As Kaguya Ōtsutsuki defeated Brock, the system's voice rang out in Lin Guang's mind.
[Ding! The host's Subordinate Kaguya Ōtsutsuki has obtained the Boulder Badge. Reward: the physical constitutions of all Pokémon under Kaguya Ōtsutsuki improve by 50%.]
It was not a Treasure Chest, but a more direct improvement to the Pokémon's physical constitutions.
Still, Lin Guang truly had not expected Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and the others to earn rewards for defeating Gym Leaders. It also made him wonder what rewards they would receive if they placed in the top three at the Quartz Conference.
As expected, they spent another day resting afterward.
Meanwhile, Lin Guang also refined the physical constitutions of Ash Ketchum's Pikachu and Pidgeotto. Of course, he did not make the improvements too obvious. He merely made Pidgeotto a little faster and increased the power of Ash Ketchum's Pikachu's Thunder Shock a little.
Yet with just that tiny improvement, Ash Ketchum's Pikachu mastered Thunderbolt on its own.
Lin Guang could not help being impressed. As expected of Ash Ketchum's Pikachu, the legendary Pokémon known as the Pikachu God.
On the third day.
Mio Takamiya challenged the Pewter Gym. Aside from not having a Butterfree, Mio Takamiya had exactly the same Pokémon as Ash Ketchum.
As such, Ash Ketchum watched that day's Gym challenge especially closely.
With a type disadvantage and the restrictions of the battlefield, Mio Takamiya's Pidgeotto defeated Geodude but also lost to Brock's Onix.
However, it had also drained a considerable amount of Onix's stamina, so when Mio Takamiya's Pikachu took the field for the second battle and Brock's Onix could not catch it, Brock simply conceded.
Three consecutive days of battles had truly exhausted Brock and his Pokémon. He decided to rest for a few days before accepting another Gym challenge, instantly leaving