There seems to be something wrong with these Pokémon

"This is a 3V3 Pokémon battle."

Nadeshiko stood in the center of the battle field and yelled at the top of her lungs, "The trainers on both sides are Sakuya Ha from Pallet Town and Maruta Kei from Crimson Island!"

"Trainers on both sides can only send out one Pokémon to participate in the battle at a time, and the game ends when all Pokémon on one side lose their combat capabilities!"

"Then! The game begins!"

Maruta Kei had obviously been looking forward to this battle for a long time, and couldn't wait to throw out the Poké Ball he had already held in his hand.

"Windspeed, I leave it to you!"

It has a broad head and pointed ears that stand upright.

The majestic Arcanine is covered with golden hair, which shines golden under the sunlight, just like it is wearing a cloak.

And in Fujino Sakura's eyes, the training level of this Arcanine is much better than that of the previous Abby!

The muscles on the back are smooth and powerful, the limbs are strong and slender, and the muscles are faintly visible under the fur.

She couldn't help biting her nails anxiously, "I wonder what Pokémon Xiaoye will send..."

"Green vine snake, Ditto and..." Kitazawa Lingyou hesitated for a moment and said, "Geng Gui or Pteranodon."

"Why?" Fujino Sakura turned her head and asked in confusion.

"It's been a long time since Green Ivy Snake and Ditto have participated in the competition. They need a battle like this."

Kitazawa Lingyou tried to analyze the calm and composed boy's mind and continued, "But the opponent's strength is obviously not weak. In order to win the last Pokémon, we must send out Pokémon that are strong enough and also need training."

"Well...if Psyduck is here..." Fujino Sakura sighed, "Water type versus Fire type, the first match will definitely be a foregone conclusion, right?"

"Both parties can switch Pokémon at will."

"I know that." Fujino Sakura pursed her lips, "But it's obvious that Ganta is just a trainer who fights with the strength of Pokémon itself, so I don't think he knows the tactics."

"It's no big deal." Kitazawa Lingyou shook his head, ignoring Nadeshiko who left the center of the venue and sat down next to him, "He won't lose, that's enough."

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"Windspeed..."

Sakuya Ye looked at the Pokémon in the center of the venue and couldn't help but be slightly surprised.

Let’s put it this way, in the Kanto region, Growlithe is a Pokémon as mysterious as the three sacred birds.

Except for Miss Junsha who works in the police station, there are not many trainers who can gain their loyalty, let alone fight side by side with them.

The young Maruta Kei has in his hands such an Arcanine, which is the evolved form of Growlithe.

And from the trust in Arcanine's eyes, we can see that it and Maruta Kei have probably experienced a lot of stories.

So...how can he win from the fangs of Arcanine?

A smile appeared on Shuoya Ye's lips, and a Poké Ball appeared in his palm unknowingly.

"Leave it to you, Ditto!"

"It's Ditto indeed!"

Looking at the limp Pokémon that appeared in the venue, Fujino Sakura exclaimed and couldn't help but look at Kitazawa Reiyuu again.

His expression remained calm, but the slightly raised corners of his lips revealed his good mood.

"Not long ago in the forest, he deliberately communicated with a trainer who had a Brave Jira for a long time."

"I originally thought he was studying for Lalulas, but now I think..."

Kitazawa Lingyou lowered his eyelashes slightly and continued, "I'm afraid Ditto is the goal."

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"Ditto, transform into Yonjira."

With Shuoya Ye's order, the battle is about to begin!

"Spray flames!"

Windy opened its mouth quickly, and a beam of scorching flame attacked Ditto holding the soup spoon at lightning speed.

Wind speed dog is very fast!

Almost the moment after Maruta Kei gave the order, it spewed out flames.

And the flames still burning in the air seemed to distort the air. No one would underestimate the power of this move.

But facing the oncoming flames, Ditto did not dodge or evade, but quietly waited for the trainer's instructions.

"Teleport."

Ditto raised the soup spoon with his eyes shining, and disappeared on the spot the next moment.

Windy Dog quickly became alert, took a few steps back, and scanned every corner of the venue with its sharp eyes.

"Reflective wall."

Sakutani Ye's voice sounded again, and Ditto, hovering in the air with a combination of teleportation and telekinesis, used his superpowers again to create an invisible wall that was invisible but existed.

