Moltres had initially intended to toy with Aoki, but now that thought had vanished.
Although he perceived Aoki's Pokémon as no threat, he realized during the battle that they were incessantly annoying.
Various repulsive small moves were constantly thrown at him, causing not much pain, but a little bit nonetheless.
Whenever he tried to attack those smaller Pokémon to make them behave, those few Pokémon he somewhat feared would always block his way, preventing him from diverting his attention to deal with the smaller ones.
The battle had been ongoing for five minutes. Aoki was using telepathy to command twenty Pokémon in battle, requiring extremely precise coordination among them—a feat many trainers could barely imagine.
For ordinary trainers, commanding a single Pokémon to perform a smooth and flawless battle was already incredibly difficult.
Stronger trainers, with better command abilities, could simultaneously command two or even three Pokémon in group battles, requiring sufficient teamwork among the Pokémon. Trainers capable of this usually weren't weak; most trainers who reached the Elite Four level could achieve this to some extent.
Even stronger trainers could command six Pokémon in group battles, which is known as a full-team battle.
Why does the Alliance stipulate that each trainer can only carry a maximum of six Pokémon? Don't they know that the more Pokémon a trainer carries, the more variability there is in battle, and the more Pokémon there are, the stronger they become to some extent?
One reason is that the Alliance believes trainers have limited energy, and this rule is to help them focus more on training their current Pokémon. It's about quality over quantity, rather than biting off more than one can chew.
A bigger reason, after many years of testing and investigation by the Alliance, combined with the feedback from many powerful trainers within the Alliance, is that six Pokémon is the maximum number an ordinary trainer can perfectly control.
It's not that one cannot command seven or eight Pokémon; it's just that the more Pokémon there are, the more issues a trainer needs to consider. Achieving perfect, seamless coordination among every Pokémon is nearly impossible and places a huge burden on the trainer.
In short, six Pokémon represent the highest cost-effectiveness for a trainer to command. A trainer who perfectly battles with six Pokémon may not be weaker than a trainer commanding seven or eight.
Furthermore, with trainers' skill in combining and linking their Pokémon's moves, what later became known as single-core tactics and multi-core tactics emerged. These tactics greatly depend on the trainer's requirements, the Pokémon's rapport with the trainer, and the Pokémon's coordination with each other.
This is why the Alliance stipulates that a trainer can only carry six Pokémon; it provides them with a clear direction from the start.
So, for Aoki to command twenty Pokémon at once, one can imagine the immense mental burden he was under. Additionally, when Mega Gengar and Mega Tyranitar underwent Mega Evolution, they continuously transmitted their thoughts and feelings into Aoki's mind, adding to his pressure.
At this moment, the psychic energy extending from Aoki had almost completely isolated him from the entire Pokémon world. Spatial rifts were everywhere. If any ordinary wild Pokémon were to attack Aoki now, they would undoubtedly be torn apart by these spatial rifts before even getting close to him.
Although the rain couldn't reach him, Aoki's head was still wet.
His entire face was flushed, and not just his face; even his ears had turned red, from his forehead all the way down to his neck.
Large beads of sweat continuously streamed down his forehead, but his eyes were fixed on the soaring Moltres. All the cells in his brain were active, commanding the battle while simultaneously searching for Moltres's weakness.
If he didn't inflict a heavy blow on Moltres today, he probably wouldn't be able to escape unscathed.
Although a large part of reaching this point was due to Aoki's own impulsiveness, unable to bear seeing Tyranitar blasted away.
But truthfully, all the Pokémon present were companions in Aoki's eyes. Aoki didn't deny that he might favor some individual Pokémon more, or even show some partiality, but they were all his companions.
In the past, he might have allowed his Pokémon to be bullied just to survive, but not anymore!
Even if the opponent was the king of kings, he would still bite off a piece of their flesh.
Moltres was also genuinely enraged at this moment, but he also sensed the madness within Aoki, labeling this human as a lunatic.
However, having fought to this point, he certainly couldn't just let it go, otherwise, where would his dignity as the legendary Pokémon Moltres stand?
"Screech!!!"
Moltres let out a long cry, wanting to vent the frustration in his heart.
"Now's the time!"
But just as he let out his long cry, Aoki's eyes, which had unconsciously narrowed due to sweat, suddenly snapped wide open. He let the sweat stream into his eyes, causing an unbearable stinging sensation, but he didn't want to and couldn't close his eyes at this moment, because the opportunity he had been waiting for so long had finally appeared.
Under Aoki's command, the psychic threads that Slowking and Gardevoir had meticulously spread across the battlefield since the start of the battle instantly tightened, like a net being pulled in, trapping Moltres in mid-air.
Although for Moltres, this net was nothing to worry about, as he could easily break free with a slight flap of his wings.
But what followed were various overwhelming attacks.
Tyranitar's accumulated Multiple Stone Edges! Kommo-o's Clanging Scales! Darkrai's Darkest Lariat! Gengar's Max Shadow Ball!
In fact, they had been charging their attacks for a while, just waiting for the optimal moment Aoki had mentioned. Now that it had finally arrived, they unleashed all their moves on Moltres without hesitation.
The moment Moltres hesitated in his actions due to his cry, he had already fallen into Aoki's trap.
All the moves, except for those that countered each other and were therefore not launched simultaneously but sequentially, almost all struck Moltres within less than half a second of each other.
This was because their positions during the battle, in terms of both angle and distance, had been meticulously pre-designed by Aoki.
All possible delays when releasing moves, or which moves would link better and which had to be separated, everything had been calculated in his mind.
If the target of this attack had been that Shiny Ninetales, it would have been instantly reduced to ashes, because this was not a simple matter of one plus one.
Boom!!!!
Even the explosion when the attacks hit Moltres was just a single sound!