Chapter 1211

Skill Swap?

All Baimu was stunned for a moment.

The 【Download】 ability only takes effect when entering the field, and 【Pickup】 is not a negative ability either, so swapping is meaningless—

Hmm?

He suddenly realized that when Gourgeist, which was responding synchronously to the command, started, what rippled on its body wasn't pink-purple radiance, but faint black energy.

It's Curse!

Hehehehe!

A gloomy and terrifying weird laugh sounded in the night, and countless ghost shadows flew out of Gourgeist's body and disappeared into thin air.

Seeing this, Porygon2 immediately rotated rapidly with its clone in place, and then dispersed in two directions!

Substitute certainly couldn't stop the Curse from taking effect, but as long as it was used properly, it could be used to confuse the opponent's vision, and its use was more flexible than in the game.

Besides...

This Porygon2 was a clone!

All Baimu shifted his gaze back to Diantha and said loudly: "Trick?"

"I heard people say your ears are very sensitive, so I couldn't help but try, and sure enough~"

Diantha covered her red lips, her smile a bit charming.

Compared to All Baimu, who would stop at nothing to win in a battle, even if she could make her Pokémon do things that went against her spoken commands, she actually rarely did so.

Isn't this just out of curiosity!

Diantha really wanted to figure out the many magical traits of All Baimu disclosed on the internet through a private battle.

And the purpose of this battle was not only to satisfy the desire to battle with the strong, but also to collect actual intelligence.

No matter how many video recordings and materials you watch, it's not as good as playing a real game!

The two Porygon2s ran to different places, and one of them quickly leaned towards Gourgeist, with electricity jumping on its body.

Gourgeist naturally wouldn't let the opponent approach, and borrowed the dim night when the moonlight was covered by clouds to hide its figure with shadows.

At the same time, the hidden Curse emerged, and they split into a large force to chase the one approaching Gourgeist.

The so-called "all is fair in war"; when you can't determine which one is the real body, you can stay still, but as soon as Porygon2 reveals a move, they will naturally rush over like sharks smelling blood.

Including Gourgeist's main body, they all quickly approached the Substitute because of the electricity on Porygon2's body.

All Baimu smiled.

You like collecting intelligence, right?

I'll let you collect enough!

"Discharge!"

"Beep!!"

The Porygon2 regarded as a Substitute by Diantha and Gourgeist had fierce eyes, like a bloated power bank, and suddenly exploded!

Hum—!!

The cyan-blue current illuminated the dim beach in an instant; the high heat emitted by the thunder wiped out the weird shadows of the Curse, and at the same time exposed the hidden Gourgeist, making it twitch all over!

Diantha was dumbfounded, "Tricked?"

Seeing electricity on the Substitute's body, she thought the Substitute was the main body, but it turned out the other one was!

All Baimu returned the smile, "Likewise."

Seeing this, Diantha didn't feel angry, but laughed even more happily.

"Pumpkaboo!"

Gourgeist retreated quickly, and choking blue smoke drifted on its body.

Fortunately, it was a Grass-type resisting the Electric-type, so it wasn't defeated by the Special Attack move boosted by Porygon2's Download.

However, even so, it couldn't help but pant exhaustedly.

It had fought Corsola before, and just now used the Curse that cost half its HP; it was not easy to persist.

It must find a way to suck some HP back from Porygon2.

But soon, another thing that surprised it and Diantha happened.

Curse succeeded!

Diantha looked at the other Porygon2 entangled in black energy, raising her eyebrows in confusion.

"Two real bodies?"

If the opponent weren't a Champion, she would really suspect that she was actually battling two Porygon2s.

All Baimu said: "The answer is very close, guess carefully again in a while."

After he finished speaking, both Porygon2s moved.

"Dark Pulse."

"Pory!"

The spherical Porygon2 locked onto Gourgeist; the latter intended to dodge, but electricity suddenly jumped on its body.

【Paralysis】 status!

Diantha's open mouth slowly closed.

The next moment, countless pitch-black spheres with iridescent luster shot over, suddenly submerging the immobile Gourgeist.

Boom!!

Choking sand dust flew!

The sea breeze blew, quickly making the beach clean again.

In a shallow pit, Gourgeist lay on its back.

