bookbashuk Chapter 169 Stop fighting!
Chapter 169 Stop fighting!
Chapter 169 Stop fighting!
The next morning, according to the group assignments for the semi-finals, Ma Liang from Group B will face Xu Mu from Group A, and Wei Xin from Group D will face Wang Yiyi from Group C.
Wang Yiyi was a student who chose Scyther as his starter Pokémon.
In the contestant room, Wang Yiyi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He had thought that choosing Scyther as his starter Pokémon would allow him to skip the starting line and avoid many detours. However, he did not expect that the contestants in this competition were all kinds of strange and wonderful people. There was the stat monster Duraludon, the expert Piplup, who was personally taught by the Gym Leader, and Ralts, who advanced without taking any damage and crushed his opponents all the way.
You said my life has been like walking on thin ice, can I make it to the finals?
Ma Liang and Xu Mu headed to the competition venue. In the athletes' room, only Wang Yiyi and Wei Xin remained. Wang Yiyi shifted his position closer to Wei Xin and tentatively began, "Wei Xin, about the competition later—"
"Hmm?" Wei Xin, who was dealing with the news Gengar brought that morning, turned his head and asked in confusion, "What, you're also asking me to go easy on you? If you're willing to give up using Power Balls, Ralts and I will consider it."
It wasn't that Wei Xin was too arrogant, but all his opponents so far had come up to him and said that they were all classmates, and that friendship came first and competition second. But in reality, each of them was more ruthless than the last. If Wei Xin and Ralts hadn't been more skilled, they would have been defeated long ago.
Besides, you've already used a booster ball. You're afraid your Pokémon will get hurt, but why aren't you afraid my Ralts will get hurt?
While Pokémon that use Power-Up Balls will experience a significant boost in stats, they are also highly likely to become confused and unable to hear their trainer's commands. As a result, many matches end up as a pointless battle of stats with no strategy involved.
Wei Xin thought the alliance would step in to stop this behavior, but in reality, the Donghuang Alliance took a wait-and-see attitude, even though there was a heated debate online.
They never play when they are at a disadvantage.
"—" Is this the attitude of a big shot? Wang Yiyi shrank back to his original position, gripped the booster ball in his hand tightly, and sighed. In fact, everyone vaguely sensed the danger of booster balls, but in an environment where booster balls were everywhere, giving up booster balls was equivalent to giving up one's future as a trainer.
It's too late to turn back.
The other party remained stubborn, and Wei Xin remained expressionless. He discovered that his superpowers seemed to be affected by his emotions, so he had been trying to figure out how to control his superpowers through his emotions, although the results were slow.
If only mastering superpowers were as easy as writing a thesis.
He looked up at the screen at the match that was about to begin. Whether it was Duraludon or Piplup, they would both be very tough finalists for Ralts.
"Bogaman, we absolutely have to win this match." Ma Liang warmed up a bit, his face beaming with excitement. As a student at the research center and a staunch opponent of enhanced ball, he had a reason not to lose, and he had a goal: to defeat Wei Xin in the finals and prove his strength.
"Poga!" Pogaman rubbed his hands together, eager to win. "Your stats are indeed amazing, but I'm no pushover either. Plus, we have tactics that we've been working on for a long time, so—we'll win."
Ten minutes later, the referee raised his yellow flag and shouted, "Xu Mu, you have advanced. Attacking a Pokémon that is unable to battle is a violation. Please make your Duraludon stop immediately."
Xu Mu, holding the Poké Ball, saw Duraludon dodge the beam of light shot from the Poké Ball and looked anxious. The enraged Duraludon refused to return to the Poké Ball.
The battered and bruised Aluminum Steel Dragon walked step by step toward Piplup, who lay unconscious on the ground not far away. Its cold, metallic face was filled with rage that even water cannons could not extinguish. Then it picked up Piplup's wing from the ground.
Xu Mu's Aluminum Steel Dragon was provided by the Aether Foundation, but in order to meet the requirements for the Freshman Tournament, its level was not high, so it was good at physical skills.
At the start of the match, Piplup used its Bubble ability to make the ground slippery, and used its belly and wings to move nimbly across the arena. It also took advantage of Duraludon's bulky body and slow movement speed, using its Ice Beam to pull and tug at Duraludon, causing considerable damage.
When the damage to its body exceeded a certain level, Duraludon became enraged. In addition, the Power Ball caused the energy in its body to expand. In a fit of rage, Duraludon unleashed Dragon Meteor Shower. The scattered rubble hit Piplup, and Duraludon seized the opportunity to grab Piplup's body and launch a barrage of continuous attacks.
This is how a master craftsman is: one wrong move and his army collapses like a house of cards.
But Piplup was not to be outdone. He and his trainer had anticipated the possible unexpected events in the match. They used Feather Dance to reduce Duraludon's damage, and at the same time used Brick Break to severely injure Duraludon. Unexpectedly, Duraludon lost its mind and chose a mutually destructive strategy, using Draco Meteor at close range on Piplup.
