Doubles Match, Crushing Defeat!

Autonomous Battle meant that the Trainer voluntarily relinquished command, allowing their Pokemon to fight the enemy entirely according to their own judgment.

Autonomous Battle training was extremely difficult, but as long as it produced some results, it could provide many unseen advantages.

Many times, a Trainer's commands could not keep up with the pace of a Pokemon battle—for example, speed battles between Flying-type Pokemon, sudden sneak attacks from opponents, close-range entanglements between Speed Attackers, and so on.

Under such circumstances, a Pokemon's ability to fight autonomously became extremely important.

Because he had once walked in darkness, Sato placed even greater importance on this kind of training. Zoroark in particular, being skilled at Illusion Strategy, had received Sato's constant instruction.

So when Volkner gave the command, "Autonomous Battle," Sato was not nervous at all. Instead, he was somewhat eager for Zoroark to try its hand.

"Bzz!"

Electivire also realized at this moment that its Trainer had fallen into the opponent's illusion. From here on, it could only rely on itself to fight.

The next moment, Electivire charged at Zoroark without hesitation, electricity gathering around its hands. It was clearly its most practiced move.

Thunder Punch! Meanwhile, Zoroark continued maintaining the most basic illusion, preventing Volkner from interfering in the battle.

Seeing Electivire charge over, Zoroark revealed a strange smile.

Then it turned and ran, using Agility as it circled the entire field.

"Bzz!"

Electivire let out two angry cries, but it knew it could not catch up with its opponent. It could only stop helplessly, calm itself, and use Thunder Wave to sense Zoroark's position.

Then Zoroark moved. It suddenly rushed towards Electivire, Dark-type Energy as black as ink already wrapped around its claws.

Sucker Punch!

Bang~~~ A dull collision rang out. With its full attention focused on defense, Electivire firmly