Returning to the room, he saw that Piloswine was trying hard to make itself fall asleep.
"…Continue practicing."
Tetsuya said this and did not disturb it.
Then he sent out Ditto. "During the day only you are left. Go to the training room yourself. Just come back when it is time to eat."
As for the borrowed Bronzong, it was fine to continue letting it rest. There was no task to assign to it right now.
Ditto was currently the one that reassured Tetsuya the most. After saying that, he lay down and fell asleep.
After resting for the entire morning, Tetsuya's energy had mostly recovered, but Piloswine still seemed just a little short of reaching the required level.
Looking at Piloswine while it was sleeping, he noticed that it could occasionally twitch its body, indicating that it still had a bit of awareness. It simply had not yet made that trace of awareness clear, but this was already a sign that it was about to fully "learn" the move Rest.
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In the afternoon Tetsuya had nothing in particular to do. Piloswine was practicing Rest, Golett was resting, and the only thing he could watch was Ditto's training. Ditto had already adjusted the launch speed of the tennis balls to a medium level.
With a Ditto like this, Tetsuya could take it anywhere with confidence!
He might as well let Ditto battle Bronzong once to see how it went, treating it as a way to adjust Ditto's training.
Tetsuya chose the Rock field. Ditto transformed into Bronzong. Both Pokémon were in a Levitate state, so the choice of battlefield did not really matter.
After resting for two days, Bronzong's body had already recovered and its condition had returned to its best. It was naturally grateful to Tetsuya, and when facing Tetsuya's Pokémon it did not know how to begin.
"Bronzong, do not hold back. Use your full strength!"
After Tetsuya spoke, Bronzong immediately spun its body. A white halo surrounded its entire body as it charged toward Ditto.
"It is Gyro Ball. Ditto, use Iron Defense."
Gyro Ball is a move whose power increases the slower the user is compared to the opponent. Bronzong's Speed had always been its weakness. When encountering some fast opponents, a single Gyro Ball was often enough to knock the opponent down.
However, now that Ditto had transformed into Bronzong, it had naturally copied its type as well, so Gyro Ball would not deal much damage to such a Ditto.
Having Ditto use Iron Defense was naturally to observe Ditto's resistance to attacks.
The result naturally did not disappoint him. Bronzong's Gyro Ball did not break through Bronzong after it had used Iron Defense.
"Metal Sound."
Tetsuya could only infer what moves Bronzong had by looking at the moves it had used before in order to command Ditto. If the Trainer's command lagged even slightly, the opportunity in battle would be lost. This was the shortcoming of using Ditto, so the only way was to let Ditto constantly do basic training to make up for it.
Ditto rubbed its arms together, producing a harsh metallic scraping sound that made one's scalp tingle, as if it could pierce the eardrums.
Bronzong also swayed its body continuously. Clearly Metal Sound was affecting it as well.
Metal Sound can "destroy" a Pokémon's defense against Special Attacks. However, Tetsuya was not yet very clear about what Special Attacking moves this Bronzong possessed, because only by following Metal Sound with a special move at that instant would the greatest damage be caused.
Without a Trainer's command, Bronzong clearly used its moves half a beat slower and could not find any rhythm at all.
During the process of Ditto using Metal Sound, it only kept swaying its body and did not think about how to counterattack.
"Psywave."
Tetsuya called out this move. Bronzong could originally use the move Extrasensory, but the level required to learn Extrasensory is higher than that of Gyro Ball. Therefore Tetsuya could not be certain that this Bronzong could use Extrasensory. However, the level required to learn Psywave is lower than that of Gyro Ball, so he had greater confidence.
The moves used by Tetsuya were all based on the Gyro Ball that Bronzong had used before.
Bronzong possesses the Psychic type, so it can use Psywave with ease.
When used by Ditto, the power would not fluctuate much either. Psywave spread outward from Ditto as the center and quickly captured Bronzong.
The instant damage immediately caused Bronzong to fall directly to the ground. As expected, the effect of Metal Sound lowering Special Defense was very obvious.
Ditto continued to use Psywave.
Suddenly, Bronzong bounced up from the ground. The dark Dark-type energy on its… arms(?) quickly gathered and it smashed fiercely into Ditto's chest. Ditto immediately retreated backward and also fell to the ground.
Even Tetsuya had not expected this desperate counterattack from Bronzong. This Feint Attack had truly been executed perfectly.
Feint Attack emphasizes suddenness. What it requires is to instantly strike the opponent's weak point and inflict heavy damage. This move allowed Bronzong to seize an opening. If there had been a Trainer giving commands, as long as the Trainer issued an order, his side would certainly have been prepared. This move would not have achieved such a good effect.
Now possessing the Psychic type and being struck by a Dark-type move was already very painful. In addition, the strike hit a weak point. Even with Ditto's strong physique, it still had to pause on the ground for a moment before it could Levitate up again.
However, Bronzong was somewhat too naive. Seeing that the first Feint Attack had achieved such a good effect, it raised its arm(?) once again and smashed toward Ditto, still using Feint Attack.
"Use Gyro Ball to block."
Gyro Ball carries the momentum of rotation. If one has not undergone special training to deal with such moves, for ordinary striking moves are very difficult to resist against this kind of move.
Bronzong's arm had just touched the spinning Gyro Ball when it was shaken away.
With a loud bang, Bronzong was knocked back again, but Bronzong also began to spin and used Gyro Ball to clash with Ditto. The two spinning tops collided with each other, producing sparks as they scraped together. For a moment neither side gained an advantage.
In fact, when dealing with rotating moves like the high speed spinning Gyro Ball, one should not clash head on. After all, such moves use the power of the entire body to rotate. Unless one possesses absolute strength, it is very difficult to overpower such a move.
The simplest method is to use a move to deflect it along the direction of its rotation. This requires little effort and can also destroy the balance of the move. After executing such moves several times, Gyro Ball will collapse on its own.
Another method is to use a move to accelerate its rotation. It will quickly become dizzy from spinning itself and have no choice but to stop.
The advantage of Ditto, which trained its physical strength every day, gradually became apparent. Gyro Ball began to suppress Bronzong. However, Bronzong was also resisting stubbornly, and it was absolutely impossible to win in a short period of time.
Such a result would only have one outcome…
That is both Ditto and Bronzong would become dizzy from spinning!