"This is the battle schedule for the preliminaries!"
After the opening ceremony, everyone returned to the Pokémon Center in the Athlete Village. This is the home base for all the participating Pokémon Trainers. Of course, the final selection and preliminaries arrangements were also announced here.
"Found it! Found it." Molly had the sharpest eyes and was the first to find Ash's battle schedule. "Big Brother will be battling in Group H!"
The preliminaries are a battle between groups of three Trainers. Ash is in the same group with a girl who looked to be a few years younger than him and a boy who is definitely older than Ash. As long as Ash can defeat these two Trainers in Group H, he can enter the final round without anything to worry about!
"Big Brother is the strongest Pokémon Trainer, he will definitely win all of the battle!" Molly was full of confidence in her brothers strength.
Everyone walked out of the Pokémon Center with a smile and prepared to go back to their rooms. On the way, they met a girl with a Vulpix who looked very familiar to them.
"I've been waiting for a long time!" The girl seemed to be waiting for Ash, "Your name is Ash Ketchum, right?"
"Who are you?" Ash looked at her for a while, and then asked helplessly, "Who are you? You look familiar. Have we met somewhere?"
Hearing Ash's answer, the girl almost fell down, "I am your opponent in the group stage, my name is Macy! You are so lacking in your brain! From the moment you saw me, the battle has already begun. You got it!"
In this way, Ash and his party understood, "I see, you are here to inspect the other persons situation?"
"That's right, I came to see what kind of Pokémon my opponent uses!" Macy thoughts was very actually preety smart, but she did remind Ash that he could get to know more information another Trainer through the computer in their room.
Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "Nice to meet you, Macy. Let's talk again later in the preliminaries and have a battle without any regrets!"
With that said, he led his away without saying any other words to her.
While passing by the food court, Ash noticed the Team Rockets Trio working part-time in one of the many shop. Sure enough, they escaped from prison again successfully.
When they were in Blackthorn City, they caused him a big trouble. Of course, Ash wanted to punish them severely, so he ordered Officer Jenny as him being a Pokémon Investigator to be particularly 'kind' to them.
After finally having some quiet time, he didn't expect that they would come to the Silver Conference to meet him again.
Ash thought it was the best idea to ignore them so he just led his group back to their room for some rest.
"So that's it, the Pokémon Macy uses are all Fire-type!" Brock was easily able to find Macy's information on the computer in the room.
"So your opponent will use Fire-type Pokémon, so you should definitely use a Water-type Pokémon to deal with them!" As a Water-type Pokémon trainer, Misty wasn't exactly too fond of a pure Fire-type Pokémon Trainers.
However, Ash choose to shake his head, "The other party is not a Trainer who will simply use a Fire-type Pokémon!"
There are indeed Trainers like Misty who focus exclusively on one type of Pokémon because it is cheaper to focus on training one type of Pokémon than focusing on many.
Misty herself dreams to become the greatest Water-type Pokémon Master.
But obviously Macy also has a preference for a single type, the Fire-type.
Ash dragged down her information on the page and saw that among the Pokémon she had registered in her name, in addition to the multiple Fire-type Pokémon, there was also an Electabuzz that could restrain Water-type Pokémon's, and a Jynx for no reason, at least any reason that he can think of!
"Ash is right here. If a Water-type Pokémon is sent out, maybe even Ash will have to he careful!" Misty's enthusiasm finally calmed down a little.
Ash smiled and said, "It's not just the Water-type that can restrain the Fire-type! Brock, please help me register these three for my upcoming battle against her!"
"The first battle of Group H in the preliminaries will start soon. Who will be the victor in this round?"
In the preliminaries, it was still the fair roulette that decided who will take out their Pokémon forst. This time Ash still had his protagonist luck with him.
"The first to send out their Pokémon will be Macy!"
"Ash Ketchum, I won't hold back!" Macy looked very motivated, "If I'm going to go first, then I'll use you first!"
