svetikya Chapter 218 Frenzied Autumn, the So-Called Best Partner?
Chapter 218 Frenzied Autumn, the So-Called Best Partner?
"Please, Blaziken!"
May throws her Poké Ball, and Blaziken, which has been absent for a long time, appears on the field with a proud posture.
"It really is Blaziken."
Xiaoyao's decision did not surprise Xiaogang and Xiaozhi. Although they did not look at each other, a smile appeared on their lips in unison.
"You really know your stuff. Let's finish the battle this morning and then go eat."
"Exactly what I want!"
Ash and May were fully engaged in battle, and Chika and Chiaki on the other side nodded in agreement. In their opinion, the battle experience against Ash and May should be quite good.
"Here it comes! Floatball!"
"Go, Qilin Qi!"
Both sides sent out their respective Pokémon, with Ash launching the first attack.
"Pikachu, Quick Attack!"
"Pickup!"
Pikachu struck first, its figure vanishing from its spot in an instant, leaving a trail of afterimages behind it.
The lightning-fast speed of the flash surprised both Chika and Chiaki.
Although they've been running this battle restaurant for so long, they've never actually seen a flash of lightning of this magnitude more than a few times.
"Floatball, use the tailwind!"
"Qilin Qi, Illusion Ray!"
After witnessing Pikachu's power, the two of them reached a consensus.
Let's deal with this Pikachu first.
However, their ideas were too optimistic. They overestimated their own strength and completely underestimated Xiaoyao's presence.
"Blaziken, use Flamethrower on the Floatball!"
"just!"
The moment the other party gave the order, Xiaoyao made the best judgment.
The opponent wanted to use Tailwind to keep up with Pikachu's speed, but Ash ignored the Float Ball at the moment, which meant that Ash wanted to let her handle the Float Ball, and May understood this meaning.
Blaziken took a step forward, condensed a blazing flame from its mouth, and immediately sprayed it towards the Float Ball. The gust of wind that had just been blowing across the field for a second stopped instantly due to Blaziken's interference.
Get out of the way!
Although the Flamethrower was fierce, Floatball's fighting style meant it wasn't afraid of fire-type moves. The airflow from the incoming flames was enough for Floatball to use and dodge.
The Floatball dodged the flame-breathing attack with a graceful movement, but the Qilin on the other side was in trouble now.
Chiaki originally thought that the tailwind of the Float Ball would be able to be successfully launched, so he had Kirin use Psychic Beam to counterattack when Pikachu used Quick Attack. However, he never expected May to react so quickly.
Without the wind to stop it, Pikachu's speed is something even Girafiend can't keep up with.
Despite Kirinki's best efforts, the Illusion Beam ultimately missed Pikachu, landing on the ground where Pikachu had been just a second before, creating a loud bang.
"Pickup!"
Pikachu, trailing a silvery arc of light, crashed straight into Qilinqi's side.
Qilin Qi winced in pain, his expression contorting as he was about to be knocked to the ground. However, Qianqiu's timely intervention allowed Qilin Qi to hold on, preventing him from collapsing and enabling him to retaliate.
"Strengthen your willpower!"
“GI!”
Pink light burst forth from Qilinqi's body, its gaze fixed on Pikachu, intending to use this move to retaliate.
Won!
Seeing that Pikachu still didn't turn around, but only that the electric sacs on its cheeks were crackling with electricity, Chiaki felt that this counterattack was about to succeed.
Given Pikachu's size, as long as you can lock onto it with Psychic, you can use Float Ball to take it away immediately. At the very least, you should be able to halve its stamina.
But at that very moment, his fiancée, Chika, hurriedly shouted a reminder to him:
"careful!"
"?"
Qianqiu's body trembled slightly upon hearing this. He trusted his fiancée completely, but Qilin Qi was already barely managing to stay upright. If he were to abandon his use of mental power at this moment...
Qianqiu's worries were understandable, but the next second when a beam of fire fell from above onto Qilin Qi, he knew that even if he had given the order to dodge, it would have been too late.
“GI!”
The Qilin Qi, engulfed in flames, let out incessant screams of agony.
Although Blaziken's Flamethrower was dodged by Floatball, May's goal was twofold: firstly, to stop Floatball from using Tailwind; and secondly, she had noticed from the beginning that Floatball was positioned directly above Giratina. Even if Flamethrower missed initially, it didn't matter; she could simply use that moment to make Blaziken lower its Flamethrower...
This allows you to pair it with Pikachu to create a perfect combination—
"100,000 volts!"
"Pikachu!!!"
The electricity that had been accumulating within the electric sac poured out at this moment, forming an encirclement with the jet of flames, trapping the Qilin Qi within.
Under the combined attack of Pikachu and Blaziken, Qilinqi's vision went black within seconds, and it collapsed to the ground, unable to fight.
"How could this be...?"
Chiaki never expected to be defeated so easily. After recalling Kirin, he could only watch helplessly as Pikachu and Blaziken took away the Float Balls one after another.
After all, in a doubles match, the one who takes the lead in attack and sets the pace of the battle is him, not his fiancée.
His fiancée, Chinatsu, usually plays a supporting role in doubles matches. With the shuttlecock held high in the air, she can easily observe the situation on the court and then remind him.
They had always believed their teamwork was flawless. Chiaki trusted Chika, and Chika executed her missions perfectly. Therefore, they could easily defuse any sneak attacks from their opponents. But this time...
