"Taillow, use Quick Attack!"
Facing Roxanne's Geodude, Ash took the lead in launching the first attack. Ash trained his Taillow's speed to become faster and faster than its original one, and in just a blink of an eye, it appeared in front of the Geodude.
However, Geodude was only knocked back a bit and apparently did not suffer any damage because of how strong his defense was!
"Ordinary moves really don't work it!" Max felt a little sorry for Taillow.
Roxanne also thought she had the upper hand in this battle and said, "Ash, the move you chose is not a very good one for going up against my team of Rock-types!"
However, Ash looked at his Taillow hovering in the air and smiled slightly, "That's not necessarily true, Miss Roxanne!"
"Taillow, let's continue on by using Aerial Ace!"
However, although this Flying-type attack would not do much damage on her Geodude, it's still best to block it.
"Block it!" Aerial Ace was difficult to dodge, so Roxanne had no idea of dodging from it. Geodude crossed his arms in front of him and forcefully withstood Aerial Ace.
"Now, let's use our secret attack!"
At the moment when Aerial Ace's attack was successful, and while Geodude was still maintaining defensive movements from that, Ash ordered his Taillow to use the secret attack that he had been practicing since the beginning of the conquest!
It was Steel Wing!
Ash has already analyzed this skill, because the Rock-type restrains the Flying-type, and the Steel Wing attack can just give the Flying-type a way to deal with the more defensive Rock-type.
This is the same as Ash training his Pikachu to use Iron Tail.
Upon hearing this command, Roxanne suddenly changed her face color, but now it was very difficult to make Geodude change his moves. She could only watch as her Geodude being hit by the super effective Steel Wing and being severely injured.
Roxanne's Geodude has strong defensive abilities, so it wasn't instantly defeated by Ash's Taillow with just one move. Otherwise, it would have been a great injustice to lose its combat ability before it even had time to use a single attack.
"How is that possible?" Roxanne looked at Geodude lying in front of her in disbelief, "Ash, were the last few attacks just now just feint that forced my Geodude to take defensive actions?"
"That's right, Roxanne, your battle style is as solid as a rock. I've carefully investigated your Pokémon. Whether it's the Geodude family or your Ace Pokémon, Nosepass, they are all good at defense and slow counterattack. And what I'm best at is speed and using stronger attacks!" Ash said slowly but steadily.
"Ash, you are really a powerful and smart Trainer." Roxanne gave in to him. Even though she knew Ash's tactics now, she still couldn't deal with it because she had already chose her team and couldn't make changes right now.
"Time for the finla blow, Taillow, Steel Wing again!"
Taillow's speed was getting faster and faster, his dual wings shined with a metalic light, and came down on Geodude.
"We can't lose just yet, Geodude, use Rollout!" Roxanne gritted her teeth, but refused to give up this battle, at least she wanted to defeat this Taillow before he swept her with it!
This Geodude has mastered the Rollout attack to the highest degree it could before it evolves. This Rollout hit the rockery on the field, soared into the sky and smashed towards Taillow.
However Taillow wasn't afraid if this at all, he just slapped the Steel Wing and rushed over to it with high speed!
Geodude was beaten and fell on the hard rock field. Taillow also suffered some injuries, but his eyes were very bright compared to the dim eyes of Roxanne's Geodude!
"Yea, Ash is really awesome, he actually learned such a powerful skill without us even knowing about it!" Max loudly cheered for Ash's ability to defeat Geodude with his Taillow, "May, did you see it? That Steel Wing was so powerful!"
"Yes, and the flying motions of the Steel Wing in the air was also really beautiful!" What May saw was from another completely different angle, one from the perspective of a Pokémon Coordinator.
"Geodude loses the ability to fight, meaning Taillow wins this battle!" The referee on standby announced the result.
"It seems like you still want to fight, so I'll leave it to you!" Ash understood Taillow's thoughts very well, so naturally he wouldn't take him back now. He looked at Roxanne, "Miss Roxanne, the last Geodude Rollout was very powerful and has made me realize something I have overlooked previously, so I must thank you for that!"
