Location: Pallet Town
In the forest area near Pallet Town, Red was training alone with his Pokémon.
This place not only had the complex environment of a forest, but was also surrounded by streams and hillsides, and was located in the uppermost area, enjoying the most natural air. It was an excellent natural training ground.
Since the battle with Bruno at Mount Silver had concluded, Red had resumed intensive training the next day. Today's main training targets were Milotic and Sylveon.
However, at this moment, the two Pokémon were quarreling jealously. Without Red needing to give any commands, Milotic and Sylveon were preparing to launch attacks, determined to defeat each other to prove their own strength.
"Watching girls fight is the most interesting."
Red's shadow suddenly showed a pair of red lights, then a ghostly face emerged, occasionally showing an eerie smile.
The strange ghostly face gradually floated up from the shadow, transforming into the thousand-year-old Gengar within moments.
The thousand-year-old Gengar skillfully pulled out a bag of popcorn from within itself, comfortably stuffing it into its mouth, not forgetting to offer some to Red: "Boss, want some?"
"You seem pretty leisurely, don't you?"
Red teased, seeming to think of some idea. He turned and used Teleport to disappear from the spot, heading to Professor Oak's research lab garden in Pallet Town.
"Hm?"
Just as the thousand-year-old Gengar was puzzledly scratching its head, before long, Red appeared at the original spot again, with two additional figures beside him.
"I can understand bringing this Alakazam kid, but why did you bring Dratini too?" the thousand-year-old Gengar wondered, then its mouth trembled as it seemed to guess Red's intention.
The two Pokémon that appeared beside Red were naturally the silver Alakazam and purple Dratini. Like the thousand-year-old Gengar, both Pokémon were rare shiny Pokémon.
This shiny Pokémon lineup that could cause an uproar in the outside world seemed surprisingly ordinary within Red's Pokémon roster, since Red's shiny Pokémon weren't limited to just these three.
"Since you looked too leisurely, I decided to have you train these two little ones. Dratini is close to meeting evolution conditions," Red said casually, confiscating the popcorn from the thousand-year-old Gengar's hand, ignoring Gengar's resentful gaze.
"But I hadn't eaten much yet..." the thousand-year-old Gengar complained, like a little girl whose candy had been taken away.
'This thousand-year-old guy is so disgusting...'
Both Alakazam and Dratini looked speechlessly at the still-acting-cute thousand-year-old Gengar.
Within moments, seeing Red walk toward Milotic and Sylveon's area, the thousand-year-old Gengar suddenly became stern, looking displeasedly at Alakazam and Dratini.
"It's all because of you two little ones that I can't even eat my popcorn. I must train you properly!"
Hearing the thousand-year-old Gengar's 'threatening' words, both Alakazam and Dratini rolled their eyes speechlessly.
'It's clearly because you were too lazy that the master targeted you...'
Both Alakazam and Dratini thought simultaneously, but due to the thousand-year-old Gengar's authority, the two Pokémon tactfully chose to obediently keep their mouths shut without arguing back, afraid of having their training regimen intensified by the thousand-year-old Gengar.
'You can never defeat me!'
At this moment, Milotic and Sylveon were engaged in fierce battle.
Milotic, positioned in the middle of the stream, said displeasedly with jealous glances at Red who was approaching.
Milotic had thought today would be a day of training alone with Red, not expecting Sylveon to be called over as well.
As a result of the two Pokémon's jealous quarreling, the commotion also attracted the attention of the thousand-year-old Gengar, who loved watching excitement, unknowingly straying far from Milotic's beautiful fantasy.
'What? Can't even share a little? Master's warm embrace doesn't belong to just one Pokémon!'
Sylveon said jealously, immediately swinging its tail to use Swift.
Through the enhancement of its Pixilate ability, the originally Normal-type Swift was converted to Fairy-type and had its power increased to 1.2 times.
But this power boost wasn't over yet. The Swift then received enhancement from the Adaptability ability, doubling its power to a terrifyingly significant level.
But Milotic showed no panic, calmly opening its mouth to use Hydro Pump, as Milotic also had the Adaptability ability enhancement.
Fierce torrents of water sprayed from Milotic's mouth, gradually forming a thick water column that forcibly shattered the incoming star-shaped light waves, with the thick water column continuing toward Sylveon's position.
Seeing this scene, Sylveon immediately chose to dodge. The stream rock it had been standing on was directly pulverized by the terrifying impact force of Milotic's Hydro Pump.
'Such terrifying power!'
Sylveon looked in shock at the rock shattered by the Hydro Pump, cautiously focusing its gaze on Milotic's next move.
Suddenly Sylveon's eyes lit up, releasing flashing light as it used Baby-Doll Eyes, planning to weaken Milotic's Attack power.
"It seems Sylveon doesn't understand the power of Milotic's Competitive ability..."
Red, who was watching the battle, murmured, feeling a bit sorry for what would happen to Sylveon next.
Having its Attack forcibly reduced by Baby-Doll Eyes, the highly competitive Milotic immediately became displeased, and through the enhancement of its Competitive ability, its Special Attack suddenly increased by 2 levels.
Downstream area
At the same time, having understood that there was no so-called shortcut "great secret technique," the temporarily diligent Ash asked Brock to assist him in independent training.
The Pokémon Ash sent out was Pikachu, while Brock sent out Vulpix.
"Pikachu, use Thunder Shock!" Ash commanded.
Since this was practice, Ash instructed Pikachu not to use full power, simply training the speed conditions of move execution.
Seeing the electrical current approaching, Vulpix quickly dodged, jumping onto a rock behind it.
"Vulpix, use Flamethrower!" Brock commanded.
Scorching flames gathered in Vulpix's mouth. Seeing this, Pikachu also immediately gathered its electrical current, planning to use Thunderbolt to counter.
Just as Pikachu and Vulpix's attacks were about to form, Jigglypuff, who had been troubling Ash's trio with its sleeping songs, popped out, leisurely appearing in the middle of the two Pokémon's battle without any vigilant attitude.
Seeing this scene, Ash and Brock quickly urged Pikachu and Vulpix to stop, afraid of injuring Jigglypuff.
Although they had sometimes been troubled by Jigglypuff's singing, since it hadn't truly harmed the three of them, Ash and Brock didn't want to see Jigglypuff seriously injured in this accident.
To avoid the attacks, Pikachu and Vulpix simultaneously changed direction, transferring their electrical current and flames to the rocky slope on the left side, instantly producing a violent explosion.
The explosion, accompanied by dense smoke, caught the attention of an archaeological team not far away.
"Amazing! I didn't expect Pikachu's strength to be so outstanding already. It can actually shatter this rock face," Ash sighed, feeling proud of Pikachu's current strength.
At this moment, Ash was also secretly glad that he had chosen to get up that time and join Red for intensive training.
If not for that special training with Red's Pikachu, Pikachu's strength might not have reached today's excellent level.