10 minutes later
The more passionate Clair was when she issued the challenge, the more upset she is now.
Seeing himself covered in abnormal statuses, Dragonair tried to take off but Gravity of the Dusclops.
Clair wanted to curse Roy and his Dusclops as CS, but her good upbringing made her hold back once again.
She was genuinely disgusted by Roy's Dusclops; she couldn't understand why that one-eyed, fat man wrapped in bandages was so repulsive.
They can't be damaged no matter what you do, but if you create a Trick Room and then a Gravity, they'll all be running around in chaos.
The key issue is that the arena on the S.S. Anne is only so big, unlike the formal arena used in the finals of the Edge Cup.
The Dusclops's Trick Room and Gravity can basically cover the entire battlefield.
Dragonair had nowhere to run and could only be crushed into a snake by the Gravity Field to chase after the wandering Dusclops that was tumbling around rapidly in the Trick Room.
Roy's Dusclops didn't attack first. When Dragonair was about to catch up, it cast a Will -Will-O-Wisp on the opponent, and then... ran away.
On the field
Pressed down by Gravity, Dragonair couldn't catch up with the Dusclops in the Trick Room. At the same time, small Ember ignited on Dragonair 'Dragonair body, taking away its last bit of strength.
He fell to the ground, revealing circumferential eyes.
After defeating Dragonair, the momentum of the Dusclops on the battlefield surged.
This is?
Roy opened the System Scan it, discovering that the Dusclops's level had finally reached the Pseudo-Elite Four level.
There were unexpected Harvest?
"Oh, thank you so much."
Roy sincerely thanked Clair.
Clair was already on the verge of breaking down when she heard Roy's words of gratitude, and the one-eyed Mummy had disgusted her earlier, Dragonair, had also broken through to the Pseudo-Elite Four level.
Despite her good upbringing, Clair couldn't hold back again and experienced her first breakdown in life.
"Ah!!! Roy, do you dare let your Dusclops face me Dragonair, instead of always acting like a rat in the gutter!?"
"Are you even being reasonable? You only said I couldn't use Misdreavus, you didn't say I couldn't use Dusclops."
"Besides, Dusclops is the second lowest level Pokémon I have here; you still can't beat the others."
Roy shrugged, completely unconcerned that Clair had lost her temper. After all, his Dusclops Tractor, so he hadn't suffered any loss.
Clair was already angry because she had been tricked, and she thought that she would feel much better after fighting Roy, but she became even angrier after the fight.
But Roy set the rules himself, and he didn't break any of them.
Looking at Roy's smiling face, Clair said indignantly:
"I... I!... You... you wait until my Dragonair evolves into Dragonite, then my Dragonite will definitely beat your Dusclops."
"Um... why don't you take your Dragonair to get it treated first? It'll get weak again in a little while."
Roy looked at Dragonair on the ground, whose face was turning red and then purple, and gave a reminder.
"Dragonair!!"
Clair, ignoring her bickering with Roy, quickly used Poké Ball to recall Dragonair and ran towards the ship's infirmary.
During the next two days of sea Pokémon Journeys, no matter where Roy hid, Gengar and Clair were able to find Roy.
Roy simply set up a deck chair on the battle platform, letting the Pokémon battle on their own while he lay on the deck chair and enjoyed the sea view.
Finally, after Clair challenged Roy countless times but failed to win a single match.
"Ugh!!!! Roy, I hate you!! Can't you just not use your Dusclops to fight me!!!!"
"But you've already defeated all my Pokémon, so how do you suggest I defeat them now?"
Clair: "You're not allowed to use your Misdreavus, Dusclops, Annihilape, Lampent, Drakloak..."
After hearing Clair's request, Roy seemed to only have two Pokémon left. Palossand was too big and could only be released on the open deck, so this one wouldn't work either.
That leaves only the Snorunt.
Roy looked at Clair with disdain.
"You don't expect my level 15 Snorunt to fight your Dragonair, do you?"
I don't care!
Clair was also angered by Roy. She hadn't won a single match in the two days she had been fighting Roy. She was either being humiliated or on her way to being humiliated.
The key point is that Roy is younger than her and started training Pokémon later than her, which makes Clair, the proud daughter of the Dragon Tamer family, feel a huge sense of disparity.
All she wants now is to beat Roy just once.
"This is so troublesome."
Roy took off his sunglasses, got up from the deck chair, did a set of warm-up exercises, and then went to the battlefield.
Amidst the puzzled gazes of the referee and Clair, Roy pulled out a green onion from his Spatial Bracelet —a Farfetch'd he had taken from the banquet hall.
After shaking off the water from the leek, Roy waved it towards Dragonair.
"Hurry up."
The referee watched Roy on the battlefield, unsure of what to do. This was the first time in his refereeing career that he had seen Pokémon Trainer enter the battle.
Dragonair glanced at Roy standing opposite him, then turned to look at Clair. Was he really going to fight Roy?
But... why did Roy's entire demeanor change when he stood on the battlefield?
Why do I feel a sense of fear?
"You really don't... have any other Pokémon?"
After asking that question, Clair's pretty face turned red and hot, and she realized that she had been a bit rude and overbearing.
Actually, Roy already had enough Pokémon on him.
When she travels, she usually only brings two or three Pokémon, leaving the rest in Dragon Village, and her grandmother will send them to her when she needs them.
"Shall I go through the spatial rift and get you Poké Ball?"
Suddenly, Clair's gaze was drawn to the Luxury Ball strapped to Roy's waist, and she pointed to the Luxury Ball that was about to crack and said:
"You're lying! You clearly still have one more Poké Ball!"
Roy looked at the Luxury Ball around his waist that Clair pointed to.
Are you... sure?
So there really are people this brave, actually wanting to challenge Giratina with Dragonair?
Dragonair:...
Roy took out the broken Luxury Ball from his waist and opened Luxury Ball Clair, only to find it empty.
Seeing that there were no Pokémon inside the broken Luxury Ball, Clair had no choice but to give up on her idea of battling Roy.
She wasn't shameless enough to make her Dragonair fight against Snorunt and Roy.
Clair declared that she would challenge Roy again in two... no! Three years! She would definitely be the winner then!
Roy's only response was, "Ah, yes! Yes! Yes!"
"Let's go, Dragonair!"
After learning that he wouldn't have to fight Roy, Dragonair was noticeably more relaxed. The Pressure Roy exerted on him was second only to that of the Annihilape, whom he had fought before.
He was instantly killed by the opponent's Ice Punch.