Chapter 375: Lucario vs. Scizor

Chapter 375: Lucario vs. Scizor

"Come out, Scizor."

Perhaps because Hikaru's attitude earlier was too arrogant, it made this Sakura Country trainer lose his composure.

Before the commentator even announced the start of the match, he had already summoned his Pokémon.

This undoubtedly gave Hikaru an opportunity to strike first.

Although, Hikaru didn't particularly value this opportunity.

Looking at the Scizor opposite him, Hikaru pondered for a moment, then took out Lucario's Poké Ball, "Come out, Lucario!"

"Hmph!"

Lucario, who hadn't appeared for a long time, emerged once more, stunning all the spectators present.

"Lucario? Wasn't it only at Elite tier when it last appeared? Why is he sending it out?"

"This aura, peak Lord tier... the strength difference is a bit too big, isn't it..."

"Holy crap... in half a year, from peak Elite to peak Lord tier..."

"Don't underestimate Lucario! Lucario can have a power burst!"

"Although Fighting is super effective against Steel, wouldn't Charizard be better? Charizard has a four times super effective advantage!"

...

Even Watanabe Aoki on the other side was somewhat dumbfounded.

Then he burst out laughing, "Yoshi! Is this the arrogant boast you made earlier? A peak Lord tier Lucario?"

"I've heard of this Pokémon, innately sensitive to the power of Aura. I'd like to see how this peak Lord tier Pokémon of yours is going to thrash me..."

"Heh heh..."

The match had begun,

But neither side showed any intention of giving commands. Clearly, Watanabe Aoki wanted to make up for the frustration he felt before the match.

Hikaru ignored him.

Instead, he cast his gaze towards the spectator stands above, looked around once, then brought his focus back to the match.

His tone softened, "If the relationship between Pokémon and humans is to be built using Compulsory Training Devices, has everyone considered the future of the relationship between humans and Pokémon?"

A contestant's words were usually amplified by Rotom, so everyone in the spectator stands could hear.

"Pokémon, they are clearly sentient beings with their own personalities. When you stifle this personality, extinguish their sentience, perhaps in the short term, they will yield due to various forms of oppression."

"But in the end? Will they not resist?"

"It's like a spring; the tighter you compress it, the more terrifying its rebound."

"The current trend indicates that the future Great Pokémon Era is almost a certainty. Secret realms are appearing more and more frequently. If we use things like Compulsory Training Devices to control them."

"Aren't we inherently losing their trust?"

"Then what about the Pokémon in future secret realms? They will already harbor hatred towards humans."

"What's the difference between this behavior and killing the hen to get the eggs?"

Hikaru's words were quick but clear.

This was a speech he had rehearsed in his mind countless times.

But just these few hundred words.

Caused most of the audience watching the live broadcast of this match to fall into deep thought.

They could clearly coexist peacefully with them, so why create hostility between both sides, ultimately leading to a state of war?

"Damn it..."

This time, Rotom, whether due to a malfunction or something else, didn't translate Hikaru's words.

This left Watanabe Aoki on the other side completely baffled. Only after seeing Watanabe Sanetake in the contestants' seating area wave at him vigorously did he issue a battle command, "Scizor, Agility!"

Its steel body didn't reduce its speed. With the boost from Agility.

Scizor immediately transformed into a blood-red shadow.

"Metal Claw!"

"Blaze Kick!"

When facing a Bug and Steel-type Scizor, Charizard was undoubtedly the best choice.

With Charizard's current strength, it could probably toy with this Scizor even without Mega Evolution.

But Hikaru still chose to send out Lucario.

Firstly, to let Lucario test its skills.

Secondly...

Bang!

"Hmph!"

A muffled grunt escaped Lucario's mouth. Facing a Scizor one energy level higher, the Blaze Kick it had learned from Charizard couldn't gain any advantage.

The white light from Scizor's pincers collided with Blaze Kick.

Lucario retreated dozens of meters before stabilizing itself.

But even so, Watanabe Aoki on the other side blurted out in disbelief, "How is that possible?"

Although the opponent used Blaze Kick, the difference in their Pokémon's strength was a whole major stage!

Although Lucario retreated dozens of meters, Scizor's pincers also showed signs of being scorched by flames.

Due to the four times super effective damage, it was inflicted with a burn status after just one hit.

"It really is too much to ask of it."

Just one clash, and sensing Lucario had suffered considerable injury, Hikaru shook his head slightly.

The difference in strength was too great.

If it were an ordinary peak Lord-tier Pokémon, it probably wouldn't even be able to react to that blow.

Lucario still relied on its Aura to keenly sense Scizor's next move.

Otherwise, whether it could have taken that Metal Claw was really hard to say.

Hikaru immediately transmitted a command via Aura, "Let it be like this then. Let them see your true style..."

"Hmph!"

Lucario stood up, staring intently at the Scizor opposite it.

The long-unseen red aura slowly bloomed around its body.

In just an instant, its presence skyrocketed.

The revealed Aura even caused the rubble kicked up by Lucario's landing earlier to slowly float into the air.

[Pokémon: Lucario]

[Ability: Justified]

[Gender: Male]

[Talent: Champion]

[Level: 56]

[Moves: Mega Punch, Extreme Speed, Work Up, Bone Rush, Swords Dance, Life Dew, Aura Sphere, Karate Chop, Brick Break, Mach Punch, Close Combat...]

[Equipped Entries: Fighting Master (Fixed), Kaioken (Fixed), Moon Step, Stacking Hidden Strength...]

The boost from [Kaioken] was still terrifying.

As Lucario's strength grew and its physical constitution improved.

The multiplier of [Kaioken] it could activate

Was also slowly increasing.

The red, emanating aura had almost materialized at this point.

Witnessing this burst of aura, the male commentator above immediately became excited, "Here it comes, here it comes! The Aura resonance between Lucario and Hikaru!"

He had commentated the previous High School League, and seeing such a scene unfold again, he couldn't help but feel a surge of passion.

Hikaru's Aura was transmitted to Lucario, "Do you feel it? The gazes around us!"

"Back then, Liang Yue's Lucario probably received similar gazes!"

"This time, we will not only let our Aura bloom, but we will also make the word 'bond' be taken seriously!"

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