"I guess I guessed wrong. How could Xiaozhi be... This is Pokémon, not Naruto. How could such a clichéd plot appear?"
Gongsun Yan shook his head, threw away the bold idea in his mind, then laughed at himself twice, turned around and continued to work, but a seed was still planted in his heart, waiting to take root and sprout.
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"Hello, Xiao Yan and Xiao Zhi, haven't they come back yet?"
Xiaoyao has already arrived at the waiting room of the gorgeous competition, ready to go on stage. Xiaogang and Xiaosheng have helped them to reserve seats, but they haven't seen them for a long time, so they can't help but worry.
However, Liliae, who should be the most worried, didn't have any idea. She knew Gongsun Yan's strength clearly and was extremely confident in him.
"I'd better send a message to Xiaoyan." Xiaosheng took out his Pokémon Navigator, and after some operations, he sent a message to Gongsun Yan.
After a while, Xiaosheng's Pokémon Navigator received a message from Gongsun Yan, but at the same time, Xiaoyao also went on stage to perform, so Xiaosheng had to put the Navigator down and concentrate on watching his sister's performance.
Chapter 144: It’s over, the community is closed again
Today was supposed to be a very good day. The afternoon sun was not only not dazzling, but rather felt very warm, which was a very rare thing in summer. Many people chose to stroll along the busiest shopping street in Huangjin City.
In fact, because Jinhuang City is holding a gorgeous competition today, most people who are free have gone to join in the fun. However, Jinhuang City is a big city after all, and there are still many outsiders in it. Even if there are fewer people, there are still quite a few people on the streets.
But today, people on this street saw a sight that can be regarded as one of the ten great wonders of the world. Two black shadows suddenly appeared on the originally quiet and peaceful street, rushed across the wrong lane for motor vehicles, and disappeared at the end of the street in an instant, leaving only the mess behind them.
"No, what on earth was that thing that ran over there? I remember that this road has been closed to vehicles for a long time."
An old man was sitting in a teahouse drinking tea, but he was frightened by the two black shadows. He asked his old friend around him with a confused look on his face.
"Uh, I remember that too. It was set like this when we were young. We had to be very careful when we walked on this road. You and I were almost hit by a car when we were young."
The old man next to him pondered for a while, agreed with his old friend's statement, and recalled the past.
"But, I remember that there were no such fast cars even now, let alone back then. When will the trains be allowed on this road?"
After hearing what his old friend said, the old man also smiled. Back then, they were still energetic young men, but now they are very old. However, he soon discovered the blind spot.
"This... is really hard to say." As soon as these words were spoken, even the old man next to him who was reminiscing about his youth and lived in Bengbu began to doubt.
After thinking for a while, the two old men still couldn't figure out anything. They could only look at each other for a while, and suddenly they felt that the fragrant tea in front of them had no taste.
Anyway, from then on, the two old men would run to this teahouse to drink tea at this time, if for no other reason than to witness this bizarre situation once again, but they never succeeded.
So is it really a bizarre phenomenon? Of course not, it's just that Gongsun Yan and Xiaozhi were too anxious, so they started moving at high speed in a hurry.
"Hurry up, hurry up, we have already wasted a long time. If we rush over now, we should still have time to watch the ending." Xiaozhi urged Gongsun Yan frantically, and Gongsun Yan was now as tired as a dead dog.
"No, since we have walked so far out of the Silver Building, why not just let Gardevoir use teleportation to take us there?"
Gongsun Yan kept breathing heavily, but he didn't dare to stop. If he stopped suddenly at such a high speed, the car would definitely overturn.
"Eh? That's right!"
Xiao Zhi suddenly stopped, loosened his hold on Gongsun Yan's right hand, and slapped his head hard, looking as if he had suddenly realized something.
"Oh my god, you idiot, you just realized it now?"
Gongsun Yan held onto the wall and kept dry-retching. He also patted his chest with his other hand to help himself breathe more smoothly. Only then did he have the energy to complain about Xiaozhi.
This reflects the different physiques of the two people. Xiaozhi didn't blush or breathe heavily, and he even had the leisure to stretch himself. He didn't have the half-dead feeling that Gongsun Yan had.
When the two of them just walked out of Silver Company, Gongsun Yan was about to release Gardevoir to hurry on their way. However, Xiaozhi just glanced at the time on the pokedex, then shouted that they were late, and started moving at high speed while pulling Gongsun Yan.
This sudden action confused Gongsun Yan, but he had no way to stop and could only keep running after Xiaozhi. And because Xiaozhi's speed was constantly increasing, Gongsun Yan couldn't even find a chance to speak.
