He knows Pokémon better than me.

The next day, at the seaside viewing platform next to the lighthouse in Shuizhou Town, in front of two strange bronze statues of vibrato salamanders.

"World Championship Super Ball Ranked Match: Ibaraki-Douji, ranked 380th, versus Ash, ranked 530th! Both players can use two Pokémon! Now, please send out your first Pokémon, Roto!"

At that moment, the Rotom drone hovered in mid-air, issuing a loud announcement.

Since he had come all the way to Waterport Town, Ash naturally took the opportunity to search for nearby World Championship opponents, and he actually managed to find a suitable match.

Opposite him was a trainer carrying a rock guitar and dressed in a very punk style.

Of course, their style and appearance are completely different from the Shouts team; they are dressed in a proper rock style.

"Hmph, I need to step up my game; I can't lose face in front of my goddess!"

Den-Izu encouraged himself, glancing occasionally at Lurina, the owner of the Water Boat Arena, who was dressed in casual clothes beside him.

It's strange, how come Miss Lulina has so much time to come here and watch the match?

Seeing that his opponent had already released his Pokémon, Ash pointed his finger and shouted:

"It's you I choose! Doronmesia!!"

The little dragon on the shoulder was stunned for a while, but when it saw Ash looking at it with encouraging eyes, it perked up and immediately flew up.

Since it was his first time participating in a match, Dorgonmesia was a little nervous.

"Messi!"

Especially since the opponent was a particularly ferocious-looking creature with blood-red eyes and a protruding tongue—

A straight-charging bear resembling Galar.

"Super Ball level still using this kind of baby? They underestimate us! Charge Bear, take it down in one go, use its bite!!"

Electric Ci launched the first attack, charging straight at Xiong, who immediately grinned and ran across the wooden floor of the observation deck, his mouth bulging as he condensed energy teeth.

For such young ghost Pokémon, a single bite is enough to decide the winner.

"Dorummesia, remember last night's training: use electromagnetic waves!!"

However, the evolved Dragapult is extremely fast, and even before it has evolved, the young Dragapult is fast enough to fight.

Whoosh!

With agile movements, it swam through the air, dodging bites and flashing to the back of the bear that was charging straight at it.

With a flick of her hand, an electric current burst forth and struck, instantly causing the charging bear to convulse and freeze in place.

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"Come back, Doronmesia!"

Ash decisively recalled, and Dragapult immediately darted back to Ash without looking back.

Unfortunately, Dorronmesia is still lacking in all aspects except for speed.

Super-class opponents are actually quite skilled; they're not so easy to deal with.

Well, it's just to let Duolong show his face and gain some experience points.

"And then there's you, Gildichthyosaurus!"

The next second, Ash sent out a fossil Pokémon, whose bizarre, Frankenstein-like appearance even surprised Ibaraki-Douji.

"Is this a Water-type fossil Pokémon?!"

Lulina's eyes lit up. She had already heard online that among the fossil Pokémon native to Galar, there were two Water-type Pokémon.

Her cheeks flushed—and I must say, it was quite cute.

At this moment, the straight-rushing bear is paralyzed and its speed is greatly reduced, which is the comfort zone of the gill ichthyosaur.

"Ichthyosaur, bite with your gills!!"

The Gill-Dragon immediately charged forward, its gaping maw far larger than that of the charging bear, condensing into a massive, azure-blue energy tooth. Clang!
The jaws bit first, striking the opponent, and as the bear screamed, a burst of water vapor exploded from its body.

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Its power far surpasses that of the Big Bang!
As the mist fell, Straight Bear collapsed on the spot, completely unconscious, and even owed Gilling Dragon two lives!

"This power!"

Even Lulina, a water-attribute expert, couldn't help but gape in astonishment.

This fossil Pokémon, like her Drednaw, has the Strong ability, but its power seems ridiculously high.

Moreover, this ultimate move seems to have absolutely no counter-damage or other side effects?
"Bea, bea~!!"

The gill harpy even excitedly waved its webbed "little hands" in place, without any effect.

It's like using a waterfall attack, but only a moderately powerful move.
Lulina looked confused. "Hmm, I'll ask her after the match."

She was also tempted. How could there be such an adorable Water-type Pokémon as Dracovish?!
Denji scratched his head and recalled his Ursaring. On the other side, Ash followed suit and switched back to Dragapult, wanting to "gain experience points" again.

"Damn it, this is a serious competition!! How dare they underestimate me!!"

Denji angrily threw out a second Poké Ball, and this time, as soon as it appeared, a burst of exciting electric guitar music rang out.

Xiao Zhi couldn't help but turn his head and look at the two bronze statues next to him.

The use of a tremolo salamander in front of the tremolo salamander statue is quite fitting.

Before me was a low-key-looking tremolo salamander with deep purple skin, a pale blue belly and abdomen, and pale blue lightning bolts erupting from its head.

This one is clearly a much higher level than the Ursaring, and the Thunder Wave is ineffective, so Ash decides to switch.

"Come back, Doronmesia!"

He didn't want to lower his intimacy with Xiao Duolong.

However, Dianci persisted, daring to steal experience points; then he could forget about returning normally. He immediately shouted:

"It's not that simple! Trembling Salamander, use your follow-up attack!!"

The Toxtricity gathered black and red light in its palm and slammed it down, capable of delivering a critical hit to the Pokémon that was about to be recalled.

Just as the pursuit was about to hit, Xiao Duolong also felt a sense of urgency.

"Messi!"

In that critical moment, as if suddenly enlightened, Xiao Duolong's body suddenly curled into a small, flexible, gray-green ball.

Avoiding its opponent's pursuit, the gray-green ball hit Toxtricity's face instead, then bounced suddenly toward Ash, finally landing steadily on the latter's shoulder.

"They've learned how to make rapid turns?!"

Xiao Zhi immediately realized what was going on, and his eyes lit up.

This is god-tier in battle, especially for the young Doron.

It'll be much easier to get into the game and gain experience!

boom!
Of course, at the same time, the Poké Ball on his waist popped open automatically, and Dracovish reappeared.

"Damn it, it got away!"

Dianzi was somewhat annoyed and could only focus on what was in front of him.

The trembling salamander had already sensed the danger of its opponent this time. Its hand subconsciously plucked the guitar pick on its chest, and blue lightning burst from its entire body, entering battle mode.

"Aww~!!"

On the other side, although the Gillfish Dragon still had a憨厚 (honest and simple) expression, a layer of mist had already formed at the corners of its mouth, ready to unleash its gill bite technique at any moment! (End of this chapter)