The Pokémon sent out by Macy was none other than a Slugma, the pre-evolution form of Magcargo that Ash had met many times during his travels!
"Get ready for a wicked sandstorm, Rhydon!"
That's right, the Pokémon that Ash said can not only use Water-type attacks that can restrain the Fire-type, but also the Ground and Rock-type! Ash's Rhydon is not only proficient in Rock and Ground-type skills, but can also use the quite a few Water-type skills.
It can be said that he is the perfectl restraint to all of Macy's Pokémon other than her Starmie!
"What?" Sure enough, Macy was stunned for a moment when she saw Ash send out her Rhydon.
She deliberately appeared in front of Ash just to remind him that she was good at using Fire-type Pokémon and to indirectly tell him to send out his Water-type Pokémon's, but now this random Rhydon is already giving her a headache even though the match hasn't even begun!
"Macy brought out her Slugma, and Ash had sent out his Rhydon to challenge Macy! We can see that Ash's Rhydon is much larger than the ones we have data on!"
"In my 7 year career as a professional Pokémon Battle commentator, I have never seen anything like this!"
Even the commentator was scared by the size of Ash's Rhydon. Just like Ash's Tyranitar is still continuing to grow in size, so is his Rhydon.
The special Rock-type food exchangef from the System seems to be very effective on them and their size. With the assistance of his Macho Brace, Ash's two Rock-type Pokémon have grown in terrifying size.
Now this Rhydon has grown to 2.2 meters, and it looks very impressive just standing there without even doing anything.
"Let us go first, Rhydon!" The moment the battle started, Ash's momentum completely changed from his usual calm self to a more aggressive one, and his Rhydon also followed suit and roared to the sky, getting ready to do some damage!
Rhydon grasped his claws out of thin air, and a stone the size of a large balloon appeared. He smashed the stone towards Slugma.
"Slugma, get out of the way!"
Facing the giant Rhydon that perfectly restrained herself, Macy could only grit her teeth, but Slugma was barely able to avoid the first stone by who knows other than Arcoos, but there was a second and a third!
Boom!
Slugma itself is not a very fast by any means, so he was quickly hit by one of the stones Rhydon threw!
Rock-type attacks have an outstanding effect on Slugma!
"Slugma!" Macy exclaimed, "Use Flamethrower!"
Slugma lives in the hot Volcano zone, so his Flamethrower is obviously very powerful, but neither Ash nor his Rhydon seemed to care about this Flamethrower!
After all, they have a secret attack to restrain the Fire-type!
"Surf!"
In this place without water, Rhydon couldn't summon much water, but it still set off a wave of water under his feet, which hit Slugma directly without him or Macy be able to do anything to stop it!
"Slugma loses the ability to fight, Rhydon wins thsi battle!"
"Oh my god, Ash's Rhydon can actually use the move Surf!" The commentator was extremely stunned by the scene in front of him!
"In my 8 years of commantating Pokémon Battles, I have never seen a Rhydon use Surf!"
"Come back, Slugma!" Macy took back Slugma and looked back at Ash, "Ash, you are really powerful, but I will not give up just yet!"
"You'll be next!" This time, it was a Electabuzz who was sent out by Macy!
According to her idea, Ash will definitely send out a Water-type Pokémon as they already registered what Pokémon's they will be using for thsi battle, so she took back her already fainted Slugma, and then sent out her Electabuzz.
She thought that she can maybe take out his Rhydon and then his next Pokémon with her Electabuzz but Ash's Rhydon made her feel completely powerless!
"Electabuzz, use Iron Tail!"
In order to cope with the possibility of her opponent sending out Ground-type Pokémon, her Electabuzz learned the Steel-type Iron Tail. Obviously, this attack does have a effect on the Rock-type Rhydon!
The gap in levels is inevitable! Ash smiled confidently but also a little menacingly l, "Earthquake!"
The Earthquake produced by that terrifying figure stopped the running Electabuzz in his tracks.
