Chapter 318

Countless people are anticipating and looking forward to her, and countless people are waiting to see what she will do next.

Even--

Qiao Ran had already said that he would hand over the video of this Competition to that person later, so she couldn't back down here.

"Bring it on!"

"Type: Null!!!"

Lillie Fling the Poké Ball with all her might, and with a deep roar, a Pokémon with heavy shackles and a helmet on its head appeared on the Battle Court. Its appearance was almost identical to the Silvally that Qiao Ran had used, but the only difference was the heavy restraints on its head.

As the first to go into battle, Lillie didn't send out her own Nihilego. She had her reasons for this; Nihilego, with its Poison-type, could use its poison to gain an advantage against other Grass-type Pokémon.

However, this advantage becomes ineffective when facing Roserade, which is a Poison/ Grass-type.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Lillie still dispatched her Type: Null —the secret weapon of the Aether Foundation.

"This Pokémon is..."

Yesterday, Hua Wanshuang had actually fought against Qiao Ran's Silvally, so when she saw the Type: Null, she still felt a sense of familiarity.

"This child will evolve into Silvally. However, it's not ready for that yet."

Lillie briefly introduced the identity of the Type: Null. As the only one of the three Type: Null from the Aether Foundation that has not evolved, it is indeed quite far behind. However, Lillie believes that it will become as powerful as its predecessors in the future.

"Both Trainer are ready!"

The Referee's voice also rang out from the Battle Court sound system.

After both sides sent out their Pokémon, the Competition began.

"The first Competition is officially starting!"

Meanwhile, Suicune and Latias were also overseeing the recording of the song.

Since Qiao Ran has given the instructions, they will definitely do their best. Actually, if you really want to talk about it, they don't have much work to do; they just need to sit and relax. The key is with Altaria; they hope nothing unexpected goes wrong.

"Your voice and breath control are absolutely amazing! It will make our mixing work much easier. Did you not practice at all before?"

During the recording, the staff would chat with Altaria for a bit. This young girl, whom they had never heard of before but who was exceptionally well-mannered, was truly a pleasant surprise.

Most importantly, she also broke the rule that a nice voice doesn't necessarily mean a good-looking person. Just look at her appearance... any staff member who has seen her can swear that she could easily outshine a bunch of celebrities and idols just by looking at her without makeup.

If any major investors are willing to promote it after this, I'm afraid... the China entertainment industry will be in for another bloodbath.

"Yes, besides the videos the master brought over earlier..."

The sudden praise made the Altaria a little nervous, so much so that it didn't even notice what it was saying.

"Eh? Master?"

"Ah... no... I..."

The Altaria was also startled. Although this was how she had always addressed Qiao Ran, after coming to this world and learning about the situation here, she gradually realized that this kind of address shouldn't come out of her mouth—at least, not from her Humanoid Transformation.

It seems like it would be considered a strange relationship.

Although it doesn't seem to be wrong.

"I... I mean, some people would bring me videos, and I just studied the singing techniques in them."

Altaria quickly changed the subject, but some of the things she said clearly caught the attention of others.

"You learned all by watching other people's performance videos? You can learn just by watching performance videos? Don't you have any teachers or anything?"

No.

The Altaria tilted its head, touched its lips with its finger, and pondered for a moment.

"Just watch the video."

She didn't recall having any teacher in the first place; even her owner... just threw videos at her. When training Pokémon moves, her owner and other Pokémon would sometimes Coaching, but as for Sing and such, she was probably the only one in the Wild Area who really knew how to do that.

If we had to say, the Vulpix actually had a little bit of talent in this area, but it had been working with Dianxi Vulpix some special works of art and hadn't developed in that direction.

"You can do it by watching a video... um..."

The teachers in the Recording Studio exchanged glances and fell silent for a moment.

Wait... wait a minute, is this something a human being should say?

If you could really learn something just by watching a performance video, then what would be the point of schools and teachers?

Although they seriously doubted that the girl was actually exaggerating, her beautiful voice gradually won them over as the recording progressed.

"This voice... it's like it's transcended the realm of human voices, reaching another level."

"The performance was so good, it hardly needed to be repeated..."

Thanks to Altaria's exceptional skill, the originally scheduled recording time was significantly reduced. Although Altaria said many incomprehensible things during the recording, it did not affect the quality of the song.

"We'll try our best to finish it by tomorrow night... after all, the owner of Hua Wanshuang Gym Leader also instructed us to complete it as soon as possible. However, if we want to ensure quality, we'd prefer to have more time."

"Yes, thank you all."

Altaria smiled and thanked her. The delivery time, or anything else, was no longer her concern. Her owner would surely arrange those things. As Pokémon, she only needed to be responsible for what she had to do.

In spite of

Whether in life or on the field, this kind of tacit understanding is essential.

On the other side, the Competition has reached its final match.

Despite not sending out Pokémon above level 50 to counter Lillie's strength, Hua Wanshuang still managed to make Lillie feel extremely Pressure.

In the first Competition, she narrowly won against Lillie 'Type: Null Pokémon; in the second Competition, Nihilego used its type advantage to defeat Hua Wanshuang's Pokémon; however, in the third match, Hua Wanshuang sent out a Breloom, which directly Defeat two of Lillie's Nihilego in a row.

Lillie now only has a low-health Type: Null left, while on Hua Wanshuang's side, the Breloom seems to have also expended a lot of stamina.

' Type: Null Pokémon are Normal-type, which makes them vulnerable to Breloom's Fighting-type attacks. Furthermore, Nihilego's weakness lies in physical defense. Perhaps Wan Shuang anticipated this, which is why she sent out Breloom.'

