"Alright, we will have a Gym battle today, all of you go back into your Poké Balls first."
Hearing that, Ditto and the others who just finished breakfast obediently returned into their Poké Balls.
Walking out of the hotel, Gu Yuan headed straight toward the Vermilion City Gym.
After following the staff member into the waiting room, Gu Yuan flipped through information about Trainers.
When he got tired of reading, Gu Yuan closed his eyes and began sharpening his psychic powers.
Unfortunately, Gu Yuan did not know whether it was because he had trained for too short a time or because his talent was not enough, but even after so much time, he only broke through to Beginner Intermediate.
With his current psychic strength, he could easily maintain Telepathy for a period of time, enough to handle several battles.
What Gu Yuan did not know was that this rate of improvement was already fast.
Especially because Gu Yuan trained alone, only using methods from books, without other Psychics to guide him, and his daily training time was not long.
After all, Gu Yuan only treated psychic powers as a supplementary method, Telepathy was already enough to satisfy him.
If it were someone else, they would probably train without sleep or rest.
All for learning Teleport sooner, or fighting powerful Pokémon in person with a human body.
Suddenly, Gu Yuan opened his eyes.
The next second, a staff member walked up to Gu Yuan.
"Hello, are you contestant Gu Yuan?"
"That's me."
"Alright, please come with me, it is your turn for the Gym battle."
"Okay."
The Vermilion City Gym used the most standard battlefield.
When Gu Yuan arrived, the referee and the Gym Leader, Surge were already prepared.
While the referee read the battle rules, Gu Yuan also began assessing Surge on the opposite side.
Surge wore a full military uniform, which, when paired with a square face and a muscular body, made anyone who looked at him understand his background.
That was indeed the truth. Especially because Surge was one of the rare commanders able to direct entire Pokémon military units in battle, his position in the League was extremely solid.
"Come on, I hope you can bring me a wonderful battle."
As soon as the referee finished speaking, Surge said to Gu Yuan with a hint of expectation, and released his first Pokémon.
White light flashed, and Electrode appeared on the battlefield.
After activating the system and confirming the opponent was Senior Rank, Gu Yuan sent out Alakazam directly.
"A Psychic-type Pokémon? Interesting."
"Alakazam, use Psychic!"
Taking advantage of Surge's surprise, Gu Yuan launched the attack instantly.
"Electrode, use Thunder!"
Even so, Surge's reaction was not slow.
As soon as the command sounded, a thick lightning pillar shot forth like a spear, piercing through Psychic instantly.
Just as Thunder was about to strike Alakazam, Alakazam used Ally Switch, placing Electrode in front of the Thunder.
There was no time to react; the lightning engulfed Electrode in an instant.
In the next second, Alakazam launched Psychic again, sending Electrode flying back.
Without continuing to chase, Alakazam used Nasty Plot, following Gu Yuan's command.
After Gu Yuan issued the first command, he stopped speaking, looking mysterious, but Surge knew Alakazam was using Telepathy with Gu Yuan.
"You want to increase Alakazam's stats so it can burn through my next Pokémon's stamina. I do not know whether to call you confident or arrogant."
"Electrode, use Charge Beam!"
The instant Surge saw Nasty Plot, he guessed Gu Yuan's plan and had Electrode attack again.
The electricity-filled beam fired.
Charge Beam could raise Special Attack by one stage, and the trigger chance was extremely high, like now.
At the same time, Alakazam successfully used Nasty Plot, and its Psychic shot back, instantly crushing Charge Beam.
The next moment, Electrode immediately used Thunder.
These two moves connected extremely fast, showing how high Electrode's mastery level was.
Electrode was fast, but Alakazam was faster.
Against Expert-level Ally Switch and Teleport, even if Electrode also had Expert-level move mastery, it might still fail to hit Alakazam, and Electrode was not at that level yet.
Once again at the final instant, Ally Switch triggered, leaving Electrode unable to counterattack.
"Electrode, use Thunderbolt!"
Staring at Alakazam, Surge's eyes filled with battle spirit.
Orange electricity rushed out again, covering Alakazam.
Psychic counterattacked. With the boost from Nasty Plot, Thunderbolt shattered instantly.
"Electrode, use Thunder!"
Same as before, the thick lightning pillar rushed out and shattered Psychic.
Surge stared at Alakazam, and right before Thunder hit, he suddenly spoke.
"Electrode, use Eerie Impulse around yourself!"
The command sounded, and a strange electric wave expanded outward from Electrode.
Eerie Impulse sharply lowered Special Attack when it hit.
The next second, Alakazam disappeared.
Unexpectedly, Gu Yuan did not have Alakazam use Ally Switch again, but instead used Teleport.
After dodging Electrode's attack, Alakazam appeared above Electrode and launched Psychic again.
"Electrode, use Magnet Rise to dodge, then counter with Thunderbolt."
Using magnetic force, Electrode quickly flew into the air.
Orange electricity exploded outward, trying to cover Alakazam.
"Alakazam, Teleport, Psychic Grip, then use Psychic!"
When the lightning and Psychic clashed, Alakazam appeared behind Electrode.
The glow of psychic energy burst out. With the Nasty Plot boost, Electrode was immobilized in an instant.
Then, a mass of psychic power condensed, blasting Electrode forcefully to the ground.
"Alakazam, chain Psychic attacks and end the battle!"
Under the continuous barrage of Psychic, Electrode collapsed without any chance to fight back.
Especially because Alakazam knocked Electrode down near Surge, blocking Surge's idea of ordering Electrode to use Explosion for one final counterattack.
"You are very good, you have ignited my fighting spirit. You must be careful next!"
Saying that, Surge released his second Pokémon.
"Alakazam, use Nasty Plot."
Taking advantage of the gap, Gu Yuan let Alakazam boost itself again.
"Magneton, use Electric Terrain!"
"Alakazam, use Psychic!"
Orange light flashed. Under Electric Terrain, Pokémon could not fall asleep, and Electric type moves gained power.
"Magneton, use Thunderbolt!"
Orange lightning burst out, starting the second clash.