With Magmortar flying backwards off the field, this Growlithe fight draws to a close.
Essentially Rope chose to start with Gastly when Blaine released Magmortar, then used Hypnosis to confirm whether Magmortar's trait was Flame Body or Vital Spirit.
Then choose whether to send in Charizard, who is special attack oriented, or Growlithe, who is physical attack oriented.
But when you think about it, even if you send Charizard on the field. Charizard's habit has always been to fight head on...
If you think about it, there's not much difference between the two.
Why don't we just put Growlithe in the ring and try his hand at it?
After all, now that Charizard has another buff, Growlithe can't really be compared to Charizard before he evolved.
Yes, Charizard can mega evolve now.
But Rope and Charizard haven't tried mega evolution yet. Mostly because they don't use it much. This is the real bottom card...
"Young man... awesome!"
Blaine stroked his beard, then said rather emotionally.
This was something he really hadn't expected, after all, even Blaine himself had overlooked the Facade skill.
More crucially, Rope could see that Blaine really wasn't serious...
Blaine's Magmortar weren't even worthy of staying in Pokéball, and were clearly not Pokémon that were seriously cultivated.
This group of Magmar and Magmortar were supposedly the ones that Blaine used to raise to be the Institute's janitors The Magmar and Magmortar are supposed to be used by Blaine as the Institute's janitors.
Blaine's sidekick Entei didn't play, and Blaine's ace Flame Horse didn't play either.
Blaine was conducting a test rather than a sparring match.
So Rope didn't give Growlithe any reinforcements.
Growlithe looked at Magmortar, who had lost the ability to see all, and froze, then happily chased his tail...
Rope was powerless to hold his forehead...
"Come back, Growlithe... "
Rope reached out and took Growlithe back into the ball.
On the other side of the room, Blaine was helpless to let Entei push the Magmortar back into the lava.
Blaine lifted his breath, then unclipped a Pokéball from his own belt.
"Come out, Arcanine!!!"
With an exasperated wail, a shiny furred and strong Arcanine appeared in front of Rope.
Rope shrugged, then threw a Pokéball.
"Come out, Chimchar!"
Chimchar appeared on the field, smiled towards Rope, and then turned his head, somewhat coldly, to look across the field at the Arcanine...
A moment later , Chimchar scratched his head...
"Woo? (This guy isn't as strong as Dog, yet?)"
Indeed, the seemingly powerful Arcanine was actually not as strong as Chimchar thought.
Especially when matched against Growlithe.
"Cut the crap, you think anyone can be like you guys?"
Rope rolled his eyes helplessly.
The Arcanine in front of her couldn't be said to be weak. At the very least, it was also the rank of an ace in the hands of the Jenny's in each region. To be able to become a guardian of a party's peace to a certain extent, it naturally couldn't be weak.
After all, not every Pokémon could break the limits of the race under Rope's hands.
"Go all out to fight, don't be careless!" Rope instructed seriously.
On the other hand, Blaine felt even more nauseous...
These Pokémon Rope had sent out were all beginner-ranked, but one by one, they seemed to be quite a bit stronger than his own.
Although these Pokémon themselves hadn't cultivated them wholeheartedly, they couldn't help but take a long time...
The final evolved Pokémon that took so long to cultivate couldn't beat someone else's Beginner Stage Pokémon... it was too humiliating, wasn't it?
"Arcanine! Extreme Speed!"
Opening up with a grabbing attack, it did seem like Blaine was losing face a bit too.
It really wasn't easy to avoid, Arcanine's Extreme Speed was indeed a difficult move to block...or rather, Extreme Speed was not a good move to dodge.
"Chimchar! Carry it off!"
So Rope simply stopped dodging.
The crimson flames quickly rose and condensed into a crimson fire armor covering Chimchar's body. Then the Flame Stick takes shape.
Chimchar quickly took a stance, the long stick in front of him, his body leaning forward with his eyes fixed on the guy charging towards him.
Rope was naturally thinking that it would be okay to be able to take this move hard. But Chimchar thought he had a way to handle it.
