Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

Venusaur's calls became unusually strained.

For a creature of such enormous size, the effects of gravity are immediate.

Moreover...

"How come you, a Rock-type Pokémon, are so proficient in the Psychic-type Gravity move?!"

Yuji looked helpless.

Although the term gravity is often associated with the earth, in the world of Pokémon, gravity is an absolute superpower move.

As for Venusaur, which has the Grass/Poison type, it is clearly not a good fit with the Psychic type.

It's even a little annoying.

Tetsuya chuckled.

His giant rock monster has been training in gravity manipulation skills since birth.

To put it bluntly, this is Pangyan Monster's most proficient move, without exception.

If Tetsuya can't even do this much, then he really needs to reflect on whether there's something wrong with his training plan.

Not to mention that gravity-based moves are a unique category among superpower-based moves.

Pokémon that can master this move, possessing one of the three types—Ground, Rock, or Steel—are just as numerous as those with Psychic abilities.

"In that case, Venusaur, use Root to bury yourself deep underground!"

Yuji is no pushover either.

Despite the enormous disparity in strength, he still quickly found a reasonable way to deal with it.

Since we're already bound, we might as well stay still.

Anyway, Venusaur isn't exactly a Pokémon that relies on agility to win.

Its primary function is to be a turret with high defense and high attack.

But there is a downside to this.

Tetsuya smiled with satisfaction as he watched Venusaur extend dozens of green root-like structures into the ground to recover.

"Giant Rock Monster, sandstorm unleashed."

"Dangoro~"

A glint flashed in Pang Yan's strange orange eyes.

Suddenly, a sandstorm swept across the entire battlefield.

All that could be seen was a dark, gloomy yellow.

The bodies of Gianlugi and Venusaur were faintly visible within it.

"That cancels it out, and the sandstorm might even cause more damage."

The spectators in the stands watched intently.

While the grasses recovered quickly from their entrenching, the impact of sandstorms was no joke.

With the two forces balanced, the sandstorm unleashed by the stronger Giant Rock Monster can undoubtedly cause damage exceeding the limits of its rooted recovery.

And everyone knows that this is just the beginning.

"Pang Yan Guai, weather globe."

“Dangoro”

As Tetsuya gave the order and Pang Yanqi responded, a spinning sand sphere slowly formed in front of the latter's body.

Look closely.

It's not hard to see that the entire sandstorm seems to revolve around this small sand ball.

Yuji's expression changed repeatedly: "Venusaur, use Crazy Plant!"

"Da na!"

Venusaur, enduring the sandstorm's attacks, nodded knowingly.

next moment.

Its entire body radiated a bright green glow.

Its intensity even penetrated the shielding effect of the sandstorm.

Several thick, thorny vines emerged from the ground and then intertwined in front of it.

"boom--"

A violent explosion rang out.

Countless shattered vines flew through the air and then crashed down on the heads of the spectators in the stands.

"Ouch!"

"Pain Pain!"

Ouch! My butt!

Panic ensued in the audience.

Fortunately, Officer Jenny and Miss Joey were prepared.

They looked so different from ordinary people that they quickly entered the scene and stabilized the situation.

Fortunately, the arena's seating area was large enough that only a small portion of the audience near the front were affected.

Otherwise, this move would have severely injured countless people.

"Very decisive."

Tetsuya nodded approvingly.

“Da na”

An extremely weak cry came from the mouth of the Venusaur opposite.

At this moment, it has lost the vitality it had when it first appeared.

Its entire body was covered with scratches caused by sand and gravel.

The dense coverage is alarming.

Even so, it still did not lose its ability to fight.

A faint green light continuously flowed from the ground into Venusaur's body along the root-like structure.

This is what enabled it to withstand Pang Yan Guai's Sandstorm Weather Ball attack.

The Weather Ball skill, in terms of initial standard power, is not much different from Impact.

But it has a very special additional effect.

As its name suggests, the Weather Ball changes its properties and power depending on the weather.

During a sandstorm, the Weather Ball's attribute changes to Rock, and its base power doubles.

Used by the Giant Rock Monster and amplified by the sandstorm, this attack can actually cause more damage than the Hyper Beam under the same conditions.

And it will not be affected by any side effects.

Of course.

Venusaur's Crazy Plant ability played a significant role in enabling it to withstand this attack.

Unlike its normal use for attack, Yuji's command just now was to have the Crazy Plants defend.

This is also one of the biggest characteristics of Grass-type moves.

As both are ultimate moves, it's ultimately unrealistic to expect explosive flames and water cannons to be used for defense.

Another name for Crazy Plant is Hardened Plant, which is based on its powerful defense.

"Go for it, Yuuji Tachibana!!"

The cheers of the audience came from the stands.

This time, however, they were not calling for Tetsuya, but for Yuji, his rival.

Yuji was taken aback for a moment, then smiled.

Was it because his and Pokémon's persistence earned him recognition?

He clenched his fist.

The charm of a trainer lies in doing what they know to be impossible!

Followed by.

One sentence completely broke his defenses.

"You'll achieve a perfect score in half a minute of the first half!"

You have to hold on!

I've invested a huge amount of Alliance Coins in you!

"cough cough"

Tetsuya was so surprised that he choked on his own saliva.

Good guy.

It seems that what these viewers care about is how long Yuji can hold out against him.

To know.

Because Tetsuya and his partners are so incredibly strong, the odds for the Silver Tournament champion are the lowest ever.

Even in the semi-finals, the odds of Tetsuya winning the championship had dropped to nine decimal places.

Simply put, betting 100 million Alliance Coins will roughly win you one dollar.

Nobody's a fool.

A trainer who is called an Elite-level but is actually a Champion-level trainer, who simply dominates the regional tournament.

Many people believe that Tetsuya's record is not only unprecedented, but also likely to remain so.

Regarding this viewpoint.

Tetsuya could only say that they were incredibly naive.

When Cynthia participates in the Sinnoh Lily of the Valley Conference in the next year or two, those competitors will know what true despair is.

He was only participating at the Champion level, while Cynthia was directly competing at the Champion level.

Tetsuya has already written the script for her.

Within a year, he won both the regional tournament championship and the regional Elite Four championship, and also single-handedly defeated the other three Elite Four members to ascend to the Sinnoh Champion throne.

It aims directly at the throne of the world's strongest Pokémon trainer.

Sister Cabbage, you're awesome!

Despite his thoughts, Tetsuya did not ignore the ongoing battle.

"Pangyan Monster, let the rock collapse end it."

He silently issued the final instruction of the first half.

Several huge rocks slowly rose from the ground.

As numerous potholes formed on the field, the referee raised his flag in advance.

"bang bang bang"

When the rockfall exploded on Venusaur's body, it finally collapsed.

The stun duration caused by Crazy Plants is quite long.

Even with its rooted recovery, the severely injured Venusaur is completely unable to dodge or defend itself.

Its eyes started to dart around.

"Venusaur is unable to battle, and Gigalith wins."