“Zapdos, come back!” Naoki recalled Zapdos and waited for the second challenger to enter the arena.
The referee looked at the list in his hand and called out loudly:
“Next, let’s welcome the challenger, Calyxia!”
Calyxia? Hearing this familiar name, Naoki was slightly taken aback.
If he remembered correctly, this trainer seemed to have just started her journey as a trainer, and she hadn’t won a single badge yet.
In that case, he would need to adjust his strength accordingly.
Naoki already had a candidate for the battle in mind.
However, strangely enough, as time ticked away, there was no sign of anyone in the entrance corridor across the arena.
Naoki: “?”
The referee was also puzzled: “Calyxia? Is Calyxia here? It’s your turn to challenge the Levincia Gym, please come to the Central Square soon!”
Just after this announcement, Naoki saw a girl about ten years old with long pink hair hurriedly walking over from the other side.
Calyxia looked at the Gym Leader on the opposite side with a fear-stricken expression.
She had just witnessed the entire course of the previous battle with her Ralts.
That devil-like Zapdos had single-handedly defeated the previous challenger’s three Pokémon.
Moreover, the trainer looked so experienced, yet still lost; now that it was her turn, they probably had no chance of winning.
Looking at the Gym Leader, Naoki, Calyxia was very nervous.
Her Ralts in her arms was trembling just as much.
The power of that Zapdos was so terrifying; if hit by that move, Ralts might perish, Ralts couldn’t help but think.
At this moment, the duo had a mutual thought in their minds — “Mom, this place is so scary, I want to go home!”
When the girl reached the challenger’s position, Naoki noticed she seemed very nervous?
This might be her first time challenging a gym under the eyes of so many spectators?
Naoki thought she might not be used to such a scene, so he tried to reassure her:
“Hello, I’m Naoki, the Gym Leader of this place. Don’t be nervous, relax, just consider it a friendly match!”
Calyxia got even more anxious, but thinking of her dream of collecting badges, challenging the League Competition, and becoming a top trainer, the girl tried hard to muster her courage.
“Ralts, don’t be afraid, we need to defeat the opponent together, get the badge, and participate in the League Competition!”
At this moment, Naoki also took out Jolteon’s Poke Ball.
A flash of white light streaked by, and Jolteon appeared on the field.
“Welcome to the Levincia Gym, the rules for this gym battle are 1v1, each person can only use one Pokémon, and the battle ends once either side loses their fighting ability.” Naoki introduced the rules of the match.
But when Calyxia and Ralts saw clearly which Pokémon the Gym Leader had sent out, they were stunned.
Eh? Not the fearsome bird-type Pokemon?
A 1v1 battle… Doesn’t this mean, as long as they defeat Jolteon, they can win the Gym Badge?
Calyxia immediately felt that it would be a light task.
No longer as fearful as before, she turned to Ralts and said, “Go, Ralts!”
Seeing the opponent was not Zapdos, Ralts let out a sigh of relief.
It jumped down on its own and took its place on the battlefield.
Naoki: “…”
Ralts, huh?
This Pokémon is famous for being weak before evolution, truly a match for a ‘newcomer’!
With the referee’s whistle, the battle officially began.
“Ralts, use Telekinesis!” A rookie trainer’s attack style is often straightforward and simple, strike from the start, and Calyxia was no exception.
Upon hearing the command, a blue hue appeared in Ralts’s eyes, forming a weak telekinesis ball in its small hands, which flew toward Jolteon.
“Jolteon, dodge!”
Jolteon started running circles around Ralts, successfully dodging the telekinesis.
“Missed?!” Calyxia panicked and hastily ordered, “Try another telekinesis!”
Ralts gathered ball after weak ball of telekinesis and continued trying to aim at Jolteon, throwing them its way.
But unfortunately, it couldn’t hit the quickly running Jolteon.
Such consecutive attacks quickly exhausted Ralts’s psychic power, leaving it gasping for breath.
When the timing was right, Naoki spoke up, “Jolteon, Electroweb.”
Jolteon, flying on the field, suddenly changed its course, running towards Ralts. As it jumped high, it gathered an electro ball in its mouth and threw it at Ralts.
The electro ball spread during its flight, forming into an electroweb, which accurately engulfed Ralts.
Feeling the intense electric current, Ralts fainted directly.
“Ralts!” Calyxia was extremely anxious.
The referee checked on Ralts’s situation and then announced the result of the match: “Ralts has lost the battle ability, Naoki wins this gym match!”
Naoki: “…”
“You probably haven’t been traveling for long, have you?” Naoki asked.
Calyxia recalled Ralts into its Poke Ball, planning to take it to the Pokemon Center for treatment later, hearing this she nodded: