Chapter 187: Remedial Class Lesson 1: The Dodo Bird That Flew Into the Gun Barrel!

The scene,

After the interview, the sky grew dark,

Neon lights flickered, but today's match officially began.

Having gone through the baptism of the first stage, the vast majority of those just there for the fun were eliminated.

Stage 2,

The splendid battle, with participation sharply reduced to 32 people, is the main event.

The first round is a single-Pokémon battle, meaning there are a total of 16 matches tonight,

Lose and you're out!

In the battle round, Serena did not use Diancie again,

After all, she came to participate in the Grand Festival, not merely to satisfy Diancie's desire to perform.

It was also to let Serena, who dreams of being a performer, experience the feeling of a Coordinator.

Serena used Vulpix and Kirlia against the opponent, successfully evolving Kirlia into Gardevoir in battle.

Even Serena, relatively the weakest, advanced, and naturally so did everyone else.

After the first round ended, it was time for the draw.

Several girls were fortunate enough not to be drawn together.

……

Returning to the hotel, Xiluona, Kalunai, Xiao ju er, Da wu, Dan di, and Ming yi all found Ash.

The purpose was no exception,

They all hoped to receive Ash's special training help.

For Da wu, Dan di, and Xiluona, items were instead more precious and rare, while money was less important.

Seeing that they all knew each other, Ash took the money,

Per person, per Pokémon, 100 million alliance coins, and limited in quantity, because he is very busy.

Everyone looked at each other,

With so many people and so many Pokémon, it's indeed too much to handle, and they all expressed understanding.

The actual value of alliance currency in the Pokémon world is roughly equivalent to the pound sterling from his previous life.

This sum of money is not a painful loss for Da wu, Dan di, and Xiluona,

Moreover, having witnessed the strength of Ash's Charizard, they had reason to believe Ash truly had special training methods, and were therefore willing to pay.

Especially Da wu, as a noble of the Shofu family,

This money, for him, could likely be earned back in a month or a quarter.

But at the same time,

For the vast majority, other strong trainers,

this amount is extremely extravagant.

And this is exactly why Ash set his price so high.

The intention was to encourage those who come to him to settle with items as much as possible.

After receiving the money, Ash then placed these three transactions on his social account,

and added another transaction,

The content was that Xiao ju er spent no money, using the prop Dark Stone Fragment related to the legendary Pokémon Zekrom, as false information of a successful transaction for contrast.

As for the actual situation,

Xiao ju er said she would not give money,

In her words, she had already paid,

and she would continue to pay while resting later.

What else could Ash say? Naturally, he would just get things done without taking money.

Kalunai also didn't give money,

Ming yi had already strengthened her Serperior earlier; now she wanted to add to it, but Ash naturally wouldn't take money from his own woman.

Never mind the strengthening; just learning Serperior's new skill was enough to keep Ming yi tied up.

Finally, Ash accepted Da wu's Shiny Gigalith, Xiluona's Garchomp, Dan di's Charizard, Xiao ju er's Zapdos, and Kalunai's Gardevoir.

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After everyone left,

Ash then had the remaining Kalunai and Xiao ju er serve as sparring partners for trait enhancement.

First was Kalunai's Gardevoir, with the Ability Copy.

Because he knew them inside out, Ash directly generously strengthened it to three stages.

Strengthening level 3 copies the opponent's trait at three stages according to effect,

Simple in content, powerful in effect.

The upper limit depends on the opponent.

If the opponent has the Machop trait, Kalunai can let Gardevoir use Ice Punch with the left hand and Fire Punch with the right hand.

Because over this period, Ash discovered that Telepathy's effect in low-tier matches is really poor.

So he also changed the trait of his own Shiny Gardevoir to Copy.

Next is Dan di's Charizard,

For Dan di, whose nature is pure and who constantly takes revitalizing his hometown as his mission, Ash still appreciates him quite a bit.

Likewise, give it strengthening to three stages,

The Ability is also Solar Power.

It shares the same talent as Ash's Charizard: under bright sunshine, double Special Attack!

Of course, only Dan Di's ace gets this treatment.

For Dan Di's other top‑tier team members later, if they want special training, the stage of enhancement will depend on what reward Dan Di offers.

