Pokémon Dev Chapter 41: Iono's Gym Battle!

Bonus Chapter - for reaching 200 power stones

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[Player: Dragon Types Rule]

[Current Ga Progress: 1 badge, about to challenge Dewford Gym.]

[Current defeated NPCs: 27]

[Current team: Fletchling, Pidgey, Applin]

If Iono had so doubts when she first saw this na...

Then, when she saw the opponent's information on the ga rankings, she imdiately beca certain of one thing.

—This was definitely him!

That Dragon-type Elite Four mber from the Kanto region, Lance!!

And why would she say that?

Besides him, who else would use the na "Dragon Types Rule" while filling their team with Flying-type Pokémon?

The only Dragon-type Pokémon... still looked nothing like a dragon, no matter how you looked at it.

Iono's expression beca sowhat complicated.

She never expected that this Dragon-type Elite Four mber from Kanto would co play Erald too. Maybe Cynthia recomnded it to him?

While thinking, Iono accidentally opened Lance's account panel.

[Account Registration Ti: 9 hours ago]

[Play Ti: 9 hours]

Iono: ????

Wait, so you've been playing this ga nonstop since you registered this afternoon, not even taking a minute's break?

She'd thought that playing this ga for most of the day made her pretty addicted, but it seed there were even bigger experts out there.

But regardless, the opponent's ga progress seed identical to hers - both about to challenge Dewford Gym.

And Dewford Gym... as the na suggests, should have mostly Fighting-type Pokémon, giving Lance with his two Flying-types a clear advantage.

Plus, looking at the rankings, as third place, she had dozens of players following behind her, and their ga progress wasn't slow either - so had already entered Rock Cave.

So she had to pick up the pace!

No matter what, as a launch day player, she at least needed to make it into the top three!

The top three rewards weren't important - what mattered was making the list!

With this thought, Iono took a deep breath and pushed open the doors to Dewford Gym.

After spending about 5 minutes, Iono quickly cleared out all the NPCs in Dewford Gym and stood before Brawly.

"I might have had type disadvantage concerns with the Rock Gym before, but since this is a Fighting-type gym, I won't be afraid anymore."

As the ga entered the battle interface, Iono made her confident declaration, and Brawly sent out his first Pokémon - Combusken.

Oh? Actually, one of this region's starters?

Iono raised an eyebrow.

"Go, Pikachu! Use Nasty Plot!"

"Pika pika!"

With her Poké Ball thrown, Pikachu's orange-yellow figure appeared opposite Combusken.

His body swayed slightly as three huge question marks suddenly appeared above his head.

[Pikachu's Special Attack rose sharply!]

The move "Nasty Plot" could greatly boost a Pokémon's Special Attack level.

And for Pikachu, who excelled in both Speed and Special Attack, after Nasty Plot's boost, his Electric-type moves would reach a terrifying level of power!

Unless it resisted Electric-type moves or had outstanding Special Defense and bulk, sa-level Pokémon basically couldn't survive one of his attacks!

And now, Combusken was moving second, clearly slower than Pikachu!

In other words, as long as Combusken couldn't one-shot Pikachu this turn, then Pikachu would deal massive continuous damage to Brawly's team!

Seeing the red glow shining around Pikachu's body, the corners of Iono's mouth couldn't help but curve upward.

Just now in Rock Cave, it was all Ground-type Pokémon with no place for this move to shine... now she could test it out on this Brawly!

She stared intently at the screen, waiting for Combusken to make its move.

However, at this mont, Combusken didn't use any attack moves, but instead began spinning rapidly in place!

Intense airflow turned its body into a blade as dark red light flowed across its feathers.

With her rich battle experience, Iono could naturally see at a glance that this was the "Swords Dance" move.

But... what good would that do?

Next turn, when Pikachu moved first with a Thunderbolt, how would it respond?

However, the next mont, just as Iono was about to use a move, she noticed that the comnts on her live stream screen were all laughing hysterically.

[The strear doesn't know what she's about to face yet, still setting up hahaha]

[Hahahaha, just thinking about what's going to happen makes want to laugh]

[Mont of silence for the strear first, RIP.]

Seeing these comnts, Iono's expression imdiately changed.

No, don't do this, guys, you're making the strear scared...

But then she thought again.

—This was just a Combusken. Could it really be like Roxanne's Cradily, full of dirty tricks?

Well, it probably... probably wasn't possible, right?

Iono forced herself to stay calm, but sohow she had a feeling that sothing terrible was about to happen.

And the next mont... the scene before her made her fully understand how serious things were.

As the turn ended, Combusken's body suddenly erupted with an amazing shockwave!

[Combusken's "Speed Boost" ability activated!]

[Its Speed level increased!]

Iono: ???

At the sa ti, in Viridian City, in a rental apartnt.

Having completed today's ga update content, Kairos leaned back comfortably in his computer chair and let out a long sigh of relief.

With the newly acquired Network Module, he'd easily implented the rankings, friends, and world chat functions.

And in his remaining ti, he'd completed the ga content for those two rival battles with Wally and Paul in Slateport City.

In the original, each of Paul's challenges was no less difficult than gym battles, sotis even stronger than those of the gym leaders!

This actually fit his personality quite well - pursuing ultimate strength, even frequently replacing his Pokémon partners for that goal...

By comparison, Wally's challenge difficulty seed sowhat lower...

However, Kairos hadn't changed this situation; instead, it further boosted the strength of Paul and Wally's teams.

After all, the resources he'd left for players in the ga were much more abundant than in the original - like the Water Stone that Cynthia obtained was a perfect example.

Now he just had to wait for the first player to reach Slateport City... to face the storm brought by those two rivals...

Looking at the rankings, this person... should probably be Cynthia, right?

He wondered how many attempts it would take her to clear the challenges of this difficulty.

Kairos rubbed his chin.