"Goodbye."
After obtaining the badge, Gary bid farewell and left.
Upon leaving the Violet Gym, Gary examined the Brave Bird skill learner in his space backpack.
This skill teaching is limited. Besides Crobat and Mew, the only Pokémon that can learn Brave Bird are bird Pokémon.
Currently, Gary only has Articuno and Moltres that can learn it, which is quite beneficial.
It can at least increase their intimacy by 20 points.
At present, the intimacy of these two Legendary Birds with Gary is not full.
Finding a secluded place, Gary released Moltres and Articuno and taught them Brave Bird.
Articuno's intimacy with Gary has reached 195, while Moltres is at 230, just a little short of full intimacy.
"Next stop, Charizard Valley."
Gary plans to visit Charizard Valley before heading to Azalea Town.
Gary also likes Charizard, but he has never encountered a Charmander with good potential.
This time, when he came to the Johto Region, he naturally wanted to visit Charizard Valley.
Charizard Valley is located between Violet City and Azalea Town.
It is a National Park that ordinary people cannot enter because Charizard is a very aggressive Pokémon.
Although Charizard does not like to bully the weak, there may be some rebellious Charizard.
If a Trainer who enters is not strong enough, they may be attacked by Charizard.
Gary came here, of course, to capture a Charizard because he is short of Fire-type Pokémon.
Although he has Moltres, he can't always send Moltres into battle when he needs a Fire-type Pokémon, so he still needs to capture a Fire-type Pokémon.
As for whether Charizard can be captured in Charizard Valley, it is indeed possible.
Trainers can not only place their own Charizard in the valley for training, but if they want to capture a Charizard from the valley, they can do so.
However, you need to pay a fee, but you don't pay to buy Charizard. Instead, you pay to get a challenge opportunity.
As long as you can defeat the wild Charizard in the valley, you can take it away.
This is generally the process, but Gary is not very clear about the specific rules.
Anyway, there is a chance to capture Charizard.
Especially in the original plot, when Ash first came to Charizard Valley, his Charizard was severely outmatched.
Compared to the Charizard in the valley, it was a whole head shorter and completely underdeveloped.
However, before going to Charizard Valley, Gary went to the Pokémon Center first, treated Heracross, and then teleported Heracross to Professor Oak's Laboratory, and teleported Zapdos by the way.
The Charizards in Charizard Valley are very strong.
The Charizards there are basically wild, and their strength is generally above the Elite level.
Ash's Charizard was outmatched when he first arrived at Charizard Valley, and even Liza's Charizard couldn't beat it.
Although Charizard was beaten first, it shows that Ash's Charizard is about the same strength as Liza's Charizard.
Although Gary can teleport Blastoise, if he wants to tame a wild Charizard, defeating it by type advantage may not necessarily tame the Charizard inside.
After all, most of the Charizards living in Charizard Valley are at the Elite level, and their strength is very formidable.
Gary doesn't worry about intimacy.
He can teach skills to improve intimacy, but gradual bonding can increase intimacy a little bit, allowing Charizard to be tamed faster.
After teleporting Pokémon, Gary replenished supplies in Violet City and set off for Azalea Town the next day.
Charizard Valley is a must-go place on the way to Azalea Town, so you can get there by following the road.
If you ride a Flying Pokémon, it will take less than two hours to reach Charizard Valley, but Gary chose to ride.
Because of the Shiny Charm, Gary has a one in a thousand chance of encountering Shiny Pokémon, so he still needs to see more Pokémon in the wild, just as if he is searching for Shiny Pokémon.
After riding for two days, Gary arrived at where Charizard Valley is located.
Gary originally wanted to ride along the road to the entrance of Charizard Valley, but before he arrived, he saw a Charizard flying towards him.
"Eevee!" Eevee immediately became alert.
It was left outside to protect Gary's safety. Along the way, Gary and Eevee were attacked by many wild Pokémon.
So when Eevee saw Charizard appear, it immediately became alert.
"Don't worry, this Charizard has someone on its back," Gary said.
The Charizard that suddenly appeared was the Charizard guarding Charizard Valley, Liza's Charizard, named Charla.
The main reason was that this Charizard wore a bow ornament on its head, which made it easily recognizable.
Gary also stopped riding and waited for the other party to get off.
The other party stopped at the edge of the cliff, and the person sitting on Charizard's back was Liza.
Liza was responsible for guarding Charizard Valley.
She would patrol the situation in the valley during the day and would approach outsiders when she met them.
"Excuse me, are you passing by here?" Liza asked.
"No, I came here on purpose to capture a Charizard in Charizard Valley," Gary said.
"Oh! You want to capture a Charizard."
Liza was quite surprised and said, "The Charizard in Charizard Valley is very strong, young man, you may not be a match."
Liza did not lie.
The Charizard in Charizard Valley is a gathering place for powerful wild Charizards from all over the world.
Only Elite Four-level Trainers have the opportunity to capture the Charizard in the valley.
"How can I know if I don't try it? I believe in the strength of my Pokémon," Gary said.
"Really?"
Liza is also a Trainer with good strength.
She looked at Gary's Eevee and could see that it was well-trained, but Liza still made the same mistake as most people, thinking that Eevee was not evolved and was not very strong.
Gary didn't want to explain more about strength, so he changed the subject and said, "By the way, who are you, Miss?"
"My name is Liza, and I am the administrator of Charizard Valley. I prevent poachers from stealing here," Liza said.
Gary was sweating profusely.
Does anyone dare to steal Charizard in Charizard Valley? They are all Elite-level Charizards.
Who would come here to steal Charizards for no reason?
"So you are Miss Liza, then how should I pay?" Gary asked.
Hearing Gary say this, Liza said, "It seems that you know the rules of Charizard Valley.
The challenge fee is 100,000 Pokedollars.
As long as you can defeat the Charizard in the valley in a fair and square manner, you can take it away.
The fee is not expensive, but if you want to defeat the Charizard in the valley in a fair and square manner, ordinary Trainers can't do it at all."