Chapter 380: Failed Plan.
"Arbok has lost the ability to battle! Contestant Watanabe, please summon your next Pokémon!"
"Banji!"
Looking at the fallen Arbok, Tyranitar let out an excited cry, "Roar!" (This Lord is truly amazing!)
"Alright,"
Hikaru called out, and Tyranitar happily trotted over to his side.
Purple poison bubbles still clung to its body; clearly, the earlier poison mist had also poisoned it.
"Go back and rest well, get the poison treated."
Hikaru wasn't worried about this.
Once inside the training house, Gardevoir would naturally help it detoxify.
He then recalled Tyranitar.
As for the third Pokémon, Hikaru didn't even think about it and called out Latias.
If the first two matches were to let Tyranitar and Lucario get a feel for the battle atmosphere, then there was absolutely no reason to lose this third match.
And upon seeing Latias, Watanabe Aoki glanced towards the contestants' seating area. After receiving some kind of permission, he chose to forfeit.
This was a last resort.
The opponent's Latias was already at peak Master level.
A Legendary Pokémon at peak Master level...
Ordinary Pokémon, even with a type advantage, would find it extremely difficult to win.
What's more, he had also seen a stone on this Latias similar to the one that allowed Pokémon to evolve earlier.
A mid-Master tier Lucario could become Elite Four level; a peak Master tier Latias... it was simply unbelievable!
Such strength.
What realm could it evolve to.
And given this Huaxia trainer's personality, if he got upset and removed the Compulsory Training Device from his Pokémon again, his losses would be immense.
However, this failure...
Watanabe Aoki clenched his fists, a trace of panic flashing in his eyes.
He could already imagine what kind of punishment he would face upon returning.
The impact of their previous promotion of the Compulsory Training Device in Huaxia had been reduced by at least more than half.
Moreover,
He had also lost a peak Master-level Scizor.
That Scizor was just a step away from breaking through to the Elite Four level...
He was just about to replace the Compulsory Training Device on it with an Elite Four level one after returning.
"Contestant Watanabe Aoki forfeits the match! The winner of this match is contestant Hikaru from Huaxia!"
When these exciting words came from the qipao-clad lady commentator above.
The entire arena erupted.
These guys...
They had been arrogant for far too long.
From the beginning until now, about half a month had passed. During this half-month, the audience had been bombarded daily with short videos about Sakura Country trainers spouting nonsense in Huaxia, claiming Huaxia trainers were merely so-so.
Or trending topics promoting how useful the Compulsory Training Device was.
This had long since built up a fire of anger in their hearts!
Now, Hikaru had defeated this Watanabe Aoki with crushing force.
Undoubtedly, this was a powerful stimulant!
Although some people were also interested in what Hikaru's Lucario's Mega Evolution was.
But right now, more people were focused on the fact that they had won this match!
"We won, we won! Holy crap, Brother Lin, it had to be you!"
"So cool, Lucario, Tyranitar! If only one of these Pokémon was mine!"
"Did you see Tyranitar's tankiness? It took a Poison Sting head-on without even blinking!"
"Such a cool Tyranitar! But why do I feel it's different from ordinary Tyranitar? Ordinary Tyranitar get agitated easily and don't listen to their trainers.
Why did this Tyranitar, after winning, jump around like a little girl to Hikaru's side?"
"To the person above, my postgraduate thesis happens to be on Tyranitar's personality changes, let me analyze it for you! The evolution from Pupitar to Tyranitar is a very long road.
The time required is immense, and the small Pupitar is encased in that sunless armor day after day. The longer the time, the more easily its personality can change!"
"So that's how it is... Then doesn't this mean God Lin's Tyranitar took an extremely short time to evolve?"
...
...
With the match won, all that remained was the time for field repairs.
And Hikaru...
Had just left the arena and walked into the spectator stands.
Several people were already waiting for him.
He wasn't surprised.
The moment he revealed Mega Evolution, Hikaru had already mentally prepared himself.
The people before him included Lance , Ye Xuan, Luo Qingfeng, the middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and big eyes whom Hikaru had coincidentally met at Professor Oak's Research Institute, and an old man with white hair and a beard.
Behind them were a host of contestants looking at him as if he were a ghost.
The entire contestants' seating area exuded an intimidating aura.
And the surrounding audience also turned their gazes this way, their eyes fervent.
"Ahem..."
The staring and oppressive gazes made Hikaru a little embarrassed.
These past few days.
He had also cast aside his sense of shame, pestering Ye Xuan and Luo Qingfeng daily to find Key Stones.
And repeatedly asking them to find as many as possible.
One could say he was urging them every day...
The results obtained were naturally remarkable.
Just what Hikaru had requested amounted to over a hundred pieces...
Unfortunately, his research funds ran out later, and with Ye Xuan being the head of his family, it wasn't appropriate to persuade him further.
In the end, Hikaru obtained 152 Key Stones and 245 Mega Stones!
Including those for various Pokémon.
These individuals were all well-known figures in Kyoto and naturally knew each other.
Hikaru hadn't even had a chance to greet Sakura.
He was compelled by their gazes to leave the arena.
Some things definitely couldn't be discussed here...
After the big shots left.
The contestants' seating area finally returned to its usual clamor.
And watching Hikaru leave, Sakura, who had been waiting in the audience, pursed her lips.
To think she had worried for so long.
She hadn't expected Hikaru to have such a trump card.
Just as she was about to follow, she found that the two senior sisters had already approached her.
"Little Yezi,"
"Sister Qingxue..."
Over there, Ash and Wutong also gathered around.
Clearly, they were also very interested in Lucario's evolution.
Since they couldn't ask Hikaru now.
But perhaps Sakura , who was always by his side, would know something.
"I really don't know... Bro never told me..."
...
Over there, Watanabe Aoki, who had returned to the contestants' seating area, saw Watanabe Sanetake's grim face and his heart panicked.
They had traveled far to Huaxia to participate in the Youth League.
Wasn't their biggest goal to publicize the effects of the Compulsory Training Device and prepare for its market launch after the Youth League ended?
But his failure in this match, and even Scizor abandoning its trainer,
At the very least, it had reduced the effect of their previous publicity by two-thirds!
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