noveltune Chapter 127 The craze sparked by the prospective Heavenly King, the Heavenly King's sister, Aya
Chapter 127 The craze sparked by the prospective Heavenly King, the Heavenly King's sister, Aya
Chapter 127 The craze sparked by the prospective Heavenly King, the Heavenly King's sister, Aya.
Upon arriving in Fuchsia City, Ash and his friends were dumbfounded. What on earth was this Fuchsia City, packed with people?
After they found the Fuchsia Gym, they discovered a long line stretching as far as the eye could see from the gym entrance.
Are these people crazy? The Fuchsia Gym is one of the four major gyms in Kanto. Are they just looking for trouble by challenging this gym?
Ash randomly asked someone what was going on with the Fuchsia City Gym, and the person looked at Ash and his friends as if they were aliens. "You guys don't know that the Fuchsia City Gym Leader is a potential Elite Four member?"
"I know, but doesn't the fact that they're considered for the Elite Four further prove how difficult this gym is? Shouldn't they be challenging other gyms instead?"
The man sized Ash up and then said, "You're a novice trainer, aren't you?"
"Um, I've been traveling for two months now." Ash wanted to say that he was no longer a rookie trainer, but considering the time, it seemed that he was indeed no different from a rookie.
"So you're a novice trainer after all. That's why you don't understand the significance of the Crimson Gym." The random trainer waved his hand dismissively.
He seemed to think you were still too young.
"Think about it, isn't Akari, the leader of the Fuchsia Gym, a candidate for Elite Four? Although she's called a candidate, she's practically no different from a regular Elite Four member. Anyone who can serve as a candidate for Elite Four already possesses the true strength of an Elite Four member; she just hasn't officially taken office yet."
"Normally, meeting or even battling the Elite Four is incredibly difficult! But here, as long as you challenge a gym, you can receive guidance from the Elite Four, and they'll even adjust the difficulty based on your Pokémon. This kind of good fortune isn't limited to challenging the Crimson Gym."
Which other dojo could do that?
The Four Heavenly Kings are like celebrities; you can basically only see them on TV. If you want to challenge them, you can only do so by winning the league championship, or by just bumping into them on the street, and maybe they'll give you some pointers if they're in a good mood.
Now, in Fuchsia City, you can receive guidance from Elite Four level trainers without any barriers!
Isn't this an amazing opportunity? Trainers with any sense of skill are rushing to challenge this gym. Even if they lose, they can gain experience and improve significantly.
Aside from the Crimson Dojo, are there any other places that offer such a high-level coaching experience?
After listening to the stranger's words, Ash and his friends finally understood, and they felt that it made a lot of sense.
For an ordinary person, let alone fighting against a Heavenly King, even meeting one is extremely difficult.
But now, at the Crimson Dojo, there's a ready-made Elite Four member you can challenge, and regardless of winning or losing, this Elite Four member will give you some pointers.
You wouldn't find such a good deal anywhere else!
"Wait a minute, are there other gyms in Kanto that are at this level? Crimson, Viridian, and Goldenrod all have Champion-level strength. And isn't Viridian the strongest gym in Kanto?" Ash asked with a puzzled look.
When it comes to Elite Four level gyms, it's not just Crimson that has them. Kanto, putting aside everything else, has an incredible number of high-level gyms. Other regions might not have a single Elite Four level gym, but Kanto has four!
Upon hearing this, the passerby trainer's expression shifted slightly: "I didn't expect a newbie like you to know this, but other places are different from the Fuchsia Gym."
"You can easily find out how terrifying the Goldenrod Gym is by searching online, and the Crimson Gym has recently stopped accepting challengers."
"It's because, like the Crimson Gym, there were a lot of challengers there, but the gym leader thought their skill level was too low, so he closed the gym."
"Finally, there's the Viridian Gym. You need to make a reservation to challenge the Viridian Gym, and the Gym Leader is often not at the gym."
If you're unlucky, challenging the Viridian Gym will only allow you to battle the trainee Gym Leader. Therefore, only with the Crimson Gym can you guarantee receiving guidance from the Elite Four.
