Azumarill's 1V6 Performance

"Amazing!" The commentator shouted at the top of his voice, his tone was very exaggerated, he said: "I didn't expect the way player Aisha sending out his second Pokémon, actually in this way, player Gary commanded Arcanine to use Roar to drive down the poorly-defended Haunter, as a result, unexpectedly, player Aisha's side replaced with is Azumarill, which is not as good for Arcanine and has the advantage of attribute control, so how should Gary deal with it?"

The audience was in an uproar.

Seeing Azumarill on the field, many female spectators showed their adoration.

"So cute!"

"Is such a cute Pokémon really suited for battle?"

"It's worthy of being Instructor Ai's Pokémon, it's so pretty!"

These were the compliments of the female viewers who didn't know the truth about Azumarill's cute appearance.

Upon hearing this, the old Instructor Ai fans fell silent together.

Cute was fine, everyone recognized Azumarill's face value.

After all, Azumarill has not yet evolved into Azumarill, whether it is Azurill period or Marill period, are by virtue of the petite figure and cute appearance, became Instructor Ai's live room mascot, until the arrival of Eevee, Azumarill in the live room popularity is only a bit of a share out.

However, not being good at fighting...

This comment made the fans almost burst out laughing.

Instructor Ai's Azumarill is not good at fighting, this is really a big joke.

Back when Azumarill was still Azurill, he followed Instructor Ai in [Mt. Chien] and killed all the participants and their Pokémon in the 'Rookie Tournament'.

After Azurill evolved into Marill, it's no exaggeration to say that it was the biggest contributor to Instructor Ai's travels in the Kanto region and the challenge of the gyms.

Marill, Charizard from Charmeleon, and shiny Metang, who has yet to evolve, are three of Instructor Ai's highest-attendance teammates in gym challenges.

Although Marill has evolved into Azumarill, it has been attending fewer gym and appearing less often.

However, just by looking at its strength during Marill's time, you can see how powerful it is.

At least... Gary's Arcanine is no match for it.

"This kid's too bad, I'd say there's still a chance of winning against that Haunter, Azumarill... Hey, let's vote."

"One thing's for sure, the opponent is at least Master Blue's brother, so it shouldn't be as bad as you guys make it out to be."

"You forgot that Blue's full Arcanine Intimidate was killed by Azumarill in one move... what's wrong with a younger brother?"

Instructor Ai's fans laughed heartily, having seen Gary's Arcanine being killed by Azumarill.

Above the audience, Brock looked at Aisha's Azumarill and turned his head away in embarrassment as if he had seen a shadow.

Misty, on the other hand, looked at Azumarill's cute, round and silly Azumarill with a look of amazement on her face.

"It had been taken care of greatly. I have always wanted to breed an Azumarill. Unfortunately, the Azurill with the Huge Power characteristic is too difficult to find."

"My Togebo is cuter!"

Gold, who had the opposite trait, jumped out to make his presence felt.

Misty punched him directly in the head.

"Say, Water-type Pokémon, are the cutest Pokémon in the world!"

"Water-Water-type Pokémon, are the cutest Pokémon in the world..."

Covering the big swollen bag on his head, Gold trembled as he repeated Misty's words.

Upon hearing this, Misty revealed a satisfied expression.

Silver was watching and laughing.

"What are you laughing at?"

"I thought of something happy..."

Gold and Silver were fighting back and forth again, and Green looked at them with a smile on her face.

"You two are so close."

Gold: "No we're not!"

Silver: "No we're not!"

Green smiled even wider.

"Lu?"

On the field, Azumarill's eyes grew wise after a brief moment of confusion.

Well, intelligent, much like its color.

It first looked at Instructor Ai, who had a complicated face behind him, and then at Arcanine, who had a battle-ready face in front of him, and Gary, who also had a complicated face behind Arcanine, and revealed a sinister smile in the shadows.

"Lu..."

It's finally my turn...

