Pokémon: Trainers start as bounty hunters

The powerful legs of the Flame Chicken shoot straight to the ground like an awl, and the air wherever it passes seems to be divided into two pieces.

Directly below it, the wildly rotating turtle shell indicates that the Water Arrow Turtle is waiting for the Flame Chicken to attack.

"Carry it down and then break out of the shell - water tail."

Shinagawa Shizuji looked at the Flame Chicken that was falling faster and faster, pushed up his glasses unusually calmly, and issued a counterattack command to the Water Arrow Turtle.

I don't know if the water arrow turtle, which was retracting into its shell in a high-speed spinning state, heard his words, but the speed of the turtle shell's rotation suddenly accelerated a lot.

It seemed like an instant, and it seemed like a long time passed. The flame chicken jumped high and then fell with a huge momentum and kicked hard on the high-speed rotating shell of the water arrow turtle.

"Hey——"

A harsh friction sound sounded.

The flame chicken, which mustered up all its muscles to attack, had a look of pain on its face the moment it kicked the turtle shell.

But for it, which is good at fighting, this pain is nothing at all.

I saw the Flame Chicken gritting his teeth, exerting force on his waist again, and the visible muscles on his body were even trembling.

"Boom"

The turtle shell hit the ground with a dull crashing sound.

At the same time, the red figure of the Flame Chicken jumped up with the force of the rebound and returned to the ground with a backflip.

"Down"

As soon as it landed, the Flame Chicken immediately knelt on the ground and let out an overwhelmed cry.

Zheye took a closer look and saw that its right leg was shaking.

This is the main leg used to attack the water arrow turtle's shell.

"Did you receive a shock due to the high-speed rotation?" Tetsuya's face was very serious.

I don’t know how much the flame chicken’s feet are worn.

But now is not the time to consider this issue.

The turtle shell that was still spinning after falling on the ground gradually stopped, and the sound of breaking hard objects came from it.

"Kama~"

The cry of the Blastoise, who was full of energy and showed no signs of weakness when he appeared on the stage, echoed throughout the venue again.

The water arrow turtle's head, limbs and tail protrude from the shell at the same time, and the water flow continuously gathers at its tail.

The blue tail and the blue water flow came together, and it was hard to tell what was what for a moment.

The water arrow turtle's thick limbs slammed on the ground, and its huge body rushed out at a speed that was extremely inconsistent with visual perception.

With the help of the broken shell, the Water Arrow Turtle's physical attack, energy attack, and speed abilities have been greatly improved.

Although its physical defense and energy defense have been reduced at the same time, for the water arrow turtle that retreated into its shell first, the physical defense has actually only returned to its most basic state, and the energy defense has only been reduced.

This weakening is completely ignored by the Blastoise, which is already known for its defense. The enhanced attack and speed capabilities are the key.

The flame chicken kneeling on one knee had no way to avoid the water arrow turtle attacking at high speed.

Although the water arrow turtle's high speed is only slightly faster than the flame chicken in normal state, who makes the flame chicken's movement severely limited now?

Putting aside the issue of the feet for the moment, the stiffness caused by the use of brute force also made it unable to move.

In the flame chicken's unwilling eyes, the water arrow turtle soon appeared in front of it.

The blue water tail turned around and hit the flame chicken hard on the upper body of the flame chicken.

There is no doubt that the flame chicken flew out directly.

After rolling on the ground a few times, the flame chicken fell to the ground with its eyes spinning in circles.

"The Flame Chicken lost its fighting ability, the Blastoise won, and Tetsuya Tamaki was the first to lose three elves. The first half ended and entered the intermission, and the second half will start in fifteen minutes."

The referee immediately raised the flag and announced the result.

The cheers and sighs of the audience in the arena were mixed together, making it difficult to hear clearly.

But everyone agreed with the excitement of this battle. After all, it was rare to see the battle of the king-level elves live.

Tetsuya took back the flame chicken with a look of helplessness.

It was within his expectation that it would be knocked down in one blow.

The water tail is a very powerful physical attack skill, and the water element also has a very obvious restraint effect on the fire element. Coupled with the difference in strength, the combination of multiple factors means that the flame chicken, which is not good at defense, can withstand a blow.

That's what's surprising.

However, the fact that it failed to cause too much damage to the Water Arrow Turtle was obviously not what he expected.

You must know that the role of the Flame Chicken in his team has always been an attacker. It is good at attacking, but it failed to consume enough of the Water Arrow Turtle.

In order to avoid the water system weakening the fire system, Zhe Yeke also specially chose the second attribute fighting skill of the Flame Chicken to attack, but it still had little effect.

Is there such a big gap between the King of Heaven and the King of Heaven?

Zheye was a little confused for a moment, he shouldn't be.

