Elf Trader: My trump card is the Light/Dark Mantis.

Previously, he had personally witnessed Team Rocket, who had been chasing after his Pikachu, being easily captured by Cyndaquil with a binding and taken to the police station.

That's right. In the original story, Team Rocket successfully attacked Rika, giving Ash the opportunity to save her. In the end, he obtained the badge almost effortlessly.

This time, Rika completely thrashed the Rockets trio!

So Ash's plan to get the badge through back channels became impossible!

Even worse, he can't beat them in a head-on fight!

Dingding and the cactus are just too strong!

Of course, Rika did suggest battling Ash with a different Pokémon. After all, most of the badges she issued after acquiring those two Space Pokémon...

These are all given by using Dingding and the others to win a match first, and then switching to other Pokémon to let them win!

However, Ash is stubborn and gets really inflexible!

He insisted on defeating Dingding and the cactus before he would accept the badge!

And that's how we got Ash getting utterly crushed again!

At this moment, although Ash's fighting spirit was rekindled, he had lost Pikachu's strength. So he could only use one last Pokémon... Ash confidently threw out the Poké Ball. "Go, Charmander!"

The silly thing had no hope of defeating Dingding and then the cactus.

He's just praying that Charmander can defeat Ding Ding by taking advantage of type advantage!

I can say that I've made some progress in my recent intensive training!

Unfortunately, even after Charmander was released, it was still completely suppressed by Cyndaquil! "Use Ember!" Ash shouted.

But Dingding simply stood still and used her energy storage to take the hit head-on!

Rika admires Satoshi.

But precisely because of this, she has no intention of releasing the water. "Release the energy!"

Instantly, the explosive force impacted everything around!

The energy that Dingding had stored earlier surged towards the little fire dragon!

Fortunately, this move is a group attack!

Therefore, Charmander did not take all the damage; it was just knocked far away!

Although it was not unconscious, it was lying on the ground in a very disheveled state!

It’s so painful!

Ash then went over, feeling sorry for Charmander, and pulled him aside. "Forget it, I give up on this battle..."

He knew that his little fire dragon had a proud side hidden in its nature.

If it gets thoroughly beaten by Rika's Dingding here and is left with a bad memory, it's better to just admit defeat on its own!

However, at this moment, the usually well-behaved little fire dragon suddenly let out an angry howl!

He shook off Ash's hand!

This elf harbors resentment!

In its view, although its new owner treated it much better than its previous trainer after it started following Ash, it was still a different story.

But I always lose!

Charmander doesn't want to accept this reality anymore!

It was precisely because I was too weak and useless before that I was abandoned!

The little dragon struggled to its feet...

The faint flames on its tail suddenly burst into a fierce fire!

Then came a dazzling light of evolution! "It's evolved?"

Lijia also said with a hint of joy.

She could see Ash's seriousness and hard work as a trainer.

Naturally, we also hope that this rookie trainer's strength can become even greater!

Ash and his friends were overjoyed. "Charmander, you've broken through your limits!!"

"Great! After evolving, we might have a chance to win!" "Go, Charmander!"

As the white light faded...

A lithe and muscular fire dragon stands proudly!

The once adorable design is gone. Now, Charmeleon's head is covered with protruding ridges, its body is covered with solid muscles, and the flames on its tail are burning fiercely!

Their strength has clearly improved significantly!

Ash's Charmander was exceptionally talented and was even once considered the strongest fighter in the original series!

After evolving into Charmeleon, even Rika could sense the immense potential hidden within this Pokémon's body!

After the initial surprise, Ash excitedly exclaimed, "Rika, let's continue battling!" "Yes, Ash."

"That's great! Charmeleon must have evolved because of your persistence and hard work!" Ash scratched his head a little shyly. "No, it's just that it worked very hard!" The two chatted enthusiastically.

However, they did not notice the disdain in the eyes of the Charizard standing on the field.

The referee quickly announced, "The match is now restarted!"

Chapter 61: The Out-of-Control Charmander

On the battlefield, Ash was giving passionate commands. "Charmeleon, use Smoke!" Even though the silly thing was usually quite reckless...

But he will still learn from his failures.

After being thoroughly defeated by Rika twice!

Ash also knew that he needed to weaken his opponent with status moves first in order to win!

However, just as Lijia was preparing to direct Dingding to deal with the situation...

But then they suddenly realized that Charmeleon was completely ignoring Ash's commands!

In its own eyes, it is no longer the weak version of itself it once was!

Xiao Zhi is very good to me!

But this only means that the other person is an important member of your family!

Charmander felt that with his current power, he was now the boss!

It roared to itself!

smokescreen?

Smoke my ass!

Charizard's throat twitched slightly, and then it spewed out a huge amount of flames!

This move is—flame jet!

It seemed excited about its current power and was showing off its strength with this move! "Charmeleon, what are you doing?" Ash called out anxiously.

Lijia also temporarily suspended her command, realizing that something had gone wrong.

However, Charmeleon's flames shot straight at Tintin!

This Grass-type Pokémon never expected that what should have been a conflict between Ash and his disobedient Pokémon would actually affect it!

It was happily watching the show when it was hit directly by the flames!

He was then blown away by the jet of flame!

It crashed into the wall and fell to the ground.

Lijia rushed over. "Dingding, are you alright?!"

She soon discovered that although her companion was charred black, her injuries were not too serious... she was just in a very bad state because she was beaten by a fire-type move that she was weak against.

Lijia immediately felt a little relieved.

However, Dingding let out an angry cry! "Dingding!!"

Seeing this, Lijia nodded helplessly. "Do whatever you want."

Although Rika greatly admires Ash and is quite concerned about Charmeleon.

But that doesn't mean she'll let her elf suffer!

The next second, Dingding swiftly jumped to the side of Charmeleon!

This time it went all out!

This is a Grass-type move with a power of 140!

Leaf storm!

Dingding's level was already close to the requirement for learning this move in the Seer game!

What's more, it has the aptitude of a Heavenly King!