One second, two seconds, three seconds, five seconds... ten seconds.
"Eh? What happened to Explosion?"
No one knew who suddenly said that.
It made the Draconids, who had closed their eyes to protect themselves from Explosion's Flash, open them.
At the same time, they saw Swampert, which had reverted from Mega Evolution, and Mega Glalie, which was biting its left arm with an awkward expression.
Where was Explosion?
Yeah!
Where was my Explosion?
Mega Glalie and Swampert looked into each other's unruffled eyes.
You're asking me?
Swampert answered with its gaze. Then, as brownish-red light flashed from its right arm and Alain seemed to remember something, it fiercely drove a fist into Mega Glalie's forehead!
Hammer Arm!
Bang!
That punch was even considerably more powerful than Waterfall, directly cracking the horn at the center of Mega Glalie's forehead!
And under that super-effective Hammer Arm, Mega Glalie completely lost its ability to battle. The faceplate covering the upper half of its face was full of cracks, its eyes had turned into spirals, and its teeth loosened from Swampert's arm as it collapsed to the ground.
Naturally, its Mega Evolution ended.
It revealed Glalie's original form.
The outcome had been decided.
Standing less than two meters from Swampert, Heiduo leaned over to inspect the wound on Swampert's arm.
"Hmm... the skin's broken. Not bad, not bad."
Looking at the savage, deeply sunken bite marks on its arm, which had only barely broken the skin, he nodded lightly.
"Is there a Pokémon Center around here?"
Heiduo shouted at the Draconids standing there in a daze. When he found that none of them moved, he frowned. "Damp stopped Explosion from being used. Is that really so hard to understand? Stop standing around! Where do you normally take your Pokémon to recover? There are two