Game, Viridian Gym Battle

Umbreon's eyes widened.

At once, the eerie feeling of oppression caused Gyrados to shut its mouth.

"Tsk." Blue's expression was wonderful.

"Gyrados, Waterfall!"

Gyrados, who was filled with rage, rushed out almost at the first moment, and a clear stream of water gushed out in a flash above its heavy and huge body, crashing into Umbreon's body without mercy.

"Roar!"

"Boo~"

However, Umbreon, who flew up into the air, was quick to adjust its posture and landed in style.

It even had the leisure to shake the water that was stained on its body, looking as if it was not in any serious trouble.

This was indeed the case.

Instructor Ai had been developing this Umbreon towards the defensive type since it was a child, and its durability was high.

Gyrados' Waterfall could not do much damage to it at all.

"Boo..."

Umbreon flashed a wild smile at Gyrados.

Brother, you're stranded here scraping the bottom of the barrel?

"Roar!"

Gyrados was seething with rage.

Blue was also a bit tense.

He knew that Umbreon's durability was high, but he didn't expect Instructor Ai's Umbreon to be frank to this extent.

Then... after Mean Look was used and Taunt was used, the opponent's Pokémon still couldn't hit itself.

"Oops."

Blue sighed, he had already guessed Aisha's operation behind him.

As expected, Instructor Ai smiled and commanded Umbreon to start strengthening.

"Umbreon, Curse."

"Boo~"

Umbreon stood firm and a red light emerged from its body.

Its physical attack and defense increased by one level, and its speed decreased by one level.

Now Gyrados couldn't hit it even more.

"Gyrados, Waterfall!"

"Roar!"

Gyrados was wrapped in a raging current again and smashed into Umbreon's body like a waterfall that had fallen with a bang.

This time, Umbreon barely missed being knocked off his feet.

The scraping, it began.

Aisha didn't rush to counterattack either, but commanded Umbreon to start a continuous strengthening.

Physical Attack and Physical Defense were raised, and Speed was lowered.

Soon, he harvested a bunker level Umbreon that had its physical attack raised by six levels, its physical defense raised by six levels, and its speed slowed by five levels.

The speed was slow as hell, but the physical attack and physical defense were stacked to the sky.

"Boo~"

Umbreon's smile became even more wild.

Instructor Ai's smile was still so gentle.

Blue, on the other hand, was wearing a pained mask.

Gyrados itself was also a Pokémon with little maneuvering, only a stream of reckless hits.

If it were another Pokémon, it would at least be able to struggle for a while, taking advantage of the end of Taunt to poison and strengthen the Umbreon on the opposite side.

Gyrados, on the other hand, can't...

Aisha's Umbreon obviously focused on working on the Taunt move.

He always calculated exactly when the Taunt on Gyrados would end, and then, commanded Umbreon to make up a new Taunt.

This left Blue without even the opportunity to strengthen Gyrados with Dragon Dance standing together, only to constantly use moves like Waterfall.

Now, Umbreon's fortification is complete.

And its counterattack has begun...

"Umbreon, Crunch!"

"Boo!"

There was an extra ferocity within Umbreon's smile.

It stared at Gyrados, the discontent of being continuously knocked away by this fake dragon exploding all at once.

Umbreon grew its mouth and bit down on top of Gyrados' tail, causing Gyrados to scream wildly in pain.

Unfortunately... Umbreon's strength was really worrisome and the skill pool was a bit of a problem.

Strengthened to the max, it still bit down on the thick-skinned Gyrados only after a while.

"Roar..."

Gyrados lost its ability to fight and fell to the ground in disgrace.

Blue felt a little sick to his heart.

Gyrados hit Umbreon as a scratch, and he watched as his opponent strengthened a monster.

Then, watched as his opponent's monster scraped his side of the fight.

The matter remained sizable to this day.

"Heh."

Blue sneered.

He retrieved Gyrados and threw another Poké ball with his backhand.

"Buzz!"

A Beedrill vibrated its wings and appeared on top of the field, carrying shiny needles.

"Beedrill?"

Aisha was stunned, he didn't expect Blue to prepare this Pokémon in advance.

However, it made sense when he thought about it.

The man was Giovanni's disciple, so what was wrong with having a Beedrill?

"Umbreon, Crunch."

"Boo~"

Umbreon lunged out and took a bite of Beedrill's slim waist.

