A famous ping-pong player had fought a fierce match against Dawn and Ambipom. Afterward, he felt that Dawn's Ambipom had a real talent for Pokémon ping-pong.
He therefore hoped Dawn would let him train Ambipom and bring Ambipom to his training center in Vermilion City.
"Vermilion City really has recovered from that incident last time. That's great!" Brock said, looking around.
Vermilion City was one of Kanto's major port cities, serving several sea routes. Besides routes within Kanto, it also had the S.S. Aqua, which traveled to and from Olivine City in the Johto Region, and the Sea Rapidash, which sailed to the Sevii Islands.
Besides the docks, the city had plenty of other facilities, such as the Pokémon Fan Club and the Pokémon Ping-Pong Training Center. Wait, the Pokémon Ping-Pong Training Center?
"Brock, the Pokémon Ping-Pong Training Center! Do you remember?" I looked at Brock excitedly.
"What Pokémon Ping-Pong Training Center? It's been so long, I really don't remember." Brock scratched the back of his head, drawing a blank.
"Dawn's Ambipom!"
"Oh! I completely forgot! Let's go take a look at the Pokémon Ping-Pong Training Center!" Once it clicked, Brock suggested we head there first.
"Dawn? The girl with long blue hair and a Piplup?" Serena asked in surprise.
"Right. She traveled with Brock and me in the Sinnoh Region. Do you know her?"
"I met her at a Pokémon Contest in the Hoenn Region a few years ago. Her performance with Piplup was amazing!"
"Ten years ago, her Ambipom came to the Pokémon Ping-Pong Training Center in Vermilion City for special training to become a great ping-pong player." We chatted as we entered the training center.
In Pokémon ping-pong, a Trainer paired up with one of their own Pokémon to form a doubles team. Back then, Dawn's Ambipom