Why is my Pokémon acting a little weird?

Eve, who appeared opposite Qiao Ran, didn't seem to care how much hatred her words would attract. She took out a Poké Ball and released her Pokémon.

"Come out! Baby Lips!"

"Pocophone..." Qiao Ran looked at the Pokémon that appeared on the field, his eyes flashing with excitement.

He had a hunch that his opponent this time could indeed bring him quite a surprise. Although the race of the Myna itself was not outstanding, there was something between Eve and Myna that no other trainer had.

--tacit agreement.

It is this kind of thing that has allowed him and Vulpix to win until now.

"Since I'm here, I'll defeat you. What exactly is hidden in Pokémon battles? I think I've experienced it."

Eve stood still on the field, folding her arms across her chest.

"Okay, then let me see if you can defeat me!" The fire in Qiao Ran's eyes burned.

"If you lose, you'll have to tell me the secret of your performance! This is my first time participating in a Pokémon battle. If what you said before is true, I can also win the championship, right?"

The girl opposite looked at Qiao Ran's eyes without showing any weakness, and there was also a light flashing in her eyes.

As long as she escaped from the cage she once was in, she embarked on a path to pursue her dreams.

"Come on! Lipstick! Show him how powerful we are!"

Chapter 38 038 [Vulpix VS Lip-lipped Baby! ]

"Lip! We use fine snow!"

Following Eve's instructions, the little girl pursed her lips, and a fierce frosty breath began to spew out of her mouth.

"Same here with us, Vulpix, use Smoky Snow!"

Qiao Ran also let Liuwei use the same skill as the opponent. The breath of ice and snow collided in the center of the arena. The cold breath even lowered the temperature of the entire venue.

However, the collision of skills between the two sides seemed to have no result, but just by relying on this move, Qiao Ran had already seen the opponent's strength.

——On par with Vulpix, or perhaps even stronger than Vulpix.

The control and speed in using fine snow are the result of thousands of times of practice.

"Lip-chan, come again!"

"What?" Qiao Ran was slightly startled when he heard Eve's command. It was obvious that this skill didn't work, so why did that guy use the same trick again?

"Vulpix, we also want Soryuki!"

The result was the same as before, as the skills of both sides gradually faded away in the middle of the arena. However, Eve's mouth curled up slightly.

"Right now! Let me show you the result of our thousands of training sessions! Lip-smacking kid, pout!"

"Mi mi mi!"

Upon hearing Eve's instruction, the little girl immediately did something that no one expected - she actually gradually shrank the mouth that was originally spewing out fine snow, and when the spraying range was reduced, a series of chain reactions occurred!

The fine snow on the side of the Lipstick Boy began to become faster and faster, instantly overwhelming the fine snow sprayed by Vulpix, and then hit Vulpix directly on the body. Even Qiao Ran behind him was sprayed in the face by the fast whistling wind and snow.

"What……!"

Qiao Ran widened his eyes. Who on earth was this guy...?

"Didn't you expect that? My Lip-Love is really good at controlling her lips. Although it's not easy to control her lips while unleashing skills, as you can see, she did it!"

Eve laughed complacently: "

These are just little tricks I prepared for performance, but I never expected they would be so useful in combat."

“…Good job.”

Qiao Ran took a deep breath and brushed off the ice debris stuck on his clothes. He had to admit that this guy might really have a certain talent in fighting. Qiao Ran had only seen two trainers like him who used the characteristics of their Pokémon to fight.

One is Longjiang Xue, the daughter of the Longjiang Gym’s master, and the other is Eve in front of him.

"Can you still hold on, Vulpix?"

Qiao Ran looked at Vulpix in the arena. She had been fighting for a whole morning and her physical strength was already a little tight. She had just been hit in the face by the opponent's "Fine Snow". Although her resistance was halved, the damage was still unavoidable.

"Mmmmm."

Vulpix glanced back at Qiao Ran and nodded in a very human way, indicating that she could still hold on. Or rather... she had been human for so long that even in her Pokémon form, everything she did was done with human body language.

