Ash, with his invincible physical body, wants to become a Pokémon Master...

"This is basically a botanical garden." Xia now understands why the Cypress Tree Gym was closed during the previous drought.

This must use a lot of water normally.

"Speaking of which, what kind of dojo is Hinoki Dojo again?"

"It is a gym that mainly uses Bug-type Pokémon, and the gym leader, Abby, is known as the encyclopedia of Bug-type Pokémon."

Pear Blossom, one of the four local "Heavenly Kings," knew more about this and personally answered Xiaoxia's questions.

"What, Bug Pokémon?!" Misty suddenly didn't want to go anymore.

"Hey, Ash, let me go!"

"I just remembered I left something at Mr. Steel's house, I need to go back!"

Just as she turned to run away, Xiaoxia was pulled back by Xiaozhi's merciless iron hand.

"Xiaoxia has come all the way here. After challenging the gym, everything is fine. Bug Pokémon are also very cute."

[Ding! New main quest triggered: Insect Badge!: Defeat Azalea Gym Leader Abi]

[Rewards: Alliance Coins +5000; Stamina +2; Attack +2; Free Attribute Points +3]

However, when they followed the staff into the dojo, they did not find the dojo master.

"That's strange, where is the gym leader?"

Walking inside the gym was like walking through a forest, and Ash almost lost his way in life again.

Just then, several green caterpillars suddenly fell from the tree and landed right on Xiaoxia.

It startled her greatly, and she hurriedly swatted it away, yelling, "Ah, bugs! Bugs! I hate bugs the most!"

"Hey, I can't pretend I didn't hear that."

"Haven't you heard that Bug-type Pokémon are the best Pokémon?"

Just as Xiaoxia screamed, a voice came from above them.

"Who goes there?" Pear Blossom looked up and saw a purple-haired "young man in shorts".

He was dressed in camping gear, with a camera hanging around his neck, as if he had just been sketching and observing.

And at that moment, he was sitting high up in a tree, looking down at them.

"I am Abi, the dojo master here."

"What?" Ash thought it was just an ordinary apprentice when the wave swept over, but he didn't expect the gym leader to be so young.

"That woman actually said she hates Bug-type Pokémon in my gym! How rude of her!"

"What can I do? I just hate them." Xiaoxia's fear of bugs is practically instinctive.

"None of that matters. Now that the gym leader has appeared, let's hurry up and start the gym challenge."

Ash doesn't care about these trivial questions; getting into battle is the real priority.

"Of course, it's the curator's duty, but could you please help me hold up the ladder that's fallen to the side?"

"What? He climbed so high to show off, but it turns out he was trapped in the tree and couldn't get down."

"Shut up! If you guys hadn't yelled at me, my ladder wouldn't have fallen!"

Having rescued the ultimate evolution of Boy Shorts, Ash can finally begin the gym challenge he's been longing for.

The battleground was in the center of the forest. Once the referee was in place, Ash and Pendulum simultaneously took out their Poké Balls.

"Ash, have you ever heard the saying that conquering Bug-type Pokémon means conquering the world?"

"Huh? Is there such a saying? Who said it?" Besides, isn't Bug-type generally considered a trash type?

"Never even heard of that phrase before? What an ignorant challenger."

"A trainer who doesn't appreciate the beauty of a Bug-type Pokémon is definitely not a very skilled one."

Ah Bi gave me a look that said, "You don't even know this? How pathetic."

"Actually, it was me who said it."

"You said it!"

What's wrong with this gym leader?

"Let me prove to you how powerful Bug-type Pokémon are!"

"Enter, Ariados!"

A huge pink spider appeared on the battlefield, startling Misty, who was watching from behind Ash, into letting out a sharp scream.

Poor Pear Blossom, standing beside her, could only cover her ears and play the role of a silent girl.

"We need you to deal with Bug-types. Go, Toilet King, use Flamethrower!"

The first Pokémon Ash sent out was Cyndaquil.