With a flash of red light, Ditto disappeared into the air.

On one side of the field, after taking back Ditto, Sakuya Ye had already switched to the next Pokémon that was about to appear.

"Switching Pokémon already?"

Maruta Jing seemed to have never seen this kind of fighting method before, and couldn't help but ask questions.

Ever since he left Crimson Island, he has been traveling to various gym competitions and has had no time to fight against trainers scattered around the world. Naturally, he has never seen this kind of fighting style.

After all, there is an important limitation in the Gym Tournament, which is that gym trainers cannot switch Pokémon on their own. They can only switch to the next Pokémon after the Pokémon on the field loses its combat ability.

Although the reason for setting this restriction is to take care of challengers, it also limits their thinking when facing the game.

It was like the normal practice questions were all standard ones, but I ended up finishing eight gym tournament practice questions with great difficulty.

But when I stepped onto the Quartz Competition, I found that the test paper issued by the competition was completely different from the practice questions. Almost all of the questions were unfamiliar and unconventional!

This is the rule that is most likely to trip up trainers who only focus on gym competitions but ignore daily battles.

Sakuya Ye shook the light Poké Ball in his hand and did not answer Maruta Kei's question.

Instead, he threw it out and shouted at the same time.

"Lalulas, it's decided to be you!"

"La Rulas!?"

As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar in the audience.

Needless to say, Kitazawa Reisuke and Fujino Sakura have witnessed Lalu Las' defeat many times, so it is hard for them not to be skeptical about him.

Even a green caterpillar that can only spin silk finds it difficult to win, so what chance does it have of winning against the powerful Windy Hound?

After learning about Lalulas's quirk from Fujino Sakura, Nadeshiko couldn't help but sweat for him.

"A Lalulas who only wants to fight in close combat..." Nadeshiko muttered, "I haven't had time to teach it some self-defense methods, why is Sakutani so eager to send it into battle?"

“Because of the characteristics.”

Kitazawa Reiyuu was only shocked for a moment when Lalulas first appeared.

But he quickly came to his senses and carefully analyzed Shuoya Ye's intentions, thus finding out his true thoughts.

"characteristic?"

Fujino Sakura twirled the hair that fell to her cheek with her fingers, and recalled carefully, "Hmm... Come to think of it, I never seemed to pay attention to the characteristics of Lalulas. Every time I was just worried about its failure."

"Just keep watching."

Kitazawa Lingyou smiled slightly and kept the secret.

"If the opponent doesn't take any measures, Arcanine will be suppressed badly."

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"Strange light."

Larulas raised his hands in front of the red horns, and invisible air ripples with strange light flew towards Windy Dog.

"Fire Vortex!"

The vortex of flames swirled around Windspeed's body like a violent fire dragon.

The flames are blazing!

Even though they were dozens of meters away, Shuo Gu Ye couldn't help but squint his eyes, which were a little dry.

As the muscles of Arcanine's four legs tensed, it ran straight towards Lalulas, facing the invisible ripples.

The strange light was cut by the flames surrounding the Wind Speed ​​Dog, forming a series of fiery red arcs.

The light flickered under the high temperature of the flames, as if it would disappear at any time.

"You lose!" Maruta Jing raised his face, and the teardrop mole under the corner of his eye was particularly dazzling under the sunlight, "Flame Fang!"

Without the protection of the strange light, Lalulas is now completely exposed to the attack range of Windy Dog.

Arcanine opened its mouth wide, with several flames burning on its sharp teeth. The four sharpest canine teeth were flashing with sharp flames as it bit down hard on Lalulas.

"It's over!" Fujino Sakura shrank back, clenching her teeth, "Lalulas didn't dodge in time! Xiaoye probably didn't expect that Maruta could use this method to resist the interference of the strange light...?"

"Did we underestimate our enemy again?" Fuzi sighed, supporting her chin with her hand and looking at the two Pokémon in the venue.

Judging from her perspective as one of the top 18 players in the Lily of the Valley Tournament, Arcanine's strength is indeed more than one level higher than Ralts.

Although failure was expected, losing a Pokémon so quickly put him at a disadvantage, and the situation was not optimistic for Sakuya Ye.

...?

