Chapter 28: Catching Charmander - Part 3
"Come out! Zubat!" Brock released Zubat. Seeing Brock send out only a Zubat, those adults laughed derisively. "Little brat! You should just obediently admit defeat! Who told you to provoke our Young Master? Otherwise, in a moment, we'll make you wish you were dead!"
After speaking, the adults released their Pokémon. "Come out! Fearow!" "Golbat!" "Beedrill!" "Persian!" After the adults finished speaking, these Pokémon appeared before Brock.
Brock looked at the Pokémon before him and said confidently, "Just with trash like you, you think you can defeat me? Maybe in your next life! Come at me all at once!"
Hearing Brock's words, one of the adults, his eyes red with anger, commanded his Pokémon, "Fearow! Use Hyper Beam! Teach that kid a good lesson for me!"
Hearing their companion initiate the attack, the other adults also commanded their Pokémon, "Persian, use Power Gem!" "Beedrill, use Pin Missile!" "Golbat, use Confuse Ray!" All attacking Brock simultaneously.
Seeing Persian and the others' moves heading towards him, Brock thought, Sigh, just trying to act cool gets you attacked... Now four Pokémon moves are coming at me, but I only have two Pokémon out! I can only block the attacks of two opposing Pokémon at best! Looks like I'll have to ask Ash and the others for help!
Seeing the incoming moves about to hit Brock, Ash shouted loudly, "Pikachu! Use Thunderbolt! Block those moves!" Hearing Ash, Pikachu launched a Thunderbolt attack towards the incoming moves. Then Ash yelled loudly to Brock, "Brock! Snap out of it! Don't just space out now! The enemy moves are about to hit you!"
Hearing Ash's shout snapped Brock out of his daze. He saw the moves rapidly approaching him, was startled, and immediately commanded the Pokémon beside him, "Zubat! Use Confuse Ray too! Meowth! You haven't learned any ranged attacks yet! Take Charmander and get out of here first!"
Hearing Brock, Meowth pulled the nearby Charmander away. Then, Ash's Pikachu's Thunderbolt collided with the Hyper Beam, exploding violently in the middle. A large crater appeared in the ground between Brock and the adults; small stones and debris were blasted into dust. Dust filled the air, obscuring Brock's and the others' vision. Brock couldn't even clearly see the adults anymore.
Next, Zubat's Confuse Ray collided with Golbat's Confuse Ray. The two rays neutralized each other. Because the dust from the earlier explosion obscured the view, the collision of the Confuse Rays wasn't clearly visible.
The remaining Pin Missile and Power Gem pierced through the dust cloud, heading straight for Brock and the others. Seeing the Pin Missile and Power Gem flying towards them, Brock realized he had no Pokémon left out to block the moves with skills. He yelled loudly to Ash and the others, "Everyone, run! Get clear quickly!"
After shouting, Brock quickly ran backwards. Hearing Brock, Ash and the others scattered to the sides. Moves don't turn corners! So Ash and the others managed to dodge the Pin Missile and Power Gem. However, Brock wasn't so lucky.
Brock ran backwards as fast as he could, but can a person outrun a Pokémon's move? Of course not. So, just as the Pin Missile and Power Gem were about to hit Brock, it seemed Brock's luck held out, or perhaps the moves reached the end of their range.
They struck the ground right under Brock's feet, and the ground exploded, sending Brock flying through the air.
In the moment he was blasted into the air, many thoughts flashed through Brock's mind, such as, Am I going to die?! But I don't even know who the enemy is yet!
A second later, Brock crashed onto the ground. He slowly got back up, touching his head and body while muttering, "Everything hurts so much... but I'm not dead! How can that be?!" So Brock started wondering, Why didn't I die? Was it my System protecting me? Or were their Pokémon's moves weak? Or was I just lucky? Or am I just hard to kill?!
Seeing this, Ash and the others quickly ran over beside Brock. Daisy looked at Brock worriedly and asked, "Brock, are you okay?!"
Because Brock was still in a daze, he didn't hear Daisy's words and just stood there motionless.
Misty looked at the unmoving Brock and said to the others, "Ash! Sister Daisy! Sister Melanie! Don't tell me Brock got blasted stupid by that explosion just now!"
"Misty, you're the one who got blasted stupid! I was just wondering why I got blown up and crashed down but, other than hurting all over, seem completely fine!" Brock snapped out of his daze upon hearing Misty badmouthing him and retorted.
"Sister Daisy! Sister Melanie! Ash! Brock really did get blasted stupid by that explosion! Otherwise, how could he not know that the clothes we wear have very high defense? As long as we don't encounter some major natural disaster, other kinds of damage are completely nullified! Although, it still hurts," Misty explained to the others.
Hearing Misty's explanation, Brock felt incredibly embarrassed. He thought, How embarrassing! Looks like I absolutely must learn about everything in this world now, otherwise I'll die of embarrassment! By this time, the dust raised by the explosions had settled.
Damian Oak, his two companions, and the group of adults walked over together. Seeing Brock standing there unharmed, Damian pointed at Brock and yelled at the adults, "You bunch of trash! That guy's fine! You idiots, hurry up and attack him again!"
Brock saw Damian and his group preparing to attack again. He turned to Ash and the others and said, "Ash, Misty, Daisy, Melanie! Lend me all your Pokémon! I'm going to fight them to the death! I've never been so humiliated before!" After speaking, Brock took a determined step forward.
Seeing Brock's actions, Ash and the others knew Brock was truly angry now. Although Brock was usually easygoing and joking, they had never seen him this serious before. They knew this situation had escalated. So, Ash and the others handed over all their Pokémon to Brock. Meowth, who was nearby with Charmander, also came over to Brock's side.
Just as Brock received the Poké Balls from Ash and the others and was about to release the Pokémon, a voice suddenly came from the sky, "Brock! Stop!"
Hearing the voice, Brock looked up towards the sky and saw a helicopter hovering there.
The helicopter landed. Two middle-aged men, both in their late thirties, emerged from the helicopter. Brock looked at one of the men and exclaimed, "Dad! What are you doing here?!" Yes, one of the men who got out of the helicopter was Brock's father, Flint.
The other middle-aged man looked towards Damian Oak's group, then walked over angrily. A frightened voice was heard, "Dad?! What wind blew you here?" Yes, the other middle-aged man was Damian Oak's father, Mr. Oak Bridge.
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