Chapter 754

"Then, I will serve as the temporary referee for this battle."

When Qingyu accepted Nemona's challenge, the surrounding students quickly retreated a few steps consciously, returning to a safe distance to watch the match civilly.

Even Mewtwo was affected; the challengers had no heart to fight anymore, only wanting to watch the master-disciple duel between Qingyu and Nemona up close.

Of course, it was definitely not because they couldn't beat Mewtwo!

So Mewtwo also simply let these students go for the time being and ran over to guest-star as the referee.

"The challenge rules follow the Victory Road; the Gym Leader side will send out five Pokémon, while the challenger can use six, and there are no restrictions on using items during the battle."

"Mm-hmm!"

After Qingyu finished adding the rules, Nemona immediately responded excitedly.

"Mr. Qingyu, I've understood everything, so let's start the battle quickly!"

Since she first came into contact with Pokémon battles as a child, Nemona had discovered that she seemed particularly obsessed with this sport that didn't require her to take action herself.

Of course, although she loved finding strong Trainers to battle in the past, she lost more than she won, fighting repeatedly despite repeated defeats.

But after secretly training at the Sunny Gym for a month, she seemed to have suddenly had an epiphany, transforming from a newcomer into a Trainer with decent strength in half a year.

When facing other Gym Leaders, she seemed to have won easily, so her efficiency in obtaining badges was quite good.

However, the battles with these Gym Leaders didn't bring her joy.

In Nemona's view, Pokémon battles should be about Trainers and partners working together, overcoming the strong with the weak through various tactics, and struggling to defeat more powerful opponents.

But in actual combat, she found that her growth along the way seemed to have exceeded many people's expectations, to the point where she lacked a sense of urgency when dealing with Gym Leaders.

Even Mr. Grusha, who is said to be very powerful, she won against easily.

If it weren't for her poor physical stamina, which took too much time to travel around Paldea, the speed of obtaining the other seven badges might have been much faster.

After thinking it over, Nemona could only reach a shocking conclusion—

It's not that the other Gym Leaders are too weak, but that Mr. Feather, whom she uses as a hypothetical enemy, is too strong!

That's right, that's the only explanation.

It seems that if she wants to satisfy her increasingly rampant desire to battle, she can only battle Mr. Feather again!

Stepping onto the familiar battle field, Nemona felt her heartbeat suddenly accelerate, and her breathing became rapid.

As Qingyu nodded quickly, the battle was on the verge of breaking out.

"My starting Pokémon is still Hakamo-o, and it will be the same on the Victory Road in the future."

Qingyu threw out the Poké Ball first, while loudly stating his thoughts.

With a relatively fixed lineup and a starting Pokémon of average strength, knowing this, challengers could actually take the opportunity to make a move.

With his cards already on the table, Qingyu actually hoped to see a few enlightened newcomers who would choose to send out the "big brother" of their team to strengthen on the spot, seizing the opportunity to establish an advantage.

This was already his final concession; if he had gone easy to this extent and still no one could let him see hope of clearing the trial...

Paldea is beyond saving, hey!

However, Qingyu's thoughts clearly couldn't stump Nemona.

"I choose you, Kommo-o!"

After throwing out an Ultra Ball readily, the Dragon Pokémon that Qingyu found a bit familiar appeared on the field.

Kommo-o, also known as the Fighting Dragon, is classified by the Pokedex as a "late bloomer Pokémon," just like Salamence.