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Chapter 21 The Emperor's Engine?

"Of course you can. In fact, today is the first day that Sunshine Dojo has reopened. Any challenger is welcome to come and take on the challenge."

Qingyu smiled slightly and nodded to Nemo.

Ibrahimovic's training intensity wasn't particularly high, but it inadvertently became his warm-up for his first gym battle.

"But before the battle, could you please confirm your Pokémon?"

Since humans began taming "monsters" for battles two thousand years ago, Pokémon battles have become an indispensable part of human society.

After the establishment of the modern Pokémon League, a comprehensive tournament system was developed around battles and trainers.

Trainers of the appropriate age can earn badges by challenging gyms, qualifying for regional tournaments, and ultimately determining the winner in a tense and exciting elimination round.

If the winner successfully passes the "Road to Champion" test, guarded by the Four Heavenly Kings and the Champion, then they will become the center of attention—

champion!

It is not hard to see from this that the original purpose of establishing the dojo was to select outstanding trainers.

Normally, a gym should have a diverse roster of Pokémon to counter new trainers of varying skill levels.

Therefore, Qingyu's question was part of the standard procedure.

"Alright! I only have one Pokémon, this child will do!"

Nemo's tone was tinged with obvious excitement as she took a Poké Ball from her waist pocket.

"Cloth~"

A beam of red light shot out from the Poké Ball, and the orange Electric Mouse quickly appeared in front of Qingyu.

"Bu Bo?"

Qingyu raised an eyebrow.

Electric mice are a traditional feature that every generation of Pokémon has to offer. Starting with Pikachu, the electric mice in each generation have been pretty cute.

Bupah in the Padiya region is also quite popular.

I vaguely remember Nemo having a Brutus in her team, but I never expected it to be this young lady's starter Pokémon.

That's good, because if it were a stronger Pokémon, Eevee might not be able to win.

Qingyu focused his gaze on the bewildered little electric mouse at Nemo's feet, and several lines of text quickly appeared before his eyes.

【Bubo (Male)】

[Attribute: Electricity]

【Characteristic: Iron Fist】

The system encyclopedia function is triggered automatically.

Compared to their own Pokémon, the information they can observe is pitifully little.

However, knowing the key information of your opponent's Pokémon's characteristics before the battle is already very useful.

"Therefore, the rules for this gym battle will be 1v1."

Qingyu spoke again.

"I'm sending out Eevee. The challenger goes first in the battle, and the first one to lose the ability to battle is considered the loser. Is that alright?"

"Uh-huh!"

Nemo nodded repeatedly, clearly eager for the upcoming battle.

Qingyu quickly brought Nemo to the battlefield.

Since he is the only person in the entire dojo, he has to take on all the responsibilities of challenger, referee, and even technician.

As for what technical personnel are...

With Qingyu's actions, the large, conspicuous screen on the side of the arena lit up instantly, and Qingyu and Nemo's trainer images appeared on the left and right sides.

The Pokémon world is always full of strange but inexplicably cool technology.

For example, swiping a trainer's identity card can automatically import the gym's standard facilities for the virtual avatar.

"Amazing!"

Seeing that everything was ready, Nemo subconsciously began to rub her hands together, ready for the battle to begin.

However, before the gym battle, there is still a crucial part that has not been completed.

“Nemo, I can sense that you are a trainer who is very passionate about battles.” Qingyu’s expression immediately turned serious after stepping onto the battle arena.

"But that's why, before embarking on this journey, I want to make sure that you and Pokémon share the same feelings."

"Why don't you show me your answer with a match?"

"Then, let's begin!"

Before a dojo battle, how can we miss the usual trash talk?

A smile appeared on Qingyu's lips, and Eevee behind him slowly walked towards the battlefield as his voice fell.

"I understand!"

Although she didn't understand what Qingyu was saying at all, Nemo still nodded repeatedly in cooperation.

Perhaps this is what a reliable adult is like?

"Bubo, use Lightning Flash to charge!"

In gym battles, the challenger usually goes first, and Qingyu confirmed this before the match, so Nemo decisively took the lead.

Bubo quickly kicked his short legs and, after a brief acceleration, shot off like a rocket.

A flash of lightning, the most common preemptive strike, is extremely fast.

"Ibu, get out of the way!"

As is widely known, there are many unrecorded moves in the Pokémon world.

Skills such as quickly dodging or holding on are very useful and versatile ways to handle situations in actual combat.

As long as you shout fast enough and loud enough, you don't have to worry about your Pokémon not being able to react.

However, after he gave the order, Ibrahimovic did not make any move for a long time.

Qingyu was dumbfounded.

Because of Ibrahimovic's performance these past two days, he seems to have subconsciously overlooked something extremely crucial in actual combat—

Ibrahimovic's personality and characteristics have a fatal impact on actual combat.

Although they can train well with puppets, they still lack real combat experience and will inevitably be nervous due to timidity in their first battle.

His previous ideas were a bit too idealistic.

I may be highly skilled in theory and gameplay, but when it comes to actual combat, I'm just a newbie.

I never expected this to happen.

Qingyu's brain immediately began to work at high speed, thinking about how to solve the current situation.

boom--

Bang, bang, bang, bang!
Just then, the deep, powerful heartbeat gradually became clearer, like the passionate beating of war drums, growing louder and more urgent with each drop of the drumstick.

An invisible, heavy pressure surrounded Qingyu, making it difficult for him to breathe.

"This is……"

Qingyu was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously looked at the other side.

Not only herself, but Nemo was also clearly affected by the strange voice, and seemed bewildered and helpless.

But the most memorable part was the cloth in the center of the field.

It had been sprinting at full speed, but its speed slowed down noticeably, as if it had been targeted by some dangerous entity, and it quickly stopped its attack.

He then turned wary and stared intently at Ibrahimovic, who was not moving at all, not far away.

Qingyu subconsciously swallowed, looking at Eevee with a complicated expression.

Perhaps due to the tension of facing Bubo's attack, its four short legs were straight on the ground, and its center of gravity subconsciously leaned forward, making it look like it was ready for battle.

If I didn't know Eevee's actual situation, I might have been just as intimidated by it.
For a moment, Qingyu didn't know what kind of expression she should make.

So afraid of getting hurt that they even used the Emperor Engine?
Hakib, you bastard...

Diary of a Fallen Hero, May 4.24
Actually, when I was writing the previous book, I was thinking about how characteristics and personality would affect Pokémon in actual battles, and I also did some small-scale experiments.

After all, in the real world, timid Pokémon might be more likely to avoid battles, and Pokémon with the Intimidate ability might just be bluffing.
Following this line of thought, what kind of chemical reaction would occur if we combined personality traits and characteristics that are maxed out in terms of timidity and danger awareness?

Oh! That's how this chapter turned out!
Being extremely timid might actually make you as scary as King (laughs).

In my opinion, this is actually a very interesting expansion of ideas, because I don't think I've seen anyone put much effort into this aspect in previous Pokémon articles. It always feels like discovering a completely new treasure!
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(End of this chapter)