Caitlin: "What's with that Altaria?"
Its feathers are more puffed up and beautiful than a regular Altaria, making people want to dive in and take a deep breath.
Sonia: "Could it be a new regional form of Altaria?"
As the granddaughter of a Pokémon Professor, Sonia knows more than the average trainer.
Moreover, the Galar region also has regional form Pokémon, although their numbers are slightly less than Alola's.
Because MEGA Evolution is still in the development stage, not to mention Sonia, even her grandmother, Professor Magnolia, doesn't know that this is MEGA Altaria.
But even in the era when MEGA was introduced a few years later,
the Fairy Altaria in front of them could shock the world.
Because Swablu actually evolves directly into MEGA Altaria.
Instead of Swablu → Altaria, and then using a Key Stone and MEGA Evolution Stone to evolve into MEGA Altaria.
"Is this the power that Ho-Oh helped awaken?"
Itsuki muttered in a low voice.
"Li~~"
MEGA Altaria emitted a clear and melodious song, and the fluffy white feathers on its body emitted a faint light, which was constantly absorbed by her own body.
That is, "Roost", restoring its own stamina!
Galarian Zapdos narrowed its eyes, and in the next instant, it transformed into orange lightning again and rushed out.
Whoosh—
The sound of breaking wind and sonic boom sounded again.
This time, it flashed directly above MEGA Altaria's head!
Bang!
Galarian Zapdos did a back hook, its posture like Sasuke's Lion Combo, and slammed **** MEGA Altaria's spine.
Instantly, the snow under MEGA Altaria's feet sank in a large circle, and dense cracks spread around like a spider web.
"The power is really exaggerated, as expected of a Legendary Pokémon."
Looking at the cracks that were clearly more than a hundred meters away but had already spread to her feet, Nessa pursed her lips and sighed.
"Li~"
At this moment, MEGA Altaria on the ground turned its head to look at Galarian Zapdos above its head behind it.
That expression seemed to say, "Did you just do something?"
Galarian Zapdos's eyes hardened, and it continued to exert force, trying to completely suppress its opponent.
However, the fluffy feathers under its claws further expanded, and not only did Galarian Zapdos not suppress Altaria, but it was lifted up by the opponent's rapidly expanding feathers!
"Hyper Voice."
Su Sheng issued the first command after Swablu evolved.
"Li——"
MEGA Altaria opened its beak.
The clear singing from its mouth turned into sound waves, and then into a pink storm, pouncing towards Galarian Zapdos.
MEGA Altaria's ability, Fairy Skin.
All Normal-type moves automatically become Fairy-type, and their power is enhanced!
Whether facing physical attacks or special attacks,
Galarian Zapdos can often dodge with its amazing footwork and speed.
But at this moment, one of its feet was tightly wrapped by Altaria's feathers, like being trapped in a swamp and unable to escape.
Damn it, it's even more exaggerated than when it was Swablu!
Pfft—
In the next second, Galarian Zapdos only felt intense pain, and its brows furrowed tightly together.
Then, under the gaze of Caitlin, Sonia, and other spectators.
It drew a nearly hundred-meter arc in the high sky and fell heavily to the ground.
"Yay! Caitlin, you can go!"
Even Sonia, who gave up being a trainer, could see that Galarian Zapdos's stamina was already on its last legs.
It's perfect for Caitlin to go!
"Let's go back."
However, Su Sheng's words made Sonia's originally excited smile freeze on her face.
Wh, what's going on?
……
……
On the way back to the homestay, Sonia, holding Pikachu, couldn't help but ask: "Professor, why didn't you let Caitlin make a move in the end?"
"Even if Caitlin catches Zapdos now, it won't listen to her commands. There's only a little over a week left until the Galar Champion Cup, there's no time."
Su Sheng said with a faint smile: "It has other uses."
Nessa glanced at Galarian Zapdos, who was still lying in the snow, and said worriedly: "Is it okay?"
"Don't worry, I've already given it medicine, and don't underestimate the physique of a Legendary Pokémon."
Except for a few special cases, most Legends are very resistant to beatings, not to mention Galarian Zapdos, who is a Fighting-type.
Back at the accommodation, Su Sheng had just put his hand on the doorknob to open the door.
Suddenly, everyone heard the sound of a dog barking "Woof~ Woof~".
"Zamazenta was attacked?"
Caitlin's face changed drastically.
When they went out today, Su Sheng specifically left Bewear behind to stay in the house with Zamazenta.
He called it fostering a relationship.
Hearing this slightly painful dog barking, Caitlin subconsciously suspected that Zamazenta had been attacked.
But... Zamazenta was attacked?
Although Zacian is stronger among the Sword and Shield siblings, Zamazenta's strength is also in the upper-middle level among the Legendary Pokémon.
Who could beat him so miserably?
With such doubts, Su Sheng pulled open the doorknob.
As soon as they entered the door, everyone saw... Zamazenta lying on his back, his eyes losing their luster, his tongue hanging out of his mouth, looking like he was broken.
Bewear was sitting on the Shield Dog, doing squats rhythmically.
The five people outside the door were unusually quiet, and even Su Sheng, who had lived for three lifetimes, didn't know what kind of expression to show.
Not to mention the three innocent young girls behind him.
