Elf: Re-employment of retired champion of Padiya

Chapter 777 Who taught you to play with Chansey like that!?
A Zubat is using ultrasound to suppress a trainer's Sonic Bomb.

For a Pokémon like Krillin, ultrasonic waves, which are neither pleasant to the ear nor have any melody or emotion, are just pure noise.

Enveloped in such noise, it couldn't even think, and could only painfully cover its hearing, unable to receive even the trainer's commands.

Meanwhile, a skunk puffed up its tail and pointed its rear end at the cricket's face.

This action should be familiar to most people in the Sinnoh region.

For skunks, which are very common in the wild, making such a move means that they are about to spray a foul-smelling liquid that can suffocate people.

Once you get your hands on this foul liquid, the stench, which is only slightly less intense than the stench of the pollen of the Gloomy flower, will last for at least 24 hours.

This can be described as a double blow, both mentally and physically.

Not to mention that if the skunk wanted to, it could even mix its own toxins into it.

A wild, enthusiastic trainer, who also noticed this, tried to alert the Snorkel by sound, but the Snorkel, whose hearing was blocked, couldn't hear his shouts at all.

This left him only able to glare angrily at the Galactic Team soldier with the sinister smile who was pulling dirty tricks, and he could only look around, searching for a way out or help.

However, the other wild trainers around him were in similar situations, or even more dangerous ones.

It wasn't just the difference in strength, but also the stark difference in their principles that made these trainers no match for the Galactic Team's guys who could use any move.

Just as the trainer of the Krill gritted his teeth, preparing to rush forward and use his body to shield the Krill from the skunk's brewing stench,

Amidst the chaotic battle of Pokémon, the Galaxy Team, who had already gained an overwhelming advantage, suddenly heard the sound of something falling through the air above their heads.

Rumbling--

Despite lacking sight, the Zubat gains extraordinary sensory abilities and instinctively raises its head, firing ultrasonic waves from its mouth that reveals four sharp teeth.

Then, through the reflection of ultrasound waves, it detected that an object was falling from above.

Without needing a trainer's command, Zubat instinctively tries to dodge.

But whether it was fate playing tricks or not, the stench emanating from the skunk's about-to-spray liquid caused the supersonic bat, whose sense of smell was otherwise excellent (besides sight), to go blank for a moment and freeze in motion for a second.

This mistake wouldn't have been fatal, but it was precisely that one second of gap that left Zubat completely unable to avoid the falling rocks.

The supersonic bat's already tightly closed eyes shrank even more.

But in the next instant, when the rock crashed down on its head, the supersonic bat's flight posture only swayed slightly, showing no signs of serious injury whatsoever.

At that moment, several conspicuous question marks seemed to appear on its head.

—Why doesn't it hurt at all?
Upon seeing this, the Galactic Team soldier, who had initially looked rather sour, burst out laughing.

"Hahahaha, you were just acting so arrogant, I thought you were going to do something amazing, but this is all you've got?"

"You'd better just go back to the back and honestly work in logistics!"

Several Galactic soldiers around him also burst into laughter.

When Shizuka suddenly appeared and made those bold statements, they thought that this Miss Joy really had some ability. What if she pulled out a legendary dragon-type Pokémon? Wouldn't they be furious?
The people who heard her speak were a little nervous.

And that's it?

Was that soft, gentle rockfall meant to amuse them?
On the trainer's defensive line, several trainers, some of whom were covered in dirt, were trying to persuade Shizuka to go back to the back.

Because of Nurse Joy's consistently good reputation among all trainers, and because the trainers who stand up at this time are mostly the kind-hearted type.

Even though the situation was urgent, they remained very polite to Shizuka and didn't say anything like, "Don't come here and make things worse at a time like this," thus shifting their burden onto others.

Shizuka was also somewhat helpless at this moment.

To be honest, she had originally planned to make a dazzling entrance and turn the tide.

That "rockfall" was the "first bullet" she fired.

After all, among the tactics that Shizuka learned from Luo Mu, such as "Toxic," they were mostly ineffective or even completely useless against those Poison-type Pokémon.

The only thing that can turn the tide of battle is the simple and unpretentious "Rock Slide," which is born from Chansey's "Heavenly Grace" ability.

