Pokémon: Simultaneous time travel, this Ash is too versatile!

Chapter 75 Partner Pikachu vs. Pro Raichu! Surfing! Is your Pikachu even legal?
Faced with Lt. Surge's taunts, Ash retorted angrily, "First of all, I'm already fifteen years old. Secondly, what gives you the right to look down on my Pikachu!"

"Pikachu, Pikachu!" The Pikachu, feeling looked down upon, angrily cursed. The fight hadn't even started yet, and it was already being looked down upon. It couldn't stand it!
"Heh, a Pokémon that hasn't even evolved yet, what else is it but a child? Oh, you have a baby Pokémon besides Pikachu. Gym challenges are no joke. I've crippled countless Pokémon like you. If you don't want to get hurt, leave now, understand?" The big man's words revealed his identity.

He is Lt. Surge, the leader of the Vermilion Dojo!

To be fair, although Maslow is ruthless, he still makes sure to explain things clearly to his challengers before each fight.

If the challenger insists on taking on the challenge, then he can't be blamed for not holding back.

Even so, this behavior was still unacceptable to Ash.

The dojos he had challenged, whether it was Xiaoxia or Xiaogang, gave him the impression of what a true dojo master would do. On the contrary, the person in front of him was doing things that a dojo master would do, but rather like a fighter with insatiable desires.

All he wanted was a battle that would give him the satisfaction to fight.

"Whether a Pokémon evolves or not is not the standard for judging its strength... I am Ash from Pallet Town, and I hereby challenge Lt. Surge, the Gym Leader of Vermilion City!" Ash took a step forward and shouted with overwhelming momentum.

Regardless of whether you can win or not, you can't be weak in spirit before the battle. The opponent keeps calling you a child, and the most effective counterattack for Ash is to stand in the position of a challenger and declare war on Lt. Surge!
After seeing Ash shout those words, Lt. Surge's eyes changed slightly. He clenched his large fist and a smile appeared on his lips: "Interesting. You seem a little different from the previous guys. Come on in."

Ma Zhishi said as he walked deeper into the dojo.

Xiaoxia huddled behind Xiaozhi and followed him inside. Lt. Surge's behavior had deeply hurt her young heart. Just thinking about being hugged by that big man gave her goosebumps. Luckily, Xiaozhi stood in front of her.

As we entered the dojo, the dimly lit interior was illuminated by lights, instantly transforming the entire dojo into a bright and airy space.

The dojo grounds are the standard kind, but there are still various charred marks on them. These are probably from a recent battle and won't disappear anytime soon.

Lt. Surge stood on the gym grounds, looking down at Ash and said, "Little boy, how long have you been traveling? How many badges have you got?"

"Two per month."

"Two badges a month? Ha, you must have gotten them from challenging some third-rate dojo. I really don't know what kind of dojo it is that you could succeed in challenging one less than a month after you debuted. Dojos these days are shameless when it comes to issuing badges to meet their quotas." Lt. Surge said with a hint of sarcasm.

If Ash has only been a member for a month, then it means that Ash got those two badges in less than a month. If he was able to get two badges under these circumstances, then what are those gyms if not third-rate gyms?
"Ash, take him down!" Brock's already dark face turned even more ugly. Anyone would be upset if their gym was talked about like that, especially in front of the gym leader!

Xiaoxia, who was following behind Xiaozhi, also twitched her lips and almost burst out cursing, but Xiaozhi anticipated Xiaoxia's actions and pulled her back: "Don't be impulsive, Xiaoxia. Let him talk for a while. He'll find out who the third-rate gym is in a bit!"

After Xiaozhi finished speaking, he walked to the arena and said coldly, "Enough with the nonsense, what level of difficulty challenge do you want me to face?"

"First, show me your proof of debuting a month ago and your two badges."

Upon hearing this, Ash took out his Pokédex, opened his personal information, and placed it in front of Lt. Surge. The Pokédex contains the trainer's debut date. If there is no Pokédex, a debut certificate will be given to the trainer along with their starter Pokémon when they travel.

This is also to help gym leaders better determine what level of difficulty to use for the trials. There are some opportunistic people in the world who deliberately say they travel less so that they can challenge gyms with lower difficulty levels.

If this is discovered, you'll be blacklisted by all the dojos, and any challenge you take will be assigned the highest difficulty level!
Therefore, once proven, very few people would fabricate their debut date.

After confirming that Ash's debut time was not fabricated and after seeing Ash's two gym badges, Lt. Surge hesitated for a moment before saying, "Although you've only been a gym for a month, you still have two badges, so I'll assign you a medium difficulty level."

