Pokémon: Starting with Lucario and Gardevoir

Now, Daigo must overcome Hirokazu's Lucario in order to achieve anything.

Otherwise, if this drags on, he'll lose without making a ripple.

There's no way around it; Fighting-type is super effective against Steel-type, it's determined by the type.

Daigo is not a master of type reversal, and he has a lot of trouble dealing with Hiroyuki's Lucario.

"Only by using him can we try to force Hirohime's Lucario to retreat!"

Steven chose one Pokémon from his limited pool to continue battling.

He pulled out his Poké Ball and signaled to the referee that he was ready.

The referee looked at Haoyan: "Haoyan, would you like to change your Pokémon?"

After winning the second round, Hao Yan kept observing Daigo's micro-expressions to guess the Pokémon he would use next.

There aren't many types of Steel-type Pokémon.

In addition, Steven had already suffered a loss in close combat against Metagross.

It's impossible to let his Pokémon fight Lucario in close combat again.

Therefore, you should definitely choose a Pokémon that gives you a certain advantage in the battle.

He's the only Steel-type Pokémon that has an advantage over Lucario.

Haoyan smiled at the referee and said, "I want to change my Pokémon."

He recalled Lucario and then pulled out another Poké Ball to show it.

"Haoyan replaced Lucario?" A sense of foreboding flashed through Daigo's mind.

"Does he know what I'm thinking?"

For a moment, Daigo felt somewhat agitated.

Haoyan didn't urge him, and looked at Daigo with a faint smile.

... ...

"Are you both ready?" the referee asked tentatively from the side.

Although the question was directed at both parties, it was actually mainly directed at Daigo, who was somewhat distracted.

“I’m…ready…” Daigo said absentmindedly.

Helpless, he felt a little flustered looking at Haoyan, who remained calm and composed with a smile on his face.

"I don't want to think about it anymore!"

"It's already decided, there's no use thinking about it anymore!" Steven released his Pokémon, Skarmory.

At the same time, Haoyan also released his Charizard.

"Roar! Roar!"

Charizard has made a habit of roaring loudly upon its appearance.

Seeing that its opponent was a Skarmory, it completely disregarded it.

"Although Haoyan traded Lucario for Charizard, Charizard is even more difficult to deal with!"

"Armored Bird is slow and doesn't have much of an advantage in the air!"

"Haoyan, you guessed what I was thinking!"

Daigo was suffering, because from the very beginning his Aggron had a type advantage.

Even so, he still lost!

Now, Haoyan has switched to Charizard, which is super effective against Skarmory!

The attribute is countered.

Dawu, my heart is gray!

Forcing himself to stay alert, he roared, "Skirmisher, use Body Lightening!"

In the Pokémon series, Skarmory is very slow.

That was entirely because he was overweight, weighing 50.5 kg.

Lightening the body can temporarily reduce weight, which in other words increases speed.

Hao Yan smiled. This was the drawback of specializing in one particular area.

It's easy to guess which Pokémon the other person is using.

Especially for Steel-type Pokémon, there aren't many Pokémon to choose from to begin with.

He said to the Charizard, "Go, little dragon."

... ...

From the stands, Naki shook her head and said, "Daiwu's Skarmory lost too..."

Hearing Naki say that, everyone in the audience seemed to have gotten used to it.

Especially after two consecutive defeats, everyone subconsciously felt that Daigo couldn't possibly win.

Naki said, "I also have a Skarmory, and I've fought Haoyan's Charizard before."

"At the time, I also made Skarmory use its lightweight body to try to catch up with Charizard in speed."

"But it was this one step that put me at a disadvantage, ultimately leading to my loss..."

Then, Naki gave a brief retelling of the battle.

Sure enough, the situation began to change.

While Skarmory used its lightweight body, Charizard had already launched its attack.

A crimson flame struck him precisely.

Fire is extremely effective against steel.

Although Skarmory is quite resilient, it still suffers greatly from this attack.

Left with no other choice, Daigo had to let Skarmory use Roost, which could restore its stamina.

But if you're slow in one step, you'll be slow in every step.

I just used Roost to recover half of my health, and Charizard's attack came again.

After several back-and-forths, Daigo followed the same path that Naki had taken when she failed.

He was defeated once again in front of everyone.

Mikuri watched his friend Daigo, who was staring blankly at him after a series of defeats, and felt a surge of emotions.

It's as if the one who lost wasn't someone else, but himself.

"I hope that when I fight Hiroyuki, I won't end up like Daigo is now."

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Chapter 475 The Colorful Ghost Tournament Concludes

Daigo's Skarmory fell to the merciless scorching heat of Haoyan's Charizard.

Then, Steven sent out Magneton, Excadrill, and Bronze Bell.

Of these Pokémon, only Bronze, with its heat resistance ability, is somewhat resilient; the others are completely helpless against Charizard, which flies in the air and spews flames.

Daigo has lost.

... ...

"Thank you, Haoyan!"

"It made me realize what it means to have mountains beyond mountains and people beyond people!"

Daigo bowed to Hiroyuki in thanks.

"I'm honored to have done so..."

Haoyan recalled his Pokémon and silently patted Daigo on the shoulder.

I wanted to say something to comfort Daigo after his defeat, but for a moment I didn't know how to start...

Daigo saw through Hiroki's thoughts, waved his hand, and said nonchalantly, "No need to comfort me, I'm not that fragile."

"And I accept defeat wholeheartedly..."

After experiencing failure, Daigo became much more at ease.

I've also become much more open-minded, without the initial anxiety and fear of loss.

"I will continue to work hard in the future."

"I will try my best to catch up with you." Daigo smiled brightly.

"Yes, I'll be waiting for you..." Haoyan replied with a smile.

... ...

Vivian excitedly stepped forward and raised Haoyan's hand to signal to the audience.

"Let's give a warm round of applause to congratulate Haoyan, the winner of this year's Colorful Ghost Tournament!"

All the spectators in the venue, including the champions and others in the VIP seats.

They all spontaneously stood up, clapping and cheering incessantly.

Congratulations to the winners of this year's Rainbow Festival!

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"Daigo, your battle was spectacular and you put in a lot of effort!"

Backstage, Miko patted his best friend Daigo on the shoulder with his right hand, while holding the trophy to be presented later in his left hand. Unfortunately, the trophy was not for his best friend Daigo.

"Thank you, Mikoli."

Daigo put his arm around his best friend Michael's shoulder and earnestly encouraged him, "You'll definitely have a performance that people look forward to!"