However, Chansey's usual good luck ran out at this moment.

Leaving aside the Rock Slide that was dodged by other Team Galactic Pokémon.

The shot that hit the Zubat happened to have a very low probability of not triggering "Cooldown", which was quite awkward.

The only consolation is that the skunk, in order to avoid the rockfall, chose not to spray its foul liquid and actively avoided it, so the speaker cricket was also safe and sound.

But this is only one corner of the chaotic Pokémon Center lobby.

The situation remains very urgent.

Shizuka, who had shed her former hesitation at Orange Academy, did not back down due to the "pressure" from those around her, but instead shouted again without hesitation.

"Chantrychnoid, use Rock Slide again!"

"lucky!"

Seeing Shizuka's growth, Chansey, the true trainer, smiled with satisfaction and, like a conductor of an orchestra, began to twirl his fingers.

This time it went all out, doubling the size of the rockfall.

A massive rockfall descended from the sky.

Despite its seemingly terrifying momentum and the fact that the attack range was controlled by Chansey, accurately covering Team Galactic's Pokémon.

However, under the orders of Team Galactic's soldiers, even Pokémon that instinctively intended to avoid the rockfall chose to continue fighting and directly withstand the rockfall.

The Team Galactic soldiers had all witnessed Zubat being hit by Rock Slide.

Although they were not highly educated, they were still aware that Zubat was not well-suited to Rock-type moves.

Even Zubat didn't react much, so why would your Pokémon just casually take a Rock Slide head-on?
To the astonishment of Shizuka and Chansey, a rockfall occurred, instantly hitting over a dozen Team Galactic Pokémon.

Compared to the previous single, extremely low-probability sample, this time—

Today, Chansey's chance of triggering "Coward" with Rock Slide has skyrocketed from 0% to over 90%!

At that moment, the trainers who were putting up a stubborn resistance witnessed this astonishing scene.

The Team Galactic Pokémon, which had just been rampaging, froze in place as if a pause button had been pressed.

Although they didn't understand what had happened, the trainers, who had finally glimpsed a ray of hope, immediately and without hesitation commanded their Pokémon to launch a counterattack.

The Galaxy team's previously advantageous position was suddenly reversed.

Some of the Galactic Team's minions even found themselves in crisis, their previously steady advance suddenly thrown into chaos.

Even Shizuka didn't expect it.

It was just an unexpected mishap that, by a twist of fate, brought her such a great result. But she knew it wasn't time to celebrate yet, and was about to tell Chansey to prepare its third Rock Slide when...

Behind her, the voices of two of Joey's colleagues rang out.

"Chicago, let's rockfall too!"

Although the two voices were slightly unsure of themselves, the change in the battle situation brought about by Shizuka undoubtedly greatly inspired them, leading them to make changes.

Perhaps the training results that Shizuka brings, which seem strange or even unproductive to them, can truly shine brightly at certain moments?
Before the Team Galactic soldiers' Pokémon could recover from their "cowardly" state, the second and third waves of rockfalls followed one after another.

The rocks crashing down were like raindrops, but their power was not great; in fact, they did not hinder their battle at all.

At most, it's like being walking down the street and having a chimpanzee next to you, soaking in a hot spring, throw a banana peel at your head.

But their alternating states of "shrinking back" and "not shrinking back" were incredibly disgusting.

The battle rhythm was completely disrupted, and the Pokémon of those wild trainers who had just been dominating them even turned the tables on them.

A group of Galaxy Team members also felt as if they had taken X.

No way, who taught you to play with Chansey like that?!

A wet nurse should act like a wet nurse and stay in the back to provide support!
What kind of behavior is it to come to the front and disgust people like that!
With the activity of three Chanseys, all of which have the "Serene Grace" ability, the morale of wild trainers soared, and they actually managed to reclaim the space they had just vacated.

They were just one step away from pushing Team Galactic out of the Pokémon Center.

At this moment, the team leader of Team Galactic, who hadn't made a move yet but had been standing behind his teammates like a watchdog with his Pokémon by his side, smiled.

"Hehe, the additional effect of rockfall is indeed a rather novel tactic."

"but--"

"In the face of absolute speed and power, so-called tactics are useless."

