Pokémon: This trainer is too wild!

Chapter 611 Mammon's Initial Spirit! Old Deng, I'll upgrade your strength!

The second match of the semifinals began as scheduled.

On the battlefield, Mammon and Sakaki stood facing each other, and the referee entered the arena to announce the rules of the match.

On the big screen, the pointer representing the order of play began to rotate, and soon it stopped on Mammon's side.

"Holy crap! Mammon boss versus Mr. Giovanni, is this a match I can even watch?"

Do you think Mr. Sakaki has a chance to defeat the boss?

"Apollo, are you dreaming? Mr. Sakaki has no chance of winning!"

In the audience, Chakra sneered and mocked Apollo.

Chakra's opinion of Giovanni wasn't particularly good, after all, when Giovanni was still in power, he actually transferred him to Johto.

To put it nicely, it's like sending him out to expand the Rockets' territory; to put it bluntly, it's just transferring him away from the center of power.
In what way is his chakra inferior to Apollo's?
Therefore, Chakra has always harbored some resentment towards Sakaki.

Furthermore, Chakra always felt that Giovanni was too conservative, unlike Mammon, who was flamboyant, high-profile, and arrogant. Chakra really liked this kind of leader!

Chakra, with his diminutive frame, held aloft a support sign that read, "Mammon boss is invincible! Charge!"

Sachi scoffed at Chakra's ingratiating behavior, finding it utterly pathetic.

Unlike her, who brought a small megaphone.

"Go, boss! You're the strongest!"

Sachi shouted wildly through a megaphone.

Chakra and the others stared at Sachi in disbelief. "Damn, you can do that? Aren't you afraid of getting kicked out by security?"
"Sigh, this kind of match is the last thing I want to see."

Apollo, dressed in a smart white uniform, looked at the two men on the field with a troubled expression.

One is the former boss, and the other is the current boss. The loyal Mr. Apollo is in a real dilemma. He doesn't know who to cheer for.

"Calm down, it's just a civil war within the boss's family anyway, so it doesn't matter."

Lance leaned back lazily in his chair, holding his beloved Fiona and speaking in a languid manner.

He thought Apollo was really making trouble for himself; the final four were basically just the boss's family playing by themselves, and...

How could Giovanni possibly defeat Mammon?
"But this father-son match is really interesting. Do you think the boss will be able to shut out Mr. Sakaki?"

Lance's eyes darted around, and he grinned as he asked Apollo and the others.

"A clean sheet? That shouldn't be the case..." Athena paused, then replied hesitantly.

"It's impossible to shut out him completely. Mr. Sakaki is still very strong, and they are father and son after all. The boss shouldn't use too powerful a legendary weapon."

Apollo said with certainty.

"Tch, Mr. Sakaki is indeed quite strong, but how can he fight the boss head-on? I think he'll definitely get a shutout!" Chakra interjected.

"Let's bet some merit points then. I'll bet 2000 on bosses 1-6, Mr. Sakaki." Lance smiled and immediately opened the betting.

"3000 merits! The boss was shut out in one fell swoop!" Chakra waved his short hand, his heroic spirit soaring to the heavens.

“I’m betting 2000 on boss 2-6. I’m sure the boss will give Mr. Sakaki some face.” Lt. Surge grinned and joined in as well.

"childish."

On the side, Naz looked indifferent, thinking that her colleagues were too idle, and that such valuable merits were not being used in this way.
"I bet 2000 on bosses 1-6!"

A deep voice sounded; it was A-Ju.

Nazi looked at Aju in astonishment. She hadn't expected that Aju, who was always calm and low-key, would actually gamble.

“…Recently, Ah Xing has wanted a Poison Baby.” Ah Ju noticed Na Zi’s gaze, coughed lightly, and turned her head to reply.

There was no other way; it was due to family reasons.

……

On the field.

"What great luck, Dad, we really ran into you again."

The Poké Ball spun on his fingertip, and Mammon smiled broadly as he looked at Giovanni and spoke slowly.

