An abstract trainer who taught Charmander the Incinerate move

Chapter 166 The Ultimate Bond Technique: Dual Pistols Spin! (Heart-wrenching, I cried after reading it)
As the Poké Ball unleashed a burst of lightning, Gongping's spirit entered Ashui's consciousness space.

This place was no longer the desolate Warehouse No. 7, but a deep, damp darkness, like the end of the sewer where they had huddled countless times.

In the center of this swamp of consciousness, a thin, dull blue figure huddled—that was Ah Shui's most authentic appearance, his fur dull and his eyes vacant, as if all life had been drained away.

Gong Ping felt as if an invisible hand was gripping his heart tightly, the pain far worse than the blows he had just received.

His words, spoken as he staggered forward, fell like a heavy stone into the deathly silence of the space.

“Ah Shui… all these years… I’ve been a complete bastard! When I was hungry, I always thought about filling my own stomach first, letting you eat grass roots and tree bark… when we were being chased like stray dogs by the fast-paced gang, I would just run away with my head in my hands, using you as a shield behind me… even when I was obsessed with watching Liuli’s live stream, I never thought that you would want to watch it too…”

He choked up, his voice carrying a kind of absurd self-mockery.

"I'm sorry, I'm just a gutter rat with no parents and no friends. I was really happy to meet you in the sewers because I finally found someone like me. All these years, I've always considered you family and a friend..."

Gongping's fist slammed onto the void of consciousness, making no sound, yet it shook his own soul.

"You stayed with me through so many cold winters, starving until your stomach was practically touching your back, you suffered so much for me, and I took it all for granted! Ah Shui... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry... I..."

Huddled in the darkness, Ah Shui remained silent, like a cold stone.

Gongping's pain deepened, and he slumped down, overwhelmed by a wave of self-reproach.

"Yes... How could Ah Shui possibly forgive me? Look at what I've done all these years! I've been indulging in illusory light, leaving my true companions in the corner. In the deepest hell, it was it that kept me company while I did machine squats... It endured even more pain than I did! Because it didn't even have a dream to escape from! And me... I..."

He closed his eyes in pain.

"I'm a damned beast! I don't deserve forgiveness!"

Just as this boundless self-blame and despair were about to completely engulf him—

A calm, even slightly doubtful voice suddenly rang out in the darkness.

"Gongping?"

Ah Shui raised her head, her once dull eyes now filled with confusion.

"Why... are you telling me all this nonsense?"

Ah Shui's voice was somewhat weak, yet exceptionally clear, with the slightly nasal tone characteristic of otters.

"What's with all this talk about owing debts... or forgiving..."

Ah Shui struggled to support his forelimbs; though weak, his eyes were unusually determined.

“From the day you met me in the sewers, weren’t we partners scavenging for food in the gutter together? If you were hungry, I’d be hungry with you. If you got beaten, I’d get beaten with you. If you watched those messy live streams, I’d watch them with you…”

Its tone suddenly became resolute, carrying an unquestionable certainty.

"We're the perfect partners for sharing joys and sorrows! There's no need to say these things!"

Like a thunderclap exploding in Gongping's chaotic consciousness, all the gloom of self-pity was instantly dispelled by this roar!

He looked up abruptly and met Ah Shui's eyes, which burned with an indomitable flame.

A surge of scalding heat instantly welled up in his eyes, blurring his vision...

Ah Shui clenched his claws, his eyes filled with resentment, and roared loudly.

"Isn't what truly matters now taking back everything we've lost?! Gongping! Take me one more charge!!!"

"A water……"

Gong Ping's voice was choked with emotion, yet full of strength.

He didn't say any more words of thanks or apology.

A thousand words are conveyed in this tacit gaze.

Gong Ping's eyes were frighteningly calm, carrying a resolute determination that showed he was ready to die and give up everything.

At that moment, he trembled as he pulled out the toy gun that was more important to him than life itself.

Ah Shui's small body trembled as he looked at the toy gun handed to him!
Those eyes, which had just been burning with fighting spirit, were instantly filled with unbelievable shock!

"Gong...Gongping! Are you...are you crazy?! This...this is the only thing your parents left you! All these years! Those nights you couldn't get through! It was this that comforted you and helped you get through it..."

