On the streets of Celadon City, Long Xiaoyao watched the bustling cityscape on the screen and let out a long breath.
Heaven knew how he had endured this journey.
Ever since Brock's Onix had shattered the Black Dragon King's pride with one sweep of its tail in Pewter City, Misty's Water-type Pokémon had then pinned him in a pool in Cerulean City and given him a merciless beating.
If not for helping Ye Xishui push through the story quickly and serving as a heartless cash machine, he would have wanted to leave the internet café long ago.
But today, all that humiliation finally came to an end!
Long Xiaoyao controlled his character and strode into a building covered in flowers and vines—the Celadon Gym.
"Grass-types! They're all Grass-types!"
Looking at the kimono-clad NPCs in the Gym, each accompanied by all manner of flowers and plants, Long Xiaoyao's aged eyes burst with unprecedented delight.
"Pelted by rocks, drowned in water... I endured humiliation for so many days, and now it is finally time for my Destruction Black Flame to display its might!"
His beard trembled with excitement as he rushed up to the Gym Leader, Erika.
[Erika: Hello, I am Erika. I am a master of flower arranging, and all my Pokémon are elegant Grass-types. Would you like to challenge me?]
"Flower arranging? Today, I'll turn your Gym into a crematorium!"
The battle began.
Erika sent out one of her aces, Victreebel.
"Black Flame! Take the field!"
A red flash appeared, and the Charmeleon that had followed Long Xiaoyao through countless hardships, its level forcibly raised to thirty, entered the battle filled with fury.
"Use the move you just traded for at the Game Corner, Flamethrower! Burn it for me!"
On the screen, Charmeleon took a deep breath and opened its