The sleazy middle-aged man heard Himeko's orders and let out a mocking laugh.
That only made him more certain of what he thought.
As expected!
This little girl was a Trainer who did not know a thing!
What kind of Trainer gave such vague commands to their Pokémon?
Only orders precise down to the exact move could let a Pokémon perform better.
After all, a Trainer's battle wisdom was absolutely above a Pokémon's!
But in the very next second, a stunned expression immediately appeared on his face.
Gardevoir raised both hands.
The faint pink Psychic-type energy inside her began to spread outward.
That vast, pure energy instantly wrapped around Grimer and Lickitung.
Before they could even struggle much, she simply lifted a hand and threw the two Pokémon away.
The motion was so effortless that it looked as if she were casually tossing out trash, calm and full of contempt.
That scene shattered the man's entire worldview on the spot.
This...
What kind of joke was this?
She had practically not used any actual move at all.
Just through her control over her own Psychic-type energy, she had easily subdued them?
This Gardevoir's strength...
was absurdly overwhelming!
At the very least, she was at the Quasi-Elite Four level!
No,
perhaps even higher.
She might already be an actual Elite Four-level Pokémon!
Once he reached that conclusion, the middle-aged man felt his whole body shiver and his back turn cold.
Elite Four!
Those were towering figures far above the rest!
Not someone like him, a nobody, could ever afford to provoke!
He looked up at Himeko's icy expression.
He did not hesitate in the slightest.
With an awkward laugh, he immediately slipped away from in front of Himeko.
Then he threw the rest of his Pokémon into the chaotic fighting elsewhere on the field.
Gardevoir's overwhelming display naturally drew the attention of many people nearby.
After revealing just a little of her strength, some of the people who had thought Himeko was an easy target and wanted to come squeeze her immediately gave up on that idea.
There were also some fairly strong Trainers whose eyes filled with wariness when they looked at Himeko.
And so, little by little, a strangely empty quiet zone formed around her.
If she did not take the initiative to attack,
then no one else dared rashly make a move against her either.
Himeko was quite satisfied with this situation.
If things kept going like this,
it would save her a lot of time and effort.
While her side looked leisurely and relaxed,
Aisa and Ukyo, who had come with her, were facing an entirely different scene.
The two of them had both chosen the same fast and decisive style of battle.
In an instant, they began sweeping the field clean in a crushing manner.
Roaring tornadoes and blazing flames tore across the two battle arenas.
Trainer after Trainer, together with their Pokémon, was ruthlessly swept away and eliminated.
"Damn, look!"
"My god! That Dragonite is so strong!"
"That Charizard isn't ordinary either!"
"Hiss... those two Pokémon should be at the Elite Four level, right?"
"What do you mean, should be? Don't you recognize them? Those two Pokémon belong to Elite Four members from the Great Axia Alliance Military! They're famous!"
Aisa and Ukyo's overpowering performances instantly drew the attention of a huge number of spectators, exactly as expected.
For a moment,
everyone's eyes turned toward them.
After all,
it was rare to see Elite Four-level figures make a move in everyday life!
Elite Four were Elite Four!
That kind of power was truly something ordinary Trainers could not compare to at all!
The number of Trainers on their two arenas was dropping at an outrageous pace.
Only a few dozen minutes had passed since the start of the match,
and the two of them had already cleared out half the competitors on their arenas.
Just as nearly all the spectators had focused their attention there,
something happened that no one expected.
From the massive loudspeaker came an announcement that shocked everyone.
"It's happened! It's happened!"
"In the battle royale preliminary round of this Trainer Tournament, the first contestant to qualify has appeared!"
"Congratulations to contestant Okano Shuzo from Arena No. 1!"
The announcer shouted himself hoarse, his trembling voice making the declaration.
The moment his words fell,
all the spectators present turned their eyes in unison toward that direction.
At that moment,
Arena No. 1, now in complete disarray, no longer looked anything like the chaotic, crowded place it had been before.
On that enormous stage, only a single slender figure wearing a mask remained.
And...
a gigantic blue bird Pokémon over two meters tall.
(End of Chapter)
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