At this moment, the flames surrounding the center of the venue suddenly dimmed.

As the flames disappeared, the huge body of Windy Dog flew backwards and landed on the ground, creating a cloud of dust.

"Strange light!"

Shuoya Ye did not miss this good opportunity to attack and issued instructions to Lalulas again.

Windy Dog struggled to get up from the ground, trying to use the fire vortex to fight it again.

But it was obvious that the injured Windspeed was not as agile as before. Before the vortex of flames wrapped around its body, a strange light had already fallen into its eyes.

Windy Dog is in chaos!

"Tsk——"

Maruta Kei gritted his teeth and watched the situation suddenly change.

He didn't understand how such a fragile Lalulas not only did not fall down under the double attack of Flame Fang and Flame Vortex, but also used some unknown move to knock Arcanine away.

"What did you do?" Maruta Jing, who was puzzled, chose to ask actively.

"I did not do anything."

The corners of Shuoya Ye's eyes curved slightly, forming a gentle arc, which complemented his smile.

If anyone else said something like this, it would be like a provocation.

But when he heard it from the boy's mouth, Maruta Kei couldn't help but bite his lower lip, recalling every move in the brief confrontation just now.

"It's a fire starter."

Sakutani Ye looked at Maruta Kei who was deep in thought and finally decided to help solve his confusion.

"How can Lalulas have the property of igniting fire..."

Maruta Jing subconsciously denied it, but a strange light flashed before his eyes when Lalu Las appeared.

"copy!"

Looking at Maruta Kei who finally reacted, Sakutani Ye nodded with a smile.

"So Arcanine's attack had no effect on Larus, and instead revealed a flaw."

"Tsk——, arrogant..."

Maruta Jing clenched his fists, his eyes showing more fighting spirit, "In that case, there's no need to use fire-type moves! Windy Dog, use Slam!"

Arcanine first shook its dizzy head, squinted its eyes and barely locked onto Laltlas's position under the multiple shadows.

Then he spread out his four legs and started running.

At the start, it wasn't very fast.

But as it approached Lalulas step by step, its limbs were like springs, and every time it stepped on the ground, its body would rush forward a long distance.

The hair of the wind speed dog fluttered as it ran at high speed, like a golden storm.

"Telekinesis, limit its speed!"

Facing the aggressive Ardennes, Sakuya Ye gave the order.

Lalulas's eyes glowed blue.

At the same time, the speeding dog's steps staggered slightly, and a blue halo enveloped it.

But it was obvious that Ralts's not-so-strong superpowers could not completely hinder Windy Dog's attack. It just made it spend more effort before it rushed to Ralts again.

Windy looked at the Pokémon so close to it, its body lowered slightly, and all its strength was gathered in its shoulders.

After a while, it used all its strength to slam its body towards Lalulas like a cannonball.

"good chance!"

The moment Arcanine hit Ralts, a transparent wall emerged from its body, greatly weakening the impact of the collision.

Coupled with the previous control of telekinesis, the impact force, which was not very strong, was barely resisted by Lalulas.

A hint of pain flashed across its eyes, but it quickly disappeared.

Lalulas kept a close eye on Arcanine's position, and his eyes moved when it revealed its soft belly.

The right fist, which had been accumulating power for a long time, hit Windy Dog hard from bottom to top, knocking it away again.

After suffering two consecutive heavy blows, not to mention the confusion state, Arcanine is already at the end of its strength.

Unfortunately, perhaps due to his lack of experience in dealing with this situation, Maruta Kei did not respond in time.

Instead, he continued to order Arcanine to rush towards Ralts and use "Crush".

But in a state of confusion, Windy Dog, which couldn't even lock onto Ralt's position, naturally couldn't defeat Ralt with a desperate attack.

Instead, Sakutani Ye seized the opportunity again. When the wind speed dog Sora lost its balance due to inertia, Lalulas used telekinesis to control it again.

As Laltlas swung two heavy punches left and right, Arcanine, unable to bear it any longer, fell heavily to the ground, completely losing its ability to fight.

Nadeshiko, who had been stunned for a long time, quickly stood up at the sound of Kitazawa Reisuke's light cough, cleared her throat and shouted despite her dry throat.

"Arcane has lost its ability to fight! Please ask Maruta Kei to replace the Pokémon!"