20demayo Chapter 365 A Winning Streak! The Protagonist Makes His Appearance!
Chapter 365 A Winning Streak! The Protagonist Makes His Appearance!
Tsk, it actually fell there?
Shinji frowned when he saw Itachi fall into Lake Wisdom.
Shinji's original plan was to knock the Gas Itachi away, making it as far away from the lake as possible. However, in such a short time, the Gas Itachi twisted its body the moment it was attacked, changing the direction of the force it was subjected to.
"snowstorm."
Shinji indifferently continued to issue the order to attack.
He didn't know what would happen if the swimming weasel was knocked into the lake, so continuing the pursuit was the only thing he could do right now.
Moreover, unlike the heavy Aggron, Weavile's speed and agility prevent it from becoming immobile and turning into a sitting duck when using its abilities.
Bubbles began to rise from the lake's surface. Manneken Pis noticed the unusual activity and leaped into the air, unleashing a torrent of icy wind from its mouth at the bubbling water.
"Use the water jet directly like this!"
"Hey!"
The bubbling lake surface was torn apart by a powerful force.
The swimming weasel rode a convection current, charging straight into the oncoming powerful blizzard without the slightest fear.
"This won't do."
Hikaru looked worried as he gazed at the Swimsuit Itachi, which was about to collide with the blizzard, and murmured to himself.
The power difference between Blizzard and Water Jet is too great. Although the power difference between Swimsuit and Weavile is not large, the difference between the two skills is quite significant.
If they collide, the Swimsuit will definitely be frozen, right?
"Ok?"
"!"
At that moment, the same image seemed to appear in the minds of both Xiaoguang and Xiaogang.
Could Xiao Zhi's purpose be—
"Click—"
Just as Hikaru had initially guessed, the water enveloping the Swimsuit's body began to freeze at a visible speed the moment the blizzard collided with the water jet. In just over a second, the water jet, which was several meters long, was completely frozen.
Successful.
Shinji thought to himself.
However, this thought only crossed his mind for a moment. When he saw that the Swim-Style Weasel's actions did not stop, but instead changed from piloting the water column to piloting the ice column, it attacked Weavile without stopping.
"what?"
Upon witnessing this unexpected scene, Shinji finally couldn't help but shout out.
Xiao Guang and Xiao Gang exchanged a smile, and then sprayed out streams of icy water.
They had already seen this move before during Ash's challenge at the Marshland Gym.
This unique move is not only applicable to regular Pokémon battles, but it is also a striking move in Pokémon Contests.
Knowing this, Dawn was very reluctant to miss any of Ash's gym battles. During the gym battles, Ash would always bring her a lot of ideas about the Contests, and watching the replay of Ash's new ideas was definitely not as impressive as watching them live.
Besides...
If I'm not there in person, I can't even do something as simple as cheering someone on.
If it were just him missing the game, that would be one thing, but Xiao Guang never imagined that he would be replaced.
The image of Ash waving and cheering with adoration in the stands of the Chifeng Gym flashed through her mind again.
I'm so tired of losing.
......
Let's return our attention to the competition venue.
The Swim-Style Weasel, manipulating the ice pillars, crashed straight into Weavile with unstoppable momentum.
A huge explosion rang out along with Weavile's scream. Weavile's body flew out of the smoke and dust and finally crashed to the ground some distance away.
Ash and Itachi's offensive has not stopped.
"Water jet!"
Having determined which move is most effective against Weavile, and having already used his trump card, Ash no longer needs to worry about anything. He just needs to let Swimsuit use this move.
"Metal Claw!"
Despite Shinji's quick reaction to Ash's pursuit, Weavile was still reeling from the attack and the water jet, whose speed was nearly equal to Quick Attack, struck Weavile again.
This time, with the force completely dissipated, Mavira was thrown dozens of meters away.
It finally crashed heavily to the ground, losing its ability to fight.
"Mavira is incapacitated!"
