Pokémon: Simultaneous time travel, this Ash is too versatile!

Chapter 31 Ash: Bug-type is countered? Talk to my Compound Eyes, Sleep Powder, and String Shot!

"Oh? Butterfree, you actually trained a fully evolved Pokémon in just nine days? You're truly an amazing trainer." Brock exclaimed to Ash, watching the Butterfree soaring in the sky.

Although it's a Bug-type Pokémon, raising a Pokémon to its final evolution form in just nine days is truly remarkable for a beginner.

Moreover, from Xiaogang's perspective, this Butterfree is not just about evolving to its final form; it is in excellent condition in all aspects.

Whether it's its spirit, its fur, its wings, or its eyes, it's among the best of the Pokémon. This shows that Ash didn't rush to evolve Caterpie into Butterfree, but rather nurtured it carefully, allowing Caterpie to evolve naturally.

In Xiao Gang's eyes, who aspires to become a breeder, this was already a very well-bred Butterfly.

"Didn't you say that new trainers in Pallet Town are different from other trainers? It's normal for me to have Butterfree, right?" Ash said, but there was a hint of pride on his face.

Being praised by the gym leader before the battle even started made him feel like he was floating on air.

But Ash quickly suppressed the smirk on his face and his expression turned serious.

Arrogance and conceit in battle are major taboos in warfare. One should only be complacent and proud after defeating the opponent.

“It’s impressive that you can train Butterfree, but it seems you haven’t memorized the type matchups for Pokémon. Butterfree is Flying and Bug-type, and it’s four times weak to Rock-type. If my Geodude lands a single hit on you, it’ll be over,” Brock suddenly said.

The Geodude he sent out was an advanced beginner-level Pokémon, a level that was impossible for ordinary beginners to defeat. After all, even Ash, who was leveling up his Pokémon at a very fast pace, spent nearly ten days raising a normal-level Pikachu to an advanced level.

Even if an ordinary person were to triple that number, they might not be able to achieve what the AI ​​can do.

Therefore, even just in terms of level, beginners are already at a disadvantage when it comes to the challenge, even if the challenge level is only the lowest difficulty level of the dojo.

Ash's Butterfree was only at the peak of the ordinary level, and its type was completely countered by Rock-type, making its chances of winning seem very slim. However, this was not the case for Ash.

"Level and attributes are indeed the most crucial factors in battle, but the most crucial factor is the trainer commanding the Pokémon. Let me show you my and Butterfree's tactics. Butterfree, use Sleep Powder!"

"bilibili~~" Butterfree flapped its wings, scattering countless particles of powder that were aimed directly at Geodude.

"Hypnotic powder? Geodude, use Roll!"

"Fist~" The little Geodude curled up into a ball, then spun rapidly in place and charged forward!

By the time the hypnotic powder was applied, Geodude had already left its original spot.

"Those slow-moving hypnotic powders won't hit my little punch. I'll just use Rolling Attack on Butterfree!" Brock waved his hand and launched an attack directly at Butterfree.

Rolling attack increases in power as the rolling time increases. When the level surpasses Butterfree, the power of rolling attack increases, and it is also four times super effective against Butterfree. This move may be able to directly render Butterfree unable to fight!
However, despite Xiao Gang's shouts, the Geodude did not bounce towards Butterfly, but continued to roll and charge in a straight line, although its rolling speed had become increasingly slower.

"What's wrong with Geodude?!" Xiao Gang was puzzled by Geodude's strange behavior. What happened? Why wasn't Geodude following his commands?

The next second, Geodude gave Brock the answer. While rolling, Geodude crashed into a rock pillar on the field, finally stopping its rolling motion and then sitting quietly on the ground without moving.

"This is... asleep?! How is that possible! Geodude clearly dodged the hypnotic powder just now!" Brock exclaimed in disbelief.

The range of the hypnotic powder is not large, and its speed is also very slow, making it difficult to hit without a feint.

So Xiao Gang didn't pay attention to Butterfree's hypnotic powder. That kind of speed attack could be dodged even by a slow Geodude with a rolling attack.

But what's going on now? Why did Geodude get hit by the hypnotic powder?
"Hehe, because my Butterfree's ability is Compound Eyes," Ash said proudly, wiping his nose.

A few days ago in the forest, Ash finally understood how to use Butterfree and what a support character meant after listening to the group chat.

Butterfree with the Compound Eyes ability can increase its accuracy by 30%. This increase is not just a matter of numbers. Why does having Compound Eyes increase accuracy by 30%? Because with this ability, Butterfree's observation of other Pokémon will appear as if in slow motion.

This way, he can accurately hit his opponent, who appears to be moving in slow motion.

This is also what Ash taught him: the core tactic for using Butterfree—Compound Eye Hypnosis Powder!

Under the influence of compound eyes, the hit rate of the difficult-to-hit hypnotic powder will be greatly increased. Unless the difference in strength between the two sides is very large, the first hypnotic powder is very easy to hit if you do not expect Butterfly to have compound eyes.

And that was indeed the case. Brock was confident that Geodude could dodge the Sleep Powder, but Butterfree had already observed the opponent's path when the opponent used Rollout, and then sprinkled Sleep Powder on the inevitable path.

That's why Geodude is asleep.

"Compound Eye ability... You can even understand and use a Pokémon's ability so well, are you really a novice trainer?"

"Of course, I'm a genuine newbie, it's just that this newbie... is a bit too good! Butterfly, use String Shot!"

“bilibili~” Butterfly opened her mouth slightly and spat out a white thread towards the sleeping little Geodude.

White silk threads were wrapped directly around the little geomancy stone, covering it completely.

The second move after putting the opponent to sleep is to slow them down!

At this point, Tailwind should have been used, but Butterfree hasn't learned Tailwind yet, so it can only use String Shot to slow down the opponent.

According to relativity, if the opponent's speed decreases, it is equivalent to our speed increasing!
When the level is insufficient, this relatively low-end version of the tactic can only be used.

"Hypnosis Powder... String Shot... Sleep first, then slow down? That's a pretty good tactic." Brock was also impressed by Ash's tactic. A trainer who's just started out already knows how to use this level of tactic?
Who is this guy?

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