"That's amazing."
After the match, Chiaki walked up to Ash and shook his hands, saying this excitedly.
"Although many guests here say that my teamwork with Chika is flawless, after fighting against you today, I finally understand what true flawlessness means!"
Chiaki was completely oblivious to Ash's somewhat speechless look, and continued to express her feelings of being moved:
"Chinatsu and I clearly divided our roles: one of us would attack, and the other would support. This is a very normal pairing in doubles! But you guys showed me a completely different way of fighting!"
"We trust each other, and we support each other as both the main attackers and the assistants! Even without sufficient communication, we can anticipate the possibilities during the battle and set traps to slowly lure our opponents into them! It is truly an honor to fight against you two!"
"No...it's nothing..."
Ash didn't know how to respond to Chiaki's touched expression, so he could only use such a common and popular answer to reply to him.
However, on the other hand, to be able to experience such emotion despite losing so badly shows that this rich young master really loves Pokémon battles.
.......
"Are they both the main attackers and the supporters...?"
Seeing Chiaki so moved, Hikaru felt a little uneasy.
She didn't know why she felt this way, but... there was an inexplicable sense of loss.
After partnering with Ash a few times, she felt that she understood what doubles battles were all about, and influenced by public opinion, she also felt that her teamwork with Ash was pretty good.
Because she could clearly see that she was now able to keep up with Ash's pace and knew when to do what.
But just as she was basking in this moment of self-satisfaction, Xiaoyao appeared.
When she stood beside Ash and fought alongside him, Dawn could clearly sense that she was different from him.
Even from behind, Xiao Guang couldn't see any unease or wavering in Xiao Yao. She seemed to have no doubt that she could form a perfect partnership with Xiao Zhi. Perhaps her confidence came from her strength and the experience she gained from traveling with Xiao Zhi for a long time?
but--
After witnessing Ash and May's perfect teamwork and hearing Chiaki's praise for them, and then recalling her own teamwork with Ash, Dawn's repeated reminders not to overthink it were useless.
How could I not overthink it!
Which is better? A few glances are enough to make it clear. After seeing Ash and May's partnership, Dawn realized that the reason she and Ash were called the best partners was probably more due to the so-called "circumstances that make heroes".
"Ok?"
While Xiaoguang was absentmindedly thinking about those things, she suddenly realized that Xiaoyao was silently watching her.
After exchanging a glance, Hikari inexplicably looked away, unable to meet Haruka's eyes any longer. Realizing her strange behavior after a moment, she was interrupted by Chiaki's words:
"Ah~ what a beautiful day. Speaking of which, I heard a while ago that a pair of best partners appeared in the Sinnoh region. I wonder how good they are. But now it seems that no matter how good they are, they can't possibly be better than you two, right? It feels like unless you have a trainer of the Elite Four level to partner with, it's wishful thinking to think that you can be better than the two of you in double battles!"
Xiao Guang: "......"
She didn't say or do anything, so why...?
"Um... young master..."
"Hmm? What's wrong?"
Hearing the butler beside him approach and speak to him in such a low voice, Qianqiu leaned down and asked in a puzzled voice.
"The names of those two best partners are Ash and Dawn..."
Compared to Chiaki, who doesn't pay much attention to the news, this butler clearly knows more. As he spoke to Chiaki, he blinked and glanced at Satoshi and the others over there.
"Ash...Dawn..."
"Huh? Ash?"
After exchanging a glance with his fiancée, Chiaki excitedly grasped Satoshi's hands again.
"So it was you! I never expected to be able to battle you under these circumstances! It seems the Sinnoh media has some discerning eyes! Best Partner... um... wait, I remember the person you teamed up with this time is called..."
"My name is Xiaoyao."
May responded to Chiaki's words with a slightly awkward expression. Although she and Ash were indeed teaming up for this battle, she couldn't quite maintain her smile after seeing Chiaki realize the title of "best partner" and noticing Dawn's increasingly gloomy mood behind her.
"Huh? So you two aren't the best duo? Hmm... If you're this strong even though you're not the best duo, I can't even imagine how strong the two who were rated as the best duo by the media would be when they team up..."
Unintentional words can be the most hurtful.
Upon hearing Qianqiu's words, Xiaoguang seemed to lower his head even further.
.......
"Speaking of which, I really didn't expect you to be so famous. If Mr. Qianqiu hadn't been unaware of the media reports, he would have recognized you immediately."
Sitting at the dining table, Xiaoyao said this with emotion.
Although she had learned about Ash and Dawn's current fame from magazines, she still found it hard to believe when she actually discovered that people in the Sinnoh region seemed to have heard of this title to some extent.
After all, the effects of pairing up are different for each pair of people. It would be too arbitrary to make such a judgment based on just a few pairs of partners.
However, the people in the Sinnoh region still seem to like this approach.
Oh, wait... It's not just the people in the Sinnoh region; the Hoenn region's Contest organizers seem to be holding some kind of doubles battles lately, with the aim of selecting the most compatible and outstanding pair.
Xiaoyao also felt that it was somewhat outrageous.
"There's nothing I can do. I didn't expect things to escalate so much. Perhaps the Fate Tournament attracted too much attention back then? Otherwise, most people wouldn't have been so enthusiastic about it."
Xiao Zhi explained this in a speechless tone while eating.
Even so, if he had another chance, he probably wouldn't hold back either.
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