Rollout can do many such maneuvers, which Ash just realized. He also has many Pokémon that can use Rollout or something like that, such as his Phanpy and Typhlosion's Flame Wheel.
Roxanne took back her defeated Geodude to rest up and said, "Ash, you are really someone I mush admire. Next is my Trump Card for you to battle against. Come on, Nosepass!"
The biggest feature of Pokémon Nosepass is definitely its large red nose. The magnet on this red nose will never malfunction and will always face the north unless being told not to. It is a good companion for Trainer when traveling, especially those who tend to get lost like them!
This Nosepass is very compatible with Roxanne, and Ash wondered that if Roxanne's fighting style is affected by it. After it came out, Roxanne's whole demeanor became completely different.
"Nosepass, seal Taillow's actions!" There was no clear command or use a move, but Nosepass responded very quickly to her command. It stomped on the ground hard, and countless gravel went up to Taillow's head.
The rubble then fell to the ground and quickly formed a cage around the now grounded Taillow. As Taillow landed to avoid the attacks, the rock cage also happened to trap him inside, this making him unable to escape.
However, Ash did not panic at all by seeing this, as he would never allow himself to panic in firing of his Pokémon's, "Steel Wing!"
Taillow used his Steel Wing again to circle around the rock cage, and the upper part of the hard cage suddenly collapsed.
Taillow successfully escaped from the confined cage.
However, at this moment, Roxanne's order came out that slightly steamed Ash, "Zap Cannon!"
Seizing the inevitable moment of relaxation after getting out of trouble, Roxanne did a very precise job of controlling the timing of the battle, but she faced Ash, a Champion Class Trainer!
'Avoid it by using Quick Attack!' He quickly ordered his Taillow by using Psychic to communicate with him because it was much faster tah just saying it outloud.
Ash had been waiting for Roxanne to use this move for a long time, and Taillow also did not let Ash down.
He adjusted his flying posture abruptly, making it that Zap Cannon would fall into the empty space.
"Now, Nosepass, use Sandstorm!"
Because of the Sandstorm, the entire battlefield was filled with flying sand and rocks, and even Brock and the other two couldn't see clearly what was happening on the field even though they were on the sidelines.
"Why would Miss Roxanne do this? Won't she also be unable to see Ash's Taillow or her own Nosepass?" May does know how to think reversely sometimes.
"Rock, Ground, and Steel-type Pokémon's are not affected by Sandstorm at all! So only Taillow is at a disadvantage in thsi Sandstorm." Explained Brock, a former Rock-type Gym Leader.
Moreover, Nosepass has a detection method that is more effective than most eyes. Roxanne showed a victorious smile by seeing her plan come into fruition, "Nosepass, use Rock Imprison again!"
The dust dispersed and Taillow fell into the gravel!
"Taillow loses the ability to fight, meaning Nosepass wins this battle!" The referee announced the result. Now Ash has his one perfectly healthy Pokémon left, and Roxanne's Nosepass is almost unscathed too.
Ash took back his Taillow inside of his Poké Ball to rest, "Taillow, well done on this battle!"
"Get ready to be rooted, Treecko!"
The Sandstorm soon stopped, and Ash's Treecko held the branch in his mouth, looking fearless with his eyes staying fixed on Roxanne's Nosepass.
"Quick Attack!" Ash started with a Quick Attack. Roxanne looked at the little guy rushing over and thought to herself, 'That Treecko probably doesn't have any Steel-type skills, right?'
It's true that he doesn't have any Steel-type attack's, but what he does have is his Grass-type attacks themselves that can also restrain the Rock-types!
Treeckos Quick Attack was easily avle to avoid Nosepass's Rock Imprison and hit it hard. Then, a green light flashed across Nosepass's body, and it fell out of the body and landed on Treecko!
"Absorb?" Roxanne instantly recognized it and immediately realized that she had to fight quickly, otherwise she would be defeated by the opponent no matter how hard she fought because he would constantly get back his energy while she would constantly lose it.
