Chapter 985: The Ambition of Many Dragons

"Wish!"

Lei Ou glanced at the rain clouds that still hadn't dispersed.

Under normal circumstances, after such a prolonged battle, the rain should have slowed or stopped by now.

Now it was making it impossible for him to use Moonlight.

【Moonlight】, a Fairy-type status move, restores only half its normal HP in rain.

While Wish has a delayed effect, it recovers more HP than Moonlight under these conditions.

Compared to the half-dead Dragapult, that's clearly an advantage.

It doesn't have any healing moves or 【Steal】, does it?

Lei Ou watched Dragapult swirling through the rain, its body wreathed in crimson flames, his heart unable to settle.

Even now, after all this fighting, he hadn't defeated a single one of All All Baimu's Pokémon.

No matter how calm his mindset.

Facing this situation, anxiety was unavoidable.

Dragapult, in its weakened state, might be the only Pokémon he had a high chance of defeating before sending out Entei.

"Let's finish this in one go!"

Guessing Dragapult's intentions, he growled: "Curse!"

"Bule!"

Moonlight Eevee lowered its stance, hardening its muscles to sacrifice speed for attack and defense.

It looked up at its opponent, a sly, provocative grin on its face.

"Lusuo…"

Dragapult immediately narrowed its triangular eyes.

It was never a particularly good-tempered Pokémon; when it first met All All Baimu, it attacked without a word.

It was just that its social anxiety had masked it.

Now, Dragapult wanted to prove itself.

It knew perfectly well why its Trainer had sent it out in this condition.

"Meteor Swarm!"

"Lusuo!"

Dragapult shot straight into the sky, gathering a deep purple energy orb in its mouth.

Once beneath the rain clouds, it abruptly reversed direction and unleashed it!

Boom!

A dazzling barrage of meteoric light arrows filled more than half the sky, shrieking as they plummeted!

Commentator: "Dragapult repeats its tactic! Another Meteor Swarm!"

As the words ended,

Dragapult vanished within the meteor swarm, continuing its trick of hiding in plain sight.

Lei Ou, wearing silver polarized glasses, gazed upward.

Compared to Mega Shiny Gengar's elusive nature, this Pokémon was far easier to counter.

At least there were traces to follow!

"Found it! It's to your left!"

Lei Ou shouted to Moonlight Eevee.

In the rain,

Dragapult's movements were easier to track, and with the polarized glasses, the fine rain didn't severely obstruct vision.

It might still be difficult for most Trainers, but for Lei Ou, it was effortless.

All those years as an International Police officer weren't wasted!

Moonlight Eevee sprinted right, dodging the falling meteoric arrows; whether due to psychology or not, the Meteor Swarm seemed fiercer than before.

The explosions and dust from the impacts made its fur bristle.

After successfully evading the bulk of the Meteor Swarm,

Moonlight Eevee suddenly turned, locking eyes with Lei Ou for a fleeting instant.

"Yawn!"

"Lai—"

It opened its mouth wide and exhaled a milky-white stream of air!

Suddenly,

"Quick Attack."

A flash of white light!

Dragapult suddenly appeared, its body skewed like an arrow loosed from a bow, dodging the air stream as it charged toward Moonlight Eevee.

Perfect opportunity!

Lei Ou roared: "Sucker Punch!"

"Bule!"

Moonlight Eevee's eyes widened, its tense, clawed limbs striking with lightning speed at Dragapult!

Late but faster—

Zing!

Just as the claws were about to strike Dragapult's head, the latter suddenly changed direction, shooting upward at even greater speed!

Secondary acceleration!

Burst-type Quick Attack!

The commentator yelled: "Sucker Punch missed! So fast! Dragapult dodged that decisive blow!"

The chance slipped away; Lei Ou's face darkened.

He realized Dragapult's dodge had been planned all along!

"Protect!"

"Disable."

Dragapult flipped its body, its eyes glowing blue.

Moonlight Eevee froze, its body now encased in a pale blue spherical barrier—Protect activated successfully.

But—

【Sucker Punch】 was disabled!

That move, which could have leveled the speed gap—Dragapult had been hiding Disable all along!

The commentator screamed: "Moonlight Eevee is under Disable! Sucker Punch can't be used!"

How many moves haven't you even used yet!?

Lei Ou realized that fighting All All Baimu meant not just remembering which moves his Pokémon had used before, but memorizing their full move lists.

Otherwise, he'd be blindsided by a move he'd never seen before.

"This guy."

Cold sweat soaked his back.

