Chapter 133: Blastoise-Forged Consecutive Battles

Machine?

Data analysis?

Ash had heard that someone specifically used Pokémon data analysis to conduct battles, and that was very helpful for battles.

However, upon hearing the uncle in front of him say, his son was very proficient in data analysis, even thinking that using data analysis in battle would surely win, and moreover he had never lost.

Thus, Ash became very interested; he had never battled a trainer who used data analysis before, so he immediately agreed with the uncle to battle his son.

This uncle's place is also a Gym, with trainees training inside.

Ash happened to see Xinwu, the uncle's son.

"Are you the Champion of the Kanto Region's Stone League?"

Xinwu recognized Ash; he was still acquainted with the famous trainers of the Kanto Region.

Cunzheng looked at Ash in surprise, never expecting that the trainer he casually met on the road would actually be the Stone League Champion.

No wonder he could predict Scyther's position; he really is that strong.

Then, battling his own son would be a sure win; this would let Xinwu return to instinctive battling, rather than relying solely on computer data analysis.

Upon hearing he would battle Ash, Xinwu felt strange, but when he heard Ash would send out Heracross to battle his Pokémon, he immediately felt it was acceptable; he felt he couldn't win against the Pokémon that had appeared in the Stone League.

But hearing that Heracross had been caught by Ash not long ago, and that he himself had gathered data on Heracross, he felt he still had a good chance to defeat Heracross.

After conducting data analysis, Xinwu instantly felt confident he could defeat Ash, because he believed with computer assistance his strength would naturally not be lower than Ash's, only the difference between the Pokémon.

"Come out, Heracross!"

Ash released Heracross.

"Hey ya cool!"

Heracross looked ahead at the Scyther, and Pikachu told it that Scyther's speed was very fast, so to be careful.

Upon hearing that speed was fast, Heracross took off the Weight Ring and casually tossed it aside.

Wearing this thing affects my speed.

Boom!

A vibration made Xinwu and the few spectators fall silent; even when entering the Poké Ball, the Weight Ring is brought along—Pokémon wouldn't train inside the Poké Ball, would they?

Seeing Heracross like that, such a thing is quite possible.

After thinking, they began the battle.

"Scyther's advantage is speed and attack power, but we can let Heracross be a bit faster; moreover, Heracross has been trained with that equipment, so its speed has definitely increased a lot. Therefore, to seize the initiative, we should use High Speed Move at the start to increase speed."

Xinwu looked at the computer data and immediately had Scyther use High Speed Move.

"Swords Dance!"

"Since you're boosting your Pokémon's abilities, I'll do the same."

Ash knew Xinwu was thinking of winning with speed.

"Thunderbolt!"

Scyther shot out at astonishing speed, combining the momentum of High Speed Move with Thunderbolt.

This can be called an enhanced version of Thunderbolt.

"Scyther, through the acceleration effect of High Speed Move, gives Thunderbolt a significant boost. Under such speed enhancement, Thunderbolt's power is far greater than usual, making it hard to easily counter."

Brock watched the situation, his sharp eyes catching every detail on the field, and analyzed.

"Rotating the body while using Swords Dance."

Heracross spun at high speed, a small vortex burst out around its body, slamming the incoming Scyther away; the offensive was instantly dismantled.

"Ah! Impossible, Scyther's Thunderbolt after using High Speed Move actually didn't inflict any damage on Heracross."

Xinwu was greatly surprised; this differed from what his computer showed, because his computer displayed that after High Speed Move's acceleration, Thunderbolt's power increased, and combined with Scyther's attack power, it would easily injure Heracross.

Besides Xiaoxia and Brock, the other spectators were also astonished, wondering how this Swords Dance could neutralize Heracross's attack.

Actually, Heracross learned this move from Blastoise.

Because when Blastoise trained with them, it once used a high-speed spin, and during that high-speed spin it used Iron Defense, boosting its defense.

Ash thought, this is also a method, improving defense and not lacking in attacking the opponent.

"Swallow Return!"

Heracross's horn on its head, both hands burst out with dazzling white light, charging toward Scyther, punching it one punch after another, sometimes also jabbing it with the horn.

At first it was fine, but later Scyther couldn't withstand it, dodging Heracross's close-range attacks, yet was hit by Heracross's Pin Missile.

Rat-tat-tat!

Scyther was knocked back several steps; the Pin Missile's power isn't great, but the quantity is large.

"What's going on?"

Xinwu looked at his computer; nothing matched at all.

"Can you still use Pin Missile that quickly?"

"The computer's data analysis is indeed good, but you missed one point."

"Which point?"

"The situation on the field is ever-changing; different people raise their Pokémon differently, so the power of the moves they use naturally differs, and they also combine various unexpected moves."

Ash glanced at Xinwu's computer: "So using computer data analysis is just a method; it's hard to decide the battle's direction; the key is still to rely on the trainer and Pokémon's on-field instinct, making different responses according to the situation."

Having said that, he let Heracross finish up.

"Heracross, use Megahorn!" Ash shouted loudly.

Heracross rushed over, jabbing with its horn at Scyther.

Xinwu reacted, deciding not to rely on the computer, and to command himself alone.

In the end, Scyther was defeated.

The village chief, standing to the side, looked on with great relief.

After resting here for a while, Ash and his party continued on their way.