Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 489 Piplup: Such a Water-type Trainer, huh?

In the incredible maze, all sorts of strange events occasionally occur, and this time Link encounters a replicant monster house.

Since the energy required for replication is provided by the world (spacetime distortion) itself, it is possible to create something with almost identical performance to the original, except that it lacks rationality.

If a trainer like Link, who has trained extremely powerful Pokémon, were to encounter this, it would be an absolute dead end.

Mazes are random!

Even if you're invincible, you might still fall into a trap and have your items stolen by the enemy, or have everything in your backpack soiled or sealed away by a curse...

However, the variety of tools also gave Link the confidence to move forward boldly.

The moment he realized he had entered a monster house, he immediately rummaged through his bag and pulled out his countermeasures—

First, there's the Double-Edged Jade, which causes all enemies in the current dungeon room to be instantly reduced to a state of barely 1 HP due to spacetime distortion!
Secondly, there's the Invincible Orb, which puts all the Pokémon in the team into Protect mode!
Finally, your own Pokémon finishes off the enemy with AOE moves like "Heat Wave"!

In the blink of an eye, Link and the elves, having prepared a countermeasure while the monster house was generating elves, blew up all of their clones at once, leaving Piplup watching in bewilderment and awe.

How did a whole bunch of elves suddenly appear?

How come they were all instantly killed?
Is this a battle that a novice penguin like it should be able to engage in?

After wiping out his own team's clones using a mechanism that only works within the maze, Link collapsed onto the floor, exhausted.

The Double-Edged Sword has a powerful effect, but powerful cards often come with huge side effects.

This is a powerful item that can reduce all enemies in the room to only 1 HP, and since the strength of a spirit is linked to its HP, its combat power is practically negligible.

Its major side effect is that it halves your own stamina for every enemy you affect!

Link just affected dozens of Pokémon at once, and now he's basically out of stamina.

But halving it still results in 1, so while the side effects are significant, they are not fatal...

"Going into the maze is still so dangerous; it's too easy to crash if you're not careful."

"Boni?"

Can you still walk? Let's call out Arcanine.

Link hesitated for a moment, then decided to let it go this time. The terrain was really not conducive to its performance, and it would be difficult to run in such a place.

He ate a pomelo and casually created a "water ring" around himself to slowly recover.

"Boga?"

Bogarman could hardly believe what he was seeing.

It blinked hard and then rubbed its big eyes with its wings.

The "Water Ring" is still on the trainer's body.

"Poga Poga—!!!"

For Piplup, the sight of a trainer using a Water-type move was even more shocking than before.

Even it doesn't have a "water circulation" effect!

"It's not that humans can use moves. Learning moves or theories can help you better train the corresponding Pokémon."

Even so, Pogaman's eyes were still filled with confusion, and he found it difficult to accept the reality he was seeing.

Everything it experienced after emerging from the Poké Ball was too magical.

Could it be that the knowledge I was taught at the breeding base and Yamanashi Research Institute was wrong, and that humans outside not only don't need Pokémon's protection, but can also use moves to fight?
"This matter is rather complicated, let's talk about it when we get back." The trainer who was caught up in this situation has not yet been found, and it's time to set off after a short rest.

Once they destroyed the haunted house of clones, the maze formed by the haunted house, which wasn't particularly difficult, was no longer a threat. They even occasionally encountered a few Candle Spirits that Piplup could handle.

Before long, they spotted the green-clad trainer Yami and Cheese Egg eating and drinking heartily at a table in what appeared to be a living room of the haunted house.

However, despite their actions, expressions, demeanor, and postures indicating that they were enjoying delicious food, the table in front of them, covered in cobwebs and dust, was empty, without even a plate.

"Wake up, you've been hypnotized."

Before the words were finished, the sudden change brought the man and the egg back to their senses, and they stopped their pantomime.

Awakening from hypnosis, Yami was still not fully conscious. Her face was flushed (as if she had eaten spicy food in her hallucination) as she looked at Link and the elf beside her, her eyes filled with a wise yet confused expression.

However, she immediately realized that she had just enjoyed a feast served by who-knows-who in the maze without even the slightest suspicion!

Yami looked around. The room was no longer decorated with carved beams and painted pillars; it was practically a haunted house that had been abandoned for decades!
"Thank you for saving me!"

When Yami came to her senses, wasn't this Kobayashi, the former champion of the Kanto and Hoenn regions?
"It's good that you're alright. If you don't have any Pokémon you want to catch or any items you want to collect, come out with me."

Upon hearing this, Yami shook her head repeatedly; she didn't want to stay in this eerie place for even a second longer.

not to mention.

Her preference for Pokémon—high-HP Pokémon—is also evident from the Pokémon she carries (Wobbuffet, Wailord, Tabucha, Hammerlocke, and Blissey).

There are almost no elves in this spacetime distortion that can meet her requirements.

So the two of them retraced the route Link had taken, thus escaping the sudden time distortion.

It was still midnight outside. According to the monitoring of the Pokémon Machine, no other trainers or Pokémon had entered unexpectedly or on their own initiative since they entered.

However, to avoid any accidents, Link needs to stay here for a while longer.

"That's the basic situation. The Hundred Generations Forest shouldn't be too dangerous for you. Even though it's nighttime, you should be able to get out safely as long as you're careful."

"Thank you. I'll head back to Baidai City right away. If I see anyone on the way who wants to come to Mori Mansion, I'll advise them to leave as soon as possible."

Yami didn't linger. After thanking them again, she left the mansion with the Lucky Egg.

It was only then that Bogarman finally had the opportunity to get to know himself better, this somewhat strange trainer.

"Boga?"

"Yeah, you can hear some of the outside sounds when you're in your Poké Ball, right? Professor Yamanashi said I'm pretty good with Water-type Pokémon, didn't he?"

In a sense, Link is indeed a water expert; he is super-powerful with water.

The half-month-old Pogaman looks like a meme of the universe, a cat, and confusion.

The idea that Professor Yamanashi is good at Water-type moves, the idea that trainers are good at Water-type moves, and the idea that he is good at Water-type moves are probably different, right?
So, besides "Water Ring", can trainers use other Water-type moves?

"Well..."

Lin Ke seemed to be deep in thought, carefully recalling what he had learned.

Really a lot.

So he demonstrated to the new members of the team his research on moves and his professional training techniques for sparring with Pokémon.

(End of this chapter)