Chapter 134: Chapter 134: Compete to Capture Pokémon
"This... not yet." Although he didn't want to admit it, the current situation was like this, and Ash could only bow his head on the Charizard incident.
"Let's not talk about Charizard's problem. You still have a critical issue," Gary said.
"Critical issue? What issue?" Ash asked in confusion.
Not only Ash, but even Brock and Misty were confused.
"Ash, you've been eager to participate in the Indigo Plateau Conference since you got here, but are your Pokémon ready? You haven't properly trained the Pokémon you left at the Laboratory," Gary said.
"Ah, this...!" Ash looked like he was awakened from a dream. Although the number of Pokémon he captured wasn't large, it was definitely more than six. Ash had never trained those Pokémon and kept them at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
Although Gary did the same, each Pokémon would be trained for a period of time, and even the Pokémon sent to Professor Oak's Laboratory would have a customized training plan for them.
Ash just handed the Pokémon to Professor Oak and asked him to take care of them.
Fortunately, Professor Oak was a trainer before and knew how to arrange training for Ash's Pokémon.
Otherwise, the levels of the Pokémon Ash put in Professor Oak's Laboratory would definitely be very different. "Not only the Pokémon in the Laboratory, but also the Pokémon with you.
Among the six Pokémon, only Charizard and Pikachu are up to par.
The other four Pokémon are not very good.
Even Charizard doesn't listen to you.
In the end, only Pikachu can be used," Gary said.
"This...!" Ash was speechless.
"Pikachu." Pikachu also shook his head helplessly.
It also agreed with Gary's evaluation of Ash.
At present, when Ash encounters any strong enemy, he can only rely on Pikachu and Charizard.
The key is that Charizard is still not obedient.
In the end, Pikachu has to fight everything.
No wonder Pikachu usually likes to act.
In the end, it is still Ash's responsibility. "I already know this, and I have changed it," Ash said.
"That's just training the Pokémon you carry with you.
The Pokémon you left in the Laboratory don't grow much.
The Indigo Plateau Conference is not a simple battle of one or two games.
The opening is a 3-on-3 battle, and there will be five rounds of competition.
From the quarterfinals, it will be a 6-on-6 game," Gary explained. "Even if you can enter the quarterfinals, you have to play four 6-on-6 games every day. Do you think your current strength can withstand such a long round-robin battle?"
"So many games...!" Ash was also confused. He still didn't know the game process of the Indigo Plateau Conference. Hearing that there would be so many games, he knew that it would be difficult to rely on his own Pokémon.
"Then how many Pokémon do you have now, Gary?" Ash asked back.
"Gary has captured a total of 25 Pokémon so far," Professor Oak said.
Gary was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that he had captured such an indecent number of Pokémon.
No, he had to capture Tyranitar quickly and cross the number of 25.
"You have captured so many Pokémon, it is impossible to train every one of them properly," said Ash.
"Of course not, but the Pokémon I plan to train are all eligible to participate in the Indigo Plateau Conference."
"Although some Pokémon are still in the training stage, there are still two months before the Indigo Plateau Conference. I will definitely be able to train them," Gary said.
"I can do the same," Ash said.
Gary smiled and said, "In this case, let's go to the backyard to see our Pokémon and see the difference in size between the two Pokémon."
"Then let's compare them."
Ash didn't believe that his Pokémon could lose to Gary in terms of size.
"Grandpa, let's go to the backyard."
"Okay."
So everyone went to the backyard, and Professor Oak also released all of Gary and Ash's Pokémon for everyone to see.
Ash captured a lot more Pokémon than Gary, a total of 38 Pokémon, while Gary only captured 24 Pokémon.
However, of Ash's 38 Pokémon, 30 were Tauros, and the remaining eight were different types of Pokémon.
Of course, Gary also captured duplicate Pokémon, such as ancient Pokémon. Except for Aerodactyl, the other four ancient Pokémon have multiples.
But in terms of types, Gary's Pokémon are naturally richer.
"What Pokémon is this?" Misty pointed to the ice Pokémon with ice-blue hair. It was the first time she had seen it.
"This is a Glaceon, an evolution of Eevee," Gary said.
"Oh! In addition to Flareon, Jolteon, and Vaporeon, there are also Glaceon," Misty said in surprise.
"Yes, Eevee has a total of eight evolutionary forms. In addition to Glaceon and the three common evolutionary forms, there are also Espeon, Umbreon, Leafeon, and Sylveon," Gary said.
"There are so many." Misty, a half-baked person, also knew for the first time that Eevee has so many evolutionary forms.
Even Ash was stunned.
"That Butterfree is a Shiny Pokémon!" Ash quickly noticed Gary's Butterfree.
"Not only Butterfree, the color of that Venonat is also different from ordinary Venonat."
"And the magnet of that Magnemite has no color, it's all gray."
As Ash discovered, Brock and Misty also noticed Venonat and Magnemite.
"Yes, these three are all Shiny Pokémon, very collectible," Gary said.
"Indeed, it is said that Shiny Pokémon are hard to come by. We only encountered one Shiny Butterfree at the beginning," Misty said.
"Yes, Shiny Pokémon can be sold at a very high price at auction," Brock said.
Ash was dazzled when he saw Gary's Pokémon. Each Pokémon was very handsome, and there were even three Shiny Pokémon.
In contrast, the Pokémon he had captured, excluding 29 duplicate Tauros, only captured nine Pokémon in total.
"Ash, excluding the multiple Pokémon, you have only captured nine Pokémon in total," Gary said.
Ash was hit on the sore spot and said dissatisfiedly, "Although I have a lot of Tauros, it's not that I can't use them for fighting."
"Really." Gary looked at the Tauros running on the grass. There were 30 Tauros running together, which looked very spectacular, but the potential of these Tauros was not very good.
"Except for the Tauros leading the way, the rest of the Tauros are not very good, and their levels are probably very low. If you put them in the Indigo Plateau Conference to fight, it's just a waste of a position," Gary said.
"How do you know that the leading Tauros is stronger?" Ash asked.
"Stupid, Tauros are social animals, and the leader is the leader of the Tauros, so he is naturally the strongest. You are a Tauros Trainer after all, don't you even know this?" Gary complained.