Before this, Gongsun Yan and Xiaozhi had been trapped in the warehouse under the Silver Building for a long time. Fortunately, Xiaozhi had such a strong wave power that he finally found all the materials in a short time.
In fact, when the two found the last piece of material, the gorgeous competition had already begun. They were already late, so when faced with Xiaosheng's text message question, Gongsun Yan could only say "I'm busy" and get away with it.
After finding all the materials, Gongsun Yan and Xiaozhi ran to the top floor immediately and found Silver who was drinking tea.
Silver was not vague and took the two of them to make a Master Ball. However, no matter how technology improves, it still takes a certain amount of time to make things. Gongsun Yan and Xiaozhi waited anxiously for a long time before they got the Master Ball that had just fallen out of the machine.
There are only twelve Master Balls in total. Gongsun Yan and Xiaozhi each got six. Although it seems like a small number, it is actually enough. How can anyone capture all six legendary beasts?
In a sense, the Master Ball is a flashy thing. It is so precious that if it is not used to catch legendary Pokémon, then even if it is used to catch the final form of quasi-legendary Pokémon, it would be a loss.
It was precisely because of this that Sakaki had thought of developing something like the Dark Ball, and had used up his three years' worth of stock, but in the end there had been no concrete results.
After getting their respective Master Balls, Gongsun Yan and Xiaozhi only had time to say goodbye to Silver, and then rushed to the venue of the gorgeous competition, which led to the spectacle just now.
"Forget it, it's almost the same anyway. We have already arrived at the venue of the gorgeous competition. Let's go in quickly."
Rather than hoping that Xiaozhi would regret such a small matter, he might as well hope to win the jackpot someday, so he quickly recovered and pulled Gongsun Yan to run to the venue.
"Hey, wait a minute. We're already here, it's like this anyway." Gongsun Yan was forced to be dragged by Xiaozhi to run again, his face full of despair.
However, even though Xiaozhi hurried so hard, by the time the two of them arrived at the venue, the Grand Competition had already entered its last battle. Xiaoyao and Harry had successfully stood at the end and were now standing on the field for the final battle.
"Hey, how's the battle going now?"
Because Xiaoyao had given Gongsun Yan and Xiaozhi admission tickets before, even though the two of them arrived at the venue at this time, the seat next to Xiaogang was still empty, and Gongsun Yan asked about it immediately.
Chapter 145: Inflated Self-Confidence
"You're finally here. The current situation is hard to say. The Pokémon sent by Mr. Harry is an Ariados, and my sister's is the newly captured Squirtle. From the attribute point of view, there is no difference between the two, but there is a lot of difference in combat experience."
Xiaosheng saw that Gongsun Yan and Xiaozhi had finally arrived at the scene. He had some objections, but they were really just that. He quickly began to analyze the current battle situation with the two of them.
However, compared to Xiaozhi's concentration, Gongsun Yan seemed a little distracted. As soon as he sat down in his seat, he naturally pulled Liliae's hand to his side, and the two of them held hands with their fingers crossed.
And Liliae had no aversion to this level of intimacy at all, and she even leaned on Gongsun Yan's body. The fragrance of the lotus on her body kept drilling into Gongsun Yan's nose, instantly making Gongsun Yan's appetite increase, and he wanted to... no, he wanted to!
"So, the key to this battle should be which side controls the other side first."
In order to divert his attention, Gongsun Yan forced himself to empty his mind, otherwise a part of his body might become embarrassing. However, even with his mind empty, Gongsun Yan grasped the key to the problem in the first place.
"That's right. Harry's Alidos is best at using spider silk to control the opponent and then launch an attack. In other words, as long as Squirtle is not tied up by the spider silk, it has a high probability of winning."
Xiaogang on the side nodded, agreeing with Gongsun Yan's statement. With his keen eyesight, he naturally discovered the key to this battle.
There is a move called Silk Spinning in the Bug-type moves. In the game, its effect is to reduce the speed of the person being hit, but in reality, it is more often used to restrain the opponent, or used as a displacement tool.
However, although it is collectively called silk spinning, the silk released by each insect-type Pokémon is different. For example, the spider Pokémon like Alidos will have thicker silk and a stronger binding ability.
"Alas, it's a pity that Snorlax isn't here, otherwise he could have used Sun Blaze or Finger Swing to try his luck and burn off the spider silk. As for Squirtle, we can only rely on how well he uses the Freeze Beam."
Gongsun Yan sighed when he heard this. If a Pokémon was changed in this game, the chances of winning would still be very high. Xiaogang and Xiaozhi on the side also sighed quietly.
