During battle, neither Pokemon may leave the Battlefield area for any reason, or it will be considered a loss.
If the challenger causes damage to the Gym environment or equipment outside the Battlefield area for personal reasons (leaving the Battlefield area), they must compensate for the damage at market value.
"
Tetsuya carefully read the battle rules of Pewter Gym. In fact, they were the same as normal battle rules, with no changes except for the first three sentences.
Looking at the time, he still had about an hour and a half, so there was no rush.
He wandered around the streets for another half an hour and returned to the Pokemon Center to retrieve the two Pokemon he had given to Nurse Joy for recovery when he booked the room.
Only then did Tetsuya leisurely walk towards the distant Pewter Gym.
As he got closer, he looked at the magnificent Pewter Gym and couldn't help but marvel that it was indeed one of the eight oldest Gyms in Kanto.
The exterior of Pewter Gym was entirely composed of many enormous rocks, as if an Onix had coiled itself up.
The surrounding buildings were already quite rugged and tall, but compared to Pewter Gym, they could only be described as small.
The feeling it gave was that Pewter Gym was like a dark gray rock beast, living up to the name of Pewter City.
This was understandable, as the previous Pewter Gym Leader had served as one of the Kanto Elite Four when Kanto and Johto were still one, possessing formidable strength.
At that time, he had also reformed and rebuilt Pewter Gym into its current appearance.
However, since retiring to a less active role 30 years ago and passing the Gym Leader position to his son Brock, the old man had rarely appeared.
But Pewter Gym remained strong, and Gym Leader Brock's strength was also quite formidable.
It hadn't encountered problems like in the anime of his previous life.
Tetsuya withdrew his gaze, showed his ID card and reservation information to the staff at the entrance, and was then led by the staff to the waiting room for Battlefield 1.
"There are still 32 minutes until your reserved Gym battle time, and the previous Trainer is currently battling.
Please rest in the waiting room for a while, and a staff member will notify you to go to the Battlefield later.
You are welcome to enjoy the drinks in the waiting room.
We wish you good luck in your battle."
The staff member who led the way explained the situation and then left.
Tetsuya looked at the well-decorated waiting room and couldn't help but sigh that Gyms were truly rich.
He walked to the beverage machine, picked up a cup placed to the side, poured a glass of juice, and sat on the sofa to drink it.
Soon, half an hour passed, and a staff member walked in and led Tetsuya towards the Battlefield.
Walking through the dark corridor, a beam of light shone from the front.
Squinting his eyes, he walked into the light, and what came into view was a huge rock arena.
"Are you Trainer Tetsuya Tamaki, who has come to challenge?"
The voice of the brown-skinned, green-vested, squinty-eyed man from across the arena came.
Tetsuya was surprised for a moment, but with the Gym battle ahead, he held back and nodded to confirm.
"Yes, I am Tetsuya Tamaki from Viridian City, and I am now formally challenging you to a battle with the Boulder Badge as the stake."
He walked to the Trainer's platform and faced the man across the arena.
"Alright, Trainer Tetsuya, although you have already received the challenge rules, I will still briefly explain them."
The man signaled the referee to enter the arena. "The Pewter Gym battle is a 2v2 rock arena battle. The Gym Trainer will send out their Pokemon first.
The challenger has the first move advantage, and the challenger is allowed to switch Pokemon during the battle, while the Gym Trainer is not allowed to switch Pokemon.
If all of either side's Pokemon are unable to battle, they are judged as losing."
The referee waved a flag. "Then, the match between Pewter Gym's Brock and Viridian City's Tetsuya Tamaki, begins now!"
Brock threw out a Poke Ball. "I will first send out, Graveler."
Tetsuya didn't hesitate. The moment the opponent released their Pokemon, he took out a Luxury Ball from his waist.
"Then go, Combusken."
Yes, Tetsuya chose Combusken instead of Pidgeot.
After all, compared to Pidgeot, Combusken needed training more at this time.
Moreover, Gym battles were meant to be refined through battles with Pokemon of similar strength, not just for the badge.
Brock looked at Tetsuya's Combusken, a hint of amazement and surprise flashing in his eyes.
As a future Gym successor and a Trainer aiming to be an excellent Breeder, Brock could naturally see that Tetsuya's Combusken not only had outstanding Potential, but Tetsuya's training was also extraordinary.
As for type advantage, Brock wasn't foolish. Although there were indeed novice Trainers who didn't know about such things, Tetsuya, who could train such an excellent Combusken, didn't seem like such a simpleton at all.
Confident, interesting, Brock thought to himself.
"Agility to approach, Flamethrower." Tetsuya issued the command to Combusken, first probing the opposing Graveler.
"Rollout followed by Rock Polish to dodge." Brock commanded skillfully. Every Trainer dealing with Graveler would start with a speed-based probe, and Brock had long since developed a counter-strategy.
Originally, simply using Rollout to dodge would have been enough. After all, although Graveler was slow, its flexibility wasn't bad, and the speed boost from Rollout was enough to dodge most probing attacks of the same level.
However, considering the development of the opposing Combusken, it was definitely a tough opponent. Brock cautiously used Rock Polish to further increase Graveler's starting speed.
Graveler tucked its body in, used Rollout, and at the same time, its body suddenly became shiny, moving rapidly to the side.
"Hong~"
The flames sprayed by Combusken still grazed Graveler, leaving black marks on Graveler's body and on the ground.
Brock's eyes narrowed further. "This Combusken not only has extremely fast moves, but its flame power is also a lot stronger than others of its kind."
Tetsuya was also secretly startled. Such a flexible Graveler. The speed after Rollout followed by Rock Polish is simply astonishingly fast.
But there's nothing else special about it. Attack isn't its strong suit either, Tetsuya analyzed, looking at Graveler's injured spots.
"Use Quick Attack to chase it directly, then Low Sweep to kick it away."
"Endure!" Brock found Tetsuya's command very strange, but good training made him subconsciously shout out these two words to command Graveler.
Combusken was constantly closing in on Graveler using Agility.
After hearing its Trainer's command, a white light flashed across its body, and it arrived behind Graveler at an extraordinary speed, ready to kick.
At this moment, Graveler had just reacted and was preparing to use Endure when it was directly kicked into the air by Combusken.
"Double Kick followed by Brick Break, finish it off," Tetsuya's cold voice came out.
Without waiting for Brock and Graveler to react, Combusken jumped up and used Double Kick.
First, it kicked the unbalanced Graveler even higher, then it turned around and kicked Graveler towards the ground.
Combusken controlled its body in the air, following above Graveler. Its right hand emitted a white light, and after charging up, it directly chopped down on Graveler's body with a hand knife, carrying the force of gravity.
*Boom~!*
Graveler quickly smashed into the Battlefield, stirring up a cloud of smoke.
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