Despite trading blows, Piplup's physical condition was still slightly inferior, and it eventually collapsed on the field. Meanwhile, Duraludon slowly got up with its rusty and cracked body, refusing to return to its Poké Ball, and chose to launch another attack on the unconscious Piplup.
This scene terrified the audience; everyone's expression turned solemn, and the entire arena suddenly fell into a deathly silence.
"Quickly remove the energy barrier and let the Pokémon in to stop Duraludon!" The commentators shouted as they realized what was happening.
Ignoring all that, Aluminum Steel Dragon tossed Piplup into the air, putting all its strength into it, its already cracked claws enveloped in dragon-attribute energy.
Pokémon's stun mechanic is an emergency self-protection mechanism. If attacked under these circumstances, it may cause serious and irreparable damage. This behavior has already deviated from the scope of competitive games.
"Stop! We surrender! Tell your Duraludon to stop!" Ma Liang shouted desperately at the arena, but it was no use. Duraludon wouldn't even listen to its own trainer, let alone its opponent, and could only show a pained expression.
Please, anyone will do, someone please save Bogarman.
Some people in the audience were so frightened that they closed their eyes and turned their heads away, not daring to watch what would happen next.
Then, a third voice broke the silence in the arena: "Gengar, use Immobilize! Ralts, use Psychic!"
"Gie! Raru!"
In the arena, a pair of scarlet eyes appeared beneath the Aluminum Steel Dragon, and its immense power bound its body tightly, rendering it unable to move. Bogaman's body hovered in the air, drifting towards the distance. Ma Liang and the audience looked down and saw a familiar figure standing on the other side of the arena.
Wearing a white lab coat from the research center, Wei Xin rushed onto the field ahead of everyone else as soon as the aluminum-steel dragon started to go berserk.
He had a feeling that this makeshift team was only reliable at noon, because something unexpected would happen sooner or later.
Wei Xin released Tibrim and used Healing Wave to help Piplup regain his strength. Then he took out a first aid kit and performed simple emergency treatment. His technique was skilled, and in no time he had applied medicine and bandaged Piplup. After Piplup's tightly furrowed brows relaxed from the pain, Wei Xin shouted loudly to the other people in the crowd who were still standing there, "What are you all standing there for? Call an ambulance!"
One or two encountered problems like humans and machines, and in the end Rotom dialed the Pokémon Center.
"Wei Xin—." Taking the injured Bogaman from Wei Xin's hands, Ma Liang glanced at Wei Xin, who was wearing a white coat, choked up, his eyes full of gratitude. Wei Xin always took the initiative to help when problems arose.
"Don't look at me like that," Wei Xin knew he was handsome, but he wasn't interested in men. He patted Ma Liang on the shoulder and said, "Reaching the semi-finals is already a great achievement. Take Bogaman and get some rest."
He looked up at Xu Mu, who had retrieved the aluminum steel dragon on the field and turned to flee after making a mistake. He took a deep breath and felt as if he had touched the valve of his emotions.
"Leave the rest to me."
Ma Liang took Bogaman into the ambulance, and people online were discussing the match, each holding their own opinion.
"This is no longer a Pokémon competition. That Duraludon should be disqualified."
"It's clearly a problem with the power-up ball, isn't it? Why hasn't the league banned this kind of item yet?"
"How can we ban it? If you can't win a match without using Power-Up Balls, you'll just have to watch those shameless people who use Power-Up Balls climb up the ranks, seize more resources, and then whitewash themselves. Piplup is a prime example of that."
"Now you know how to reflect? When people online pointed out the dangers of reinforced balls, you guys were the ones who criticized them the most. Haters, speak up!"
"I knew why the news this morning said the CEO of Beyond Company died. It seems he did too many bad things and got his comeuppance."
"Is he really dead? I don't believe it. Maybe he's faking it to fool me."
"Didn't any of you notice that guy in the white coat? He's so handsome, kind-hearted, and a true angel in white."
"Wait a minute, why is that guy in white warming up?"
In order to deal with the disturbance caused by the unexpected incident, the competition organizers decided to use their usual method: diverting attention.
The referee tried to cover up his embarrassment by speaking loudly: "Please ignore the little incident that just happened, because the next round is about to begin."
"Look, Wei Xin, the biggest dark horse of this match, has entered the game."
Not a dark horse, Wei Xin took off his white coat and slowly stepped onto the command platform, and cheers immediately rang out in the arena, with the audience looking excited.
"Keep it up, Wei Xin!"
"Go Ralts, wipe out those little devils who use Power Balls!"
Having witnessed what just happened, some people in the audience and online became fans, while only the die-hard haters remained, clutching their enhancement ball and huddled in a dark, damp corner, too afraid to utter a sound.
For example, Wang Yiyi, standing opposite Wei Xin, stared at the enhanced ball in his hand, looking extremely troubled, as if he had thrown not an enhanced ball, but his own cyber lineage.
In the end, he still threw out the enhanced ball. Having already lost the support of his teammates, and now losing the advantage of timing and location, how could he possibly continue playing?
He had no other choice.