Noticing that Zamazenta below didn't respond, Bewear slapped him in the face with a "Pa!", and scolded fiercely with a "Don-oh!".
At this moment, a girl's voice echoed in Su Sheng's mind:
[She said, 'Use some strength, damn it!' Mee~]
Su Sheng was silent for a long time, and said in a low voice: "You don't need to translate at this time..."
"Don-oh?"
At this moment, Bewear noticed Su Sheng and the others at the door.
Oops, I forgot to open Observation Haki.
"Sorry, we came at a bad time."
Su Sheng closed the door awkwardly.
……
Everyone returned to the homestay lobby on the first floor, secretly praying that the Shield King could survive.
The atmosphere was very awkward. After holding it back for a long time, Nessa couldn't help but take the initiative to start a topic:
"Sonia, are you really not participating in this year's Champion Cup?"
"Yeah, I don't want to do it anymore."
When this topic was mentioned, Sonia, who was in charge of the atmosphere in this temporary team, rarely showed a sad look, resting her chin on "Pikachu's" head, and a few shadows appeared on her pretty face.
She hadn't won a good ranking in the competition for several years in a row, and coupled with Poplar's sentence "There hasn't been much growth compared to last year" when she challenged the Ballonlea Gym before, it completely overwhelmed Sonia.
But what hurt Sonia the most was her childhood friend who was throwing her further and further away.
When Sonia went to Rose with the video before, Sonia happened to hear from Rose that Mustard had learned a new trick from Su Sheng.
When Mustard masters that trick and passes it on to his disciple Leon, Leon's strength will be even higher.
It sprinkled salt on Sonia's injured heart.
"Leon was able to take the position in his debut year, there were a lot of coincidental factors, you don't need to take it so seriously."
Su Sheng, who was making pulp, raised his head slightly and said:
"At that time, Rose and his champion brother had a lot of differences. To a large extent, Peony abdicated voluntarily."
Now, the Galar League's Elite Four-level trainers are only Kabu and Piers, who are the same age as Leon.
Neither of them were Leon's opponents back then.
And the older generation at that time, except for the former champion, Rose's brother Peony, let alone other Champion-level trainers, there wasn't even a single Elite Four-level trainer.
Leon actually encountered a good era.
After Peony's older brother Rose took over as chairman,
the brothers' conflicts increased day by day.
Plus, he had a daughter, so Peony didn't want to be a champion even more.
Coincidentally, Leon, a junior with both personality and strength, rose up.
Peony almost pushed the boat and gave up the champion's throne.
"Thank you for your comfort, but I really can't catch up with Leon."
Sonia smiled bitterly.
Leon becoming the champion in one year does have some luck factors.
But the bigger factor is strength.
Otherwise, even if Peony didn't want to do it, the champion's position wouldn't be his turn.
"By the way, Professor, are you... making paper?"
Sonia noticed that Su Sheng was hitting the nail clippings he got from Galarian Zapdos into the pulp, and then let Fairy Altaria spit out a weak hot wind to dry it. Finally, the white pulp turned into a palm-sized piece of paper.
"Yes."
Su Sheng put the paper on the table.
The three girls were surprised to find that without external force, the paper was moving little by little to the south.
"Life Card, its effect is..."
Itsuki played the role of commentator and explained the function of the Life Card to the three girls.
"What an amazing invention!"
Sonia exclaimed.
As long as you get the other party's nail clippings and make a Life Card, you can lock the other party's location and life status.
This is too convenient.
In other words, as long as you create a Life Card, you can find him even if the other party hides to the ends of the earth?
If it is used to catch Pokémon...
"Okay, Caitlin, the Life Card of Zapdos is for you."
Su Sheng handed the Life Card to Caitlin, "Go catch it, rely on yourself."
Caitlin immediately understood what Su Sheng meant.
"I'm going now!"
Caitlin took the Life Card and jumped up from her seat impatiently and ran out.
There are less than ten days left until this year's Galar Champion Cup.
She wants to make a final sprint in this final stage!
Sonia and Nessa looked out through the window.
Vaguely, they could see two figures chasing each other back and forth on the Bounding Snowfield in the south.
They could even faintly hear Caitlin shouting "I will definitely catch you!", "I won't give up!", and other shouts.
"Did Caitlin forget that the Champion Cup is her Pokémon fighting, not her going up to fight herself?"
Sonia complained.
But Sonia then remembered something.
It seems that the rules of the Galar Champion Cup do not prohibit the trainer from playing in person, right?
If Rose knew what Sonia was thinking, he would definitely be speechless.
Who the hell would specially make such a rule?
It's like in "The New Prince of Tennis", there is a person who holds a racket in each hand to play, and the people around him ask, doesn't this violate the rules?
That person said, "The rules of tennis don't say that you can't play with two rackets."
If the inventor of tennis knew about this, he would definitely not be able to help but curse.
When I invented tennis, I never thought that there would be such a heaven-defying person like you who uses two rackets!
Su Sheng looked at the ceiling, "There's no movement, it's almost over, right?"
Hearing this, Sonia and Nessa remembered the scene they had just seen, and their pretty faces couldn't help but blush.
Sorry, this chapter has fewer words, because I had something to do this morning and came back very late. There will be updates tonight, please understand.