"This is the second time we've had such a formal match, isn't it?"

Mammon recalled that, to be honest, not counting staged matches, he and Giovanni had never really had a proper fight.

Only when Mammon had just set off on his journey, collected all the badges, and returned to the Viridian Gym did he have a battle with Giovanni.

This is what Giovanni had mentioned to Tama and the others before.

However, at that time, Mammon's main force was not at full strength, so it was not actually a full-scale battle.

"Hehe, not bad." Sakaki's lips unconsciously curled up as he looked at the handsome young man opposite him, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

"Mammon, let me experience your power properly this time. Don't hold back."

"Oh? Dad, you'll lose badly if you do that."

Mammon's lips curved into a more pronounced arc.

"Who do you think I am?" Sakaki chuckled lightly, straightening his expensive black suit.

"I am Giovanni, the Kanto Champion Giovanni!"

"I see."

Mammon thought for a moment and then put the Misdreavus Poké Ball back into his pocket.

"In that case, let's increase the intensity for Dad."

Mammon took out another Poké Ball, which enlarged in his hand.

"This is the deepest love I, as a son, have for my father."

"This was my first Pokémon!"

Mammon's lips curled into a smile as he tossed his first Poké Ball with a backhand motion.

The Poké Ball opened in mid-air, white light landed, and a black shadow appeared.

"Jie Jie Jie~"

A sinister laugh rang out, and from the black shadows, a gray-black Gengar gradually took shape with an evil grin.

Looking at the shiny Gengar, Giovanni couldn't help but raise an eyebrow slightly.

"Old Deng, you're familiar with this kid, aren't you? This is the first Pokémon you ever gave me."

Mammon caught the rebounding Poké Ball and said with a smile.

"Jie Jie~"

Shiny Gengar recognized Giovanni, and its smile grew even more sinister, but its actions were incredibly cute and endearing as it raised its little arms to greet Giovanni.

Sakaki chuckled softly twice.

"This Gengar..." Cynthia looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar shiny Gengar, and her thoughts instantly flew back to the Alola region where she first met Mammon.

At that moment, she sensed the power of this Gengar.

But we haven't seen Mammon use Shiny Gengar in battle since.

"It's Gengar! Mammon seems to really value this battle with Uncle Giovanni." Cattleya blinked her beautiful eyes and couldn't help but whisper.

Even though she had been with Mammon for so long, she had never actually seen Mammon use Gengar in battle.

But Cattleya knew that Mammon's shiny Gengar was extremely powerful!

This is Mammon's original spirit.

On the field, Mammon raised his arm, the keystone on his wrist gleaming.

"Gengar."

The Mega Stones on Gengar resonated with each other, and chains of Mega Evolution energy extended out and connected in mid-air.

mega evolution!

The light of evolution shone brightly, and when the dazzling light faded, a Mega Gengar spread its arms and stared at Giovanni with its eerie black eyes.

Wow!! It's white?!

In the audience, Ash stared in astonishment at Mega Gengar, whose body had turned completely white after Mega Evolution, creating a striking visual impact.

"That's a shiny Gengar?!" Xiaoxia immediately realized.

Because the regular Gengar is purplish-black while the shiny Gengar is grayish-black, the color difference is actually not that big, so you can easily miss it if you don't pay much attention.

But Mega Gengar is purplish-black, while this Mega Gengar is white, which is quite obvious, or rather, the difference is too great.

"It feels even more sinister now."

Ash shared his thoughts while taking out his Pokédex.

'Beep~ Mega Gengar, Shadow Pokémon'
Attributes: Ghost, Poison
It will take the life of everything, even its trainer, who is its master, is a target of its curses. (Mega Evolution)

Yes, I was right, Super Gengar is indeed very eerie.

After listening to the Pokédex's description, Ash couldn't help but look at the pale Mega Gengar on the field.

"Queen Nido".

After a moment's hesitation, Giovanni threw out his first Poké Ball.

