"Begin the match!"
Pointing at Carmine, the swim trunks guy released his own Pokémon immediately.
It was a jellyfish entirely pink in color, with two tentacle-like long legs, and its gaze looked somewhat frightening.
One of the only Grass + Ground-type Pokémon, Tentacool.
Upon seeing this Pokémon appear, the trainers who had just been envying the swim trunks guy all sighed to the sky.
This round… he really pulled it off.
As students of Blueberry Academy, they were all very familiar with type advantages.
Duraludon's Dragon + Steel typing gave it one immunity and a whole bunch of resistances.
Its only countered types were Ground and Fighting.
Now Duraludon had no trainer, and the swim trunks guy had a Ground-type Pokémon.
In everyone's eyes, the outcome of this battle was already decided.
What was Duraludon going to use to fight?
Even if this Duraludon was already level 30, comparable to third- or fourth-year seniors, it was still impossible to win against this Tentacool without a trainer.
A smile remained on the swim trunks guy's face. Tentacool wasn't exactly a particularly strong Pokémon.
He had only captured it due to a lucky encounter inside the Ecology Dome to fill a type gap in his team.
Never did he imagine that today it would actually come in handy.
"Duraludon, I'm going to make a move now!"
"ROAR!"
Duraludon happily nodded, looking exactly like an NPC.
The crowd erupted once again into howls of envy and jealousy.
Why couldn't they get such an easy target?
The swim trunks guy waved his hand boldly, his voice full of heroic energy and a trace of longing for victory, "Tentacool, use Mud Shot to lower the opponent's speed!"
"Jelly~"
Tentacool let out a low cry, its sinister little eyes fixed on Duraludon. Its slender tentacles burrowed into the ground, stirring up a large mass of mud.
That mud carried a thick, earthy-yellow energy, quickly flinging it toward where Duraludon stood.
The students below watched nervously, all of them breaking into a cold sweat for Duraludon.
A little girl in a light apricot-yellow dress even stood up uncontrollably, shouting toward Duraludon:
"Dodge it, Duraludon! You'll be at a big disadvantage otherwise!"
But Duraludon didn't move a muscle, letting the mud splatter all over his face.
The next moment, four upward-facing rings of light appeared on Duraludon's body.
His momentum immediately surged sky-high, even the ground beneath his feet began to crack.
The crowd below went wild, almost everyone jumped to their feet.
"Holy crap, this Duraludon is actually holding a Weakness Policy!"
"My god, isn't that item usually only carried by Duraludon's evolution, Archaludon? Is this an early strategy for adapting to Archaludon?"
Archaludon had an extremely powerful ability called Stamina.
Its effect was that every time it took a hit, its Defense would increase.
Combine that with a Weakness Policy, and Archaludon only had two weaknesses...
You could say that a Archaludon with Weakness Policy was a borderline broken Pokémon. You didn't dare hit it, and you couldn't guard against it.
As people of Blueberry Academy, they knew full well that their academy's treasure vault contained a rare item called "Composite Metal."
The effect of this item was to allow Duraludon to evolve into the powerful Archaludon.
Plus, Duraludon's trainer was participating in the school's ranking match for the first time, so their goal was already very clear.
Accumulate enough Blueberry Points to allow Duraludon to fully evolve.
Thinking this, everyone couldn't help getting excited.
They might be witnessing a powerful Pokémon that would challenge the academy's Elite Four.
Unfortunately, people's joys and sorrows are not the same.
While they were excited, the swim trunks guy's smile vanished in an instant, his whole body practically collapsing.
It's over, he was about to go from being the first trainer to defeat Duraludon to the first to be defeated by Duraludon.
"Quick, use Protect!"
Unfortunately, it was already too late.
Just as Tentacool activated Protect, Duraludon also lowered his head.
The cannon behind his head extended forward, emitting a powerful purple wave.
A massive burst of Dragon-type energy gathered in the cannon, illuminating nearly half of Duraludon's body in noble purple light.
In the next instant, the dragon energy transformed into a ball of light, trailing a long tail as it blasted toward Tentacool's position.
BOOM!
With a loud explosion, the entire battlefield was instantly filled with smoke and dust.
"Tentacool, hang in there!"
Unfortunately, the gap in strength between the two sides was simply too great.
By the time the dust settled, Tentacool was already lying on the ground, eyes spinning.
Energy depleted.
Amidst the silence, Duraludon revealed a humanlike smile, placed his hands behind his back, and struck a masterly pose.
"ROAR!"
'Next!'
The swim trunks guy took a deep breath, "I... I surrender."
Since Duraludon didn't bring his own Poké Ball, he sat for a while after the match, waiting for the boosts on his body to fade.
When he stepped onto the field again, his opponent was the girl in the apricot-yellow dress who had worried about him earlier.
Seeing Duraludon walk up, the girl subconsciously stepped back half a step.
"I… do you still remember me?"
"When you fight my Pikachu later, can you go easy?"
Duraludon blinked, then nodded.
This time, the general displayed extremely high close-combat technique.
Even without a trainer, he used melee skills with flawless precision.
One Dragon Claw sent Pikachu flying off the stage. Then the great general let out a sky-shaking howl.
'Hahaha, looks like bullying Gyarados back then was also good training for myself.'
'Next!'
As Duraludon struck a domineering pose, a boy wearing a red baseball cap stepped onto the stage, his eyes filled with burning fighting spirit.
"Duraludon, I admit your trainer has excellent training ability. Even without showing up, he's let you dominate the entire field."
"But I still have to say, he's too arrogant!'
"Our Blueberry Academy is full of talented people. It's absolutely impossible for us to be wiped out by just one Pokémon."
"My Pokémon is Fire-type. It won't trigger your Weakness Policy and can deal considerable damage."
"I will definitely defeat you!"
A flash of white light, and a Magmar appeared on one side of the field.
This Pokémon was covered in fiery red fur, looking like it was burning.
After the Pokémon appeared, the boy in the baseball cap was brimming with fighting spirit.
"My Pokémon lived at the mouth of a volcano, it can emit flames over 2000 degrees Celsius."
"Duraludon's winning streak ends with me!"
Duraludon blinked, very tempted to see whether a Fire-type Pokémon could take his Draco Meteor.
But thinking of Axel's instructions, he decided not to get too carried away playing solo.
The mission to train Dragonair wasn't complete yet…
Thinking this, Duraludon pulled out a Poké Ball from behind.
"ROAR!"
'This time, the great general will switch it up!'
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