144. The Great Run

The so-called "enlightenment", to put it bluntly, is to make yourself transcend your current self, to be with friends your truly most inner self, and to work hard together with the others around you. Even if the road is difficult, you will definitely be able to move forward with their help.

This is the path of a great Pokémon Trainer, and also the path of a top Pokémon profession.

Ash actually thought that the practices in this Slowpoke Temple is very suitable for Mewtwo. Mewtwo is like a philosopher starting in his journey, thinking about who he is and the meaning of his birth all day everyday.

If the wisdom is too high, there will be a lot of troubles. On the contrary, if it empties itself, without desires, there will be no troubles.

This is the so-called "Freedom".

All in all, Ash had a great time relaxing in the Slowpoke Temple!

After leaving here, Ash and his party finally arrived at the next town and found the Pokémon Center to rest and recuperate. Although they took a side road, they were not far from Blackthorn City. In fact they were preety close.

"Look how strong he is! Poliwrath! So cool!"

There were many people gathered at the battlefield close to the Pokémon Center. It was very noisy and lively there, someone must be having a Pokémon Battle there.

After Ash and his team checked their Pokémon in, they immediately became interested and took a closer look. It turned out that there were a Poliwrath and a Hitmontop fighting against each other.

At this moment, it was obvious that this Poliwrath had the upper hand in the battle, and most of the surrounding spectators were also cheering for that Poliwrath.

They all saw that the Poliwrath easily avoided Hitmontop's Triple Kick under his Trainer's command, and used a strong looking Double Slap on the already weakened Hitmontop. Then before Hitmontop could even recover, Poliwrath picked him up and used a heavy Submission on him. The combo of moves instantly made Hitmontop unable to fight any longer.

"We won, Poliwrath!" The Trainer of that Poliwrath was very excited after his win. With this, they have won seven consecutive victories.

Ash also clapped repeatedly out of respect for the great battle between two Pokémon Trainers. This Poliwrath was very well trained by his Trainer. His arm muscles looked very strong and compact, his fighting will is also very good, he responds to the commands very quickly, and his movements are even crisper compared to others of his kind that he saw before!

"Okay, is there anyone else who wants to fight against me and my Poliwrath?"

Hearing this, Ash and his team understood that this is the person that had privately owned this ring here to battle the passing Trainer.

"I want to battle against you!"

Ash walked out directly between two other guys, "Stand by for battle, Tyrouge!"

Tyrouge is currently the Pokémon that Ash is most keen on training with him, and for this reason he delayed Rhydon's evolution.

Now Tyrouge was no longer the naughty kid he used to be when he first caught him. Under his guidance, he has become a good kid who is humble, polite, and willing to endure hardships to get stronger.

It has never met a Trainer like Ash who is willing to spend so much effort to train and be with him . He will always fight with all its strength for the Trainer that is working so hard for him.

It is precisely because of this that its compatibility and Bond Values ​​have increased extremely quickly. Even though he has already reached more than 200, the growth rate is much faster than other Pokémon belong to Ash.

It has a huge amount of potential to tap onto, and this is why Ash is willing to put more thought into it than others.

"Lets go, Tyrouge, use your Mind Reader!"

This chain tactic has become his and Tyrouges go to set up at the beginning of their battles, because if his most powerful High Jump Kick misses the opponent, it will cause huge damage to itself when it falls to the ground.

The move Mind Reader can greatly increase the hit rate to ensure that the small Tyrouge can effectively attack his opponent.

There is a more powerful combination of the move Mind Reader, which is using a move like Sheer Cold that instantly knocks out the opponent with one hit. This move can greatly improve the hit rate of Sheer Cold and others to completes the real kill.

But the only Pokémon that might have this combination is Articuno.

So Ash is also determined to catch that magical frozen chicken to try out his theory!

Tyrouges golden pupils shrank suddenly at Ash's command, and he firmly grasped every movement of the opposing Poliwrath.

"What? Poliwrath, use Double Slap!" The Poliwraths Trainer named Delaney saw Ash using such a move, and immediately asked his Pokémon to attack quickly.

However, Tyrouge relied on his small and flexible skills to easily avoid the attack of the big and bulky figure of the Poliwrath, and suddenly crashed into its arms.

Then there was no need for Ash to command anymore. The spiral-shaped belly of the Poliwrath seemed to be a target for by his Tyrouge. Tyrouge was so fierce that he hit him with a flying knee and then kicked him in the center of the belly up in the air!

The Poliwrath was immediately hit hard and hit in his most vital part, causing it to fall to the ground!

"Poliwrath, get up!" Delaney hasn't given up on his Pokémon yet. He doesn't want to give up his hard-won seven consecutive victories, and he knows that his Poliwrath doesn't want to give up either.

Thanks to Delaney's words from the sideline, Poliwrath struggled but finally stood up again.

"I knew you could do it, now use Water Gun!"

As almost forget that in addition to being a Fighting-type, that Poliwrath also has the Water-type. After the previous contact, Delaney immediately realized that the Tyrouge in front of him was very good at melee combat, and it was difficult for him and his Poliwrath to take advantage of this.

So he decisively chose to use long-range attacks and launched a Water-type Special Attack.

"Then we will use Double Team!"

However, Ash and his Tyrouge have created a safe plan to deal with distance Special Attacks like Water Gun. And that is the move Double Team that makes the opponent unable to distinguish the real from the fake unless trained in that!

The Water Gun only hit one of Tyrouges clones, and then the Poliwrath was surrounded by Tyrouge and all his clones.

"Lets try out the new move you learned, Mega Kick!"

This is the new move that Tyrouge recently learned from his partner, Annihilape. He uses a powerful kick to attack the opponent. In Ash's opinion, this is one of the better attacks suitable for his Tyrouge.

At Ash's command, Tyrouge leaped forward and kicked up a sudden kick. He relied on his whole body's strength and the momentum of his fall to amplify the power of this kick to the extreme!

"Poliwrath, get out of the way!" Delaney also clearly saw the power of this move, but although his Poliwrath wanted to dodge, but he couldn't because he was too injured from all the previous attacks!

The Poliwrath was finally kicked away by Tyrouge and completely lost his ability to fight any longer!

"Look at how Tyrouge won the battle! It's so awesome. That Mega Kick was so strong looking!" The people around him were even more excited than him to see a battle like this.

Seeing that everyone around him was very excited, Ash grinned. He had not encountered any places that could be beaten away by him recently. And because of that, his Exchange Points are accumulating very slowly, but he was finally able to exchange for ten ordinary Pure Z-Crystals!

"Ladies and gentlemen, I will also take this opportunity to set up a battleground here for a day. Is there anyone who wants to challenge my Tyrouge?"

There is no need to set up any prizes. Looking at this small but powerful Tyrouge, many Trainers want to try the challenge to beat him.

"I'll do it!" The Trainer released a Machoke, and the battle began.

It went smoothly at first, but as the battle continued, with Ash and his Tyrouge winning nine consecutive victories, they finally fell into a hard battle.

"The final blow, High Jump Kick!"

Finally, the opponents Machamp was knocked away with the powerful leg attacks. Ash and Tyrouge won ten consecutive victories. It was very exhausted and no longer had any energy to fight anymore.

Unexpectedly, Delaney hasn't left yet, "Ash, you are a really strong Trianer. If you want to battle, I recommend you to go to the Battle Park outside this town and try it out! There are all kinds of Pokémon there, you will definitely like it there."