Chapter 330: Mauville Gym
After leaving Slateport City, Ash's group passed by a Pokémon Center on a mountain and encountered a Shiftry that had kidnapped Nurse Joy to save a Nuzleaf. While searching for the kidnapped Nurse Joy...
The group encountered obstruction from a large number of Oddish, Seedot, and Nuzleaf. In the process of dealing with them, Ash and Mays Pokemon gained a significant amount of experience.
After handling the Shiftry incident, the group hadn't gone far before they ran into the Team Rocket Trio stealing a Shiny Ston.
And today, the group arrived at Mauville City.
At the entrance of the Mauville Gym.
May asked eagerly, "Ash, can I challenge the Dojo first later?"
"Of course you can, but May, have you thought about how you are going to fight?" Ash asked.
"Mm-hmm, the Mauville Gym is an Electric-type Dojo, so I want to let Treecko, Aron, and Combusken give it a try!"
After confirming the challenge order, the group went forward to push the Dojo gate.
However, the gate of the Mauville Gym did not open to the sides, but instead fell directly to the ground.
The group took two steps inside in confusion, then handrails rose on both sides of the gate. Ash and the others also saw a track underneath the door panel, and immediately after, the door panel started moving like a roller coaster.
The door panel moved forward and soon appeared on a large steep slope. May said with some fear, "This wouldn't be that..."
"This is exactly that!"
Brock reached out and grabbed the railing next to the door panel.
The door panel went all the way down, its speed increasing. After rushing to the bottom, the door panel left the track and skimmed across the water like a skipping stone, rushing toward a passage not far away.
After entering the passage, the speed of the door panel slowly decreased. Just when the three thought everything was fine, the door directly in front opened, and they saw a Raikou head-on.
"Th-this is... Raikou?" Brock said with some surprise.
"It's not, that's machine-made."
As soon as Ash finished speaking, the mechanical Raikou began to accumulate lightning on its head, and finally fired a shot in the direction of Ash and the others.
Pikachu was very fast. As soon as the current was fired, he also shot out a bolt of lightning. After the yellow electric light broke through the current fired by the mechanical Raikou, it also short-circuited the mechanical Raikou.
"Geez, what on earth is the Trainer of this Dojo thinking!" May complained.
As soon as she finished speaking, the door next to them opened, and the Gym Leader Wattson and his assistant Watt walked out.
Wattson said: "So happy, so happy, you guys are really something. I never expected that the Raikou robot number two I built would be destroyed by you guys, wahahaha!"
"Everyone, welcome to the Mauville Gym," Watt said.
"So that means you are..." May said.
Wattson nodded, "That's right, I am the Gym Leader of the Mauville Gym, Wattson, and he is my assistant, named Watt."
"Hello, I am..."
Ash and the others introduced themselves one by one.
After explaining their purpose, the group arrived at the battle field.
Unlike the first two Gyms, the rules of the Mauville Gym are a 3v3 battle, and Wattson, this old rascal, even directly showed all the Pokemon he would use.
They were Magnemite, Voltorb, and Magneton.
The levels of these three Pokemon were one Elite Advanced, one Gym Beginner, and one Gym Intermediate; the test of three levels of opponents was very significant.
"So now the Mauville Gym Gym Challenge is about to begin. The two sides of the battle are the Mauville Gym Gym Leader Wattson and May from Petalburg City..."
Watt stood on the referee's stand and reiterated the rules.
Wattson said: "Magnemite, go."
"Aron, take the stage!"
"Aron~"
After this period of training, the level of the little Aron that May caught in Granite Cave had also risen to Elite Intermediate.
"Aron, huh? Looks like it's been raised quite well. Then Magnemite, use Swift!"
"Aron, use Rock Tomb."
Aron threw rocks to block the Swift fired by Magnemite.
Boom!
The two skills collided, successfully triggering the 'no damage when there's smoke' law; neither side caused damage to the other.
"Aron, use Rock Slide!"
Aron gathered energy to condense a rock larger than its own body and smashed it toward Magnemite.
"Magnemite, dodge quickly!"
Magnemite intended to dodge by flying sideways, but the rock smashed by Aron was clearly flying faster. Although Magnemite had already made a dodging motion, it was still hit squarely.
However, Magnemite did not lose its fighting ability, but was pinned to the ground by the rock and unable to move.
May pressed the attack: "Aron, use Headbutt now!"
"Aron~"
Aron took strides with its short legs and rushed toward Magnemite, its hard skull slamming heavily into Magnemite.
Duang!
A crisp sound of a skull knocking rang out.
Watt announced: "Magnemite is unable to battle!"
Wattson appeared quite optimistic about this result. He put Magnemite away and sent out his second Pokemon.
"Voltorb, go, use Screech!"
Voltorb launched an attack as soon as it entered the field.
This also indirectly shows that old man Wattson is an impatient person.
"Okay, Aron, use Metal Sound to counterattack!" May chose a head-on approach.
"Aron!"
The two sound-based moves collided, which made everyone present involuntarily cover their ears tightly.
Seeing the stalemate on the field, Wattson changed strategy: "Voltorb, use Quick Attack!"
Voltorb covered its whole body with electric current, and then launched a charge toward Aron.
"Aron, use Rock Slide."
Following the move, a large rock suddenly appeared on the path of Voltorb's charge.
Boom!
Voltorb crashed into the rock, only giving the rock a bit of a polish, and did not directly break through the rock.
"Oh my, did it not work again? But that's okay, hahaha, Voltorb, next use Explosion!"
Wattson looked at the distance and directly brought out a move that damages the enemy by a thousand while damaging himself by eight hundred.
Voltorb's whole body bloomed with dazzling white light.
Boom!
A violent explosion covered most of the field, and the rock created by Aron's Rock Slide was blasted to pieces.
After the dust settled, both Aron and Voltorb fell to the ground.
But no matter how you look at it, this trade was definitely a win for May.
Wattson put the last one, Magneton, onto the field, and May sent out her Treecko.
"Magneton, let them see a real electric move, Zap Cannon!"
The six Magnets on Magneton's body lit up at the same time, streaks of lightning gathered in front of them, and a current as thick as a bucket shot toward Treecko.
Facing such an offensive, May said unhurriedly: "Treecko, use Dig!"
Hearing this, Treecko quickly dug a hole downwards and drilled into it.
The Zap Cannon just passed over the entrance of the hole, completely missing its target.
"Very good, Treecko, next use Energy Ball."
Treecko accumulated a grayish-white Energy Ball, and as it jumped out of the hole, the Energy Ball was launched.
Magneton had absolutely no room to react to this sudden attack.
After the Energy Ball exploded, Magneton fell straight to the ground.
"Magneton, you can't lose, stand up and use Electro Ball!"
Wattson shouted, refusing to admit defeat.
Hearing this, Magneton struggled to stand up and fired a ball of electricity toward Treecko.
"Treecko, use Dragon Breath."
Dragon Breath met the ball of electricity that was fired with a struggle, and very easily blew it away, and the skill hit Magneton.
"Magneton!"
No matter how Wattson shouted, it could not change the fact that Magneton had lost its ability to battle.
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