Pokémon: Dreams Come True Starting in Sinnoh

Chapter 138 Challenger, Status Swap?

"Hey!"

With its back to the ground, the Swim-Style Weasel faced Gengar, who had begun using hypnosis. It spun around while simultaneously firing its water gun.

The water guns, which should have been spraying in a straight line, began to twist irregularly in all directions due to the rotation of the water jets. The water guns intersected and intertwined with each other, as if forming a dense net of water flow.

The hypnotic light waves were deflected one after another the moment they came into contact with the Buizel's water gun. No matter which angle Gengar tried to control the hypnotic spell from, it was ultimately ineffective.

"No way... what kind of move is that? It looks like something you'd only see in a Grand Festival..."

Ash and Itachi's counterattack shield left Dawn in the audience completely stunned. She never imagined that Ash and Itachi had mastered such a technique in less than a day.

Now it seems that this technique can be used as a trump card, whether in actual combat or on the stage of a grand competition.

"GEN!"

Gengar increased its strength in an attempt to break through the Water Gun's defense, but Hypnosis, which itself has no harmful effects, was completely ineffective once captured.

Let alone defeating it, Gengar was sent flying by just a single approach, with no chance to fight back.

"OH! NO!"

Even though Melissa is very strong and has seen a lot, she still couldn't come up with a solution for Ash's variation that could easily break her signature move.

"Water jet!"

Faced with a Gengar that was already showing signs of fatigue and a somewhat bewildered Melissa, Ash certainly wouldn't let this opportunity pass.

"Water jet!"

"Hey!"

In the blink of an eye, Swim-It once again harnessed the water currents and chased after Gengar's location.

But Melissa was not going to give up easily. Although she couldn't think of a way to break the spell, she still wanted to put up a final resistance.

"Shadow Fist!"

"GEN!"

Faced with the oncoming Swim-Style Weasel, Gengar used Shadow Punch during its descent, hoping to use the height difference to make the Shadow Punch more powerful.

only--

"Keep this position, then use Freeze Punch!"

"Hey!"

A blue light emanated from the palm of the Swimsuit Weasel, which was enveloped in water. The next moment, the water enveloping the Swimsuit Weasel began to turn into ice at a visible speed.

To the astonishment of Gengar and Melissa, the water jet turned into an "ice" jet.

Under the amplified attack, Gengar, which was directly hit, had no chance to defend itself. It flew out of the field and crashed into the wall, losing its ability to battle the next moment.

Melissa: "......"

Melissa smiled helplessly, then recalled Gengar.

"I really didn't expect this, you've given me another big 'surprise'."

Melissa said.

"Not just counter-shields, but also frozen water jets... Just how many other skills do you have?"

"..."

Xiao Zhi simply smiled and did not answer.

Is that so?

Melissa didn't ask any more questions, and simply took out her next Poké Ball.

At this point, Melissa's thinking had changed.

If Ash was the challenger before, now, at least in Melissa's own mind, her and Ash's positions have changed.

She wasn't one to follow the rules. She had initially positioned herself as the challenger partly because she was a Gym Leader, but that was only a secondary factor. The most important reason was that she possessed the ability to test trainers.

Now, Ash has broken through her methods, and the techniques he has shown are ones she has never seen before. In the remaining time of the challenge between the two Pokémon, what she needs to do is to break Ash's moves as a challenger and turn the positions back around.

"Here it comes! Dream Demon!"

“Mu~!”

"Use the illusion ray!"

Get out of the way!

Facing Mismagius, Ash didn't immediately have Snorlax counterattack. Instead, he adopted a strategy of maneuvering to see what tactics Melissa planned to use.

The illusionary beam streaked across the sky, splitting the area into several sections. The Swimsuit Domino was slightly disheveled as it dodged the Mismagius's attacks, its gaze never leaving the Mismagius.

This is different from its previous fighting habits. If it were the old Squirrel, it wouldn't care about information such as the opponent's position and would just dodge blindly when it needed to. However, during its training with Sceptile, the other party taught it the concept of line of sight.

Offense, evasion, and counterattack.

All of this is based on the premise of being able to clearly identify the opponent's position. No matter what happens in the battle, you should try your best to lock onto the opponent's location.

Melissa stood opposite, covering her face in frustration. She had thought that the Swimsuit Itachi would panic under such a powerful illusion beam, but she hadn't expected it to be so calm. This made it impossible for her planned sneak attack to continue.

"Forget it, let's use the magic leaf."

Maintaining such a powerful illusionary ray is no easy feat. The Swimsuit Weasel's movements are incredibly agile, as if it had trained in a complex mountain forest, making it unpredictable.

Whether it's to hit Swimsuit Itachi more accurately or simply to save some energy, Magic Leaf is a better choice than Illusion Beam.

“MU~!”

The Dream Demon changed its attack stance, and the Illusion Ray stopped firing.

Instead, leaves shimmering with blue light surrounded it, and the moment its gaze met that of the Swimsuit Weasel, the Dream Demon manipulated the leaves to attack the Swimsuit Weasel.

"Freeze Punch!"

Seeing that Swim-Itachi was in a position where it couldn't dodge Magic Leaf, Ash had no choice but to use Ice Punch to confront it head-on.

More and more leaves flew from around Mismagius toward Swimsuit Itachi's location, while Swimsuit Itachi, not to be outdone, repeatedly swung its fists, radiating cold energy, to knock down all the incoming leaves.

"Then, how about this? Mental wave!"

"?"

To Ash's somewhat astonished gaze, Mismagius almost effortlessly conjured a pink beam of light in front of it, and without hesitation, followed Magic Leaf directly towards Swimsuit.

"boom!"

"Hey!"

A loud roar.

The swimming itachi, who used Ice Punch, was caught off guard by the mental wave and was forced to retreat several steps before managing to regain his balance.

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P.S.: Daily request for a gift~ QAQ~

(My head was a little dizzy while writing this chapter, and I wasn't really in the zone.)