Chapter 592: Yudan Speaks "Fist-osophy"
The captain of the Cutie Pie Team was actually a middle-aged woman who didn't look cute at all.
She was tall, with a broad frame, giving the first impression of being stout and powerful.
At first glance, Arthur couldn't help but think of the "Muscle Confucius" meme that was popular on the Kubfu internet recently.
This captain's name was Yudan.
If Yudan were to lecture on "The Analects," it felt like there would be no sense of incongruity...
However, contrary to her burly figure, Yudan preferred pink clothing, with an Igglybuff pattern on her shirt and a Cleffa charm hanging from her waist as she went on stage.
Arthur realized that this captain named her team "Cutie Pie" not because she was cute, but because she loved cute things...
There's nothing wrong with that, just as men have the right to like pink and strawberry jam.
Unfortunately, in this battle, Arthur and his team were fighting not just for a group stage victory!
They were also fighting to clear the Kubfu Alliance's name and to dampen the arrogance of those extreme fans!
So Arthur had no intention of holding back.
"Go for it, Arthur!"
"Use full power!"
"Give her a shutout!"
Before going on stage, his teammates' encouragement was still ringing in his ears.
But perhaps people who like cute things have good luck, or maybe Starlight and Frost had been too lucky recently, triggering some balance mechanism—
The Random Field drawn for this match was a bit unfriendly to Arthur.
Half water pool, half ice surface.
Absolutely stunning!
The organizing committee had prepared a total of seven different field environments for the group stage: Sand, Grass, Rock, Metal, Ice, Water, and Swamp.
Each match randomly selected two of the seven environments to splice into a complete battlefield.
In this Captain's Match, Arthur's half of the field was a water pool with a few wooden floating boards.
The opponent's half was an ice surface.
Honestly, neither environment suited Arthur's aces.
Charizard and Flygon both disliked water and ice, and the pristine ice surface made it easy to expose Specter hiding in the shadows.
It was quite uncomfortable.
Yudan on the other side was visibly delighted.
This was a great draw for her.
Because her ace Pokémon included a Water-type Azumarill and a Goodra with the Hydration ability.
This field suited her perfectly.
Within the Kubfu Alliance, the commentators for this match were The Oracle and a rookie partner. Seeing this situation, The Oracle immediately began his professional analysis.
"Although the result of this match is no longer in suspense—an 11-point deficit cannot be recovered in a Captain's Match—looking at the current field draw, maybe the Cutie Pie Team's captain has hope of winning back one or two points?"
The partner, clearly someone who enjoyed stirring up trouble, immediately picked the most sensitive topic to ask.
"So, Teacher Oracle, do you think the Three Waves Team's 11-point total difference from yesterday is hard to surpass?"
This accelerator pedal was pressed hard and fast, instantly exploding the livestream chat.
But who is The Oracle? A professional commentator! An industry elite! A mudslide in the prediction world, a mysterious force from the East.
Could this small scene scare him?
He immediately asked his partner back, "Do you want me to say it can be surpassed or it cannot be surpassed?"
This question was too tricky, stumping the fans for a moment.
The Oracle didn't directly say whether he thought it could be surpassed or not.
He asked, what do you want me to say?
Now the situation became complicated...
It seemed that answering either "hope you say it" or "hope you don't say it" would make one's affiliation hard to define...
Before the partner could answer, the barrage started arguing among themselves.
"Of course it can be surpassed!"
"Holy crap, the guy above wants The Oracle to jinx it. Are you a Leo hater?!"
"Definitely can't be surpassed. Anyone would give this answer. What's wrong with saying it? I'm a Leo fan, a rational fan."
"Guy above, don't you know The Oracle? You must be a fake fan!"
The partner smiled bitterly, deeply feeling that ginger gets spicier with age.
The Oracle's single sentence put him, the instigator, in an awkward position.
Fortunately, as a senior, The Oracle was kind-hearted and proactively used his catchphrase: "Okay, the match is starting. Watch the match, watch the match!"
"We see that in the first round, Captain Yudan of the Cutie Pie Team chose to start with Azumarill. A very conventional choice. Azumarill is one of Yudan's aces, and the Water/Fairy typing is also very advantageous in the current field environment.
"On the other hand, we see Arthur chose to start with—Lapras?
"This... although it fits the field, isn't this move a bit overconfident? The opponent is a Champions Cup captain, after all!"
There are no weak teams in the Champions Cup.
Even the Cutie Pie Team, a wild card team that came up through the preliminaries, had three captain-level aces as standard for their captain, Yudan!
This was the T1-level Champions Cup, after all!
And Arthur's Little Lapras, in the impression of the Kubfu public, was still a juvenile Pokémon with potential to grow.
But expecting her to fight a captain-level ace now seemed wrong, didn't it?
As soon as the match started, Yudan ordered powerfully, "Azumarill, burn your energy, enter combat mode!"
This command to enter combat mode meant only one thing—Huge Power ability activated!
99.9% of Azumarill in the professional arena had the Huge Power ability because this championship ability was just too strong!
Extreme strength, pure violence!
And this wasn't a buff. It required no chanting, had no time limit, and couldn't be dispelled by Haze or Clear Smog. It was equivalent to a permanent Swords Dance effect, strong, simple, and direct.
Everyone who used it said it was good.
However, the rating of this ability was slightly lowered in the Champions Cup.
Because the Champions Cup is a T1-level event higher than the professional league, not only is the venue larger, but the move limit is also relaxed from 6 to 8.
In Champions Cup matches, players have more room for move selection, so the proportion of basic attacks in a duel decreases accordingly, making the advantage of the Huge Power ability less significant than in ordinary professional leagues.
But this ability was still very strong in the arena where buffing was relatively difficult.
At this moment, after Azumarill puffed up its chest and exploded with energy, its stature seemingly increasing, Yudan unhesitatingly seized the offensive initiative.
"Charge up, close in and use Brick Break!"
Despite being the underdog on paper and generally not favored by the public, Yudan fought incredibly aggressively.
I have an ace here, and the opponent only sent out a reserve Pokémon that isn't even fully grown according to the data.
Isn't he looking down on me a bit too much?
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