His Flame Chicken is already stronger than the average quasi-king elves. Even if it cannot be defeated, it should not be unable to cause obvious damage.

Even an ordinary quasi-king vs. king scene wouldn't be so one-sided.

The differences shown in the data simply cannot lead to such exaggerated results.

Before taking a break, Tetsuya glanced thoughtfully at the opposite Blastoise who had just had his Poké Ball taken back.

No, the keen Zheya discovered that the other party's state was not as relaxed as it appeared.

You can see that the moment it was taken back, the calm-looking Blastoise showed an undetectable look of relaxation.

If it was as nearly unscathed as it seemed, there was no need for the Blastoise to be like this.

Zhe also thought for a moment and roughly understood what the other party was thinking.

In a private room in the auditorium, Shiba and Watari were sitting together, looking down at Tetsuya who was walking back to the rest area and communicating with each other with a smile.

As the Four Heavenly Kings of Kanto, they are of course responsible for guarding the surrounding security during the Quartz Conference. The Quartz Plateau where it is held is the headquarters of the alliance.

This is also one of the few times of the year when you can see the Four Heavenly Kings gathering together except for meetings.

"That kid seems a little confused." Hiba picked up a bunch of grape-like fruit with her thick fingers and started to eat it.

"Don't splatter my cloak."

Du did not reply to Shiba's words immediately, but said something slightly complaining.

"It's just a normal way to hide one's strength. He probably saw it too."

No one knows how Watari saw Tetsuya's eyes in the viewing room so far away from the battlefield, but it was obvious that Shiba trusted him a lot.

"Oh, yeah, that's normal, but he probably won't be able to break your record."

Shiba, who was eating the fruit so much that her juices splashed everywhere, obviously didn't take Wataru's initial warning to him to heart.

"For a new trainer, reaching the top sixteen is already a very good result."

Du didn't care, as their relationship was just for fun, and he had to change his cloak every now and then.

For the wealthy cloak controllers who are not short of money, the cost of customizing a cloak is just a drop in the bucket.

"Besides, he is different from us. We said he was a new trainer at the time, but he was not new to this level."

Du shook his head slightly.

Even though he was extremely optimistic about Tetsuya from the beginning, he never expected that his performance would reach this point.

If the concept of a new trainer is set within the scope of three years since starting, Watari who directly advanced to the finals for the first time in the third year is definitely the first person in history without a doubt.

Even if his championship hadn't unexpectedly brought out two king-level elves, Du, who had dragon-type elves, would have won his first championship title long ago.

It seems that there is always a law for geniuses of any era, that is, the opponent of the same year will always be a stronger guy than before.

However, it is precisely because of this that you can be called a genius. If your opponents are all weak that year, no one will recognize how talented you are. They will only think that you are strong but have better luck.

The title of champion and champion are the same, but there are still differences.

"That's right. In terms of the results achieved by new trainers in their first year of debut, this guy should be among the top ones."

Shiba quickly finished eating the fruit with her mouth wide open and nodded in agreement.

He didn't say it was best.

Because in the relatively long history of the league, it is not that there are no better results than Tetsuya's top 16.

Except for a few occasional conferences that could not be held successfully for some reason, the number of regional conferences held in all known regions in the world is close to four digits.

After such a long time, so many times, and so many people, it is normal for a few monsters to appear.

But if you add in objective factors, Zheye's grades may not be the best, but they must be the best.

The rest of them were not like him who grew up in an orphanage.

Even a long time ago, most families did not abide by the Alliance's rule that only those who were sixteen years old could own elves.

It is said that it has just been a year since his debut, but in fact, I don’t know how long the ace elf has been training.

Basically everything about Tetsuya can be checked, and he truly belongs to the alliance.

The fifteen-minute intermission went by in a flash.

Tetsuya and Shinagawa Shizuji once again stood on opposite platforms at opposite ends of the venue.

This time the two of them looked at each other without any dialogue or emotion.

Both sides are well aware of their current situation.

Tetsuya's side is not in a strong position and the situation is a bit bad. Shinagawa Shizuji's Blastoise is not as unscathed as it appears on the surface.

The winner will never be known until the last moment.

Even if it is an elite vs. king, the probability of victory is not directly equal to 0.

"Please ask Shinagawa Shizuji to send out the Blastoise, and ask player Tetsuya to send out the next elf."

The referee announced the start of the second half of the game concisely and clearly.

"Leave it to you, Monarch Snake!"

Seeing the powerful Blastoise reappearing on the field, Tetsuya sent out the Monarch Snake to fight without thinking.

On the big screen on the sidelines, there were three dim and three bright Poke Balls under Tetsuya's head.

As the Monarch Snake appeared on the field, the appearance of the Monarch Snake appeared next to the fourth still-lit Poké Ball.