"Stone Edge!" Taking advantage of Electabuzz not moving at all, Ash decisively launched a very powerful Rock-type move. The very sharp stone pillars mercilessly knocked Electabuzz away!
"Electabuzz loses the ability to fight, Rhydon wins this battle!"
"Oh my god, in my 9 years of experience, I have never seen a Trainer as strong as Ash, he really is really too strong. Rhydon has already defeated two Pokémon from Trainer Macy! Now, Trainer Macy only has her last Pokémon left, and Trainer Ash still has all three of his Pokémon left!"
"Electabuzz, thank you, you did your best!"
With only her last Pokémon left, and facing Rhydon who had perfectly restrained himself and was almost perfectly healthy, Macy still chose to not give up, so she took out her last Poké Ball.
"I will never give up, please, Quilava!"
Obviously, this Quilava is Macy's Starter Pokémon, her current strongest Pokémon and the one she trusts the most. At least she wants to defeat this Rhydon, this is what Macy's only thought at this moment!
Her level is indeed far behind Ash, but she has also worked hard to collect all the eight required Gym Badges and come here to participate in the Silver Conference, so she must not give up and must fight until the last moment because that is her Pokémon Way!
Ash could also understand her thoughts, so he did not choose to replace his Rhydon, "Macy, let's fight a final battle without any regrets! Rhydon, you know what to do!"
Many large chunks of rocks were smashed by Rhydon again, but Quilava was obviously much faster than Slugma and Electabuzz.
"Quilava, use Flame Wheel after avoiding those rocks!"
This is the signature move of the Cyndaquil Evolution Line. After all, they can easily curl up their bodies into a ball and roll around. Of course, Ash's Typhlosion has learned much more stronger skills under him now.
All those rocks were avoided by Macy's Quilava. The fireball hit Rhydon directly, and the high temperature also slightly gave a trace of black on his rock armor.
But neither Ash nor his Rhydon took this attack seriously at all. Instead of their body burning, their fighting spirit was burning, "Hammer Arm!"
This is one of the strongest move of the Fighting-type, and its power was obviously very terrifying. This is an attack that Ash specially trained hard with Rhydon for his evolution.
Rhydon's evolved Rhyperior has very strong arms with terrifying power!
BOOM!
Rhydon hist the ground hard where Quilava was standing. The flames dissipated and heavy dust rose on the field because of the heavy impact. This blow was truly terrifying!
"Quilava!"
Macy screamed, but Quilava had already lost her ability to fight anymore!
"The arm hammer skill is showing its power. This move is really amazing. Trainer Ash's Rhydon defeated the three Pokémon of Trainer Macy without looking the slightest bit of injury!
This is something that I have never witnessed in my 10 years of being a professional commentator here!"
"ROAR!"
Rhydon roared to the high heavens. Training with Ash and all of his other Pokémon's, especially his Tyranitar, made him become this strong!
Ash took him back to his Poké Ball and said, "It's time for you to evolve!"
"Ash, thank you, you are really strong! Thank you for fighting with me until the end!" Macy came to Ash to show how much she was convinced by his strength.
According to the rules of the preliminaries, a victory over one of their opponents will get 3 points, a defeat will get no points, and a draw will get 1 point each. When the three battles are over, the person with the highest cumulative point will be able to enter the next round of the tournament.
Now, Ash had already got his first 3 points. Next, it's time to watch Macy's battle with another Trainer from Group H.
In the second round of the Silver Conference Group H in the preliminaries, the one who entered after Macy was...
Of course, Ash and his team were paying close attention to this battle. After all, Macy's opponent would have a battle with Ash later on.
Unexpectedly, this young man actually appeared in front of the giant live broadcast camera, wearing a cape and making a high-profile appearance, "Jackson from New Bark Town is here!"
This guy is honestly such a joke.
Ash hopes that during the battle, his IQ will not be lowered by this guy.
