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he knowes pokemon more than i know _Chapter_419_en
Chapter 419
Chapter 414 All-out Battle! Golden Aqua Tail, Erupt!
2024-05-15 Author: Samsung Charmander (Author Name)
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This was the first time that, after entering a state of Bond connection, Ash found himself momentarily unsure of how to act.
"Pa."
At this moment, the Masked Man suddenly took a heavy step forward. An aura surged forth, and his body seemed to ignite with red-and-black flames matching the color of his mask. The soaring emotion instantly infected the entire stadium.
As The Royal Mask, riling up the audience and converting their cheers into his own strength was the Masked Man's specialty.
This wasn't useless; it was a kind of metaphysical Fortune.
"Since you've shown me such power, it's our turn to display our true strength!!"
The Masked Man's voice made Empoleon shudder. It raised its two steel-like arms, and energy gathered towards them, gradually forming a large mass of water above its head.
"Whoosh..."
The current of water continuously expanded, spun, and took shape, finally forming a giant, funnel-shaped whirlpool.
"Whirlpool?"
Ash was baffled but impressed. He had thought his opponent was about to have a power surge, but it turned out to be just Whirlpool?
Isn't that just a tool move?
"Wartortle, let's use Whirlpool too!"
His Wartortle also knew this move. Although he didn't know his opponent's objective, he could only choose to conservatively copy him. If he couldn't counterattack, he could at least nullify the attack.
"Wartor!"
Wartortle mimicked the action and raised its arms. As expected, a large mass of blue water also formed above its head, funnel-shaped at the edges with a violently spinning core.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!!"
The tortoise and the penguin slammed their arms down simultaneously. In the sky, the two whirlpools slowly rushed forward. The two vortexes, spinning in opposite directions, collided and instantly exploded into countless droplets, creating a brief shower over the battle arena before dissipating into nothing.
When sailing overseas, the principle of the tool move Whirlpool was to create a vortex with a specific spin direction to nullify another.
Right now, Wartortle's strength was enough to match its opponent evenly without being at a disadvantage.
"Whoosh!!"
But as the water fell, before Ash and Wartortle could even breathe a sigh of relief, a surging tide of ocean waves suddenly rose up on the opposite side of the arena. Wave after wave, nearly five or six meters high, surged towards Wartortle, looking as if it could swallow and conceal everything.
"Wartor?"
The immense shadow of the wave loomed over it, causing Wartortle's movements to freeze for a second.
"Surf? Since when?!"
Ash's expression froze. He realized the earlier Whirlpool was just cover for Surf. He quickly raised his hand and pointed.
"Wartortle, use Rapid Spin to protect yourself!"
He was confident that with Wartortle's current strength, and with its defenses not having been weakened, it could block this move without taking any damage!
"Wartor!"
Wartortle leaped up. Facing the surging ocean waves, it calmed down, flexibly retracting its head and limbs into its shell. It began to float in mid-air, spinning rapidly. The rotation of its tortoise shell emanated a powerful sense of strength.
"Poof!"
Unexpectedly, just as the wave was less than a meter from Wartortle, a hole suddenly burst open from within the base of the wave, and a blue-black figure shot out from it at high speed.
Empoleon had already reached the spot directly beneath Wartortle. It raised one steel-like arm, which was shrouded in a considerable amount of water-type power.
"Beep. Dive. In the first turn, the user dives underwater. In the second turn, it attacks when the opportunity arises."
The Pokédex provided a timely reminder.
"Boom!!"
The next second, Empoleon decisively slammed its arm upward, striking the exact center point of the spinning tortoise shell.
"Wartooor..."
Wartortle let out a muffled grunt as its body was thrown into the air. The very center of the tortoise shell was the sole weakness of Rapid Spin, and its enemy had found and exploited it with ease, dealing it a minor, yet severe, injury.
Immediately after, the massive wave crashed down half a second later, violently washing over Wartortle, whose Rapid Spin had dissipated. It was even swallowed by the deluge. The impressive power of the wave dealt another minor, yet severe, injury.
This scene made Ash's face fall. His breathing grew ragged. But the Masked Man looked as if his combo wasn't over yet and suddenly spoke up:
"By the way, Ash, you haven't forgotten how I introduced my Empoleon earlier, have you?"
"Introduced?" Ash paused, his mind subconsciously recalling the other's initial words.
"Empoleon is my best... underwater assistant."
The Masked Man laughed heartily, then bellowed with gusto, "Haha, transporta— my combo isn't over yet! Empoleon, use the final Waterfall!!"
