"Quilava...!"
Jimmy still loves his Pokémon more. Seeing Quilava being defeated, he immediately ran over to check its injury.
Although Quilava, a Fire-type Pokémon, has high resistance to Bug-type moves, Quilava's own defense is relatively low.
In addition, Gary brought Silver Powder to Heracross, and with the power of Mega Horn, not to mention Quilava, even Gary's Charizard would find it difficult to withstand a hit.
Gary thinks that Charizard can be trained specially.
He plans to let Eevee, Weavile, and Heracross challenge Charizard together in the subsequent battle training.
The three heroes slaying the dragon will definitely be a good show.
After the battle, the two went to the Pokémon Center together.
Along the way, they did not talk to each other because Jimmy seemed to be withdrawn after being beaten.
Arriving at the Pokémon Center, Jimmy handed over the three defeated Pokémon to Nurse Joy.
Gary also gave Heracross to Joy for maintenance. Although it was not injured, it had been hit several times, so it was better to treat it.
Gary looked at the silent Jimmy, feeling helpless. Jimmy was a good guy, like the second Ash.
Although it was a headache for such stubborn kids, their determination to achieve their goals still touched people's hearts.
So, Gary decided to enlighten Jimmy.
"Jimmy, why are you so depressed? You won't be withdrawn just because you lost to me twice, right?" Gary said.
"I'm not. I'm just thinking about the battle just now and reviewing it... Do you understand?" Jimmy said stubbornly.
"There's no need to review it. After all, the person who defeated you is the champion of the Kanto Alliance Conference. It's normal that you can't win. If I let you win, I would be the one feeling down," Gary said.
Jimmy: →_→!!
Jimmy saw that Gary was trying to comfort him, but why did he always feel that this guy was being a bit smug?
"I admit that you are strong, but I will surpass you sooner or later. I have decided that our third competition will be at the Silver Conference," Jimmy said firmly.
"Yes, then you should work hard to collect badges. I will wait for you at the Silver Conference," said Gary.
According to the development of the original plot, Jimmy did not participate in this Silver Conference, but his own strength is not inferior to Vincent at all.
If he wants to participate in the Silver Conference, it should not be a problem.
In addition to Vincent and Ash, Gary now has three strong opponents for himself. Ash and Jimmy are both protagonists.
It is really exciting to be a strong opponent of the protagonists.
"By the way, I won the game just now, so Goldenrod Gym should let me challenge first," Gary suddenly suggested.
After all, in a competition, the winner should also have some benefits.
Jimmy was not very willing after all, this matter was not agreed upon in advance. But thinking that he lost so badly, he needed to adjust his Pokémon's mentality later and let Gary challenge first.
"Okay, then when do you plan to challenge?" Jimmy asked.
"I don't know. It depends on when the Goldenrod Gym will be open. Tomorrow is Sunday, so it should be closed. Anyway, I will go and take a look. If it is closed tomorrow, I should go back to work on Monday."
After that, Gary went back to the Pokémon Department Store and continued to make energy cubes.
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The next day, Gary came to the Goldenrod Gym again.
He thought the Goldenrod Gym was closed, but it was open.
"Hello, I am here to challenge the gym. Is anyone there?" Gary walked into the gym and found that there was no one in the hall. He could only shout loudly.
"Who is it? Don't you know it is Sunday today?" After a while, a voice came, and a pink-haired woman came out from the inner door.
The person was the owner of the Goldenrod Gym, Whitney.
"Hello, my name is Gary, and I am here to challenge the gym," Gary explained his purpose.
"Today is Sunday, a holiday. Don't you consider the time when you challenge the gym?" Whitney said.
Gary curled his lips. He knew the rules of challenging gyms, but he had never paid attention to the gym's business hours.
Gary always believed that as long as he didn't challenge the gym at night, he could challenge it during normal working hours.
But thinking about it, gym owners are also human beings.
They have to train Pokémon and have their own lives. They should also have rest time.
As for the gyms in the Kanto Region, although those gym owners don't have rest days, they seem to be resting most of the time, or some gyms also rest, but when Gary challenged, there was no rest day.
"I'm so sorry, then when can I challenge your gym?" Gary asked.
"Really..." Whitney looked at Gary and found that he was a handsome boy, so she sighed: "Ah~! Anyway, I don't have anything to do, so let's have a gym battle. Follow me."
"Thank you."
Gary thanked her and followed Whitney to the battlefield in the gym.
Goldenrod Gym is a very ordinary gym. The Pokémon used by Whitney are all Normal-type, so the battlefield is naturally the most ordinary field.
Whitney called the referee, and the two stood in the command area.
The referee also briefly introduced the rules. The rules of the game are 3-on-3, and the rest of the rules are the same as normal gym battles.
Gary found that the gyms in the Johto Region like 3-on-3 battles very much, which can better assess the strength of the challengers, but Gary thinks it is too troublesome.
Because the Pokémon sent by the gym owner are limited, and the highest strength will not exceed level 50, it is quite boring to fight. If it were not for the task reward, Gary would not want to challenge the gym.
Originally, Gary wanted to train new Pokémon, but there were too many Intermediate Rare Candies stored. If they were not used, they would rot in the space backpack.
There are still 6 gyms left to fight. After defeating all of them, there will be 70 or 80 Intermediate Rare Candies, which is enough for Gary to train a team of quasi-elite Pokémon.
If he captures a Pokémon that is over level 50, he can't use the Intermediate Rare Candies, and he has to save some Intermediate Rare Candies.
It seems that Gary can train nine more Pokémon in the future.
"Are you both ready?" asked the female referee.
Whitney said: "OK!"
Gary said: "No problem, we can start anytime."
"Then let's start. My first Pokémon is this one. Go, Nidorina!" Whitney threw the Poké Ball.
Great!
Nidorina, who looks like a large rat, appeared.
[LV30 Nidorina♀/Gym]
Nidorina is level 30, so the Pokémon that Whitney sends out later should not be weak. Why are there only 5 Intermediate Rare Candies as rewards?
"Weavile, this gym battle is up to you." Gary threw the Poké Ball.
Great!
[LV50 Weavile/Champion].