There is only one way for Charizard to defeat Zapdos, and that way is super evolution.
Only by super evolution can Charizard's strength be temporarily improved. By then, Charizard's strength will definitely surpass that of Zapdos and reach a temporary quasi-Elite level.
Quasi-Elite VS Gym peak, flying dragon on the face, how to lose?
Super evolution.
You read that right.
You heard it right, it's super evolution.
In fact, when Charmeleon evolved into Charizard and possessed the intermediate Gym strength, Red had Charizard wear the Mega Evolution Stone to experiment with Mega Evolution.
But unfortunately, the experiment ended in failure. Red finally guessed that Charizard's strength was not up to standard and that's why it failed. Red had no choice but to temporarily suppress the plan to let Charizard experiment with super evolution.
As some time passed, when Charizard's strength was finally raised to the advanced level of Gym, Red once again let Charizard wear the Mega Evolution Stone to conduct a super evolution experiment. (Leaving Ash and his group, resting on the road)
As expected, the experiment failed. Seeing this, Chihong, who was full of expectation and excitement, had to calm down. After calming down, Chihong kept thinking about which ten steps he had done wrong or whether he had missed that step.
But unfortunately, after thinking about it, Chihong still had no answer. For example, if you want to super evolve, bonds are indispensable, and there is no need to explain the bond between himself and Charizard.
Since there is no problem with the bond, then the next thing to consider is strength. However, according to Chihong's guess, if the intermediate level of Gym cannot trigger the requirements for super evolution, then the advanced level should be enough.
But the failure of the experiment told Red that it seemed impossible to reach the advanced level. So did he need to let Charizard improve his strength to the peak of Gym and quasi-Elite?
Obviously Chihong didn't believe it either. He had never heard that there were level requirements for super evolution. Even if there were, it would be impossible to reach the quasi-Elite level.
After all, in the Kalos Region, a trainer who has been traveling for a short time can quickly mega evolve after possessing a mega evolution stone and maxing out his Pokémon's bonds, and there is no apparent level requirement at all. (PS: The above is the author's guess and second assumption.
Please don't mind if there are any mistakes.)
Finally, Chihong concluded that maybe it wasn't because of Charizard's own strength or the insufficient bond with himself, but other reasons. As for what the reasons were, Chihong didn't know, so he planned to take it one step at a time and experiment slowly.
Now is the time to test the super evolution of Charizard. There is no one to disturb us here, and there is no need to worry about being exposed.
"Charizard, prepare to mega evolve. I believe you can do it this time.||." After deciding to let Charizard mega evolve, Chihong did not hesitate and shouted loudly to Charizard in the air.
"Ah!?" (Mega Evolution?)
Charizard, who was still waiting for Chihong's command, heard the words and couldn't help but think of what he had done in the previous travel log.
At the beginning, Charizard thought that the stone given to it by Red was something to enhance its strength, but unfortunately, no matter whether it released moves or did other things, it did not feel the improvement of its strength.
Therefore, Charizard thought that the stone with its own pattern was just a beautiful stone. If Red had not asked it to carry it with it all the time, it would have thrown it away without hesitation.
"P.E.K.A? (Mega Evolution!? Could it be the previous one...)
Upon hearing this, Pikachu on the side couldn't help but think of the actions and scenes that Red and Charizard performed that seemed very strange to it.
"That's right, it's super evolution, Charizard. Don't you believe me? I believe that as long as we are connected in heart, we can stimulate the hidden power of that stone. And don't you want to see what kind of power that stone can give you?" Chuang Hong shouted loudly.
"Ouch!"
Although Charizard doesn't know why Red is so obsessed with the stone that possesses powerful power, as Red's partner, it completely trusts Red.
You know, if Chihong hadn't chosen it, it wouldn't have the current strength, nor would it be able to eat those incredibly delicious foods.
Buzz!
Buzz!
Buzz!
It seemed that at this moment all the sounds in the world slowly stopped, leaving only two beating hearts ringing and connected in this world.
"This feeling... Could it be... Yes, it is this feeling, it must be, which means..." Chihong closed his eyes involuntarily and carefully felt this sudden moment. After feeling it carefully, Chihong found that his heart and Charizard's heart seemed to overlap.
"Charizard!"
"Ah~" The Charizard flying in the air also felt everything that Red sensed at that moment. It also felt that its body and heart seemed to be merged with Red, so it immediately responded to Red below.
"In that case, Charizard, let Zapdos see our true power."
"Charizard, super evolution!" Chihong shouted loudly, and then raised the bracelet that he had been wearing on his right hand. The moment Chihong raised his right hand, the key stone that had been embedded in the bracelet without any movement began to emit a faint white light.
At the same time, the Super Evolution Stone that was originally worn on Charizard's neck without any movement also reacted and began to emit a faint white light.
That was Edgar whose Key Stone and Mega Evolution Stone resonated with each other, which meant that Red and Charizard's bodies and minds were connected and could Mega Evolve.
"Ah~"
Along with the passionate roar of the Charizard came the voice of Chihong in response, and the passionate dragon roar continued to resound throughout the unmanned power plant.
Two dazzling white lights began to shine on Crimson and Charizard, among which the white light on Charizard was the brightest.
"DEX?"
The Zapdos, which was still swooping towards Charizard, was stunned when it saw this scene. As the Zapdos stopped, the lightning energy surrounding it also calmed down a little from its rage.
What is that guy doing?
Is it evolution?
But that's not right. Although Zapdos has only been out of the group for a short time, it still understands the evolution of Pokémon, such as Charizard.
Charizard's current form should be the final evolution of Charizard, but what is Charizard's current situation?
If it wasn't evolution, how could it emit such a dazzling light of evolution?
Or is it that the knowledge I learned from the tribe is wrong? The current Charizard is not the final evolution at all, and the Charizard that is about to evolve is its final evolution.
?
However, after thinking for a moment, Zapdos still couldn't figure out what Charizard was doing now.
Therefore, Zapdos decided to see what Charizard was doing instead of continuing to attack.