Chapter 576: You are not allowed to play Pokémon! Chapter 280

Mewtwo nodded slightly, and soon used its telekinesis to retrieve a Poké Ball from behind its back.

"In that case, I will send out this child."

As Mewtwo's voice fell, the Poké Ball popped open on its own.

Squirtle, wearing sunglasses and looking like it didn't care about anything, appeared brilliantly.

Whether it was because of the scorching heat under the sunlight or the aura of the Ninetales in front of it, a bead of cold sweat soon trickled down Squirtle's forehead.

"Squirtle???"

Not just the opponent, but the other newcomers watching from the sidelines were also stunned.

It turned out that what Teacher Yu said was true; this really was a "trainer" who had just received their starter Pokémon.

Even with the type advantage, it was completely negated by the harsh sunlight, and the massive gap in combat power made this battle seem completely one-sided.

How could an unevolved, average-strength starter Pokémon compete with a Ninetales that had been raised for a long time?

It seemed that only Qingyu, standing in front of the crowd, maintained a mysterious smile.

Just thinking about what was about to happen made Qingyu want to laugh.

On the other side of the battlefield, a flash of blue light flickered in Mewtwo's eyes, causing the Ninetales, which was extremely sensitive to psychic power, to instinctively shrink back.

"I see. Its strength is about on par with the Incineroar in the gym, right?"

After Mewtwo muttered to itself, it slowly raised its arm before the battle began, pointing at the Squirtle in front of it.

Following its movement, a gust of wind inexplicably whipped up across the battlefield.

And then...

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Squirtle's body suddenly flashed with a brilliant evolutionary glow and immediately shot into the sky.

Soon, a Blastoise, several times more robust than before and even more sturdy than the Ninetales opposite it, appeared on the field.

The students were dumbfounded.

Wh-what is going on here???

Evolving before the battle was one thing, but completing two stages of evolution in one go?

Teacher Yu, this gym apprentice of yours is not right...

Noticing their complex expressions, the smile on Qingyu's face became even more obvious.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, I forgot to tell you all. Our new apprentice at the Sunshine Gym knows how to use a little bit of psychic power to boost their Pokémon."

"So, the Pokémon they send out to battle you will always be evenly matched in strength."

"And when the strength of the Pokémon is about the same, what's being tested is pure trainer skill~"

After Qingyu finished speaking, Mewtwo looked at him and held up four fingers.

It roughly meant "I only used forty percent of my power."

Such an outrageous way of battling would actually not be unfamiliar to the newcomers from Kanto.

Isn't this just the same routine as Gym Leader Sabrina!

And that was indeed the case.

In fact, even Qingyu hadn't expected that Mewtwo would master these psychic techniques on its own after watching the video Sabrina sent over a few times.

With psychic power as a prerequisite, it seemed that future gym assessments would become much fairer.

In the past, when he handled them himself, the gym assessments would get easier the further they went, because the tactics had already been analyzed to death, leaving only raw strength.

However, Mewtwo was the complete opposite.

Mewtwo, who currently had no battle experience, might still be a bit green, and was a complete rookie when it came to battling.

But its comprehension was strong, and he believed that it would gradually adapt to the battle intensity and put the knowledge it got from him to good use before long.

Standing in the center of the battlefield as the referee, watching Mewtwo, who was incredibly serious and had "I want to win" written all over its face, Qingyu felt even more satisfied.

Mewtwo, you must work hard to become stronger and then amaze all these newcomers!

If you can't even beat a Pokémon commanded by a Pokémon, what are you newcomers doing with your lives!