Chapter 12: Fly, Butterfree (Evolving So Fast)
A white light flashed, and the second Pokémon that jumped out of Heimer's Pokéball was actually Caterpillar!
Du Juan: "There should be a limit to recklessness. Facing a Rock-type Geodude, you actually used a Bug-type Caterpillar to deal with it."
Facing Miss Du Juan's questioning, Heimer spoke to her firmly.
Chi Haimo: "Ms. Du Juan, I value every Pokémon equally, so I believe Caterpillar will win."
(Ah, I've been wanting to say this for a long time. I guess I said it right just now, hahaha. Well, but actually there's another real reason besides this. Because Poison Rose has to participate in the Grand Competition tomorrow, she needs to conserve her energy properly. Therefore, I'll send Caterpillar to deal with her in this game. After all, it doesn't matter if I lose the gym competition, because this is just a method I use for training.)
Du Juan: "I see, this is the power of belief. Let me see it for myself."
Referee: "Round two, start!"
Du Juan: "Fistful of Rocks, rolling attack!"
Chi Haimo: "Green Caterpillar, use silk spinning on the ceiling to dodge!"
Geodude spun around again and launched a rolling attack at the Caterpillar, but the Caterpillar immediately used Silk Spin on the ceiling and followed the silk thread to escape to the ceiling like Spider-Man.
(When the caterpillar saved me before, I discovered that the caterpillar's silk spinning range is very wide. So, this method can definitely be used to avoid the opponent's attack.)
Du Juan: "Very good, Hammer. I didn't expect that your Caterpillar could dodge attacks in this way. But do you think my Geodude is helpless? Geodude, use Rockfall!"
Quantum Dot slammed the ground with both hands, and countless rocks flew up and hit Caterpillar at an extremely fast speed.
Chi Haimo: "I've been waiting for your move, Caterpillar, use your silk attack to tie up all those stones!"
When the Caterpillar heard Heimer's command, it immediately used silk attack on the scattered fallen rocks while hanging on the ceiling, tying them all together with silk thread.
Green Caterpillar: "Fluffy!"
Chi Haimo: "Green Caterpillar hold on!"
Obviously, the weight of these stones far exceeded the Caterpillar's endurance limit, and the Caterpillar was struggling to hold on to the silk ball full of fallen stones.
Du Juan: "Although your defense method is interesting, Caterpillar has become a target that cannot dodge attacks because of the weight of the falling rocks. Fist Rock, use the falling rocks attack again!"
Seeing this, Geodude raised his fists once again, ready to launch the next wave of rockfall attacks at Caterpillar.
Seeing the moment when Geodude was about to launch a rockfall attack, Heimer immediately shouted to Caterpillar.
Chi Haimo: "Now, Caterpillar, return all the fallen rocks to Geodude!"
The Caterpillar used all its strength to throw the fallen rock tied with silk thread at the bottom towards the Rockstar.
The Fistful of Rock, who was about to launch an attack, was caught off guard and was hit by the falling rocks wrapped in silk threads.
The rock exploded, and Geodude lost his ability to fight.
Referee: "Geoblast is unable to fight, Caterpillar wins."
Chi Haimo: "Well done, Caterpillar."
The Caterpillar did not respond to Heimer's praise, but hung on the ceiling in silence.
Chi Haimo: "Green Caterpillar?"
Suddenly, Caterpillar emitted a dazzling light all over his body, and the entire battle arena of the gym was illuminated by this light.
The light faded, and the green caterpillar actually evolved into an iron pupa!
Du Juan: "That's great, Heimer."
Chi Haimo: "Yeah."
(That's awesome, Metapod. You're really, really awesome.)
The game continued and Du Juan took out her second Pokémon.
Du Juan: "I never thought you could beat my Geodude like this. So, Hammer, how are you going to deal with this? Come out, Northbone!"
In a flash of light, Chaobei jumped out of the Poké Ball.
Referee: "Round three, Chao Beibi vs. Metapod. The match begins."
Chi Haimo: "Preemptive strike, Metapod, attack with silk!"
Metapod's eyes flashed, and it immediately launched a silk attack at Chaobei.
Du Juan: "Towards Beibi, electromagnetic cannon!"
Chao Beibi immediately aimed at the Metapod, gathered the energy of electricity, and fired a super-fast electromagnetic cannon.
The moment the silk came into contact with the electromagnetic cannon, it turned into charcoal. Then it hit the silk thread that bound the Metapod, and the Metapod fell directly to the ground.
