"Ah? Finding Delia... that's not good," Professor Oak said.
Although fans of the Pokémon series often joke about the relationship between Professor Oak and Ash's mother, in reality, there is nothing inappropriate between them.
Ash's mother frequently visits Professor Oak's Laboratory mainly because she misses Ash.
Since Ash contacts Professor Oak wherever he goes, Delia often comes by to see if there's a chance for Ash to call.
As for why Gary knew so much, it was naturally because he was also curious about whether Professor Oak and Delia had any issues.
Gary had been with Professor Oak since he was a child, except for the two and a half years he spent with Chuck.
The rest of the time, he stayed with Professor Oak, so he was certain there was no problem.
Professor Oak felt it wasn't a good idea because Delia was like a widow at the moment, and there were many troubles in front of a widow's door, so Delia wasn't suitable.
"It's not bad. There are also Ash's Pokémon in the Laboratory. What's wrong with taking care of them? It's not like she won't be paid," Gary said.
Gary was very confident about Aunt Delia. She is gentle and considerate, knows everything about her, and isn't curious about Professor Oak's research.
She only focuses on taking care of Pokémon. She is definitely the best candidate.
Although Tracey came to help later, it is obviously not enough for two people in a laboratory to take care of all these Pokémon.
Gary thinks at least three people are needed.
"Let's talk about it when I'm really too busy," Professor Oak still didn't want to recruit Delia, worried about being gossiped about.
"Then Grandpa, think about it yourself."
Gary didn't persuade Professor Oak much and let him make his own decision.
Three days later, Gary took Aerodactyl to the place where Machoke often appeared.
As for where he heard the news, it was naturally from the people in the town. Pallet Town is quite close to Indigo Plateau.
If not, it can be reached in two or three days. People in the town often go to Indigo Plateau to buy things.
In order not to attract attention, Gary reluctantly let Aerodactyl be his transport and looked for Machoke on the road that others told him.
Machoke is a Pokémon that does not like to hide itself.
With its muscular build, it looks easy to deal with, so Machoke will normally train alone in a designated place.
As long as you don't actively attack or interfere with Machoke's training, Machoke will not actively attack passers-by.
"Aerodactyl suddenly called out, motioning Gary to look down, and even lowered the altitude a little. "BB...!"
At first, Gary didn't notice it, but when Aerodactyl lowered the altitude, he finally saw the situation below.
There was a huge rock that was rising and falling regularly.
When Aerodactyl flew a little to the side, he saw a humanoid Pokémon below, holding up a huge rock and doing squats. That Pokémon was Machoke.
"Aerodactyl, land," Gary said.
Aerodactyl nodded, descended quickly, and stayed a few meters away.
"Machoke?" Machoke naturally noticed Gary and Aerodactyl, but it was the first time Machoke saw Aerodactyl, and it didn't understand why they landed in front of it.
[LV42 Machoke/Elite]
Gary was quite surprised. In fact, he didn't have any expectations when he came here this time.
He didn't expect that this Machoke actually had the potential to be an Elite, which was worth capturing.
"Machoke, I want to capture you. Come fight with me. If I win, you will be my Pokémon. If you lose, I will give you a set of special fitness equipment," Gary said straight to the point.
"Machoke!" Machoke was shocked. It had encountered many trainers who wanted to capture it, but all of them were defeated by it.
However, Gary proposed to give it fitness equipment after defeat, which was quite in line with its wishes.
It can be said that it was an offer that hit Machoke's heart.
"Machoke." Without any hesitation, Machoke immediately agreed to the battle.
"Okay, let's start. Your rival is this," Gary threw a Poké Ball casually.
Great!
"Annihilape!"
Annihilape appeared.
Machoke looked at the fierce Annihilape and felt that the Annihilape in front of it was very strong, far from the rivals it had met before.
"Shadow Punch," Gary ordered, and Annihilape punched out, and the fist made of shadow power flew quickly towards Machoke.
Machoke's whole body of muscles, crossed its arms to block Shadow Punch, its body trembled violently, and then quickly rushed towards Annihilape, and punched back, but the fist went through the body of Annihilape.
"Annihilape!"
Annihilape smiled triumphantly, and the shadow power lingered around its body like a burning flame.
A Rage punch was thrown, and Machoke's body retreated several meters away. There was a full 10-level gap between the two sides.
After just two punches, Machoke was already a little tired.
This Machoke was not stupid. It found that its previous attack had passed through the body of Annihilape, and it was not in a hurry to attack.
Its eyes became sharp, and two rays of light shone on Annihilape. This is the Foresight skill.
"Yes, you know how to analyze the battle, but even if you have Foresight, it's useless. The gap in strength between the two sides is too big," Gary said.
"Machoke!" Foresight Annihilape, Machoke didn't care about Gary's words, and rushed towards Annihilape again, with dark red energy covering its right hand, which was a Fighting skill, and slapped towards Annihilape.
"Dynamic Punch!" Annihilape rushed forward, and Dynamic Punch was used, hitting Machoke's palm.
Bang!!! Fists and palms hit, Machoke was directly knocked out, the power difference between the two sides was too big, Annihilape chased up, grabbed one of Machoke's legs, and after spinning a few times on the spot, threw Machoke directly, hitting the rock that Machoke used for fitness, directly hitting the rock and cracking it, and Machoke also lost consciousness.
"Not bad, you can fight and fight, and you are not blinded by anger, come in," Gary commented with satisfaction, took out a Poké Ball and threw it over.
Bang!
The Poké Ball hit Machoke, and it went in.
Gary also walked over, picked up the Poké Ball, and checked Machoke's attributes.
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[Pokémon: Machoke]
[Type: Fighting]
[Level: 42]
[Potential: Elite]
[Ability: Guts (If it becomes a Status Condition, it will use perseverance and its attack will increase by 50%.)]
[Skills: Low Kick, Leer, Focus Energy, Revenge, Foresight, Low Sweep, Knock Off, Brick Break, Scary Face, Vital Throw, Submission, Dual Chop, Cross Chop, Bulk Up.]
[Intimacy: 120 (maximum value 255)]
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"Awakening so many skills...!" Gary was quite surprised. Normal Pokémon of this level can awaken 10 skills, which is very good.
This Machoke has awakened 15 skills, which is quite a lot.
Gary also has a lot of skill devices that can be used for Machoke, so there is no need to worry about intimacy.