Even though I'm stealing Haunter's chance to show off, it doesn't matter!

Haunter is so easy to please, just buy it some food.

If you've got a chance, you've got to take it!

For the past few days, it's been listening to Rotom bragging about winning a match for Instructor Ai with a 1v3, like it's a fisherman with a good harvest.

As a result, yesterday, Umbreon joined in the bragging.

The smiles and words of these people made Azumarill's heart burn with envy.

Today... It's finally its turn!

"Lu!"

Azumarill gave a gentle smile to Arcanine in front of it, its eyes shining with excitement.

"Woof... woo?"

Arcanine took a step back as it was staring at its opponent with a furry look on its face.

However, realizing that it was unconsciously showing weakness, Arcanine took two steps forward and roared in anger.

"Woof, woof!"

Unfortunately, its Intimidate trait had already been given to Haunter...

No matter how much it screamed, it couldn't affect Azumarill's battle spirit or its attack!

"Tsk."

Looking at Azumarill, Gary smacked his lips and frowned.

He had studied Instructor Ai for the whole night, and Gary naturally knew very well how strong this Azumarill of Instructor Ai was.

Looking at his own cleverness in commanding Arcanine to roar out Azumarill with a single Roar, Gary just wanted to slap himself.

What's so smart about it?

Can't you fight properly?

Hey...

Looking at his team, among the six Pokémon, there is no Pokémon that can clearly defeat Azumarill.

On the other hand, the Fire-type Arcanine has a few moves that can impress Azumarill.

Hmmm...

"I'll just have to fight!"

Gritting his teeth, Gary shouted out the command to attack, saying, "Arcanine, Solar Beam!"

He knew that Azumarill was a terrifying material attacker, so if he got in close, he would be giving it a chance.

In that case, Arcanine had a special attack that he could use!

"How dare you use Solar Beam on a day that isn't sunny, I think you've lost your mind."

Aisha shook his head, looked at Arcanine who had a ball of light in its mouth, and with a wave of his hand, said, "Azumarill, Aqua Jet!"

"Lu!"

When Instructor Ai said the word "Aqua Jet", Azumarill shot out as if it knew the word.

With a huge stream of clear water wrapped around its body, it dashed in front of Arcanine in an instant.

With Solar Beam's ball of light between its mouth, Arcanine, who had just passed the halfway point of its power-up progress, couldn't show a surprised expression before Azumarill's fist hit it in the face.

"Boom!"

After a muffled sound, like the impact of a blunt object, Arcanine's huge head hit the ground.

Solar Beam's ball of light exploded inside its mouth, causing a damage overcharge...

"..."

After the broken stone and murky smoke dissipated, the audience with srupidfied looks on their faces, saw Gary's Arcanine, plopping itself on top of the cracked ground, eyes closed, already incapacitated.

Wah!

The audience erupted in a particularly enthusiastic conversation.

One move, one move again!

Since the third Water Field qualifier, in which Rotom participated, Azumarill had once again demonstrated the power to kill an opponent with a single blow.

This is an 8 to 4 match, and Gary, who has made it this far, is no match for the angler that Instructor Ai encountered at the Water Field!

To be able to kill him in seconds...

"Amazing!"

After a brief moment of shock, the knowledgeable commentator immediately roared, saying, "Aisha's Azumarill killed Gary's Arcanine in one hit. Although Azumarill has the advantage of attribute restraint, this power is really too amazing!"

"Huge Power, Azumarill, Huge Power, Azumarill!"

Above the stands, Blaze and the others raised banners with Azumarill's sketches on them and shouted out slogans of support.

The cheers and applause were endless.

The eight to four match also saw a spike... The crowd, as well as Instructor Ai's fans, were thrilled to the core.

Inside the hidden stands, watching Azumarill, Bruno was in awe.

"Fast, precise, hard... that Aqua Jet retains its original speed, but at the same time, it is also powerful."