Du Juan: "Although you have tried very hard, I am sorry that I still cannot give you the badge."
(I didn't expect that the power of this electromagnetic cannon is so great. In this case, the possibility of Metapod winning is probably very low. Well, let's stop here. Anyway, the gym match is just for training.)
After making this decision, Heimer immediately took out the Poké Ball, wanting to take back the Metapod and give up the game.
But for some reason, seeing Metapod still standing on the field, Heimer hesitated. . . . .
(Metapoda... No, how can I be such a jerk and let down the Pokémon's efforts and sincerity like this?)
Du Juan: "Are you going to give up the competition?"
Chi Haimo: "No, I'm not going to give up, Miss Du Juan, I will definitely get the badge."
After saying that, Heimer took back Metapod's Poké Ball.
Chi Haimo: "In this case, we can only bet on this one move, Metapod, harden!"
Metapod immediately used its special move of hardening to increase its defense.
Du Juan: "Facing the special attack electromagnetic cannon, you actually use the trick of increasing defense? Well, I don't know what you want to do, but you can't beat me like this. Go to Beibi, electromagnetic cannon!"
Chao Beibi once again used the electromagnetic cannon on Metapod, and the arc of the electric current made the entire venue creepy.
Chi Haimo: "After using the silk-spinning trick to hang yourself on the ceiling, it will become harder if you continue to use it!"
After receiving Heimer's instructions, Metapod immediately used silk threads to escape to the ceiling to avoid the attack of the electromagnetic cannon.
After that, he continued to use the hardening trick to increase his body's defense to the maximum.
Du Juan: "Towards Beibi, use the electromagnetic cannon again."
Chao Beibi immediately got into position, ready to fire another electromagnetic cannon at the Metapod.
Heimer seized the opportunity again and shouted to Metapod before Chao Beibi made a move.
Chi Haimo: "Metapod, now is the time! Cut the thread and spin to hit the North Pole!"
After falling from the ceiling, Metapod used its own body weight to spin from a high altitude and deliver the maximum impact to Chao Beibi!
Because of the bonus of hardened defense, the body of the Metapod is now very hard. The impact it makes under this circumstance is extremely powerful, and Chao Beibi was knocked to the ground by this powerful impact force.
(I came up with this idea during the battle with Geodude. Geodude is hard enough, so its rolling attack is enough to deflect the Seed Gun. So, Metapod should also be able to increase the power of the impact by becoming hard. This move is risky, but now it seems that my bet was right.)
Chi Haimo: "Take advantage of this moment to use the silk attack to stick Chao Beibi to the ground.
After receiving Heimer's order, Metapod immediately used silk attack to stick Chao Beibi firmly to the ground.
Du Juan: "Don't give up, Chao Beibi, use the electromagnetic cannon again."
Because there was no way to adjust the posture, the electromagnetic cannon aimed at Beibi had no way to hit the Metapod at all.
Chi Haimo: "It's time to decide the winner, Metapod, use all your strength to hit Chao Beibi!"
The Metapod immediately jumped up, spinning like a boomerang and hitting Chao Beibi directly with its impact, causing Chao Beibi to lose his ability to fight!
Referee: "Chao Beibi loses his ability to fight, Metapod wins, so the winner is the challenger Chi Haimo!"
(Win, win, with such a small probability, I actually won.)
Heimer's eyes suddenly filled with tears, and he ran to the field to pick up Metapod.
But who knew that the Metapod suddenly emitted a dazzling light.
The soft light of evolution once again illuminated the entire battlefield.
The light faded, and white wings appeared in front of Heimer. The Metapod had evolved into Butterfree. . . . .
(This is evolving too fast!)
Butterfly: “Beep~”
Heimer wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said to Butterfly.
Chi Haimo: "Please give me more advice in the future, Butterfly."
Butterfly: “Beep~”
After that, Du Juan came to Heimer with the rock badge.
Du Juan: "Heimer, today's battle taught me a lot. I didn't expect that a Bug-type Pokémon could defeat a Rock-type Pokémon in this way. So, this is the Rock Badge. As a trainer, you are very qualified to receive it."
Chi Haimo: "Thank you, Du Juan."
After receiving it, Heimer and Bardie happily looked at the unique rock badge in their hands.
Chi Haimo: "I got the Rock Badge!"
(Uh, no, didn’t I just plan to use the gym match to practice at the beginning? Why am I taking it so seriously? Never mind.)