Gongsun Yan was right. If other Pokémon were on the field, it would be very easy to break this move. Spider Silk is most afraid of fire. In fact, it is not fire, but high temperature.
Spider silk is actually a kind of protein after all, and protein is very easy to deteriorate when exposed to high temperatures. Naturally, deteriorated spider silk will not have so many mysterious abilities.
Even though Sunshine Flame is not a fire-type move, but since it is called "Sunshine Flame", it can't avoid the characteristic of high temperature, and naturally it can also disintegrate things like spider webs.
Ice-based moves, or low temperatures, are also effective on things like protein, but they are not as overbearing as high temperatures. Low temperatures will inhibit the activity of protein, so refrigeration is the best way to preserve food.
Silk Spinning is just an auxiliary move after all. To be honest, no matter what attribute a Pokémon has, there will be a few moves that can limit it. But having them is one thing, but whether you can learn them and whether you can apply them after learning them is an individual issue.
As mentioned before, Xiaoyao's Squirtle is still a baby. When she got the Squirtle from Professor Oak, it had just hatched from the egg not long ago, so Xiaoyao has never been able to muster the heart to train it.
So even though this Squirtle is very talented, maybe one of her parents is particularly good at ice-type moves, so her progress in learning ice-type moves has even surpassed that of water-type moves.
Just yesterday, Squirtle even learned the Freeze Beam move on his own, and it seems quite powerful, but it's hard to control. However, this also made Xiaoyao very happy, and he immediately decided to leave the battle part to Squirtle.
In fact, this is also something that Gongsun Yan slightly criticized. Letting Pokémon go on stage without systematic and complete training, and even on such a big stage at the beginning, is a great test for the Pokémon's psychological endurance.
But judging from Squirtle's previous performance, she seemed to enjoy the stage of the gorgeous competition. This also made Gongsun Yan's preaching heart calm down a lot. Since there were no problems in practice, it was not so necessary to say words of blame.
Just listening to Xiaosheng's brief description of the previous battle experience, Gongsun Yan silently complained in his heart: "Are all the trainers in the Kanto region really so bad? A Squirtle that was born less than two months ago can stand out from the crowd?"
That’s right, in Xiaosheng’s description, Xiaoyao’s previous battles could only be described as cutting melons and vegetables. Her opponent was toyed with by Squirtle from beginning to end, and only took action to end the battle when he had enough fun.
This incident made Gongsun Yan sigh and worry at the same time. He was worried that such a smooth competition result would make Squirtle overly arrogant and suffer the consequences in the end.
However, Gongsun Yan's worries were obviously unnecessary, because now the game has begun, and he has no chance to remind Xiaoyao about this, and it is too late. Now Squirtle is in trouble because of his decision.
On the field, Harry, as usual, did not choose to launch attacks blindly, but instead ordered Alidos to continuously attack Squirtle with spider silk, and refused to change his moves even though Squirtle could easily dodge it.
To be honest, anyone with a discerning eye could see what Harry was up to, but maybe Xiaoyao was too confident in his own abilities, so he didn't even try to remind Squirtle.
"Oh, Squirtle is in trouble now. Xiaoyao hasn't noticed that the situation has changed. He hasn't participated in the gorgeous competition these days. Maybe he is rusty."
Gongsun Yan looked at the eye-catching scene on the field and couldn't help but turn around and ask Xiaogang, Xiaozhi and the others. In response to Gongsun Yan's answer, the two of them could only respond with a wry smile.
You have to know that spider silk is not something like water or fire that will resolve itself in a few seconds if left there. It is a real thing and will remain on the field.
The gym trainer of the Hinoki Gym, Bi, has used this tactic before, using the silk threads hanging on the gym's trees to move, but it caused quite a bit of hindrance to Satoshi.
Harry had a similar plan, and taking advantage of Xiaoyao and Squirtle's inattention, he calmly laid the ground there, and now it has taken shape.
Chapter 146 Is this the inheritance?
"Jenny?"
Faced with Alidos's silk attack, Squirtle subconsciously chose to dodge. However, as soon as he landed, he realized something was wrong and felt a slippery sensation on the soles of his feet.
If this happened in the wild, it would most likely be due to stepping in the excrement of some people or Pokémon, but this is in a competition, so there is obviously no such dirty stuff, so there is only one answer, I swear...
Bah, bah, bah, why am I always so prone to talking nonsense? The answer is obvious, that slippery touch is the spider silk left by Ariados before.
"Good chance, Alidos, use Missile Needle!"
