The Water-type Pokémon group that had held the advantage just moments ago was gradually beginning to lose its edge. The Gyarados group and Kingdra group also realized the severity of the situation.
Five Gyarados approached Proton's ship one after another, where the Water-type Pokémon group held the upper hand. Taking advantage of the stalemate between the Pokémon on their side and the Pokémon aboard, five Hyper Beams fired out, directly destroying the side of the ship.
River water poured into the cabin, and the Trainers on Proton's side immediately fell into a panic!
Proton had no intention of stepping in to save them at all. Officer Jenny took command of the retreat, with those who had Flying-type Pokémon using them to leave through the air first, while the rest could only be assigned to yachts.
Water-types carried the various Pokémon as they continued resisting the attacks, but this made it extremely difficult to hold off these Water-type Pokémon. With the ship sinking, the medicine was naturally destroyed. Without any means of sustaining themselves, there was simply no way for them to fight against these Pokémon.
At this point, Officer Jenny also sent out a distress signal, while Proton remained completely unmoved.
Poké Balls were scattered across the surface of the water, but they soon sank to the bottom. Giovanni had planned all of this long ago. Submarines beneath the water collected the Poké Balls scattered across the surface one by one.
Right now, no one would pay any attention to those Poké Balls, as everyone naturally prioritized their own safety.
Tetsuya had already noticed something was wrong as the Poké Balls sank into the water one after another. Poké Balls floated on the surface of the water. Without some special force driving them, it was impossible for them to sink…
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By now, Proton's ship had completely sunk, and the situation was extremely precarious.
"Captain Archer, let's hurry and go rescue them," Officer Jenny said to Archer.
Archer "helplessly" shook his head and said, "You know what situation we're in right now. We barely have any supplies left. Whether we can even handle this wave of attacks is another matter, so how could we possibly have the ability to save them?"
Archer's words left Officer Jenny with nothing to say. After all, they could barely protect themselves now. Their only option was to wait for Giovanni to send more people from the shore to rescue them.
After their successful strike, the Gyarados joined forces with the Kingdra and prepared to deal humanity a devastating blow!
Five Gyarados had already joined the battle on Proton's side, six Gyarados were fighting on Archer and Tetsuya's side, four Kingdra had joined the battle on Ariana's side, and five Kingdra had also launched an attack on Petrel's side.
The battle situation was reversed in an instant. Proton's side in particular was on the verge of being completely overwhelmed by the Water-type Pokémon.
"Come out, Weezing, Houndoom, Ditto."
Tetsuya threw out three Poké Balls in succession. Although his Beedrill's attacks could contend evenly with Gyarados, it was absolutely impossible for it to suppress Gyarados outright. Right now, Tetsuya still could not figure out Giovanni's plan.
If obtaining these Water-type Pokémon meant being unable to complete the League's assigned mission, that was definitely not Giovanni's style. Giovanni understood better than anyone which carried more weight, the League's trust or the value of these Pokémon.
"Ditto, Transform into Gyarados and stand by. Weezing, go all-out with Poison Gas. Houndoom, use [Blazing Howl] and Nasty Plot, then prepare Fire Blast and Flamethrower."
Tetsuya began his own personal show. The four-headed Weezing concentrated all of its energy to enhance the purity of its Poison Gas to the highest level, spreading it across the surface of the river. The wind over the river was extremely strong, forcing Tetsuya to use all of his psychic energy to keep the Poison Gas under control.
By the time his psychic powers reached its limit, the Poison Gas had already covered all the Water-type Pokémon in the waters around both Archer and Proton.
By this point, Houndoom had already used [Blazing Howl]. The sky cleared, the blazing sun beat down like fire, and the power of Water-type moves was reduced as a result. Fire-type moves, however, became even more ferocious!
After using Nasty Plot twice, Houndoom's Special Attack had also reached the limit its body could withstand, and the energy throughout its body was urgently waiting to be unleashed.
"Now! Fire Blast, Flamethrower!" Tetsuya shouted as he quickly withdrew his psychic power.
This was precisely the moment Houndoom had been waiting for. There was only a brief two-second interval between Fire Blast and Flamethrower.
...Bang!
Boom…!
Two explosions rang out in succession. The gas over the river exploded, followed by raging flames soaring into the sky. The spectacular scene was breathtaking.
Great clouds of steam rose from the river. As the river wind swept past, entire swaths of incapacitated Pokémon floated across the surface, including five Gyarados.
The two stretches of water were the closest to the explosion, and only a small number of Pokémon reacted quickly enough to dive into deep water and escape disaster.
This attack had undoubtedly been devastating to the Pokémon in these two areas!
The remaining six Gyarados had all suffered varying degrees of damage, and together with the scattered Pokémon that remained, it would be difficult for them to organize another powerful assault.
At this moment, Archer's greatest concern was still catching these Pokémon. Large numbers of Poké Balls were thrown out, and all the incapacitated Pokémon on the surface were caught before quickly being drawn aboard the ship.
"Ditto, Beedrill, I'll leave the rest to you."
GyaDittos plunged into the water and rapidly approached the Gyarados, while Beedrill held its twin needles at the ready, prepared to strike at any moment.
Ditto and Beedrill had trained at the glacier falls for half a year, greatly increasing their raw power. Although they had not yet completely conquered the glacier falls, they had already made tremendous progress compared to half a year ago.
Ditto had trained at the glacier falls in the form of Gyarados to begin with, and while training on Shadow Island, it had also trained in the water in the form of a Water-type. Therefore, to Ditto, Gyarados was essentially its second body.
Ditto burst out of the water, using Waterfall to directly attack two Gyarados, then followed up with Aqua Tail, striking another three Gyarados. After this combination of moves, four Gyarados were directly injured. It was not until Ditto stood upright in front of them that the six Gyarados finally reacted and immediately surrounded Ditto to attack it together.
Ditto directly lured them away from these waters. These six Gyarados had already suffered considerable injuries from the gas explosion, and this time Ditto relied on its greatest strength, its physique, to contend with them.
Beedrill's attacks were vicious and incisive. [Twin Fury], Poison Jab, X-Scissor, and all kinds of moves flowed seamlessly from one to the next. After several passes back and forth, many Pokémon were forced to dive underwater.
Beedrill hovered above the surface, and the moment any Pokémon showed its head, it would immediately strike it down.
The battles in these two stretches of water were now basically under Tetsuya's control.