Just as the two made contact, Chimchar jerked his stick upwards. There was a flash of fighting energy in his body, and the whole monkey's aura was two points stronger.
Chimchar's strength was great, and with the reinforcement of the Red Flame, with a bellowing sound, Chimchar picked Arcanine up into the air.
Rope's mouth twitched as he watched this pick skate move that he had heard of on Earth itself.
Grandma, Chimchar's stick moves were getting more and more numerous. It was also becoming more systematic. One could only say that the offspring of one of Sinnoh's strongest wild Pokémon that Shirona had mentioned before really wasn't just blowing smoke.
Compared to those Pokémon who only know how to play skills against waves. Once you get in close contact with Chimchar, there's a high probability that you'll be taken away by a wave with no chance of being able to fight back.
Just like the current Arcanine, first picking up and floating, then a set of moves down.Arcanine became a circle eye.
Blaine felt his scalp a little numb.
Chimchar only used one sword dance from start to finish. And then a set of flowing clouds, water silver cascade of stick, to destroy the momentum directly to the Arcanine to lose the ability to fight...
What the hell is this way? I haven't been out for too long, and the trainers out there have come up with some strange fighting styles?
Blaine took Arcanine back into the ball with a rather toothy grin.
"Even though I've heard that Oak guy talk about your abilities for a long time, I still underestimated you." Blaine said with a bit of curiosity as he looked at Rope.
Rope's flame ability was not a secret in the eyes of them old men.Professor Oak pulled Rope to do quite a lot of research after asking for Rope's permission.
Of course, Rope was mostly being studied.
Then Professor Oak also discussed some of the problems encountered in the research with these old men.
Of course, it was also after enlisting Rope.
"I've made a lot of progress in recent times, so I guess I'll be studied by PROFESSOR again when I go back."
Rope himself twitched the corner of his mouth, then said.
It seems that he would Pallet Town after or quite busy, in addition to playing badges, organizing the research report of this period of time. Being researched on this was probably not going to get away with it either.
Blaine smiled, then turned his head to look at Entei and said, "You do it."
Entei nodded, then got up and walked towards the field.
Whitley sat off to the side cuddling little Lugia the humidifier.
"A fight between two Entei?"
Rope, of course, was well aware of what Blaine meant. Since he had already put the Entei on the field. Then wouldn't it be weak if his own Entei didn't go on the field!
"Come out, Entei!"
Rope released Entei from the ball.Entei let out a low roar, then looked towards his fellow clan not far away.
The two Entei saw strangeness in each other's eyes.
Obviously, these two Entei did not know each other. However, it was normal, after all, although the Entei's clan was not too large, its distribution was extremely scattered.
Rope and Blaine both gave up their command, and the two of them similarly looked at the two Entei in the field from the side of the field.
However, the two Entei didn't immediately start fighting after sizing each other up for a while.
It was also the first time they met their own kind on the battlefield.
For a while, neither of them knew how to start.
In the end, Blaine's Entei was the first to release its aura.
And Rope's Entei similarly released its aura.
Rope and little Lugia didn't react much, but both Whitley and Blaine couldn't help but frown. Shook their heads.
And down below, in the lava pools, a swarm of Magmar and Magmortar all floated up in unison to look at the two Legendary Pokémon battling above them, with longing and awe in their eyes.
But the collision ended faster than even Rope and the others could have imagined.
Blaine's Entei's aura collapsed almost immediately. Unbearably overwhelmed, it was completely crushed back.
Both Rope and Blaine were surprised.
But the two Entei on the field were indeed not surprised at all.
"ROAR!!! (Have you already obtained the inheritance of the divine position?)"
Blaine's Entei's eyes took on a hint of resentment along with mouthing off. After all, there were quite a few Entei. But there was one Divine Bit to one.
That is to say, there could only be one peak of the race.
So once any Entei opened the inheritance of the God Bit, it meant that before he died, all the other Entei lost their way to the top.
But Rope's Entei was shaking his head.
At Blaine's Entei's puzzled look, he explained with a low roar, "Roar!!!! (I did not inherit the Entei clan's divine position given by Ho-Oh-sama.)"
