Professor Kukui's Defeat, and Diantha Gets Caught in the Crossfire / Lusamine: It's Time to End This Boring Farce
After all, both Solgaleo and Ultra Necrozma are legendary Pokémon with super-type attributes and can learn to teleport, not to mention that neither of them can even fly like a certain ground-type legendary Pokémon.
To move from the current desert island to the main island of Alola Region, in the case of Riding Solgaleo, only one teleportation is enough. The rest is just to determine the landing point and ensure that there are no other people around after the teleportation.
Half an hour later, when An Xiu and the three people arrived near Professor Kukui's residence in a hurry, what they saw were two figures who were well-known in Pokémon World.
Lance, the strongest dragon champion (doubtful) wearing a sexy cape and flamboyant light red hair, and Diantha, the female champion from the Kalos region who is a big star in Pokémon World.
Two champions? It seems that the alliance headquarters attaches great importance to Alola Region's plan to establish an alliance. No wonder it takes so long to prepare.
Of course, it is not ruled out that sending two champions is just to prevent a single champion from being responsible for the assessment, which may lead to negligence or favoritism.
While An Xiu was thinking, Lusamine on the side had already stepped forward to start a conversation.
"You two should be the champions in charge of this assessment, right? Champion Lance, and champion Diantha. Hello, I am Lusamine, the chairman of Aether Foundation."
"Hello, Chairman Lusamine.
Seeing Lusamine take the initiative to say hello, Lance and Diantha quickly nodded in response.
After all, as I said before, Lusamine, who is the chairman of Aether Foundation, can also be called a big shot in Pokémon World. Even if Lance and Diantha are league champions, they cannot be ignored.
Not to mention that according to Professor Kukui's description before the arrival of the three Lusamine, Alola Region's application to the alliance headquarters to establish the alliance was single-handedly facilitated by this Lusamine chairman.
"It seems that everyone has arrived. In that case, let me explain the assessment and assessment standards that Alola Region needs to go through to establish an alliance."
Seeing that Lusamine has arrived, Lance and Diantha didn't talk nonsense. They explained the assessment process and standards that Professor Kukui had mentioned before.
"To put it simply, Alola Region needs to send powerful trainers to fight with us. As long as the strength of the trainers can be recognized by me and the Diantha champion, then Alola Region can pass the assessment.
"As for the assessment on the economy and its infrastructure construction, inspectors from other alliances will naturally come to evaluate it later, but before that, if they fail to pass our assessment, these will naturally be meaningless."
"So, where is the trainer Alola Region plans to fight? If he is not here, please contact him as soon as possible."
"Well, by the way, Champion A'Du and I will only stay at Alola Region for a maximum of three days, and we will leave after three days. By then, if Alola Region does not have a trainer whose strength can be recognized by us, the assessment will be directly counted as a failure."
After Lance described the assessment conditions, Diantha on the side also followed suit and added a few sentences to show his sense of presence.
"Then let me accept the assessment of the two champions."
When Lance and Diantha finished speaking, Professor Kukui, who had been waiting for a long time, took a deep breath and then stood up without hesitation.
"Let's choose a nearby coast as the venue for the battle. The venue there is very spacious, enough for champion-level Pokémon to show their full potential."
"Okay, then please lead the way."
Seeing that the candidates for the battle were confirmed, Lance and Diantha nodded, and then motioned to Professor Kukui to lead the way.
A few minutes later, on a spacious beachside near Professor Kukui's residence, Professor Kukui and Lance, one of the two champion examiners, stood a hundred meters across from each other.
As an examiner, there will naturally be no leakage in this assessment battle, so there is no question of who will attack first. Kukui and Lance both threw Poké Ball containing Pokémon at the same time.
As Poké Ball opened, the Pokémon that appeared in front of them were Hydreigon from Lance, and Incineroar from Professor Kukui.
Chapter 584: Professor Kukui's defeat, Diantha lying on the gun
[Hydreigon]
Attributes: Dragon, Evil
Level: Lv.76
Features: Floating
Moves: [Triple Attack], [Dragon Pulse], [Reverse Scale], [Ghost Face], [Vicious Pursuit]...
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[Incineroar]
Attributes: Fire, Evil
Level: Iv.75
Characteristics: Intimidation
Moves: [Darkest Lariat], [Hell Thrust], [Fire Fang], [Double Kick], [Flash Charge]...