But Ash just planned to defeat it like a regular battle, not any prolonged fight!
"Nosepass, use Sandstorm again!"
The Sandstorm blew up again, blocking everyone's sight, but a green light still emitted from Nosepass's body and landed on Treecko's body, meaning Treecko was able to land another Absorb.
"Nosepass, use Zap Cannon again!" However, Zap Cannon failed to hit Treecko.
[Notice! Remember kids, if it isn't 100% accurate, then it's 50% percent accurate.]
Nosepass's skill power was very good for its level, but Treecko's actions are like ghosts in this rockery-lined field. It was incredibly hard to figure out where it went to!
For a while, Roxanne really couldn't do anything against Ash's Treecko. He could constantly plunder Nosepass's physical strength, so not only couldn't her Nosepass not recover her strength but also continue to lose it.
Then another green light jumped out.
Roxanne was stunned, "Ash, are you really a Champion. Are you going to fight a protracted war with me? A war of attrition?"
Hearing this, Ash just chuckled, "There are not enough attacks that I taught to my Treecko yet, so please bear with me until this battle is over!"
Now Treecko only has one Grass-type skill, and all the others are Normal-type skills that have almost no effect of Rock-types, so he can only use this tactic.
Roxanne smiled bitterly, "You win thsi battle! This is the Stone Badge!"
"Big Bro, can you show me that Stone Badge of yours?"
Ash had now finally got his first Badge for his Hoenn Journeys, but Max seemed even happier than himself and pestered him to show his Badge collection box.
The result was very obvious. A 'gental' hit to the head made him behave very differently. He obediently took out his PokéNav and checked it out. "Big Bro, the next closest Gym from here is the Dewford Town Gym on Dewford Island. Looks like that's going to be our next destination."
Dewford Island huh?
Ash nodded his head lightly, "But before that..."
He looked at Brock and May beside him, and saw that they were looking up the travel guide about Rustboro City with great interest.
"Rustboro City really deserves to one of the largest cities in the region. Almost everything can be found here if you look closely." Brock was of course looking up the information about where they could find their upcoming much needed supplies.
Before coming here, they had gone through several long journeys in the forest. Although they also passed through several small towns to replenish some of their supplies, after all, they could not buy all the supplies in those small towns, so they could only find some sort of substitutes or make do with what little they had.
In short, Brock has always been responsible for these things, and Ash was mostly very worry-free about these.
As for what May was looking up, naturally it was the food guide section, "Seaside restaurants, shops with delicious burgers, and many, many others! I can't wait to eat them up!"
It can be seen that she was very excited. Perhaps before she came into contact with idea of participating in Pokémon Contests, the source of all her motivation for her travels was the anticipation of the various delicacies in different places.
Ash smiled slightly, "In that case, let's move freely next. It just so happens that I also have some places that I would love to go to."
"Ash, where are you going? Can I go with you?" Although he always gets beaten, Max just really admires Ash and his skills.
But this time Ash refused directly without any buttering, "Just look for some places where there are Pokémon's in this big city. The place I want to go is not suitable for you at all."
"Why..."
Seeing Ash getting ready to raise his fist again, Max quickly didn't dare to object anymore. He sighed, holding his PokéNav in one hand and his own drink in the other to drink, "Then where should I do? "
But accidentally, his drink spilled on his new PokéNav. After that, the navigator flashed a flash of electricity. It must have been short-circuited due to water intrusion.
Such a high-tech thing is not even waterproof?
He quickly wiped it with a handkerchief, then tried to press the button to tune it on, only to find that it was completely malfunctioning, "This is too bad..."
All three of them looked at him, and May asked, "What's wrong with you, Max?"
Max suddenly became alert and thought that he could definitely not let his sister know that he had damaged their PokéNav.
The two siblings actually have a very good relationship, but their regular way of getting along is to quarrel, just like most siblings. Max always said that May was an unreliable person, but now he broke the PokéNav that technically belonged to both of them.
What can he do now?
But it can't be like this!
Max, who is still very young, immediately decided not to report it on his instinct, "It's nothing, really! We can do whatever you want next, right? Goodbye!"