The muscular man couldn't help but take a few steps forward, almost sticking to the glass in front of him, but still looking at Azumarill with a burning gaze, saying: "Fantastic, this is an effect that can only be achieved when martial arts is integrated into the stances, which means that this Azumarill's achievement in martial arts is already high enough to reach a realm, and that's the only way it can use such a powerful Aqua Jet, really great! It's really great!"

Bruno had an armored martial artist, and his armored martial artist also focused on the Aqua Jet move.

Therefore, Bruno, who had experienced it himself, knew exactly how much effort a Pokémon had to put in to make this move so powerful.

And... A Pokémon needs to have a high level of martial arts skill.

"Not bad."

Agatha's expression didn't change, but her tone was a bit pleased.

She had spent her entire life studying the power of ghosts and poisons, so she naturally had some understanding of the power of the "body".

She could understand Bruno's words, and she could also see some of the patterns in Azumarill's moves.

It's really good.

"This kid, not bad."

Looking at Aisha, Granny Agatha nodded.

It's a pity that Aisha didn't fight with Haunter.

But it can't be helped, Gary roared Haunter down.

It's okay...

She couldn't see Haunter who had inherited her 'Spirit Poison' method fighting, but she could see Azumarill defeating Oak's grandson in a more violent way, which made her very happy.

"Keep fighting, keep fighting!"

Granny Agatha laughed as she leaned on her cane.

On the field, Gary didn't understand the joy of the crowd, he just thought they were making a lot of noise.

Gary's Pokémon are basically all Ground-type, which is a result of the influence of Blue from his days as a Gym Leader.

Likewise, he's been subjected to Azumarill's restraints with this pairing...

"Tsk."

After some thought, Gary took out a Poké ball and threw it.

"Go, Golem!"

"Go!"

The Golem that had defeated Ash's Charizard appeared on the battlefield once again.

"Oh!"

Ash exclaimed from the audience.

"It's that heavy Golem again!"

"If you had released Squirtle, you wouldn't have lost so badly."

Next to Ash, Professor Oak teased him about his bad habit of fighting against attributes.

"Hey..."

Ash scratched his head in embarrassment, and then, returned his attention to the field.

At the time, the Golem had left him helpless.

Now, he wanted to see how Instructor Ai would deal with this Golem.

Like killing Arcanine in seconds?

"Golem, Explosion!"

Gary gave the order to go for broke.

Golem did not hesitate to follow its master's order, and a blinding white light came out from its body.

"...Protect."

Over there, Aisha frowned and commanded Azumarill to defend.

"Go!"

"Go-!!!"

Golem's scream overlapped with the sound of the explosion, and a shocking explosion swept through the entire arena.

Even the auditorium shook a bit, and the spectators in the front rows showed horrified expressions, however, each of them still stretched their heads towards the smoke-filled arena in an attempt to see what was going on inside the smoke.

"Tsk."

On the remote platform, Blue, wearing sunglasses, smacked his lips.

"This idiot..."

Red: "..."

Sensing Blue's displeasure, Red kept silent, but still put his hand on his shoulder.

Finally, the smoke on the field dissipated.

Golem had lost his ability to fight - there was no doubt about it.

Azumarill, on the other hand, was holding up a shield of green energy, unharmed.

"Tsk."

Gary smacked his lips in annoyance.

Golem Explosion had nothing to show for it... He gave away a head for nothing.

At this time, Aisha on the other side of the room showed a helpless expression and sighed.

"Gary."

"What?" Gary raised his head and saw a disgruntled Aisha.

"Are you scared?"

"I..."

A sharp question that went right to Gary's heart.

That's right.

Ever since the beginning of the match, Gary had a slight feeling for Instructor Ai.

He lost to this young man, the brother he had held up as a god, the one he couldn't defeat no matter what.

Now, he has become his opponent.

Gary's heart couldn't help but feel nervous...

At the same time, this nervousness turned into a fear of defeat.