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Looking at the panels of the two Pokémon on the field in front of him, An Xiu, who was standing aside to watch the battle with Lusamine, Diantha and others, touched his chin.
An Xiu is not surprised that Hydreigon is in the main lineup of Lance. After all, it is a world view that integrates games and animations. As a powerful dragon-type quasi-god, Hydreigon is indeed the main force that Lance sent in the Masters Eight competition.
But in terms of strength, Hydreigon's level should not be at the forefront of Lance's main lineup. In other words, Lance is sending Hydreigon more out of concern for assessment, so he wanted to see the strength of Professor Kukui, and did not directly start his ace Dragonite.
The problem is, Hydreigon is not the ace in the main lineup of Lance, but Incineroar is definitely the strongest Pokémon in the main lineup of Professor Kukui.
However, now, the level of Incineroar, the ace of Professor Kukui, is one level lower than the level of Hydreigon, the ordinary main force of Lance, which is enough to show how big the overall strength gap between the two is.
In this assessment battle, Professor Kukui will definitely lose, there is no doubt about it.
"Incineroar, Fake Out!"
Although An Xiu has come to a conclusion on the outcome of the battle, Professor Kukui obviously has no intention of giving up. After all, this is related to whether Alola League can be established, and it is also his biggest pursuit over the years. Therefore, no matter what, he will show his strength to the maximum extent in this battle.
'Ho!'
On the battlefield, Incineroar, who was commanded by Professor Kukui, roared angrily, and his body turned into an afterimage and rushed straight towards Hydreigon, who was Lance.
However, at the moment when Incineroar's palms were about to hit Hydreigon, a barrier blocked the two, preventing Incineroar's Fake Out from working.
Obviously, Lance had already guessed Professor Kukui's plan the first time he came on stage and let Hydreigon use Protect in advance.
"Hydreigon, use Dragon Pulse!"
Even though the move failed to work, the distance between the two parties was indeed shortened by Fake Out just used by Incineroar. Therefore, at the moment, facing Hydreigon, it was almost close to the release of Hydreigon. Dragon Pulse, Incineroar had no room to escape, and the entire Elf flew all the way backwards under Dragon Pulse's Clash.
"Incineroar!"
Seeing this scene, Professor Kukui clenched his hands and shouted worriedly, obviously not expecting that his moves would be countered so easily.
Fortunately, the level of Incineroar is only one level lower than that of Hydreigon, and there is not much difference in strength between the two. Therefore, although Dragon Pulse took a hard hit, there is no risk of losing combat effectiveness for the time being.
But now is not the time to think about this. In the middle of the assessment, Lance has no idea of letting go. Before Incineroar, who was blasted out, can stand up completely, he has already commanded Hydreigon to launch another offensive.
"Surf!"
As Hydreigon flew in the air, a large amount of water flow was gathered into waves and headed straight for Incineroar.
"Incineroar, use Protect!"
Seeing this, Professor Kukui's expression suddenly changed, and he hurriedly directed Incineroar to defend himself.
After all, as a water attribute move, Surf itself has extremely high power, and it also has a restraining effect on Incineroar.
Once hit by this blow, coupled with the previous damage caused by Dragon Pulse, it may directly cause Incineroar to lose its combat ability.
"Roar!"
The turbulent waves crashed against the barrier of Formless, barely affecting Incineroar who was protected within it. E
The moment the waves dissipated, Incineroar, who was still defending, immediately rushed out, jumped in front of Hydreigon, and struck his opponent hard with his sword.
"Brick Break!'
The restraining effect of fighting moves, combined with the damage of Brick Break itself, made Hydreigon scream in pain, and then launched a more fierce counterattack under the command of Lance.
As the two Pokémon continued to fight, even though Professor Kukui's command level was obviously outclassed by Lance, with Incineroar's tenacious fighting will, the two finally couldn't hold on and both fell to the ground after exchanging damage several times in succession.
"Losing combat effectiveness at the same time?"
Being able to forcibly replace Hydreigon with Lance at a lower level and with the trainer's command level being suppressed is enough to show the bond between Incineroar and Professor Kukui.
But... that's all.
As Incineroar fell, Lance backhand sent out a level 78 Charizard. On the other hand, Professor Kukui could only send out a level 74 Braviary.
With a whole level gap between Grade 4 and the command of Lance, Braviary of Professor Kukui only persisted for a few minutes before losing. After losing three main players in a row, he finally defeated Charizard of Lance.
