svetikya Chapter 168 Kengo in a Dilemma
Chapter 168 Kengo in a Dilemma
Pokémon battles?
Although Ash guessed this possibility after sensing Kengo's hostility, he still felt a little strange when Kengo actually said his guess.
After all, in his view, Kengo seemed to harbor resentment and hostility towards him because of his first crushing defeat.
Now that he has once again challenged Kengo to a Pokémon battle, if Kengo agrees and wins, will Kengo's hostility towards him only intensify?
Even Xiaozhi, who has many years of travel experience, found it a bit tricky at this moment.
However, he couldn't persuade Kengo at the last minute and had no choice but to agree.
The battle arenas in the park are already full, after all, the Casual Tournament is in two days, and the Coordinators from the surrounding area are working tirelessly to make the final adjustments.
With no suitable location available, Kengo volunteered to lead the way. After walking for about 20 minutes, Kengo led the group to an ancient ruin located on the outskirts of Suiyi Town.
At the entrance to the ruins, statues of Dialga and Palkia stand on either side, as if guarding the ruins. The stone path, which has been renovated countless times, extends from the long steps of the ruins all the way to the edge of the grass on the outside.
The battlefield that Kengo referred to was the lawn in front of the ruins.
"Is it really okay to fight here?"
Xiao Guang stepped on the grass and asked in a puzzled tone.
After all, the league has officially stipulated that battles between Pokémon Trainers in towns should be conducted in designated areas.
Although the Alliance has no official regulations regarding battles in the wild, the real question is whether the lawn in front of this ruin belongs to the town or the wilderness.
"Don't worry, the town map of Suiyi Town doesn't mark this ruin, so this place is not within the area where the Alliance stipulates that fighting is not allowed."
Kengo had one hand in his pocket, while the other hand gently tossed the Poké Ball into the air and caught it steadily, looking like he was deliberately showing off.
"One-on-one, the first one to fall is the loser, is that alright?"
Kengo asked this with a confident smile.
Ash naturally had no objection to this. After a simple nod, the two of them threw out their Poké Balls and sent out their Pokémon.
"Oji!"
Ash sent out Chimchar, while Kenjiro's side—
"That Pokémon is..."
"A straw mushroom."
Just as Dawn took out his Pokédex to record the Pokémon's identity, Brock gave this answer.
After both sides' Pokémon were ready, everyone could clearly see that Kengo's expression froze completely.
"No... um... weren't you supposed to send out Pikachu?"
Kengo looked at Pikachu, who was tilting its head at Ash's feet, looking completely bewildered, and asked this question.
"Why do you think I would use Pikachu?"
"..."
Kengo fell silent.
Indeed, they did not tell each other which Pokémon they would use before the match started. Kengo thought that Ash would want to use his ace Pokémon to defeat him again, so he pretended to be confident and pretended to send out his ace Pokémon to fight.
But in reality, Kengo's performance was all to get Ash to use Pikachu so that he could use Breloom to suppress him.
Its own Breloom, in terms of both its fighting style and the skills it uses, can perfectly suppress Electric-type Pokémon.
But what's the situation now?
If it's not Pikachu, fine, but what is Chimchar?
etc--
"Hey, I'm telling you... isn't this the Chimchar that Shinji used at the Combination Tournament?"
"Hmm, you actually recognized me."
Ash was somewhat surprised that Kengo was able to recognize Chimchar.
After all, this little Chimchar isn't that different from a regular Chimchar under normal circumstances, and Kengo only saw it once on TV or in a magazine, yet he recognized it?
Just as Ash was admiring Kenjiro's abilities, Kenjiro on the other side was at a loss for words.
He couldn't actually tell the difference between this little fire monkey and the one he had seen before; he just had a vague feeling about it.
But he really didn't expect that his intuition would actually be right.
If he still felt a glimmer of hope a moment ago, then now his hope had completely turned into despair.
It's one thing that Breloom's type is countered by Chimchar, but the problem is that Chimchar is obviously not right, isn't it?
Kengo couldn't help but shudder as he recalled how the little fire monkey had triggered its blazing fire during the live stream.
"Or... should I get a different one?"
Seeing Kengo's conflicted expression, Ash couldn't help but offer a suggestion.
Although Kengo was also looking forward to it, he had already made his promise and put on a good show. Wouldn't it be too unbecoming to back down at this point?
"No need! This is fine! Ready to go? Mushroom!"
Hat-shaped mushroom: "???"
Who are you trying to fool? Weren't you just shaking? You're like that, why do you expect me to go?
Pokémon can clearly sense changes in their trainer's emotions. Breloom, through Kengo's subtle actions, roughly guessed that its opponent was not someone to be trifled with.
No matter how belligerent it is, it doesn't mean it's willing to become cannon fodder!
But there's nothing we can do since the trainer has already made that decision...
Breloom raised its fists, ready for battle. Just as Kenjiro and Ash were about to give their first commands to their respective Pokémon, a huge collapse suddenly came from the ruins to their side, followed by thick smoke slowly drifting out from the entrance of the ruins.
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