"Nino~~"

Unfortunately, the slow-starting Cyndaquil couldn't muster any fighting spirit when it first entered the arena; it just yawned and opened its mouth in vain.

Not a single spark could be fired.

"Sigh, I knew this would happen. Cyndaquil, use Tackle."

As expected, you still can't use fire-type skills as soon as you enter the battle.

But it's okay, Ash didn't expect Cyndaquil to come to the Speed ​​Gym anyway, he sent it out mainly to gain experience.

Fortunately, Cyndaquil is agile and fast enough that it is not completely useless when it cannot use Fire-type moves.

The slow-starting impact rapidly approached Ariados.

"It's impossible for you to defeat my Ariados with this, Tusi!"

The pink spider uses its mouth to spit out strong silk threads, swinging around in an environment full of trees, just like Spider-Man.

They dodged the Cyndaquil's charge attack.

"They can make good use of the environment, and the speed of Pokémon when using String Shot is amazing."

"He claims to be a master of Bug-type Pokémon, and it seems he's not just bragging." Rika gave Abi a good evaluation.

"What kind of experts are they? They're all just insects!"

The way Ariados swung around made Misty even more frightened. "Ash, defeat him quickly!"

I'll try my best.

"Ariados used Silk Spin again."

Several white projectiles struck around the Fireball Rat, transforming into white threads that wrapped around its body.

The speed of the Cyndaquil has been greatly reduced.

"Now! Ariados, use your poison needle attack!"

Cyndaquil was stuck in the sticky threads and couldn't escape.

In this way, Cyndaquil's agility cannot be utilized, so Ash directly uses Challenger's Privilege.

The Fireball Raccoon was recalled, thus avoiding the poison needle.

"Fine, just let him out to gain some experience, and your mission will be complete."

Since it's a Pokémon that Ash just caught recently, he still needs to train it more.

"I choose you, Scizor!"

The red, horned Pokémon that's a multiple of three is the one Ash specially prepared for this gym challenge.

"Both sides are Bug-type, it's a Bug-type Pokémon internal battle."

Although Abi was somewhat arrogant, Ash acknowledged his love for Bug-type Pokémon.

He enjoys battling trainers like that, and he always makes sure to defeat them using their best Pokémon.

"Compared to this, Scizor is actually so much cooler!" Xiaoxia accepted Scizor from the bottom of her heart.

The poor giant spider was rejected because of its ugliness.

"Wow, this Pokémon is really amazing. Ash, so you also have some pretty good Bug-type Pokémon."

"I'm very impressed with you!"

"Of course! I'm going to become a Pokémon Master, and I want to train Pokémon of all types!"

Upon seeing Ash take out a Bug-type Pokémon, Abi immediately showed an excited expression.

He picked up the camera around his neck and started taking pictures like crazy until the referee coughed.

"Oh, sorry, I forgot we're still in the middle of a challenge match."

"Aridos continues to use the silk-spitting attack."

"The Scizor used Swords Dance to deflect all those silk threads!"

Swinging among the trees on the field, Alidos, cosplaying as Spider-Man, shot out several more webs.

The scyther simply spun around calmly, performing a sword dance.

Using its sword-fighting movements, it easily cut off all the spider silk that tried to entangle it.

"what?"

"This kind of attack is completely useless against Scizor." Ash gained a boost for nothing.

"Go, Scizor! Bullet Punch!"

Red disappeared from the field in an instant, and then suddenly reappeared behind Ariados.

"Such a powerful attack, we can't dodge it! Ariados, let's face it head-on and use the Cross Poison Blade!"

Aridos's tactic of drifting through the forest can only bully Cyndaquil; it's completely ineffective against the much stronger Scizor.

The bullet punch bypassed the cross-shaped poison blade and struck Ariados from below, easily hitting him and knocking him back onto the field.

"Now, Scizor, use the X-Scissors!"

The scyther quickly rushed to the fallen Ariados and swiftly struck at the head with its crossed pincers.