Not a trainer this time.

Chapter 573: After much hardship, we defeated Pikachu, and the next one is...!
Two days later, in Niangguang City, Niangguang Gym.

Naoki sat in the gym leader's seat, looking at the list of trainers who had signed up for the gym battle sent by the gym staff.

"Because the Brewing Light Gym has not been open for three days, there have been several trainers who came here to challenge the gym..." said Anya, the receptionist of the Brewing Light Gym.

She looked at the trainer in front of her. Could he be Naoki, the husband of their gym leader?
I heard that because Qishu was pregnant, Naoki couldn't bear to see her running back and forth, so he took the initiative to come over and take over for his wife.

Their owner has met a good man! Anya thought.

"It's okay. We should be able to finish all the battles in one morning."

As he spoke, Naoki's eyes swept across the screen of the tablet computer, and what came into view was the information of five trainers.

[Name: Renshou, Hometown: Galar Region, Number of Gym Badges Collected: 5, Resume: Participated in the Galar Championship Cup and entered the top 16. ]

[Name: Xiaoyue, Hometown: Padiya Region, Number of Gym Badges Collected: 3, Resume: None.]

[Name: Jingtian, Hometown: Hoenn Region, Number of Gym Badges Collected: 6, Records: Top of the Saiyou Tournament, Top of the Silver Tournament]

[Name: Kolicia, Hometown: Padia, Number of gym badges collected: 0, Resume: None]

[Name: Miju, Hometown: Padia, Number of Gym Badges Collected: 1, Resume: None]

"Huh? There is actually a challenger with such a rich resume." Looking at the information of the trainer named Jingtian, Naoki was a little surprised.

The top four in the Caiyou Tournament and the top four in the Silver Tournament are already among the best trainers in the Pokémon world.

"Gym Master, we sent the message of his return to those trainers this morning. They have already arrived at the gym. Do you want to start accepting the challenge?" Anya asked.

"Okay." Naoki stood up and left the Niangguang Gym, heading for the central square of Niangguang City, where the gym competition was held.

When he arrived there, the central square was already surrounded by curious spectators.

Most of these people were fans of Qi Shu, but when they saw that the person standing in the gym leader's position was not Qi Shu, but a man, they were stunned.

"What's going on? Where's the strange tree?"

"Has the leader of the Brewing Light Gym changed?"

"This person seems to be Qishu's husband! I've seen Qishu's post. She said she was pregnant, so she asked her husband to take over."

"If I remember correctly, he seems to be a rancher who runs a ranch in the countryside? Can he really take on this job?"

“He’s not just any rancher!”

There was a murmur from the audience.

The noise was too loud, Naoki couldn't hear clearly, and he didn't try to listen.

He took out his Rotom phone, logged into Qishu's anchor account, and started the live broadcast.

The next second, Naoki saw a series of question marks flashing across the barrage.

"..." After a moment of silence, he said, "I'm sorry, I'm not very good at mobilizing program effects, and I don't know much about live broadcasts, but for her, let's fight."

After saying that, the Rotom phone flew into the air and began to take pictures of the battle scene below.

At this time, the first challenger also walked out from the opposite contestant channel.

He was a young man wearing a black jacket, with short black hair and a proud look. He looked cool and powerful.

This person's name is Jingtian, he is from the Hoenn region, and he has participated in two league competitions and reached the semi-finals in both.

With such a record, it is obvious that he is not a newcomer. In this case, let’s use 3v3 to decide the winner!

"Welcome to the Brewing Light Gym. I'm the gym master Naoki. I will be fighting you next. The rules of the game are 3v3. If you defeat my three Pokémon, then this electric badge will belong to you." Naoki said.

"Then let me see the strength of the Brewing Light Gym!" Jingtian had an arrogant look on his face. His strength had already surpassed the gym leader level. He said he was here to challenge the gym, but in fact he was just going through the process and heading to the League Tournament to fight Pokémon against those strong guys.

Along the way, he obtained the badge of every gym without much effort. He only needs two badges to step onto the stage of the Padia Conference.

Hearing the tone of the boy opposite him, Naoki narrowed his eyes. This guy doesn't come with good intentions!

Sure enough, just as he expected, the boy moved his wrist and a Poké Ball flew into the air.

A beam of white light shot out from the Poké Ball, and then a huge Pokémon covered with an armor-like green shell fell onto the field with a bang.

