Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

Zubat cannot use Fate/Death or Big Bang to achieve a lose-lose outcome.

Right now, the blue team's Zubat is practically dancing on a knife's edge, every dodge is a life-or-death struggle.

"Who says the giant beak bat is only the king of the night? It can also dance gracefully in the sunlight. Its skillful flight is truly mesmerizing."

A commentary voice, different in tone but similar in style, began to play.

As a commentator, he has a good grasp of the situation; at least he knows more about what the trainers and Pokémon on the field are doing than most people.

With his explanation, the audience understood the difficulty of the Zubat's actions.

Otherwise, just watching Tyrannosaurus Rex throw rocks and Zubat dodge them is like playing a game of dodging a beanbag, with the green glowing dots representing the absorption skill as background decoration, which is really quite boring.

They spend so much money and effort watching the matches, not to watch hide-and-seek.

Tetsuya and Yozo, as powerful trainers, naturally have a deeper understanding than others.

"This beaver's use of ultrasonic waves is quite perfect. It always senses the movement of the rocks in advance," Ye Zang exclaimed, watching the beaver that always managed to dodge attacks at the last second.

As a trainer with Crobat, he naturally has the right to speak on this matter, as his Crobat is even stronger than the Golbat on the field.

"Yes, and their personality is well controlled; the bad habits of wild elves have been corrected."

Tetsuya, who has more authority to speak on the matter, also offered his summary.

There is a significant difference between wild and bred Pokémon, especially for aggressive Pokémon like Zubat. He can easily tell that the other Zubat is wild, rather than being bred from an egg.

That makes it even more admirable.

Wild beaked bats are very greedy; once they bite into their food, they suck blood relentlessly, often becoming so heavy that they cannot fly on their own.

The giant guillotine on the field uses its absorb skill and leaves immediately, never lingering for even a moment, giving it the feel of a bat assassin in the night.

Even large-billed bats raised from a young age are not as decisive as this one.

“Indeed.” Ye Zang nodded in agreement. Even his Crossbat sometimes got addicted to blood and would go crazy because of it. Although it was obedient, it was somewhat slow-witted.

It's not that it's bad; Crobats are more powerful in their berserk state, but combat still requires a calm approach to the enemy, and this state should be avoided if possible.

However, given the age difference, his habits and strength are not that important. Things should get much better when his Crobat gets a bit older.

"The Ironclad Tyrannosaurus Rex is also well-trained. Several times when the Zubat approached, it actually realized what was happening, but it didn't attack. I feel like it was pretending, preparing to strike once the opportunity arose."

Tetsuya observed for a moment and then spoke to Yozo.

The battle on the field was quite interesting to watch, and he couldn't help but imagine what he should do, which is probably a common problem for trainers.

Perfect timing! He had a Tyrannosaurus Rex, and Ye Zang had a Crobat, both at the peak of their elite level. The two began a simulated battle.

As time went on, the situation on the field gradually stabilized.

"Boom!"

The massive body of the armored tyrannosaurus crashed to the ground, its eyes swirling, and it lost its ability to fight.

The giant beak bat opposite was also in bad shape; one wing drooped, unable to flap, and it could only barely fly with its other wing, which was covered in wounds.

This would result in a lose-lose situation.

The blue team trainer is unlikely to actively change their Pokémon, but given Zubat's current state, the red team could probably defeat it instantly with their next Pokémon, as its stamina is probably comparable to its peak.

Tetsuya and Yozo made their judgments at the same time.

Indeed, the third Pokémon sent out by the red team, Crawdum, was easily defeated by a simple Water Gun, which sent Zubat packing.

The blue team player also released their last Pokémon, a Grass-type Sceptile.

It seems this is a trainer from Hoenn.

The red player looked rather grim. Although he had known this for a while, it was still too difficult for the water-type Ironclaw Lobster to defeat the grass-type Sceptile.

Five minutes later.

"Iron Claw Lobster is unable to fight, Lizard King wins..." the referee announced the result.

The two trainers stepped down from the control platform, shook hands, and even hugged.

The audience gave them a warm round of applause, as did Tetsuya and Yozo.

To be fair, this kind of battle is much more enjoyable to watch than others, with only the intense scenes like Tetsuya's three-on-one fight being somewhat comparable.

At the very least, the audience certainly enjoys watching this kind of evenly matched battle.

One-sided battles are certainly exciting, but not very interesting. Otherwise, it would be much better to just watch the Elite Four crush novice trainers.

"What time is your match tomorrow? I'll see if I have time to watch it."

Tetsuya, as if bestowing a "gift," instructed Yozo.

Ye Zang was already used to his irritating tone: "I watched the second match this morning. There were no near-Elite Four level Pokémon in the other three arenas."

"Alright then, it seems only you can get in..."

Why did you kick someone?!

asshole!

"Don't you dare run away!"

Before Tetsuya could finish speaking, Yozo kicked him from behind.

Enraged, he chased after them.

The athletes' village looked exceptionally beautiful under the setting sun, and it was still full of youthful energy.

Chapter 258 The Battle of the Electric Dragon (14.8/22)

The first round of the Quartz Conference knockout stage was in full swing and soon came to an end.

"Tetsuya Tamaki VS Kintaro Morii (3v3)"

Time: 10:00 AM, March 23.

Location: Grass Field, Sub-venue 1.

rule:.......

(Please arrive before 9:30 AM to cooperate with the referees and staff in completing the pre-match preparations.)

On the evening of March 20th, Tetsuya's information about the second elimination match appeared on his wristwatch right on time.

Kintaro Morii, Tetsuya pondered the name. He remembered that this seemed to be one of the weakest players.

