Chapter 15: Unexpected Increase in Followers
As Froakie fought more and more smoothly, the six Mankey in front of him were less and less of a match, and even their desperate "squeaks" became increasingly weak.
The only sound on the field was Froakie's excited croaking.
However, at this time, the Mankey who actually snatched the makeup artist's bag, but had been hanging in the tree and didn't participate in the fight, was concentrating on Froakie's actions from a high place.
He was waiting for an opportunity.
For this purpose, he even consciously hid his body in the foliage, quietly using "Focus Energy" on the tree.
Focus Energy: a Normal-type move, a common buff-type move, which enhances focus in battle by concentrating one's spirit.
As "Focus Energy" took effect, the world in the Mankey's eyes became clearer, and all movements seemed to slow down, even Froakie's "Quick Attack" became traceable.
Now is the time!
He seized an opportunity when Froakie stopped, and decisively leaped down from the tree, pointing his hand like a knife, and striking vertically!
Move: Karate Chop!
One of the basic Fighting-type moves, also called Hand Chop in some places.
This attack was indeed sudden, and Froakie was completely unprepared.
However, the Mankey ultimately miscalculated one thing.
In this battle, Froakie wasn't fighting alone.
Arthur on the sidelines had long noticed his intention.
"Give up the pursuit, dodge by jumping back!"
Just as Froakie instinctively wanted to use "Lick" to pursue the Mankey in front of him, Arthur's command came again.
Although he was a little too excited just now, his owner's fearsomeness immediately made Froakie wake up, and he subconsciously did as he was told.
So, to the surprise of the Mankey who leaped down from the tree.
His confident sneak attack "Karate Chop" missed.
Then, Arthur's command followed very quickly.
"Jump down to use Pound, then grab the bag back!"
Froakie liked this command very much.
He jumped on the spot, energy gathered in his palm, and under the light halo, the palm of his right hand almost doubled in size visually.
Such a big palm, slapping someone must feel great, right?
Thinking this, the next moment, Froakie used this momentum to heavily smack the Mankey's back of the head from above.
"Thwack!"
The sound was crisp and clear.
It sounded like a good head.
After hitting, he quickly snatched the makeup bag from the Mankey's hand.
Then, without Arthur's command, he knew: it was time to run.
He jumped back twice, and for the last time, he puffed out his cheeks and spit out a series of "Bubbles," blocking the Mankey's pursuit.
Then he turned his head and ran away.
Returning to Arthur's side, Froakie was panting heavily.
Using moves so frequently in a short period of time was very exhausting for Pokémon. As a juvenile Pokémon, he had already exceeded his limits.
But at this moment, compared to fatigue, Froakie felt more excitement and excitement.
His personality had always been one that didn't reject fighting. He used to fight every day in the sanctuary, never stopping.
Now he fought seven against one, not only retrieving the loot, but also severely punishing the enemy. After showing off, he even ran away. He couldn't be prouder.
Arthur took the makeup bag and returned it to the makeup artist, receiving a sweet thank you from her.
At the same time, seeing that there were many people over there, the Mankey didn't dare to cause trouble and could only shout a few times, throwing several stones over, and then climbed up the trees and ran away.
A storm ended, and many of the film crew around came over to praise, "Little brother, I didn't expect your Pokémon to be so strong!
A juvenile Pokémon in its initial form with such combat power is truly remarkable. You must have put a lot of effort into it, right?"
Arthur, facing these praises, replied modestly, "No, no, he just has a good foundation."
However, even Froakie, who had put in a lot of effort, didn't believe this.
"Hey, you rascal, when you said that, why didn't you think about how many hours you drilled me every day?!"
Of course, Froakie only thought about this in his mind, and definitely wouldn't dare say it aloud...
And some more observant people noticed that both the command skills and the degree of trust between Arthur and Froakie displayed in this battle were top-notch.
This kid only became famous online less than ten days ago, right? And he only got this Froakie a few days ago?
The more they thought about it, the more surprised they were by Arthur.
Fortunately, the main task this time had nothing to do with Pokémon training or fighting.
Their main job was just to film an advertisement promotional video.
So everyone didn't continue to ask Arthur more, and the filming continued after this little episode.
The filming lasted for the entire day, and only finished in the evening of that day.
This was still under the condition that Arthur's performance was extremely photogenic, and most of the shots didn't need to be redone.
It can be seen that the workload of the final cut was still not small.
After filming, that night, Arthur took Eleanor Vance's car back.
By the time he returned to his apartment, it was already past 9 PM.
The previous two days spent in the mountains, it happened to be very sunny, and the mountain sun was very harsh. It was not friendly to Froakie, who liked humid environments.
Now that he was back in his apartment, he could finally jump into the sink to take a bath without restraint, and Froakie was particularly happy.
But this happiness only lasted until Arthur spoke.
Because he opened his mouth with—
"Go to bed early tonight, we'll continue training tomorrow, our time is running out."
"Ribbit..."
At that moment, the young Froakie had already learned the hardships of life in advance.
Life is not easy, Froakie sighs...
Another two days passed in the blink of an eye.
On this day, the promotional video that was filmed earlier was finally edited and officially released online.
Arthur, as required, reposted the video on Star Blog as soon as possible, and unexpectedly received a lot of praise.
Arthur, whose youthful appearance was undamaged, was still very good looking, fitting the needs of older women for a handsome young man. In addition to his steady temperament, which had been tempered and far exceeded that of his age, he was even more fascinating under the camera's capture.
This travel ad, which was clearly filmed for commercial purposes, gradually deviated from the theme in the netizens' discussion, and finally unexpectedly turned into his personal MV.
After the video was released, his Star Blog account miraculously gained more than 20,000 followers in one day, which almost scared Eleanor Vance, and she even called him the next day to ask what he had done.
And when he received the call, Arthur was also confused.
"I didn't do anything..."
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