Lei Si snapped out of his daze and continued to announce the results of this round of battle.
"return."
Shinji remained silent and recalled Mavila.
This round of battle was the least suspenseful of all the battles today. No one expected that Itachi could achieve such a result when facing Shinji and Weavile.
However, Shinji roughly understood the situation.
The power of that jet of icy water was far greater than he had anticipated.
It's possible that the reason the Swim-Speed Weasel was deliberately knocked into Lake Wisdom was to enhance the power of its Water Jet skill. The stronger the Water Jet, the stronger the Ice Water Jet will be after it's frozen.
Damn it, was this part of your plan too?!
Actually, it wasn't just Shinji and the others who didn't expect this round of battle; even Ash didn't expect Weavile to be defeated so easily.
It seems that the swimming weasel has grown even more than I expected.
However, upon closer reflection, perhaps he didn't fully grasp the potential of the Swimsuit Itachi in combat.
"Hey!"
After easily defeating Weavile, Swimsuit looked extremely excited, arms crossed and head held high, as if to say, "Who else can beat me?"
"Should we continue fighting?"
"Hey!"
Itachi nodded, and then, under everyone's gaze, Itachi suddenly seemed to have discovered something. He turned his back and ran off in a certain direction. Then he bent down, picked up a branch from the ground, broke off the thinnest part of the branch, and put it in his mouth.
Tsk.
This guy's teacher is also the Lizard King.
Xiao Zhi thought to himself.
Thankfully, Squirtle wasn't in Professor Oak's lab backyard, otherwise Swim-Style Weasel might be wearing sunglasses right now.
Imagine a weasel wearing sunglasses and carrying a twig...
It doesn't feel out of place at all.
.......
Are we already on the verge of despair?
Shinji recalled Weavile and stared quietly at the Flood Itachi opposite him, who had completely lost his balance.
Although Shinji felt that his chances of defeating Ash in a full-scale battle at this point were already slim, he couldn't help but feel a bit emotional after losing several rounds in a row.
A clash of ideologies.
Throughout history, it has always been difficult to determine who won or lost.
Even when he was on the verge of despair, Shinji didn't think there was anything wrong with his philosophy on raising Pokémon.
The reason he lost those rounds wasn't because his Pokémon were weak, but because he lost to Ash in terms of strategy.
Therefore, Shinji at least doesn't think he's wrong.
Well... at least it's not all wrong.
"Turtle! Prepare for battle!"
The main characters on both sides have not yet appeared.
The outcome of the match is still uncertain.
"Hey!"
"...Then you can continue fighting."
After seeing Torterra appear, Ash considered whether to recall Snorlax, but when he saw that Snorlax still looked eager to fight even when facing Torterra, he let Snorlax continue.
"Game start!"
"Sonic boom!"
In the battle against Torterra, Ash wasn't foolish enough to use Water Jet to attack right from the start.
but.
Fighting a Tortoise in close combat is foolish, but fighting it at range doesn't seem very wise either.
"Ultimate Absorption!"
A hint of ruthlessness flashed in Shinji's eyes.
Having been suppressed by Ash for so long, he will now launch a counterattack.
"DO!"
The earth turtle raised its front legs, and suddenly the ground began to tremble violently.
Thick vines rose from the ground, their momentum no less than that of the frenzied plants.
"Snapped--"
Several seemingly powerful sonic booms turned into wisps of smoke and dissipated into the air the instant they collided with the vines of ultimate absorption.
Get out of the way!
"Hey!"
Several vines attacked the Swimming Weasel from several different directions.
Under Ash's hurried command, the airborne Snorlax finally demonstrated the results of its special training. Without any point of leverage, it quickly swept its tail to create several more sonic booms, and its body flew off in another direction.
"boom--"
Several vines collided in mid-air, creating a huge shockwave.
Although the Swimsuit Dominator dodged the direct attack of Giga Drain with a sonic boom, its body was still blown off balance by the strong wind in mid-air and fell towards the ground, unable to regain its footing.
