Victini's Favorite

Compared to Cameran Palace, Eindoak Town's Battle Festival was undoubtedly a lot sloppier.

Unlike Cameran Palace, this city's Battle Festival has a dedicated arena, where trainers who have signed up for the tournament run through the streets of the city, searching for their favorite opponents with the help of a tag, and then engage in one-on-one battles with them in a one-on-one, non-rotating Pokémon battle, where they can advance to the finals after defeating their opponents, but lose once and lose their qualification for participation. Aicha and Skyla are in a one-on-one Pokémon battle.

Aisha and Skyla signed up for the tournament at the Pokémon Center, and after receiving their tags from one of the hosts, they took to the streets to start their own battles.

"Haunter, Shadow Ball after Hypnosis, good, one sleeper, your hypnotic tactics have come a long way, try adding Dream Eater next time."

"Larvitar, Rock Blast and Rock Slide, hit hard!"

"Eevee, Bite... no, don't hit so hard, and aren't your teeth a lot sharper?"

"Marill, Aqua Jet, and... ah, how come the other side has already lost?"

Along the way, Instructor Ai commanded the four Pokémon, almost completely crushing all of the opponents that had approached him, or that he had actively sought out.

The little guys' strength was incomparable nowadays after experiencing the intense battles in the Battle Subway.

"Rotom, the live feed is set up, let's go full speed ahead!"

"Lo~ ok!"

Instructor Ai even commanded Rotom phone to set up the live stream.

After the water users flooded into the live stream, the first thing they saw was Aisha directing Marill to punch out a Cofagrigus.

"Master green back, Instructor Ai's classic abuse round."

"Aborted, Instructor Ai hit the fried fish cup again!"

"Taking a super highly practiced Pokémon and crushing low level tournaments, Instructor Ai is really still the same mean and shameless but handsome Instructor Ai that makes people want to stop~"

"The background doesn't look like the Kanto region, where did Instructor Ai run off to?"

"The news from above is too backward, Instructor Ai has suddenly run to Nimbasa City for some reason these days, and the other day he was madly brushing experience the Battle Subway, and those employees and the two captains have already exploded gold coins for I don't know how many times."

The water users watching the live stream were also sending barrages with high intensity, exclaiming Instructor Ai's fish-bombing move.

There were a few people talking about his whereabouts, however, people were still more likely to yell for Instructor Ai to step up his fish frying efforts.

Those guys may not be trainers.

However, it was really cool for the guys to watch Instructor Ai fry the fish.

"Guys~"

After finishing another sparring match, Instructor Ai stood in front of the camera and slightly explained his whereabouts, saying, "Instructor Ai was invited by Miss Elesa to be the guest of honor for the opening ceremony, so he ran to Nimbasa City on a public trip, and when the opening ceremony unfolds in the next few days, the houseguests will be able to see Instructor Ai on the top of the TV."

"So, while there's still time in these two days, Instructor Ai traveled a little at public expense."

As soon as they heard Instructor Ai's words, the water users immediately laughed at him as well.

"Instructor Ai is afraid that he isn't living in a dream, Elesa is here too?"

"Elesa super talk is here, who is Aisha?"

"It's fantasy time."

Everyone laughed at the babbling Instructor Ai.

However, Aisha's whereabouts were not a secret.

His water useers also had Nimbasa Gym employees within them, so that Instructor Ai's words were immediately confirmed by them.

"I'm a fan of Elesa's, I'll testify that Instructor Ai isn't lying he's inside the Nimbasa Gym with Elesa and Iono all day long not knowing what they're doing."

"That sister's IP above is really Nimbasa Gym, bad, this really makes Instructor Ai's star chasing successful."

"If you don't understand, Instructor Ai linked Iono last time, Elesa this time, when will he link Clemont and Volkner."

"Why don't you say Lt. Surge, what's wrong with Uncle Sailor you guys?"

"Didn't Lt. Surge get brutally beaten by Instructor Ai last time live?"

Watching the wind direction of the barrage screen change several times within a few minutes, Instructor Ai also revealed a pleasant smile.

