"Then the challenge format is 3v3. Pokémon can be replaced midway, but Pokémon that have been judged to have lost their combat capability or voluntarily surrendered are not allowed to play again. Do the challengers understand and agree to the above rules?"
Qianye stood alone at the side of the battle stage, serving as the referee of this Pokémon battle. His eyes were fixed on Xiaozhi, confirming with him one last time whether he was ready.
"Of course, Pikachu and I will definitely win!" Xiaozhi clenched his fists, his tone full of confidence. The yellow-haired mouse beside him also clenched his fists and responded:
"Pika Pika!"
No, I don't think you understand at all. The corner of his eye twitched slightly, and Qianye waved his palm down, indicating that the game could begin.
As expected, Xiaozhi sent out the same Pikachu. Fortunately, at least this time it was not a counter-attack. Moreover, perhaps because she underestimated Pikachu, Nancy only sent out one Casey, which tilted the balance of victory.
Xiaozhi, you must seize this opportunity...
"Pikachu, 100,000 volts!"
The electric sacs on his cheeks flickered, emitting electric light that was hard to ignore. The golden electric current condensed into shape and rushed straight towards Casey's position.
"Sizzle."
Hit? No, the place where 100,000 Volt arrived was just a bare piece of ground, and there was no trace of Casey. A bubble with a question mark appeared on Pikachu's head, and he turned his head left and right to look for the enemy's location.
"Pikachu stop daydreaming! Casey is behind you!"
Pikachu suddenly woke up after hearing Xiaozhi's shout. He turned around quickly and released an electric shock again at Casey who had teleported behind him at some point.
But the white light was activated before the electric light, and Casey moved instantly, and the 100,000 volts missed again.
Can this really be called a battle? Or maybe it would be more appropriate to describe it as a play... Casey didn't release a single attack move during the whole process, and even didn't open his eyes. He just sat on the ground like he was asleep, and dodged all of Pikachu's attacks by teleporting.
"Damn it! Pikachu, cover the entire place with 100,000 volts!"
Upon hearing this order, Qian Ye, the referee, was a little surprised. One hundred thousand volts is famous for its high power and large range among electric moves, but can a tiny Pikachu like you afford to spread the lightning level all over such a large battle stage?
And even if it could be done, how much power would be left if the strike range was so large? It wouldn't have any effect on the enemy.
Questioning again and again, he watched as Pikachu's red electric sac splashed with sparks, and then a terrifying pillar of lightning shot up into the sky, and a golden thundercloud instantly spread over the entire arena.
My god, is this still 100,000 volts?! Looking up at the rolling thunderclouds above, Qianye's eyes almost popped out. The next moment, countless lightning bolts fell like a rainstorm.
A serious look finally appeared on Nancy's face, her eyes flashed with telekinesis, and the white light completely covered Casey's body.
It's not teleportation. Facing such a baptism of heavenly thunder, there is no so-called place to take shelter. Could the dazzling white light that shines on his body be... the light of evolution?
The petite body grew rapidly under the white light, and as it grew taller, two long yellow whiskers appeared under its nose. Casey, who had completed his evolution in battle... should now be called Yongjila, raised his head and stared at the falling lightning with his green eyes.
The telekinesis was activated, and the electric current that was originally evenly spread throughout the field was gathered together by Yongjira's telekinesis, creating a roaring thunder dragon, which rushed towards Pikachu with its fangs and claws.
"Pikachu!" With its pointed ears trembling, Pikachu didn't dare to stay any longer and began to flee on all fours. However, under the control of telekinesis, the Thunder Dragon seemed to come to life and kept biting it from behind.
"Pikapi!"
In the end, it was unable to escape. The dazzling electric light swallowed its body whole, and the electric current released by itself was all returned to itself. Even if the electric Pokémon has resistance to electric moves, it can't withstand this easily.
The hair on his body exploded due to the electric shock, and he screamed in pain. However, Yongjira's attack did not stop there. He teleported to Pikachu, who was still bathed in lightning, and his eyes widened to emit strange waves of different colors.
Illusion Beam, which directly attacks the enemy's mind with a beam of light that can induce hallucinations, is normally not a very powerful move, but it has a troublesome hidden effect - a state of confusion caused by failing to get rid of the hallucination in time.
At this moment, Pikachu, who was in severe pain from the 100,000-volt attack, inevitably weakened his mental defenses, and the illusion light easily penetrated into it. The endless illusions in his sight suddenly made him fall into confusion.
Circles appeared in his eyes, his body staggered and swayed, and he danced with a mysterious smile on his face.
"Pikachu, what are you doing? Why are you dancing all of a sudden?"
Xiaozhi didn't even realize the state his Pokémon was in. With a frown on his face, he issued the next order: "Continue the battle, Pikachu use Thunderbolt!"
"Pikachu~" Shaking his body, Pikachu seemed to hear Xiaozhi's command in a trance. He responded immediately, raised his hand suddenly and punched himself in the face.
Looking up at the sky, Qianye could not bear to continue watching, and Nancy seemed to be tired of this battle. She used telepathy to order Yongjira to use his telekinesis to control Pikachu to smash the ground continuously.
The boring battle ended with Xiaozhi, who couldn't stand Pikachu being beaten, admitting defeat, and his other Pokémon seemed to be afraid of Nancy and Yongjila's performance and dared not fight. Finally, Qianye, the referee, announced the result that he had expected.
"As the price for failing the challenge, brothers and sisters have to fulfill the agreement we made before~" said little Nazi, clapping her hands happily.