"Rumble, rumble, rumble..."
The sound of high-speed movement began to echo from within the flow of the wave. As if it had a will of its own, the water gathered into a spiral and shot skyward. The next second, his own Wartortle was suddenly launched high out of the water's surface.
However, it hadn't shot out on its own. The powerful Empoleon had formed fists with its wings and was riding the waves upward. Its arms were now wreathed in an incredibly fierce and surging water-type energy. Finally, it slammed heavily into Wartortle, sending the entire tortoise flying high into the sky.
Waterfall!!
"Boom!!"
Its momentum gone, Wartortle fell helplessly. The five-to-six-meter-high surf had also completely vanished, leaving no cushion for its fall from high up. It suffered another massive blow.
This was the Masked Man and Empoleon's transport combo. Whirlpool to obscure the line of sight, Surf as a feint to complete the first turn of charging Dive, and then Dive to strike first.
Then came the impact from the wave, and finally, using the might of the waves, it finished with Waterfall.
The Officials prohibited using two moves at the same time, but this was a combo. It didn't involve using two moves in a single turn; there were time gaps between them.
It was legal.
Instantly, the entire arena erupted into thunderous cheers because of this transport combo. No one could have imagined that these tool moves, which were mostly useless in battle, could be used in such a creative way.
"So this is the Move Professor... not bad."
In the audience stands, the faceless man being controlled by Red couldn't help but reveal a smile, his gaze filled with appreciation.
He knew the Masked Man's background. On one hand, he was The Royal Mask; on the other, he was a Pokémon Professor from the Alola Region. One scholar, one warrior—a dual practitioner.
And the Professor's specialty and research focus was Pokémon moves.
Such a move combination was indeed somewhat beyond his expectations.
"But the next moment is already mine." Having spent a long time with Ash, Red had long since copied Ash's power to Copy.
He then turned his gaze to the other side of the arena, curious as to how Ash would counterattack. The current Wartortle hadn't completely lost its combat ability, but it was infinitely close to a near-death state. He feared that a single Aqua Jet from Empoleon could secure the knockout.
"Is it waiting for that move?" During the preliminary match, Wartortle had used a special move once. As a Move Professor, the Masked Man would naturally be eager to face it head-on.
"However, that move..." Red, however, couldn't help but shake his head, saying nothing more.
"Wartor..."
In the arena, Wartortle slowly struggled to its feet. Its body trembled slightly, and its breathing was ragged. Just standing up seemed to take all its strength. It truly looked like a flickering candle in the wind.
"Wartortle, you can still fight?"
"Wartor!!"
Before Ash could finish his sentence, Wartortle interrupted him by forcefully standing up. It reached a paw into its tortoise shell, trying to pull something out to wear, but it didn't feel the familiar object.
Only one item could be carried per battle. Since it was holding a White Herb, its sunglasses had been temporarily confiscated by The Officials.
This is so frustrating for a tortoise.
Whatever!
"Wartor!!"
Wartortle roared, straightening its back. Ash understood this fighting spirit perfectly. Their emotions, willpower, and battle intensity intertwined, elevating their Bond connection to a higher level.
"Zzzzt..."
At this moment, Wartortle's body was inexplicably tinged with a faint golden light. White steam billowed around it. Its broad, light-blue, spiral-shaped tail had been completely replaced by a brilliant gold color.
For a moment, it had become a golden tortoise.
Sensing the energy was ready to be unleashed, Ash immediately roared:
"Wartortle, let's settle this! Use the final Aqua Tail!!"
"Wartor!!"
As he spoke, Wartortle had already leaped high, spinning three times in mid-air before tucking its spiral-shaped tail beneath its body. A faint water-type energy swirled around it.
"Bang!"
With the boost from Ash and Wartortle's bonded willpower, its spiral tail suddenly expanded to more than five times its size. It instantly transformed into a colossal golden tail, glowing with a menacing, golden-hot temperature. It was wreathed in terrifying water-type energy, with white steam continuously rising around it.
In that instant, its power reached its peak!!
This left everyone staring blankly at the golden light in mid-air.
"Hiss..."
The golden light was like a metal tube in an oven heated to its maximum temperature, on the verge of collapse. Just looking at it made people gasp.
"Here it comes!"
The Masked Man's eyes held both a fanaticism for moves and the caution of a battler. He shouted:
"Empoleon, use Steel Wing to defend and brace for impact!"
"Empol!"