"If you can't even get past this level of difficulty, you might as well not get the badge..."

"The highest difficulty level."

"what?"

"I said I want to challenge the highest difficulty! Isn't your strongest Pokémon Raichu? Do you dare to let your Raichu and my Pikachu have a one-on-one battle?!" Ash said the provocative words he had prepared from the beginning.

Gym battles are usually two-on-two or more, because the rotation and diversity of Pokémon can better test the trainer's command skills and application of Pokémon.

Like when Xiaoxia chose to fight three opponents, it was a decision made by the gym leader himself. He chose a method to balance the challenger's Pokémon when he felt that his Pokémon and the opponent's Pokémon were unbalanced.

The challenge Ash is telling Lt. Surge about is not the true highest difficulty. The highest difficulty would mean facing at least two of Lt. Surge's strongest Pokémon. Ash's only Pokémon that can currently fight the Gym Leader's main force is a fully powered Pikachu.

If facing two... even Pikachu might not be able to win, which is why Ash used words to provoke him, saying he would challenge the opponent to the highest difficulty while limiting them to only one Pokémon, thus enabling a one-on-one battle!

However, Lt. Surge's face was full of strange expressions after hearing this, and he looked at Ash as if he were looking at an idiot: "Little boy, do you know what level my Raichu is?"

"Professional level, you know."

"You still dare to challenge my Raichu to a duel, knowing all this? And you're even using Pikachu! Little boy, there's a limit to how much you can look down on people!" Lt. Surge was amused by Ash. There's a limit to overestimating yourself, isn't there? If Ash had used any other Pokémon, he would have suspected that Ash was holding back, but Ash said he was going to send Pikachu?
Lt. Surge, as the Gym Leader, immediately recognized Pikachu's level: Advanced!
While it's not entirely clear which stage of the advanced level they're in, it's certain that they haven't reached the elite level.

How dare you challenge a Pro-class Raichu when you don't even have an Elite-level character? Isn't that just suicide?

"Just tell me if you want to fight or not. If you're too scared to fight one-on-one, then we can do the medium difficulty challenge you suggested."

"Little boy, you've successfully piqued my interest. I hope you can be just as arrogant when your Pikachu gets beaten to a pulp later." Lt. Surge grinned menacingly, as if he could already see Pikachu being beaten to a pulp by Raichu, while Ash cried his eyes out on the side.

Nearby, Lt. Surge's two underlings, who were also two gym staff members, chatted and laughed about their gym leader and Ash's situation. Over this period of time, countless trainers had been thoroughly defeated by Lt. Surge, but not a single trainer had managed to force Lt. Surge to use Raichu!

This challenger has really walked right into the line of fire.

Amidst the slightly sarcastic glances of the two staff members, Ash and Lt. Surge stood on opposite sides of the field.

"Go, Raichu."

Lt. Surge was the first to release his Pokémon. The Poké Ball opened on the field, and with a flash of light, a huge tan rat appeared.

Compared to Pikachu, Raichu is significantly larger, and its overall color and shape aren't as appealing. If appearance is the primary concern, then the Pikachu version is preferable. However, if strength is the priority, Raichu is undoubtedly a level above Pikachu.

Ash glanced at the information about the other party's Raichu.

Strength, Class Level 1, Static Attribute, Six-Dimensional Abilities... Speed ​​E, everything else is only D!

When Ash saw Raichu's six-dimensional abilities, he was shocked. What kind of training method could make a Pokémon so bad?

That's right, it's garbage!
This was Ash's first impression of Raichu.

Training a Pokémon involves more than just leveling it up; improving its stats is also very important.

Why is it said that behind every successful trainer there is a breeder? Because only a breeder can develop the Pokémon's current abilities, allowing the Pokémon to reach a higher potential when advancing to the next level.

If you only focus on leveling up, even if your Pokémon reaches Champion level, it might not be able to beat some well-trained Elite Four members in terms of raw strength.

However, Pokémon trained to Champion level are generally not too bad...

Ash had never seen anything like this Raichu before, which was at the professional level and had all six stats at D, or even E.

This was the first time he had ever seen a professional-level Pokémon, but that didn't stop him from thinking that the Pokémon was poorly trained.

"How about that? Scared by my Raichu? You've only been around for a month, let alone battling a professional-level opponent, you probably haven't even seen one. Look at the aura emanating from Raichu, your Pikachu is already trembling in fear."

Were you scared? Indeed, in the month since he debuted, he had never seen such a poorly trained Pokémon.