Form what Ash saw, it was pretty obvious that this Vincent boy is really a bit too stubborn and also to full of himself for his own good. He actually did send out a full Water-type team against Macy. He sent out a Golduck, a Quagsire and a Poliwhirl as his three registered Pokémon's.
But this time, Macy's team did not have an Electabuzz, but instead she replaced him with a Starmie, perhaps to a stop her opponent from bringing out a Ground-type or Rock-type Pokémon.
As Ash said, she just has a preference for the Fire-type.
After her battle with Ash, her Slugma evolved into a Magcargo. After a long battle, both sides only had their last Pokémon left with them.
Macy's Quilava versus Jackson's Poliwhirl!
"Okay, I'm going to work hard and burn it out till the end! Quilava, use Flamethrower!" Although facing a full Water-type team, Macy was still in her very high-spirited form.
"It's not that simple!" Jackson on the opposite side thought he looked very handsome wearing a cape, but when he was about to give the order, he accidentally stepped on the cape and fell to the ground.
His Poliwhirl looked back at Jackson to make sure that he is okay, no longer even caring about Quilava's attack!
How could Quilava and Macy not use such a gift? The Flamethrower hit the Poliwhirl against the wall, and it immediately lost its ability to fight.
Only then did Jackson react, but he had already lost the first round of the preliminaries at that point!
"Poliwhirl lost its ability to fight, Quilava won this battle, so the winner is Macy from Mahogany Town!"
In this way, Ash and Macy each scored 3 points. In the next match between Ash and Jackson, even if it is a draw, Ash will still successfully enter the next round.
However, Ash smiled and said, "How can there be a draw? I will definitely win against this guy!"
Back at the Pokémon Center, Ash happened to see Jackson talking on the phone with Professor Elm.
"Uncle Elm!" Molly approached Professor Elm and greeted him happily.
Seeing Molly, Professor Elm immediately smiled and said, "Well if it isn't Molly, how have you been? Have you eaten anything yet?"
"I'm doing perfectly fine. Big Brother just bought me a very tasty sandwich!" Molly said with a smile, obviously very happy after her lunch.
Seeing Molly's happy look, Professor Elm also smiled and said, "By the way, Molly, your dad just contacted me and said that he is on his way to Silver Town!"
"Is Daddy really coming over?" Molly was pleasantly surprised. She hadn't seen her father for a long time now and deeply missed him everyday.
"Ash, are you there too?" Professor Elm called over.
Ash came over quickly.
"Ash, Ranger Mason said that Larvitar and Tyranitar are now living happily in Mt. Silver. This is all due to your hard work, thank you for that!" Professor Elm and Professor Oak are both very thankful to Ash about this.
Jackson recognized at a glance that this was the opponent taht he was going to fight against next, "It's you! You are Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town. I have heard the Professor mention you before, you must be powerful! Oh, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Jackson and I'm from New Bark Town!"
Ash shook hands gently with Jackson, "Nice to meet you. So it looks like you too know Professor Elm!"
"I got my Starter Chikorita from Professor Elm when I went on my journey!" Judging from his age, he should be Casey's senior. Even though they are of different years, Jackson was unable to participate in the last Silver Conference because he forgot to sign up.
And now he was still very unlucky. He had already lost the first match in the preliminaries and had to battle Ash of all people next.
Professor Elm really did feel bad for Jackson knowing that he could defeat Ash by any way.
"I heard that your Chikorita has evolved into a Meganium!" Professor Elm revealed Jackson's information unceremoniously to Ash.
"Then how come you didn't use it just now?" Misty asked very confused. If Meganium was used, it wouldn't be so hard to fight against that Starmie.
"Of course you didn't see it. I wanted to save my strength for the next round of the tournament, so I didn't use my Meganium. That's why I lost the battle!" Jackson's words made Ash not know how to think anymore.
The reason why you lost the battle was that you were too high-profile and too flashy. Why did you want to put on such a stupid cape during the battle in the first place, and also performe those very unnecessary actions when giving orders?
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