Chapter 571: The Miraculous Forest Maiden
Despite his surprise, Arthur didn't stop giving commands!
Once in combat mode, he had no concept of showing mercy to the fairer sex.
"Little Lapras, Hydro Pump!"
Seizing Arcanine's cooldown window, he quickly released Little Lapras and ordered her ultimate move!
But Future Yuzuru responded just as quickly—
"Doggy, open wide!"
Saying that, she threw something from Braviary's back toward Arcanine.
Arcanine jumped up, caught it, and swallowed it whole. Immediately, a misty glow surrounded its body.
The next moment, Little Lapras's Hydro Pump hit Arcanine, but miraculously, a large amount of water evaporated upon contact with the glow, visibly weakening the damage!
Arthur sighed helplessly.
"Concentrated Passho Berry cube... so rich..."
Passho Berry is a wondrous berry that grows in marshy areas. To avoid being eaten by Water-type Pokémon, the plant evolved strong water resistance. Consuming the berry or its extract grants Pokémon significant Water resistance for a short time.
However, as a popular consumable, these resistance berries were quite expensive.
Earlier, Future Yuzuru had unhesitatingly burned a Charcoal to maximize Arcanine's damage output. Now, Arcanine had just swallowed a concentrated Passho Berry cube worth at least tens of thousands!
Truly throwing money around!
But in Arthur's mind, this battle shouldn't even be that important to either side.
He was already reluctant to fight.
And Future Yuzuru should have realized by now: she couldn't really do anything to Arthur in this situation.
The ensuing battle was purely out of spite.
Yet for this petty dispute, Future Yuzuru had burned through over a hundred thousand Poké Dollars so far...
And she hadn't even blinked.
This made Arthur deeply feel the huge gap in their spending habits!
Leaving aside Future Yuzuru's competitive strength, Arthur felt he had already lost the financial battle...
A crushing defeat.
"Sigh..."
After a silent sigh, the battle had to continue.
"Lina, help Old Flame suppress Arcanine! Greninja, Little Dragonfly, charge with me!"
He jumped off Lina's back, freeing her to pincer Arcanine with Old Flame, while he led the charge straight for the Blissey in the enemy's backline!
As everyone knows: taking out the support and healer first is the key to victory!
Arcanine's buffs were already stacked, so taking it down quickly was impossible. Instead of trying to counter it, it was better to use Fire-type Pokémon's natural resistance to Fire moves to stall for time and take out the backline first.
Like that Blissey, who was preparing a second Helping Hand and could use Heal Pulse at any time!
Arcanine wasn't a fragile Pokémon like Weavile. Without taking out Blissey first, this "protect the carry" Arcanine was almost invincible.
Future Yuzuru clearly anticipated Arthur's move.
If she couldn't read the game to this extent, she wouldn't be the new ace of the Nine-Tailed Fox Team!
"Carbink, Umbreon, Milotic, try to stop that man!"
But she didn't turn back herself. Instead, she confidently entrusted the task to her Pokémon.
And she, to Arthur's surprise, chose the same tactic as him—
Target the backline!
She rode her Braviary and descended above Arthur's backline Pokémon as well!
Jumping down, she threw a handful of button-sized technological devices at Little Lapras and Little Eevee.
Little Eevee was still in Sylveon form and immediately blew a Fairy Wind, trying to sweep away these suspicious electronic buttons.
Little Lapras was on cooldown and couldn't do anything, but Mismagius emerged from the shadows immediately, blocking in front of her.
Fortunately, Mismagius had always worked behind the scenes in the Stitched Shadow Army, so Future Yuzuru didn't recognize her.
But the good news ended there.
The electronic buttons thrown by Future Yuzuru started moving on their own, guided by an unknown network, flying towards the three Pokémon and sticking firmly to them!
Then Future Yuzuru pressed the button on her lightsaber hilt again.
The lightsaber turned orange again.
Meaning Rotom changed back to its initial Electric/Ghost typing.
This time, Future Yuzuru ordered: "Use Poltergeist, detonate all the button bombs!"
"What?!"
This time Arthur was truly shocked!
It was the first time he had truly seen the power of new-era technology!
And it was a perfect fusion of black technology and Pokémon abilities!
Poltergeist: Ghost-type move. Its effect is to control the item held by the opponent to attack them.
Normally, it could make Farfetch'd's leek hit its own butt, make Alakazam's spoon tap its own head, or trigger the held item on a Pokémon to cause backlash damage.
Arthur had seen this move before. It appeared frequently in trainer battles, and Specter had learned it back in the day.
But two hundred years ago, Arthur had fought countless strong enemies, yet he had never seen anyone use Poltergeist like this!
Future Yuzuru first used electromagnetic adhesion to stick the button bombs onto the Pokémon, then had Rotom use Poltergeist. The items triggered for the backlash happened to be these bombs attached to the Pokémon!
Times are changing!
Technology is developing!
In this moment, Arthur finally felt this change intuitively!
There's actually such a technique? He was stunned!
The backlash damage from Poltergeist was already significant, and combined with the point-blank bomb explosions, it heavily injured Little Lapras, Little Eevee, and Mismagius.
Then Future Yuzuru pressed the button again.
The lightsaber turned red!
Rotom became Electric/Fire type!
"Heat up the lightsaber, I'm going in!"
This time she didn't need Rotom to use a move, just its inherent heating ability to enchant the lightsaber with a high-temperature effect!
Wielding the lightsaber, she looked like a dashing female Jedi Knight, charging fearlessly through the wind and sand towards the three Pokémon!
Arthur was targeting the backline!
She was also targeting the backline!
And this time, she beat Arthur to the punch!
This scene left the onlookers, especially acquaintances like Forrest who had seen Arthur's combat power, dumbfounded.
"Who is this girl?!"
Forrest had already defeated his initial opponent in a few moves.
Without Arthur stealing the show, the driver bro's combat power was top-tier in the current desert.
Impressed by his defeat, his opponent put away his arrogance and explained proactively.
"Hehe, don't be too smug, you Kubfu folks. Today, geniuses aren't exclusive to your alliance.
"That is the genius girl hailed as a once-in-a-century talent in the Sakura Alliance, the pearl of the Hanyū family, the chosen one of the Jewel Princess Diancie, and the biggest contributor to the Nine-Tailed Fox Team's championship this year—the Miraculous Forest Maiden, Future Yuzuru!
"In Sakura, her fame this year is no less than that miracle boy from your Kubfu Alliance.
"They're hoping she can end the dominance of the Grand Master Team and establish an unprecedented three-peat dynasty in the Champions Cup!"
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