Accompanied by Lance's shout, Raticate's large incisors glinted coldly as they bit toward Sato's soft lower back without hesitation.
Opposite Sato, the poaching group's leader, Tarou Furuta, revealed a cruel smile, as though he could already see Sato being bitten cleanly in half by Raticate.
But the next moment, Tarou Furuta's smile froze. He saw only that the leaping Raticate seemed to have suddenly been immobilized, hanging stiffly in midair without moving at all.
A Psychic-type Pokemon! Tarou Furuta immediately made a guess, but Gengar's appearance slapped him directly in the face.
Gengar solemnly made a Buddhist bow to Raticate, then gently waved its chubby little hand.
Immediately afterward, Raticate seemed to suffer a tremendous blow, instantly turning into a brown cannonball and flying backwards. It then smashed viciously into the wall and made no further movement.
This little trick did not even qualify to make Ralts take the field!
Sato sneered inwardly. From beginning to end, he had not even spared Raticate a glance, merely continuing to issue commands calmly.
"Absol, Sucker Punch!"
"Soluuu!"
Absol also turned back to look at Sato. Only after seeing that he was truly unharmed did it turn around and resume dealing with Kingler.
By now, Kingler was already at the End of the Strong Bow, while Absol was full of fury because Sato had been ambushed.
With one side weakening while the other grew stronger, Kingler could not withstand Absol's outburst at all and soon followed in its companions' footsteps.
On the other side, seeing how composed Sato was, Lance felt relieved but also secretly annoyed.
Just because Gengar was protecting him, he could act so recklessly?
Had he not seen that Raticate's pair of incisors had come within half a meter of him?
Young people were so impetuous and loved showing off!