Someone Came to Draw the Fire

It was common knowledge that Solar Beam was affected by the weather.

For example, when the summer sun was especially intense, a Solar Beam that normally took five seconds to charge could very well be reduced to three, or even two.

When it rained or the sky was overcast, Solar Beam could take ten seconds instead of five.

For Solar Beam, Sunny Day turned spring, autumn, and winter into that single moment when the summer sun was at its fiercest!

However, Charizard had not used Sunny Day, so Solar Beam took a little longer to gather.

About half a second.

Wow, that was really such a long time!

Heiduo watched as Charizard slightly drew back its head, then swiftly opened its mouth, stretched out its neck, and fired a gleaming emerald-green beam down at Marowak!

Marowak tried to dodge, but with its base Speed of forty-five, how could it compete with Charizard's base Speed of one hundred? It had only just caught its returning Bone Club when it heard Zozhang's command to evade. Before it could react, its body was struck by the thick emerald-green beam!

Though Solar Beam was filled with Grass-type energy, it was also concentrated sunlight. There was no need to explain just how much heat the ultraviolet rays gathered within it contained!

In any case, Marowak did not even make a sound before collapsing to the ground with a thud, its entire body charred black and wisps of smoke rising from it.

The heat of Solar Beam had nearly cooked its brain!

Knocked down in one hit!

Of course, Arbok's clone biting it earlier had also contributed.

"Beep—!!"

The referee blew the whistle.

"Marowak is unable to battle! Charizard wins! Contestant Zozhang has one Pokémon remaining! Contestant Heiduo has six Pokémon remaining!"

The moment those words