"Hehehe—"
After giving Crobat a Mean Look, Gengar flashed his signature smile once again.
Crobat also felt some pressure. Without his various buffs, Crobat didn't have much of an advantage against Gengar, who was no less fast than him.
Koga's expression also turned somewhat grim. The triple combination of Crobat, Venomoth, and Ariados was originally his strongest tactic. As long as Venomoth and Ariados could stack Quiver Dance and Swords Dance to the highest level respectively, Crobat's first attack would definitely be able to instantly kill an opponent of the same level and strength.
However, there was no way to stop him; Aoki's summoned Aggron disrupted his rhythm, forcing him to reveal Crobat prematurely.
This successfully defeated Aggron, and his side didn't seem to have suffered any damage. However, battles aren't always so straightforward. Aoki saw through his tactics and found a way to counter them. So, for him, the outcome of this duel with Aoki was already decided.
Crobat was his last trump card, but after it was countered, Koga's last remaining Pokémon was not enough to turn the tide. Although Aoki has lost three Pokémon and Koga himself has also lost three, the situation is already clear.
The battle between Crobat and Gengar was incredibly exciting, arguably the most spectacular fight between Koga and Aoki so far, considering they were both Champion Level fighters. The Pokémon battle truly made the audience acknowledge Koga's strength.
This is someone who owns more than one Champion Level The Pokémon Trainer has the ability and skill to serve as an Elite Four member in the Johto region.
In the end, Gengar emerged victorious. Even with the boost from Quiver Dance, Crobat couldn't withstand Gengar's explosive attack. Crobat, being a Pokémon known for its speed, was no match for Gengar in terms of attack power after losing its speed advantage.
Not only did Crobat succumb to Gengar's attack, but Venomoth, which was summoned later, also fell to Gengar's attack.
Koga's last Pokémon was the well-known Weezing, but unfortunately, this Weezing also failed to reach the Champion Level and was no match for Gengar.
In other words, in the end, Aoki's summoned Gengar completed a three-on-one battle. Of course, this was because he had thoroughly understood his opponent's weaknesses, which allowed him to do this without any pressure.
Otherwise, if Koga's Venomoth, Ariados, and Crobat's tactics really seize the opportunity, let alone Aggron, even Tyranitar might have a hard time stopping them. This kind of cheating method can only be used once, and it won't work after that, because the opponent will definitely be able to counter it.
While the audience was amazed by Aoki's strength, they also acknowledged Koga's ability to fight Aoki for so long.
In fact, the residents of the Johto area don't ask for much. They just want to avoid feeling that the Elite Four in their area are not good enough to match the Elite Four's strength.
Sometimes, when they reach a bottom line in their hearts, they find that what they expect is actually above that bottom line, and that is enough to make them feel satisfied.
That's how Koga is right now.
Aoki and Koga put away their Pokémon, walked to the center of the field with smiles on their faces, and hugged each other.
"Your strength has improved rapidly. I hope you won't forget our agreement and that our cooperation will continue." Koga's voice rang in Aoki's ears, and only the two of them could hear the conversation.
Aoki's lips curled into a slight smile as she whispered in Koga's ear, "I hope you won't blame me... Let's continue our cooperation!"
After saying that, the two separated and shook hands.
After shaking hands again under the watchful eye of the league's photographer, they went their separate ways.
Having witnessed Aoki's strength, Koga willingly chose to cooperate, while Aoki genuinely didn't want to offend Koga, who might survive in the wild for a long time, at least not now.
However, Aoki still left a Miracle Eye, leaving a subtle Psychic coordinate on Koga when they hugged.
Unless someone like Psychic and Aoki comes into close contact with Koga again, they won't be able to sense Psychic on him.
Given Koga's personality, would he allow a psychic to get close to him?
Therefore, this wisp of Psychic cannot be detected. This is the last safeguard that Aoki left on Koga. With this wisp of Psychic present, no matter how strong Koga's hiding ability is, he cannot get close to Aoki before he can react.
After the show-like battle with Koga ended, Aoki emerged victorious, but she didn't seem very happy.
When he was first reborn on Trial Island, he never dared to imagine that he would one day be able to defeat Koga, one of Team Rockets' top executives.
But now that he has this strength, standing at this level, he is not so easily happy, because he knew first that his strength was already above Koga's, and then he fought Koga. It can only be said that the outcome of this battle was within his expectations and was not much of a surprise.
After Aoki returned to the Hoenn Region's private room, the second Elite Four member from the Johto region, the Super Elite... Ichi's challenge has begun.
His target was the third Elite. Karen.
Psychic Elite challenging Dark-Type Elite Four? Attribute-wise, Ichi is practically courting death, and doing so by offering himself up.
But when the battle actually began, people realized that Ichi wasn't courting death.
Although, in terms of attributes, Karen's Dark-type Pokémon completely counters Ichi's Psychic. Pokémon, but in terms of raw strength, Ichi is actually stronger than Karen, and not just slightly stronger, but much stronger.
Simply put, Karen's strongest Pokémon at this time is a Quasi-Champion level Pokémon, but Ichi has two Champion level Pokémon. In terms of raw strength, Ichi is completely comparable to Koga. If we also consider the advantage of Psychic Type over Poison Type, then it is not impossible for Ichi to replace Koga as the first elite four member.
There is more than one person who thinks this way.
While many were focused on who was stronger, Ichi or Koga, Aoki's brows furrowed deeply.
It doesn't make sense, and it doesn't make sense.
Ichi and Karen have similar talents, and their performances at the Sinnoh Tournament were also quite similar. However, from any perspective, Ichi's talent and resources could not possibly surpass Steven's.
But Steven only has one Champion Level Pokémon, while Ichi already has two.
Aoki wasn't surprised that Ichi became one of the Elite Four, but she was astonished by the speed at which Ichi's skills had improved, completely leaving Lee Huai behind.
Ultimately, due to her attribute advantage, Karen won by a single Pokémon, but this battle proved that Ichi's actual strength was superior to Karen's.
Ichi showed no change in expression despite losing the match, as if it had nothing to do with him.
But the more he acted this way, the more Aoki felt that Ichi's condition was somewhat off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on what was wrong.
After all, he and Ichi weren't very familiar with each other.