Under the influence of the force of sand, an invisible breeze blew up on the field, carrying wisps of sand and dust across the entire battlefield.

The weather turned into a sandstorm!
That is...Banjira with the "sand-raising" characteristic!
The moment Bangila appeared on the stage, the audience felt deeply shocked, and some even had to retreat to an area far away from the fighting because of the influence of the sandstorm.

Every movement of Bangira seems domineering, with sand and dust constantly floating around it, as if it is a natural desert tyrant.

Banjira, a quasi-god Pokémon from the Johto region, has the attributes of Rock + Evil, and is extremely effective against Pokémon with Electric attributes.

Does this person want to use his strongest Pokémon to hit three in a row and get the gym badge directly?

"That's not that easy." Naoki threw the Poké Ball in his hand: "Pikachu, I'm counting on you!"

A white light flashed, and Pikachu appeared on the battlefield.

The first gym battle of the Brewing Light Gym, Banjira vs. Pikachu, officially begins!
"Banjira, earthquake!"

The battle began, Jingtian started the attack mode without mercy. Bangira roared to the sky and stomped its right foot on the ground.

"Boom!"

The powerful shock instantly shattered the earth, leaving a deep crack in the middle. Terrifying earth energy gushed out from it, attacking Pikachu rapidly and fiercely.

"Pikachu, move at high speed!" Faced with the earthquake that was approaching, Naoki chose to let Pikachu increase its speed.

Facing Bangira's powerful attack, a faint blue light appeared on Pikachu's body. It turned around and began to run on the field at an extremely fast speed.

Wherever Pikachu passed, the ground cracked into pieces, and terrifying energy gushed out, closely following Pikachu.

"useless."

"The Earthquake's attack range is so large, and the field is so small, your Pikachu can't run out of the battle field anyway."

Jingtian looked at the scene calmly, as if it was only a matter of time before Pikachu was hit and defeated by the earthquake.

Pikachu's figure kept crossing the field, and at this moment, its speed was getting faster and faster, so fast that it almost left a afterimage on the ground.

Pikachu's speed created a large amount of air currents, and the sandstorm raised by Bangila began to gather rapidly under the influence of the air currents, forming a huge sandstorm ball!
"As expected of a Pikachu clone!" Naoki narrowed his eyes, "Now, Pikachu, jump up and use Electric Ball!"

After hearing the command, Pikachu looked back at the cracked ground, then suddenly jumped up. As he leaped high into the air, countless electric currents began to gather rapidly on his tail, eventually condensing into a huge ball of electricity.

Pikachu's body spun in mid-air, and its tail suddenly exerted force, like a table tennis racket, throwing the yellow electric ball out.

The electric ball fell on the sandstorm ball and collided with the oncoming earthquake shock wave. In an instant, a violent explosion occurred.

The explosion created a strong shock wave, and the sandstorm that had originally condensed was completely dispersed by this shock wave!
"Huh? What's going on?"

"Use the airflow generated by Pikachu's high-speed movement to gather the sandstorm, and then use the power generated by the collision of the electric ball and the earthquake to disperse the sand and dust on the field?" In just a moment, Jingtian realized that this gym leader was extraordinary.

"Banjira, another earthquake!"

"Pikachu, rush over and use Iron Tail!"

After moving at high speed, Pikachu's speed became extremely exaggerated. Before Bangela raised his hand to perform the earthquake action, Pikachu arrived in front of it.

The lightning-shaped tail condensed with a steel light and hit Bangila's head fiercely.

The huge force caused Bangira to stagger, but he did not fall down.

"At such a close distance, we can no longer use earthquakes!"

"Banjira, bite it!"

"Pikachu, give Iron Tail another try!"

There was a faint light flickering in Bangila's mouth, and its huge body suddenly moved close to Pikachu. Pikachu rushed forward, a beam of white light flashed on its tail, and then it hit Bangila's mouth hard.

This force almost shattered Bangira's teeth, but Jingtian's Bangira was extremely powerful and quickly regained his composure. He quickly adjusted his state, and his thick tail swept out, blowing Pikachu away.

Pikachu let out a cry of pain and fell to the ground, rolling several times.

"Banjila, another earthquake!" Jingtian frowned.

Bangira roared, and the huge power of the earth poured into the earth madly from its body.

All of a sudden, the earth began to shake violently. The tremendous energy stretched the surface, and the ground cracked rapidly, and the cracks continued to spread towards Pikachu's position.

