"Rapidash, Blast Burn!"
Seeing hope of victory, Aida Sha decisively gave up on fleeing. As long as he dealt with the Absol before him, he could make his choices much more calmly.
He might even... kill the investigator instead! Of course, the calm-faced Sato had no idea that Aida Sha was stupid enough to think he could kill him.
Although Aida Sha's flowing counterattacks were far superior to Tarou Furuta's, he paid absolutely no attention to current news.
Sato was, after all, the champion of the previous Pseudo-Elite Four Tournament and a rising supernova of the Pokemon League, yet Aida Sha had failed to recognize him! He deserved his bad luck for catching Sato's attention!
"Froakie, Water Pulse!"
Sato also sent out the last Elite Level Pokemon he had on hand. Together with Drapion and Pikachu, it resisted the surrounding attackers.
Pikachu focused on disruption. A single Thunder Wave paralyzed over half the opponents, while Quick Attack interrupted who knew how many attacks from the opposite side.
Drapion, meanwhile, was like a tanky build. Due to its size, it endured the vast majority of the attacks.
But when its three large pincers swung freely, not a single Pokemon in their path dared take them head-on.
Froakie was no slouch in speed either, but since Pikachu had already taken the disruption role, it simply let loose and focused all its efforts on attacking.
Protean took effect, giving every one of Froakie's attacks Same-Type Attack Bonus. Their power was so great that the opponents began to despair.
Hey! Who exactly was ganging up on whom here?
The one truly facing danger, however, was Absol, who was dealing with Rapidash alone.
Whether a Pokemon had a trainer had an enormous impact on how much of its strength it could bring out.
Rapidash's base