Chapter 275

"..."

After watching Clair's entire performance in the player lounge, Lance sighed.

The rhythm was completely messed up; losing wasn't unjust.

Was it because the pressure she put on herself was too great, which seriously affected her performance?

Lance had always been clear about his cousin's obsession.

But having too strong a sense of pride isn't necessarily a good thing; this was a truth he only learned after hitting walls several times at the Indigo Plateau.

In this battle, if Clair could have learned to utilize Duraludon's clumsiness and learned from Cynthia's style in the previous match to use Thunder Wave and other means, she could have completely created an opportunity for a counterattack.

But out of pride for the title of "Dragon Tamer," Clair didn't bother to use these "underhanded methods."

For a proud Dragon Tamer, only crushing the opponent with Dragon-type Pokémon counts as a proper victory.

He had held the same thoughts as her back then.

If it weren't for the repeated entanglements with those three Kanto Elite Four members, he might still hold such thoughts today.

"Sigh..."

Lance sighed silently; he didn't have any ideas on how to reverse Clair's wrong thinking.

However, as long as the number of times she hits a wall and gets frustrated increases, she will eventually understand this truth.

Besides absolute strength, reasonably utilizing the characteristics of the Pokémon themselves is also an important part of achieving victory.

On this point, perhaps she really should learn from that young Gym Leader Qingyu.

Even if he is called "quality tactics" by countless viewers, it doesn't affect the fact that Qingyu's theory is truly very strong, perhaps even enough to subvert most people's current understanding of Pokémon battles.

If one doesn't keep pace with the times, one will sooner or later be left behind by other trainers.

With this thought, Lance quickly stopped dwelling on Clair's failure and walked toward the battle field with his head held high.

Next, he would convey this point he had realized to Clair in a practical way.

Compared to the crushing victories of the first two battles, the next two battles were all heavyweight.

Excluding Raihan, who is called a Gym Leader but should actually be considered Elite Four level, the other three were all solid Elite Four level contestants.

Lance VS Raihan; Drasna VS Drake.

Two incredibly exciting battles were staged one after another, and the scores were once very intense.

In the end, Lance relied on Dragonite's powerful willpower to barely tank the Draco Meteor, winning this match that was almost by a hair's breadth with a score of 3:2.

【Although people usually say he's a bird-keeper, a Flying-type Elite Four, his strength is still undeniable; even among Champions, his strength isn't bad, right?】

【Honestly, isn't it because his Gyarados's Thunder Wave was cast well, directly crippling Raihan's Duraludon!】

【Raihan without Dynamax energy still can't exert his full strength, but the bird-keeper's Dragonite using Roar to scare his Dragon-danced Flygon back into the ball, I couldn't hold it in either...】

【As fellow losers to Teacher Yu, it's clear that Lance, this good student, is better at learning; those dirty things in the livestream, he's clearly learned plenty 2333】

As for the last match, the battle between the two Elite Four was also very heated.

However, because this Masters Tournament made unified restrictions on battle means such as Mega Evolution and Terastallization, Drasna's Altaria didn't exert very good effects.

Without Mega Evolution, it remained a Dragon+Flying type, not a Dragon-type traitor, but was often jokingly called the "disgrace of the Dragon clan."

Of course, even if Mega Evolution could be used, Elite Four Drake from the Hoenn region probably also had a Salamence...

The final score was 3:1, with Elite Four Drake winning.

With this, the results of the quarter-finals were born.

Qingyu, who had rarely livestreamed for an entire afternoon, was finally able to use his ancestral skill—ending the stream at light speed.

After returning to the Sunshine Gym, the time had already reached evening.

Because he had to watch the Masters Tournament during this time, Qingyu had long since hung a temporary closing sign on the door, and also had the students pass on this news.

After all, after the Masters Tournament ends, it will be Christmas and New Year.

Since he had already promised Cynthia to return to Sinnoh to spend the holiday, he might as well just close the gym until the students start school next year, rest until the Champion's Path opens, and welcome challenges as an initial gym.

Therefore, during this time, the Sunshine Gym had no challengers, and even the apprentices Nemona and Arven were busy with their own affairs.