As Stealth Rock scattered down, the girl quietly fell apart.
Whose family's child fights gym battles this way?
Poisoning was one thing, but even using Stealth Rock to block their own Pokémon?
Once it goes in, it probably can't come out again.
Misty could already imagine the scene when her remaining two Pokémon came out.
They'd be stabbed by Stealth Rock at the start, and also poisoned...
'No, I have to let Goldeen deal more damage first.'
At the same time, Goldeen's Water Gun skill finally broke through the surface, blasting hard into Nihilego's body.
"Niheel!"
Even though Nihilego had excellent special defense, under the level-crushing and double-effective Water Gun from Goldeen, it still lost more than half of its HP.
"Nihilego, don't be afraid, use Thunder Wave!"
Nihilego shook its nearly-toppled body, a faint crackling sound emerging between its tentacles.
Then, a weak electric light suddenly appeared.
The Thunder Wave skill followed along Goldeen's Water Gun and suddenly curved down, successfully covering Goldeen's body and causing it to fall into paralysis.
"That's it, Nihilego!", Axel gave Nihilego a thumbs up.
Nihilego also raised two fingers, making a "yeah" gesture.
"Although your Nihilego has already done enough, there's no need to celebrate early," Misty looked at Axel, confused, "Your Nihilego is seriously injured."
Axel gave Misty a slight smile, "What yours and mine, these injuries belong to everyone."
"Nihilego, use Pain Split!"
Misty: "???"
In the stunned expressions of Misty and Goldeen, a fine thread appeared on Nihilego's body, precisely binding Goldeen and Nihilego together.
Nihilego, who had been convulsing in pain, suddenly looked better, while Goldeen, hiding underwater, began to suffer.
'It hurt so much.'
When the thread dissipated, both Pokémon were down to half HP.
Misty clenched her fist tightly, suddenly feeling a deep connection with Gyarados.
When she saw Axel tying up Gyarados for a beating yesterday, she didn't feel much.
But now it seemed... Gyarados must've been really miserable last night.
"Goldeen, use Water Gun again, don't give them a chance to use Pain Split!"
Seeing Misty explode with rage, Axel helplessly shook his head.
Nihilego's training level still wasn't enough, he'd raise its level later and have it learn more gap-filling moves.
Next time when facing enemies hiding underwater to avoid poison, he could just toss out a Thunderbolt.
"Duraludon, your turn!", Axel recalled the now Stealth-Rock-scattering Nihilego and released Duraludon onto the field.
Having been hit by Water Gun while trying to brainwash Dragonair, Duraludon looked completely confused.
'I have been teaching the dragon, how did I end up in the water?'
After briefly adapting to the situation, Duraludon quickly found the target.
Tackle!
Axel didn't intervene too much. Goldeen was already paralyzed by Thunder Wave. With the level suppression and type resistance, Duraludon could take it down easily.
Duraludon charged around in the pool, completely ignoring the Toxic Spikes on the surface, and directly found the paralyzed Goldeen.
A Tackle.
Goldeen instantly dropped to critical HP.
Misty sighed helplessly and recalled her Goldeen with the Pokéball.
With Duraludon up close, Goldeen had no chance to deal more damage.
"Next should be the pure Water-type Starmie, right?", Without waiting for Misty's second Pokémon to appear, Axel directly predicted her next one.
Reading the opponent's Pokémon and moves in advance, this was also an essential trait of a mature Trainer.
Now that the field was covered in Toxic Spikes and Stealth Rock, Misty's only counter was Starmie's Rapid Spin.
"In that case, use Breaking Swipe!", Hearing Axel's command, Misty instinctively sensed danger and tried to stop her action.
But it was already too late.
The white light from the Pokéball was irreversible, Starmie appeared on the water's surface.
With a muffled groan, Stealth Rock pierced its body, causing Starmie to freeze for a moment.
Immediately afterward, Duraludon turned its body, and its thick steel dragon tail whipped hard onto the water, bursting out with intense purple Dragon-type energy.
The entire pool was instantly covered by Breaking Swipe's energy. Starmie, not even having time to react, was crushed to the bottom of the pool by the immense power.
"Hold back a bit! Don't accidentally break the room," Axel reminded him, preventing this dragon general from getting carried away.
He was already level 27 now, one wrong move and the field might get destroyed.
"ROAR!"
Duraludon nodded lightly, then eagerly looked at the stunned Starmie, waiting for Axel's next command.
"Use Dragon Pulse."
Axel knew Duraludon wouldn't be able to stop Starmie's Rapid Spin anyway, so he simply told Duraludon to deal maximum damage.
"DURAAAAAA!"
Duraludon crouched slightly, and purple energy surged from the cannon behind it.
Under Misty's command, Starmie also successfully spun up, blowing away all the Toxic Spikes and Stealth Rock from the pool.
BOOM!
A loud explosion rang out. Focused solely on clearing the field, Starmie was hit by Dragon Pulse and fell immediately, unable to rise again.
All its energy was gone. Misty was down to her final Pokémon.
Duraludon pounded his chest with both hands, letting out a loud roar.
'Dragonair! Isn't your general amazing?'
'This general is going to sweep all three!'
Seeing Duraludon burning with fighting spirit, Misty couldn't help but feel a headache.
If the opponent really pulled off a three-sweep, Cerulean Gym would probably become famous again.
Might as well just hand out the badge like her three older sisters.
In her heart, Misty suddenly made a decision that went against her principles.
Since the other side was playing dirty, she'd go dirty once too.
'Sorry, Duraludon!'
A flash of white light, and the massive Gyarados appeared in the center of the field.
Seeing Gyarados's unruly eyes, Misty already knew this guy definitely wouldn't follow her commands.
Even if it did, Misty had no confidence in defeating Duraludon.
Duraludon double-resisted Flying and Water. Against Gyarados, it was practically invincible.
'If that's the case..."
"Gyarados, use Dragon Tail! Force his Pokémon to switch!"
Hearing Misty's command, Axel was stunned.
'Wait, girl, don't mess around!'
'I really didn't plan on letting my ace Pokémon enter the fight.'
'If you do this, you might accidentally bring out Mewtwo!'
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