"Charizard, let you train this little guy's strength," Red instructed Charizard, who immediately nodded upon hearing this.
"This is the difference between the two brothers," Misty complained, helplessly waving her hand and glancing at the embarrassed Ash nearby.
"Red's Charizard is not only powerful but also doesn't resist Red's commands, giving Red absolute faith," Misty praised, but the meaning of this sentence was actually a veiled criticism of the subtle relationship between Ash and Charmeleon.
Emerald energy emerged from Red's body, then floated to Charmeleon's body, healing Charmeleon's injuries and restoring it to excellent battle condition.
Just as Charmeleon was still touching its healed body, a thick pillar of scorching fire shot from Charizard's mouth, instantly approaching Charmeleon. Fortunately, Ash reminded it in time, otherwise Charmeleon's body would have been burned again.
'Don't get distracted during battle!' Charizard said coldly, flapping its wings to soar above, continuously releasing flames at Charmeleon below.
Charmeleon initially wanted to stubbornly release flames, but under Ash's reminder, it finally chose to dodge. This scene nearly brought tears to Ash's eyes. He never expected his Charmeleon would finally listen to his commands one day.
"Save the emotional talk for after training. Now obediently train!" Red scolded, his stern tone immediately making both Ash and Charmeleon nervous, not daring to be distracted.
"Perhaps only a strict older brother can make Ash's strength grow rapidly..." Brock murmured, completely understanding Red's approach, as both were older brothers.
'Rather than the desire to become stronger, first abandon your useless pride!'
Charizard sternly scolded, flapping its massive wings to use Hurricane. The powerful wind instantly swept across the entire battlefield, its power nearly blowing away the smaller Pikachu. Fortunately, Ash quickly embraced Pikachu, avoiding the embarrassing situation of being blown away.
"I want to become stronger, so that I can become Ash's main fighting force!"
Charmeleon gritted its teeth tightly, its muscles tensed throughout its body, and its claws gripped the ground, not letting itself be blown over.
For Charmeleon, falling down not only represented its weak strength but also that its conviction wasn't as firm as imagined. Otherwise it wouldn't be blown over by Charizard's Hurricane.
'I will absolutely never give up!' Charmeleon shouted, striving to take a step forward, determined to become a true powerhouse.
"I never expected the previously lazy Charmeleon would be so stubborn!" Misty exclaimed.
'Let me test your determination!'
With that, Charizard's claws were covered in emerald light, forming a pair of massive dragon claws. Then Charizard flapped its wings and came before Charmeleon, and with just a light, heavy blow, it sent Charmeleon's entire body flying. Charmeleon didn't even have a chance to resist.
'Just give up, wouldn't it be easier to obediently be your "kid king" than this?' Charizard taunted, using Flamethrower again, with the scorching fire pillar hitting Charmeleon's body head-on.
'Before becoming Ash's main force, I will absolutely never give up!'
Charmeleon roared, letting out a cry that echoed all around. Then brilliant evolution light emanated from Charmeleon's body, even actively absorbing the flames released by Charizard.
'I hope you can grow from this...' Charizard looked at Charmeleon, whose body was undergoing massive changes, its gaze filled with hope.
Under everyone's witness, Charmeleon's body gradually grew taller, symbolic massive wings sprouted from its back, and it developed short but sturdy hind legs and relatively small front limbs. The front limbs had three sharp claws, and the feet also had three pointed claws.
Because it didn't force its evolution, the evolved Charizard reached a height of 1.8 meters, and although not as tall as the Dragon Scale Charizard, it exceeded average standards.
Charizard looked joyfully at its evolved body, but before it could smile with excitement, it discovered that its appearance differed greatly from the Dragon Scale Charizard, as if it were an incompletely evolved freak.
"Don't worry, you evolved in the normal direction. My Charizard evolved into its current form because of some opportunities, plus its own extraordinary dragon bloodline," Red patiently explained to the confused Charizard, telling it not to worry unnecessarily.
'My foolish little brother, let me teach you the true power after evolution!'
With that, the Dragon Scale Charizard rushed to Charizard's front, using Dragon Claw to hit Charizard's body.
Since ordinary Charizard's type is Fire + Flying, Ash's Charizard didn't receive double super-effective damage, but due to the serious gap in strength, this Dragon Claw still nearly knocked Charizard to the ground.
"Training has just begun. You'll have a tough time!" Red said flatly.
This sentence made both Ash and Charizard show expressions of despair, achieving unprecedented synchronization.
The next day
To let Charizard's strength be perfectly displayed, Blaine exceptionally brought Ash's group to another special battlefield. This battlefield was built on the foundation of a volcano crater accidentally discovered by Magmar, with stone pillars inserted at the crater to form a simple battle platform.
Actually, this place was specifically used by Blaine to train his own Pokémon, and now he simply used it as the arena for the Pokémon battle with Ash.
After a night of training, Charizard felt its strength had multiplied. After all, whenever it became exhausted, Red would patiently use his Viridian Power to heal Charizard's injuries, allowing it to continue training without any rest time. Truly devil training.
Fortunately, Charizard always maintained the determination to become stronger. Even without Red speaking, Charizard would actively request Red to use Viridian Power to heal its injuries so it could quickly adapt to the Dragon Scale Charizard's training.
"This match will be conducted in a 1v1 format. The Pokémon I'm using is Magmar!" Blaine announced. The Magmar beside him stepped forward, looking at Charizard with a provocative glance.
"Perfect! The Pokémon I'm using is naturally Charizard!"
With that, the Charizard beside Ash also stepped forward, its battle-ready gaze fixed on Magmar, determined to avenge yesterday's defeat.
Both Charizard and Magmar stood on the stone pillars of the arena, their eyes burning with the flames of battle intent.
"Use Flamethrower!" both Ash and Blaine commanded simultaneously.
Both Pokémon released their flames at the same time, with two fire pillars clashing at the center of the arena. After a moment, they exploded, which also demonstrated that Charizard's current strength was sufficient to threaten Magmar.
"They're evenly matched!" Ash said with delight, excited about Charizard's strength.
But Red remained calm about this, as Magmar was ultimately just gym challenge level difficulty, and its strength really couldn't threaten the current Charizard.
After all, in the original story, a Charizard that never trained and was forcibly evolved could defeat Magmar, let alone the current naturally evolved and strictly trained Charizard.