"Furthermore, because of the closure of the Crimson Gym, everyone is worried that the Fuchsia Gym will follow suit, so the competition has become even more frenzied. We all want to challenge the Fuchsia Gym at least once before it closes down, so we can get guidance from the Elite Four!"
The random trainer talked on and on, his mouth getting dry from speaking so much.
However, he himself was quite satisfied. It can only be said that Xiaozhi and his friends were lucky to have picked someone who liked to talk and explain science.
If it were an ordinary person, they would at most explain to Ash and the others why they had to wait in line at the Fuchsia Gym.
But now that the reasons have been explained, we have to stand in line obediently.
Based on the length of this team, even if Aju himself and his Pokémon were made of iron, it would be impossible for him to face so many challengers in a single day.
So if you queue up now, there's a high chance you won't be able to challenge Aju today.
"Oh, I also wanted to ask, if the Fuchsia Gym closes, what will happen to the remaining challengers?"
"What should we do? Well, of course we'll just have to wait until it opens tomorrow, unless you want to queue up again."
The words of the random trainer left Ash and his friends completely bewildered.
Good grief, so you can't even leave the queue before you get a turn!
Once someone leaves the queue, they have to rejoin the queue, meaning that at least one person must stay in the queue overnight.
Judging from the current progress of the team, if no one leaves the queue, it will take them at least three days to challenge the gym.
"Are these people crazy?" Xiao Zhi couldn't help but complain.
Are these people out of their minds to queue for three days to challenge a gym? Is it really necessary to be this crazy just to get guidance from an Elite Four trainer?
If other people who know Xiaozhi's situation knew about this idea, they would definitely say that he was talking without understanding the situation.
Ash receives guidance from Elite Four trainers every day, a privilege that is extremely rare for others, and those trainers are not just Elite Four members, but Champions!
Those who give pointers to Xiaozhi in the group, aren't they all at the pinnacle of existence in parallel worlds?
Not only champion trainers, but also breeders, body-training experts, attribute specialists, and so on.
For Ash, guidance from high-level trainers is absolutely worthless, but for ordinary trainers like him, it is an extremely rare opportunity, so even if they have to wait in line for three days, they have to wait!
Ash was originally planning to come here and have a match with the Elite Four trainers. He hadn't thought about giving them any pointers. If he really wanted to review the game, wouldn't it be better to write down the whole situation and then send it back to the group for review?
However, it seems there's little hope of challenging A-Ju now. I should have gone to the Blue Smoke City Gym with Gary.
It would be quite a blunder if the Indigo League started before I had collected all the gym badges.
"Are you leaving?" The random trainer asked, his expression slightly agitated, as he saw Ash and the others preparing to depart.
"Huh? Yeah, such a long line, are we really going to wait here for three days if we don't leave?"
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"But this is the gym of the potential Elite Four member, Mr. Kaori! As long as you can get in line to challenge Mr. Kaori, under his guidance, your path as a trainer will definitely be smooth sailing, leading you down a bright and promising road!"
Xiao Zhi:
Haha, what do you mean by "flat as a pancake"? I receive guidance from champion trainers every day, and I don't see any flat as a pancake at all.
To think that you can pave your way to becoming a trainer with just one battle is pure fantasy.
Only by constantly facing challenges and setbacks can one truly grow into a top-tier trainer.
He was reprimanded by "himself" countless times in the group before he achieved his current success.
What can one piece of guidance accomplish?
"When you actually battle against an Elite Four trainer, you'll find that the battle might not be that helpful to you," Ash said, patting the random trainer on the shoulder with a serious expression.
The passerby trainer was stunned. Anyone who didn't know better would think you were some kind of top trainer. How dare a trainer who has only been in the industry for two months say such a thing!
What the hell? Elite Four trainers aren't much help. Do you have a champion mentor or something?
"Young man, you're not that old, but you've got quite the nerve." A voice suddenly rang out behind Xiao Zhi. The three of them turned around and saw a person completely covered up.
"...Who are you?" Ash subconsciously scanned the area with his Aura and discovered that the other person wasn't Team Rocket in disguise.
So he asked.