Nidoran landed heavily in front of Giovanni. After Mega Evolution, Gengar's type remained unchanged.

To deal with Mega Gengar's troublesome Poison type, Giovanni used Nidoqueen, which is also a Poison type, to counter it.

As is well known, Poison-type Pokémon cannot be poisoned.

When Mammon returned to Viridian Gym for his 'graduation exam,' Giovanni suffered a great loss due to Gengar's poison type.

"Tsk~" Mammon clicked his tongue upon seeing this.

After seeing Nidoran, he roughly guessed Giovanni's thoughts, but the current Super Gengar was no longer the Gengar of the past.

"Gengar."

“Hehehe~!”

A strange light flashed in Mega Gengar's dark eyes, and two white, illusory ghost hands appeared in Nidoqueen's shadow, pressing down firmly.

Nido felt a deep chill, but he didn't know why.

Mega Gengar's ability: Shadow Tag!

Step on your opponent's shadow, preventing them from escaping or being retrieved.

"Then say hello, Gengar."

After completing his shadow-stepping, Mammon revealed a big smile.

"Shadow ball!"

Mega Gengar grinned wickedly as a dark shadow ball materialized in front of him and shot towards Nidoqueen like lightning.

"Sludge Wave," Sakaki decisively ordered.

This was something he had planned from the beginning: to test the strength of Super Gengar.

Mega Gengar was Mammon's starter Pokémon, and Mammon used to love Gengar, so Giovanni guessed that Mega Gengar must be very strong.

But we still need to test it out ourselves to find out the specifics.

After all, Mammon hadn't used Gengar in a battle for a very long time, so Gengar's strength was a mystery.

Nido let out a low growl, and deep purple venomous mud surged forth, sweeping towards the incoming Shadow Ball.

Poisonous Sludge Wave!

However, the moment the sludge wave collided with the shadow ball, it was directly destroyed by the shadow ball!
Yes, it crashed through directly; the mud wave couldn't stop the shadow ball at all.

The Shadow Ball, still carrying momentum, struck Nido directly.

With a deafening roar, Nido was sent flying backward and crashed heavily to the ground amidst the surging shockwave, letting out a painful growl.

"?"

Even Sakaki frowned at this moment. What the hell was the power of that Shadow Ball?!

"Frozen winds." Mammon's lips curled into a wide grin.

An icy blue halo lit up in front of Mega Gengar, and a gust of cold wind swept towards Nidoqueen.

It's incredibly fast!

At this moment, Nido had not even gotten up yet.

"Hold on!"

Nido endured the pain and raised his head. Green energy lit up in front of him, preparing to build a protective barrier.

But the freezing wind was too fast; it arrived before the Guardian could fully form and hit Nidoran directly.

The icy wind struck perfectly, scattering ice shards as the intense freezing air relentlessly eroded Nido's body, causing her to writhe in agony.

The Ice-type Frozen Wind is its counter!
Click click click~

The sickening freezing sound was incessant, and in the blink of an eye, Nido was frozen into an ice sculpture.

Under Sakaki's furrowed brow, the ice crystals on Nidoqueen's body shattered with a crisp sound. Amidst the scattered ice crystals, Nidoqueen's eyes spun around, and she collapsed limply to the ground.

"Nidoran lost its ability to battle, and Mega Gengar won."

The referee announced the result of the battle.

The whole place was in an uproar!

The Super Gengar, which hadn't moved an inch, had a wicked and arrogant smile.

Mammon chuckled as well, his hands in his pockets.

"..."

After recalling Nidoran, Giovanni stared silently at the Poké Ball in his hand.

Two moves, just two moves—a Shadow Ball and a Freeze Ray—and his main attacker, Nidoran, was down...

Giovanni looked at the Mega Gengar opposite him, his eyes gradually narrowing. The power of this Mega Gengar... was definitely beyond what a top champion could describe!

Damn it, this brat, he's really pushing it to the limit!!
(End of this chapter)