Diantha recalled it, her gaze shifting between the two Porygon2s, when suddenly black energy rippled on the body of one of them, showing a painful expression, and then it exploded with a "poof".

"A Substitute that can use moves?"

She finally understood.

All Baimu didn't say a word; as for the specifics, just keep guessing!

Diantha didn't get a response, and said with a resentful tone: "Answering questions about Pokémon is the responsibility of a Champion, you know."

"If I were battling other Trainers, I'd be happy to, but battling a Champion... wouldn't taking the initiative to answer be looking down on your professionalism?"

He said with a smile.

Diantha's tone was even more resentful, "What a tactless man... pfft."

As she spoke, she couldn't help but laugh out loud, then took a deep breath and said easily: "It's been a long time since I've had such an interesting battle, thank you, All Baimu."

Is it interesting?

All Baimu didn't understand, and asked again: "How does it feel to battle Leon?"

"Leon... to be honest, battling him is like being scorched by a hot flame; it's too dazzling and too fierce."

Diantha considered her tone and smiled: "Battling you is more interesting."

He looked at Porygon2, "Thanks for the compliment."

The third one, which was also the last one in tonight's battle.

Diantha chose Hawlucha.

Not using Gardevoir?

All Baimu raised his eyebrows, and Diantha seemed to be able to sense his doubt, saying frankly: "I prefer to save the anticipation for the day of the formal competition."

"Fine."

He slowly recalled the Poké Ball he had decided on, stepped on the shadow by his feet, and said, "Go."

"Gengar? Gengar!"

The Shiny Gengar popped out in surprise.

Porygon2 regretfully exited the field and turned back into the appearance of a phone.

The arbitrary form change fell into Diantha's eyes, and she couldn't help but say: "What a convenient Pokémon!"

"Must be!"

All Baimu gave a thumbs up, "Porygon2 is strong! The king of smartphones!"

Diantha covered her mouth with one hand and held her stomach with the other, laughing a bit uncomfortably.

She had more and more affection for this big boy who looked cold and distant on the outside but was actually polite and active.

Not far away.

Mira's numb eyes lit up slightly.

Is, is there a chance?

But soon she slumped again; it was hard to imagine how two battle maniacs could build the family she dreamed of.

Even if both of them looked very good, the tricks like in romance dramas were hard to happen to either of them.

For example, "a fit of anger for the sake of beauty," "the domineering CEO falls in love with me"...

Mira scratched her head irritably.

——

The final battle was quietly underway.

Hawlucha looked at Gengar from afar and launched an attack without hesitation.

"Taunt!"

"Hawlucha!"

It suddenly shook its loose feather tent and looked at its opponent with a disdainful gaze.

Gengar subconsciously closed its eyes, intending to dive into another dimension, but the Taunt took effect extremely quickly.

In the blink of an eye, its body was already shrouded in black light.

"Gengar?"

Gengar was a bit confused.

It didn't feel angry at all? How could it suddenly be hit?

Diantha said with a smile: "Taunt isn't just a way to make the opponent angry, you know."

The Pokémon animation world never sticks to the text forms in the game.

Her Hawlucha could make this move take effect by borrowing the "timidity" when the opponent intended to dodge the Taunt.

"Gengar!"

Gengar in another dimension was shocked.

There's actually such a thing!

All Baimu's expression remained unchanged; to some extent, Diantha also possessed abilities no less than top Coordinator Trainers.

She could make moves undergo some unexpected changes, which was normal.

"Don't panic, you don't just have status moves."

He calmed Gengar's emotions.

In the past, it had always been his side playing the opponent around, but that was a strength suppression.

Now that the opponent was a veteran Champion, it was his turn to be caught off guard.

Occasionally eating one, it also helped to improve his stress resistance, avoiding similar situations in formal competitions later, which would make him panic and unable to attack.

Diantha's gaze couldn't find Gengar's trail, but she wasn't panicked at all, "Feather Dance!"

"Hawlucha!"

Hawlucha leaped high, its sturdy body swirled in place, and suddenly released a large number of feathers that covered a large area of the beach.

When Gengar poked its head out of another dimension, it sensed it for the first time.

"Hawlucha!"

Thick black energy brushed past its cheek.

Gengar was hit again, its brows furrowed tightly, looking back at its Trainer intending to say something.

All Baimu knew it wanted to Mega Evolve.

