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Having caught the overconfident Heracross, Ash and his group decided to find a place for special training. Soon, they arrived at a wide valley. "Excellent, we'll begin our special training here!" Ash was very satisfied with this valley. It had an open area, large enough for several Pokémon to stretch their limbs.
To his surprise, just as they were about to enter the valley, the ground beneath them began to shake violently. "What's going on, an earthquake?" Misty subconsciously grabbed Ash's arm.
"Doesn't feel like an earthquake, more like a Ground-type Pokémon's move. Let's go quickly!" Ash swept the area with his Aura but found nothing amiss. Soon, the group found a Donphan by the side of the road. "This Donphan should have a trainer!" Ash concluded. Indeed, just as he spoke, a pretty young lady appeared beside the Donphan.
"Beautiful lady, if you don't mind, please tell me your name!" Brock's figure in that instant was so fast that even Ash's Aura couldn't catch him. As if teleporting, he appeared in front of the young lady, holding her hand, his voice full of affection. Clearly, this made the young lady quite troubled, but she still said, "Um, I'm Eiki, and this Donphan is my Pokémon!" "My name is Brock. This necklace looks so good on you!" As Brock said this, Ash noticed that Miss Eiki was wearing an agate necklace.
"Is that a gemstone?" As a girl, Misty naturally had little resistance to gems. Brock explained, "That's right. In the past, princesses and young ladies would wear agate as gemstones!"
"Miss Eiki, this should be Donphan Valley, right?" Ash stepped forward and said, "On the way here, I heard about a valley that produces a lot of agate. The villages near this valley have been training Donphan and finding and processing agate products for generations!" Eiki nodded. "You're very well-informed!" "I hope to conduct some special Pokémon training in this valley. Is that alright?" After all, it was someone else's territory, so he had to ask for the owner's permission. Such a large valley was an excellent training ground. And it produced agate, which couldn't be eaten, so he didn't have to worry about Snorlax eating their special product.
"You may!" Ash had asked so politely, so Miss Eiki naturally wouldn't refuse. "However, the Donphan here all have trainers, so please be careful." "Also, if you find any agate, you can come to the village to find me. I can process it for you for free!" Although she didn't expect Ash and his group to find any agate, Miss Eiki still politely mentioned it. She had a good impression of Ash.
"Thank you then!" Bidding farewell to Eiki, Ash and his group entered the valley. "Come out!" "Charizard, Snorlax, Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Heracross!" Snorlax was still sound asleep. It had just eaten the system food Ash fed it this morning and was sleeping soundly. "A little sun is good!" Ash didn't intend to wake it up. He'd wait until it was hungry.
"It's rare for you, Ash, to want to do special training. It seems you've truly grown!" Misty found a shady spot to sit down. After days of traveling day and night, she was truly tired. Brock also began preparing food. Special training consumed a lot of energy.
"Pikachu, this might be tough!" Ash wanted to train Pikachu to learn Iron Tail, which would require a lot of tail strength training.
"Pika!" Pikachu indicated it was ready. Seeing Pikachu's high fighting spirit, Ash smiled and tied a stone to its lightning-shaped tail.
"Pika?" Thud. The weight of the stone made Pikachu's tail slam onto the ground. "Pikachu, keep going! I'll have Bulbasaur help you!" Seeing this, Ash couldn't help but shake his head. The current Pikachu indeed lacked a lot of training. When his previous self had Pikachu learn Iron Tail, he had already finished his Johto journey and was in the Hoenn region. But Ash believed Pikachu would definitely learn Iron Tail!
"Next up is Charizard!" While Pikachu continued to practice its tail whip with Bulbasaur's Vine Whip assistance, Ash focused his attention on Charizard.
"Roar!" Charizard spewed a Flamethrower towards Ash. This seemed to be one of its little habits. However, a blue light flashed, and the flames were blocked. Ash smiled and said, "It seems you're full of fighting spirit. That's great!" Compared to Pikachu, Charizard's training would be much harder.
"Roar!" "Then take this with you!" Ash grinned mischievously and threw a hourglass-like item at it. Then, Charizard was bound by shackles, making it almost immobile.
"This is a forced training device. You're my ace, are you ready?" Ash looked at Charizard, who was twisted into a ball, and grinned mischievously. This was a system-produced item, with immense binding power, but also excellent training results. It was very suitable for Charizard, which needed to be forced to evolve to its final stage. Charizard stretched its arm, feeling very heavy, but still nodded, indicating it could accept the training.
"Good, I've wanted to do this for a long time!" Ash's mischievous grin suddenly vanished. His fist, glowing with blue light, slammed into Charizard's round belly! The Aura-infused fist, as if covered in Armament Haki, not only strengthened Ash's punch but also inflicted immense pain! Charizard was sent reeling backward by the punch and slammed into the side of the mountain.
"Ash!" This scene terrified Brock and Misty. However, at this moment, Ash's face was covered in frost. "Charizard, our strength is still too far from enough. We absolutely cannot be arrogant and complacent, understood?"
"Roar!" Charizard roared, struggling to stand up. It didn't use Flamethrower, nor did it fly. Instead, it also raised its fist and slammed it towards Ash. However, its speed was reduced by the forced training device, making Charizard's punch very slow and weak. Ash ducked, dodging the punch. His left fist, once again glowing with blue light, struck towards Charizard's armpit. This sent Charizard reeling backward again.
But this time, Charizard rotated on the spot, its thick, flaming tail lashing towards Ash.
"Good hit, buddy!" Ash didn't dodge or retreat. His right fist, glowing with blue light, went straight for it!
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