"Sharp Stone Attack!"
"DO!"
Torterra stomped the ground again, and in an instant, countless pebbles rose into the air, swirling around Torterra's body. After determining the direction in which the Swimsuit had fallen, they immediately launched them at it.
Each sharp rock resembled a blade piercing the sky, seemingly about to pierce through the swimming weasel.
This time, it seemed that the Sonic Boom could no longer dodge using sonic booms, but Ash still made the right choice in the face of danger.
"Hold this position and use the water jet directly!"
"!?Hello!"
The Swim-Itachi, who had already closed its eyes as if awaiting its death, felt as if it had been granted a pardon the moment Ash's voice rang out.
A stream of water immediately surrounded his body, and his falling speed increased rapidly, narrowly avoiding the sharp rock attack from the earth turtle.
"earthquake."
Shinji's gaze was indifferent.
He had already guessed that if it were Ash, he could definitely make Breeze Weasel dodge this rock attack.
The reason for attacking with sharp stones in mid-air instead of crazy plants is precisely this.
Since he could dodge it anyway, there was no need to waste stamina using a powerful skill on this feint attack.
"Use a sonic boom on the ground!"
"Hey!"
The water jet was abruptly deactivated just before landing, and the Swimming Weasel continued to swing its long tail, creating several sonic booms as it lashed the ground.
The sonic boom and the impact of the ground momentarily halted the descent of the Swimsuit.
But that was only for a moment.
The duration of an earthquake is not something a ferret, which has almost lost its balance in mid-air, can avoid.
When the Swimsuit's body landed on the violently trembling ground, it couldn't even let out a howl. It just stared blankly, and when the earthquake stopped, it knelt on one knee, panting heavily.
"Ultimate Absorption!"
Such an attack is not enough.
The battle is not over yet.
Shinji immediately commanded Torterra to use Giga Drain again. Faced with even more vines bursting out of the ground than in the first round, even Ash was helpless and could only let Itachi use Water Pulse at the last moment to try to resist.
But the final outcome is self-evident.
The vines tightly bound the swimmer's body, and a deep green light shone on the scene. When the light dissipated, the swimmer had already fallen to the ground, losing its ability to fight.
The spot where the ferret fell was exactly where the branch it had been carrying had fallen.
"Swim-Itachi is unable to fight!"
Lei Si quickly announced the results of this round of matches.
Ash was finally defeated in this round of battle.
Perhaps Ash had revealed too many trump cards earlier, which made Rai even think that Ash's helpless shout of Water Pulse could be the key to turning the tide.
Fortunately.
Xiao Zhi is still a person.
"You've worked hard, come back and rest."
Ash recalled the Swim-Itachi and comforted it.
Itachi lost this battle badly, which was actually expected.
Defeating Shinji's Torterra won't be easy; at least the current Itachi can't do it yet and still needs a lot of training.
After recalling the Snorlax, Ash glanced at Torterra on the field, then exchanged a look with Paul.
"Ok?"
Shinji seemed to understand the meaning in Ash's eyes with just one glance.
When Shinji saw the Poké Ball in Ash's hand again, his heart seemed to beat a little faster.
coming soon.
At this moment, Shinji already knew which Pokémon Ash would send out next.
"Indeed, sending you out in this situation is the most suitable thing to do."
Ash chuckled softly at the Poké Ball in his hand.
The next second, under everyone's watchful eyes, Ash slowly tossed the Poké Ball in his hand and loudly called out its name—
"I choose you! Infernape!"
"Oji!!"
A flash of white light, and Infernape, which hadn't appeared for a long time, reappeared in everyone's sight.
It seemed a little different from when Xiaoguang last saw it; Infernape's body seemed a bit stronger than before, and the flames burning on the tip of its tail seemed more intense.
Infernape raised its head and stared directly at Torterra.
There was no sign of backing down in his eyes.
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P.S.: I'm asking for a gift every day~ QAQ~!