No, no, something was wrong. As Caterpie stared at the black spiral pattern on Poliwag's belly, it grew more and more dizzy.
By the time Caterpie realized something was wrong, it was already too late.
Caterpie had gotten too smug and let down its guard. It had thought victory was in the bag, only to be hypnotized by the pattern on Poliwag's belly.
Caterpie fell into a deep sleep and could no longer fight.
Therefore, Poliwag won this round.
But Poliwag's victory was also incredibly frustrating...
From the very beginning, when Poliwag had underestimated its opponent, it had fallen into a disadvantage and been firmly suppressed by Caterpie the entire time.
The advantage Poliwag had built through its strength had been overturned by Caterpie because of its carelessness and arrogance. Although Poliwag quickly adjusted after realizing it had underestimated its opponent, it was already too late. By then, Poliwag had lost the initiative.
It wasn't just Poliwag that had been careless and arrogant. Caterpie had been the same, getting carried away and underestimating its opponent...
Caterpie had turned the tide, then thrown the match by getting cocky.
It had such a huge advantage, yet it still managed to lose?
If this were his previous life, people from Zaun would have cursed it to death, cursed it into shutting itself away.
Both Pokémon had plenty of problems, with major flaws in their personalities.
Poliwag's problem was that it got worked up too easily. It was the typical weakling who loved to play tough.
Its emotions were easily provoked by Taunt. It got angry, excited, and hotheaded, then lost its judgment and only wanted to take down the other side.
For example, when facing Long-winged Gull's Taunt, it would fly into a rage if it could not hit him. Once it got