"Toge toge pii!!" Facing the charging legendary warrior, Togepi showed no fear. Receiving John's command, it remained just as excited, waving both tiny hands, executing Metronome.
Simultaneously, Aura energy from John's body transmitted to Togepi, helping it enhance the move's power.
Togepi's level truly wasn't high, it was just that John had casually used Exp. Share and Rare Candies to raise it to level 100.
But because it had never evolved, its stats were indeed poor to look at, so it needed Aura energy to compensate, along with...
Whoosh!
Like the sound of a furnace opening, a string of flames appeared from nothing.
The surrounding spectators exclaimed that John's Togepi had good luck, Metronome's effect randomly used whatever technique.
Against Cobalion, the first use of Metronome produced a Fire-type move!
But a moment later, all spectators reacted, John's Togepi definitely wasn't just lucky in the simple sense.
The flames that appeared from nothing condensed into a sphere at terrifying speed!
The fireball shot into the sky like a blazing pillar, dwarfing Togepi and even surpassing Cobalion in size.
Was this truly the power Togepi's Metronome could unleash?!
Chadri was dumbfounded.
But what made him even more desperate was that this massive fireball wasn't the final result.
Around the fireball's periphery, two fire rings suddenly appeared like planetary rings, intersecting in an "X" formation. They protected the fireball in the center, then at extreme speed broke through the Iron Head and struck Cobalion's steel body, directly sending the legendary warrior flying backward. The fireball and Cobalion traveled together until they crashed into the battle platform wall beneath Chadri before falling.
BOOM!
The wall exploded and collapsed.
Soon after, Cobalion lay powerlessly on the ground, its noble form scorched and defeated.
"Cobalion has lost battle capability! Togepi wins!" The referee immediately made the call.
Seeing this scene, all spectators in attendance couldn't help standing up. Well, most people were already standing anyway.
That fireball Togepi had deployed, they seemed to recognize it!
It looked like what that Fire-type Pokemon used, and also like Dragon-type...
"Reshiram's Fusion Flare!!!!"
That flame manifestation, wasn't it the Legendary Pokemon Reshiram's Fusion Flare! They'd seen it in John's battle against Giovanni, absolutely couldn't be wrong.
Could... Metronome randomly pull out Fusion Flare?!
Chadri felt somewhat suffocated!
Metronome randomly using a technique was fine, but he'd never heard it could randomly use Legendary Pokemon techniques!
Moreover, it was perfectly a Fire-type technique that countered Cobalion's Steel-typing...
But Chadri was the Steel Emperor for a reason. Losing a legendary first was devastating, but he still had five Pokemon remaining. This was a full 6v6 battle, the real fight was just beginning.
His hand moved to his second Pokeball. Time to get serious.
"This is just the start, John," Chadri muttered, his eyes hardening with determination. "You haven't seen what the Steel Emperor can really do."