A Discarded Piece

Sword shadows flashed as Gogoat and Clawitzer passed by each other.

Gogoat raised its head without looking back, the greatsword formed from its horns still gleaming with a soft green light.

The next moment, Clawitzer's flapping abruptly stopped, and its massive dragon-head claw slammed heavily onto the ground.

Leaf Blade greatsword, one-hit kill!

"Clawitzer has lost its combat capability. Gogoat wins. Eldest Young Master, please switch Pokemon!" The referee finally spoke the lines he should have been saying all along.

Gogoat was, strictly speaking, George's first Pokemon, as well as the starter Pokemon his uncle had carefully selected for him.

Other than the Florges left behind by his mother, Gogoat had accompanied George the longest.

Its importance to George was no less than Zoroark's importance to Sato.

Naturally, George had devoted one hundred and twenty percent of his effort to raising Gogoat.

Its strength could not be said to be weak.

This one-hit kill had directly pulled back the disadvantage. The remaining gap was merely the difference of one Milk Drink from Gogoat.

"Really, I got counterattacked before I knew it.

They all say your talent is not low, but Gogoat's Leaf Blade was clearly specially trained.

You work hard too, George!"

"Aren't you the same, Big Brother? Clawitzer's Water Pulse isn't something it could pull off so casually either, right?"

The two brothers began exchanging mutual compliments, and Mars was greatly pleased to hear it.

They should praise their own people more.

"Then watch closely, my next Pokemon!"

A red light flashed, and a black-and-red Fire-type Pokemon standing upright on two feet appeared on the field.

Its head was pointed like a bull's horn, and its thick red hooked claws were merely unusual.

But its tail, which looked remarkably like a chimney and was emitting black smoke, made George