As expected, the real pretense wasn't to explain yourself out of your own mouth.

Because there are people who can explain for you.

"Instructor Ai is blowing up fishponds today, and will immediately take a Fishpond Bureau Championship for everyone to see!"

Instructor Ai stopped pretending and collected Marill and headed to the center of the city.

By this point, the contestants must have also gathered in the most crowded place.

The residents in the neighborhood had also watched Aisha's victory all the way to this point, and had won every battle beautifully, so now naturally they were not stingy with their applause and cheers.

Aisha met a new opponent with the sound of cheering from the sky.

It was a girl wearing a red woolen dress and a hat made of the same material.

"Instructor Ai, I'm Carlita of Eindoak Town, let's fight!"

"Good."

After receiving Aisha's permission, Carlita also revealed an excited smile, took out a Poké ball, and threw it into the sky.

"Roar-!!!"

The Poké ball opened, and a vicious three-headed dragon with a dark green body emerged from within the light, its three heads letting out a heart-shattering roar together.

"Yikes, really shiny Hydreigon?"

Aisha was in awe.

The residents in the neighborhood were already surprised, as Carlita also brought her Hydreigon to the battle festivities every year.

However, some of the nearby trainers showed envious, jealous expressions.

That was a shiny Pseudo Legendary Pokémon.

Hydreigon was a rare Pseudo Legendary Pokémon, and even within the Pseudo Legendary Pokémon, its rarity was still high.

How could such a tiny Pseudo Legendary not be appealing?

Of course... Instructor Ai was not included in these people.

"In that case~"

Looking at the shiny Hydreigon that flew up into the sky due to its Levitate characteristics, with three pairs of eyes staring intently at him, Instructor Ai just smiled flatly and took out a Poké ball.

"Metang, it's your turn to perform!"

"Me-ta-!!!"

Within the enthusiastic cheers, the silver-white and gold-colored shiny Metang opened its bright red eyes, and with the assistance of the supernatural power fluctuations, floated in front of Hydreigon.

Once shiny Metang made its appearance, the cheers at the scene were several times more enthusiastic.

Shiny Hydreigon was still only popular because of its cherish degree.

Metang had really surpassed it in all aspects.

Cherish degree, can Deino compared to Beldum?

Face value... a dark green Hydreigon and a platinum Metang, it's certainly clear who's more handsome as well!

"In terms of pretending, it's still Instructor Ai who is better."

"Shiny Metang is already so handsome, how handsome the shiny Metagross should be, I can't even dare to imagine!"

"Steven also has a shiny Metagross, and Instructor Ai also has a shiny Metang... Sure enough, these handsome Pokémon are the standard for handsome trainers."

Within Instructor Ai's live broadcast room, the water users also let out different exclamations about the confrontation between the two shiny Pseudo Legendary Pokémon.

Of course, shiny Metang's popularity was bound to be the highest one.

"Roar-!!!"

As if sensing that its prowess had been stolen by the shiny iron lump in front of it , Hydreigon's eyes revealed a violent aura within them, vaguely glowing red, and roared as it incited the three pairs of slender wings behind it, blowing up a hurricane.

"Hydreigon, calm down!"

Carlita called out to her partner, and afterward, gave the order to attack.

"Hydreigon, Dark Pulse!"

"Metang, Bullet Punch."

Hydreigon's three heads opened their mouths wide, and three black hurricanes erupted from within its mouthparts.

A silver-colored figure then flashed away, perfectly avoiding the three Dark Pulse sweeps, and blasted a fist on top of Hydreigon's head that was the leader.

"Roar!"

Hydreigon cried out in pain, his huge body being deflected by the strong force.

"Meteor Mash!"

"Me-ta-!!!"

Taking advantage of Hydreigon being knocked askew, shiny Metang simply bullied its way in as well, and blasted a fist on top of its neck.

"Roar!"

Hydreigon only had time to let out a roar of pain, and then it fell straight to the ground.

With a bang, the three-headed dragon crashed into the stone-paved ground, sending up a cloud of dust.

