Pokémon: Starting as a Farmer Instead of a Trainer

Chapter 425 Meloetta's Concert (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Despite the slight mishap, the battle was not over yet, and the audience's thoughts returned to the scene, watching the long-haired troll and Ponpo on the field.

Judging from the current situation, Naruto has already used Dynamax, and the rules only allow one use of the battle system, while Marie hasn't used it yet, so it's really hard to say which side has a higher chance of winning.

But regardless of the outcome, after the battle just now, they will probably never forget Mary, this unique, expressionless girl...

Loz had lost all interest in watching any longer. After taking a deep look at the direction where Mingyou was through the window, he turned and left. Olive gritted her teeth, suppressing her anger and controlling her emotions, and followed closely behind.

Dan-di and Xiao-you stood aside, their faces full of excitement. He couldn't wait to play against Ming-you. As expected of the player he had his eye on, it was a pity that there was too big a difference in their rankings. He would probably have to work harder to meet him at the Master Ball level.

"Then let me finish watching!"

At this moment, on the field.

Mary was fully prepared. She knew that Ursaring was Naruto's strongest Pokémon, after all, that was common knowledge. So she had to use her full strength from the very beginning, right here!

She picked up the Poké Ball and recalled the Gluttony. The Max Bracers shimmered at that moment, and the Poké Ball grew larger and larger in her hand, resonating with the Dynamax energy around her. The sky was once again shrouded in a dark purple light.

"For victory... no, for us, fight with all your might! Gigantamax!"

Mari murmured, holding the giant Poké Ball in both hands, and threw it forcefully into the sky. With a deafening sound, the figure of the hairy troll appeared, its limbs began to lengthen, and its body hair grew thicker and thicker. It stood on the earth, just like the legendary cave giant covered by hair.

"Mmm!"

Carrying the thorny vine, Ponpo showed no fear. This was its first appearance in the World Championships, and it couldn't let everyone's cheers and encouragement go to waste.

The battle has begun!

Before Mingyou could even give the order, it took the initiative to attack. It and Mingyou already understood each other's thoughts, so there was no need for these complicated things.

Seeing their eagerness, Marilyn naturally wouldn't hold back: "Gigantamax Sandman descends!!!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the long-haired troll raised his hands, and the Dynamax energy in the air rippled, condensing into two black beams in his hands, which shot out as he swung his hands downwards.

Ponpo put on the Foundation Stone Mask and swung its thorny club, which was wrapped in sturdy, yellowish-brown thorns. It continued to charge forward despite the attack, taking the hit head-on with a Gigantamax move, but only slowed down a little.

"Mmm!"

The beam of light disappeared, but a sudden wave of drowsiness washed over him. Ponpo endured the effects of Gigantamax Sandman's Descent and used the long hair of the hairy troll as a ladder to climb up with incredible agility.

Marie hadn't expected her opponent to be so reckless. Max moves are almost impossible to dodge, especially at this distance. Even if you lose 800 of your own health, it's still a win, since Max Pokémon are least afraid of exhaustion.

"It's grass and rock now... then let's use this move to take it down!"

Marie still displayed outstanding talent as a trainer, but Mingyou's behavior was something she could not have predicted, or rather, could not have imagined at all.

Seeing the Max Fist Fighter's punch coming, Ponpo didn't dodge. After quickly switching to the Stove Mask, she held the stick in both hands and used all her strength to swing at the falling giant fist!

"Mmm!"

Despite the powerful shockwave from the collision, Ponpo endured the damage, used the thorny vine as a support, and leaped onto the hairy troll's arm. The thorny vine that had been thrown aside was pulled back by the troll's vines, tossed into the air, and Ponpo rushed forward to catch it.

Seeing this, Mingyou finally spoke, saying softly, "The advantage of Dynamax is that it temporarily increases stamina and enhances moves, allowing you to quickly gain an advantage. However, the disadvantage is also very obvious: you can only stand still and attack, which is equivalent to being a sitting duck."

"Many people might think that only Dynamax can defeat it, but that's not the case. To me, Dynamax is mostly like a giant villain in a theatrical or tokusatsu film, and that's usually when it's time to finish things off!"

Before the words were even finished, Ponpo had already used the hairy troll's shoulder to leap over its head and forcefully swing the thorny vine club downwards.

Seeing this, Mary quickly shouted, "It can't escape! Another Gigantamax Sandman attack!"

The long-haired troll immediately raised its hands, and two black beams shot upwards from its palms, rapidly darting through the air like snakes towards Ponpo. If this attack hit again, the opponent would surely be...

"What?!"

As if witnessing an incredibly rare scene, Mary opened her small mouth, her butterfly-like eyelashes trembling slightly, and she stood there stunned.

Ponpo in the air once again used its thorny vines to block Gigantamax Sandman's descent, and then used the thorny vines as a stepping stone to directly cross the black beam.

Its cloak billowed with each impact, and as it spread its arms, a vine emerged from the cloak, grabbed the thorny club, caught it with both hands, raised it high, and brought it straight down toward the hairy troll's head.

Instead of using force to block as before, he successfully dodged a Dynamax attack that was almost guaranteed to hit him from the most impossible spot...

