194. Latios and Harrison’s Journey

The demon snake, the blood-red Gyarados, appears!

"Oh my God, what did I see? Ash took back his Scizor back from the sea of ​​fire and replaced it with a humongous Gyarados, but this Gyarados turned out to be a bold red one! What a scary Gyarados!"

Slifer the Sky Dragon landed onto the sea of ​​fire. It seemed to be bored, so he roared up to the sky to stop his boredom!

Then, dark clouds gathered and it rained heavily!

"It's the Rain Dance move. It's starting to rain at the venue. The awning at the venue is beginning to be opened. Please be patient!"

Of course, the rain shelter equipment at the Silver Stadium is very complete.

Soon the awnings were opened above the heads of the audience.

The remaining battlefield in the center was still under heavy cold rain.

The ​​​​fire sea was easily extinguished with this amount of water, and Gyarados' blood-red figure looked particularly terrifying under the thunderclouds that he himself had created!

This is one of Ash's strongest Trump Cards now except for some of his old Pokémon's. It is just right to show up in the second game of the decisive tournament, an 8-for-4 battle!

"Blaziken, let's use Double Kick!"

Harrison gritted his teeth, facing such an opponent, he still did not give up!

Which can be seen as either brave of delusional.

Blaziken used his strong jumping ability to land in front of Gyarados and kicked him hard twice, or at least that's what he wanted to do!

During the first kick, it hit Gyarados's corner, but it seemed like it hit a steel plate. Gyarados didn't move at all from where it was standing!

And it never gets a chance to kick out a second time!

"YU GAY!"

Gyarados roared again, the evil aura suddenly condensed, and the Crunch attack bit Blaziken!

"Blaziken lost the ability to fight and Gyarados won this battle, so the winner is Trainer Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town!"

"The winner has now been announced. Trainer Ash Ketchum has defeated Trainer Harrison and he has now entered the semi-finals! It's a pity that Trainer Harrison lost only in the top eight when he had the potential to go even further!"

"Yay, Big Brother wins again!" Molly was the first to run up and cheer, hugging Pikachu and starting to circle around him!

"Come back, Gyarados!" Ash glanced at his crimson serpent and knew what it was thinking in his heart. He couldn't help but smile and comfort him, "I know you haven't had enough yet, so you can fight Tyranitar but only under my watch!"

"Ash, thank you, let's fight again next time when we have the chance!"

Harrison put away his beaten Blaziken and walked over to Ash. He was convinced by his defeat. In the end, Ash sent out such a powerful Gyarados, which made him feel that the 0.069% chance he had to succeed finally flying away.

In the end, Ash did not even use all his strength to fight against him!

Ash successfully passed the decisive round where his past had failed, and then came the semi-finals and to the eventual final.

In fact, Ash also went to watch the battle between the other Trainers. The person taht caught his eye was a guy named Jon in the semi-finals. He was a Trainer with a very stable fighting style.

To say how strong Pokémon is, it's not too bad. If Ash is willing to use his Gyarados, Feraligatr and Houndoom, he can completely crush that team.

But he still left the opportunities for his other Pokémon to appear and showcase their trainings.

"Tyrouge, jump on top of that Rhyhorn!"

At the end of the semi-finals, Ash sent a team with his Annihilape as the core. Now in this battle, he has lost only one Pokémon, while his opponent, Jon, had only has his last Rhyhorn left for battle!

At this moment, he sent out his naughty very skillful and nimble Tyrouge to fight!

Tyrouge relied on his small stature and agility to play a form of guerrilla war tactics under the command of Ash, and this time he even rode directly on the back of the opponent's Rhyhorn!

"Mega Kick!"

As the last move, Tyrouge suddenly jumped on the back of the heavy Rhyhorn, and with a hard kick, he suddenly smashed the heavy Rhyhorn into the ground!

"Rhyhorn lost its fighting ability, meaning Tyrouge won this battle, so the winner is Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town!" The referee announced at long last announced that Ash passed the semi-finals!

"The results are out. Trainer Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town has reached the finals. From the beginning of the conference, Trainer Ash had shown great strength and has been unstoppable all the way unti now!"

The audience was very jubilant. The team that Ash presented this time was obviously not as strong as his last two teams he used against Gary and Harrison. Instead, the audience saw a "more evenly matched" and exciting battle with fists and kicks.

"Ash, congratulations. If you win tomorrow's battle, you will be the champion of the Silver Conference!" Professor Oak brought Gary to congratulate Ash and gave him lots of compliments and advice, "You can't be too proud just yet. You must still fight in the last round and win that title."

"Ok, got it!"

Professor Oak was afraid that Ash would get carried away and end up like a Trainer with a team of Pokémon that were obviously one level weaker than they should be.

Hearing this, Ash smiled and said, "Don't worry, Professor, I know my limits!"

Professor Oak nodded with satisfaction.

"Ash!"

Ash and Gary high-fived again for the last time, well at least for now.

"You must win that championship. This will be considered as completing my goal alongside yours!"

"You just wait up and see!"

That night, Ash was sleeping peacefully, recharging his energy for the next day's final match. He had already decided on the lineup for the final, ensuring that it would be foolproof without any issues!

While sleeping, Latias suddenly shook him awake.

"Latias, what's wrong?" She and Molly have become very good playmates since she began to travel along with Ash. They stick to Ash's side every day.

But waking Ash up on such a night of course means it's something important as she knows that tomorrow is a very important day for her beloved Trainer.

Latias didn't speak, but she just came to the door and waved to Ash excitedly. This was exactly the same as when she took Ash to the secret garden back in Alto Mare!

Ash got up quietly, fearing to wake up his companions, and then followed Latias to the lake outside of Silver Town.

There, he felt a very familiar Aura!

Sure enough, as soon as he arrived there, the originally calm lake surface suddenly exploded with water droplets, and an invisible figure appeared in front of Ash.

"Latios, are you finally recovered?"

The creature that came from the bottom of the lake was none other than the Latios from Alto Mare. He had now completely recovered from his previous injuries. At this time, Latias transformed back into her true form and called out to Latias a few times.

Then, Latios looked at Ash, nodded with a smile, turned around and sank to the bottom of the lake!

Latias looked very happy. Although Ash don't know what she discussed with Latios, it should be a good thing to see her so happy!

"Ash?" This was Harrison's voice. He came running from a distance, "It's so late and you haven't slept yet. Don't you have the finals tomorrow to battle in?"

Hearing this, Ash smiled and said, "My companion couldn't sleep, so I took her out for a walk! What about you? Why are you here so late?"

Harrison shook his head and didn't say anything about this, but instead quickly changed the subject and said, "Ash, do you know about the Hoenn Region? Do you have any plans to travel to the Hoenn Region?"

"Of course, I'm going to the Hoenn Region as the next destination!" Ash nodded and admitted without a hesitation.

"That's great. You should go take a look and meet Professor Birch. It will definitely be helpful for your journey!"

"Professor Birch is a Pokémon Professor living in Littleroot Town. He is the kind of person who will suddenly run outside unexpectedly when he is working hard in the Laboratory. He also attaches great importance to field investigation. He often tells me that when you want to know something, it is best to just go to that place in person, observe and explore with your own eyes and see what is going on!"

"So I left Littleroot Town and went on a journey of my own. And I found that Professor Birch was indeed very right. It was like I been to a completely different world and saw many scenery's in various places, and encountered all kinds of Pokémon. I thought it was the best experience I could ever have. Because of this, I finally met you, Ash!"