Two months later, the Shuizhou (Hulbury) Gym in Shuizhou Town.
At this moment, a gym challenge is being held here.
Compared to gyms in other regions, Rose, as the president of the Galar Alliance, is very generous in allocating funds to the gyms.
The area of each gym is comparable to that of a football field, or even larger.
In addition to the fact that Rose himself attaches great importance to the battle between Pokemons, there is another reason, which is the speciality of the Galar region -
Gigantamax! (Dynamax) (Pokémon temporarily becomes a giant to increase attack power but reduce speed.)
At this moment, two Pokémons, whose bodies were covered with mysterious red light and were so big that they were about to burst through the ceiling of the gym.
They are the two Pokemons in the Gigantamax state!
One is the water-type Pokémon Tortoise, which is unique to the Galar region.
The other one is also a Pokémon unique to the Galar region, the flying-type Blue Crow.
It evolved from the chickadee.
Its ultimate evolution is the famous flying taxi driver in the Galar region - Steelix.
At this time, both Pokemons are in the Gigantamax (Dynamax) state.
And standing on the command platforms on both sides, giving orders to their trainers.
On the left is naturally Nessa, the leader of the Suizhou Gym.
On the right is a young man who looks 80% similar to the Champion Dan Di and is estimated to be around 15 years old.
His name is Hop (Brother of Leon / Dan Di).
He is the younger brother of the Emperor of Dan, and you can tell from his face.
At the same time, he is also a novice trainer who just went on a trip this year.
"Woo…"
At this moment, the Gigantamax form of the Violent Turtle let out a cry of pain.
The red light covering the body surface began to continue to spread, and the huge body also shrank rapidly, and returned to its normal form within five seconds.
"Is it the limit?"
Nessa clenched her fists tightly.
This is the disadvantage of Dynamaxing: after using it, you can only perform three special moves.
After that, it will be forced back to its original state.
Therefore, how to actually use Gigantamax will require additional training from the trainer's skills.
But this time, Nessa obviously didn't control herself well.
"Yoshi (Let's Go)! Blue Crow! Ultra Flying Dash!"
Hop waved his right hand and shouted loudly.
The Blue Crow, still in its Gigantamax state, screamed, flapped its huge wings, and unleashed a violent hurricane.
In the Gigantamax form, the Pokémon's attacks will also become special Gigantamax moves.
Boom!!!
For the Violent Turtle with Water + Rock elements.
Flying-type special moves don't deal much damage.
But unfortunately, the Violent Turtle's physical strength has reached its limit.
In addition, the power of the ultimate move is too strong.
Under the hurricane, the Violent Turtle's body weighing more than 200 pounds was blown away.
"Bang!" It hit the wall behind Nessa hard.
"Violent Turtle!"
Nessa exclaimed worriedly.
"Woo…"
The Violent Turtle, lying on the ground, struggled to fight again, and with its bent limbs, it struggled to get up and stand up again.
But in the end, he trembled and fell unconscious.
"The Violent Turtle lost its ability to fight, and Blue Crow won. Since the three Pokémon of the gym owner Nessa lost their ability to fight, the winner is contestant Hop from Hualang Town."
The referee raised the flag and announced.
"yeah!"
Hop jumped and shouted excitedly, ran into the arena and hugged Blue Jay, "Well done! Blue Jay! We won!"
"Gowoo!"
Blue Jay looked up and responded.
Hop's personality is quite similar to his brother's, but he's a little more silly.
Huh? Why does it feel more like Ash?
On the other side, Nessa took the unconscious Tortoise back into the Poké Ball, walked up to Hop, and said with a forced smile:
"Congratulations, Hop, this is the Water Badge, take it."
"Thanks!"
Hop took the badge and left the gym excitedly.
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After finishing the challenge, Nessa sat alone on a bench at the edge of the venue.
Generally speaking, gym leaders are much higher level than ordinary trainers, so they face challengers.
The gym owner will consider sending out Pokemons based on the challenger's strength level.
Just like Haruka's (May) father, Norman from the Hoenn region.
If you are facing a new trainer who has just obtained the Three Starter Pokémon, of course, you cannot send out the King Level.
Use a lazy old man to test the other party's ability. If you think the other party has potential, just give them a break and give them the badge.
However, in the battle just now, against Hep, who was just starting out on his first year of travel, Nessa really gave it her all.
And...I lost!
With a frustrated attitude, Nessa opened her blog to read the comments from fans about her recent battle.
In order to promote Pokémon battles, every time the gym owner holds a gym challenge, he will allow spectators to enter and watch the battle.
This was also Rose's idea. It not only expanded the influence of the Pokemon battle, but also earned ticket revenue.
As Galar's top supermodel, Nessa's competition tickets are generally the best-selling ones.
However, online comments -
Nessa's recent performance is terrible.
["Honestly, Leon's brother isn't very skilled, and I heard this is his first year travelling, right? How could he lose like this?"]
[She is worthy of being the most beautiful vase in our Galar Alliance]
[To be honest, I was watching the match live, and I was staring at Nessa's legs the whole time...]
[Seriously, Nessa, stop being a gym owner and switch to being a model.]
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I have to say, internet trolls exist in every world.
Just like Kibana (Raihan), who ranks second in the Galar League, challenges Leon every year, but loses every year and is often ridiculed by haters.
However, normal people know that it is just that keyboard warriors themselves are unhappy with their lives and can only find a sense of existence on the Internet.
Kibana is a champion-level trainer after all.
And Nessa...I'm sorry, although these comments are hard to hear.
But most of what they say is true.
The most beautiful vase.
This nickname is surprisingly appropriate.
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