Though Dragapult hadn't been hit by Yawn, its defenses were naturally weak, and Moonlight Eevee had Curse boosting its power.

Even if its offensive output wasn't particularly strong, one solid hit would be enough.

Dragapult would fall for sure!

But how to get close?

A flying unit with invisibility, ranged attacks…

Stall.

Stall until it tires.

Lei Ou didn't believe Dragapult could maintain top speed with so little HP left.

As long as the opponent couldn't heal, time favored him!

"Wish!"

Lei Ou kept his composure steady.

As he'd expected,

Dragapult's condition was deteriorating, affecting all its stats.

While in games, Pokémon sometimes fight on with low HP, in the anime world, such cases were extremely rare.

Even Ash's Infernape could only trigger Blaze to lock HP against Electivire—there was no way it could fight another Pokémon after that.

With Sucker Punch disabled, it seemed All All Baimu's side had the upper hand.

In truth, the opposite was true.

It was essentially giving Dragapult a countdown—if it couldn't defeat Moonlight Eevee before Disable wore off…

All All Baimu looked up at it, seeing its resolve in its expression.

Since you've made your choice,

"Shadow Clone."

"Lusuo!"

Beneath the rain clouds, Dracovish conjured countless afterimages, watching the Moonstone Eevee below, whose condition continued to improve.

Lei Ou immediately said: "It's going all out! Don't panic! Watch its attacks! Substitute!"

"Bule!"

Moonstone Eevee growled lowly and split off a decoy.

The recovery from two Wish effects allowed it to keep spending stamina to create substitutes, without fear of falling into danger.

"Dragon Arrow!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Sparks exploded everywhere!

Countless Little Dracovish charged toward the two Moonstone Eevee, still targeting the real one one-on-one!

Dracovish's true body wasn't idle—it swiftly vanished, manipulating the afterimages to follow down.

Even Lei Ou couldn't determine whether the real body was among the countless forms.

Or perhaps it had already vanished.

Boom! Boom!

Two sharp cracks—among the two Moonstone Eevee buried under Little Dracovish, one burst open like a balloon.

The other rolled several times before rising again.

Clearly, Dracovish's current attacks could now shatter a Moonstone Eevee's Substitute in a single strike!

His thoughts shifted, and he shouted:

"Hold firm!"

"Bule!"

Moonstone Eevee instantly ignored the Little Dracovish, raising a spherical light shield as Dracovish's afterimages rushed toward it.

In an instant,

dark glows flared within the dense swarm of Little Dracovish; behind it, black mist emerged, and from within the mist stretched a semi-transparent tail.

Commentator: "It's Phantom Force! Phantom Force that ignores Substitute!"

Boom!

The long tail whipped like a whip across Moonstone Eevee's head, knocking it flat to the ground.

But—

When the tail tried to retract, its tip was clamped tightly between Moonstone Eevee's jaws.

Got you!

Moonstone Eevee's crimson eyes seemed stained with blood.

Lei Ou shouted hoarsely: "Now! Trick!"

"Bu—le!!"

Moonstone Eevee pulled with all its strength, its entire body engulfed in black-red light, yanking Dracovish violently out of the black mist!

Then slammed it hard onto the ground!

Using the enemy's force against them!

【Trick】!

Boom!

Dracovish's back slammed into the ground, letting out an involuntary cry of pain.

The commentator exclaimed excitedly: "Trick lands! An extremely effective counter move! Is Dracovish going down?"

Won!

Lei Ou was certain—he didn't believe Dracovish could withstand this move.

In fact, that was true.

But neither he nor Moonstone Eevee expected that, just before Dracovish slipped into unconsciousness, it trembled and lifted its head.

The Little Dracovish had returned to the launch ports without anyone noticing.

"Ruu, spew."

I've got you too.

Dracovish smiled, and from its launch ports erupted brilliant blue flames; two Little Dracovish, eyes filled with tears, charged furiously at the Moonstone Eevee right before them!

"Hiiya!!" ×2

Moonstone Eevee's expression of shock was unmistakable.

Boom! Boom!

Dust and fire exploded upward!

The gale tugged at Lei Ou's clothes; he stood with his mouth slightly open.

The applause from the audience had just begun—and instantly died out. They stared at the rising dust on the field, frozen.

The commentator, disbelief in his voice: "Dragon Arrow! The final Dragon Arrow! Is this Dracovish's last move? Referee?"

The referee reviewed the footage.

"The move was indeed released by Dracovish. Dracovish and Moonstone Eevee are both unable to battle!"

He raised both hands.

On the field,

the dust cleared—Moonstone Eevee was clearly out of combat.