"Really? You want to win this championship too."

A smile appeared on Qiao Ran's face and he touched his chin.

In fact, it's not just Vulpix, he also wants to win the championship. He and Vulpix have put in all their efforts for the whole morning. At this critical moment, there is no way they can retreat.

What's more, his opponent is a trainer who has just changed his career. Even if it means risking his own reputation as a trainer, he must defeat the opponent.

"Miablo is a Pokémon with both Ice and Psychic attributes... These two attributes combined have numerous weaknesses, but it just so happens that none of these weaknesses seem to be within Vulpix's attack range."

Qiao Ran began to think quickly. If he wanted to inflict the greatest damage on the opponent, he would naturally prioritize attacking the opponent's weaknesses. Unfortunately, most of his Vulpix's current skills were of fairy and ice attributes, and there was no way to restrain the Lip-Looper.

"But fortunately, Mimikyuu's race distribution is quite special. Its Special Attack reaches an outstanding 85 points among Pokémon of the first stage. However, its Defense is relatively weak, only a pitiful 15 points, more than half that of Caterpillar..."

"So, a glass cannon type Pokémon?"

Qiao Ran's eyes flashed and he made his own judgment.

"Vulpix, get close to the opponent first!"

"Aww!"

After receiving the order, Vulpix started running with its short legs. However, Eve on the opposite side did not feel panicked at all after seeing Vulpix's actions.

"Get close? Have you forgotten what the Mind-Lip and I did on the stage? You can't get close to me! Mind-Lip, Freeze Ray!"

"Memmi lip!"

As the light was released, a long ice road appeared in front of the baby with lips. Then, the baby with lips kicked off and began to slide on the ice.

The extremely fast speed not only shocked the still running Vulpix, but also surprised the audience.

"……So fast!"

Looking at the skillful movements of the Magic Lips Baby, beads of sweat appeared on Qiao Ran's forehead. Although the Magic Lips Baby's defense was very weak, this Magic Lips Baby seemed to have trained all kinds of "skills" to the extreme, and was quite difficult to deal with.

"Hehehe, this is all just a performance technique. What do you think of its actual effectiveness? Are you unable to cope with it?"

Looking at the figure skating performance of the Magic Lips who was spraying freezing rays to open a passage in the field, Eve quietly placed her finger on her lips.

"I know you're still hiding some tricks, right? Your strength is definitely greater than this. Since you're still unwilling to make a move, I'll let you see my most beautiful performance yet!"

"Lip-chan! Freeze ray! Telekinesis!"

"Mi mi mi!"

The Little Lip opened her mouth slightly and used the freezing light to create a thorny road on the ground. Then, her eyes turned blue, and the psychic telekinesis spread from her body - in an instant, countless thorns exploded, and the road surface was swept away, and those thorns turned into sharp ice spikes, dancing as the Little Lip slid on the ice.

She is a dancer of ice and a pioneer who cuts through thorns. The ice spikes spin with her movements. Her gorgeous combination of skills and wonderful control won applause from the surrounding audience.

"It's over, Lipstick, give your opponent the final blow!"

Listening to the applause, Eve waved her hand with satisfaction. As she moved, the ice spikes spinning around the baby Lips shot towards Vulpix's location. Surrounded by countless ice spikes, Vulpix had no way to escape!

Won!

Eve clenched her fists excitedly, but the next second, something happened that she had not expected.

"Eh?"

The lillip, who was still unleashing his skills, suddenly fell straight down, landing on the ice, his eyes rolling up—and behind him, Vulpix appeared! !

"what happened?"

Eve's expression froze on her face. She turned her head stiffly and looked in the direction where the ice needles were pointing, but she saw only a six-tailed snowman that was pierced all over by the ice needles and a small hole buried in the snow.

Dig...a hole?!?!

"This—is my path to victory!!"

See the field

Seeing everything that happened, Qiao Ran raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and stretched out a finger, pointing at the stunned Eve opposite him.