Three pairs of eyes stayed on Xiaozhi at the same time. The red-hatted boy picked up the dusty Pikachu, and although he felt frustrated at the failure, he still agreed readily, completely unaware of what they were about to face next.
Then, amid Qianye's sigh, Nazi's eyes lit up green...
…
It was noon. The atmosphere at the dinner table was particularly dull. Xiao Nazi, who usually finished the food prepared by Qianye very quickly, was in a bad mood and seemed to have no appetite.
The big Nancy who was holding her had no expression on her face as usual, but with her as the center, the atmosphere around her was unusually depressing. All the Pokémon in this area, no matter whether they belonged to Qianye or Nancy, just kept their heads down and ate, not daring to make any noise.
All of this can be traced back to the follow-up of yesterday's gym challenge——
After failing the challenge, Ash and his friends were shrunk by Nancy's superpower and thrown into a toy house for little Nancy to play with. Everything was normal up to this point in the story.
After spending so much time with Nancy, Qianye has figured out most of her behaviors. The unlucky time for the losers is proportional to how much interest they can arouse. And judging from Nancy's attitude towards Xiaozhi and the others, the latter are basically the most boring ones, and they will usually only be teased for a while, and may be released in less than a day.
But this time was different. While little Nancy was playing, the middle-aged man who had appeared in front of the Golden Gym and advised her not to challenge it suddenly broke into the toy house. While big Nancy was not paying attention, he used teleportation to take them out.
A toy that is thrown away because of boredom and a toy that runs away on its own may seem to have the same result, but in fact they are completely different in nature.
Qianye ate the food in the bowl silently, glancing towards Nazi from time to time with worry in his eyes.
He had no opinion on the middle-aged man's behavior. After all, in the eyes of the parties involved, some of Xiaonazhi's play seemed to be aimed at their lives. What he was really worried about was that Xiaozhi would not learn his lesson and come to challenge the Golden Gym again.
If he still failed at that time, he couldn't imagine what Nazi would do after being tricked. And based on his understanding of his childhood friend, this possibility was very high!
Qianye, who was praying sincerely that Xiaozhi's brain would finally light up after a long time, suddenly saw Nancy put down the fork and spoon in her hand, and felt something was wrong.
"Here they come..." Nazi murmured. As long as she wanted, her telekinesis could easily cover the entire Golden Gym, but unfortunately, in her perception, a few guys who made her unhappy once again set foot on this territory.
Consciously putting down his bowl and chopsticks, Qianye stood up from his chair and accepted the white light covering him without any resistance. He watched the world changing in front of him with familiarity, and his feet landed steadily on different floors.
"You guys, here you go again."
Looking at the trio across the arena, Nancy's words carried a hint of coldness. The Poké Ball on her waist floated to the arena and released Braveheart directly.
From the moment they stepped into the gym's gate, Nancy completely deprived the other party of the right to give up the challenge. Either face herself with dignity and create a miracle... or turn back into a puppet and pay the price for breaking the agreement!
Compared to Nancy's indifference and Qianye's headache, Xiaozhi was still so confident this time. Seeing him look so confident that he had already got the golden badge, Qianye really wanted to ask him where he got the confidence from.
But soon he won't have to worry about this, because Xiaozhi, a single-celled organism, will tell it himself:
"I'm fully prepared this time. I won't lose to you again, Nancy! I've captured the ghost-type Pokémon Haunter, and I'll use it to defeat you... Go ahead, Haunter!"
Ghost-type Haunter... finally realized the importance of attribute restraint? However, if Nancy could be defeated by simply relying on the advantageous attribute position, the Golden Gym would not have become the place where countless trainers failed.
But it's better to have it than nothing. If I can use Haunter to make Nancy a little more interested in the battle, maybe the punishment won't be so severe later. But... where is that Haunter?
An invisible crow flew over everyone's head, making a lot of noise. In the awkward atmosphere, Xiaozhi finally panicked:
"Haunter? Haunter, don't hide… Come out quickly, now is not the time for pranks!!!"
She lowered her head, her bangs covering her eyes so she couldn't see clearly. A gloomy and suffocating aura emanated from Nazi's body: "Are you kidding me again..."
"Haunter... uh, well, let's challenge each other next time!" After saying this, Xiaozhi turned around and ran away without any hesitation.
Xiaogang and Xiaoxia were shocked and ran out immediately. However, running on the ground could not be faster than flying in the sky. Nancy caught up with them quickly while floating in the air and pointed forward.
"Teleport!"
A sudden burst of white light brought a bearded uncle. He grabbed Xiaozhi's hand in front of him as quickly as possible and activated his superpowers again.
Xiaogang and Xiaoxia, who fell behind, were not so lucky. Before the white light reached them, their bodies began to shrink and turned into two dolls that flew into Nancy's hands.
Holding a doll tightly in one hand, Nancy looked at the place where Xiaozhi and the middle-aged man disappeared. She turned back as if she had realized something, and saw Qianye following closely behind her.
The boy stopped in a hurry and saw the doll in Nazi's hand at a glance, and couldn't help but smile bitterly on his face.
"Qian Ye, are you begging for mercy?" She spoke word by word. Although there was no emotion in her eyes, Qian Ye could sense a hint of questioning.
"I'm sorry, Nancy, they are all my friends... Can you please forgive them this time, just once, for my sake?"
Nancy looked at Qianye who lowered his head, then looked at the puppet in her hand, and moved her lips slightly: "Okay..."
Before the boy looked up with surprise, she added:
"You have to beat me first... If you lose, Qianye will have to stay here for the rest of his life."