Then, Lance, who had already estimated Professor Kukui's strength, no longer held back, and used his ace Dragonite on the third Pokémon, easily taking down the last two main players on Professor Kukui's side.
So far, all six main players of Professor Kukui have been defeated, but only two main players of Lance team have been defeated, and some of the physical strength of Lance's ace Dragonite has been replaced.
"I lost.
Seeing this, Professor Kukui, who had already withdrawn his last main force, took a deep breath of anxiety, not having the slightest confidence whether his performance just now would pass the assessment.
""I think Professor Kukui's strength is pretty good. Although there are still many shortcomings, it is enough to protect Alola Region."
Diantha, who was watching the battle from the sidelines, was the first to comment.
Although Professor Kukui did not perform well in the assessment battle just now, the strength shown was indeed a real championship level, especially that Incineroar, which felt not much different from his ace Gardevoir.
Therefore, in Diantha's view, although Professor Kukui's strength is slightly worse than his own, it should be enough to ensure Alola Region's peace.
However, Lance gave this a completely different evaluation.
"With all due respect, with such strength alone, no matter how strong you are, you cannot guarantee that you can perfectly fulfill your responsibilities as a champion. If Alola Region's strongest trainer is only of this level, then please forgive me for not allowing you to pass the assessment."
Diantha:?
Chapter 585 Lusamine: It's time to end this boring farce
It never occurred to Lance that he would fire a map cannon at this time. Diantha, who was accidentally injured by friendly forces, opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.
What does it mean that with such strength alone, even if she is stronger, she cannot fulfill her responsibilities as a champion? Does this mean that her Kalos champion's strength also falls short of the standard?
Even An Xiu on the side was speechless, wondering if the Lance just now was the character of Lance in the special episode.
It seems that in the original plot, when Alola League was established, the examiner who came to Alola Region for the assessment was definitely not Lance, but Diantha or other champions. Otherwise, it would not explain why Professor Kukui in the original plot could successfully establish Alola League, but now he can't even pass the assessment.
"After all... failed?"
After hearing the results issued by Lance, Professor Kukui lowered his head in shame.
Isn't he still clear about Alola Region's situation? Apart from himself, Alola Region has been unable to find another championship-level trainer. In other words, as he failed the assessment, Alola Region has no other candidates who can participate in the assessment.
Years of pursuit were forced to fail, making Professor Kukui feel extremely disappointed at this moment.
However, at this moment, Lusamine, who had been watching the battle for a long time, took two steps forward.
"Since Professor Kukui has failed, you might as well let me give it a try next."
"Lusamine Chairman?"
The moment they saw Lusamine walking out, except for An Xiu and Lillie, everyone present was stunned. They did not expect that Lusamine, the chairman of Aether Foundation, would also come up to join in the fun.
"Lusamine Chairman, are you really okay?"
Not knowing at all that Lusamine himself was a powerful trainer, Professor Kukui asked with some anxiety and uncertainty.
In response to this, Lusamine did not answer, but directly threw out Poké Ball.
The next second, a powerful Bewear suddenly landed on the battlefield.
[Bewear]
Attributes: Fighting type, general type
Level: Iv78
Features: Tension
Moves: [Superpower], [Double-Edge], [Hammer Arm], [Take Down], [Payback]...
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Feeling the momentum of Bewear's ace Incineroar, which was far more powerful than Professor Kukui's, the three people except An Xiu and Lillie withdrew their original questions one after another. Professor Kukui himself also immediately shut up, and then quickly retreated to the spectator seats.
"I didn't expect that Chairman Lusamine is also a powerful trainer, but since you choose to accept the assessment, I will not let you go in any way because of your identity.
Just listen to Lance speak, take back his trump card Dragonite, and then take out another Poké Ball.
Although the previous battle with Professor Kukui had caused Lance to lose two main players, Lance itself had trained more than six main teams. Except for the ace Dragonite, the other main players were rotated.
In addition, as a champion and often needs to go out to fight against villain organizations, Lance also has some privileges within the alliance. He can not be restricted by carrying slots and can carry some additional main Pokémon when going out. Therefore, Lance can bring out six more main Pokémon to fight against Lusamine.
This is the essence of being a veteran champion.
And now, the Pokémon sent by Lance after taking back Dragonite is a different-colored Gyarados that has reached level 78.
"Gyarados, use Rain Dance!""
The moment he appeared on the stage, Lance immediately spoke and gave instructions.