Faced with Ash’s invitation to battle, Brock naturally would not refuse.
“Looks like you’re full of fighting spirit.” Brock seemed quite interested.
“Your passion for Pokémon battles is getting me fired up too!”
After saying that, Brock suddenly took off his shirt, revealing a thin but clearly fairly sturdy body.
Misty helplessly covered her eyes.
Ash also found Brock’s behavior completely baffling.
Was this guy some kind of exhibitionist?
Or did he have some special fetish, like getting excited when other people stared at him?
“In that case, I’ve decided on my first Pokémon.
Come out, Geodude!” Brock did not notice the strange looks in Ash and Misty’s eyes.
He simply took a Poké Ball from his pocket on his own.
His whole body moved as one, and he threw the Poké Ball out as if he were putting a shot.
In midair, the red-and-white Poké Ball suddenly opened.
With a crisp duang, a gray rock with a rough surface and two arms on either side appeared on the rocky battle field.
“Pika, Pikachu.”
Pikachu was already impatient to enter the battle.
It leapt up, wanting to jump straight into the battle field, but in midair, it was suddenly caught by a pair of large hands.
“Pika?”
Pikachu turned its head in confusion to look at Ash, only to see him say apologetically, “I know you really want to battle, but there’s no helping it.”
After hearing that, Pikachu only felt even more confused.
A huge question mark appeared above its tiny head.
Even though it was confused, it looked extremely adorable.
Seeing this, Ash explained, “Sorry, Pikachu.
Geodude is a Rock- and Ground-type Pokémon.
Your Thunder Shock and Thunderbolt are completely ineffective against it.
Since you haven’t learned any attacking moves of other types yet, there’s basically no way for you to beat it.”
After hearing that, Pikachu immediately understood.
But when it thought about how both Thunder Shock and Thunderbolt were ineffective, that meant it had no other attacking methods that could damage Geodude.
After figuring this out, Pikachu could only helplessly accept its fate.
It lowered its head, its long ears drooping, looking extremely aggrieved.
Seeing this, Ash could only pat his chest and guarantee, “Don’t worry, Pikachu.
Once the Gym battle is over, I’ll immediately go look for other Pokémon Trainers and send you out to battle them.”
“Pika.”
After responding, Pikachu obediently walked to Ash’s side and stood there, participating in this Gym challenge together with its Trainer.
After comforting Pikachu, Ash finally turned his gaze toward Geodude.
With his professor-level Pokémon knowledge, Ash understood a Pokémon like Geodude, whose numbers were about as common as roadside Pikachu, like the back of his hand.
Against a Pokémon with this typing, Ash’s team was actually at quite a disadvantage.
Most of the Pokémon in his team were Bug types, which would be restrained by Geodude’s Rock-type moves.
After thinking it over, Ash made his choice.
“This is our first battle.
Let’s do our best, Pinsir!” Ash shouted, then threw out a Poké Ball.
The Poké Ball opened in midair.
A huge stag beetle appeared on the field.
Its massive horns and ferocious mouthparts all revealed Pinsir’s viciousness and strength.
[Name: Pinsir]
[Gender: Female]
[Type: Bug]
[Ability: Moxie (When it knocks out an opponent, it becomes full of confidence, raising its Attack)]
[Moves: Bind (Max Level)]
Looking at Pinsir’s status panel, Ash’s expression turned strange.
Moxie was Pinsir’s hidden Ability, which counted as pretty good luck.
But why did it only know one basic move, Bind?
When he caught Pinsir, judging from its battle with Scyther, this Pinsir’s strength was fairly good.
Whether in terms of power or speed, it should not have mastered only one move.
“So even when facing Geodude, a Rock- and Ground-type Pokémon, you still chose to send out a Bug-type Pinsir…”
“I originally thought you recalled Pikachu because you knew it was at an extreme disadvantage in terms of type matchup.
But you actually sent out a Bug-type Pokémon that is weak to Rock-type attacks… Looks like I misjudged you.
You are not a qualified Pokémon Trainer.”
Brock sighed, his expression one of disappointment at someone failing to live up to expectations.
After hearing Brock’s words, Ash also felt bitter inside.
He had clearly inherited Professor Ash’s knowledge, and he had already memorized Pokémon type matchups thoroughly.
Unfortunately, all six Pokémon he currently had were Pokémon whose typings did not hold an advantage.
Even Pidgeotto, which could be immune to Ground-type moves, would still be restrained by Rock-type moves. This story is hosted at novelping.com.
In that case, no matter who he sent out, it would be about the same.
He might as well choose Pinsir or Scyther, who were a little stronger.
However, faced with Brock’s humiliation and belittling, Ash naturally had to strike back.
“You squinty-eyed pervert who likes exposing himself, cut the nonsense.
Let’s settle this with our Pokémon!” As Ash spoke, he directly waved his hand and ordered Pinsir to attack.
“Charge, Pinsir!
Rush up and use Bind on Geodude!”
“Pinsir~”
After responding, Pinsir stepped forward and rapidly approached Geodude.
Brock refused to be outdone.
“Geodude, let’s go too!
Use Rollout!”
“Geodude~”
Geodude crossed its arms over its chest, and its body completely turned into a round rolling stone.
Then Geodude rolled toward Pinsir at full speed.
Pinsir’s personality was also extremely reckless, and it had no intention of backing down at all.
When Geodude arrived in front of it, Pinsir bent down and aimed the pair of large horns on its head at its opponent.
The two sides collided.
Pinsir’s horns suddenly clamped toward Geodude, but Geodude was rolling very quickly.
The horns tried to clamp onto the rapidly rolling Geodude, and sparks flew from the friction between the two sides.
“Pinsir!”
In the end, Pinsir used all its strength.
Power surged from its waist, and it actually forcefully lifted Geodude off the ground.
Geodude’s rolling also slowly came to a stop.
“What?!” Brock revealed a surprised expression.
No matter what, he had not expected this Pinsir’s strength to be so powerful that even Geodude’s Rollout could not do anything to it.
“Geodude, find a way to break free!” Brock shouted anxiously.
Ash grinned, doing the exact opposite of Brock.
“Then we won’t let Geodude break free.”
Pinsir nodded slightly, and the horns on its head exerted even more force.
Even though Geodude used every last bit of strength it had, it still could not break free.
A moment later, Geodude helplessly fainted, losing its ability to battle.
Pinsir then very arrogantly flung Geodude away, tossing it aside like garbage.