Chapter 699: Close Combat, Exhilarating!
Over a dozen Gardevoir clones crashed into Snorlax one after another.
The vast majority instantly burst and disappeared.
Kazuya was hidden among them, holding a Focus Blast, and slammed it onto Snorlax's head.
Screech—!!
The sharp sound of rapidly compressed and rubbing air rang out.
The golden Focus Blast continuously spiraled and ground against Snorlax's head. The massive power made Snorlax grit her teeth, revealing a look of pain.
There was probably a difference of about 10 levels between the two.
This would make Kazuya's moves seem slightly lacking in power.
Fortunately.
The Fighting type's effectiveness against the Normal type could augment the damage of this move.
Therefore, Snorlax was not having a good time after taking the Focus Blast.
After the pain subsided.
Snorlax immediately opened her eyes, wanting to pinpoint Kazuya's location and launch an attack.
Who would have thought.
The moment she opened her eyes.
All she saw was a blinding pink light!
That was the Fairy-type special move—Dazzling Gleam.
Every Pokémon's Dazzling Gleam has a different color.
The Aromatisse of Valerie, the Laverre City Gym Leader in Kalos, would release a golden Dazzling Gleam.
Tapu Koko, one of the Guardian Deities of the Alola region, would release a pink and purple Dazzling Gleam.
When Kazuya evolved into Gardevoir.
He instinctively mastered this Fairy-type move.
However, compared to the damage Dazzling Gleam inflicted, Kazuya cared more about its value as a flashbang.
Just like right now.
Snorlax's eyes were stung by the intense light so badly that tears flowed out, unable to see anything at all.
Kazuya, however, was already like a slender ghost.
Standing right in front of Snorlax.
A pink beam shot out point-blank. Snorlax took the full brunt of the attack and fell into a state of confusion, starting to hit herself with Hammer Arm and Thrash!
Occasionally, Snorlax would snap out of it for a while.
And charge at Kazuya with her massive body at full power, attempting to deliver a heavy blow with High Horsepower.
But every time Snorlax was about to hit Kazuya.
The latter would instantly disappear from the spot.
The reappearing Kazuya could be anywhere: behind Snorlax, beside her, on her head, in mid-air...
Anywhere was possible.
Even after Teleporting, there might not be just one Kazuya, but over a dozen Kazuyas.
The plateau Pokémon watching this scene couldn't help but feel a chill.
Kazuya is so scary!
He's simply like a great witch toying with Snorlax in the palm of his hand!
"Ugh, this kind of fighting style really doesn't suit me."
Kazuya raised an eyebrow.
After trying out a fighting style based on special moves.
He still felt that fist-to-flesh combat was more exhilarating.
Although.
Combining a series of special moves with peculiar effects into a tactic that toys with the enemy until they have no power to fight back was very reliable.
But.
It wasn't exhilarating enough.
It felt like an emotion was pent up inside, unable to be vented through physical action.
Boom—!
A loud noise came.
Snorlax simply lay on the ground.
But she hadn't lost her combat ability; she used the move "Rest."
Once Snorlax woke up, her condition would instantly recover by more than half, and even various status conditions would be cleared.
This effect.
Was after being nerfed in reality.
If it were in the game.
Just sleeping like this would be enough to fully restore Snorlax's condition.
"A pity..."
Kazuya muttered.
If he knew the move Dream Eater right now, he might be able to directly one-shot the sleeping Snorlax.
But Gardevoir can only learn "Dream Eater" at level 50 or so.
Even if Kazuya wanted to learn it early.
It wasn't that easy.
Dream Eater is not a simple move; it belongs to the highest level of Psychic power application techniques, comparable to an active Future Sight.
Facing the currently sleeping Snorlax.
Kazuya didn't seem to have any particularly good solution other than continuously unleashing moves to wear down her condition.
He first charged up a Calm Mind.
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Swoosh!
Following that, one fully powered Focus Blast after another was thrown out.
Finally.
Just as the fourth Focus Blast was about to hit.
Snorlax woke up.
At this moment, her condition was quite poor.
Apart from breaking free from confusion, purely in terms of HP, she was worse off than before she went to sleep.
"Snorlax!"
Snorlax shattered the Focus Blast with a Hammer Arm.
Then she took a deep breath and swallowed forcefully.
She used all the power she had just Stockpiled to restore her stamina! (Using Swallow)
Just like that.
Snorlax's condition recovered quite a bit again.
"She can really take a beating."
Kazuya sighed, feeling a bit tired.
His current level wasn't high enough; both his damage output and stamina were rather lacking. He wasn't very good at dealing with Pokémon like Snorlax that had extremely strong recovery abilities.
But...
Winning this.
Was still not a big problem.
After all, Kazuya was no ordinary Gardevoir.
Boom!
Boom!
Amidst the shaking of the earth.
Snorlax was already charging towards Kazuya with astonishing momentum.
Heavy Slam!
A Steel-type physical move that is super effective against Gardevoir.
The heavier the user is compared to the target, the greater the damage caused. Theoretically, there is no upper limit!
Kazuya was no fatty in this life.
On the contrary, he was very slender.