Ash glanced at Pikachu at his feet. Pikachu was indeed trembling, but was it just shaking in fear? It seemed more like it was itching to rush out and beat up Ash's Raichu.

"I've never seen a professional-level Raichu, but I have seen a God-level Raichu. Your Raichu is far inferior to a God-level Raichu."

Ma Zhishi: ???

What nonsense are you spouting? God-level, my foot! I could say I've met the Creator God!

So you resort to psychological attacks because you think you can't beat them in a fight?

"I choose you, Pikachu! Let the opponent see your power. So what if it evolves? We have ways to get stronger without evolving." Ash said, squatting down and putting his hat on Pikachu's head.

Misty and Brock, who were behind Ash, were taken aback when they saw this scene. "It's here? Pikachu wearing a hat!"
Previously, when Pikachu was battling Misty, its performance after wearing the hat was on a completely different level compared to its original form!
Although Ash didn't say it, they knew that the hat definitely had a special buff for Pikachu. As long as Pikachu wore that hat, its power would undergo a qualitative change!
Ash puts a hat on Pikachu right from the start, which means he's going all out from the very beginning!
"Hahaha, little boy, is your Pokémon still a baby that hasn't been weaned yet? Wearing decorations to battle? You don't think wearing a hat will protect you from my Raichu's lightning, do you?"

"Pikachu! Pikachu!!" That's enough, I'm getting angry!!

Pikachu dashed onto the field, the power surging within him making him unable to resist charging at his opponent!

"Who's stronger or weaker isn't something you can just talk about. Pikachu, let's go first! Use Electric Speed ​​Boost!" Ash waved his hand and immediately had Pikachu use Electric Speed ​​Boost.

"Pika Pika Pika!!" Pikachu landed on all fours and then kicked off, disappearing from the field in an instant.

Before Raichu could react, he felt a heavy blow to his stomach!
Golden lightning flashed in front of Raichu, and Pikachu had already appeared in front of Raichu and crashed into him!

"boom!"

With a muffled thud, Raichu tumbled and rolled more than ten meters away!
This move is a level faster than Quick Attack. With Pikachu's current speed stat and the boost from wearing the hat, it's enough to make Raichu unable to even see its shadow!

"What kind of move is that? Why can't I see anything?!" Raichu's roll on the field made Lt. Surge's smile vanish instantly.

No way, is this the speed an advanced Pikachu could achieve? That's way too exaggerated!
All that could be seen on the field was a flash of lightning, and then Pikachu crashed into Raichu. What kind of monster speed is that?

Wait a minute...

Lt. Surge rubbed his eyes, thinking he was seeing things. He had just seen Pikachu as an advanced-level Pokémon, but now it seemed like it had reached the elite-level Pokémon.
What exactly happened in those short ten seconds?
"Well done, Pikachu! Press the attack! Use Surf!" Seeing Raichu sent flying and still not up, Ash pressed his advantage and gave the order.

While Electric-type speed boost is very fast, the damage it does to Raichu is negligible. Not only is it an Electric-type, but Electric-type speed boost itself is also not very powerful.

But it's different with Taotao surfing!

Pikachu took a deep breath, then stomped its feet on the ground, and a stream of water rose from beneath Pikachu's feet, quickly becoming a huge wave!

M.S. Surge: !!!

Dojo staff: !!!
Xiaogang & Xiaoxia: !!!
Wait, what is this?! Is this a move Pikachu can use?!
Surfing? Pikachu can learn to surf? Is your Pikachu even legal?!
Lt. Surge's face showed an expression of seeing a ghost. First, there was that invisible lightning attack, and now it's using an attack that looks like Surf. What kind of Pokémon is this? This is definitely not Pikachu, this is Pikachu Eat a Pound!
On the field, Pikachu rides the waves, its internal lightning flowing into them, creating golden lightning flashes within the deep blue, surging waves.

Surfing is no ordinary surfing skill. Although it belongs to the water element, it contains the power of electricity. If it hits the opponent, there is a chance to paralyze them!
Pikachu rode the surging golden-blue waves and slammed into Raichu, who had just stood up and whose eyes were filled with terror!
"Raichu, use Protect!!"

"thunder!!"

Upon hearing the command, Raichu immediately used Protect, but Lt. Surge's command came too late. Before Protect could be activated, a massive wave had already crashed down on Raichu!

Giant waves rolled and surged, their roar shaking heaven and earth!

"Crash!!"

Raichu's figure was swallowed up by the waves!

(End of this chapter)