Axel jogged a few steps and directly appeared on the other side of the private room.
"Come on, Misty, Gym Leader. I'm already prepared to accept the challenge," Ever since running into Misty last night, Axel had seen the golden word tag on her body.
[Flooding(Golden): Very easily creates water flow, very beneficial for battles involving Water-type Pokémon.]
Axel swore, he absolutely wasn't after this word tag for himself.
It was definitely for the future Water-type Pokémon to use.
Many Water-type Pokémon store large amounts of water in their bodies to reduce the cost when using Water-type moves.
In the special episode, when Blue was escaping from Lorelei's pursuit, his Blastoise, filled with water, used Hydro Pump to fly into the sky, and sustained it for an entire day.
If supported by this word tag, Axel felt that Blastoise's endurance could easily be doubled.
Seeing Axel's face full of fighting spirit, Misty was completely stunned.
Although she was currently Cerulean Gym's number one battle power, no one knew better than Misty the level of the other three members of Cerulean Gym.
Misty's current Pokémon were a level 20 Goldeen, a level 25 Starmie, and a level 40 Gyarados who might not even follow orders.
If this lineup had even a slight chance of beating Dragonair before, then after teaching Dragonair the Surf move, that chance dropped from 20% to 0%.
'Ahhh, why did I have to be so helpful!'
"Are we really going to battle?"
"Really," Axel nodded, "But I won't go all out."
"I caught a level ten-something Pokémon last night, just right to train today."
Hearing this, Misty couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Ever since the Cerulean Gym was taken over by the sisters, it had rarely beaten any challengers.
Winning one match already didn't count as a loss, after all, her training wasn't over yet.
Not shameful.
"In that case, I'll temporarily accept your challenge as the Gym Leader of Cerulean City."
"The battle rules are 3V3, one side wins when all of the other's Pokémon lose fighting spirit or stamina."
"The Gym Leader cannot switch—"
"Forget it, let's skip that rule," Axel smiled at Misty and directly interrupted her follow-up rules.
His Pokémon already had the advantage, no need to make Misty abide by the Gym Leader's rules.
"Alright, then let's begin!"
Even though Axel said the Gym rules didn't need to be followed, Misty still chose to send out her first Pokémon.
"I choose you, Goldeen!"
A flash of white light, and a goldfish-shaped Pokémon over half a meter tall appeared in the water.
Its back was covered in gorgeous patterns, and it had a sturdy horn on its head.
But beyond that, Axel didn't really know much.
"Nihilego, go!"
Seeing Nihilego appear, a flash of shock passed through Misty's eyes.
After seeing Pheromosa yesterday, she had immediately looked up its information and found out it was a Pokémon born from a place called "Ultra Wormhole."
Since the beginning of recorded history, these Pokémon had rarely appeared in the Pokémon world.
At the time, Misty had thought Axel was just lucky, but now it seemed it had nothing to do with luck.
He even had another Ultra Beast at his side.
"Goldeen, be careful, the opponent's Pokémon is really strong!"
"Its type isn't clear, so use the Normal-type Horn Attack move to test it out."
Axel secretly nodded. Misty really was a pretty good trainer.
When unsure of the opponent's type, Normal-type moves were a great way to probe.
This type's moves are only immune to Ghost, and only resisted by Rock and Steel types.
If the opponent's type isn't revealed, the move can still do good damage.
And if it is revealed, it's still not a loss.
Too bad today, Misty ran into Nihilego with a red word tag.
Rock type already double resists Normal-type moves, and Nihilego can ignore half the damage from physical-type moves.
Might as well be a tickle.
"Take the move directly and use Toxic Spikes to cover the field."
"Nihilego!"
Nihilego's seemingly light body quickly moved. Several tentacles scattered a mass of purple toxic needle projectiles onto the water surface.
Those projectiles landed in the water, soon covering every inch of the pond.
At the same time, a purple Goldeen broke through the water, its forehead horn fiercely ramming into Nihilego's body.
No effect...
Normal-type move basically caused no damage.
Misty froze hard, looking in disbelief at the still-spreading-toxic Nihilego and Axel on the other side of the pond.
'Was this really necessary?'
'I can't even scratch you, and you're playing poison on top of that?'
While Misty was stunned, Nihilego scattered another layer of Toxic Spikes, making the poison needles even denser on the field.
Now, as long as Goldeen surfaced again, it would go from poisoned to badly poisoned.
"Goldeen, don't come up!"
"First use Aqua Ring underwater to resist the poisoning, then immediately use Hydro Pump."
Axel secretly nodded again. Judging from Misty's two commands, her battle level was totally qualified for a Gym Leader.
Aqua Ring's recovery could roughly cancel out the poison, and Goldeen's Water-type moves wouldn't be weakened underwater.
'Very clear instructions.'
'As long as her Pokémon are raised in level, Cerulean Gym should soon surpass Brock's Gym.'
'Uh... assuming Brock doesn't have any other tricks.'
When Axel fought Brock, he was too focused on tempering Brock's will and forgot to let him show off his command skills.
After tossing the thought of poor beaten-down Brock from his mind, Axel refocused on Misty across the field.
Two yo-yos constantly swinging, definitely a light-themed girl. Way cuter than the show-off Brock.
Since that's the case, he might as well defeat her using non-legendary Pokémon.
"Nihilego, use Stealth Rock!"
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