Cottonee looked serious and immediately stood in front of Lu Ze, staring at the red fish that kept bouncing across the grass...
"Cottonee?"
It was clearly at a loss during its first battle. While the fight was still going on, it turned its head to look at Lu Ze.
"Cottonee, Thunder Punch!"
Fortunately, Cottonee's first opponent was Magikarp. Otherwise, that action just now might have gotten it hurt.
"Thunder Punch?"
Since Lu Ze was the first contestant to fish up a Pokémon after the competition began, most of the other contestants' attention was on him.
Luckily, Lu Ze was wearing a flat-brimmed cap similar to Ash's, though not the same style, which hid most of his face.
Otherwise, having just won the World Youth Championships, he was currently at the height of his fame.
But no one was paying attention to Lu Ze now.
They had been puzzled when Lu Ze ordered Cottonee to use [Thunder Punch], but when they saw the leaf on Cottonee's right side begin to crackle with lightning, they all froze.
"Wait, slap me. I think I woke up too hard—I just saw Cottonee use Thunder Punch."
After blanking out for a moment, a young man at the fishing spot beside Sui Yan turned to his companion and said.
"Slap!"
The crisp sound of a solid slap completely pulled everyone's attention away from Cottonee and toward the two of them.
Of course, that was also because Cottonee's battle had ended.
"Cottonee, Cottonee~"
After only one glance, Lu Ze stopped paying attention and quickly spread his arms, ready to catch the Cottonee pouncing toward him.
Although it was Cottonee's first real battle, that [Thunder Punch] that defeated Magikarp had been incredibly fierce.
One punch—or rather, one leaf strike—and Magikarp immediately saw stars and collapsed.
"Snorlax~"
What Lu