"Are you going out there?"
Himeko lowered her head and quietly asked Shiko inside his Poké Ball.
"No."
Shiko shook his head decisively, rolled over, and changed into a more comfortable lounging position.
What a joke.
With just one glance, he could already tell exactly how strong the Pokémon on all the battle arenas were.
They were basically all around Gym-level.
There were no especially powerful Pokémon there that interested him at all.
Against opponents like these, he could deal with them casually.
"What about you, Mew?"
Himeko turned and asked Mew as well.
"I'm not going either!"
Mew floated inside the Luxury Ball with both arms folded across his chest, speaking with a face full of disdain.
As a Psychic-type Pokémon, his perception was also extremely powerful, not the least bit inferior to Shiko's.
Naturally, he also knew exactly how strong the opponents on these battle arenas were.
This bunch of weak rookies—
if he wiped them out in an instant, it would only disgrace him as a Second-tier Legendary!
"Fine."
Himeko nodded.
Those two carried themselves with more airs than the other.
Neither of them could be bothered to participate in this kind of match.
But they had also secretly passed along a message to Himeko.
That was: among the contestants in front of them, there was not a single one with truly frightening strength.
Otherwise, with Shiko targeting those hundred Dark-type gems, there was no way he would just sit back and ignore it.
Since that was the case,
then this current free-for-all
could be handled with just the Gardevoir and Lopunny she had on hand!
Taking a deep breath,
she gripped two Poké Balls in both hands.
After tossing them out in graceful arcs through the air, the two Pokémon appeared on the field.
A whistle rang out.
The match officially began.
The rules of the free-for-all were simple.
A contestant was eliminated once all the Pokémon in their possession had lost the ability to battle.
Whoever remained standing at the very end would be the winner of that arena.
And precisely because of those rules,
quite a few contestants directly sent out all six of the Pokémon they were carrying.
For a moment, the entire arena was filled everywhere with the figures of all kinds of Pokémon.
At the same time,
the one hundred giant screens floating above the venue also began displaying the situation on every single arena.
The spectators swept their gazes across them, watching whichever arena matches interested them.
"Quick, look at that one, look at that one! That's a Goodra! Such a rare Pokémon!"
"Damn! Look at that Rhyperior! It's way bigger than an ordinary one!"
"My god! Look over there, a red Gyarados!!"
"..."
Discussion in the stands rose and fell one after another.
Those outstanding, eye-catching Pokémon immediately drew a great deal of attention.
All kinds of energy beams flashed about, and explosion after explosion rang out without end.
Fists, feet, legs, palms—the violent clashes of bodies produced thunderous booms again and again.
This kind of exhilarating scene slammed into the nerves of every single person present.
"Heh heh! Little girl! I'll start by taking you down first!"
Lopunny and Gardevoir stood to Himeko's left and right, protecting her in the middle.
The two Pokémon remained fully focused and on guard with great caution.
However, these two beautiful Pokémon
did not seem to attract much attention at all, and were automatically ignored by the others.
More than ten minutes had passed since the free-for-all began
before a middle-aged Trainer with a mouth full of yellow teeth and an indescribably sleazy look finally came over with a sinister grin.
In his eyes,
a delicate girl like Himeko probably had Pokémon that were nothing special.
Eliminating one opponent and taking his first win from her was simply too good an opportunity to pass up.
"Grimer! Use Sludge Bomb!"
"Lickitung! Use Lick!"
The middle-aged man gave his orders at once.
The two Pokémon behind him also decisively launched their attacks at Gardevoir and Lopunny.
A trace of scorn flashed through Himeko's eyes.
It had to be said, there really was some connection between a Trainer and their Pokémon.
This Trainer was so sleazy,
and the Pokémon he had chosen to train were just as strange.
Not only that,
the strength of those two Pokémon was pitifully weak.
They had not even reached Gym-level and were merely Elite-level.
At that level,
they truly were not worth noticing.
After training, Lopunny had already reached Level 59, the peak of quasi-Elite Four-level.
Gardevoir was even stronger.
With Mew's tutoring and guidance,
her strength had advanced by leaps and bounds,
and she had already reached the astonishing Level 62, true Elite Four-level!
That outrageous rate of improvement
was absolutely the mark of a genius among geniuses!
"Gardevoir! Don't hold back! Finish them quickly!"
Himeko said coldly.
(End of Chapter)
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