Watching Ditto and Bronzong both using Gyro Ball, although Ditto had already gained the advantage, it was facing Bronzong's stubborn resistance. If this continued, even if Bronzong were defeated, Ditto itself would also become dizzy from the move Gyro Ball.
Tetsuya was thinking of a countermeasure when suddenly he heard a loud rumbling crash from the direction of his dormitory.
'Huh? What happened.'
Tetsuya felt uneasy in his heart, after all his Piloswine was still in the dormitory.
"Ditto, Bronzong stop quickly! Something happened at the dormitory."
After Tetsuya spoke, Ditto and Bronzong each canceled their moves. For a moment both Pokémon were somewhat dizzy.
However, seeing that Tetsuya had left the room, Ditto and Bronzong quickly followed.
When they arrived at the open space by the dormitory, they saw that the roof of his room had already been wrecked. However the reason was unknown, and his Piloswine was still inside. 'Could it have also been...'
Many terrible thoughts flooded into Tetsuya's mind at once. What he feared most was whether he had been targeted in advance by Pryce's political enemies, starting with his Piloswine.
He never should have left Piloswine here. Now look what had happened...
"Piloswine, Piloooooswine!" Tetsuya shouted almost hoarsely. Not to mention how great this Piloswine's potential was, the amount of effort he had invested in it was also the greatest.
Although unwilling, Tetsuya remained rational. He did not know whether there was any hidden danger inside, so he only shouted outside and did not enter the room.
Soon the staff of the Battle Park gathered because of the noise.
"Tetsuya-kun, isn't this your dormitory. How did it become like this!?" The chubby Trainer who had been sparring with Tetsuya a few days earlier also arrived.
"I am not sure either. Just now I was still in the training room and was also drawn here by the noise."
Tetsuya said this, naturally hoping that someone would investigate the situation inside for him.
"Really, what are all of you standing here discussing! Wouldn't it be clear if we just went inside and took a look. In broad daylight could real ghosts really appear." A burly Trainer was about to rush into the room.
Tetsuya simply hid quietly among the crowd and watched him show off.
"Wait!" The chubby Trainer stopped the burly man.
"What! What is it?"
"It is better to use a Pokémon. It will be safer."
The chubby Trainer was somewhat thoughtful and send out a Persian which rushed toward the room.
Time seemed to freeze for a moment.
With a loud crash, the wall facing everyone collapsed and Persian was also sent flying out.
Three sounds cutting through the air. This sound was extremely familiar to Tetsuya…
It was three Icicle Spear shots firing toward Persian!
"Ditto, Bronzong use Gyro Ball to block them."
These Icicle Spears were certainly used by his Piloswine, so he naturally had to act to stop them. If these Icicle Spears injured someone… he did not want to cause unnecessary trouble.
Ditto and Bronzong spun rapidly. Although the Icicle Spears were powerful, they were somewhat weakened when encountering a Steel-type move.
Sure enough, Piloswine rushed out from inside the room and charged toward Persian's position.
"T-This... isn't this your Piloswine?" The chubby Trainer exclaimed. After all he had battled Piloswine for four days and recognized this Pokémon.
"Piloswine, stop!"
Tetsuya shouted at close range. Piloswine paused and indeed stopped moving, then fell asleep on the spot.
"Piloswine… just fell asleep?"
"What was that crazed behavior just now!?"
Tetsuya could not help but feel delighted. Just now Piloswine had obviously used Sleep Talk, and it was still in the state of Rest. If his guess was correct, the collapse of the roof earlier must have been caused when Sleep Talk used the move Icicle Crash.
After nearly two days and one night, Piloswine had finally dominated the moves Rest and Sleep Talk, and now it was the perfect time to reinforce them.
"You can all leave! Piloswine only accidentally used Sleep Talk." Tetsuya called out. Although this brought many complaints, he never cared about the opinions of these strangers. However, where he would stay tonight had become a problem.
He had no mood to deal with these trivial matters.
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"Bronzong, now you battle Piloswine."
Bronzong, which had just gone through a battle, was naturally somewhat unwilling and hesitated.
"Oh… if you are unwilling I will return you to the Battle Park." Tetsuya said as he took out Bronzong's Poké Ball.
The staff of the Battle Park would only treat Bronzong as part of their work and would never care about its injuries or mental state. The two days it had spent with Tetsuya were like living in paradise. Hearing that it might be returned to the Battle Park, it immediately emitted a metallic echo and confronted Piloswine.
"Piloswine, use Sleep Talk."
At the moment this was the only command Tetsuya could give. He was still somewhat nervous, after all he could not completely guarantee that Piloswine would successfully use a move.
His heart rose to his throat!
Piloswine shook its body and two streams of cold air shot out…
It was the move Freeze-Dry!
Bronzong was good at dealing with solid attacks, but when facing this kind of gas like attack it did not know how to respond for a moment.
After using Freeze-Dry, Piloswine woke up. Seeing Bronzong in front of it and Tetsuya beside it, it appeared somewhat confused.
"Piloswine, have you grasped the key points of the move Rest now? How well can you control the degree of retained awareness?"
Tetsuya asked eagerly. Compared with battle, what he cared about more was naturally these two moves, after all they had been obtained at the cost of Piloswine's serious injury.
Piloswine shook its head slightly as if recalling something, then nodded.
"Tehahaha! Good… now use Rest!"
Tetsuya did not even care about the battle anymore and directly ordered Piloswine to use Rest.
Rest: it forcibly puts the body into a dormant state and one can say it causes instant sleep.
So the first stage had already succeeded. As soon as Tetsuya finished speaking, Piloswine lay down and fell asleep.
"Now use Sleep Talk!"
This time he was testing the sensitivity of Piloswine's retained awareness. It was considered acceptable, although it still needed more practice to ensure success.
After Tetsuya finished speaking there was a brief pause before Piloswine fired three Icicle Spear shots. This slight delay between the remaining awareness transmitting the command and the execution of the move was normal, but it was something that would need to be improved through training.
After using the move, about five minutes passed. Because Piloswine's body had not suffered any damage, it soon woke up.
The final key step of the move Rest, "waking up", had also been completed very well!
There was truly no problem now. Tetsuya could already be certain that Piloswine had truly learned the moves Rest and Sleep Talk.
Next, it was time to return to battle training!