Next is Da Wu's Shiny Metagross,

Given Dan Di's precedent, it would be unfair to favor one and neglect the other, letting Da Wu be beaten up by Dan Di.

It is also three‑stage.

Ability: Light Metal 3 (Speed increased to 2×).

After Mega Evolution, the Ability and its effect are the same as Charizard X.

Ability: Hard Claw 3 (Contact move power increased to 3×).

Compared with the original effect, it is a 30% increase, i. e., a 0.3 multiplier, effectively tenfold!

Normally it is Speed‑oriented; after Mega Evolution it becomes Power‑oriented.

I believe this special training effect will give Da Wu a Surprise, making it feel well worth it!

Worth mentioning,

If Dan Di does not use Super Extreme Gigantification but switches to the Mega Battle System, he can also piggyback on Super Charizard X and Y's Hard Claw 3 and Solar Power 3.

But I guess Dan Di probably won't notice this unexpected Surprise.

Finally, Xi Luona's Garchomp.

Compared with the previous ones, Garchomp's Ability is rather weak due to its excellent stat distribution.

But after enhancement, this situation changes dramatically.

Ability: Sand Veil 3 (In sandstorm weather, it always evades all attacks except guaranteed‑hit moves, Speed increased to 2×, and it does not lose HP from sandstorm).

Evasion, if the value is low it's as good as none, but if it's high and evades every time, it becomes practically invincible, ultra‑model!

At present, Garchomp's guaranteed evasion is roughly equivalent to a sandstorm version of Wonder Guard.

When battling such an opponent, if you lack a guaranteed‑hit move, stealing the weather becomes crucial.

After Mega Evolution, Garchomp's Ability also changes.

Ability: Sand Force (In sandstorm weather, a Pokemon with this Ability takes no sandstorm damage, and its Rock, Steel, and Ground‑type moves have their power increased to 3×).

Threefold damage, visibly invincible!

But compared with Sand Veil, the higher ceiling is still Sand Veil, which boosts Speed and evasion.

Especially, Mega‑evolved Garchomp also loses speed, its Speed stat dropping from 102 to 92.

Thus it is even more destined for use against bulky tank‑type Pokemon, such as those under Extreme Gigantification that cannot dodge attacks at all.

Especially Rock types, which are four‑times effective against Charizard,

Now let Xi Luona and Dan Di have a match,

After Mega Evolution, Garchomp's Stone Edge slashes through the ground, as if truly wielding a cliff‑cleaving sword!

It pierces straight through the body of the Extreme Gigantified Charizard.

During this process, Ash's Shiny Metagross and the Garchomp were naturally also teleported over, completing their enhancement.

Now just waiting for a suitable chance to showcase their skills.

Finally, Xiao Ju'er's Jolteon, Lightning Rod 3, with the same talent as Pikachu!

Ability: Lightning Rod 3 (Attracts electricity to itself, immune to electric damage, greatly raises Special Attack, and boosts Electric‑type move power by 100%).

Because in reality one can perform cheeky self‑electrifying tricks to raise Special Attack, the damage output isn't small at all.

All enhancements are complete,

Except for Gardevoir and Jolteon, they also gave Ka Lunan and Xiao Ju'er,

For the other Pokemon, Ash wasn't in a hurry to return them,

Otherwise, if Dan Di and Da Wu found out the special training efficiency was this high, they'd probably cling to him forever, especially victory‑hungry Dan Di.

Being entangled with a man like that, just thinking about it makes the scalp tingle.

Tomorrow is the final match,

Xiao Ju'er will face the tardy Dragon‑type Champion A Du, as well as the 16‑to‑8 in the morning, 8‑to‑4 in the afternoon, and the evening semifinals and finals!

The day after tomorrow Ash will return to Kalos to continue his journey.

He'll also finish the final reconciliation with Kyogre and Groudon, specifically ability strengthening, mutually threatening and mutually restraining.

Thinking that, a delighted Ash looked straight at Ka Lunan and Xiao Ju'er.

"Let's go, it's time for you to pay the reward."

Hearing this, Xiao Ju'er immediately furrowed her embroidered brows and glared!

"Alright, alright! Today I swear to crush your cursed dragon, so you can never rise again!"

The sexy, black‑clad mature lady Ka Lunan, trailing behind the two drama‑king companions, lifted the corner of her mouth slightly, revealing an elegant and expectant smile.

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