This was also his first year, and he, like Ash, wanted to win the Indigo Plateau Conference trophy all the way to the end.

Knowing that Aisha was no match for him, Gary fantasized about winning.

This fantasy was crushed by the merciless reality, leaving Gary with a fear he didn't even realize he had...

"Your Golem clearly trusts you so much that he trusts you enough to carry out Explosion's orders without hesitation, but you, the trainer, are afraid... If you are like this, you are too sorry for the self-destructed Golem and the defeated Arcanine, right?"

"What?"

On top of Gary's face, which resembled Blue's, there was a flash of confusion.

Aisha kept talking and continued to talk about his question, saying: "Golem, Arcanine, and the rest of your Pokémon trust you so much, including Golem before Explosion. They must have thought that after their sacrifices, you will continue to fight with your head held high, but you ended up like this because you couldn't hurt Azumarill. Do you think your Pokémon want to see you like this?"

"I..."

"You lack trust in your Pokémon... Your own mindset is even worse than Ash's."

"What?"

Aisha's words broke Gary's defense.

"Even Ash doesn't get so discouraged when he knows he can't beat his opponent."

Instructor Ai ignored Gary's face and continued to hold Ash's output, saying, "In response to the trust placed in him by his Pokémon, even if he knew that he could not win no matter what, Ash would do everything he could to smile confidently and continue to fight."

"Likewise, in response to Ash's trust in him, his Pokémon will do their best to fight with all their might... This is exactly why Blue recognized Ash."

Aisha looked at Gary, who had lowered his head, and shook his head.

"Gary, you're too arrogant... You can't accept failure, which makes you unable to fully trust your Pokémon, even if they have absolute trust in you, you can't respond to their hearts, that's where you're inferior to Ash, that's why you can't get the Earth Badge."

Gary: "..."

Gary is speechless.

Aisha's words were so clear that they sent chills down his spine.

Suddenly...

The four Poké balls around Gary's waist shifted.

"Huh?"

Gary's body trembled as if he'd just woken up from a dream.

He pulled off his Pokémon, and within the four remaining Pokémon, Blastoise, Nidoking, Nidoqueen, and Scizor all gave him encouraging smiles.

"Blast!"

"Nido!"

"Nido!"

"Yee!"

Through the Poké ball, the voices of the four Pokémon reached Gary's heart.

"Woof!"

"Go!"

In a trance, Gary also heard the voices of the defeated Arcanine and Golem.

"Try and trust your Pokémon... ?" Gary felt his eyes water.

Aisha's words had only made him realize what was wrong with him.

The real key to his change was the hearts of the Pokémon...

"I see."

Gary raised his head sharply and looked straight at Aisha.

"Instructor Ai, thank you."

"But..." He shook his head, and said, "I don't think I can fully comprehend your words right now, and likewise can't be as eternally hot-blooded as that idiot Ash, but!"

Gary took a deep breath.

"Even if I'm going to lose, I'm going to keep fighting and live up to Arcanine and Golem's efforts!"

Ash's "I'm not an idiot" voice was heard from the stands, but Gary and Instructor Ai didn't pay much attention to it.

Seeing Gary's behavior, Aisha smiled.

"As long as you can realize the problem, I believe you can do it."

"Uh..."

Gary snorted, and after retrieving the defeated Pokémon, he clutched the remaining four Poké balls.

"My darlings, our goal is not to win, but to defeat Instructor Ai's Azumarill!"

"Go!" He threw the third Pokémon and shouted out the Pokémon's name, saying, "My Knight, Nidoking!"

"Nido!"

The purple-armored beast landed on the ground and roared.

Aisha could tell at a glance that this Nidoking was bred to be a special attacker with a Sheer Force trait and a Life Orb.

"It really is Blue's brother."

Aisha sighed.

On the field, Azumarill was even more determined to fight.

"Nidoking, Sludge Wave!"

Gary shouted the order.