Above Dracovish's head, two Little Dracovish circled, wailing loudly.

The audience, witnessing this, burst into thunderous applause!

No one had expected Dracovish to use Dragon Arrow in its final moment before fainting!

The commentator sighed: "What an incredible Pokémon—under those circumstances, it still managed to use a move!"

Perhaps—

It had something to do with the fact that Dragon Arrow's carriers were Little Dracovish?

The rain clouds above the field gradually dispersed.

After two brutal battles, the weather that had so strongly favored Flareon finally vanished at last.

The light wall vanished too.

"Come back!"

All All Baimu pulled out a Poké Ball and recalled Dracovish, speaking through the ball: "Satisfied?"

Originally,

he hadn't intended to send out Dracovish—its condition was far too poor in every aspect.

But as he was about to switch, the thing kept pushing the Poké Ball forward insistently.

The meaning was clear.

All All Baimu had many flaws, but spoiling his Pokémon was one of the most prominent.

He understood: Dracovish didn't want to leave the field without defeating even one opponent—it wanted to drag Moonstone Eevee down with it.

In its own terms, its opponent was its own responsibility.

Recalling the situations from its previous defeats,

and thinking of Dracovish's determination,

All All Baimu couldn't refuse—he let it fight one last time.

Had its condition been better, Dracovish wouldn't have needed to risk so much.

But if it didn't use its strength now, it would vanish on its own.

Rather than collapsing mid-battle, Dracovish preferred to go out fighting.

The result—

was, for this socially anxious Dragon, extremely satisfying—at least it hadn't left the field without accomplishing anything, like before.

But for All All Baimu…

"No clean win anymore."

He looked across at Lei Ou.

Though slightly disrespectful to his opponent, he truly entered this match with the goal of a perfect victory.

What surprised him most was Moonstone Eevee's strength.

It could take hits and deal damage.

Two surprise attacks had nearly reduced Dracovish to critical health, putting it on the defensive.

But—

Since a clean win was no longer possible,

"I'll let you off easy."

All All Baimu pulled out the Poké Ball containing Tyranitar.

Originally, he planned to send out Mega Gengar to sing a Lullaby and just stall out the remaining time.

But things had changed.

Singing a little later won't hurt.

"Go! Show the Phoenix Guard what we're made of!"

He hurled the Poké Ball sharply.

Bang!

Three-Headed Dragon makes a comeback!

After intense inner turmoil, Lei Ou on the opposite side regained his composure and threw out a Poké Ball.

"I'm counting on you! Entei!"

"Roar."

Entei makes its third appearance.

The audience's enthusiasm had not faded—only eager anticipation for the coming battle.

All All Baimu's true worth is about to be tested!

"Ember!"

"Meteor Swarm!"

Boom!

Like an earthquake.

A massive pillar of fire rose behind Entei, raining fire across the entire arena!

Three-Headed Dragon roared as it charged forward, all three heads spewing Meteor Swarm in unison, matching its pace!

Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh—

Amid the dull howling.

The molten stream collided with the streaks of light from Three-Headed Dragon, exploding into smoke—but not a single scratch marred the latter.

Undoubtedly.

It was using the Meteor Swarm as a shield to block Entei's Ember.

"Fire Blast!"

"Dragon Pulse!"

Both commands were issued again.

Entei opened its mouth; peach-colored flames surged within, forming a fireball larger than its own body.

Boom!

The fireball burst open, shaping into a terrifying Chinese character " Da," spinning toward Three-Headed Dragon!

Three-Headed Dragon did not yield—its three mouths unleashed blue, indigo, and crimson dragon flames, merging into a fearsome energy dragon that lunged at the Fire Blast!

Boom!

Amid the thunderous explosion, the three-colored energy dragon was instantly torn apart—the Fire Blast remained intact!

The commentator shouted: "Three-Headed Dragon loses the exchange! Meteor Swarm lowered its Special Attack—it can't match Entei's ranged offense!"

But.

Using the momentary pause caused by the collision between the energy dragon and the Fire Blast, Three-Headed Dragon slipped through the gap and closed in on Entei.

"Raaaah!!"

It roared, its entire body engulfed in boiling dragon flame, instantly transforming into a colossal three-headed energy dragon!

Dragon Rush!!

"Sacred Fire!"

Lei Ou pointed at the charging Three-Headed Dragon; Entei let out a low growl, leapt upward, its whole body wrapped in peach-colored flame, becoming a massive fireball expanding to nearly a quarter of the arena.

They collided!

Boom!!

The earth shook, the mountains cracked, the sky shattered!