As soon as Charizard appeared, its presence alone was enough to win a few points against Butterfree.
It landed beside Natsui, let out a spark from its mouth, and stared intently at its opponent.
In fact, during that final period of training, among Natsui's Pokémon, apart from Dratini and Haunter who had yet to evolve, all the others had already reached their final forms.
Seeing the two Pokémon ready for battle, Koharu looked around and asked worriedly.
"Natsui, is it really okay to battle with Charizard? In such a dense forest, won't it start a huge fire?"
Natsui nodded lightly, "There is indeed that possibility, but don't worry, I'll be careful."
Just as they were ready and about to start the match, a dozen shurikens suddenly flew out from the shadows in a continuous line, heading straight for Natsui.
Fortunately, the shurikens weren't too fast. After noticing the disturbance, Natsui quickly dodged to the side, nimbly moving his body out of the way.
Swish, swish, swish!
The shurikens flew past him and stuck diagonally into the patch of grass where he had just been standing!
"Who's there!?"
Natsui shouted towards the dense forest, and in the next second, a glamorous woman in a purple ninja uniform emerged from behind a large tree.
Huh? What is she doing here?
This person was, of course, the sister of the Fuchsia Gym Leader Koga—Aya!
And the moment he saw her, Natsui immediately remembered something.
Oh, crap...
"Not bad moves," Aya said, sizing up Natsui with a sneer. "If I had known you were this skilled, I should have aimed for your head just now!"
Faced with Aya's sarcasm, Natsui gave an awkward smile, "Miss Aya, what a coincidence. What are you doing here? Training?"
The reason he was able to dodge those shurikens was that after traveling for so long, not only had his Pokémon's strength continuously evolved, but his own physical fitness had also been tempered.
He quickly glanced at his feet.
Seeing that the shurikens were not sharpened, he knew that even if he hadn't dodged, although he would have been hit, it would have at most left some bruises without any life-threatening danger.
Even Haunter in his shadow and Gardevoir by his side, perhaps having seen Aya in advance and recognizing her, had not intervened, which showed they hadn't sensed any malicious intent.
"Training?" Seeing Natsui playing dumb, Aya's blood boiled, and her anger flared up. "Hmph! If I were training, would I come this far? Stop playing dumb with me! After wasting so much of my time, I've finally caught you, the guy who deceived me!"
Caught? Deceived?
Hearing these two words, Koharu looked over, her mind already conjuring up a heart-wrenching drama of a tragic love affair.
This scene was just like the揪心虐恋情景 from the romance novels passed around among her classmates.
Natsui's eyebrows shot up, "Hey, hey, Miss Aya, don't just say things like that! Your words could easily cause a misunderstanding!"
Beside them, Koharu felt as if a cat was scratching at her heart, desperately wanting to ask: Miss Aya, what exactly did he deceive you about?
But facing a stranger she had just met, she was too embarrassed to speak up.
Fortunately, Aya's next words directly revealed the reason.
"Misunderstanding?" Aya said irritably, "You promised to have a match with me back then, how could you forget it all in the blink of an eye? I waited for you at the Gym for so long, only to finally learn from my brother that you had returned to the Kanto mainland!"
Natsui broke into a cold sweat.
Although he had indeed promised Aya back then that he would go back to the Fuchsia Gym for a match after he was done with his business, it was just an excuse to get rid of her entanglement and get to the Seafoam Islands as quickly as possible.
He hadn't taken it to heart at the time, thinking that the matter would eventually blow over with time.
He had even completely forgotten about it after leaving the Gym.
He just didn't expect Aya to be so persistent about her loss at the Gym. Now that she had chased him all the way here, meeting again was inevitably awkward.
Natsui scratched his head, "Sorry, I forgot about it."
"Cut the crap." Aya waved her hand impatiently. "Let's settle both the new and old scores at once. Let's have a match right here! I will definitely make up for my regret from the Gym here!"
"Hey, hey." On the other side, the long-forgotten samurai boy looked at Aya and said with displeasure, "Miss over there, although I don't know what beef you have with him, I was here first. If there's going to be a battle, I should be first!"
"That's not happening!" Aya shot him a look. "I went through a lot of trouble to intercept him on his path. Naturally, I should be the one to battle him first! You little brat, you should leave now! If you're still an eyesore here, be careful, or I'll take care of you too!"
"What did you say!?" The samurai boy was furious upon hearing this and drew his katana, pointing it at Aya.
Now, before Natsui could say anything, the two of them were at each other's throats.
The two of them argued for a few more sentences, but in the end, they realized the decision was in Natsui's hands and both turned to look at him at the same time.
Aya asked, "Well? Who are you going to battle first?"
"This..."
Natsui hesitated.
He didn't expect that, in the end, the problem would be thrown back at him.
He looked from side to side. Seeing their aggressive stances, it was clear that they would not give up until they got what they wanted.
Pushed to his limit, he gritted his teeth and said decisively, "If that's the case, then you two can come at me together!"
"What!?" Aya was greatly surprised. "You want to fight both of us at the same time?"
Seeing Natsui nod, the samurai boy also felt that Natsui was being too arrogant.
"To dare to fight both of us at the same time, he's really looking down on us!"
"Indeed. It's rare that we agree on something." Aya first gave the samurai boy a cool glance, then turned to stare at Natsui. "Hmph, you dare to make such a boast? Aren't you afraid of biting your tongue? But whatever, this is indeed a solution. I just hope you don't regret it after you lose! Come out, Venomoth!"
With that, she took out a Poké Ball. With a gentle toss, a moth-like Pokémon appeared on the field.
Pokédex: "Beep. Venomoth, the Poison Moth Pokémon. A Bug and Poison type. The evolved form of Venonat. The scales covering its wings seem to contain different toxins depending on their color. It is nocturnal, so it only becomes active at night, and it loves to prey on the small insects that are attracted to streetlights."
Sizing up the two Pokémon, Natsui stroked his chin.
A butterfly and a moth?
An interesting combination.
After a thought, he then sent out his second Pokémon.
"Go, Blastoise!"
A flash of blue light, and Blasto-ise landed on the ground with a 'BOOM'. Despite the cushioning of the weeds, its massive body still made the ground tremble slightly.
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