"Guh..."
At that moment, Selena heard Brutus' booming voice and snapped back to reality. She couldn't help but swallow hard, her face turning pale as she glanced at Aaron across from her.
She then recalled the knocked-out Togekiss, pulled out another Poké Ball, and threw it.
"Come out... Florges!"
A flash of light appeared, and a Pokémon about 1.1 meters tall with a slender figure materialized on the battlefield.
It was none other than Florges.
[Name: Florges]
[Gender: Female]
[Nature: Lonely]
[Type: Fairy]
[Ability: Flower Veil]
[Base Stats Total: 552]
[Level: Elite (Late Stage]
[Pokémon Potential: Champion ]
[Moves: Vine Whip (Perfect), Fairy Wind (Perfect), Tackle (Mastery), Safeguard (Mastery), Razor Leaf (Mastery), Magical Leaf (Proficient), Synthesis (Proficient), Misty Terrain (Proficient), Moonblast (Proficient), Petal Dance (Proficient), Solar Beam (Proficient), Petal Blizzard (Proficient), Grass Knot (Proficient)...]
[Description: Florges, the Garden Pokémon and the evolved form of Floette. It creates beautiful flower gardens as its territory. It draws power from the energy emitted by flowers...]
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Florges...
She certainly didn't look innocent. Instead, she exuded the alluring charm of a young married woman.
That slender waist alone was enough to make any woman jealous.
"Ahem..."
Aaron coughed lightly, cutting off the inappropriate thoughts in his mind.
"Women only cloud my judgment when commanding Pokémon!"
"Baka yaro..."
A clear smile returned to Aaron's face.
"Florges... use Safeguard!"
Having learned her lesson, Selena immediately ordered Florges to use Safeguard the moment she appeared.
"Flooorges~"
Florges gave a graceful, mature cry as a crystalline white light shone over her body, enveloping her completely.
Safeguard protected the Pokémon from status conditions for a period of time.
Seeing Florges wrapped in Safeguard, Selena quietly sighed in relief.
She had also noticed that those colossal flowers released poisonous pollen. It was utterly disgusting.
"Florges... use Magical Leaf!"
A cold gleam flashed in Selena's eyes as she shouted.
"Flooor!"
Florges let out a refined cry as green light surged from her body.
More than a dozen glowing green leaves shot toward Sceptile.
The unique feature of Magical Leaf was that each leaf possessed a homing function, automatically locking onto the target and ensuring a guaranteed hit.
Aaron's expression remained unchanged. Just as the Magical Leaves were about to strike Sceptile, he spoke calmly.
"Sceptile... continuous Leaf Blade. Shatter them."
"SKRAAA!"
Sceptile's eyes narrowed as two white blades formed along his forearms.
"SLASH! SLASH! SLASH!"
Like a master swordsman, Sceptile swung the twin blades with flawless precision, slicing every Magical Leaf apart one by one.
The shattered leaves scattered through the air.
Sceptile stood motionless in place, blades still in hand.
His single eye flickered with emerald light.
Like a proud swordsman.
Standing tall, blade in hand, all things could be cut apart.
Sceptile's dashing figure instantly drew cheers from the young boys and girls.
"Sceptile is so cool!!"
"Sceptile... I love you!"
"Zoro Sceptile... invincible!"
"Damn it, my next Pokémon is definitely going to be a Sceptile too. Hmm... and it's gotta be one-eyed."
"Hmph... I already called my family and told them to get me a one-eyed Sceptile."
"Holy shit... you bastard!"
...
Aaron's mouth twitched slightly as he thought to himself:
"Damn it... that kid really stole the spotlight!!"
Selena's face darkened.
"Damn it... how can this Sceptile be so strong!?"
"Even cheaters wouldn't dare cheat this hard..."
Selena cursed inwardly, then immediately shouted to Florges:
"Florges... use Disarming Voice!"
Selena changed tactics. Since physical attacks were not working, she switched to sound-based attacks.
She refused to believe Sceptile had no weaknesses.
"Flooor-gees~"
A pink glow shone from Florges' body. She parted her cherry-red lips, and waves of enchanting sound rippled toward Sceptile.
Disarming Voice was another troublesome guaranteed-hit move.
Such a sound-wave attack was impossible to dodge.
Sceptile was struck directly by the Disarming Voice.
"Skrah...!"
Sceptile suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head, and a flash of agony crossed his eyes.
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