'As expected of Gym Trainer...'

Having gone through this battle, Lillie also deeply realized the weaknesses of her team: why would a Trainer bring multiple Pokémon to form a main team?

--Increasing team diversity to cope with all kinds of situations, even Trainer who specialize in a certain attribute will pay attention to this aspect.

The "six" limit is mainly due to the limited energy Trainer Pokémon. Therefore, major Pokémon League tournaments stipulate a "six" limit, Trainer only field a maximum of six Pokémon. Once the Rules for major tournaments are established, establishing Rules from top to bottom will be a natural progression.

Of course, if a Trainer has enough energy, they can train more Pokémon, which is exactly what Qiao Ran is doing now—however, sometimes his Pokémon don't even need his help with training.

Ultimately, it depends on self-discipline.

"Is this your last Pokémon? If you want to win, you'll have to Defeat me first."

Hua Wanshuang observed Lillie across from her and could sense that the other woman was becoming noticeably tense.

Although the opponent's strength has reached a very high level, and the synergy between the Pokémon and the Trainer is quite amazing, Lillie sometimes acts like a very "novice".

But it was precisely this feeling of being a complete novice that allowed Hua Wanshuang to see the original aspirations of Pokémon Trainer in Lillie.

Many Trainer who have reached this level are already seasoned veterans who will stop at nothing to stop them. They will not waver at all when they see Pokémon injured or in pain. However, Lillie's behavior is completely different. Her emotions are clearly expressed on her face.

Hua Wanshuang had no intention of judging whether these things were right or wrong, but if becoming cold-blooded was the only way for Trainer to improve, then such a reality was far too indifferent.

"I and the Type: Null will win."

Lillie feels sorry for the Pokémon are hurt, but that doesn't mean she will back down because of it. She sees the same thing in Qiao Ran, Mei Mei.

Leaving their original homes and traveling with their Trainer, Pokémon are also looking forward to becoming stronger in the future.

As her Trainer, she keeps these things in mind and looks forward to the trainee's next progress.

"Your expression is quite good."

Seeing the girl in front of her, who exuded the air of a young lady, with such a serious expression, Hua Wanshuang chuckled.

"Well then—the final Competition should begin now."

"I hope Lillie is alright?"

With the battle situation turning out this way, not only Lillie on the stage felt the pressure, but even Mei and Mei became nervous.

"... She only has one Type: Null left now, and using Type: Null to fight Breloom is indeed very difficult."

"For now, I can only trust Lillie..."

Everyone seemed a little pessimistic about this final match. After all, from an attribute Analytic, Type: Null is indeed a significant disadvantage. Moreover, that Breloom had just accomplished the feat of defeating two opponents in a row, and its morale was at its peak.

"If she doesn't win... won't she feel a lot of pressure...?" Acerola asked cautiously. She wasn't just worried about losing the Competition, but about Competition would happen afterward.

Lillie is different from those seasoned Trainer; she has only just begun her journey as Trainer.

Losing a match here would be a huge blow, especially since all the other teammates have already won and only I haven't secured a victory.

"I... I don't think so, right? Lillie wouldn't do that..."

Mei instinctively wanted to refute it, but as she thought about it, she really did think that what Acerola said might be possible.

The key point is that sometimes, Lillie does have a kind of inexplicable confusion and sadness, and compared to her, I feel like a real man.

"Hmm... if that's really the case, then let's work together to figure out a solution."

Yes..."

The others nodded in agreement. If Lillie really did lose, they would have to offer her plenty of encouragement.

"Wait, why are you all thinking Lillie will lose?"

Qiao Ran couldn't help but roll her eyes. How come the topic was getting so strange?

Lillie is still fighting, while you're spreading strange ideas in the rear; you're practically raiding her base.

"It's better to be safe than sorry. It would be best if Lillie won, of course, but we should also check on her should anything else happen."

Mei didn't find it strange, and the others nodded in agreement.

It seems that their previous conversation created some kind of shared connection between them.

"Okay, that's true."

Seeing that they all thought the same way, Qiao Ran was somewhat convinced by them. Lillie becoming Pokémon Trainer —actually, in all the information Qiao Ran knew, there was no clear description of this part. Neither the anime nor the games recorded what level Lillie reached or what she became after becoming Trainer.

Did he become Champion, or did he fade into obscurity?

"But I still believe she can win."

She still has to walk this path herself.

"Type: Null! Agility!"

At Lillie's command, the Type: Null began running rapidly across the Battle Court.

As a degenerate of Silvally, the only difference between the Type: Null and Silvally is its extremely slow speed, which will undoubtedly become a significant hindrance in battle.

Although the opposing Breloom's speed isn't ridiculously fast, if Fighting-type move were to hit a current Type: Null, it would most likely cause a very serious fatal blow.

"Want to use skills to increase your speed? That's a good idea."

"But what if I do this?"

Hua Wanshuang also reacted immediately.

"Breloom, Spore!"

"Kino!"

The Breloom let out a loud cry, and the mushroom head on its head shook rapidly. A burst of pale yellow and pale green powder spread from under its mushroom cap, quickly covering most of the Battle Court.

Spore is similar to the Grass-type's signature move "Sleep Powder," both putting the opponent's Pokémon to sleep. However, compared to Sleep Powder, Spore has a higher accuracy and coverage, achieving an astonishing "100%" hit rate in the game, essentially putting the opponent to sleep on the first touch.

Of course, only a few Pokémon related to "mushrooms" can learn such powerful skills, and other Pokémon envious probably won't have this opportunity.

"We mustn't touch these things..."

Lillie pondered for a moment, then looked in the direction of the Type: Null.

"Air Slash!"