As he waved his arm, the weasel licking its paws beside him twitched.

A phantom figure darted through the chaotic battle of Pokémon, yet none of them noticed its movements, only feeling a gentle breeze brush past them.

Chansey, which was unleashing "Rock Slide", suddenly sensed the impending danger and stopped the attack without hesitation, instead erecting a pale green Protect barrier.

Although I wore an Evolution Stone to increase my tankiness, I am ultimately not good at physical defense.

If you are hit head-on by a physical attack, even if you can hold on with your stamina bar, the battle that has finally stabilized will collapse immediately.

To Chansey's surprise, the attacking Weavile, like the most experienced hunter on the ice field, realized that it had activated "Protect" and determined that it could not be breached in a short time. Without hesitation, it turned its gun on another unsuspecting Chansey next to it.

Shizuka's Chansey wanted to help, but it realized that opening "Protect" was already the limit of its speed.

No amount of manipulation is something this egg, which can bounce like a ball, can accomplish.

Chansey could only watch helplessly as the Weavile slammed its kin to the ground with a single claw and then retreated without a second thought.

It's really not very good at dealing with opponents who have the advantage in speed.

Hearing the young Joey's exclamation, the Team Galactic squad leader became even more smug and shouted to his men, "That's not all! If we stop the rocks in advance, we won't be affected!"

As he spoke, he had his tank skunk demonstrate, using a "Venom Impact" to directly corrode a "Rock Slide" rock that was about to fall on the head of a bad frog.

"It's not good to linger too long. Send some people to deal with the rockfall, and the rest of you, come with me to quickly suppress these stubborn resisters!"

Under the orderly command of the squad leader, Team Galactic pressed forward again.

If that's all, it's not a big deal; at worst, we can just go back to a tug-of-war.

In retrospect, the longer it drags on, the more advantageous it is for them.

But at this very moment, amidst the chaotic battlefield in the hall, the three Pokémon belonging to the team leader of Team Galactic suddenly unleashed their full power.

Weavile, Tank Skunk, and Toxicroak were like tigers among sheep; the trainers' Pokémon were no match for them.

Fortunately, the things that Shizuka had just instructed the medical assistant to secretly bring from the back warehouse had also arrived.

Those were her remaining four Poké Balls.

Since she only needed Chansey for work, she put the Poké Ball in the treatment equipment at the Pokémon Center so that her Pokémon could relax during her free time.

But I never expected this sudden situation to happen.

"Polygon II, Venusaur, Skarmory, Quagsire, I'm counting on you!"

Protecting her comrades and the wounded Chansey, Shizuka kept a close eye on Weavile, which was wandering around the battlefield and seemed to be eyeing this place again. She then threw out the four Poké Balls in her hand and joined the battle as a trainer.

The team leader's Pokémon were indeed very powerful, and even with her strength, it would be difficult for her to win.

But none of this matters.

She may not be the strongest trainer, but coincidentally, her greatest strength is defense.

If she can hold on a little longer, reinforcements will surely arrive.

"Ha, just putting up a last-ditch resistance."

The team leader of Team Galactic sneered and commanded his three Pokémon to charge at the defensive line set up by Shizuka.

The more he fought, the deeper his brow furrowed.

Finally, he couldn't hold back any longer and yelled, "Don't you know any other tricks besides defense?"

Shizuka ignored him and instead looked up at the sky.

There was a figure swooping down.

In fact, only a few minutes have passed since Team Galactic invaded.

Even if support responded immediately, they probably wouldn't have arrived by now.

So, the trainers who came after hearing the commotion were either other trainers or other members of Team Galactic?
The subsequent speculation was the worst news for them, but Shizuka simply took a deep breath and her gaze remained firm.

No matter what, she will protect this place.

Fortunately, Lady Luck was on her side.

A strong gust of wind swept by, and an aura of predators from ancient times immediately enveloped the area.

A somewhat familiar male voice, but without the previous flippancy, rang out from the back of the fossil pterosaur that had entered the battlefield.

"Miss Joey, I'm late in escorting you!!!"

Accompanying this was a not-so-loud "deli" sound.

Seeing the gray-white pterosaur figure and hearing the familiar cry that followed, Shizuka finally breathed a sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)