Blaine's Entei looked up at Rope, "This lord's bestowed godhood?"
Rope's Entei nodded silently.
Blaine's Entei was silent for a moment, then growled bitterly, "I am not as good as you, I have lost. For you to have such great vigor really makes me sigh."
To give up the already mature and stable godhood of his original race. Instead, it went to venture out and grow with a fledgling god.
This Entei already had the flavor of its ancestor. It had the vigor of the Entei that had followed Ho-Oh on the ancient land.
Rope's Entei could only continue to maintain his cool demeanor...in fact, he really didn't know that he had somehow become Rope's vassal god.
After all, when he followed Rope, Rope was just a human being who was looked upon favorably by a group of Legendary Pokémon.
But soon Rope transformed into a fledgling god.
It's hard to describe Rope's transformation into a newborn god.
After all, it's not even ascending to the Hall of Heavenly Sons. Rather, he was directly on par with the sons of heaven.
Rope's life is simply up, down, up up up up...
After saying that, Blaine's Entei hung his head and walked back to Blaine's side, then lay down listlessly.
And Rope's Entei also shook her head and slowly walked back to Rope's side, obviously not in high spirits either.
There were no tears or stabs as the old folks met the old folks, just a silent retreat to their positions.
Blaine looked at his old buddy and shook his head helplessly. Although it was unknown what exactly these two Entei had exchanged. But the fact that the momentum was being suppressed was something everyone saw.
But losing was losing. It wasn't a big deal. But not having to see the two Entei tearing each other apart was indeed less interesting.
Blaine shook his head before pulling a flaming, crimson badge out of his lab coat.
"Volcano Badge! catch!" He tossed the Volcano Badge in his hand far away to Rope.
Rope took two steps forward, then reached out and caught the badge, waving it toward Blaine.
"Blaine!!! we're going to the hot springs first!!!"
Rope waved at Blaine, then grinned.
"Get outta here! Brat! Have fun! Just take the Volcano Badge and announce my name! It's free!"
Blaine responded in a no-nonsense manner.
"That's a good bet!!!"
Not only Rope, but even Whitley was brightening up. Although no one was short of money. But the white whoring just smelled so good!!!!
And so these two young men ran their asses out of the sparring ground and headed towards the hot spring inn they had booked earlier.
Rope's seventh badge was taken with such ease and simplicity. It was also the easiest one. That's because Blaine is the only Gym Leader other than Brock who has taken on Rope in a test match.
(Brock: That was careless of me! He snuck up on me !!!!)
Blaine heads over to Entei's side and sits down, leaning his body against Entei's.
"What the hell did he say to you?"
Entei sulked.
"Ugh~ We're both old men now...isn't it normal to lose to a young man?"
"If the young can't beat the old, how can the old be confident in handing over the world to the young. You should look on the bright side."
Entei hummed and yawned.
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"Rope, is it a long time since Blaine has been out of Cinnabar Island?"
After stepping out of the gym, Whitley opened her mouth to ask a question she had wanted to ask before.
"En, since the incident of Mewtwo, Blaine actually became a bit withdrawn, and after that something else happened, after that Blaine sealed herself in Cinnabar Island. basically no longer socialize with people other than accepting challenges."
Rope also spoke with quite a bit of emotion. After all, Blaine was also a great researcher. Being able to apply those techniques would simply be of great use.
But because of Mewtwo, Blaine felt that those techniques couldn't be abused anymore. Especially after being obtained by some ambitious people, even if there was no way to replicate Mewtwo, it would still be possible to make many Pokémon.Whether it was powerful or not was another matter. But this kind of behavior itself is no longer acceptable to Blaine.
The Alliance didn't force him, but they did put pressure on him, both soft and hard. Of course, they were all blocked by Blaine.
Self-appointment was as much a last resort as it was a salvation, I guess.
"So what are we doing next?"
"Vacation... I didn't get to have fun on the ship before, so it's nice to take you to eat and drink this time. Wait for Steven by the way. he's sending stuff over in the next couple days."
On Rope's face, an expectant look surfaced.