"Buzz..."

Beedrill ate the blow without avoiding it.

Aisha frowned, feeling something was wrong.

At this exact moment, Umbreon was also feeling that the texture of this Beedrill was a bit off.

Like it was wrapped in a plastic film...

"Boo!"

It took a step back and saw a cape swinging out from the waist of Beedrill who had a very pained expression.

"Not good, Umbreon!"

"Beedrill, Endeavor." Blue ordered this with a sneer

The next moment, a beam of light flew out from Beedrill's body and shone on Umbreon's body.

"Boo!"

Umbreon directly revealed a pained expression.

Its original appearance that was still in high spirits quickly disappeared, and was replaced by an appearance that was generally the same as Beedrill's, like a candle in the wind.

"Focus Sash and Endeavor."

Aisha frowned and said, "Umbreon, Baton Pass!"

At the same time, Beedrill moved.

Its twin needles stabbed out very quickly, completely outpacing Umbreon, whose speed had been clipped by six levels.

Umbreon had even seen the sardonic smile on its face.

In the next moment, Umbreon turned into a beam of light-colored light and flew back to Instructor Ai's Poké ball.

The other Poké ball on Aisha's waist released a light, and Azumarill, which had originally gotten off the field, once again appeared on top of the field where the matchup was taking place.

Its lowered Physical Attack due to Arcanine's Intimidate refreshed and, incidentally, inherited Umbreon's ability changes.

The reinforcement of Level 6 Physical Attack and Level 6 Physical Defense made this big blue rabbit's aura strong to an intimidating degree.

At this moment, Beedrill's twin needles stabbed over, and Blue's command came through, saying, "Endeavor!"

"Eh?"

Aisha's face changed.

Another beam of light, wrapped around Beedrill's twin needles, landed on Azumarill's body.

Azumarill backhanded an Ice Punch into Beedrill's face.

"Buzz!"

Beedrill could no longer vibrate its wings, and it was knocked out of the fight by Azumarill's punch that landed on the ground far away.

However, Azumarill, who had stood on the field, was also in a rapidly deteriorating state.

Like Umbreon, its originally very healthy breath quickly withered, and if it didn't have a good enough base of its own, it might not have been able to stand.

"Lu..."

Azumarill braced itself strongly.

In the blink of an eye, its stamina was as fragile as a candle in the wind.

"Hmm~"

Blue smiled and retrieved Beedrill.

"Good job."

Beedrill took great credit this time.

Not only did it use its skill to solve the opponent's Umbreon, it also cashed in on the two opposite Pokémon that were in a very healthy state.

"..."

The silent Aisha was thinking quickly.

After some weighing, he decided not to retrieve Azumarill and let it stay on the field.

It was already in the wind, so it was better to utilize the reinforcement given by Umbreon.

"Hah."

Sighing softly, Aisha's eyes changed as he looked at Blue.

As expected of Blue, Beedrill feigned offense to lure himself into Baton Pass driven by utilitarianism, however, his actual action was to use Endeavor a second time, pretty much nullifying the Pokémon that he had replaced with Baton Pass on the field.

Then, facing Azumarill, who could be defeated with just one hit, but could also defeat any Pokémon with one punch, and who also possessed Aqua Jet, a pre-emptive class move, Blue's choice was...

"It's your turn."

Blue once again threw out Arcanine's Poké ball.

That divine, majestic big dog once again appeared on top of the field of battle, once again facing Azumarill and letting out a furious roar.

"Woof!"

Azumarill's body trembled, however, it still stood straight.

It glared back at Arcanine with no weakness at all.

It didn't look at all like its physical strength was already in the wind, and it would collapse at the slightest touch.

"Hmm..."

Above the audience, Lorelei frowned.

He could see that Blue's team was specially matched to target Aisha.

Aisha's signature Pokémon, apart from that weirdly developed Caterpie, was Azumarill, which had followed him since his debut.

Blue's Beedrill was an assassin that came at Aisha's Azumarill.

Only this time, it broke Umbreon's reinforced tactics by the way.

The remaining Arcanine again used Extreme Speed, which had a higher Prior System, to see off the bloodied Azumarill that had been hit by Endeavor...

"Not good."

Lorelei shook her head.

Blue was also an old friend of hers, and she was naturally aware of the depth of Blue's scheming.

