Roy recalled that Agatha had given him a month earlier as his final task: to challenge the Johto and Kanto Gym after completing his one-year license.
After collecting eight Gym Badge from any two regions and completing the entire Battle Frontier, Roy can graduate.
It sounds easy.
But the challenges at the Gym from the very beginning were not easy.
Gym battles can be set to different difficulty levels. For example, the gym leader won't even take the initiative to appear; they'll just send in the gym's apprentices to handle the situation.
Agatha arranged for him to take the highest level of Gym Challenge, which meant facing the Gym Leader's Pokémon directly.
You can only enter the Battle Frontier and Battle Frontier four Gym after passing through all eight of the most difficult Gym in two regions and obtaining Trainer Qualification Certificate of Elite Four or higher.
After defeating the Gym in these Battle Frontier, you will face the owner of the Battle Pyramid in the Battle Frontier, Brandon.
Roy had already decided on the order of challenges after Agatha issued the mission.
There are a total of sixteen Gym in the two regions, and he only needs to challenge the eight with the highest difficulty.
First of all, Roy excluded Giovanni from Viridian City. He was fine with asking Giovanni to have a meal with him, but asking him to fight Giovanni, who was at his strongest, was out of the question.
I still can't forget those hundreds of Beedrill clones on the S.S. Anne. I wonder if Giovanni got Beedrill Evolution Stone after I gave him the Giovanni Key Stone.
Secondly, the second person to be ruled out is Pryce from Mahogany Town in the Johto. In the manga Pokémon Adventures, Pryce also has another identity: the Masked Man.
Battle record: Swinub can boost Dialga's strength, Delibird Articuno to show its face, soloing Ho- Ho-Oh, Lugia Sneasel freezes Gyarados.
Of course, that's in the comics. In reality, to defeat Dialga, you'd need the strength of Giratina your own support.
Although we don't know the opponent's strength in reality, as the oldest Gym Leader in Johto, Pryce's age is a factor. Even if his strength is not as good as the Elite Four, it should not be much worse.
Therefore, he definitely cannot afford to provoke these two people.
Memories return to reality.
Looking at Reiji in front of him, Roy seemed to understand why Shinji was so sharp-tongued and lacked emotional intelligence.
It turns out that it wasn't just because he witnessed Brandon easily defeat Reiji, but also partly because he learned from Reiji.
The two brothers' expressions and tones were exactly the same.
The Saffron Gym's Fighting type apprentice just chuckled twice and then fell silent. He patted Roy on the shoulder; it was his turn for the next match, and he needed to prepare.
After the Fighting type apprentice left, the two Ghost-type Trainers next to Roy stood up to stand up for Roy. How dare they Taunt Roy?
What's the difference between that and Taunt them both?
Roy stopped the two and told them to go back if they were alright, as he was there and nothing would happen.
The male Pokémon Trainer wanted to say something, but was pulled away by the female Pokémon Trainer next to him. Before leaving, she also grabbed his Sableye, the Pokémon that had been clinging to Roy's leg after eating Pokéblock.
After the two left, Roy didn't say anything to refute Reiji, but just sat there silently massaging the Snorunt in his arms.
He actually saw the fighting spirit in Reiji's eyes; the other party must want to fight him, which was why he Taunt.
Faced with Reiji like this, wouldn't ignoring him be the best way to suffocate him?
As expected, Roy's reasoning was correct. Seeing that Roy wasn't taking the bait, Reiji became a little anxious. He hadn't expected this guy to have such a good temper.
Even after he made such Taunt remarks, Roy didn't react at all.
He had heard that there was a Ghost type Pokémon Trainer was quite skilled at the Ring Arena in Saffron City, and he was going to take the Maglev train to the Johto the day after tomorrow to challenge the Gym Leader of Ecruteak City, Morty.
I heard that the other party is the Ghost type Gym Leader.
This was the first Ghost type Gym Leader he had encountered during his travels, so he thought he could battle Roy, a Ghost type Pokémon Trainer, to gain some experience.
But Roy's current appearance makes him look more like a clown.
Roy even whistled to himself, acting as if nothing was wrong, thinking to himself that it was no wonder Reiji could raise such a foul-mouthed and arrogant younger brother as Shinji.
In fact, if Reiji had taken the initiative to issue a challenge, he would definitely have accepted it, but given the other party's actions, he shouldn't be blamed for not taking the challenge.
Seeing that Roy wouldn't accept the challenge, Reiji had no choice but to obediently sign up for today's match, hoping to have a chance to fight Roy.
Whether it was fate or not, the big screen showed that Roy's next opponent was Reiji.
When Reiji saw that he had been matched with Roy, the anger that had been building up inside him was finally relieved, and he was no longer simply looking to gain more combat experience.
Since it was fate's arrangement... Roy knew that he was currently facing the Demon Child Reiji, so he decided to teach this Demon Child Reiji a lesson on behalf of Brandon.
After their names were called over the loudspeaker in the preparation room, the two men walked through the passageway to their respective command posts.
Before stepping onto the command platform, Roy noticed many water stains and Acid Armor ice shards in the Arena, suggesting that one of the Pokémon in the previous battle must have been an Ice type.
Okay, let's...
Just as the host was about to introduce Reiji, he saw Reiji throw out a Poké Ball. He couldn't be bothered to listen to the host's rambling.
A flash of red light
A Drapion, its entire body covered in hard carapace, its upper body standing upright, its hands being two enormous hooked claws, and its tail also possessing hooked claws, appeared on the left side of the Arena.
Reiji's actions forced the host to swallow his words, and he could only let Roy release his Pokémon as well, though he silently remembered Reiji.
Meanwhile, Roy released his Annihilape.
A flash of red light
The Annihilape appeared opposite the Drapion.
System Scan
Pokémon: Drapion
Level: 62
Sex: Male
Ability: Battle Armor (Protected by a hard shell, it cannot be hit in vital areas by the opponent's attacks.)
Skills: Poison Sting, Leer, Knock Off, Needle Missile, Pin Missile, Pursuit, Venoshock Bug Bite, Poison Fang Bite, Roar, Work Up, Headbutt, Cross Poison, Fell Stinger, Fire Fang
Items carried: Poison Sting
Egg Move: Iron Tail, Whirlwind, Slash
Individual Values: 23
Technical Machine /skill tutorials: Sludge Bomb, Swords Dance, Rock Tomb, Aerial Ace, Giga Impact, Earthquake, Rock Slide