"Eevee, let's go in."
"Eevee!"
Gary and Eevee approached the gym door, and it opened automatically when it sensed someone approaching.
The Violet Gym is a tall building, and the competition venue is on the roof.
It is the battle site for soaring in the sky.
This building is obviously not just a gym; it likely has other businesses as well.
"Hello, my name is Gary, and I'm here to challenge the gym," Gary said as he walked to the counter and explained his purpose.
"Okay, please give me your ID. I need to confirm your identity," said the lady at the counter.
Gary handed his Pokédex to the lady at the counter, and she inserted the Pokédex into the groove.
"Confirmed identity, Gary from Pallet Town is qualified to challenge the Johto Region gym."
"Okay, please follow me."
After confirming Gary's identity, the young lady took Gary into the elevator and went directly to the top of the building.
As soon as the elevator door opened, several men in blue kimonos were seen training bird Pokémon.
The Violet Gym is said to be a Flying-type Gym, but Falkner's Pokémon are all bird Pokémon, not all of which are Flying-type.
"Falkner, there is a Trainer coming to challenge the gym. I have brought him up," the young lady shouted.
Falkner, who has blue hair and air bangs, turned around and saw Gary.
He took the initiative to come over and said, "Hello, I am the gym leader of Violet Gym, Falkner."
"Your name is Gary, from Pallet Town. Can we have a gym competition?" Gary asked.
"It seems you can't wait. Let's start," Falkner said without wasting any words and immediately asked his apprentice to put away the Pokémon and clear the field.
Both of them stood in the command area.
Falkner's apprentice acted as the referee and announced, "The following will be a 3-on-3 gym battle. The gym leader cannot replace Pokémon, but the challenger can replace Pokémon. Are both sides ready?"
"No problem."
"Then let's start. First, my number one player is this," Falkner said as he threw the Poké Ball.
Great!
"Hoothoot!"
A spherical Hoothoot appeared. Hoothoot was round and looked like an owl's head.
[LV20 Hoothoot/Gym]
Sure enough, Falkner's first Pokémon would not be too strong, and Hoothoot was used specifically to test the challenger's strength.
"Heracross, you go," Gary said as he threw the Poké Ball.
Great!
The black Heracross appeared. "Hmm...! Heracross!!"
Seeing Gary send out Heracross, Falkner asked in confusion, "Heracross is a Pokémon with both Fighting and Bug-type attributes, but it is very restrained by Hoothoot. Are you sure you want to fight with Heracross?"
"Heracross is indeed restrained by Hoothoot, but your Hoothoot is too low level it can't be a rival to Heracross," Gary said.
"Level suppression, then let me see how strong your Heracross is," Falkner said, looking at Heracross and asking in surprise, "Is your Heracross a different color?"
Falkner hadn't noticed it just now, but upon closer inspection, he found that the Heracross sent by Gary was black.
"Yes, I met it in the Heracross Forest," Gary said.
"It seems that this is the first gym battle for the newly captured Pokémon?" Falkner asked.
"It's the first gym battle for Heracross. Can we start?" Gary felt that Falkner was talking too much, so he urged him.
"It seems you can't wait, so let's start. You attack first," Falkner said.
"Use Brick Break!" Gary ordered.
Heracross deployed Dual Wingbeat, quickly rushed towards the sky, and rushed directly towards Hoothoot.
"Hoothoot, don't fight with the enemy. Spin and dodge, then use Peck," Falkner ordered, knowing that Heracross was very powerful, and in a head-on collision, Hoothoot would definitely not be a rival.
"You think you can dodge it?" Gary thought to himself.
Hoothoot's flying speed is not fast; compared with Heracross, it is far behind.
Bang!!
Hoothoot wanted to dodge with flying skills, but the speed difference was too great, and Heracross knocked it to the ground with one claw, leaving it lying on the ground motionless.
"Hoothoot loses the ability to fight, and Heracross wins!" the referee announced.
Although Hoothoot has Flying-type, it also has Normal-type, and it is not highly resistant to Fighting skills.
In addition, the level difference is so large, it is normal to be defeated in one hit.
"Oh, the level is really high. Hoothoot, come back," Falkner said, not panicked at all.
He took back Hoothoot and continued, "Just now I was testing your strength. It seems that I can't treat you as a novice. I will send out the main Pokémon next."
"My second player is it," Falkner said as he threw the Poké Ball again.
Great!
Dodrio with three heads appeared on the field.
[LV38 Dodrio/Quasi-Elite]
This Falkner really has some skills, but not too much. It is enough to deal with rookie Trainers.
"Dodrio, Drill Peck!" Falkner ordered.
Dodrio quickly ran towards Heracross, and the speed was very fast.
Heracross also rushed into the sky immediately. Although it has Flying-type, Dodrio can't fly.
"My Dodrio can fly," Falkner said, not caring about this. Although Dodrio can't fly, it can jump very high.
Dodrio used its legs to jump lightly, its body as light as an arrow, and rushed towards the sky and Heracross.
Heracross could not avoid it, so it used Horn Attack.
Bang!!!
The two sides collided in the air and were bounced off each other by their own strength, but Heracross was obviously at a greater disadvantage because Dodrio had three bird heads, one of which used Drill Peck to hit Heracross's shoulder, effectively attacking once.
"Heracross, use Leer," Gary ordered.
Hearing this, Heracross glared at Dodrio below, reducing Dodrio's physical defense ability.
"It's useless. Dodrio, continue to attack with Drill Peck," Falkner saw that Heracross was not Dodrio's rival in close combat and attacked again.
The wind power lingered in the beaks of Dodrio's three bird heads and jumped towards the sky again.
"Hmph!" Gary snorted coldly and ordered, "Now, attack with Stone Edge."
"Heracross!!"
Heracross waved its hand, and a large number of stone blades were formed around its body and quickly shot towards Dodrio.
Dodrio could not move in the air, and faced with the dense stone blade attack, it had no way to dodge and was instantly submerged in the stone blades and was smacked down to the ground.
Bang!!
Dodrio fell hard and suffered serious injuries.
"Horn Attack!"
Gary took advantage of the victory and pursued, Heracross attached itself to Dodrio, not giving Dodrio any chance, and collided with Dodrio with the horn.