Violet City was, after all, a densely populated big city. At this time, many passersby entering and exiting the city couldn't help but stop and watch curiously when they saw a battle taking place.
Just like street basketball or dancing and singing on Earth, whether you knew how to do it or not, liked it or not, whenever you saw it, even when just passing by in a hurry, you would still glance at it intentionally or unintentionally. It was impossible to look straight ahead without taking a peek.
Not to mention that in this world, Pokémon battles were undoubtedly people's favorite sport, so it was hard not to arouse their curiosity and attention.
In just a short while, the crowd of onlookers grew to dozens of people. Soon, someone among them recognized the Week Siblings. After all, the seven of them had been in Johto for so many years. Although their skill levels were uneven, they had defeated many trainers, and countless people had taken medals from them. They were quite famous.
Everyone was discussing it, and they were also sizing up the opponent in front of the Week Siblings, wondering who it would be today that could win another medal from them.
However, this one look was all it took. Soon, someone who had seen the Indigo Conference matches recognized Natsui.
This discovery first caused a gasp of surprise. And seeing his shock, the people beside him couldn't help but ask a few questions. Then, one told two, and two told ten, and a wave of exclamations like "The champion!" and "It's him!" spread through the crowd.
Hearing the voices, Erika turned her head and saw a commotion among the people. Some even took out their phones and started recording videos.
Shaking her head, she refocused her attention on the match.
Neither Natsui nor Mai had been fazed by this kind of attention before, so they were both indifferent to the people's actions, focusing on the match and not paying any attention to the commotion outside the field.
At this time on the battlefield, Mai also knew she was at a type disadvantage and wanted to turn the situation around by taking the offensive.
Seeing Shu signal the start of the match, she didn't hesitate and gave her command first.
"Slugma, use Ember!"
Slugma's throat moved, and the next second, a few scorching flames spewed out from its mouth.
Watching the embers fly closer and closer, Larvitar stood ready, waiting for Natsui's command. But after a long wait, it still hadn't heard its trainer's instruction and couldn't help but look back in confusion.
But this one look was all it took. It saw that Natsui was staring ahead in a daze, completely indifferent to the embers, clearly distracted.
Larvitar's cool little face instantly fell.
Huh? What's going on?
The embers grew larger and larger in Natsui's eyes, about to burn Larvitar.
At this moment, looking at that ball of fire, Natsui, for a rare moment, seemed to be in a trance.
It wasn't his fault that he was distracted during the battle. After all, just a few days ago, he had just experienced the great battle between the legendary beasts and the legendary birds. He was used to the earth-shattering grand scenes. Now, seeing a small ember, the huge contrast made it difficult for him to adapt to such a small skirmish for a moment.
When was the last time I saw an Ember?
It seems so long ago, I can't remember clearly…
The distraction was only for a moment. Fortunately, he adjusted his state in time and, before the embers got close, he finally came to his senses and gave an instruction: "Larvitar, dodge, then use Rock Throw!"
Originally, Larvitar had been prepared to take the hit. Hearing Natsui's command, it quickly leaped to the side, but it was a bit too late, and most of its body was still burned by the flames.
Fortunately, it had a half-resistance to Fire-type moves, so although it looked like it was engulfed in flames, it didn't actually take much damage.
After this little interlude, Natsui gathered his spirits, and under his command, Larvitar soon engaged in battle with Slugma.
As the two Pokémon went back and forth, it could be seen that Slugma did have some strength, but its speed was just too slow, and with the type disadvantage, it was difficult for it to make much of an impact.
Under Larvitar's continuous attacks, seeing that Slugma was already running low on stamina, Natsui planned to finish it off in one go.
"Larvitar, use Bite!"
Larvitar opened its large mouth and bit down on Slugma, but the next second, it suddenly released its jaw.
Natsui looked closely and saw a wisp of white smoke coming from its mouth. It had clearly been burned.
Oh?
He instantly realized that this Slugma must have the Flame Body ability.
Pokémon with the Flame Body ability have a chance to burn an attacker when they are hit by a contact move.
But… what a coincidence.
Natsui couldn't help but laugh.
His Larvitar's ability was Guts, and Pokémon with this ability have their attack power increased when they are under a non-fainting status condition, and the negative effects of a burn are greatly reduced.
All he could say was that Mai was really unlucky.
From the very start, from the Pokémon she sent out, both in terms of typing and the abilities of the two Pokémon, she was completely countered by Natsui.
It was truly a case of fact being stranger than fiction. The more you fear something, the more likely it is to happen.
And under these conditions, the result was naturally a foregone conclusion. Larvitar easily dealt with Slugma.
When Slugma fainted, Mai, with an unwilling expression, recalled it to its Poké Ball and walked to Shu's side.
To be dominated from beginning to end, she felt that she hadn't even used half of her strength before being so easily defeated. How could she be reconciled?
Not only had she failed to avenge her older brother and sister, but she had also been defeated herself. This left a fire in her heart with nowhere to vent, bottled up inside.
Beside her, Shu didn't have time to comfort his sister and directly raised his right hand.
"In this round, Larvitar is the winner!"
Seeing this result, the surrounding crowd couldn't help but whisper among themselves.
This was different from what they had imagined. After all, because both contestants were very famous, they had wanted to see a more intense and competitive match, not such a one-sided battle.
Patting Mai's shoulder, Shu stepped forward, came opposite Natsui, and Mai also took his place, temporarily becoming the referee.
Pushing up his glasses, Shu said solemnly, "That last round, my sister was just unlucky. Her type was completely countered by you. But next, you won't be so lucky."
Natsui shrugged and said nothing, just treating Shu's words as polite remarks.
He first praised Larvitar, then recalled it, and quietly looked at Shu, waiting for him to take out a Poké Ball.
Shu didn't make him wait long. After a moment's thought, a confident smile appeared on his lips, and he took a Poké Ball from his pocket.
Seeing that both of them were ready, at Mai's signal, the second match began.
But the moment Shu threw his Poké Ball, to his surprise, Natsui didn't switch his Pokémon, but sent out Larvitar again.
His eyes widened in disbelief, and then his face darkened.
Watching his expression change several times in an instant, as if he were a face-changer, Natsui looked completely baffled, until the two blue lights had faded and he saw Shu's Pokémon clearly. Then he couldn't help but laugh out loud.
It turned out that Shu had sent out an Electabuzz.
And by a stroke of bad luck, the Electric-type Electabuzz, just like the Slugma before it, was still countered by the Rock/Ground-type Larvitar.
It seemed that Shu must have been trying to be clever just now. Knowing that Natsui was good at type matchups, he had thought that since Larvitar had just been in a battle, Natsui would definitely not let it continue to fight. But he never expected that his cleverness would backfire, and he would be punished by Natsui's unchanging strategy.
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