"Your skill set is strong, and your chemistry is incredible, but you did one thing wrong."

"—You were so focused on your performance! You didn't even notice Vulpix's actions!"

"When you focus on your performance, your defeat is already doomed!"

Chapter 39039【Do you like it?】

"You're really strong... You're worthy of being the performer I admire."

"Same here, you're not bad either. If you had more experience in combat, I might be the one who loses this time."

After the battle, Qiao Ran and Eve shook hands in a friendly manner. Although they were not very familiar with each other before, after the end of a thrilling battle, they had a new feeling for each other.

——Qiao Ran recognized Eve’s talent, and Eve also felt Qiao Ran’s strength.

This is definitely an unprecedented progress for both of them.

"Although battles are fun, I still think exhibition matches are more interesting. Hehe, I prefer the sight of Pokémon shining brightly on the stage, rather than showing off their strength through force. Right, Muppet."

"Mi mi mi!" Hearing Eve's words, Mimi Lips also nodded vigorously.

If she hadn't been so engrossed in her own performance, she wouldn't have failed to notice Vulpix's little movements. Fighting and performing at the same time... was too difficult.

"If you're interested, how about competing with me next time?"

Qiao Ran invited Eve. His Vulpix still had a lot of room to grow, and Qiao Ran felt that Eve's Lipstick was a good example to learn from. Of course, he didn't want to learn the focus on performance, but rather the special skills.

"Of course, I'm always ready!" Eve showed an excited smile on her face, and took a step forward to hold Qiao Ran's hand.

"So, you're planning to invite me to special training in the middle of the night?"

It was obvious that this guy must have misunderstood something again.

Qiao Ran's mouth twitched. "Special training in the middle of the night... what on earth is this? Why can't I understand what this guy is saying???"

"...No, I'll only invite you during the day."

"Eh... Do you like training during the day? Others will see us."

"See...what happened?"

Qiao Ran’s expression became more and more strange. What on earth was this guy talking about?

Why can’t the midnight training be seen?

"If you see it, you can't be a genius anymore." Eve blinked and answered in the face of Qiao Ran's stunned expression.

She seemed a little confused as to why Qiao Ran asked such a question.

"So when I was doing special training, I always chose a time when no one was around at school. My classmates didn't notice me at all. They really believed that I figured it out on my own. I'm a genius in school, too."

A mischievous expression appeared on Eve's face, and Qiao Ran finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He thought Eve was talking about something strange, but it turned out that he had just misunderstood everything?

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"Congratulations! You've won the prize of this competition, the Mysterious Evolution Stone!"

The organizer of the competition handed a small box to Qiao Ran.

"This box already contains an Evolution Stone. As for what kind of Evolution Stone it is, you'll have to confirm it yourself. This is a token of our appreciation for the competition, and also a surprise. We hope you enjoy it."

"Thank you."

Qiao Ran took the box and put it into the backpack behind him. He didn't plan to open it right away. He decided to wait until he returned to the room and open it with Suicune and the others.

"Well done, Liuwei. You are the biggest contributor this time. Do you want any reward?" Qiao Ran hugged Liuwei in his arms. Although it was just a competition on a boat, he was very happy anyway.

Qiao Ran likes to win. It has nothing to do with any desire, it’s just pure love.

"Ahh." Liuwei responded, twisted her body in Qiao Ran's arms, and closed her eyes quietly. As for the topic of reward, she did not respond immediately.

Although she felt very comfortable on Qiao Ran's body, she was indeed a little tired.

"so good……"

Diancie on the side cast an envious look. If possible, she also wanted to lie in Qiao Ran's arms like this. However... with her height and weight, it was difficult to do so whether in human form or Pokémon form.

However, Diancie longed for a deeper connection with Qiao Ran, especially after transforming into a human. She always seemed to have a hard time controlling certain desires that she couldn't experience when she was a Pokémon and had that mineral body.

"Are you going back to your room to rest? I still want to go out for a walk."