Absol

The rainwater on the ground continued to accumulate.

It had already formed a small river. Soaking in the water, Lapras seemed to have returned to the sea, and its movement speed had increased.

Lapras's environmental advantage had now built up. It seemed like Scizor would have a difficult time defeating Lapras.

Of course, it only seemed that way. The actual outcome would only be known after they fought.

"The match continues."

Scizor fixed Lapras with a sharp gaze.

Being stared at by Scizor like that made its skin crawl. It was an incredibly strange feeling.

It had battled countless powerful Pokémon, yet it had never felt afraid just from being watched like this.

"Lapras, Ice Beam."

Energy gathered, then fired out. The Ice Beam condensed into a single stream, the energy contained within it terrifyingly powerful.

"Scizor, Bullet Punch."

Scizor vanished from the spot in an instant, disappearing from everyone's sight like a red bolt of lightning amid the ice and snow.

"So fast!!"

Mei had already known from the stands that Eichi's Pokémon were extremely fast.

But only now, facing it for real, did she truly experience Scizor's speed.

Scizor was faster than any Pokémon she had faced before.

And even at that speed, there were Pokémon faster than it.

Mei had no choice but to admire Eichi. Among all the Trainers she had seen, no one had a Pokémon faster than his in terms of speed alone.

Lapras's Ice Beam was effortlessly dodged by Scizor.

The next instant, Scizor appeared in front of Lapras.

Its pincers swung out. White energy instantly covered them, and then they smashed viciously down onto Lapras's head.

Bang!!

From Scizor launching itself to striking Lapras, less than two seconds had passed.

That was how fast it was.

Splash.

Lapras cried out in pain