He said goodbye and run away in a flash.
In fact, his little moves could not be hidden from Ash's eyes, but since he wanted to take responsibility for his own mistake and find a way to make up for it, Ash was willing to give him this opportunity.
Ash was not at ease with this boy's cleverness.
"Ash, where are you going now?" Brock asked curiously before leaving.
Ash would not hide anything from his long time trusty traveling companion and said frankly, "It's time for Dratini to shed his skin again. So I plan to go north to a place called Meteor Falls!"
Meteor Falls is a large cave formed by a huge impact of a meteorite.
There was even a natural waterfall inside of it.
The terrain inside was very complex, and the level of Pokémon in the deeper parts of it was also very high.
Moreover, the road from Rustboro City is bumpy and difficult, so it is really not suitable to take Max with him.
But Ash didn't intend to go that deep, he just wanted to find a suitable environment for his Dratini to complete his molting.
The four of them acted separately. Max met an uncle on the street who was showing off a strange new invention to bunch of children's.
A robot that automatically opens a soda can will burst the soda inside when it opens the can.
It is a completely useless invention.
After watching the funny show, the children immediately dispersed.
"Little boy, what's wrong with you? Why are you sighing so many times?" Seeing Max's troubled expression, the uncle came over to ask enthusiastically.
"My name is not little boy, my name is Max!" Max introduced himself and explained, "It's like this, my sister's PokéNav is not working!"
"I see, I see. You can just go to the Devon Corporation for this kind of problem."
Unexpectedly, the uncle who would show the wonderfully useless invention to the children on the street turned out to be the president of Devon Corporation.
Joseph Stone!
This is one of the biggest companies in the world that has grown to the point that it can rival even Silph Co., and most of the items their companies produces are for Pokémon Trainers.
Not only have they developed new types of Poké Balls, they are also working on a project to restore the fossils of ancient Pokémon back to their 'original' self.
This kind of technology has yet to be developed but they are the closet to making one.
President Stone seemed to like Max very much, so he took him back to the main headquarters of his Devon Corporation and asked one of the researchers here to repair the PokéNav for Max.
He also asked his secretary, Mr. Kennedy, to go to the Pokémon Center and invite Ash and the others here.
After that, President Stone took Max to visit the equipment that can resurrect Pokémon fossils.
However, just as they turned around and stood in front of another machine, a man dressed as one of the many researchers walked past them and took out two culture bottles from the fossil resurrection machine.
The most core and precious thing in this fossil resurrection machine is the genetic medicine found in this culture bottle, so this culture bottle cannot be lost no matter what.
When the man walked out of the door of the laboratory, President Stone noticed him with his peripheral vision and immediately realized something was wrong here.
The president remembered the appearance of everyone in the company that worked here, but he had never seen this researcher before. He decisively followed him loosely.
In order not to alert the culprit, he did not alert the company's security, but chose to follow him quietly.
At the same time, Ash and the two others have also been taken into the company by Mr. Kennedy.
Brock had already purchased all the necessary supplies, May ate herself until her stomach felt uncomfortable, Ash accompanied his Dratini to complete the molting, and they all happened to meet at the Pokémon Center.
"I see, so you are also Pokémon Trainers!" Mr. Kennedy and Ash and the others had a great conversation.
"Ash, I know you were the Champion of the last Silver Conference. Our Young Master also said that he wanted to battle against you at least once!"
"The Young Master of the Devon Corporations, should that be Mr. Steven Stone?" Ash said a name he knew very well.
"So you have heard of Master Steven's name!" Mr. Kennedy now had a better impression of Ash.
"Ash, how come you have heard of Mr. Steven's name?" May was puzzled. Ash had obviously been in the Hoenn Region for only a short amount of time, so how could he know people from the Hoenn Region?
"Of course I know of him, I'm always paying attention to the powerful Trainers that I could go against!" Ash looked at Brock, "Steven's strength is completely comparable to Lance, after all, he is the Champion of the Hoenn Region!"
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