Chapter 246: The super brave trainer, as soon as he challenges, picks the strongest!

During the journey, Ash and his friends discovered an unofficial Gym claiming to have the 'world's strongest Poké Ball'.

After challenging it, they discovered that the Water-type big-mouthed Ou actually used Grass-type move Vine Whip, Fire-type move Flamethrower, and Electric-type move Thunderbolt.

After investigation, they found out that it was because the big-mouthed gull's mouth contained several Poké Balls, allowing it to use moves of different types.

On the way to Kanazi Shi, Ash and his friends watched the Poké Ball Fancy Grand Prix, and Misty was very interested in this Poké Ball Fancy Grand Prix.

Afterwards, Ash and his friends encountered a Spiny Worm in the forest; Misty was initially a bit scared, but upon realizing that the Hunting Butterfly seen at the Poké Ball Fancy Grand Prix evolves from the Spiny Tail Worm, she immediately showed strong interest and wanted to capture it.

Along the way, Musashi of the Team Rocket Trio also wanted to capture the Spiny Tail Worm, and the two sides launched a battle over the Spiny Tail Worm.

With the help of passersby, Misty captured a Spiny Tail Worm with a relatively big appetite, but Team Rocket came to cause trouble, only to be blasted away again by Misty using her Torchic and Spiny Tail Worm together in battle.

After a long journey, Ash and his friends finally arrived in Kanazi Shi, where they also met the Gym Leader Du Juan. However, Du Juan also works as a teacher at the Poké Ball Trainer School, and she has classes here until tomorrow, so Ash still needs to wait a day before challenging the Gym.

They toured the Poké Ball Trainer School, preparing to learn some knowledge about Poké Balls.

That day, Ash and his friends spent it entirely at the Poké Ball Trainer School!

【Xiaomao: Before setting out on the journey, Ash should have attended this school for a refresher on Poké Ball knowledge; otherwise, he wouldn't have made such blood-pressure-spiking moves at the start.】

【Ash: I think the same; if I had paid attention back then, perhaps many things could have been avoided, at least I wouldn't have foolishly exchanged the Big Wing Butterfly, and the Blazing Monkey wouldn't have been given to someone else......】

Back then, I was still too impulsive, which wasn't good for the Poké Balls or for myself...... Ash reflected on his past actions.

【Professor Xiaotuan: Many people's first journeys are pretty much the same; they grow by making mistakes, as long as they have the courage to take responsibility.】

It was time for the Black Light Screen to light up.

Ash and his friends also encountered the trainer who was pretending to be a Serpentine Bear, but he had already captured the Serpentine Bear and was now playing with it.

Upon seeing Ash and his friends approach, they saw the Pikachu on Ash's shoulder and the Torchic beside Misty.

Aqi is a new trainer; this time he captured a Serpentine Bear and then went to challenge the Orange Blossom Gym.

Now seeing several trainers, who are also not old and likely just started their journeys like him, he prepared to launch a challenge against them.

Aqi first challenged Misty, seeing that her Torchic seemed simple and easy to handle, and he had also heard of her identity as the daughter of the Orange Blossom Gym Leader.

First check Misty's strength, then challenge the Orange Blossom Gym.

"Want to battle me?" Misty was eager to try.

Along the way, she saw Ash training with Poké Balls nonstop, so Misty looked at her own Torchic and also trained it alongside Pikachu.

After training with the Flareon for a few days, the novice Torchic had learned enough: Peck, Flash, and Flame Burst.

"Yes, let's have a battle with my Serpentine Bear!"

Aqi found an open area.

Xiaosheng earnestly looked at Misty: "Sis, go for it, let him know how awesome our Orange Blossom Gym is."

"Go for it!"

Ash cheered Misty on: "Don't be nervous, just treat it like regular training."

Aqi made the first move: "Flash!"

The Serpentine Bear's limbs burst with tremendous power as it charged forward quickly.

Whoosh!

Adjusting her breath, Misty saw the Serpentine Bear charging straight ahead, recalling the battle techniques she learned while training with Ash—too straight‑forward an attack is easy to see through, so she needed to confuse the opponent's Poké Ball: "Torchic, use Sand Attack."

Torchic kicked off the ground hard, kicking up a dust cloud that hid it, causing the Serpentine Bear to lose sight of Torchic.

"Spark."

A spark burst from the dust, accurately striking the Serpentine Bear as it was searching for a target, just after it turned to look for Torchic's line of sight; but Torchic ran left and right in the dust, continually kicking up new dust clouds, leaving the Serpentine Bear only able to endure the hits passively.

"Serpentine Bear, get out of there!" Aqi felt it was tricky.

"Give it one final move, Flame Burst!"

Mimicking Ash's usual battle style, Misty pointed a single hand at the opponent.

Bang!

Before the Serpentine Bear could leave the dusty spot, it was hit by Torchic engulfed in flames, its body scorched, losing its battle capability.

"We won, we won, Torchic, you're awesome!"

Misty excitedly hugged Torchic.

"Torchic is great, but I still like Wood Guardian the most in my heart."

Xiaosheng had just finished speaking when he was punished by Torchic.

Aqi felt that losing to the daughter of the Orange Blossom Gym Leader was acceptable, and afterward he challenged Ash.

He used a Water Leap Fish to battle Pikachu.

?

"Aren't you that brave?"

Everyone stared in amazement at Aqi, who picked the strongest opponent with just one challenge!

In order not to disappoint the opponent, Ash accepted the challenge.

Aqi felt the opponent's gaze was strange, but he paid no mind, focusing on the battle: "Water Leap Fish, use Water Gun!"

"Pikachu, dodge and then use Electric Shock."

Pikachu lightly sidestepped, shooting an electric current from its hand that directly hit the Water Leap Fish.

Zizz~

"Crack!"

The Water Leap Fish cried out from the shock and lost its battle capability.

Did this Pikachu one‑shot the Water Leap Fish?

A Qi stared wide-eyed; even if there's an attribute counter, he should be able to last a few moves, right?