Sometimes, unexpected complications seemed inevitable.
No one knew how that group of birdmen had spotted them, but although the two of them were clearly wrapped in a Water Veil that blocked outside sight, the rooftop door behind them suddenly burst open with a crash.
Bang!
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The iron door slammed into the wall beside its frame. Instead of bouncing back, it creaked and fell to the ground!
Then, a black shadow abruptly lunged out from behind the door, crackling currents coiling around its body as it unleashed them at the two men!
Heiduo remained completely calm. Narrowing his eyes, he saw that it was a yellow canine Pokémon about the size of a husky, covered in white spikes—
Jolteon!
In that split second, Heiduo and Wallace did not even have time to exchange words. Wallace instinctively raised his hand and threw out a Poké Ball.
Bang!
A flash of white light!
A black-and-blue Pokémon sprang from the ball, its graceful figure slipping in front of the incoming electric beam just in time. Its unusually large, watery eyes and two several-meter-long feelers easily shattered the racing current!
So fast!
Heiduo was deeply shocked. He had seen Wallace reach for his Poké Ball the instant the doorway opened, then throw it out the very moment Jolteon lunged forward.
That was how he had managed to block Jolteon's lightning instantly!
Of course, Heiduo could perform something similar too, but he relied on his powerful physique. Wallace's body definitely could not compare to his, or Wallace would have seen what Heiduo saw.
As expected of a man with the potential to become Champion!
"Philip! Earthquake!"
Wallace snapped his fingers with a smile. The Pokémon that looked like an enormously