Metang didn't hesitate to add a Flash Cannon, which blasted into the smoke and dust, hitting Hydreigon with pinpoint accuracy.

"Roar..."

The original roar that was filled with violent intent had turned into a weak cry.

After the smoke dissipated, Hydreigon with dizzy eyes and no fighting ability was reflected in everyone's eyes.

"Hydreigon has lost its ability to fight, the winner of this battle is Instructor Ai!"

That host who handed out the hang tags at the beginning ran out from somewhere, holding a microphone, and loudly announced Aisha's victory.

"Oh!"

"Amazing, awesome, shiny Metang!"

"Instructor Ai is mighty!"

The nearby trainers and residents also had people who recognized Aisha's identity, and they all cheered out together.

This battle between the tiny Pseudo Legendary Pokémon ended with a perfect victory for the tiny Metang.

Throughout the entire battle, shiny Hydreigon had no power to fight back except for a useless Dark Pulse, which was unilaterally beaten by shiny Metang.

This also emphasizes the tacit understanding between Metang and Aisha.

Each of their moves were as smooth and flowing as a single move.

"...Tough luck, Hydreigon."

After standing in silence for a moment, Carlita withdrew Hydreigon with a bitter smile.

Beside her, Carlita's acquaintances also swarmed over to comfort the miserably defeated young girl.

Hydreigon's strength wasn't weak.

Carlita herself wasn't a third-rate trainer either.

The main thing was that the opponent was too strong, both the trainer and the Pokémon were also excessively strong.

"Champagne's opened!"

"It's... the opponent is a Pseudo Legendary Pokémon, or a final evolved Hydreigon, and it actually lost so cleanly?"

"With such an opponent, this fish fry is a bit of gold."

"Is there a possibility that the trainer on the opposite side who used shiny Hydreigon is also a fish frying contestant?"

"So she met Instructor Ai and was sanctioned."

Ai Instructor's live room was also swept over with a screen full of comments.

"Instructor Ai!"

At this time, the host ran over to Aisha's side and said, "Now that the only people left to participate in the celebration are you and another player, I'd like to invite the two of you to head to a special matchmaking venue for the final match!"

"Good."

Aisha did not refuse.

He himself needed to obtain victory in this matchmaking celebration as a way to have the qualifications to legally enter the Kingdom of the Vale.

The host probably knew Aisha's identity along with his live broadcast, and chose to invite him to face off on top of the sparring ground in order to hype up the festive atmosphere.

As for that last opponent...

"It's really you."

Standing at one end of the battlefield, Aisha looked at Skyla on the opposite side and revealed a smile.

The so-called sparring ground was actually just a stage in the center of the city, not a professional gladiatorial arena like Cameran Palace.

However, Aisha couldn't give an answer as to which of the two cities' battlegrounds would win or lose.

Because, the rustic atmosphere of Eindoak Town's side was clearly more enthusiastic.

"Everyone in Eindoak Town, heavy news, Mistralton City Gym Leader Miss Skyla and Tactician Instructor Ai are also participating in this edition of the Battle Festival and have made it all the way to the finals!"

The host, speaking in a rustic accent that was unconsciously endearing, shouted out the names and identities of the two finalists.

The surrounding residents and participants also cheered.

Instructor Ai's reputation was naturally needless to say nowadays.

Skyla was also an absolutely popular beauty queen as the Unova Region Gym Leader.

"Is that Miss Skyla?"

"I've heard that Skyla's Swanna is very powerful, and its other Pokémon aren't afraid of Ice type moves, it's too strong."

"Who's more powerful, her or Instructor Ai?"

"Uh... it's definitely still Instructor Ai, the other Instructor Ai is a guaranteed Elite Four."

"Whatever, I love to see the combination of a beautiful girl and a beautiful boy, today is a real treat!"

The audience's words couldn't affect Aisha and Skyla.

Probably because of the warmth of Eindoak Town's town, Skyla unzipped her coat.

The searcher's coat itself was a fashionable type, and now, Skyla wore both the flight suit and Instructor Ai's coat, showing off her dashing style.

