8.
Lol, I'm rebuilding my team.
I'll battle the Gym Trainers when I need to train up a certain type.
Then travel any routes in Kanto left un-travelled, before challenging the Indigo Plateau again, then, after victory, and inevitable return to New Bark Town, I'll head up Mount Silver to have an epic duel with Red (my team shall be Pikachu weak, so I plan to teach one of them Earthquake)