This time, Pikachu can't avoid it!
With a loud "boom", Pikachu's body was blown away by the earthquake and fell to the ground, losing its ability to fight.

Naoki: “…” It still doesn’t work!

He remembered that in the anime, Satoshi's Pikachu had defeated many Banjira, and even Alan's Banjira was defeated by it.

Maybe it's because this Pikachu was cloned too early?
In addition, Xiaozhi's Pikachu followed Xiaozhi to many places for competitions, while this Pikachu was brought to the World Tree by Mewtwo to live a quiet life...

"Pikachu has lost his ability to fight, and Jingtian wins the first match!" The referee checked Pikachu's condition and then announced the result: "Excuse me, does Jingtian want to change Pokémon?"

"No need." Jingtian looked at the gym leader opposite him and thought that although the opponent's tactics and real-time command capabilities were very good, the strength of the Pokémon was still a little lacking.

Even if you defeat his Banjira, he still has other more powerful Pokémon.

If nothing goes wrong, the next gym badge can be obtained smoothly.

Niangguang Dojo is nothing special.

Jingtian was determined to win.

Naoki on the other side sighed in his heart.

Who should be sent out next?

Jolteon? With Jolteon's lazy look and lack of training and battle experience, even if he appeared, he would probably be killed instantly by Bangela's Earthquake.

I really don’t want this out-of-town challenger to get the gym badge so easily!
Since Sakaki can use Armored Mewtwo to meet the challenger, it shouldn't be too much for him to send out this Pokémon now, right?

Thinking of this, Naoki took out a Poké Ball from his waist.

With a flash of white light, a bird Pokémon with sharp eyes and yellow feathers appeared on the battlefield.

Sizzling electric currents burst out from its feathers.

In an instant, the sky changed suddenly. The originally clear sky was gathered with dark clouds, and terrifying thunder and lightning kept surging in it. With a crackling sound, the lightning illuminated the dark clouds.

Seeing this, the spectators in the square opened their eyes wide instantly.

What is that Pokémon?

The legendary god of thunder, Zapdos!
The audience in the live broadcast room also saw this scene. For a moment, a string of question marks slid across the barrage frantically.

Jingtian recognized the Pokémon at a glance. He had traveled in the Johto region and the nearby archipelago, so he had naturally heard of the legend of the God of Thunder.

And now...the God of Thunder actually appeared here!

What on earth is going on? This gym leader actually has a Pokémon like Zapdos!

Jingtian opened his eyes wide, an expression of disbelief on his face.

Although the Pokémon battle has not yet taken place, judging from the ability of the Zapdos to cause changes in the celestial phenomena as soon as it appeared, that is definitely not something that an ordinary Pokémon can do!
Its strength may have already surpassed the gym owner level and reached the king level or even higher!
"I've read your profile. You've participated in the Silver Tournament in the Johto region and the Saiyou Tournament in the Hoenn region, and you made it to the top four in both."

In the stunned look of Jingtian, Naoki smiled and praised:
"You are a great trainer, but sometimes great strength can make people forget their true intentions, become proud and complacent, and look down on others. So, from now on, I will use all my strength to accept your challenge!"

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"..."

"..."

At this point, we can only bite the bullet!

The second battle officially begins.

"Banjira, destroy the light!"

Bangila opened his mouth wide, and the blazing milky white energy quickly gathered in his mouth, and then turned into a thick beam of light that shot out with a bang.

"Avoid."

The lightning bird flapped its wings to adjust its body shape and easily avoided it. It flew towards Bangila, and with a thunder from Naoki, a dazzling lightning burst out from its body.

In an instant, the thunderclouds in the sky seemed to be summoned, and the terrifying thunder and lightning contained in them brewed rapidly, and finally turned into a huge beam of lightning, which fell from the clouds to the ground with a loud bang.

Bangila's body was instantly engulfed by the lightning.

Outside the square, a pink-haired girl stared at the scene with a dull look on her face.

She held a petite Lalulas in her arms.

The girl's name is Kolicia. She just turned ten this year. She embarked on a journey with her original Pokémon, Ralts. The Brewing Light Gym is the first gym they are going to challenge.

But now...

Lalulas looked up at his trainer with some uncertainty and made a weak sound.

"Lalu...?"

It's going to attack that Pokémon soon, is this true?

(End of this chapter)