Ah Shui's voice was choked with sobs, filled with heartache and confusion.

"You...you're actually going to...give it to me?! You really..."

“Take it, Ah Shui.”

Gong Ping's voice remained calm, but beneath that calm lay a resolute determination to die for his cause.

“I know. If it’s just an ordinary ‘Double-Edged Pill,’ we can’t defeat those fully armed enemies outside with just those two shells, let alone save Mr. Mo Zhen!”

He looked directly into Ah Shui's eyes, and every word he spoke was firm and resolute.

"Only if you take it, evolve into that unique being, and comprehend the true power of rotation! Only then will we have a glimmer of hope! To save Mr. Mo Zhen, I am willing to sacrifice everything! Including... it!"

At this moment, Ah Shui completely understood the dark will in Gong Ping's eyes that was willing to destroy everything to protect, and the golden spirit that burned itself out for his beliefs!

Ah Shui didn't make a sound again.

Because it understands that any unnecessary words are a desecration of the enlightenment of the man in front of it!

It simply stretched out its trembling little paw and solemnly accepted the toy gun that carried all of Gongping's past, all his comfort, and even his current enlightenment!

"Ah Shui, catch the gun!"

boom--!
The moment Ah Shui's claws gripped the toy gun, a bond originating from the deepest part of his soul surged through his entire body like a supernova explosion!

That feeling was as if Gongping embodied his indomitable will despite his many hardships, his boundless yearning for the "sun," and his resolute courage to sacrifice everything...

Everything was poured into its soul through this little toy gun!
"Hmphh ...

A roar that resounded through the heavens and earth, seemingly capable of shattering the entire consciousness space and even the real warehouse, erupted from Ah Shui's mouth!

It was no longer a weak otter; it raised the toy gun it had received high, its posture as sacred as that of Ultraman's human form wielding a Spark Lens!
"Kyohira, if this is the only way to save us, then I... will evolve into this form!!!" The next moment, an extremely dazzling white light of evolution erupted, and the Gun Giant descended upon the world!

When the light faded, all the people still standing in the warehouse...

Whether it was the henchmen of the quick-gun team, the remnants of the poison smoke team, or Carbin, Gatling, Colt, the handsome guy, or even Akromma clutching his injured leg, they all seemed to have been collectively petrified, their eyes bulging out of their sockets!

The air seemed to freeze, leaving only the sound of gasps and a few suppressed retches.

The previously weakened blue otter was nowhere to be seen in the arena!
Instead, there stood a creature with legs planted upright, its body as straight as a spear, its blue and white fur gleaming with a metallic sheen, and its hands gripping two enormous pistols tightly... [Dual Pistol Maru]!
(The image below is for reference only; please use your imagination to determine the actual shape.)

Those two enormous spears replaced the original shell blades of the [Double-Edged Maru], and most importantly...

The design of one of the guns—the curved barrel, the peeling paint… it was clearly an enlarged version of the toy gun that Gongping had just handed over!
"vomit……!!!"

Carbin was the first to lose control and began to gag violently while holding onto the container next to him.

"This is insane! What the hell is this?! Akromar! Is this some kind of monster you created?!"

Colt's face turned as white as paper in an instant, his previous tyrannical demeanor vanished, and he pointed at the Twin Pistols, roaring at Akromma in a fit of rage.

"FUCK YOU! Akromar! What the hell did you do in this experiment?! You transformed this useless otter like this?! No way! I... I can't work with this lunatic anymore! This guy is a complete and utter psychopath!!"

Dr. Akromma was now completely insane.

His glasses were askew, his hair was disheveled, and he let out an even more piercing scream than when Gongping had generated electricity with the Poké Ball earlier.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!! This...this doesn't conform to Darwin! It doesn't conform to Mendel! It doesn't conform to any known biology! Energetics! Materials science! This doesn't conform to the logic of biological evolution at all!"

Shuangqiangmaru remained deaf to the surrounding chaos and insults.

It simply felt the surging, new power within its body, perfectly synchronized with Gongping, and the burning bond and resolve emanating from the toy gun in its hand.

Gong Ping's face showed neither joy nor sorrow; he simply spoke to Ah Shui with a resolute gaze.

