Chapter 26: You Also Find Him Familiar?
At this point, they finally began to realize that Arthur's current strength was achieved in such a short period.
Now Eren's claim that Arthur was a "genius teenager" seemed to make much more sense!
There was no time for further sighs, and the match below had already started.
Arthur's opponent in this match brought out a Geodude.
And it was the relatively rare Rock and Electric variety.
This type of Geodude is dark gray all over. Although it still has the shape of a round rock body with a pair of arms, it has a few more black iron strips on its head that resemble hair. When it gathers electricity, its whole body also generates a certain amount of magnetism and can attract iron sand.
These Geodude mostly live in caves in coastal areas. Because there are too many Water-type Pokémon nearby, the original Rock-type Geodude were almost unable to survive, so they evolved into Electric-type Pokémon during the long process.
In other words, they are very good at dealing with Water-type Pokémon.
"This match is not going to be easy for your idol," someone teased Eren from the audience.
However, this classmate who had already evolved into an iron-clad fan was still full of confidence.
"Heh, just watch!"
Then the referee blew the whistle, and the match began!
Arthur took the initiative to attack.
"Quick Attack!"
Froakie immediately started, and the violent leg thrusts even kicked up a large piece of soil.
"Bang!"
The arrow-like speed made him quickly cross the field and smash hard into Geodude.
And the opponent's response was also conventional.
"Geodude, Thunder Shock!"
However, at this time, Eren below had something to say again.
"Aha, the opponent is fooled!"
At first, people didn't understand.
Isn't it normal for Thunder Shock to hit a Water-type Pokémon?
But the next moment, they saw the electric arcs running up Froakie's body, but it didn't explode with the expected bright electric sparks.
Eren was just about to show off, when the girl from before preempted him.
"I understand. That Froakie has the Protean ability. The Quick Attack from just now made him temporarily become a Normal-type, and he doesn't have the Electric-type weakness."
Everyone suddenly realized.
Only Eren was slightly annoyed and muttered, "You don't like him, why are you stealing my lines."
Then the opponent on the field seemed to realize this and immediately changed his tactics.
"Use Brick Break next!"
The trainers who could make it to the final rounds of the preliminary selection were still somewhat skilled.
This Geodude had a variety of moves, even the Fighting-type "Brick Break."
However, Arthur's command was issued almost simultaneously.
"Lick!"
It was that familiar scene again.
Froakie stretched out his tongue and fiercely licked Geodude's face from below.
At the same time, Geodude's hand chop also hit Froakie's shoulder, but unfortunately, it only made him stagger, and still failed to deal weakness critical damage.
At the moment of using "Lick," Froakie transformed into a Ghost-type again, greatly reducing the damage from Fighting-type attacks.
Although the physical effects of Geodude's attack could not be avoided, and his chop on Froakie's shoulder was quite painful, after the energy was dissolved, this move exchange was still a loss for Geodude.
"Damn it!" The opponent was almost cursing in his heart.
Helplessly, he had to give up the offensive for now.
"Geodude, retreat and defend first!"
Geodude obeyed and floated back a bit, then crossed his arms in front of his body, adopting a classic defensive posture.
At this point, the opponent thought he had figured it out.
Instead of passively switching moves, he would wait for the opponent to attack first, and then counter!
But when Arthur actually attacked, he immediately regretted it.
"Use Smokescreen!"
Froakie immediately raised his head and sprayed a large cloud of gray mist into the air.
The mist descended and enveloped Geodude in the blink of an eye, completely obscuring him.
"This..."
The opponent's face stiffened, and he cursed inwardly again.
Arthur did attack.
But now he couldn't even see where Froakie was, how could he counter?
At this point, a huge word slowly flashed in his mind: Crap!
On the sidelines, Eren became more and more proud as Froakie gradually gained the advantage, even more so than if he had won himself.
The classmate next to him exclaimed, "The Protean ability is really overpowered."
At this time, Sarah calmly analyzed, "It's not that Protean is overpowered, but that Son of Suicune's commanding is amazing. From using Quick Attack to seize the initiative at the beginning, he anticipated every step of the opponent.
His commands were always issued at the same time as the opponent's, sometimes even faster. This shows that he completely saw through the opponent's intentions and predicted every move, that Geodude's trainer is simply like a blank slate in front of him."
She finished speaking calmly, but found that all the surrounding classmates were staring at her.
"Why are you all looking at me?!" she asked, embarrassed.
A boy teased, "Sarah, didn't you always say that he wasn't as good as Eren said? You even laughed at Eren for over-praising him."
Sarah blushed slightly for once.
"That... that was before, I hadn't seen his matches with my own eyes before!"
The girl with long braids and glasses hit the nail on the head, "So you also find him familiar now?"
Someone had just teased her about finding all handsome little brothers familiar, and now she used the same teasing remark on Sarah.
For a while, her classmates all looked at her and smiled knowingly.
Sarah blushed and retorted angrily, "No... No way! I find his strength familiar! I find his skill in predicting the opponent's commands familiar!"
"So in the end, you still find him familiar?"
"..."
At this time, Arthur on the field didn't know that, with just one match, he had successfully converted a girl who was initially opposed to him into a shallow fan.
After that, as Froakie hid in the smoke and continued to spit out "Bubble," Geodude's injuries worsened, and he couldn't keep fighting.
Even though it was an Electric-type variety of Geodude, it still had the weakness of the Rock-type, because it still retained the Rock-type trait, just not as doubly weak to Water-type attacks as Rock and Ground-type varieties.
As for counterattacking, unfortunately, the range of the basic Electric-type move "Thunder Shock" wasn't as long as "Bubble."
The electric arcs released by "Thunder Shock" were only slightly stronger than police stun guns, not enough to easily penetrate the air for long-range strikes like the advanced moves "Thunderbolt" and "Thunder."
And to overcome the range disadvantage, he had to charge into the smoke for close combat.
This should have been the strength of Pokémon like Geodude!
But now his trainer was scared.
In terms of mentality, he had already been crushed by Arthur first.
In the end, the match didn't have any more exciting moments.
The referee raised the flag!
Arthur won!
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