Chapter 259: At least have some sense of participation

Watching the tiny electric rodent that had popped out of Qingyu's ball, Cattleya's hand gripping the railing began to tremble slightly.

At the same time, the sound of gnashing teeth immediately began to appear.

The gravitational field formed by her psychic powers expanded outward instantly, causing the surrounding audience to subconsciously distance themselves from this strange girl who was acting weird and exuding black energy.

So that's how it is...

Fine, Qingyu! You must have instigated Zhulan!

By this point, how could Cattleya not understand?

No wonder Zhulan had suddenly come to find her to rent a Pokémon; it's a pity she didn't have time to think it through at the time.

Otherwise, how could she not have thought of it...

With Zhulan's team, even the previous Sinnoh Elite Four combined couldn't beat her.

Coming to Paldea to play a mere Attribute Masters Tournament was a piece of cake; there was absolutely no need to borrow a Pokémon from the Battle Chateau.

So there must be something fishy behind it!

But things had reached this point, and she had no way to stop Qingyu from using Pachirisu to perform a close-quarters double battle with Cynthia.

She couldn't just jump down right now, cosplay as an Electrode, and blow up the scene with Qingyu!

Although Cattleya admitted she was tempted for a split second, the price of actually doing so was a bit too high...

"Sigh—!"

After a long sigh, Cattleya let go of the railing that had been severely deformed by her telekinetic grip and silently turned her gaze back to the half of the field where Zhulan and Qingyu were.

At least that Pachirisu in Qingyu's hand was a Pokémon from her own Battle Chateau; rounding it up, she could be considered to have contributed.

At least she had some sense of participation...

Although she was very unwilling and felt so aggrieved that tears were welling up in her eyes, she could only comfort herself this way for now.

After this battle ends, she must go find Zhulan and that bastard Qingyu to demand an explanation!

"Pachi~"

The appearance of Pachirisu not only caused Cattleya's already terrible mood to explode completely, but also attracted the attention of the two Elite Four members, Drake and Lance.

The two looked at each other and saw a hint of surprise in each other's eyes.

Of course, they knew Pachirisu.

Having served as Elite Four members for many years, they could at least name every Pokémon in the Pokédex, if not claim to understand them.

But Pachirisu was neither a Dragon-type, nor could it really be associated with strength.

Precisely because of this, when Qingyu decisively sent out this Pokémon while facing three pseudo-legendaries, they reacted this way.

Because they found it hard to guess Qingyu's thoughts, they couldn't immediately make a countermeasure.

However...

Drake and Lance quickly looked back, their gazes no longer on Pachirisu, focusing only on the red-eyed Garchomp in front of Cynthia.

No matter what, focusing fire to take down this more threatening land shark was definitely the right move!

"Salamence, Dragon Claw!"

"Tyranitar, Ice Punch!"

After the two Elite Four members spoke almost simultaneously, the Salamence and Tyranitar on the opponent's side acted one after another, launching a pincer attack on Garchomp in a combined land-and-air assault.

"Roar—!"