Aisha followed, saying, "Azumarill, Liquidation."

"Nido!"

Nidoking stomped forward, spewing a huge plume of sludge from its mouth.

Azumarill, however, punched away Nidoking's Sludge Wave, which had Sheer Force characteristics and the Life Orb's power added to it.

"Lu."

Azumarill shook its hand in a calm manner and walked towards Nidoking.

The rest of the battle was much simpler.

Gary's Nidoking was throwing out Thunderbolt, Flamethrower, Sludge Wave, and Earth Power.

Aisha's Azumarill, on the other hand, used its Liquidation move from the beginning to the end, and no matter what kind of attack it had, its strange power could disperse it.

The battle continued until Azumarill reached Nidoking.

"Nido!" Nidoking opened its mouth to use Sludge Wave.

Azumarill didn't give it a chance, and with a single punch, Liquidation's wave was sent crashing into the sky.

Nidoking collapsed and lost its ability to fight.

"That was awesome..."

Gary smacked his lips and retrieved Nidoking.

Although he was still defeated, this time Gary was not as gloomy as he was just now.

He looked at Azumarill's posture with a bitter smile, as if he had honestly accepted the fact that he was outclassed.

"There's nothing better than learning from one's mistakes..."

Above the audience, looking at the Gary whose temperament had changed, Professor Oak was particularly pleased.

Therefore, when he looked at Aisha again, the satisfaction in his eyes could not be hidden.

Professor Oak originally thought that Gary's maturity, need time to precipitate.

He didn't expect Aisha to point out Gary's problem directly and sharply, and lead him to the right path in advance.

"This is really..."

Professor Oak laughed and shook his head, thinking about Instructor Ai's proficiency in educating people, isn't it good to be a teacher?

"A 1v3, another 1v3, Aisha's Azumarill defeated Gary's three Pokémon in one breath, I wonder if it can continue its winning streak?" The commentator's voice spread to all corners of the Battle Sub Arena, causing everyone in the audience to cheer.

"That was awesome!"

"When Azumarill advanced while dispersing Nidoking's attacks, the sense of pressure was really too strong."

"It's true that Pokémon follow their trainers, this Azumarill is as handsome as Instructor Ai!"

There was a lot of praise.

"Such dominating power, it's worthy of the Huge Power trait."

Bruno was also praising, saying: "Offense is the best defense, this Azumarill doesn't need to deliberately defend itself most of the time, its power is its best weapon to protect itself!"

"Oak's this grandson is not as good as that Blue kid."

Looking at Gary, Agatha was relentless in her comments.

"Uh-huh."

Bruno agreed.

However, as he looked at Gary, he still smiled and said, "However, good understanding, delicate but not arrogant, corrects mistakes, a good seedling."

"Hmph."

Granny Agatha left a nasal sound.

On the field, Gary had already thrown the fourth Poké ball, and Scizor, clad in metallic red armor, vibrated its wings and floated in front of Azumarill.

"Scizor, Bullet Punch!"

"Yee!"

"Azumarill, Liquidation."

"Lu!"

Two shadows, red and blue, clashed, and two muffled sounds came out in turn.

Azumarill's fist, wrapped in a stream of water, landed on Scizor's face, nearly cracking it.

Scizor's big pincer-like slam on top of Azumarill's midsection.

"Boom-!!" "Boom-!!"

Azumarill bounced off a few meters and landed on the ground.

Scizor shoots out and hits the fence outside the arena.

"...Gulp."

Gary gulped and retrieved Scizor, who had embedded itself in the wall.

Another spike!

"Please... Nidoqueen!"

Gary threw the Pokémon once again.

Nidoqueen had watched its husband's defeat from inside the Poké ball, so as soon as it appeared, it looked at Azumarill in anger.

However, Nidoking's efforts were not in vain.

When Nidoking attacked, Azumarill didn't even avoid it, and those powerful special attack moves hurt Azumarill a little bit.

