Finally, night fell, and the moon hung in the sky.
Xiaoyan and his companions were on their way to the Gym in Goldenrod City, passing through a forest.
"The late - night combined with the thick fog is really annoying."
"Brother Xiaoyan, stop complaining. You've been at it for over an hour. Do you really want your sister to keep suffering this torture?"
"Okay, I'll be quiet." Without Xiaoyan's complaints, the forest seemed extremely quiet.
"Hehe, hehe, hehe..." Suddenly, a little girl's laughter rang in my ear. Was this really laughter?!
A little girl kept running forward until she disappeared into the thick fog.
I was completely stunned. I couldn't believe I was scared of a little girl with such a strange laugh. I chased after her. Then I saw her again, but her speed suddenly increased. Just as I was about to catch up with her, I felt nothing under my feet.
"Wow!" There are many ways to die, but mine would be chasing a girl and falling off a cliff. Just as I was about to hit the ground, something caught me.
"Charizard?!"
"Roar～～～" Charizard responded to me.
"Brother Xiaoyan, are you okay?"
"I'm fine."
Charizard carried me to the edge of the cliff.
"Really, you just ran forward like a crazy person."
"Sorry. Look over there. That's Goldenrod City." Xiaoyan pointed to a town not far away. There were several high - rise buildings in the town, looking quite prosperous.
Charizard took them a shortcut, and they soon arrived in Goldenrod City...
"Thanks, Charizard!" After recalling Charizard, Xiaoyan and Xiaolan walked towards the Goldenrod Gym.
The shining lights in the city were like colorful fireworks splashing down on the world. The bright car lights on the road were like a never - ending star river. The Goldenrod Square was crowded with people and extremely lively. The city lights illuminated the night sky.
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"This is the Goldenrod Gym." Xiaoyan felt a bit scared. He was afraid of being turned into a doll and sleeping in a toy house, becoming a single dog forever.
"Kid, are you sure you want to go to Nuzleaf's Gym?" An old man standing at the Gym door asked Xiaoyan.
"I'm going to get my Goldenrod Badge." Xiaoyan turned to answer the old man. After hearing Xiaoyan's words, in a blink of an eye, the old man ran away.
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"Wow, this place looks more like a temple than a battle arena." Xiaoyan felt more and more uneasy. (Currently, Xiaoyan had nine Pokémon, including Charizard, Arceus, Ho - Oh, Pikachu, Dragonite, Eevee, Riolu, Squirtle, and Entei.)
"Brother Xiaoyan, I don't like this place. The atmosphere is strange." Xiaolan tugged at Xiaoyan's clothes.
"Don't worry. I'll solve this quickly."
At this time, a chair appeared in front. A girl with a blank expression was sitting on the chair, holding a doll.
"Nuzleaf, fight me. I want the Goldenrod Badge."
"Sure, but there's a condition. If you lose, you'll become my friend." Immediately, Nuzleaf hugged the doll in her arms tighter.
"No problem!"
Xiaoyan and Nuzleaf, the Gym Leader of the Goldenrod Gym, stood at opposite ends of the battle arena.
(Am I seeing things? There's no referee?!)
At this time, Nuzleaf sent out her Alakazam.
"This is a one - on - one battle." Nuzleaf said briefly.
Xiaoyan thought for a moment and then sent out Ho - Oh. As soon as Ho - Oh appeared, its Pressure ability (In the game, it doubles the PP consumption of the opponent's moves. But in reality, the number of times a move can be used is not limited, so the Pressure ability makes the Pokémon's stamina deplete much faster. Self - set) was activated immediately.
"Ho - Oh, this is our first battle. Let's go!"
"Okay, Trainer."
Nuzleaf didn't give any commands verbally. Alakazam just launched a Psychic wave. Ho - Oh flapped its wings, generating a huge amount of energy to block the Psychic wave.
"As expected of Ho - Oh. It's our turn to attack now. Flamethrower!"
The Flamethrower approached Alakazam. In an instant, Alakazam seemed to use Teleport and ran to the other side.
"Foolish person. This is Synchronize. No matter how powerful a move is, it's useless if you can't hit."
Xiaoyan was actually looked down upon by a little girl.
"..."
(I remember that Alakazam's thoughts are synchronized with Nuzleaf's, so Nuzleaf's reactions should also affect Alakazam.)
Xiaoyan watched Ho - Oh constantly attacking Alakazam and Alakazam constantly teleporting. Then, Xiaoyan did something that scared everyone. Ho - Oh stood still, Alakazam stood still, and everyone was stunned.
"Pfft." Nuzleaf laughed when she saw Xiaoyan's funny face.
"Nuzleaf, before the battle continues, I also want to set a condition. If I win this battle, please promise me that you'll never use your superpowers to hurt others or turn people into dolls again." Xiaoyan said seriously while making a funny face.
"Whatever, haha～～～" Nuzleaf was still laughing, and Alakazam was laughing too.
"Ho - Oh, Hyper Beam." Xiaoyan knew that after using Hyper Beam, Ho - Oh would be unable to move for a while, but this move was very powerful, so he had to bet on a one - shot kill.
Energy continuously gathered in Ho - Oh's mouth, and then a powerful Hyper Beam was fired at Alakazam. Since Nuzleaf was still laughing, Alakazam's thoughts were also disturbed. Of course, it was knocked away...
Alakazam fell into a corner and lost its fighting ability. After recalling Alakazam, Nuzleaf walked towards Xiaoyan.
"Challenger, according to our agreement, I won't use my superpowers to hurt others anymore. Here's the Goldenrod Badge. Congratulations!"
"Thanks. And you look quite nice when you smile. You should smile more often in the future."
At this time, Nuzleaf blushed, lowered her head, and remained silent.
(I didn't mean to. I was just expressing my thoughts.)
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"Brother Xiaoyan, the superpower show～"
"Okay, okay. I'll take you to watch it later."
So Xiaoyan got the Goldenrod Gym Badge.
To be continued...