Chapter 364: Arrogant Sakura Country Trainer
Although it wasn't a Ground-type Pokémon, one could tell this Gogoat had remarkable proficiency with the move Rollout.
Venusaur, before it could even get back on its feet, was pushed and battered by Rollout.
For a moment, it was like a dung beetle pushing a dung ball, sending Venusaur dozens of meters away.
"Venusaur, Vine Whip!"
Venusaur extended two enormous vine whips, their power so great that they firmly anchored its body to the ground.
...
After watching a bit longer, Hikaru shook his head.
The initiative had been lost; it would be very difficult for Venusaur to make a comeback.
In battles between Master-level Pokémon, a simple misjudgment was often enough to decide the outcome!
Ultimately, the battle between the first Pokémon ended with Gogoat as the victor.
The Venusaur trainer's second Pokémon was a Fire-type Torkoal.
Although it had a type advantage, its level was only 48.
It ended up trading with Gogoat.
The third Pokémon, Beedrill, faced the opponent's two remaining Pokémon. Although it fought with all its might to take down the opponent's Butterfree, it was still easily defeated by the subsequent Magneton.
With that, the first match concluded.
The match itself wasn't spectacular, but it was still watchable.
After all, it was a battle between Lord and Master-level Pokémon.
Gasps of surprise still occasionally erupted from the audience.
Two more matches passed like this, and then it was time for the noon repair break.
After the repair break, the afternoon battles commenced as scheduled.
Having watched the first three matches, Hikaru had originally planned to leave.
But after seeing the contestants for the afternoon battles, his interest was slightly piqued.
On one side was a T2 level contestant by Hikaru's standards, possessing four Master-level Pokémon.
The strongest among them was a level 56 Alakazam, the same one from the sky-fallen treasure grab.
He also had three early Master-level Pokémon.
This strength ranked him in the top twenty among all contestants.
And his opponent...
Was none other than a trainer from Sakura Country...
After the preliminaries, Hikaru had also learned a little about this team from Sakura Country.
Their captain was a trainer who appeared quite gentle, accompanied by a level 56 Electivire.
His teammates called him Sanchiku-kun.
And the Pokémon released by his two teammates were a level 53 Heracross and a level 54 Corviknight respectively!
Such strength was quite decent among all the Youth League contestants.
However, during the preliminaries, their entire team's performance was extremely low-key.
They mostly stuck to the edge of the safe zone and didn't compete for secret treasures.
The one currently facing Alakazam's trainer was the trainer of that Heracross.
"This match is between contestant Ribian from Sakura Country and contestant Hu Di from North China University. Let's look forward to their performance..."
After the commentator lady hovering above finished introducing both contestants.
The audience above immediately started cursing.
"Damn it, you little Sakura punk trainer, you dare come to Huaxia to compete? Hurry up and scram back to your tiny island nation!"
"Your Yamamoto Nika is already a thing of the past! You little underlings, stop embarrassing yourselves!"
...
Feeling the tide of curses, Hikaru shrank his neck slightly.
He had no doubt that if the audience members had rotten eggs and bad vegetables in their hands, the Sakura Country contestant on stage would be buried under them.
But this trash talk had no effect on the Sakura Country trainer on stage.
A faint smile crossed his lips.
He spoke softly in the Sakura language: "I have long heard that Huaxia's Youth League gathers outstanding talents and is called the cradle of bond trainers by the World Pokémon League."
"Also—"
His words, amplified by the energy shield, rapidly spread throughout the entire audience.
The audience fell silent for a moment.
Then, even fiercer profanity erupted.
"Motherf***er, speak human language, damn it!"
"Speaking bird language, go back to your bird island..."
"Let me translate for everyone: he's saying our Huaxia trainers are awesome..."
...
The simplest insults, the most extreme enjoyment.
Although the Sakura Country trainer spoke in his native tongue, the Rotom responsible for filming above still provided a translation.
"But from what I observed of you all in the preliminaries, it seems that is not the case..."
"Your strength, it seems, is not quite on par with our young trainers from Sakura Country..."
As he spoke, an arrogant smile gradually appeared on his face, "The Pokémon under our Great Sakura Country's Compulsory Training Devices are the strongest!"
His gaze towards the opposing trainer was filled with contempt.
They were all hot-blooded youths. Hearing such words, Alakazam's trainer's expression first froze, then instantly darkened.
Well, well, well.
This guy wanted to use him as a stepping stone to fame, and then trample him!
"Alright, alright, alright! I'd like to see if your skills are as impressive as your mouth!"
"It's clear there's a lot of tension between the contestants! Contestants, please summon your Pokémon in three seconds!"
"..."
"Come out, Alakazam!"
"Scizor, show them your power!"
Alakazam, levitating in the air.
Scizor, bursting forth.
A heavy aura, with prominent scars, one after another, on its reddish-brown carapace, like a warrior's medals.
A swing of its heavy pincers created a faint sound of cutting through the air.
Full of imposing presence.
A true steel warrior!
The only flaw was that Scizor's expression currently carried a hint of numbness, like a pure war machine. It even wore a collar-like Compulsory Training Device around its neck!
Just the aura it exuded.
Made the audience's noise die down.
This aura...
It was at least late Master tier...
Hikaru's brow also furrowed slightly.
[Pokémon: Scizor]
[Ability: Technician]
[Gender: Male]
[Talent: Elite Four]
[Level: 59]
[Moves: False Swipe, Wing Attack, Leer, Agility, Quick Attack, Fury Cutter, Double Team, Slash, Iron Defense, Swords Dance, Air Slash, Bug Buzz...]
A level 59 Scizor...
With this strength, and being a Steel-type, it was definitely an unbeatable opponent for Alakazam.
Alakazam's trainer's
expression also became grave.
Seeing the gradually quieting audience, the Sakura Country trainer covered his face and laughed out loud.
"See? So-called bonds nurturing Pokémon into fighting strength is inferior to using Compulsory Training Devices to directly control them and form fighting strength!"
"My Scizor is a bona fide peak Master-level Pokémon!"
"Even with its peak Master-level strength, it still has to obediently listen to my commands!"
"Cut the f***ing crap! Alakazam, Future Sight!"
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