I, Gary, Want to Become a Pokemon Master

After lunch, Gary and Sabrina went to the center of the venue to draw lots.

Pressing the button, the venue was randomly changed to the Grass Field. Gary noticed that it was the Grass Field, so the fourth game would be in the Rock Field. 

In the original series, Gary's last game of the Indigo Plateau Conference was in the fourth round, also in the Rock Field.

He had to marvel at the power of fate, but this time, Gary was determined not to stop at the fourth round.

That Trainer named Jim must be beaten thoroughly.

"Gary, your rival tomorrow is called Natsuko," the lady at the counter reminded him.

Gary nodded and looked at the photo on the screen.

Natsuko was a brown-haired girl who looked about the same age as Sabrina. 

Trainers who made it to the third round were generally not very strong, and they were all at the level of real contenders.

After learning who his rival was, Gary went back to review Natsuko's game videos.

Natsuko's first game was in the Rock Field, and the Pokémon she used were Wartortle and Nidoqueen.

The second match was fought in the Ice Field, and the Pokémon used were Ninetales and Arcanine.

In both matches, she used two Pokémon to defeat her rivals, which made her seem like a very powerful opponent. 

After all, a Trainer who had an Arcanine must have a very good family background.

Gary predicted that the Grass Field was naturally most suitable for Grass and Bug-type Pokémon to fight in, but Fire-type Pokémon were also suitable. 

It was estimated that one of Ninetales or Arcanine would be on the field.

...!

The third day of the Indigo Plateau Conference.

2 pm.

Gary arrived at the Grass Field because his match was scheduled as the first match in the afternoon.

"Welcome to all the audience who came to watch the game and those watching on TV. The third round of the Indigo Plateau Conference will be held this afternoon.

"Please welcome the first game players, Gary and Natsuko, to enter."

After that, Gary and Natsuko walked out of the contestant channel, entered the stadium amid the cheers of the crowd, and stood in the command area.

"Come on, Gary! Set another record of three in a row!"

"Come on, Natsuko, don't lose to Gary."

"Gary! Gary! Come on!"

"Gary! Gary! So handsome!"

The audience shouted and cheered fiercely.

After two rounds of competition, many Trainers received great attention. Gary won the favor of many girls with his excellent performance and handsome appearance. 

Now there was a cheerleading team dedicated to cheering for him.

"How could it be...!"

Gary also just found out because he could see the huge banner in the audience when he stood in the stadium.

The banner read: "Gary's Life! Cheerleading Team!"

Gary was still quite averse to cheerleading. When he was in Pallet Town, he deliberately stayed away from those crazy fans.

He didn't expect that after participating in the Indigo Plateau Conference, after only two rounds of competition, someone actually formed a Gary cheerleading team. It was really surprising.

"=('0*))) Alas!"

Gary sighed helplessly. It seemed that he was too handsome. No matter where he went, he would be favored by enthusiastic girls.

"Gary's popularity is really high. I hope he can play a wonderful record like in the previous two games."

"Although Natsuko's record in the first two games was not as good as Gary's, her strength is not weak. It should be a big challenge for Gary."

The host introduced the basic conditions of the two players.

Natsuko felt uncomfortable. What did it mean to cause a big challenge for Gary? Did they think she would lose? She participated in the Indigo Plateau Conference with the purpose of winning.

Natsuko looked at Gary. She had also seen Gary's post-match interview.

Seeing Gary despise all the players of the Indigo Plateau Conference, she was naturally very angry. This time, she wanted to see how strong Gary was.

"Next, Gary and Natsuko will have a 3-on-3 match. Please release your Pokémon at the same time," the referee announced.

"Beedrill, please!"

"Exeggutor, come on!"

Both sides released their Poké Balls at the same time.

Great!

[LV40 Beedrill♀/Gym]

Great!

[LV48 Exeggutor♂/Quasi-Elite]

"The Pokémon sent by Natsuko is Beedrill, and the Pokémon sent by Gary is Exeggutor. Exeggutor is very restrained by Beedrill," the host explained.

"Beedrill...!" Gary didn't expect that Natsuko actually had another Beedrill.

Exeggutor has both Grass and Psychic attributes, and both attributes are weak to Bug-type moves, so Bug-type skills will cause four times the damage to Exeggutor.

Even though Gary's Exeggutor is higher level than the opponent's Beedrill, if it is hit by a Bug-type skill from Beedrill, it will be greatly damaged.

"Good luck, Beedrill, use Pin Missile!" Natsuko immediately launched an attack.

The thick white needles on Beedrill's hands flashed white light, and Pin Missiles were ejected and shot towards Exeggutor.

"After dodging, use Psyshock," Gary ordered.

Exeggutor moved quickly on the field, even pulling out a shadow, easily dodging all the Pin Missiles, and then used Psychic energy to impact Beedrill.

Beedrill only felt an irresistible force, and its body flew more than ten meters in the air before it stabilized itself.

"What! Why is Exeggutor so fast?" Natsuko was shocked. 

She had fought against Exeggutor before, but she had never seen Exeggutor so fast.

"Such a fast speed, Exeggutor's Chlorophyll ability was triggered," the host explained.

"What!" Natsuko looked up at the sky and was immediately pierced by the sunlight and couldn't raise her head. 

Thinking of the fact that she had applied sunscreen when she went out today, she didn't expect Gary to take the weather into consideration.

"Psyshock!"

The eyes on the four heads of Exeggutor shone blue, and invisible Psyshock beams shot out.

"Get out of the way!"

Beedrill wanted to dodge, but Psyshock's attack speed was too fast. Beedrill had no chance to dodge and was hit by Psyshock again.

Bang!!

Beedrill didn't fly backward this time. It was smacked down and fell to the ground. Its eyes were dim.

"Beedrill loses its ability to fight!" the referee announced.

Although Beedrill is very effective against Exeggutor, it is also weak to Psychic. In addition, its physical defense is very low. 

It is difficult to withstand one Psyshock, and it is impossible to withstand two.

"Come back." 

Natsuko took back Beedrill and sent out the second one, saying: "Go, Ninetales!"

Great!

[LV42 Ninetales♂/Quasi-Elite]

As Gary guessed, among the three Pokémon that Natsuko sent out today, one of Ninetales and Arcanine would definitely appear.

Arcanine fought very hard yesterday and is not suitable for continuous fighting, so Natsuko sent Ninetales to the field this time. 

Especially now that the sun is so strong, it is also suitable for Fire-type Pokémon to fight in such a climate.