"Eevee!"
Eevee suddenly became alert and looked behind Gary on the left.
Gary also turned around immediately, and when he did, he spotted it.
There was a huge four-legged Pokémon standing in the woods to the left, only ten meters away from Gary.
[LV80 Entei/Quasi-Legend]
"Entei...!"
Gary was shocked. He didn't expect to encounter Entei in the wild.
The two sides stared at each other.
"Why are you staring at me?" Gary didn't understand why Entei was looking at him. There was nothing about him that would attract Entei's attention.
Although he wanted to subdue the Entei in front of him, he looked at its level and decided against it.
Entei looked at Gary and Eevee for more than ten seconds, then ran into the depths of the forest. After a few jumps, it disappeared.
"What does this Entei mean? Is it interested in me?" Gary muttered.
Ho-Oh Guards often appear in the Johto and Kanto Regions. Many people have seen them. However, it is rare for Entei to keep watching someone.
Moreover, Entei is the leader of the Ho-Oh Guards. He and Ho-Oh are both Fire-types. Entei has mastered Sacred Fire.
Not only that, Entei can use the Fire of Life to heal all injuries and diseases. Even patients with advanced cancer will recover immediately after being burned by the Fire of Life.
"We are lucky. It is said that people who see Entei will have good luck," Gary said.
"Eevee."
Eevee nodded, pondering what his good luck might be.
"Let's go to the city." Gary didn't think much about it and regarded it as a lucky encounter.
"Eevee."
Gary rode his mountain bike into Goldenrod City.
After riding for five days, even though Gary is a Mega Rookie, he felt a little tired and planned to take a good rest for a day.
"I will challenge the Goldenrod Gym tomorrow afternoon."
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The next day.
Gary, who had rested well, headed to the Goldenrod Gym in the afternoon.
[Ding! Task released: Get the Goldenrod Gym Badge/Reward: Intermediate Rare Candy x5, Body Slam Permanent Skill Learning Device, Top Silk Scarf x1.]
"Holiday...?"
Although the system had released the task, the Goldenrod Gym was on holiday today, and there was no way to challenge it.
"Can the gym owner take a holiday?" Gary had challenged gyms so many times, but he had never seen a gym owner take a holiday.
And Whitney's strength seemed to be not very good, but she only rewarded 5 Intermediate Rare Candies, which indicated that Whitney's strength was Normal.
This Whitney is the gym owner of the Goldenrod Gym. She is a cheerful girl who uses Normal-type Pokémon.
She likes cute Pokémon, so all her Pokémon are cute, and cute Pokémon are not strong in Normal battles.
"Today is Saturday it seems that not only today but also tomorrow will be a day off. It looks like we can only walk around the city for the next two days," Gary said.
"Eevee!"
Eevee was very happy because Weavile and Heracross had become stronger, and Eevee could no longer enjoy the pleasure of bullying newbies, so it was better to go crazy on the streets.
"Let's go to the Pokémon Department Store to have a look," said Gary.
Goldenrod City is a very developed city in the Johto Region. The Pokémon Department Store here has almost all the items related to Pokémon, and the goods are abundant.
Gary also needed to buy some berries to prepare energy cubes for the Pokémon he had.
It just so happened that the Pokémon Department Store here had a complete range of goods, so he would quickly replenish the energy cubes.
When he arrived at the Pokémon Department Store, there was a berry mixer on the first floor.
He could just buy berries and make energy cubes on the spot.
The area around the berry mixer was also very nice.
There was a public area outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, and Trainers were battling there.
It was a unique experience to watch and make energy cubes at the same time.
"Sigh." Gary was making energy cubes when Eevee suddenly shouted, reminding Gary of something.
Gary looked around in confusion and saw a boy with long bangs walking toward him.
"Jimmy...!"
Gary was surprised he didn't expect to see Jimmy here. He had left New Bark Town first, but he didn't expect to be caught up by Jimmy.
"It's you!" Jimmy felt very familiar when he saw Gary's back just now, but he wasn't sure.
Now he was certain it was Gary and walked over excitedly.
"Gary, I didn't expect to meet you here," Jimmy said enthusiastically.
"Yes, what a coincidence," Gary replied.
"Since I lost to you last time, I also plan to participate in the Silver Conference, and I have collected two badges so far," Jimmy said.
"Really? Then you are really fast," Gary thought he was quick enough to collect badges, but Jimmy was doing well too.
However, Gary was puzzled as to how Jimmy got two badges. Falkner and Bugsy were both strong.
Jimmy getting two badges only meant that the two gym leaders did not send out their main Pokémon.
He remembered when Ash challenged Bugsy, Bugsy even sent out Pokémon like Metapod to fight, which shocked Gary who was watching the animation at that time.
Jimmy getting two badges so quickly probably meant that the two gym leaders saw Jimmy as a Rookie Trainer and sent out weaker Pokémon.
Otherwise, Falkner's Dodrio alone would have made Jimmy return empty-handed, and he wouldn't have been able to pass in less than three months.
"How about you? How many badges did you get?" Jimmy asked.
"Same as you, two."
"Really... Unfortunately, I just went to the Goldenrod Gym, and the gym leader was on vacation. I don't know when I can challenge her," Jimmy said.
Gary was stunned. He didn't expect that Jimmy also came here because the gym owner was on holiday. Their situations were basically the same.
"What a coincidence. I also came here to make energy cubes because I saw that the Goldenrod Gym was on holiday," Gary said.
"Really? In that case, let's have a battle, right?" Jimmy challenged.
From the moment he saw Gary, Jimmy wanted to avenge his defeat in their first battle.
Since both sides were planning to challenge the Goldenrod Gym today, and the challenge failed, the Pokémon Contest Condition in hand was full, and a battle could be carried out.
"Eevee!" Eevee immediately became interested.
He had been suppressed by Weavile and Heracross during this period.
Obviously, with Jimmy, a Rookie, coming to the door, he could finally experience the feeling of bullying.
"Look, Eevee also wants to fight," Jimmy said.
Gary was speechless. It seemed that Jimmy still didn't see the gap between them. He thought he could defeat two gyms.
"Okay, let's have a battle," Gary agreed.