If it Mega Evolved, it could travel through another dimension more frequently and easily, without worrying about Hawlucha easily finding it.

However, the Trainer refused with his eyes.

Under the condition that Diantha hadn't used any system, All Baimu didn't want to use the system either.

This wasn't a public competition; compared to winning, it was more important to get to know the opponent.

Gengar helplessly restrained its gaze, and with its sensitive senses, it flew past Hawlucha's hand blade.

"Gengar!"

It looked at its opponent angrily, and suddenly sprayed a large amount of foul-smelling mud from its mouth.

【Sludge Wave】!

Whoosh—

The mud was like a surging wave, covering a large part of the beach in the blink of an eye, and also making Hawlucha, which was about to land, swirl its body and return to the air to glide.

If it stepped on this, it would probably be poisoned!

"Gengar!"

Gengar stayed in the foul-smelling mud, looked at Hawlucha above, and cast a provocative look.

If you have the ability, come down!

Diantha exclaimed, "Make my Pokémon unable to return to the ground?"

The so-called "strength comes from the ground"; most Fighting-type Pokémon rely on a foothold when performing physical moves.

They are used to exerting 100% force by borrowing strength.

Gengar's move undoubtedly made Hawlucha very uncomfortable.

But it was definitely not impossible to fight!

"Brave Bird!"

"Hawlucha!"

It suddenly fell from a high place, its body ignited with cyan flames, turning into a soaring bird of flame.

Screech—!!

The sound of air friction was like a sharp hawk's cry!

Bang!

The majestic air wave rolled, and countless silt flew like raindrops, cleaning out a clean environment for Hawlucha's landing point.

Just because before Hawlucha touched the ground, the flying energy on its body first dispersed the silt on the ground!

All Baimu's eyes were deep, "Fight!"

"Gengar!"

Gengar popped out from the other side of Hawlucha.

Losing status moves and unable to Mega Evolve, many weird means couldn't be used. It seemed that most of its combat power was lost, but in fact, there was not much difference.

It was just because it was too steady in the past that it seemed extremely dependent on status moves.

Why is Gengar called the Ghost King in the game?

Excellent ability is one aspect, and terrifying output ability is another!

In a head-to-head fight, it doesn't lose to any opponent!

What's there to be afraid of!

Hum!

Brilliant colorful light suddenly bloomed from its body, like a shining neon ball!

Hawlucha had just finished its move and had just leaped up, failing to dodge, and was hit head-on by Dazzling Gleam!

"Hawlucha!"

Bang!

Hawlucha was suddenly blasted away and fell into the sea with a splash, taking a full two seconds to break through the water surface and return to the sky.

It looked at its opponent in suspicion.

So fast! Faster than it!

In just a few exchanges, Hawlucha realized that except for the Taunt at the beginning that caught Gengar off guard, it hadn't been able to take much advantage of this opponent at all.

Not only were its attacks dodged repeatedly, but it was even caught in the gap of its moves just now and given a precise strike.

Diantha naturally noticed this too, and her beautiful brows furrowed slightly.

"Possessing such power without Mega Evolving?"

"Gengar!"

Gengar, who was pricking up its ears to eavesdrop, loudly agreed with her words.

That's right!

What kind of mechanism monster!

It is clearly a stats monster! Without any status moves, it can perfectly defeat its opponent!

Pure strength!

Gengar flew and took the initiative to rush towards Hawlucha; the latter was horrified and quickly delivered its pitch-black hand blade.

【Throat Chop】!

—Missed!

Under the dark night, the Ghost-type Pokémon's figure was ghostly; a mere Fighting-type Pokémon could never catch it!

Just like All Baimu just now, it was also very difficult to catch Gourgeist.

"Gen~gar!"

Gengar let out an angry shout, and located at Hawlucha's side, its eyes lit up with pink-purple brilliance.

Invisible mental power shrouded it, making this Fighting-type Pokémon unable to move.

The next moment.

Psychic power moved.

Its figure was pulled by invisible power and crashed into the seawater!

"Hawlucha!"

Hawlucha was stunned by the throw; it fell into the seawater, dizzy, and failed to break through the water surface to rush out for a long time.

Gengar took advantage of its illness to kill it, floated to the sea surface, and released 【Dazzling Gleam】!

Hum!

