After obtaining the Regular Badge, Roy planned to leave Goldenrod Gym and return to the Pokémon Center to treat Dusclops and Annihilape, rest for the night, and then head to Ecruteak City.
After all, Ho-Oh's festival is the day after tomorrow, and he needs to arrive in Ecruteak City a day in advance to see what the situation is like with Marshadow.
Seeing Roy about to leave, the Froslass looked at Whitney beside her.
Whitney had told her about her troubles when she was buying ice cream, and the Froslass thought Roy could definitely help Whitney solve those troubles.
The Froslass reached out her small hand and shook Whitney's hand.
Seeing that Whitney didn't react, and hearing Roy's calls from behind, the Froslass had no choice but to float back to Roy's side and leave together.
Whitney wasn't unresponsive; she was simply thinking.
Recalling what the Froslass had just told her—that Roy was a very gentle person—and considering Roy's strength and his status as Ghost-type Trainers, perhaps Roy really could help her solve the problem that was bothering her.
Whitney decides to believe the Froslass.
Just as Roy was about to leave the Arena, he heard Whitney behind him extend an invitation.
"Roy, would you like to come visit my ranch?"
Roy turned to look at Whitney, who had extended the invitation. He sensed that Whitney seemed hesitant, as if she wanted to tell him something.
"My family has a very, very big ranch, with lots of Miltank and many kinds of Moomoo Milk."
When Little Absol heard about the smooth and delicate Moomoo Milk he had just drunk, he nibbled at Roy's trouser leg with his newly grown sharp teeth, urging Roy to go and see it together.
"Snow~"
The Froslass tugged at Roy's arm, indicating that she wanted to go to the ranch.
The Froslass also wants to go?
"We'll go check on them after we finish treating the Dusclops."
"Yay! Grandpa, let's go back to the ranch!"
Seeing that Roy agreed, Whitney waved to the old man, took Miltank's hand with her left hand and Froslass's hand with her right hand, and walked out of the Gym.
Watching Whitney and Roy leave the Gym together, the old man initially wanted to stop them, but after thinking about it, he sighed and simply told Whitney to be careful on the road.
The referee from the Gym went to the old man's side and comforted him:
"Don't worry, that young man is handsome, strong, and quite capable."
"You don't have a granddaughter, no, you don't even have a wife, you don't understand..."
The referee looked around, but unfortunately couldn't find a suitable weapon. Otherwise, he would have definitely put a sack over this foul-mouthed old man's neck and given him a good beating after get off work.
Whitney followed Roy to the Pokémon Center again.
Nurse Joy was puzzled when she saw Whitney return, especially since a guest who had checked in earlier was following behind her.
Before Roy could speak, Whitney told Nurse Joy that Roy had defeated her grandfather and obtained the highest difficulty Regular Badge.
Nurse Joy looked somewhat surprised.
Although she knew Roy was very strong from Roy black Golden ID Card, she was still surprised that he could defeat Whitney's grandfather.
While Roy was waiting for his treatment, he noticed Chansey wearing a nurse's apron, sitting at the front desk with her head down, seemingly doing something.
Roy got up and walked towards the front desk, with Whitney following curiously behind.
As Roy approached, he discovered that Chansey was holding a deck of paper playing cards.
"What's this?"
Whitney looked at the playing cards and asked curiously.
"Oh, this..."
According to Nurse Joy, Chansey has recently been learning how to play a card game, which seems to be quite popular among their Chansey group.
Roy, the founder, smiled but remained silent.
Goldenrod Ranch is located on the outskirts of Goldenrod City. The entire Moomoo Ranch, covering nearly a thousand acres, belongs to Whitney's family.
The seemingly endless pasture is divided into different sections by fences.
Moreover, Whitney's family's ranch is not just like in the anime where there are only Miltank. In addition to Miltank, Roy also saw a flock of Tauros and a few Mareep.
Compared to the 30 Tauros Ash caught, there were at least several hundred Tauros in front of them, currently roaming around the vast ranch with Miltank.
"Everyone! I'm back!!"
Whitney, who was next to Roy, shouted towards the ranch.
Upon hearing Whitney's voice, both Miltank and Tauros, who were still at the ranch, looked in Whitney's direction. Then, the leader of the Tauros tribe let out a "moo" and charged towards Whitney.
Seeing their leader charge towards Whitney, the other Tauros also charged forward.
The commotion of hundreds of Tauros, each with a shoulder height of 1.8m and a body length of just over 2m but less than 3m, charging together was no less than that of a heavy cavalry charge.
Roy felt the ground beneath his feet tremble, and then he saw a group of Tauros rushing towards Whitney and himself.
The sharp horns of the Tauros gleamed coldly, sending chills down one's spine just by looking at them.
Mareep and Miltank dodged along the way. Having spent so much time together, they knew all too well the power of these Tauros charging.
When they were still about fifty meters away from Whitney, the Tauros leader began to slow down, and the other Tauros followed suit.
However, one of the Tauros was charging so fast that it couldn't stop.
The highest-ranking Tauros leader in the pack wanted to stop the other, but was too far away to do so.
Faced with the unstoppable Tauros, Whitney's expression turned serious.
"Miltank, use Protect!"
Whitney quickly directed the Miltank next to her.
She knew perfectly well the power of Tauros charge.
Keep in mind, this isn't an anime. A bunch of Tauros are tossing Ash and Professor Oak around, and afterwards, the two of them are still jumping around like nothing happened.
Of course, it might also be related to the fact that both of them are absolute newcomers.
In reality, if you were hit by an impact of that magnitude, you'd be bruised and battered.
It's uncertain whether the pieces will be complete when it's put in the coffin.
Just as Miltank was about to use Protect to create an energy shield to stop the unstoppable Tauros.
A pair of strong hands appeared behind her, grabbed her arms, and easily moved her directly to the opposite side of Whitney.
The Miltank, held up by Roy and placed behind him facing Whitney, looked completely bewildered.
Roy moved her to the back so easily?
Whitney didn't understand why Roy wanted to stop her Miltank, but the Froslass beside her grabbed Whitney's hand with a pair of cold little hands from her kimono, telling Whitney not to worry.
She had personally witnessed Roy withstand the impact of Bruno's charging Machamp; that power was far beyond what Tauros could match.
Seeing that the Froslass didn't seem to care, Whitney still didn't understand what the two of them were doing.
Seeing that Tauros's horns were about to hit Roy, Whitney couldn't bear to look and quickly closed her eyes.
Roy clapped his hands, then spread them apart and braced his feet against the ground.
Just as Tauros was about to crash into him, he firmly grabbed Tauros's horns with both hands, shouted "Lift!" and exerted force with both arms, his forearm muscles tensing up, and lifted Tauros up directly.
Unable to stop, Tauros felt an immense force forcefully bring him to a halt, only to find that there was nothing beneath his feet.
He actually got airborne?
(Something came up today, so I'm taking a break and posting two chapters first. I'll resume three chapters a day tomorrow.)