To avoid attracting attention, Gary had Articuno land near Violet City and then rode into the city.
Upon arriving at the Pokémon Center and booking a room, Gary handed Sneasel and Heracross to Nurse Joy and then went back to his room to rest.
The next day.
In the public area next to the Pokémon Center.
Gary was training Sneasel and Heracross because of the agreement with Ash.
He must challenge the gym first with the Pokémon captured in the Johto Region.
Only after the first challenge fails can other Pokémon be used, so Gary had been rushing to capture new Pokémon in the past three days.
The Pokémon used in the Violet Gym are Flying-type, and the strength of the gym leader Falkner is not weak.
In the battle with Ash, in addition to the Hoothoot used at the beginning, the other two Pokémon are Dodrio and Pidgeot, which are not Pokémon that a Rookie can easily deal with.
Of course, this is also because Falkner judged Ash's strength, so he sent out stronger Pokémon.
It is estimated that Falkner has 6 Pokémon, three gym-level Pokémon, and elite-level Pokémon, and the first Pokémon is Hoothoot.
If the Pokémon sent by the rival is too strong, the remaining two Pokémon will use gym-level Pokémon.
So Gary planned to train Heracross and Sneasel for a week to adapt them to Pokémon battles.
Heracross and Sneasel have strong learning abilities.
Under Gary's training, they quickly adapted to Pokémon battles, no longer using the wild methods of the past.
Every afternoon, Eevee would battle with the two Pokémon in actual combat.
One week was definitely intense training.
The levels of Heracross and Sneasel have been upgraded.
Heracross has been upgraded from level 30 to level 32.
Sneasel has been upgraded from level 35 to level 36.
"Almost."
Watching Heracross and Sneasel practicing against each other, Gary felt that it was almost time, and he could try to challenge the Violet Gym.
However, before challenging the Violet Gym, Sneasel had to evolve.
Gary was curious about the Razor Claw, a top-quality reward from the system, and how much the potential of Pokémon could be improved by using it to evolve Pokémon.
After the afternoon training of the two Pokémon was over, Gary did not rush to put Sneasel into the Poké Ball but left it outside and told it: "Sneasel, I plan to let you evolve."
"Sneasel?"
Sneasel was shocked. It didn't expect that it could evolve.
After all, it had lived in the wild for so many years and had never seen what its evolved form looked like.
"Of course you can evolve. Your evolved form is called Weavile. After evolving, your speed and attack ability will rise to another level," Gary said.
"Sneasel!"
Sneasel was startled and immediately looked forward to what it would look like after evolving.
Anyway, it was not opposed to evolution.
"Then wait until night," Gary said.
"Sneasel?" Sneasel wondered why it had to wait until night. Couldn't it evolve now?
"Your evolution is a bit special. Not only do you need an item, but you also need to evolve at night," Gary explained.
"Sneasel." Hearing about its own evolution method, Sneasel felt that it was quite cumbersome.
No wonder none of its elders could evolve. It turned out that evolution was so difficult.
Night fell...!
Gary waited for the moon to appear before releasing Sneasel.
"Sneasel." Sneasel was looking forward to the arrival of evolution. It was ready.
"Here, take this, and you can evolve." Gary took out the top-quality Razor Claw from the space backpack.
The top-quality Razor Claw given by the system is larger than the ordinary Razor Claw, and the claw blade is sharper.
"Sneasel!"
Seeing the top-quality Razor Claw that Gary took out, Sneasel also widened its eyes and could feel that the Razor Claw had a great effect on it.
"Take it."
Gary handed the Razor Claw to Sneasel.
After Sneasel evolved into Weavile, the intimacy would be full, and there was no need to worry about Sneasel betraying him.
Sneasel took the top-quality Razor Claw handed over by Gary.
The moment it got it in its hand, the cells in Sneasel's body were instantly activated.
Under the illumination of Moonlight, Sneasel's body emitted the incandescent evolution light.
The difference between Weavile and Sneasel was not very big, so the form change was over quickly.
The evolution light dissipated, and the ferocious Weavile appeared.
Compared to Sneasel, Weavile's claws were sharper, from two claws to three claws, including the claws from two to three.
More red fluff grew on its body, and it had a wicked smile on its face.
[LV36 Weavile/Champion]
Weavile's potential has only increased by 1 level, and it has not increased its potential more.
"It's only increased by 1 level." Gary sighed inwardly.
He thought that the top-quality Razor Claw produced by the system would be improved a lot, but it was only increased by 1 level.
However, the champion level is also very good.
"How does it feel?" Gary asked.
"Weavile!"
After Weavile evolved, the only feeling was that its body became tighter and could burst out with great power at any time.
The strength of its arms and legs was stronger.
"Adapt to the evolved body well. Tomorrow afternoon, we will challenge Violet's gym. We must perform well in the first gym battle," Gary said.
"Weavile!"
Weavile nodded and showed an expectant smile, but its ferocious face looked very evil no matter how it smiled, giving people the illusion that it wanted to do something bad in secret.
The size of Sneasel and Weavile is not much different, but after evolution, they have faster speed and explosive power, so they quickly adapt to the evolved body.
Gary also took a look at the attributes of Weavile after evolution.
```
[Pokémon: Weavile]
[Type: Dark, Ice]
[Level: 36]
[Potential: Champion]
[Ability: Pressure (gives the rival great pressure, making the rival consume more energy when using skills.)]
[Skills: Scratch, Leer, Taunt, Quick Attack, Metal Claw, Icy Wind, Fury Swipes, Hone Claws, Night Slash.]
[Taught Skills: Mega Kick, Dynamic Punch, Dig, Rest, Hyper Beam.]
[Intimacy: 255 (maximum value 255)]
```
After evolution, Weavile has mastered the sneak attack. And it ability also changed to Pressure.
After a night's rest, the next afternoon.
Gary came to the door of Violet's gym.
[Ding! Task released: Get Violet Gym Badge/Rewards: Intermediate Candy x10, Brave Bird Permanent Skill Learning Device, Top-quality Sharp Beak x1]
"The rewards are quite generous. It seems that this Falkner is quite capable," Gary said.
It can be confirmed that Falkner is a gym trainer who decides which Pokémon to send out based on the strength of the challenger. He is quite responsible.
Compared with the gyms in the Kanto Region, the gym trainers in the Johto Region are more responsible.
Basically, every gym trainer is very capable.