"Mmm!"

Thunderous Bagua!

Seize the moment when Grimmsnarl is about to warp space to undo its Dynamax after using three Max Moves, and Ponpo delivers a devastating blow.

The flames bursting from the red thorny vine affected the distorted space. The two opposing forces intertwined and repelled each other, instantly detonating. The giant body that the hairy troll had transformed into shrank continuously in the explosion, and it was severely injured and knelt on the ground.

To the astonishment of all the spectators, Ponpo landed smoothly and quickly ran to the side of the long-haired troll. After observing for a moment, she gently nudged the troll with her thorny vine club. The long-haired troll could no longer hold on and collapsed helplessly to the ground, bringing the match to a close.

The victor will resound!

Seeing Mingyou's ranking jump to 59th after defeating Mary on the big screen, everyone finally came to their senses and burst into applause.

"That's too powerful..."

Mary sighed softly, accepting her defeat wholeheartedly. She couldn't think of any way to win, since she could attack while Dynamaxing without any battle system.

In the stands, Leon crossed his arms, smiled, and nodded: "He even thoughtfully demonstrated how to use Dynamax, I'm getting more and more excited. 59th place... still a bit far, but it'll be soon!"

"He can definitely beat you."

Xiaoyou, standing to the side, said without any politeness that although Dan Di was her senior brother and idol, she always thought highly of Mingyou, and that his true strength was far more than that.

In front of the live stream room, Calyrex had somehow appeared behind everyone and watched the live stream with them. Seeing that the Dynamax form had been defeated, it nodded with great satisfaction, saying, "That's how it should be fought!"

"But he's also in some trouble."

Even through the screen, Xiao Zhao could tell that something was wrong with the firebird. She hoped it wouldn't cause any more trouble. She just wanted to live a quiet daily life, but she wouldn't mind causing a big scene with Mingyou!

The camera returns to the Open tournament venue. The live broadcast has ended, and Mary has composed herself. She intends to reveal the behind-the-scenes manipulation of the tournament.

"Forget it."

Mingyou stepped forward, guessing the straightforward boy's plan, but now was not the time to do such a thing. Although he was not afraid of the Marocmon Group, he could offend them if he wanted; at worst, he would find an opportunity to secretly take Rahiram there and burn the company down.

But the other party is different. Both Spiketown and Marie, the owner of the museum, are under the jurisdiction of the Marocmon Group. If they don't want the people around them to be hurt, they can only swallow their anger for the time being.

"..."

Mary knew very well that after calming down, she sighed and had no choice but to give up. She really didn't have the ability to resist this "mechanism" right now; that's just how life was in the Galar region.

"Let's go first."

"Um."

The two left through the contestant tunnel. Once they were alone, Mingyou asked, "What are you going to do with Moltres? That's not your Pokémon, is it?"

"If it's given to me, then of course it's mine!"

Marie said in a slightly cold tone, "How dare they do that to me! I'm going to train this Moltres to be my Pokémon!"

Hearing this, Mingyou shuddered, put her hands in her pockets, and muttered under her breath, "Mari-chan... seems to have awakened something incredible!"

"What did you say?"

"It's nothing..."

The two had just left the palace arena when they heard that familiar voice again.

"Over here, over here!"

Xiao You, accompanied by Dan Di, walked over with a smile: "I knew waiting here would be the right thing to do!"

"As long as I can find someone to squat on."

Dan Di smiled like a friendly older brother and walked over to greet Ming You: "I watched the match just now, and you all performed very well!"

"Because the opponent is great."

Mingyou smiled and shook hands with him. He had finally met the world's strongest trainer, the world champion—Leon! As long as he defeated this person, he could realize Xiaozhao's dream!

It's still a little way off, but it'll be quick.

Both of them wanted to fight each other.

But at that moment, Mary's brother, Nie Zi, suddenly arrived with the shouting team. Morubek jumped off his head and pounced into Mary's arms.

"Mobe~"

"I'm sorry to have worried you..."

Mary patted Morpeko's head, looked at her approaching brother, and asked curiously, "How did you suddenly end up here? Even if Morpeko was looking for you, you should be in Spiketown, right?"

"Have you forgotten?"

"Um?"

"Him."

Nie Zi pointed to Ming You not far away and continued, "But you gave him my contact information, and then he told me that you might have encountered something that made you change your mind, so I came here specifically to discuss the concert with him. I didn't expect this to happen."

He scratched his head with a slightly helpless expression, then walked over to Mingyou and asked, "You said you wanted to hold the concert in Spiketown, is that true?"

"certainly!"

"That's really amazing... to choose such a small place to collaborate with us on a concert. After all, he's a big shot, a heavyweight figure that even I would want to ask for an autograph."

"Hey, what are you guys talking about? Concerts, big shots... Stop saying things I don't understand!"

Dan Di listened to the riddle-solving group's conversation with a bewildered expression. "Don't be like this," he thought. "He's a champion after all. I feel like I'm the only one being bullied."

Nie Zi sighed softly, looked up at him, and replied, "Of course it's the concert by that legendary songstress, Phantom Melody, in Meloetta!"

"Huh?!"

……

(End of this chapter)