She took out a Poké ball, and a warlike smile appeared above her pretty face as she said, "Instructor Ai, let's have a sparring match!"

"Good."

The two threw the Poké ball together.

"Woo~"

The elegant Swanna soared into the sky bathed in white light. Flapping its white wings.

Its pure white feathers shimmered like crystal under the sunlight, and the blue fluff wrapped around its chest resembled a ballet dancer's skirt.

"Lo~ it looks as if it's a strong enemy?"

On Aisha's side was the long-lost Wash Rotom.

"Ah?"

Skyla frowned without a trace.

Although it was said that Swanna was her ace Pokémon.

However, the Water and Flying attributes meeting Rotom could be considered an extreme disadvantage.

"Rotom, Thunderbolt!"

"Swanna, Double Team."

Swanna flew high into the sky with a single strike of her wings under Skyla's command, using the sun's illumination, and in one breath, she split into countless silhouettes, avoiding Wash Rotom's Thunderbolt.

"Steel Wing!"

"Discharge!"

Swanna's doppelgänger was neutralized by a massive Discharge, and the real Swanna proper was hidden within the swarm of doppelgängers, waving its steel-colored wings and slamming down on top of Wash Rotom's washer lid - Skyla had thought that Swanna would be able to at least repel it, unexpectedly, Wash Rotom's durability was ridiculously hard, and after taking a shot of Steel Wing, the washing machine only backed up two meters, before letting loose a Thunderbolt at close range.

"Woo!"

"Lo~ Rotom pro electrotherapy~"

Swanna was badly hurt by the intense current.

Skyla, on the other hand, calmly commanded Swanna to use Roost.

"Thunderbolt."

"Aerial Ace!"

Swanna dodged a Thunderbolt with Aerial Ace's acceleration, while Wash Rotom split a doppelgänger and used Thunder Wave at the same time.

Even with Swanna's speed, the diffusely released Thunder Wave grazed his wing after knocking out the doppelgänger.

"Feather Dance!"

Seeing Aisha's thoughts, Skyla immediately shouted out a command for defense.

"Thunder Wave."

The next moment, the raging Thunder Wave was splitting on top of a large handful of white feathers.

After Thunder Wave, Thunderbolt immediately tore through Feather Dance's defense and hit Swanna's chest.

"Oooh!"

Swanna let out a cry of pain as a string of tiny electric currents ran through her white body.

"Paralyzed?"

Skyla's expression changed.

"Paralyzed!"

Instructor Ai's expression froze, followed by an unexpected burst of ecstasy.

Swanna's paralysis was not due to Thunder Wave...

What the hell?

He could actually rub off on Thunderbolt's 10% chance paralysis one day?

Have I lost my life?

"Huh?"

Wash Rotom froze as well.

It knew what kind of luck it and Instructor Ai had.

Today, it actually stumbled upon such a paralyzing burst of luck?

Otherwise, buy a lottery ticket after the fight...

"Rotom, Hex, hurry up, if you miss this time, you don't know when you'll get this chance in the future!"

"Lo!"

Hearing Instructor Ai's urging, Wash Rotom was also on fire, using his Ghost type move after a long time, even giving up the advantage of Attribute Restraint.

"Swanna, Aqua Ring!"

Skyla realized that the paralyzed Swanna no longer had the speed to dodge and chose to defend.

Hex that doubled its power under the Abnormal Status gave Swanna another heavy blow - it was Instructor Ai and Wash Rotom's only blow.

"Thunderbolt!"

Finally, with Aisha's last order, golden lightning struck down the graceful Swanna.

The host declared Aisha's victory under Skyla's bitter smile.

Aisha was honored under the mayor's leadership.

Everyone's eyes were on him as well, including the Pokémon in the shadows.

"Bee?"

Victini's eyes tightened on the teenager's face.

It could confer victory just as well as it could perceive it.

The teenager had the strongest aura of victory it had seen so far wrapped around him, as if he had never tasted defeat and would always be victorious in the future.

"Nee~"

Victini narrowed its eyes and smiled joyfully.

Its favorite, like Aisha, was the one who never lost a victory.