Of course, "weak" here is only relative. Those who can enter the main competition and even survive the first round of elimination are certainly not weak in any real sense.

However, four Pokémon around level 40, along with two Pokémon that had just broken through to the elite level, seemed rather meager among a group of powerful trainers.

Fortunately, he had good luck in the draw and made it through the first round.

For Kintaro Morii, whose strength was estimated to be around 1,000th, his current achievement can be considered a breakthrough.

"Well, but I have to unilaterally declare you're out now, little bro~"

Tetsuya tapped his knuckles on the table, clearly pleased with himself.

It seems he had pretty good luck in the draw this time.

Perfect, let's bring out Serperior, Togekiss, and Ampharos.

Zhe easily decided on the three Pokémon for the next match.

As for losing? That's impossible. These three little ones are no worse than Kintaro Morii's main force in terms of level alone. Moreover, under his careful training, the difference in strength is much greater than the difference in level numbers.

After informing the three little guys of this news in advance, you could clearly feel their high enthusiasm.

"Go to sleep, go to sleep~"

Tetsuya looked at the documents for a while longer, and as night fell, he quickly fell asleep.

......

November 3, 9:50 a.m.

"Welcome everyone to the first venue of the Quartz Tournament, the Grass Field. Just now, Hisao and Yuuki gave us a very exciting match. Next, we will have the fourth match of the day."

As many viewers have likely already learned from the official website of the League Conference, one of today's participants is our young torchbearer, Tetsuya Tamaki from Tokiwa City.

This trainer is quite remarkable.

In addition to achieving an amazing ten-game winning streak during the preliminaries, Tetsuya also defeated three of his opponent's Pokémon in a row with just one Pidgeot in the first round of the elimination tournament to advance to the second round.

It's worth noting that there were a total of 512 matches in the first round of the tournament's knockout stage this year, and only 26 of them featured a three-way series. I wonder if he can deliver a similarly exciting performance today?

His opponent was Kintaro Morii, whose strength should not be underestimated either...

The passionate voice of the commentator echoed through the arena of the Grass Field.

The cheers from the audience grew even louder.

"Then please stand on the command platform and send out your spirits according to my instructions."

After speaking with the two contestants, the referee returned to his position and raised two flags, one red and one blue.

"Day 12, Match 4 of Grass Field: Tetsuya Tamaki vs. Kintaro Morii, a 3v3 battle. Both sides can switch Pokémon once at will. One side cannot lose if all of their Pokémon have been used in the battle."

Both sides release their spirits simultaneously... Battle begins!

"Explode, Ampharos!" "Go without regrets, Butterfree!"

Two Pokémon appeared directly in front of their respective trainers, one on the left and one on the right, facing each other across the grassy field.

The shape of the grass field is similar to that of the standard match field, but the difference is that it is mainly composed of dense and compact grass, rather than rocks or bricks.

These lawns are quite messy, with the species and height changing almost every few steps.

In some places, the lawns are soft and shiny, while in others they appear dull and tough; some lawns are meticulously manicured, like roadside decorations, while others are messy, where a small elf could be completely hidden by taking a step forward, and even a caterpillar would be exposed by taking a step back.

There are also several other places with clumps of "small trees" as tall as a person.

Compared to ice terrain, which restricts the size and weight of Pokémon, grass terrain is closer to the natural forest environment, which is quite favorable for some Pokémon.

"oh!!!!!!

Ladies and gentlemen, what do we just see? A pink electric dragon!!!

Is this a shiny Shiny Elf?

I can say with certainty that even after hosting so many battle commentary sessions, this is only the second time I've seen a Shiny Pokémon. That's an incredibly rare Pokémon!

The moment the sprite appeared, the commentator's deafening exclamation rang out, even drowning out the audience's gasps with the help of the loudspeaker.

Tetsuya's Electric Dragon appeared once in the qualifiers, but with so many matches taking place simultaneously and the Electric Dragon finishing battles in an astonishingly short time, not many people actually witnessed it firsthand; they might only have heard about it occasionally.

The moment the pink electric dragon appeared on the field, everyone was amazed.

Shiny Pokémon are even rarer than pseudo-legendary Pokémon, and some people may never see one in person in their entire lives, which is quite remarkable.

Tetsuya's opponent, Kintaro Morii, was also surprised, but mostly happy.

Because Tetsuya's information was not difficult to investigate, although Kintaro Morii was not sure whether Ampharos was a Shiny Pokémon before, he could at least confirm that Ampharos was one of the lower-level Pokémon in the opponent's possession.

Or perhaps we shouldn't even use "one of," it just means the lowest level.

Although Kintaro Morii knew that level and strength were not always directly correlated, at least a lower level wouldn't be ridiculously strong, and it was still much better than Tetsuya sending out a near-Elite Four level Pokémon.

"Don't underestimate me just because I want to take this opportunity to train my weaker Pokémon. You'll regret it."

Kintaro Morii thought to himself silently.

He wasn't angry. It was a good thing that his opponent underestimated him, so why be angry? There was absolutely no need.

Only in this way can he have a chance of victory, Morii Kintaro said with a resolute expression.

"Butterfly, use poison powder." "Electric Dragon, plasma bath."

Both sides issued instructions simultaneously.

Butterfree flapped its wings, and under its control, the deep purple powder slowly and leisurely enveloped the electric dragon.

Ampharos isn't known for its speed, and even though it's quite skilled with its moves, it was still a bit slower than Butterfree.

But this had no effect.

Because a Flying-type Butterfree is unlikely to approach an Electric-type Ampharos on its own initiative, unless it wants to get itself into trouble.

It can only launch ranged attacks, and the long distance in the middle is more than enough for the electric dragon to strike first.