Chapter 174: Chapter 174: Orange League
"Sabrina is such a jerk. She just took away my first kiss as a handsome young man."
Gary looked at the cruise ship moving away and suppressed his inner excitement.
Although he got Sabrina's goodbye kiss, it also came at a price. Before leaving, Sabrina sternly warned Gary not to mess around with other girls. If she found out, she would definitely settle accounts with Gary.
"Let's go to the Orange Islands next."
The Orange Islands and Sevii Islands are both south of the Kanto Region, not very far away. Gary took a speedboat to Mikan Island in the Orange Islands.
In half a day, Gary arrived at the Orange Islands.
Mikan Island is mostly covered by forests, and the edge of the island is the town, with the Mikan Gym far from the town.
After asking Nurse Joy at the Pokémon Center for directions, Gary learned the location of the Mikan Gym. He rode his mountain bike there.
The architectural style of the Mikan Gym is similar to that of a swimming pool, and it looks quite large.
Arriving in front of the gym.
[Ding! Task released: Get Mikan Gym Badge/Reward: Intermediate Rare Candy x10, Random Water Permanent Skill Learner x1, Random Top-Quality In-Battle Effect Item x1]
Listening to the tasks released by the system, Gary was confused.
Except for Rare Candy, the other two rewards have changed to random skills and random items, and the rewarded items are still battle-winning items.
There are many types of In-Battle Effect Items, and there are many items that Gary can't use. If he gets an item that can't be used randomly, he can only store it in the warehouse.
Gary didn't care about that and pressed the doorbell.
After a while, a boy with a similar hairstyle to Brock came out.
"Who are you?" the boy asked.
Gary knew that this boy was Cissy's younger brother and a gym assistant. He seemed to be a very rebellious boy.
"Hello, my name is Gary, and I'm here to challenge the Mikan Gym," Gary said. The boy looked at Gary and felt more and more familiar with him. He asked curiously, "Are you the champion of this year's Indigo Plateau Conference?"
"Have you watched this year's Indigo Plateau Conference?" Gary asked.
"Of course, I have watched every Indigo Plateau Conference. Since you are the champion, I will let you challenge my sister," the boy said.
"Okay, then please take me to see your sister." Gary thought he would have to spend more time convincing this kid, but he didn't expect that his title of Indigo Plateau Conference Champion would have such benefits.
The boy took Gary into the battlefield in the gym and asked him to wait there. He ran to call Cissy out.
"Hello, I'm a gym trainer at the Mikan Gym, my name is Cissy. I've heard about you from my brother."
Cissy, wearing a black tank top and a red long skirt, introduced herself very competently: "Let me briefly explain the rules. If you want to challenge me, you must use a Water-type Pokémon. If you don't have one, I won't accept the challenge."
"I understand."
Gary naturally knew the rules of the Mikan Gym. Anyway, the gym trainers of the Orange League are still very responsible, but there are a lot of rules.
If a trainer doesn't have a Water-type Pokémon, it is impossible to challenge the Orange League.
"Then let's have a 2-on-2 battle, and the winner is the one who defeats both Pokémon on one side," Cissy said.
"Ah? Battle? Isn't it a competitive game?" Gary asked in confusion.
When Ash challenged Cissy, there was a Water Gun shooting competition and a Surf racing competition, so how come it became a Pokémon battle when he challenged himself?
"Not every Trainer is qualified to fight me. I heard from my brother that you are the Indigo Plateau Conference Champion this year, so I want to test your strength," Cissy said. "If you want to change it to a competitive game, that's fine. Are you willing?"
"Then let's battle."
Gary has no interest in competitive games because he only has one Blastoise, a Water-type Pokémon.
Of course, there are Kabutops and Omastar in Professor Oak's Laboratory, but Gary has never trained them, so he thinks their Water Gun accuracy won't be too high.
Blastoise has no problem participating in Surf competitions, but when it comes to Water Gun shooting, the accuracy is fine, but the Water Gun can't be controlled to such a fine level.
"Ada, open the field," Cissy said.
"Yes, sister." Ada held a remote control in her hand and pressed the red button on it.
The venue opened from the center and moved to both sides, revealing the pool below. The entire pool was the battlefield, and there was no place to stand.
"Then the game begins. My first Pokémon is this. Go, Seadra." Cissy threw the Poké Ball.
Great! Splash!
A blue figure entered the water, and half of its body was exposed on the water surface.
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[LV45 Seadra♀/Gym]
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Cissy's first Pokémon is Seadra, which is level 45. It is a good Pokémon at the gym level. If it can evolve into Kingdra, it will be even more powerful.
"Blastoise, leave it to you." Gary was also helpless. He only had a Water-type Pokémon, and he couldn't use other Pokémon. He could only say that he was asking for trouble.
"The battle begins," Ada announced.
"Seadra, use Water Gun!" Cissy ordered.
Seadra immediately sprayed Water Gun to attack Blastoise, but the Water Gun landed on Blastoise and did not cause any damage.
"The level gap is too big. Blastoise, Hydro Pump!" Gary ordered.
Blastoise's cannons sprayed Hydro Pump, and two Hydro Pump beams shot out, instantly hitting Seadra, knocking it out of the pool and onto the ground.
"Seadra loses its ability to fight, Blastoise wins!" Ada said.
Cissy couldn't believe that her Seadra was defeated instantly by Blastoise, and the water skill was used. Water Pokémon have high resistance to water skills.
But the fact is that Seadra was defeated instantly by Blastoise's Hydro Pump, and the gap between the two sides is not a little bit.
Ada was also very shocked. He had never defeated his sister's Pokémon, and he didn't expect his sister's Pokémon to be so powerless in front of Gary's Blastoise.
Cissy took back Seadra and sent out her next Pokémon.
Great!
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[LV49 Blastoise♀/Gym]
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The top level of the gym!
Cissy sent out her trump card Pokémon, but it was just gym potential. This potential can only be used to play in the League Conference, and it is difficult to break into the full-member battle venue.
However, gym potential Pokémon are enough to test those challengers.
"Blastoise, use Skull Bash." Cissy saw that Gary was quite powerful and gave the order first.
"Blastoise!"
Cissy's Blastoise immediately used Skull Bash and rushed towards Gary's Blastoise.
"Dynamic Punch!"
Gary's Blastoise, with a white light flashing on its right fist, punched the incoming Blastoise.