svetikya Chapter 146 The Final Battle, The Return of an Old Partner
Chapter 146 The Final Battle, The Return of an Old Partner
Although there was a minor hiccup on the first night, the competition continued smoothly.
On the morning of the second day, Ash and Dawn successfully defeated the random group. This time, Ash almost completely handed over the offensive authority to Dawn, while he directed his Bagon to do the same thing as Koppei, focusing solely on defense from start to finish.
Although Xiaoguang almost gave the opponent a chance to counterattack due to a mistake in command, thanks to Xiaoguang's Patchlitz's natural liveliness and vigilance, Xiaoguang finally turned the tide and successfully took advantage of the opponent's impatience to win the game.
In the next battle, both Brock and Honoka went all out. Brock sent out Sudowoodo, which had recently evolved, while Honoka once again chose Gull.
Shinji and Koppei continued their previous style in this battle. Shinji commanded Chimchar to attack forward relentlessly, and he did not let Chimchar dodge even when facing the Water-type moves of Gullop.
However, it was thanks to Kaoping's impenetrable defensive coordination that the two were able to achieve the final victory despite the stalemate in the early stages.
.......
"We lost..."
Even though he had a vague idea of how the battle would end, Hikaru still felt a little disappointed when he saw that Kogoro and Honoka had failed to turn the tide.
"I'm sorry, I held them back... If Xiaogang hadn't sent the Nonsense Tree to rescue the Long-winged Gull, perhaps there would still have been a chance to win..."
As evening fell, Honoka gathered around the dining table to express her apologies.
When she signed up for the competition, Honoka was actually quite confident in her abilities, but she didn't expect that she would end up dragging Tsuyoshi down.
However, after carefully comparing her own strength with that of the finalists, Honoka felt that her performance was probably not even as good as Dawn's, let alone Ash, Shinji, and Kao Ping.
At least as a rookie trainer, Hikari can quickly calm down when she encounters a crisis in the competition, unlike her who panicked to the point that she couldn't even shout out such a simple command as dodge.
"No, even if I hadn't chosen to send Sudowoodo to support Lilligant, I still wouldn't have been able to win... That trainer named Koppin had a very high-level Hippowdon, and he also had excellent command skills. Sudowoodo, which was at a disadvantage in terms of type, basically had no chance of defeating him."
Brock wasn't one to say discouraging things, but when faced with reality, he had to admit that Kazuhira and Shinji were stronger than them.
Of course, if Shinji could fight normally, instead of acting with such a strong purpose and in a way that is not likable, this match would still be satisfying.
"Speaking of which, where did Ash go?"
It was then that Hikari realized he hadn't seen Ash for a while, so he asked.
"He's outside training Pokémon."
Xiao Gang pointed outside.
"It seems like they're preparing for tomorrow's match."
"Are we making preparations?"
Xiao Guang murmured to himself, recalling Xiao Zhi's somewhat unusual behavior last night.
"I'll go take a look..."
As Hikaru said this, he walked towards the door, and Tsuyoshi, seeing this, also said goodbye to Honoka and followed in Hikaru's footsteps.
After leaving the Pokémon Center, a flash of light illuminated the now-dimmed earth. Ash squatted down in front of a Pokémon, patted its head with satisfaction, and said:
"Well done. I'll be relying on you again tomorrow. Just follow the plan, Cyndaquil."
"MA!"
The flames on Cyndaquil's back seemed to burn even brighter as it shouted energetically, responding to Ash's anticipation.
"Eh... is it Cyndaquil? I didn't expect Ash to actually be going to respond to Shinji's request."
While Xiao Guang was recording Cyndaquil in the Pokédex, Xiao Gang, who had followed behind, walked up to Cyndaquil with some surprise, bent down, patted its head, and said something.
"There's no other way. I feel that the only way to convince Shinji is through the competition, and among the Fire-type Pokémon I have, Cyndaquil is more suitable for handling the situation that may arise tomorrow."
What situations might we encounter?
Xiao Gang was stunned for a moment, but then smiled with relief.
It seems that Ash has seen much more than I have. Ash wasn't fully mature during the Hoenn era. Could it be that his battle with Mr. God gave him some new insights for a period of time?
No one can predict when a person will make a breakthrough, but Ash's transformation is quite reasonable. After all, he has experienced so many events, big and small. Perhaps at some point, Ash figured something out, which led to a qualitative change.
I'm sure tomorrow's match will be very exciting!
With this thought in mind, the event quietly moved into the next day.
.......
Shinji and Kouhei team up against Ash and Dawn team up.
While this match didn't garner as much attention as the Yuanzhi Tournament, it was certainly no less impressive than any other unofficial competition.
The two sides facing off are Ash and Dawn, who performed exceptionally well in the Tournament of Destiny and are known as the best duo.
On the other side is a more traditional combination of Pokémon trainers: Shinji, who is full of offensive prowess, and Koppei, who can turn the tide no matter what kind of attack he faces.
Their abilities are absolutely beyond doubt.
However, anyone who watched the match would understand that Shinji and Kohei's pairing had a significant hidden danger.
However, after so many rounds of competition, no group has been able to seize the opportunity to turn the tide. Facing this extreme pairing, whether Ash and Dawn can have the last laugh is a question that everyone is concerned about.
"Prepare for battle!"
"Here it comes! King Hippo!"
Kohei and Shinji once again sent out the combination of Chimchar and Hippowdon.
Shinji's purpose was to ignite the fire within Chimchar, so he wouldn't change his Pokémon.
But Kaoping...
Is it because King Hippo is more suitable to assist Shinji?
"It's still the King of Hippos."
Hikari was surprised that Kouhei also sent out his Pokémon first, just like Shinji. She had thought that Kouhei would throw out his Poké Ball along with the two of them.
After all, there's no such thing as going first or second in a competition; sending out your Pokémon first puts you at a disadvantage.
"Didn't Kaoping want to win?"
Xiao Guang muttered to himself with some doubt, to which Xiao Zhi simply replied:
"I don't know, but I should be able to guess what he's thinking during the battle."
"Um......"
Xiao Guang nodded slightly, and then both sides sent out their Pokémon one after another.
"I choose you! Cyndaquil!"
"Please! Patchlitz!"
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PS1: Daily gift request~
PS2: It has been officially announced that Ash's story will come to an end. The new series will feature a new dual protagonist. The final 11 episodes in January will explain what Pokémon Masters really are, and then Ash and Pikachu's story will come to a complete end...
(If, in the end, the Pokémon Masters' answer is just a kind of spirit, then the official version has completely rotted.)