Chapter 130 Naipuru Island
"There's something in the lake!"
At this moment, Serena pointed to one side of the lake and shouted.
"Roar!"
The next second, an Onix made entirely of crystal emerged from the lake.
[Pokemon: Crystal Onyx]
[Attribute: Ice + Steel]
[Gender: Male]
[Level: Excellent Advanced]
[Ability: Sturdy]
[Qualification: Elite]
[Skills: Tackle, Rock Throw.....]
[Description: This is a special variant of a normal Onix that has adapted to high temperature and high pressure environments (refer to the formation process of diamonds).]
"Is this the Crystal Onyx? I need to observe and record it quickly!" Tracy took out paper and pen and immediately began sketching the Onix.
Seeing that Mateo was about to battle to capture it, Ash reminded him: "Mateo, this Onix has a very special attribute; it's not afraid of water."
Hearing Ash's words, Mateo switched out a Poke Ball and directly sent out his working partner, Charmeleon.
"Charmeleon, use Flamethrower!"
Charmeleon Spit Up a stream of flames at the Crystal Onyx. Under the 4x attribute advantage, the Crystal Onyx was burned red by the flames, and its crystal head showed a pained expression.
Looking at the Onix, which was burned red, Mateo seemed to have thought of something and froze in place.
"Brother....." Marissa saw Mateo in a daze and was about to call him.
Ash held Marissa down and shook his head at her, saying: "Your brother is experiencing the same thing as your grandfather."
The burst of inspiration for creators often happens in an instant, and the reason why Mateo had not been able to produce satisfactory works was simply that he was too fixated on comparing himself to his grandfather.
Now, when he saw the Onix burned red, it was as if he saw the process of making his own glass products. Once his thoughts cleared, inspiration naturally came.
In the end, the Crystal Onyx was not captured; it continued to live freely in that crystal cave.
Originally, Ash planned to capture it and give it to Serena, but Serena said she didn't need it. While the Crystal Onyx was beautiful, it was too big and wouldn't be very helpful for stage performances.
Before leaving Sunburst Island, Ash's group all received glass Pokémon products made by Mateo as a thank-you gift for finding the Crystal Onyx.
After his burst of inspiration, Mateo indeed created lifelike glass products. In any case, Ash's group were very satisfied with the thank-you gifts they received.
After leaving Sunburst Island, Ash's group continued their journey. Later, they arrived at Pinkan Island and witnessed Pokémon that had turned pink due to long-term consumption of Pinkan fruit. On the next island, they experienced the Kabuto Island incident, then Misty met a lady equally skilled in Water-type Pokémon because of a wild Golduck, and after that, Ash's group met an island-touring Nurse Joy sister with bronzed skin.
On this day, Ash's group arrived at Navel Island, where the second Gym of the Orange Islands is located.
"Misty, I'm so looking forward to your Gym Challenge!" Serena said with some excitement.
Looking at Serena's excited eyes, Misty felt a bit embarrassed, "Actually, Ash's Gym Challenge is even more interesting. My skill level is still too far behind Ash's, but unfortunately, Ash doesn't want to participate in the Orange League Contest."
"I've watched Ash's Indigo Plateau Conference Contest on TV! But this is my first time seeing a real Gym Challenge, so Misty, you must win!" Serena looked at Misty with eyes full of anticipation.
Misty said with a little less confidence: "I'll do my best."
Ash smiled and encouraged: "Misty, I believe you can win."
After landing on the island, Ash's group found the town eerily quiet.
"What's going on with this island? Why isn't there a single person?"
"Did everyone go out to play?"
"Where is Navel Gym? This town seems to be all residential houses."
Misty even doubted if they had come to the wrong place.
"I'm not very clear about that either." Tracy scratched his head and replied.
"Do you think Navel Gym might be on the mountain?" Serena pointed to the high mountain in the center of the island.
"No way!" Misty's face was filled with resistance.
The mountain on Navel Island, from a distance, looked like a large, chimney-shaped mountain, almost vertically steep.
If she had to climb the mountain, Misty felt her legs would definitely give out.
Just then, a small sailboat approached from the direction where Ash's group had landed.
The person steering the boat was a tall man dressed in beachwear.
"Hi, are you here to challenge Navel Gym?" The man asked Ash's group after getting off the boat.
"Yes, yes, do you know where the Gym is?" Misty asked.
"I do, my name is Danny, please guide me!" The man introduced himself.
After Ash and the others introduced themselves one by one, Ash mercilessly exposed Danny's identity: "Mr. Danny, you must be the Gym Leader of Navel Gym, right?"
"Ah haha, you saw through me!"
Danny gave an awkward smile.
"Ash, how did you figure that out?" Serena looked at Ash curiously.
"There's no one on the island, and Mr. Danny's small sailboat obviously can't cross the ocean, so Mr. Danny must have sailed from the other side of the island, pretending to meet us by chance.
People with this kind of thinking are either bad guys who want to snatch other people's Pokémon, or they are Gym Leaders who want to test challengers and observe their character up close.
It's clear that Mr. Danny belongs to the latter, after all, islands with Gyms rarely have bad people." Ash analyzed.
Gym Leaders generally need to maintain the public order of the town where the Gym is located. Daring to cause trouble in a town with a Gym Leader means either they are stubborn fools like Team Rocket Trio, or they are evil organizations with extreme self-confidence, such as Team Galactic.
"So, Ash, you're the challenger this time!" Danny asked with an appreciative expression.
Ash shook his head and said: "I'm sorry, the person who will challenge the Gym this time is Misty."
"Oh, so it's Misty who's challenging the Gym! Then please follow me."
Hearing that his opponent wasn't Ash, Danny still felt a bit regretful. After all, it was very rare to meet someone who could recognize him as the Gym Leader at first glance, and the several Pokémon Ash had trained were also very well-developed.
Led by Danny, Ash's group took a cable car directly to the mountaintop.
Because Misty was a girl, Danny also felt embarrassed to make Misty climb such a high mountain, and without the help of Pokémon, which was a bit too demanding, so he temporarily changed the challenge restrictions.
"Misty, the Navel Gym Contest is divided into three rounds. As long as you win two of them, you can get the gym badge."
"The first round will be a hot water freezing Contest." Danny explained.
"Hot water? Do you mean the geysers?" Misty asked, looking at the geysers a few meters away.
Danny nodded: "That's right."
"Freezing hot water, what an interesting way to battle!" Serena laughed.
Ash said: "This is a Contest of Ice-type moves, it's indeed quite interesting."
"Speaking of Ice-type moves, Misty seems to have a Milotic, right, Ash?" Serena suddenly asked.
"Yes, Serena, do you want to capture a Milotic?" Ash asked.
"Maybe later, I want to capture a Feebas through my own efforts and make it evolve."
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