Empoleon's expression hardened. It drove its two silver steel wings into the ground like shields. But against this terrifying momentum, it feared its Steel Wing couldn't block it completely.
But it wasn't a big problem. It was still confident it could survive with a sliver of health left, then use a priority Aqua Jet to secure the knockout.
It was similar to the Masked Man, possessing a strange obsession with moves. That's why it was willing to use its own flesh and blood to become a transportation vehicle!
"Wartor!!"
In the sky, Wartortle was already descending. The golden tail carried the weight of a thousand tons of water vapor as it smashed down, unstoppable!
The giant golden Aqua Tail, erupt!!
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!"
Empoleon clenched its teeth, transferring all its body's strength into its two steel wings to resist this attack with all its might.
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!"
The immense force struck its steel wings, making Empoleon's body tremble violently. It could only desperately channel more energy.
A terrifying explosion boomed instantly. The golden energy, accompanied by a majestic surge of water, engulfed Empoleon, finally turning into endless white steam that covered the entire Indigo Plateau Main Stadium!
The terrifying energy blast made everyone's heart tremble and their faces turn pale.
"The outcome has been decided, right?"
"What the hell kind of move was that!?"
"That's got to be cheating! Aren't The Officials going to do anything?"
"I bet a Water-type Pokémon won this battle."
Amidst the white smoke, after the initial shock, the audience members began to discuss heatedly. They even started blowing with their own breath, trying to clear away the annoying white smoke to see the result of the battle immediately.
As the smoke cleared, in the arena, Empoleon was sitting slumped on the ground. Its eyes were wide, and it looked dazed. In that moment, its proud, kingly demeanor was completely gone, its expression like that of a simpleton.
"Empol?"
It couldn't help but scratch its head. That golden Aqua Tail certainly looked terrifying and flashy, but how come after the initial impact...
...there was nothing?
The damage it took was barely 1 HP, a negligible blow. It was even less than the health it had recovered.
"Wait, was that a feint?!" Empoleon quickly got back up and looked around warily, only to see that Wartortle had completely collapsed a short distance in front of it. Its eyes were spirals, and one leg was still twitching.
Empoleon: "?"
The Masked Man: "?"
The man and the penguin were both dumbfounded.
Staging an accident?
Ash: "???"
Ash was even more dumbfounded than the man and the penguin.
"Was I just played?"
(end of chapter)
2024-05-15 Author: Samsung Charmander (Author Name)
(Long, unsegmented chapter, please subscribe, please subscribe!)
——
This was the first time that, after entering a state of Bond connection, Ash found himself momentarily unsure of how to act.
"Pa."
At this moment, the Masked Man suddenly took a heavy step forward. An aura surged forth, and his body seemed to ignite with red-and-black flames matching the color of his mask. The soaring emotion instantly infected the entire stadium.
As The Royal Mask, riling up the audience and converting their cheers into his own strength was the Masked Man's specialty.
This wasn't useless; it was a kind of metaphysical Fortune.
"Since you've shown me such power, it's our turn to display our true strength!!"
The Masked Man's voice made Empoleon shudder. It raised its two steel-like arms, and energy gathered towards them, gradually forming a large mass of water above its head.
"Whoosh..."
The current of water continuously expanded, spun, and took shape, finally forming a giant, funnel-shaped whirlpool.
"Whirlpool?"
Ash was baffled but impressed. He had thought his opponent was about to have a power surge, but it turned out to be just Whirlpool?
Isn't that just a tool move?
"Wartortle, let's use Whirlpool too!"
His Wartortle also knew this move. Although he didn't know his opponent's objective, he could only choose to conservatively copy him. If he couldn't counterattack, he could at least nullify the attack.
"Wartor!"
Wartortle mimicked the action and raised its arms. As expected, a large mass of blue water also formed above its head, funnel-shaped at the edges with a violently spinning core.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!!"
The tortoise and the penguin slammed their arms down simultaneously. In the sky, the two whirlpools slowly rushed forward. The two vortexes, spinning in opposite directions, collided and instantly exploded into countless droplets, creating a brief shower over the battle arena before dissipating into nothing.
When sailing overseas, the principle of the tool move Whirlpool was to create a vortex with a specific spin direction to nullify another.
Right now, Wartortle's strength was enough to match its opponent evenly without being at a disadvantage.
"Whoosh!!"
But as the water fell, before Ash and Wartortle could even breathe a sigh of relief, a surging tide of ocean waves suddenly rose up on the opposite side of the arena. Wave after wave, nearly five or six meters high, surged towards Wartortle, looking as if it could swallow and conceal everything.
