"Daigo is truly amazing. He easily caught so many Pokémon." Several boys, about ten years old, walked beside him, flattering the leader. The leader was also a ten-year-old boy, with blue hair, dressed like a cowboy, with sunglasses pushed up onto his forehead, his face full of smugness.
"Hmph! Isn't catching Pokémon easy?" Listening to the flattery of the boys around him, the leading boy was quite proud.
Charmander!!! Charmander's face instantly changed when it saw the newcomers, then it quickly ran forward. Ash and the others behind it naturally also saw the group. "What's wrong? Does Charmander know that person?" Misty asked, puzzled.
"That guy is Daigo! He often goes out to catch Pokémon, but if he thinks they're too weak, he'll abandon them without hesitation!" Nurse Joy, however, knew this boy, but she didn't have a good impression of him. "So he's Charmander's trainer!" At this, everyone realized he was the trainer who abandoned Charmander.
"Huh??" At this moment, Daigo, who had walked in with the boys, heard Charmander's cry and turned his head. His cronies also looked over. Looking down, he saw a Charmander standing in front of him.
Daigo was also a bit surprised to see Charmander, and at this moment, Charmander's eyes still held a glimmer of hope as it looked at Daigo.
"What?! So it's you!!" Seeing Charmander, Daigo was not happy at all. Instead, his expression was disdainful, with a hint of a sneer. "Daigo, is this the Charmander you abandoned?" At this moment, a crony beside him asked.
As the saying goes, "birds of a feather flock together." Those who flattered Daigo were naturally the same kind of people as him, directly stating the abandonment without any subtlety.
Charmander, who originally still had hope in its eyes, instantly darkened when it heard the word "abandon." In fact, Ash and the others had just told it that its trainer had abandoned it. But it refused to believe it, because it had to confirm it itself.
And Daigo had never mentioned abandoning it before, only telling it to wait there and that he would come back for it later. Now, hearing it from Daigo's crony, it finally realized that Ash and the others were right: Daigo had really lied to it and had no intention of coming back for it.
"That's right, this guy. He can't even beat a Poliwag, and he keeps bothering me, it's so annoying! I can't believe he found his way here?" "Didn't I tell you not to leave your spot? Not only is he weak, but he doesn't listen to my orders.
Good thing I let him go." Daigo, listening to his crony, not only felt no guilt but became even more smug, then even mocked Charmander directly. Hearing these words, Charmander finally understood everything.
And Daigo, not only deceived and abandoned Charmander, but even after abandoning it, he still demanded it obey his commands.
Let alone Charmander, or Ash and the others, some trainers nearby frowned, watching. With trainers like Daigo, there were naturally also trainers who loved Pokémon as much as Ash and the others did. They were very angry about Daigo's actions, but seeing that there were many of them, they didn't want to cause trouble.
"Damn it, how can this guy be like this!"
"Bastard!!" Brock and Misty were instantly furious. Brock clenched his fists, and Misty wanted to rush forward, but Ash held her back.
"Ash, what are you doing? Let me go! I'm going to teach that guy a lesson!" Misty struggled, wanting to go forward and flatten that hateful guy.
"Don't worry, just watch!" Ash held Misty, watching the situation there and calming her down.
"What's wrong? You wouldn't still want to come back to me, would you? Seriously, my team doesn't need weaklings like you." "How about this, if you still want to come back to me, I can give you a chance.
As long as you can defeat my Poliwag, I'll let you come back. How does that sound?" Daigo was full of disdain. To be honest, he never intended to let Charmander come back.
He said this merely to defeat it in front of everyone and satisfy his vanity before his cronies, proving that Charmander itself was very weak and deserved to be abandoned.
Charmander!!!! Charmander listened, its eyes sharp, letting out a low growl at Daigo. Flames burned in its eyes. Pokémon, though not human, are not foolish. On the contrary, they are more capable of sensing human kindness and malice.
Even if it was foolish before, it now understood that it had been abandoned and deceived. Pokémon also have their pride. It accepted the challenge now, not because it wanted to return to Daigo, but because it wanted to prove to Daigo that it was absolutely not weak.
"Oh? You accept the challenge? Then follow me!" Daigo sneered, then turned and walked outside. His cronies quickly followed, and Charmander followed closely behind. Many trainers also followed, wanting to watch the show.
Ash and his two companions naturally also went outside. Only Nurse Joy didn't join the commotion; she couldn't bear to watch such a thing. Soon, they arrived at an open space on the side of the Pokémon Center.
Besides Daigo and his cronies, there were also many other trainers watching. Charmander walked to Daigo's opposite side. Ash also led Brock and Misty to a side. At this moment, Daigo also took out a Poké Ball and released Poliwag.
Poliwag's body was round, with a long, oval tail. Its most distinctive feature was the spiral pattern on its front, like a mosquito coil. As its name suggested, Poliwag was a Water-type Pokémon, but it could also adapt to living in places without water.
"Damn it, this guy deliberately used Poliwag. He's clearly trying to make things difficult for Charmander." Anyone with eyes could see that Water-type countered Fire-type. He deliberately used Poliwag to fight Charmander not to give Charmander a chance,
but simply to bully it. Although he no longer focused on type matchups after meeting Ash, not everyone was Ash, and Charmander didn't even have a trainer to command it.
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