Pokémon, Ash's art style is off!

Charizard: "?!"

Is there a cheat code?!

Before it could think further, the shadow orb suddenly expanded inside its mouth!

"boom--!!!!"

A dark purple light burst out from the gap in the Charizard's mouth, the flames that had burned out were blocked in its throat and choked.

The two energies collided violently in its mouth, and before the Charizard could even whimper, it lost consciousness on the spot!

The entire room fell silent.

It took a full three seconds for the audience to erupt in commotion.

"Wait, is that Charizard putting on an act?"

"Why did they suddenly unleash such a powerful attack?! We just watched them walk right towards us!"

"Yeah! Gengar was right in front of it and it was still roaring, its mouth still open! Is it performing some kind of performance art?"

"Was this guy forcibly fed a Shadow Orb? That's terrible... I've never seen anything like it in my life before, with a Shadow Orb stuffed into his mouth!"

Not to mention the audience, even Ah Hong was dumbfounded.

He didn't understand why Ben had called out to him and then confidently unleashed his full power.

Across from him, Gengar patted its round belly, its mouth stretching almost to the back of its head in a wide grin.

why?

That's because Gengar's illusion magic has evolved once again!

There is no longer a need to expend a lot of energy to create a complete virtual scene.

It uses only the lightest amount of illusion patches, and then directly covers several illusions onto the other person's senses, thus achieving a combination of reality and illusion!

In Xiao Zhi's words, it's like going from VR to AR!

Thus, Gengar is now invincible!

Gengar glanced subconsciously at a Poké Ball on Ash's waist and licked its lips.

You're next!

Charizard!!!

261. Humans and ghosts are on different paths!

In the VIP seats.

Kikuko's gaze swept across half the arena, precisely locking onto that arrogant purple figure, who was at least nine-tenths overbearing.

Her withered lips slowly parted to the sides.

"That's quite interesting, don't you think...?"

The voice was soft, as if he were talking to himself.

But the moment she finished speaking, a ripple suddenly spread across the thick shadow beneath her feet.

It surged as if it were a living thing.

It was as if something was turning over in the depths of the shadows, yawning, and then retreating back into the shadows.

Kikuko tapped her fingers lightly on the armrest.

The real and the illusory are intertwined, making it difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

The application of hypnosis caught her eye.

I thought it would be a bunch of noobs fighting each other, but it turns out there's one who's actually quite talented.

Gengar, which doesn't rely on brute force or quantity, but only on the most precise projection of mental energy, can use this "augmented reality" method to play pranks... That's really interesting, very interesting.

As if sensing Kikuko's thoughts, the shadow beneath her feet moved again.

This time the movement was much larger, as if something was trying to peek out from inside.

"Don't rush."

Kikuko reached out and gently pressed down, then chuckled a few times.

There will be opportunities, there will be opportunities.

"........"

Shiba sat opposite him, arms crossed, his face full of disgust.

That's a really creepy laugh!

What's wrong with this crazy woman now?

He just sits there muttering nonsense all day long!

A crazy woman, a narcissist, and someone who can't speak.

Looking around, Shiba, who considered himself a normal person, sighed.

Ugh!

Aside from a Dragonite, he doesn't have any normal colleagues to give him!

The reputation of the Four Heavenly Kings has been tarnished by these kinds of people!

........

In the center of the field.

Ahong has retrieved the unconscious Charizard.

After calming himself down a bit, he hung the ball back on his waist, stood up, and walked towards the other side.

He's not someone who can't accept defeat.

Having competed in various regional competitions since childhood, he has long since learned to separate victory from defeat.

He learned to stay grounded when he wins and to remain composed when he loses – this was his most valuable takeaway from his travels.

On the other side, Ash also went to meet them, and the two met in the center of the field and shook hands.

"I'm really sorry."

Ash pointed to Gengar, who was still making faces at some of the audience, and said.

"I actually wasn't planning on having it appear..."

Ah Hong shook his head, tightened his grip slightly, and interrupted Xiao Zhi.

"Don't say that, Ash, don't say that."

His tone was serious, and his eyes were fixed on Ash, without a trace of the frustration or resentment of a loser.

"I don't want you to hold back when you play against me!"

"Besides, if I lose, I lose. I want to lose with dignity!"

"You sent your strongest team, and I sent mine. That's enough!"

"Pikachu?!"

What defines the strongest partnership?!

The mouse frowned, indicating it had something to say!

Ignoring Pikachu's protests, Ash patted Hiro with a look of satisfaction.

"Hurrah!"

"You're absolutely right! I was being too attached to appearances!"

"Gag!"

Gengar nodded and gave a thumbs up to Ahong, who was being slapped repeatedly by Ash.

As expected of a trainer from Kanto, that's impressive!

Then, as if it remembered something, it clapped its hands at Ah Hong.

As Ahong wondered what Gengar was doing, he suddenly felt a lightness all over his body, as if something had been taken away.

As if realizing something, Ahong suddenly looked at Gengar.

you.......

Could they have targeted him too?

"Gag!"

Gengar nodded with a proud look on its face.

Yes!

When they locked eyes, it cast a delayed hypnotic nightmare during the battle.

But don't worry! It's been lifted now!

You're welcome! It's what I should do!

Ah Hong: "........"

Although I couldn't understand what Gengar was saying, I could roughly guess from its proud appearance.

That's really shameless!

That's why I don't like Ghost-type Pokémon!

Not wanting to provoke Gengar any more, it's currently staring at viewers one by one for saying things it shouldn't have during previous battles.

Ah Hong looked at Xiao Zhi.

"...Anyway, Ash, let's keep in touch in private when we have time!"

Excluding the last game, Ah Hong felt he benefited a lot from the previous two games.

In particular, Squirtle's combination move in the second match really impressed him!