In addition to Scizor's Bullet Punch, Azumarill wasn't in the best state.

"Hmm... I think we can really get rid of Azumarill!"

Behind Nidoqueen's back, Gary clenched his fist.

Unconsciously, looking at Nidoqueen's solid back, Gary's heart was renewed with a surge of battle spirit.

"Nidoqueen, Sludge Wave!"

"Nido!"

Nidoqueen opened its mouth and spewed out Sludge Wave which was slightly inferior to Nidoking.

This time, Aisha didn't let Azumarill continue to torment its opponent, but instead, it simply ordered, saying, "Finish it off, Azumarill, Aqua Tail!"

As the words fell, Azumarill had already dodged Nidoqueen's Sludge Wave and leapt over its head.

The tail wrapped in waves struck his head, and Nidoqueen hit gg on the spot.

"Hiss..."

Gary felt a pain in his brain.

"Finally, it's over to you, my strongest partner!"

He raised his last Poké ball, threw it, and a very well developed Blastoise appeared in front of Azumarill.

"Is that Gary's original Pokémon?" In the audience, Ash's eyes widened sourly.

He had originally chosen Squirtle.

He didn't realize Gary had made the same choice as him.

"Blastoise, let's show Instructor Ai our backbone!"

"Blast!"

Blastoise's face was filled with a happy smile, and it infected Gary at the back.

"Liquidation!"

"Withdraw!"

Azumarill threw a punch at Blastoise's head, but to its surprise, Blastoise retracted its head into its shell, and the two exposed barrels were aimed at Azumarill.

"Hydro Pump!"

Raging water gushed out and hit Azumarill's body.

Azumarill splits Blastoise's Hydro Pump with a direct Aqua Tail.

"Shell Smash!"

"Play Rough."

Stuck on Gary's order, Aisha read out his own instructions.

Withdraw followed by Shell Smash... What do you expect?

"Blast!"

"Lu!"

Azumarill's glowing pink fist slammed into Blastoise's shelled head, sending it spinning three times before landing.

"Blast..."

Blastoise's demeanor was weak, but its aura was much stronger.

"Torrent?" Aisha tilted his head and recognized Blastoise's condition.

"Blastoise, full Hydro Pump!"

Gary yelled out his final command.

Instructor Ai smiled, and said, "Stay hot with them, Azumarill, Liquidation."

"Blast!"

"Lu!"

The two currents collided in the arena, and after less than two seconds of stalemate, a beam of water split the raging Hydro Pump and slammed into the shell of the giant turtle.

In the midst of the splash, Blastoise fell to the ground and closed its eyes.

"Blastoise is unable to battle, so the winner is Aisha!"

"Winner, he's won again, this time he's won with a 1V6!" The commentator pulled the microphone and shouted, saying: "However, Gary's strength is just as worthy of recognition, let's give them a round of applause!"

For a moment, the applause was thunderous.

"Wooooo~ Gary Gary is the best~ Gary Gary is so pitiful!"

Gary's cheerleaders cried in support.

Aisha saw Gary take back Blastoise with a bitter smile on his face, and turned around and walked into the contestants' aisle behind him.

"Huh?"

With slightly widened eyes, Aisha saw a familiar figure in the player's lane on Gary's side.

Gary had his head down.

"Yo, Gary, did you lose?"

Gary raised his head at the sound of his older brother's voice.

Blue is looking at him with a helpless look on his face that says "I want to comfort him but I'm too embarrassed to do so".

Gary: "..."

"Brother, if you don't know how to comfort people, you don't have to open your mouth."

"Yeah..." Blue rubbed his head in embarrassment.

"Work out with me for a while, and when you're done, take on the Viridian Gym, Gary."

"Huh?"

"What, don't want to?" Arms around his chest, Blue feigned displeasure.

"No, I do!"

Gary's expression changed to excitement.

He unconsciously turned back to Aisha's side...

Have I been recognized by Instructor Ai and my brother?