"Wartor?"
The immense shadow of the wave loomed over it, causing Wartortle's movements to freeze for a second.
"Surf? Since when?!"
Ash's expression froze. He realized the earlier Whirlpool was just cover for Surf. He quickly raised his hand and pointed.
"Wartortle, use Rapid Spin to protect yourself!"
He was confident that with Wartortle's current strength, and with its defenses not having been weakened, it could block this move without taking any damage!
"Wartor!"
Wartortle leaped up. Facing the surging ocean waves, it calmed down, flexibly retracting its head and limbs into its shell. It began to float in mid-air, spinning rapidly. The rotation of its tortoise shell emanated a powerful sense of strength.
"Poof!"
Unexpectedly, just as the wave was less than a meter from Wartortle, a hole suddenly burst open from within the base of the wave, and a blue-black figure shot out from it at high speed.
Empoleon had already reached the spot directly beneath Wartortle. It raised one steel-like arm, which was shrouded in a considerable amount of water-type power.
"Beep. Dive. In the first turn, the user dives underwater. In the second turn, it attacks when the opportunity arises."
The Pokédex provided a timely reminder.
"Boom!!"
The next second, Empoleon decisively slammed its arm upward, striking the exact center point of the spinning tortoise shell.
"Wartooor..."
Wartortle let out a muffled grunt as its body was thrown into the air. The very center of the tortoise shell was the sole weakness of Rapid Spin, and its enemy had found and exploited it with ease, dealing it a minor, yet severe, injury.
Immediately after, the massive wave crashed down half a second later, violently washing over Wartortle, whose Rapid Spin had dissipated. It was even swallowed by the deluge. The impressive power of the wave dealt another minor, yet severe, injury.
This scene made Ash's face fall. His breathing grew ragged. But the Masked Man looked as if his combo wasn't over yet and suddenly spoke up:
"By the way, Ash, you haven't forgotten how I introduced my Empoleon earlier, have you?"
"Introduced?" Ash paused, his mind subconsciously recalling the other's initial words.
"Empoleon is my best... underwater assistant."
The Masked Man laughed heartily, then bellowed with gusto, "Haha, transporta— my combo isn't over yet! Empoleon, use the final Waterfall!!"
"Rumble, rumble, rumble..."
The sound of high-speed movement began to echo from within the flow of the wave. As if it had a will of its own, the water gathered into a spiral and shot skyward. The next second, his own Wartortle was suddenly launched high out of the water's surface.
However, it hadn't shot out on its own. The powerful Empoleon had formed fists with its wings and was riding the waves upward. Its arms were now wreathed in an incredibly fierce and surging water-type energy. Finally, it slammed heavily into Wartortle, sending the entire tortoise flying high into the sky.
Waterfall!!
"Boom!!"
Its momentum gone, Wartortle fell helplessly. The five-to-six-meter-high surf had also completely vanished, leaving no cushion for its fall from high up. It suffered another massive blow.
This was the Masked Man and Empoleon's transport combo. Whirlpool to obscure the line of sight, Surf as a feint to complete the first turn of charging Dive, and then Dive to strike first.
Then came the impact from the wave, and finally, using the might of the waves, it finished with Waterfall.
The Officials prohibited using two moves at the same time, but this was a combo. It didn't involve using two moves in a single turn; there were time gaps between them.
It was legal.
Instantly, the entire arena erupted into thunderous cheers because of this transport combo. No one could have imagined that these tool moves, which were mostly useless in battle, could be used in such a creative way.
"So this is the Move Professor... not bad."
In the audience stands, the faceless man being controlled by Red couldn't help but reveal a smile, his gaze filled with appreciation.
He knew the Masked Man's background. On one hand, he was The Royal Mask; on the other, he was a Pokémon Professor from the Alola Region. One scholar, one warrior—a dual practitioner.
And the Professor's specialty and research focus was Pokémon moves.
Such a move combination was indeed somewhat beyond his expectations.
"But the next moment is already mine." Having spent a long time with Ash, Red had long since copied Ash's power to Copy.
He then turned his gaze to the other side of the arena, curious as to how Ash would counterattack. The current Wartortle hadn't completely lost its combat ability, but it was infinitely close to a near-death state. He feared that a single Aqua Jet from Empoleon could secure the knockout.
"Is it waiting for that move?" During the preliminary match, Wartortle had used a special move once. As a Move Professor, the Masked Man would naturally be eager to face it head-on.
"However, that move..." Red, however, couldn't help but shake his head, saying nothing more.