With the weight difference between him and Snorlax, if this attack hit, Kazuya might even lose his combat ability on the spot.
This move could be considered one of Snorlax's few "Anti-Gardevoir Noble Phantasms."
"Hey! Kazuya!"
Volcanion raised an eyebrow, worried and about to forcefully intervene and stop it.
The other Pokémon were also very anxious.
"Snorlax!"
Seeing Kazuya had no intention of dodging, Snorlax revealed a smile of embracing victory.
It's over!!
Boom!
A muffled sound echoed throughout the plateau.
The snow-white dress fluttered, driven by an excessively long, slender leg.
The frail, three-meter-tall figure simply leaned to the side slightly, then fiercely raised a leg at a speed invisible to the naked eye and kicked out, striking Snorlax squarely on the chin!
Extreme Speed + Earthquake!
The ferocious force caused Snorlax's upper body to tilt backward, while the force of her Heavy Slam in her lower body hadn't dissipated and was still charging forward.
The effect of these forces.
Undoubtedly.
Made Snorlax spin clockwise in mid-air for 720 degrees like a wheel before crashing heavily onto the ground.
When she landed on the ground.
The flesh on Snorlax's chin was still rippling uncontrollably.
"Phew... As expected, close combat is exhilarating!"
A joyful smile appeared on Kazuya's face.
He retracted his long leg, letting it hide under the long dress again.
As expected.
An attack has to make a sound and let you feel the impact.
Only then is it an effective attack that brings joy.
Instead of feeling like tearing cotton with all your might like before.
The damage is there, but there's no thrill, and winning basically brings no feeling of joy.
"Ga-o!"
"Di-lu-xi!"
"Hou-ha!"
Cheers erupted from the surrounding Pokémon.
Although the momentum wasn't grand, the excitement contained within them was fully conveyed to Kazuya's heart.
"Well done."
Volcanion breathed a sigh of relief, walked over, and offered a compliment.
It had to be said.
That kick was truly too cool.
Even Volcanion was struck by Kazuya's coolness.
If Kazuya fighting with Psychic powers earlier looked like a queen orchestrating a battle from a tent, then the flair of that final kick was simply that of a valiant and heroic general.
"Get this guy out of here. By the way, she won't come back to make trouble later, right? I don't want to fight with this guy every day."
Kazuya glanced at the Snorlax on the ground.
Quite a headache.
This big guy has thick skin and tough flesh. Fighting her once for the novelty is enough; fighting her a few more times and he would find it annoying too.
"Damn it, which bastard was it that snatched this guy's honey and framed our Nebel Plateau for it!"
Volcanion muttered curses. "Don't worry, if this guy dares to come again, I'll beat her until she can't tell north from south, you won't need to lift a finger."
He now considered Himself a part of the Nebel Plateau.
So He also wanted to protect everyone here.
"Mhm, if that really happens, then..."
"Ra-da!!"
Before Kazuya finished speaking, a loud roar came from the nearby forest!
The next moment.
A giant black and white creature leaped out of the forest.
That was a...
Pangoro!
Pangoro, the Daunting Pokémon, a Fighting and Dark-type.
They have irritable and impulsive personalities, but are very heroic, hate bullying the weak, and have deep feelings for their comrades.
So in the League Era.
There was no small number of trainers who liked Pokémon like Pangoro.
However.
Catching them wasn't easy.
Pangoro lived in a very classic "might makes right" world.
To gain his approval, you must compete with him using your fists and completely beat him into submission!
This was not an easy task.
Another interesting point is the bamboo sprig in Pangoro's mouth.
The status of that thing.
Is equivalent to Farfetch'd's leek, Delphox's branch, Mimikyu's tilted head...
In short, it's an existence jokingly referred to by everyone as the "main body."
Encountering a berserk Pangoro in the wild.
Destroying the wooden sprig in his mouth is also a way to save yourself.
Once the wooden sprig is destroyed, Pangoro will instantly lose the desire to battle, and the whole bear will become depressed and at your mercy.
The Pangoro that appeared in front of them was quite burly.
His height was about the same as Snorlax.
A full 2.1 meters!
Although Pangoro's figure looked a bit slimmer, his appearance was scary, so his imposing presence seemed even stronger than Snorlax's.
"You are..."
Kazuya looked at this Pangoro and paused for a moment.
"Ra-da?"
The latter looked at Kazuya and was clearly stunned too.
Their eyes met.
And they immediately recognized each other.
"Ah, it's you, Pancham. Have you evolved already? Welcome back."
Kazuya looked at this Pangoro, a smile appearing on his face.
"..."
Pangoro didn't respond.
"?"
Kazuya tilted his head in confusion.
He walked forward and waved his hand in front of Pangoro.
The next moment.
A small pink flower actually bloomed on the bamboo sprig in Pangoro's mouth.
Bamboo sprigs can bloom flowers?!
Thud!
Before Kazuya could investigate the truth of the bamboo sprig.
Pangoro had already faceplanted beside Snorlax, lying stiff with her.
Pangoro.
Unable to battle.
Instantly and effortlessly one-shot by Gardevoir.
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