When Harry saw this, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes. He waved his hand violently and directed Alidos to attack Squirtle who was stuck in the spider silk.
"Squirtle, don't panic, block it with the water gun!"
Xiaoyao had experienced a lot of ups and downs, so she was only frightened for a short while before she calmed down. She knew that she had fallen into a trap, and the most important thing now was not to panic, but to find a way to make up for it.
"Jenny!"
However, although Xiaoyao had a good idea, she did not consider whether the newbie Squirtle could react in time in such an emergency situation. Or even if he could react, it was hard to say whether he could use his moves in such a short time, and whether the accuracy of his moves could be guaranteed.
Fortunately, this Squirtle's fighting skills are still very good. In this emergency situation, although she was very panicked at first, after hearing the command of her trainer Xiaoyao, she immediately stabilized her position and condensed a water gun in her mouth.
Unfortunately, if talent alone can allow one to perfectly adapt to all emergencies, it would be unfair to those stupid people.
Water Gun is already one of the fastest-condensed water-based moves, but the veteran Alidos will naturally not give Squirtle a chance to fight back.
As a result, before Squirtle could even gather the water gun, and even when she just raised her head, the missile needle had already hit her head, and the impact force knocked Squirtle to the ground.
This obviously puts Squirtle in a more unfavorable situation. I believe everyone knows that once a turtle falls with its shell facing down, it will be difficult to get right again.
Not to mention that when Squirtle fell down, the shell on her back was stuck to the spider silk on the ground, making it much more difficult to get back to her normal state.
"Oh, Xiaoyao is in danger now. If Alidos keeps using missile needles to consume it from a distance, Squirtle will be in great danger." Gongsun Yan couldn't bear to watch the battle situation on the field.
To be honest, he didn't know how Xiaoyao played such a terrible game. After all, she was the runner-up of the Hoenn Grand Festival. Even if she brought out new Pokémon, they wouldn't be so weak. Could it be that she really was infected with the account-washing characteristic by Xiaozhi?
"Don't underestimate Xiaoyao. Look, she is not desperate now." Xiaozhi had different ideas from Gongsun Yan. He looked at the slightly familiar scene in front of him and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Could it be?" Hearing this, Gongsun Yan also reacted. Although the current situation seems dangerous, it is also an opportunity for Xiaoyao.
As for those sticky spider silks, as mentioned before, these spider silks are not a big problem for Pokémon of any attributes.
Take Gongsun Yan for example. If he were commanding Squirtle on the field now, he would have two or three ways to escape, although he wouldn't know many. So he was looking forward to the development of the battle.
"Tsk tsk tsk, Xiaoyao-chan, it's not good to be so careless. The gorgeous competition requires your full concentration."
Harry shook his index finger at Xiaoyao in a very mocking manner. His gesture looked as if he deserved a beating, but the effect of the mockery was very outstanding. Xiaoyao couldn't help but get angry.
Although Harry decided to temper Xiaoyao's temper because of a deal he had made with Xiaoshun, this action was definitely what he wanted to do, otherwise it wouldn't be so effective.
Don't let your guard down just because Harry has turned over a new leaf. He is born with a bit of evil in him. Even now he is a character that is both good and evil. We cannot generalize him.
He had been defeated miserably by Xiaoyao several times before. A well-intentioned person would probably be worried about it for a long time, not to mention Harry, who would only remember it longer and more deeply.
He finally found an opportunity to openly mock Xiaoyao, so he would definitely not let it go. He just used it directly. I don't know how many times he had rehearsed it in his mind.
"Ariados, keep using Missile Needles to attack Squirtle!"
Although Harry was arrogant, he still had some self-awareness. His winning rate in the battles with Xiaoyao had long dropped to 30:70. Now he finally had a chance to win, so he must not lose the victory because of his arrogance.
"Squirtle, use Shell Shrink!"
Faced with the fierce missile needle, Xiaoyao did not rush to break through this predicament, but first steadied himself and let Squirtle retreat into his shell.
This is not a simple shrinking of the shell. The full name is shrinking into the shell. It can increase the user's defense by one level. The missile needle is a physical move that can be used to reduce damage.
“Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!”
Squirtle was not very fast at using the water gun, but the action of retracting into the shell was completely engraved in his DNA. He retracted into the shell before the missile needle hit him, and even had time to shift the position of the shell. The missile needle made a crisp sound when it hit the shell.
"Tsk tsk, Harry still doesn't know much about Ariados. What's the use of just being able to spin silk? What about the advanced spider web form? If Squirtle is given five or six layers of spider webs now, Squirtle won't be able to spin, really."