Aisha's team, along with his traveling as well as live broadcasting, was almost transparent to a degree.

Blue matched the team naturally against the matched team.

Not only Beedrill, this Arcanine was also a great general specifically used to target Aisha's team.

If Aisha chooses to replace Azumarill, Arcanine's Extreme Speed will be a waste of some damage.

In addition, if Aisha replaces to Haunter, who is immune to Extreme Speed, Arcanine can send him away with a single Crunch.

Against another general, a Metang that is resistant to Extreme Speed, Arcanine has the advantage of attributes...

It's a dead giveaway.

"Arcanine, Extreme Speed!"

"Azumarill, Aqua Jet!"

The duo shouted out the names of the precursor-type moves held by their respective Pokémon together.

In the next moment, Arcanine and Azumarill transformed into stumps together, carrying terrifying power and pouncing at each other at an extremely fast speed.

"Hmph~"

The corner of Blue's lips curled up in a winning arc.

His mood was much more comfortable.

The depressed feeling from the beginning when Aisha used Umbreon to hard dirty Gyrados was swept away at this moment.

Dirtying each other, let's see who can dirty who.

Right now, it was clear that Blue had won a hand.

"Send!"

"Bad, how can someone still play Focus Sash plus Endeavor Beedrill at a gym challenge?"

"Instructor Ai this is pitting people against being pitted."

"As a matter of fact, Azumarill's Aqua Jet of one HP has no Pokémon to catch it, but Blue's Arcanine's Extreme Speed is a bit faster, and Beedrill and Arcanine are directly looking at Instructor Ai's great general."

"Now both of them lost both Pokémon, Instructor Ai's remaining one HP Umbreon isn't much use, Blue's advantage is too great!"

The barrage in the live broadcast room were frantically swiping across the screen.

After seeing this, Aisha's game with Blue had conquered the hearts of the water users.

This kind of one-step, five-step matchup allowed people to completely recognize the mind tricks of these two.

Worthy of being Blue and Instructor Ai!

"Woof!"

"Lu!"

The roaring Arcanine collided with the hissing Azumarill.

However, the final result was out of everyone's expectation.

It wasn't that Arcanine used Extreme Speed to take the lead and hit Azumarill, settling the wind in its sails.

Rather, Arcanine and Azumarill hit each other at the same time!

"What?"

Blue's expression changed.

"Woo!"

"Lu..."

Arcanine and Azumarill flew backwards together and rolled on top of the ground.

Both Pokémon lost their fighting ability at the same time.

Azumarill itself was already in the wind.

As for Arcanine... the Level 5 Attack-enhanced Aqua Jet also had Strong Power and Attribute Restraint, so you can't take it with your head?

A hundred thousand lives wouldn't be able to take it!

"What's going on?"

Blue frowned.

Arcanine's Extreme Speed actually failed to defeat Azumarill's Aqua Jet?

There was also a riot of barrage in the live stream.

"Is this blending to death?"

"Azumarill is mighty, worthy of being Instructor Ai's great general!"

"This is a hard hit with a little advantage, cashing in Blue's Arcanine, Instructor Ai's Azumarill really has something."

"No, this Azumarill is cheating, isn't it?"

"Awesome!"

Although it was said that it was unknown what kind of tactics Aisha's Azumarill used, in short, Arcanine lost the ability to fight along with Azumarill.

Blue's great general targeting Aisha was cashed out by Aisha's great general.

A cheer went up from the water users inside the live room who were supporting Instructor Ai.

"..."

Aisha retracted Azumarill in silence.

While others didn't know, he saw it clearly.

The moment before Extreme Speed collided with Aqua Jet, Azumarill forcibly dragged its sluggish body, took ghostly steps, and sidestepped its body to gain room to attack.

"This time's effort wasn't in vain, you did well!" Aisha complimented Azumarill's Poké ball.

The Poké ball shook a bit, delivering Azumarill's response.

Over there, Blue was also retrieving the fainting Arcanine.

He was silent for a while and suddenly laughed out.

Aisha was not an idle person, and Blue would only be disappointed if he completely fell into his trap.

That's what makes a sparring match interesting...

"That was awesome, Ai-kun."

"You're not bad either, Blue."

The two looked at each other, both seeing the battle intent in the other's eyes.

A new Pokémon ball was thrown up into the sky.

"The real battle..."

"It's only starting now!"