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

Chapter 58: The Four Gyms of Kanto, Ash's Improvement in One Week.

Ash chose Vermilion City as his third gym, partly because of its distance and partly because of its difficulty.

There are four most famous gyms in Kanto: Goldenrod, Evergreen, Crimson, and Asahi. According to Brock, these four gyms are far beyond what is expected.

Even the lowest difficulty level is not something Ash can attempt to cheat at right now.

Besides these four gyms, the two most suitable gyms to visit are Vermilion and Rainbow.

Rainbow City is actually quite far from where they are. Going directly to Rainbow City and going around from Vermilion City to Rainbow City only adds less than a week to the journey.

The two gyms are similar in difficulty. The Rainbow Gym specializes in Grass-type Pokémon, while the Vermilion Gym specializes in Electric-type Pokémon. In terms of type, the Rainbow Gym might be easier to challenge.

After all, Ash has two Pokémon, a Flying-type and a Bug-type, which are super effective against Grass-type.

However, the more badges you have, the greater the challenge becomes. Putting aside the distance, if you challenge the Rainbow Gym first and pass it smoothly, then the difficulty of challenging the Vermilion Gym will increase when you return.

Given that there are two gyms, Vermilion is already more difficult than Rainbow. If the former is made even more difficult, wouldn't that be just asking for trouble?
Therefore, even without considering the distance, it's more worthwhile to go to the Vermilion City Gym first, as it's less difficult.

To get to Vermilion City, they will have to pass through many towns. In terms of distance, this may be the longest journey Ash and his friends have ever taken.

……

Time flew by, and a week passed. In those seven days, Ash and his friends had only passed through one small town.
After replenishing some daily necessities, we set off immediately.

During this time, Ash also encountered many trainers on the roadside, but he did not lose a single match. If it weren't for the fact that he would check his shortcomings in the group every night and have a lot of weaknesses pointed out by the experts in the group, he would probably be looking down on people now.

Besides the thrill of victory, the winning streak also brought a sense of pride. For a fifteen-year-old boy, who has never lost a game since his debut and still has no sense of pride, the support of the big shots in the group is truly commendable.

Having witnessed a higher level of the world, how could Ash be proud of his current achievements?

Not to mention that the people in the group are all successful individuals from various worlds and fields. Compared to them, his level of victory is merely an insignificant step in their path to growth.

This is also why Ash hasn't gotten arrogant yet. Misty and Brock, who originally wanted to give Ash a little nudge on the way, were quite surprised.

The novice trainer encountered almost no obstacles along the way, winning battle after battle and obtaining two gym badges without losing a single open battle. Despite this, he did not become arrogant at all.

Whether it's his temperament or his tactics in battle, this is something a rookie trainer shouldn't be able to do!
Both of them attributed Ash's current performance to Professor Oak. As the former Kanto Champion, Professor Oak's ability to train Ash is not unacceptable, right?

On the way, Xiaoxia also asked what the electric speed boost and the hat-wearing Pikachu were all about. Although it was just a hat, Ash's sense as a Gym Leader told him that Pikachu's strength was definitely enhanced in that state!
For an intermediate-level Pokémon to fight against a peak-level elite Pokémon, it's not something that can be achieved simply by relying on attributes and skills.

Without any boost or enhancement, achieving that would be pure fantasy. Ash kept Pikachu's partner form a secret, only saying that he and Pikachu could fuse their auras, allowing Pikachu to gain a portion of its own power—that's the reason for Pikachu's power boost.

As for Electric Speed ​​Boost, that was a skill that Pikachu used in a flash of inspiration after putting on his hat. However, that skill can only be used while wearing his hat, which is why the hat needs to be placed on Pikachu's head.

In response, Xiaoxia curiously took Xiaozhi's hat and put it on, but nothing happened.

Xiao Gang finally cleared up a question that had been bothering him: why Pikachu could use the Aura Sphere, a skill he had never seen before. It turned out that the one who could use the Aura Sphere was not Pikachu, but Ash!

Even as a gym leader, this was the first time he had ever heard of a trainer being able to share a portion of their abilities with their Pokémon during battle…

Even if ordinary people had the power to share, it wouldn't be of much use, since trainers are just human beings, and how can humans be compared to Pokémon?

But Ash isn't human... To be precise, his physical attributes and special powers make him a non-human being. In real-life battles, even elite-level Pokémon might not be able to win against Ash in a head-on clash.

This is Xiaogang and Xiaoxia's understanding of Xiaoli's strength during this period, but it can only be said that their understanding is still too superficial...

During this week, Ash's Pokémon have all improved to varying degrees. After all, he battled against trainers along the way on his journey and occasionally practiced with Brock and Misty during his breaks. It would be strange if they didn't improve.

Pikachu has reached Advanced level and has learned several skills.

Both Butterfree and Pidgey have reached the advanced beginner level and have learned some skills, but the former has not yet learned the important boosting skill - Tailwind.

However, Ash's current skill set is already enough to allow him to annoy his opponent at will.

Finally, there's the little Ralts, whose level has reached an astonishingly high Intermediate.

While it's true that you level up faster when you're at a lower level, going from a beginner to a mid-level in just seven days without any evolution or boosting is already an incredible feat!

Caterpie was able to leap from beginner to peak level in seven days because of the power of evolution. Moreover, Bug-type Pokémon grow quickly in the early stages but slowly in the later stages.

Pidgey has already progressed from Normal to Advanced, but Butterfree reached Advanced around the same time as Pidgey, showing that Butterfree's level progression has gradually slowed down.

But Ralts is different. Not only is she currently in her initial form, but she is also not a Pokémon like Caterpie that can quickly improve in the early stages. Reaching the intermediate level in just seven days is already an amazing thing.

Even Xiao Gang couldn't help but marvel; Ralts was the fastest-growing Pokémon he had ever seen.

A Ralts that has reached the intermediate level can be considered to have some basic combat strength. Ash can send out Ralts to fight against some weaker opponents.

(End of this chapter)