"Never mind who I am. You just said that fighting the Heavenly King wouldn't be helpful, right?"
"I didn't say that, okay? I just said that one battle isn't that helpful!" Ash rolled his eyes, somewhat speechless.
What kind of person is this? Does he only listen to half of what he says? He completely ignored the other half.
"That's roughly the idea. So let me ask you, if you were given the chance to challenge the Heavenly King, would you do it?"
"Of course we'll fight!" Ash said without hesitation. The Elite Four might not be able to provide him with guidance, but they could definitely put pressure on his Pokémon. Only under pressure can Pokémon improve significantly.
For him, this was the most tangible benefit of fighting the Heavenly King, rather than some vague and illusory guidance.
"Hmph, you just said it was useless, but now you've agreed so quickly. To put it bluntly, you just want to challenge Mr. Aju."
But if you're thinking of using this derogatory method to get in first, you're making a big mistake.
Xiao Zhi: —.
Who is this guy? Why does he seem to be so protective of Aju? He didn't say anything, but the other person managed to extract all the negative parts of his words about Aju, and then the meaning of the whole sentence changed.
Why can't he stand hearing even the slightest bad word about A-Ju? Is he some kind of die-hard fan of A-Ju?
"You just said you've been a trainer for two months, right? If you had more than four gym badges, I could take you straight into the Fuchsia Gym. The question is, do you have any? Heh, if not, stop spouting nonsense here."
Before the man in black could finish speaking, Ash opened his jacket, revealing five badges neatly pinned to it.
These badges immediately cut the man in black off before he could finish speaking.
No, I hadn't even finished speaking, how did you slap me in the face like that? Five badges in just two months since your debut? Are you kidding me?!
Just as the man in black was about to make another sarcastic remark, she noticed the Pikachu on Ash's shoulder, a creature she hadn't paid much attention to before.
Suddenly, a person came to mind.
"Are you Ash from Pallet Town?"
"Um—you know me?"
"You defeated Sabrina from the Goldenrod City Gym?" The man in black didn't answer Ash's question, but continued to ask.
"Is there a problem? After all this talk, you still haven't told me who you are? You just said you could take me into the Fuchsia Gym, what makes you think you can?"
Faced with Ash's question, the woman in black looked around and noticed that the people in line had already turned their attention to her. So she grabbed Ash's hand and said, "Come with me first."
Ash was a little confused, but he still followed the other person and left. If this person could help him challenge the Fuchsia City Gym, that would be great. Even if it was just talk, it didn't matter. Anyway, they weren't in line and were preparing to leave Fuchsia City.
Although the people in line were also curious about what was going on, they were already quite far ahead in the queue, and if they left, they would have to wait another day or two. After weighing the pros and cons, no one decided to follow them out.
Led by the man in black, Ash and his friends arrived at the left side of the Fuchsia Gym. There were few people there, and the man in black suddenly lifted his cloak, revealing his true face.
Beneath the black cloak was a head of long green hair and a charming, fair face.
"A girl?" Xiaoxia's eyes widened, and she said in disbelief.
The voice of the man in black was so hoarse, it didn't sound like a girl's voice at all, but it turned out that there was such a beautiful girl under the cloak.
Xiao Gang's cheeks turned bright red instantly; his DNA was about to kick in again!
"Ah, beautiful lady, from the first moment I saw you, I felt that we were already drawn together by the red thread of fate."
"You are the one destined for me. I have already figured out how we will spend the rest of our lives together!"
"Stop going crazy here, we're talking about serious business!" Xiaoxia, unable to bear it any longer, slapped Xiaogang on the head and then threw the smoking Xiaogang behind Xiaozhi.
The woman who revealed her true face was also a little confused by Xiao Gang's actions, but she quickly came to her senses and looked at Xiao Zhi with her beautiful eyes, introducing herself: "My name is Aya, and I'm the younger sister of Aya, the Gym Leader of Fuchsia City. Now you know why I can bring you into Fuchsia City, right?"
Aya? Aju's sister? No wonder she could guarantee she'd take him to the Fuchsia Gym. But how does she know him? Has his reputation already reached Aju's ears? Ash's doubts remained unresolved.
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