Chapter 23

[The fist underestimated by the Trainer, just touched Golem's body, and Golem realized something was wrong.]

[What a heavy fist.]

[At this time, Golem only hated that it didn't use the Defense Curl skill during Rollout. If it had the defense bonus of Defense Curl, it might have been able to withstand this heavy punch. Now, everything is over.]

["Bang."]

[After a loud noise, Golem was smashed into the wall. This scene left Flint speechless for a long time.]

["Ya ya ya ya." Flint, who came to his senses, grabbed his head hard, "The wall is broken, wait a minute and I'll be scolded by Mimi again."]

[Flint was depressed, but the audience who bought tickets to watch the match were all excited.]

["This little, little brother, his strength is very fierce!"]

["This is the first time I've seen Mr. Flint's Golem killed in one hit. Is this the strength of the super rare Pokémon Riolu?"]

["Ah ah ah ah ah, I want a Riolu more and more."]

[Flint, who suffered heavy losses, no longer dared to underestimate Ash. He had to show his real skills.]

["Under normal circumstances, I only use him when battling challengers with 6 badges." Flint reminded.]

["Bring it on!"]

[The more powerful the Pokémon, the more excited he and Riolu are. Instead, if Flint used weak Pokémon to perfunctory them, they would be unhappy.]

["Go, Onix."]

[Simple dark gray skin, scars all over the body, cold eyes, Flint's Onix appeared, attracting everyone's attention.]

Bruno: "This Onix is cultivated perfectly."

Lance: "Yo ho, aren't you a Fighting-type master? Why, do you also have research on Rock-type?"

Bruno: "Fighting-type is work, Rock-type is life."

Lance, who originally wanted to counter Bruno, could only say one sentence after hearing this—Awesome.]

[Flint, who corrected his attitude and took out his main Pokémon, was still very terrifying. On the field, Riolu was crazily suppressed, with almost no means of fighting back.]

[What made Riolu even more headache was that its Bullet Punch hitting Onix was no different from a tickle. Onix, whose body size was more than ten times that of Riolu, had too strong resistance to hits. Just Bullet Punch alone couldn't defeat him.]

[Conversely, Onix's casual counterattack made Riolu feel like it was facing a great enemy.]

[Riolu could only rely on speed to circle with Onix.]

[However, this is not a way. Riolu's stamina was passing away rapidly with time. If it continued like this, Onix could exhaust Riolu to death.]

Maylene: "Riolu's performance is already perfect; Ash should switch Pokémon."

Korrina: "Ash's Riolu has only practiced for a month after all; letting it battle such a powerful opponent as Onix is still too reluctant."

Bruno: "Switch to Pikachu; Ash's Pikachu has a hand in battling Ground-type Pokémon."

Questioning Ash, understanding Ash, now it's just a step away from becoming Ash.]

Ash from two worlds told Trainers all over the world through multiple battles.]

Electric-type can't battle Ground-type?]

There is no such thing at all.]

Steven: "Onix also knows Iron Tail, right? Onix's Iron Tail vs. Pikachu's Iron Tail, who will win?"

Karen: "Still need to ask, even a child knows it's Onix!"

Volkner: "It's here, it's here, the God of Slapping Face Karen has appeared."

Flint: "I was still struggling with which one to choose, but as soon as Karen appeared, I waited; Pikachu's Iron Tail is more powerful."

Wallace: "Dark Ash's Pikachu is the best; I bet on Pikachu winning."

Just when everyone in the chat room thought the next plot was Ash switching to Pikachu to continue the battle, the system gave everyone a "surprise."]

[Ding!]

[Entering the prize quiz segment!]

[Question: What skill did Riolu use to defeat Flint's Onix.]

[A: Bullet Punch.]

[B: Reversal.]

[C: Aura Sphere.]

[D: Counter.]

[E: Steel Fist Double Hit.]

The long-awaited Q&A is here again. This was originally a heavy good news that could ignite the chat room, but now everyone in the chat room is no longer paying attention to the guessing.]

They only have one voice in their heads now.]

What, Riolu won?]

Brawly: "Did I make a mistake! How did Riolu win!"]

Maylene: "Mom, I don't know how to do this question!"]

Korrina: "Is it that as long as the Trainer is named Ash, his Riolu is abnormal?"]

Volkner: "Heh heh, Karen, Riolu saved your life, and you were slapped in the face. You don't kowtow to Riolu."]

Karen: "Hmph, who was saved is still unknown!"]

Chairman Goodshow: "Now I don't care about those things anymore; the most important thing now is answering the question."]

Right.]

Chairman Goodshow pulled everyone back to reality. Whether Riolu wins or not is not important; winning or losing has nothing to do with them, but answering the question is different. If you answer correctly, you can take off on the spot.]

Everyone hurriedly put Riolu aside and discussed the question.]

Steven: "Bullet Punch, dog head doesn't choose."]

Riolu has been scratching Onix with Bullet Punch for a long time. If Bullet Punch was useful, it would have taken down the opponent long ago.]

Flint: "Why, why are all my option buttons gray? System, there's a bug."]

Gardenia: "There's no bug; did you forget you were banned from answering?"]

Flint: "Damn!"]

Bruno: "B, believe me, choose B, no one understands Fighting-type Pokémon better than me. Of these skills in the options, only Reversal can change one's destiny against the heavens."]

Brawly: "Not necessarily, Counter can also do it."]

Bea: "The premise of Counter is that you can take a hit first. With Riolu's small arms and legs, wouldn't it die directly if it took a hit from Onix?"]

Korrina: "Do you understand Riolu at all? The correct answer to this question must be Aura Sphere!"]

Have they forgotten the classic scene of Light Ash's Lucario hand-rubbing a super-huge Aura Sphere?]

Maylene: "But, can't Riolu learn Aura Sphere?"]

Professor Oak: "Correct. Although it is an Aura Pokémon, before evolving into Lucario, Riolu cannot freely mobilize the Aura in its body."]

Korrina: "Heh heh, you still don't understand Dark Ash. Yes, ordinary Riolu cannot learn Aura Sphere, but does this mean Ash's Riolu can't either? Before Pikachu used the Holy Sword, who would have thought that Pikachu could also learn Holy Sword."]

Korrina's words exploded the whole arena.]

Makes sense.]

Looking at Dark Ash and his Pokémon with ordinary eyes is a big taboo.]

Knowing mistakes and correcting them is the best thing.]

Professor Oak chose to correct mistakes.]

Professor Oak: "Then I'll choose C, Aura Sphere."]

Brawly: "I still insist on choosing D!"]

Because there was no way to answer the question, Flint could only talk about topics in the chat room.]

Flint: "Who knows what skill E is? Steel Fist Double Hit, never heard of it."]

Gardenia: "If you haven't heard of it, don't choose it. Oh, sorry, I forgot, you can't choose it anyway."]

Flint: "..."]

Kanto town.]

Brock: "Misty, I chose B, what did you choose?"]

Misty: "I chose C; I think Korrina's words make sense. Ash, what did you choose?"]

Ash: "E, Steel Fist Double Hit!"]

Brock, Misty: "Steel Fist Double Hit?!"]

Ash: "Right, don't you think this skill name is super cool?"]