I Haven't Even Started Trying Yet!!!

Inside a forest that had become a sea of fire.

Shari was still facing off against the woman in her thirties, but compared to half an hour ago, he was undoubtedly in worse condition.

The human body ultimately could not withstand the toxic gases produced by a forest fire. If Shari remained here any longer, his life could very well be in danger.

Shari clearly understood that. Even his breathing had grown much shallower, yet he acted as though he had not noticed. Looking at the seven or eight crimson Slugma beside the woman, he gave a low chuckle. "You really do like Slugma."

They had to be the ones preventing [Rain Dance].

Compared to Heiduo, Shari's eye was more seasoned and sharper. At a glance, he saw through the purpose those Slugma served.

After all, Shari had spent more than a decade in the Pokémon Nature Preserve. He was exceptionally knowledgeable about fires—what Pokémon could cause them, the various situations that occurred during them—he had seen the cases and personally tested them all.

For example, the Rangers' Partner Pokémon tended to include more Water-type Pokémon for precisely this reason. Most of them knew [Rain Dance] and large-scale Water-type moves, all of them tools for putting out fires.

But using weather to prevent firefighting—such an outrageously despicable act—was something Shari had never seen before.

Across from him.

The masked female Top Trainer stared at Shari, her eyes behind the gas mask filled with panic.

She admitted that she had truly underestimated Shari and his Empoleon.

This so-called Chief Ranger and his Partner Pokémon had actually taken down four of her Pokémon. And after the first Ninetales, the last three had attacked together!

Even so, they had still been defeated by that Empoleon!

That was absolutely not strength an ordinary Top