"Gary, you have collected 8 badges. Do you plan to continue traveling?" Sabrina asked on the way back to the Pokémon Center.
"I plan to continue traveling for a while, and if I encounter a gym, I will challenge it," Gary said.
"Okay."
After hearing this, Sabrina nodded slightly, and it was clear she was in a much better mood.
If Gary ended the trip, Sabrina wouldn't have a good excuse to continue following him. She could stay, but Sabrina is a Gym Leader, and it's not easy to ask.
Now that Gary said he wanted to continue traveling, Sabrina naturally didn't need to say anything, just follow him.
"Where are you going next?" Sabrina asked.
"Let's go to Dasha Valley to have a look. I heard that ancient Pokémon fossils can be excavated," Gary said.
"Dasha Valley... Ancient Pokémon fossils." This was the first time Sabrina had heard about Dasha Valley.
"Yeah, there's nothing to do anyway, just go and have a look."
"Okay."
She didn't mind tagging along; after all, it's nice to go out and explore with Gary.
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The next day
Gary and Sabrina left Forton City and headed for Dasha Valley.
After a week of traveling, Gary and Sabrina finally arrived at Dasha Valley. As soon as they arrived, they could see many treasure hunters. They all hoped to dig up fossils in Dasha Valley and become rich overnight.
In recent years, many Pokémon Professors have proposed reviving ancient Pokémon, which has led many companies to start research, and ancient Pokémon fossils have become an important resource for researching this project.
This has also led to a surge in the price of fossils. Now, as long as you can find a complete ancient Pokémon fossil, you can basically live comfortably for the rest of your life without becoming a Trainer.
Gary and Sabrina came to Dasha Valley to look for ancient Pokémon fossils, so they naturally joined the excavation team.
The two bought a pickaxe and went to Dasha Valley in broad daylight.
On the way, they also met many people who were there to dig fossils. Gary was observing the people around him all the way. According to his calculations, Ash and the others were almost there.
After all, Gary had inquired about it. There was no collapse near Dasha Valley, so Ash and his team must not have arrived yet.
"Gary, look over there." Just as Gary was observing the people in the team, Sabrina suddenly pointed in a direction in the distance.
There was a three-way intersection over there, and three people were about to walk to the center of the intersection. Those three people were Ash and his team.
Here they come!
It is better to come at the right time than to come early. Ash and his team came at the right time. It seems that Aerodactyl can be captured today.
"It's Ash and his team. Let's go and say hello," Gary said.
Sabrina nodded. She had noticed that every time they met Ash, Gary would inevitably go up to tease Ash, as if to encourage him. Fortunately, Ash was a boy; otherwise, Sabrina might have thought too much.
At this time, Ash and his team were curious about why so many people came to Dasha Valley.
"What's going on in Dasha Valley? Why are there so many Trainers?" Ash asked in confusion.
"Don't you even know this?" A familiar voice came.
Ash immediately turned around and exclaimed, "Gary... Hey? Why are you dressed like this?"
Looking at Gary's new outfit, Ash was stunned.
"Because extinct Pokémon fossils were discovered in this place, there has been a wave of searching for Pokémon fossils."
"Pokémon fossils!!"
Ash and his group said in unison.
"I don't have time to chat with you, the late king. I'm going to dig fossils first." Gary left a word and left with Sabrina.
All that needs to be said has been said, and Ash will definitely come to join in the fun.
"What did you say...!"
Hearing Gary call him the king of lateness, Ash was very angry. If Brock and Misty hadn't stopped him, he would have rushed up to duel with Gary.
"Darn it, I must find the fossil before Gary and teach him a lesson." Ash immediately decided to compete with Gary to see who could find the fossil first.
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In Dasha Valley.
Gary and Sabrina arrived, and there were clanging sounds all around as people dug with pickaxes.
Because there are fossils nearby, it is forbidden to use Pokémon to dig, fearing that the fossils will be destroyed, so only manual digging is allowed.
"Gary, where are you going to start digging?" Sabrina asked. She didn't know anything about digging fossils, so she could only ask Gary.
"Dig from a relatively flat place. The places where ancient Pokémon lived should also be flat."
"Okay."
So the two found a relatively flat place and started digging.
Gary had no interest in digging fossils. He was always paying attention to the surrounding environment and dug a few times in the ground to pretend to dig.
Ding!!
Not long after, Gary suddenly felt that the sound of knocking was a little different, so he looked down and saw a Helix Fossil in the pit he dug.
Gary: (?へ?╬)...!
A pile of dung!
Seeing the Helix Fossil in the pit, Gary's eyebrows twitched. In the original plot, Gary was the first to dig up a fossil, which was also a dung fossil. Gary found a random place to dig and actually dug it out. It seems that Gary was destined to dig out this dung fossil.
But Gary didn't plan to show off. He pretended that he didn't dig it and prepared to continue digging somewhere else.
"Oh... young man, you found a fossil."
However, just as Gary was about to leave, an old man with a Mediterranean hairstyle appeared and picked up the dung fossil in the pit, observing: "It's really a fossil, but it's a dung fossil."
Gary: (;￢д￢)...!
You old man, you're deliberately making me look bad, aren't you?
"Gary, you found a fossil." Sabrina was also attracted and exclaimed, "Gary, you know a lot, and you actually found a fossil on the flat ground."
Gary blushed when he was praised by Sabrina.
"It's nothing, just a dung fossil, nothing to praise," Gary said embarrassedly.
Sabrina just smiled and didn't say much, and continued to dig fossils.
Gary saw Sabrina laughing secretly and felt that Sabrina was not as cold as he thought, and seemed to have a bit of a mischievous side.
"Young man, although it is a dung fossil, it still has a certain collection value," the old man said. "No, if you like it, I'll give it to you." Gary waved his hand and ran away.
"Thank you then."
The old man was not opposed to it. After all, he was a fossil lover and had played with fossils all his life. He was not opposed to this kind of dung fossil.
Gary found a place, knocked on the ground a few times, and searched slowly.
Boom!!!
A blast sounded, and the whole Dasha Valley shook violently.