"Ah Shui, use the water gun on him for my sake!"

“Ah——!!!”

Ah Shui's eyes were filled with tears, but her gaze was more resolute than ever before!
It sensed Gongping's determination, sacrifice, and the immense power woven from his dark will and golden spirit!
It's no longer a one-man battle!
Ah Shui raised the two huge guns at the same time, and the muzzles instantly burst out with a deafening roar of water!

That was no ordinary water gun, but a torrent of forces imbued with the dark will and golden spirit of Gongping!
The moment the two incredibly powerful streams of water, flowing in opposite directions, violently erupted from the muzzles of the twin guns, an irresistible swirling force was suddenly generated!

Ah Shui's body began to spin uncontrollably, like a blue doll being thrown into a washing machine!

However, this rotation is not random!
That is precisely the supreme mystery originating from "Huang Jing Circulation"!

Ah Shui followed this power, transforming his body into the core of the rotation!
The two guns no longer spewed out two streams of water, but instead emitted a roaring, raging vortex of water!
At this moment, Ah Shui finally understood why Gong Ping entrusted the toy gun, which was more important than his life, to it!
Because... only dual pistols can tell them the answer!
That ethereal, swirling power can only be unleashed through the dual-gun bond form where Gongping and Ashui are completely united!

This is... [Bond Technique: Dual Pistol Spin]!!!
The raging torrent of water, with its tearing force, was like a powerful flushing toilet, mercilessly dragging and swallowing up the remaining enemies in the warehouse like garbage being swept into a sewer!

“Ahhhhh——!!”

"Help!!"

"Don't suck me—!!"

"I'm going to be sucked in!!!"

The desperate cries were instantly drowned out by the sound of the raging water!

At that moment, golden light flashed in Gongping's eyes!

He suddenly pulled the two lightning-fast Poké Balls from his pocket and unleashed all their energy with all his might!
"Hmphh ...

Sizzle—Boom!

Golden lightning bolts, like two roaring golden dragons, shot out from the Poké Ball that Gongping was holding tightly and slammed into the huge vortex of water created by Ashui!

Gong Ping's [Polygonatum Current] instantly and perfectly merged with A Shui's [Double Gun Spin], forming the [Perfect Polygonatum Spin]!
The enemies caught in the vortex were like those who had fallen into a high-voltage washing machine!
Torn, squeezed, and suffocated by the raging water, it was repeatedly pierced by the domineering electric current!
"Guro! Guro! (Honey! Even a day as husband and wife is worth a hundred days of kindness!)"

“Uhhhhhh——!!”

"Gurgle... Puff..."

"Ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh ooh—"

When the devastating [Dual Gun Spin - Yellow Essence Wind] finally subsided, the center of the warehouse was a complete mess.

More than half of the enemies lay sprawled on the ground, their bodies charred and convulsing, foaming at the mouth, completely incapacitated.

Ah Shui, having unleashed this ultimate attack, was completely consumed by the flames!
It was like a sponge that had been squeezed dry, becoming thin and withered, as if all its vitality had been drained, unable to even move a single hair.

Those eyes, which once burned with fighting spirit, are now filled only with endless weariness and emptiness.

Akromar narrowly escaped the edge of the whirlpool, protected by several loyal assistants.

He looked at the mess on the ground and Ah Shui lying there, looking utterly disheveled. He first took a few deep breaths, still shaken, and then forced a smile that looked worse than crying onto his contorted face.

"Ha...hahaha! Did you see that?! Mo Zhen! And you, you ignorant bastard Gong Ping!!"

He pointed at Ah Shui, who lay on the ground like a dead fish, his voice sharp and distorted with excitement.

"This is your 'bond'? Your 'resolve'? Nothing more than that! In the end, the one who stands is still me! I am Akromah, possessing unparalleled wisdom!!"

However, as Akromma was loudly proclaiming his absurd victory, no one noticed—

A few drops of water that Ah Shui spilled when he used [Dual Gun Spin] landed squarely on Xiao Huolong, who was lying unconscious on the ground next to him and covered in wounds.

Sizzle... sizzle...

Those water droplets, like a powerful stimulant carrying a weak electric current, caused its plump, peach-can-like body to... begin to tremble very slightly!
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