Seeing that Reiji's three Pokémon had all lost their ability to battle, the referee raised his hand and loudly announced the verdict:
"Drapion is unable to fight! Roy is the winner of this match."
The referee had barely finished speaking when the host immediately followed up:
"Let's congratulate Roy on winning this match. It seems our newcomer has a lot to learn from Roy."
The host also emphasized the word "learning".
Little brat?
You wouldn't let me speak just now, did you?
The moment the host finished speaking, the audience erupted in cheers and applause, creating a frenzy throughout the venue.
Many spectators craned their necks to look at the arena, some nodding in admiration, others clapping excitedly. This newcomer who defeated Bado had once again delivered a thrilling match for them.
The Annihilape, in particular, performed exceptionally well, almost managing to take on two opponents at once.
After losing his match against Roy, Reiji stood there stunned. This was the first time he had ever been so thoroughly defeated by someone his own age.
It lost the battle with almost no ability to put up a fight, even though its own Drapion and Staraptor were both at a higher level than the opponent's Annihilape.
More importantly, his previous Taunt made him look like a clown.
Just as he was waiting for Roy to retaliate and make him lose face.
Roy didn't mock him. Instead, he recalled his Lampent, waved to the audience, and walked off the command platform. Then, he took the Poké Ball and went to Nurse Joy in the treatment room.
Roy's action was even more painful than being mocked to his face.
After Roy left the field, Reiji recalled the Drapion, which had lost its fighting ability, and walked off the command seat in a daze.
His defeat in today's match was entirely his own fault.
If he hadn't given that Annihilape a chance to get close in the first place, and had let Annihilape Poison and lose its fighting ability while dodging attacks, he might have won the battle.
Unfortunately, there's no going back.
When Reiji took his Poké Ball to the treatment room for a bit of treatment, he heard Roy and Nurse Joy chatting and laughing inside the treatment room.
Roy is now a guest of the Joy family, and thanks to Joy Lando's deliberate promotion, Roy is practically considered half a member of their clan.
Seeing Roy in the treatment room, Reiji planned to leave the Arena and go to the Pokémon Center in Saffron City to treat his three Pokémon that had just lost their ability to battle.
While chatting with Nurse Joy, Roy caught a glimpse of Reiji leaving out of the corner of his eye and said:
"Hurry up and come in to treat them. There are still three Poké Ball slots available. Even if you don't think about yourself, you should at least think about your Pokémon, right?"
If your Pokémon hadn't received timely treatment after that kind of battle, it would definitely have suffered some kind of internal injury.
Upon hearing Roy's words, Reiji stopped in his tracks. After only two seconds of thought, he understood the importance of both Roy's so-called dignity and the future training of his Pokémon.
Reiji entered the treatment room and handed the three Poké Ball to Nurse Joy.
"Please... please, Nurse Joy."
At this moment, Reiji's tone was completely different from his initial Taunt one; instead, he sounded more like a naive and inexperienced young man.
When faced with Roy's gaze, Reiji also avoided it, not daring to look Roy directly in the eye.
"Okay, please wait a moment."
Nurse Joy gave a sweet smile, took the Poké Ball from Reiji and placed it into the treatment device.
The entire treatment room fell silent, an eerie stillness settling in.
Even Chansey, who was secretly eating sweets behind Nurse Joy's back at the front desk, dared not make any further moves, hiding the bag full of snacks behind his back, just like a primary school student who was afraid of being caught sneaking snacks during class.
The next second, a big, chubby purple hand reached into the bag full of snacks that Chansey was hiding behind his back.
It turns out that Gengar, which was in Roy's shadow, had infiltrated Chansey's shadow.
Seeing Marshadow also slithered over, mimicking Gengar's actions by reaching into his pocket and pulling out a handful of snacks.
However, Marshadow only tasted one of the candies and found it tasteless, not as good as the Pokéblock Roy made.
The Ancient Gengar said that of course it didn't taste good; he was just doing it for fun.
Marshadow then realized that this was just a prank by the Ancient Gengar.
Chansey was completely bewildered when he discovered his snacks were gone from his bag. He was certain he had only taken two bites; how could they be gone?
Could it be that my pockets are leaking?
Chansey lifted the bag but couldn't see any leaks. No matter how much she searched, turning the front desk upside down, she couldn't find her lost snacks.
Gengar and Marshadow, having successfully pulled off their prank, chuckled in Chansey's shadow, then put the treats back into the bag while Chansey searched for them.
Having found nothing, Chansey returned to his spot at the front desk and discovered that his bag was once again filled with snacks.
"Good luck, good luck!"
Looking at her recovered snacks, Chansey seemed to know who had tricked her. She put her hands on her hips, looked at her reflection on the ground, a tic-tac-toe shape appearing above her head, and pouted angrily.
Roy's big, fat purple dog had done this to her once before.
Seeing his Ancient Gengar's chubby face revealed in Chansey's shadow, he covered his mouth and chuckled. Then he made faces at Chansey, knowing that Chansey couldn't do anything to him since he was in the shadow.
Chansey was angry but had no choice but to Shadow Tag on Gengar's big face in the shadow.
The next second, as the Ancient Gengar stuck out its tongue to make a face, Chansey grabbed the Ancient Gengar's Lickitung.
"A ghost!!"
While the Ancient Gengar wasn't paying attention, Marshadow, hidden in the shadows, pushed the Ancient Gengar out of Chansey's shadow.
The Ancient Gengar, still making faces, was completely bewildered when it suddenly emerged from its shadow; Marshadow had betrayed it.
Looking up, Chansey was rubbing its hands together, looking at the Ancient Gengar with a malicious expression. The Ancient Gengar was trying to pull its tongue back and disappear into the shadows again.
It turned out that each time it was blocked by a mysterious energy, and it was undoubtedly Marshadow who was Ancient Gengar.
Seeing the Ancient Gengar being chased and beaten by Chansey, Roy didn't react at all. Even though it's a 3000-year-old Gengar, it's still so mischievous and loves to play pranks.