"Wartor..."
In the arena, Wartortle slowly struggled to its feet. Its body trembled slightly, and its breathing was ragged. Just standing up seemed to take all its strength. It truly looked like a flickering candle in the wind.
"Wartortle, you can still fight?"
"Wartor!!"
Before Ash could finish his sentence, Wartortle interrupted him by forcefully standing up. It reached a paw into its tortoise shell, trying to pull something out to wear, but it didn't feel the familiar object.
Only one item could be carried per battle. Since it was holding a White Herb, its sunglasses had been temporarily confiscated by The Officials.
This is so frustrating for a tortoise.
Whatever!
"Wartor!!"
Wartortle roared, straightening its back. Ash understood this fighting spirit perfectly. Their emotions, willpower, and battle intensity intertwined, elevating their Bond connection to a higher level.
"Zzzzt..."
At this moment, Wartortle's body was inexplicably tinged with a faint golden light. White steam billowed around it. Its broad, light-blue, spiral-shaped tail had been completely replaced by a brilliant gold color.
For a moment, it had become a golden tortoise.
Sensing the energy was ready to be unleashed, Ash immediately roared:
"Wartortle, let's settle this! Use the final Aqua Tail!!"
"Wartor!!"
As he spoke, Wartortle had already leaped high, spinning three times in mid-air before tucking its spiral-shaped tail beneath its body. A faint water-type energy swirled around it.
"Bang!"
With the boost from Ash and Wartortle's bonded willpower, its spiral tail suddenly expanded to more than five times its size. It instantly transformed into a colossal golden tail, glowing with a menacing, golden-hot temperature. It was wreathed in terrifying water-type energy, with white steam continuously rising around it.
In that instant, its power reached its peak!!
This left everyone staring blankly at the golden light in mid-air.
"Hiss..."
The golden light was like a metal tube in an oven heated to its maximum temperature, on the verge of collapse. Just looking at it made people gasp.
"Here it comes!"
The Masked Man's eyes held both a fanaticism for moves and the caution of a battler. He shouted:
"Empoleon, use Steel Wing to defend and brace for impact!"
"Empol!"
Empoleon's expression hardened. It drove its two silver steel wings into the ground like shields. But against this terrifying momentum, it feared its Steel Wing couldn't block it completely.
But it wasn't a big problem. It was still confident it could survive with a sliver of health left, then use a priority Aqua Jet to secure the knockout.
It was similar to the Masked Man, possessing a strange obsession with moves. That's why it was willing to use its own flesh and blood to become a transportation vehicle!
"Wartor!!"
In the sky, Wartortle was already descending. The golden tail carried the weight of a thousand tons of water vapor as it smashed down, unstoppable!
The giant golden Aqua Tail, erupt!!
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!"
Empoleon clenched its teeth, transferring all its body's strength into its two steel wings to resist this attack with all its might.
"BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!"
The immense force struck its steel wings, making Empoleon's body tremble violently. It could only desperately channel more energy.
A terrifying explosion boomed instantly. The golden energy, accompanied by a majestic surge of water, engulfed Empoleon, finally turning into endless white steam that covered the entire Indigo Plateau Main Stadium!
The terrifying energy blast made everyone's heart tremble and their faces turn pale.
"The outcome has been decided, right?"
"What the hell kind of move was that!?"
"That's got to be cheating! Aren't The Officials going to do anything?"
"I bet a Water-type Pokémon won this battle."
Amidst the white smoke, after the initial shock, the audience members began to discuss heatedly. They even started blowing with their own breath, trying to clear away the annoying white smoke to see the result of the battle immediately.
As the smoke cleared, in the arena, Empoleon was sitting slumped on the ground. Its eyes were wide, and it looked dazed. In that moment, its proud, kingly demeanor was completely gone, its expression like that of a simpleton.
"Empol?"
It couldn't help but scratch its head. That golden Aqua Tail certainly looked terrifying and flashy, but how come after the initial impact...
...there was nothing?
The damage it took was barely 1 HP, a negligible blow. It was even less than the health it had recovered.
"Wait, was that a feint?!" Empoleon quickly got back up and looked around warily, only to see that Wartortle had completely collapsed a short distance in front of it. Its eyes were spirals, and one leg was still twitching.
Empoleon: "?"
The Masked Man: "?"
The man and the penguin were both dumbfounded.
Staging an accident?
Ash: "???"
Ash was even more dumbfounded than the man and the penguin.
"Was I just played?"
(end of chapter)
