic has gradually increased. She took out her Poké Ball and said, "Come out, Torchic!"

"Ah... you got is Torchic. I think Treecko is much cooler than Torchic!" Max just lay down in front of Torchic, saying something bad about it.

These words almost made Ash want to cover his face, he really deserves a good lesson, he is really so shameless!

Sure enough, after hearing this, Torchic couldn't bear it inside of him. He immediately pecked him until Max began to beg for mercy, and he even jumped on him and stepped on his face hard.

Even May's parents ignored him and instead invited Ash, "Ash, do you want to have lunch with us?"

Food is a must for him, Ash quickly agreed to them, "Okay, thank you, Auntie!"

The food prepared by Caroline was very delicious, it felt like he was still at his home. "Ash, are you traveling out all the time?"

"Yes, I have already been to many places, and now I just began my journey into the vast Hoenn Region!" Ash replied while holding a sandwich in has hand.

"It must be amazing to travel to so many place at such a young age!" Caroline could see that Ash was very reliable form the aura he was radiating off of him, and in such a short journey, May had already learned a lot from of the basics from him. She really hoped that Ash and May could travel together and build up a bond.

If this is the case, she and her husband can be rest assured knowing that they put their daughter with someone trust worthy.

Ash smiled and said, "I have always traveled with my friends before, and I also have Pikachu and my other Pokémon's that accompany me all the time!"

"That must be fun. I'm so envious that you can travel with yours friends while I can't even go out!" Max always murmured something to himself when Ash was talking, and now he was even trying to get closer to Ash's Poké Balls.

Ash glanced at him and said, "How can I help you?"

No one in the family paid attention to Max's shenanigans. May looked at her dad and said, "Dad, Ash is here to challenge the Gym, but he has only just arrived in the Hoenn Region."

Hearing this, Norman asked Ash, "Ash, the rules of the Petalburg City Gym are three versus three. Since you are the Champion of the Silver Conference, how about teleporting the previous Pokémon?"

Ash was almost full and nodded, "I have the same idea, but Mr. Norman, I hope that after I capture new Pokémon in Hoenn, I can come back here to challenge you again to test my training limits!"

"Okay, I'm always here for a good challenge from you!" Norman agreed without any hesitation.

Ash now has his Pikachu and Dratini by his side, so he went to the Pokémon Center to teleport his Tyrouge and his Phanpy to him.

Originally, when Ash set out for Hoenn, he had thought about taking them with him.

But after all, since they had to take a long boat ride, and there is no chance for them to train on the boat. It is better to leave them in the backyard of the Laboratory and let his Annihilape, Rhyperior and Tyranitar train them for their upcoming evolution, more so Phanpy than Tyrouge because he still hasn't decided to evolve yet.

"Wow, big bro, you have a lot of Pokémon!" When Ash hung up the phone and turned around with his two newly added Poké Balls in his hands, he saw Max's envious eyes.

"Who is your big brother? I'm not your big brother!" Ash didn't even have the patience to pay attention to him anymore.

He returned to the Gum and got ready to challenge Norman immediately.

"Okay then Ash, let's start our battle, this is my first Pokémon!" According to the rules of the Gym Challenge, Norman has to go first, "Come out, Slakoth!"

Slakoth can be said to be one of the more famous Normal-type Pokémon's in the Hoenn Region. Its final evolved form, Slaking, has a Species Strength that surpasses that of many mythical beast, although it is only in game and does not reflect into this real world, it is still a very powerful Pokémon among the regulars. However, due to its atrocious ability, it has to wait a turn every time it hits, making it very hard to use compared to other better options.

And it just happens that Norman's Trump Card is also a Slaking, which is enough to prove his power!

The Slakoth in front of him didn't look like he had the will to fight, and his eyes were very sleepy, but Ash didn't dare to underestimate him.

"Stand by for battle, Phanpy!" Ash didn't plan to let Pikachu battle this much weaker Slakoth, so the first Pokémon he sent out was his young Phanpy!

"Wow, it's so cute!" May and Caroline were immediately fascinated by Phanpy's cute appearance.

"Let's roll, Rollout!" As soon as he entered the battel, Ash became more serious. Phanpy is now receiving some basic training from his Tyranitar and his newly evolved Rhyperior these past few days, and because of this, his Rollout attack is getting more sharper!

Norman frowned when he saw Ash using this trick.

But he didn't give the order and let his Slakoth sway his body to avoid Phanpy's Rollout. The longer the Rollout attack lasts, the more powerful it becomes and he didn't want that to happen.

"Slakoth, use the Shadow Ball!"

So he then launched an attack and hit Phanpy to disrupt its Rollout form increasing its power too much. In order to make up for the lack of speed, both the timing and angle of the attack had to be very precise, which shows Norman's training ability. Training such a lazy Pokémon into this obviously takes a lot of effort from its Trainer.

"Move out of the way!"

Ash gave a slight grin to it. Phanpy's Rollout was trained under Rhyperior's large Rock Throws. It can now avoid boulders falling from the sky when he is in the middle of his Rollout. How can such a slow Shadow Ball hit him?

"Big brother and his Phanpy are so cool, he just avoided that Shadow Ball from dads Slakoth like it was nothing!" Max said in deep admiration when he saw Ash still looking like he was at such ease when facing the person he admired the most.

"Max, why do you call Ash your big brother?" May beside him asked confused as they haven't even known each other for more than a couple hours.

"I decided to call him my big brother because he is strong. From now on, he will be my goal to surpass and then dad!"

After hearing Max's words, Caroline smiled happily.

Rollout was constantly being avoided by the Slakoth using his strange moving ability, but he is always able to maintain it, even if by barley, even though Phanpy was getting faster and faster, and more and more powerful.

"Mr. Norman, this Slakoth of your is very well-trained and uses its own characteristics to full power."

It can work so many times because of its reaction speed, but how many times can it be avoided with the increasing speed?

As Asg said, Norman had to change his tactics, "Slakoth, use Hidden Power!"

Several white energy light balls circled towards Phanpy. It was indeed difficult to avoid, but there was no need to avoid it when you could just take it!

Rollout, which has accumulated a large amount of power, attacked directly towards Norman's Slakoth. After activating such a skill, it was absolutely impossible for Slakoth to make any of his evasive actions. Now his his speed and reaction speed was in its weakest point!

"Go ahead, Phanpy!"

Ash has full confidence in his Phanpy!

Now it's a head-to-head encounter. He wanted to see whether or not his Phanpy's Rollout would be defeated by the Hidden Power first, or whether or not Slakoth is knocked down by Phanpy's Rollout!

Boom!

Hidden Power exploded on Phanpy, but it failed to ultimately stop Rollout. It rushed out of the smoke and hit the Slakoth hard!

Suddenly the Slakoth fell to the ground and lost his ability to fight!

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