Brilliant colorful light illuminated the entire sea, also making Diantha unable to help but turn her head and close her eyes.

"Continuous offensive... the fighting style is really changeable."

All Baimu's impression on her before was that his fighting style was changeable, but now it was a continuous fierce attack, "Hawlucha! Rush out!"

"Hmm? Not down yet?"

Hearing this, All Baimu looked at the sea surface.

Relying on the field advantage, and three super-effective attacks, even if they weren't STAB moves, it should have been enough to defeat it, right?

Unexpectedly, Hawlucha was tougher than he and Gengar expected.

Bang!

It hit the sea surface, endured the colorful light, gritted its teeth, and threw a punch at Gengar!

【Throat Chop】!

"Gengar?"

Gengar let out an unbelievable scream, was blasted away like a gray balloon, and the Dazzling Gleam also stopped abruptly.

Splash!

Gengar fell onto the beach, and Hawlucha returned to the sea again.

Diantha looked at the dim sea surface, "Roost!"

No response.

Her expression showed realization, "You won."

"Gen..."

Hearing this, Gengar struggled to get up, but a strong sense of weakness was released from the inside out.

Hawlucha's final Throat Chop was too fierce, and since it was originally extremely fragile, it was forced to take this desperate blow and was almost killed instantly.

Fortunately, it didn't flip over.

Gengar lay prone, covering its chest and pretending to vomit blood.

This guy, even when it was about to lose its combat ability, still wanted to play a trick.

All Baimu was a bit helpless, but had to come forward to praise it, "Well done, you finally didn't forget your original power."

"Hehehe~"

Hearing this, Gengar stopped pretending and looked back at its Trainer with a grin.

Diantha recalled the floating Hawlucha by the sea, came to their side, and said: "A very wonderful battle, as a post-dinner pastime, it couldn't be more suitable."

She glanced at All Baimu's waist, "However, you didn't even use half of your strength, right?"

"Likewise."

All Baimu also responded.

To some extent, the Champions of various regions and Alain are somewhat similar.

Their aces often possess power that surpasses other team members.

Diantha's Mega Gardevoir is her core Pokémon that she is famous for, representing nearly half of her strength.

It's a great pity that I couldn't battle it tonight.

Diantha stretched and said: "You are very strong, much stronger than me."

Although it was just a simple three-on-three, the gap in strength could actually be seen.

However...

"Being stronger than you doesn't mean I can have the last laugh; is that what you mean?" All Baimu heard Diantha's subtext.

The movie queen smiled and extended her index finger, intending to cover All Baimu's lips to indicate that he shouldn't say it out loud, but the latter dodged very quickly.

A look of resentment appeared in her eyes again, "What a tactless man."

"I just don't want to be photographed by the paparazzi."

All Baimu said seriously.

Mira came forward and complained: "Why did you two start fighting so casually? This is not a private area."

She signaled the two to look around.

Diantha realized belatedly that there were quite a few people standing in the distance, all watching this side.

She looked at All Baimu in surprise again, "You noticed it long ago?"

"More or less."

He spoke vaguely.

With his sensory ability, he naturally noticed it when the first person appeared.

Fortunately, there were no street lights by the beach, and it was difficult for people in the distance to see them clearly, so there was no need to hide too much.

The three turned back to the villa, and Blissey went online to treat the injured Pokémon on both sides.

Because they held back during the roadside battle, everyone recovered quickly.

Hawlucha shook its feathers and found Gengar for the first time, "Hawlucha!"

It didn't understand why its attacks could always be dodged by it; was the gap in reaction speed between the two that big?

"Gengar?"

Gengar looked at it blankly, and after hearing the other's intention, its smile suddenly became enthusiastic.

The gray fatty hooked its shoulder familiarly, took out a handheld console, and shook it, "Gengar~ Gengar~"

"Hawlucha?"

Hawlucha didn't understand.

I told you, it's from playing games!

Gengar gestured and described the benefits of playing games to it, such as exercising reaction ability, exercising mentality, etc.

It sounded like playing games only had benefits and no harm.

Hawlucha instinctively didn't quite believe it, but when it thought of the battle just now and looked at the screen in the game console.

The other party...

It's unlikely to deceive itself, right?

Amidst Gengar's weird laughter, Hawlucha extended its claws towards the game console.

A path of no return, starting from now.