At the sight of this, Ryosuke Onodera's pupils suddenly contracted.
Those three seeds had not been meant to attack Electabuzz. They had been meant to create smoke and obscure its vision.
"Electabuzz, Discharge!"
Realizing this, Ryosuke Onodera's voice abruptly rose as he broke into a run toward the left side of the command area.
He wanted to change angles and see what was behind the smoke.
Electabuzz reacted just as swiftly.
The instant it heard the command, it immediately gave up maintaining the Protect Barrier, threw its arms wide, and erupted with blinding golden sparks.
Thick currents surged wildly from its body like a blooming golden flower, shooting in every direction.
The currents passed through the smoke, tearing the roiling gray-white Smokescreen to pieces as the stench of ionized ozone filled the air.
Just as Discharge was unleashed, a cry of pain came from within the smoke.
"Cha—!!!"
The cry was sharp and brief, filled with unmistakable pain.
Electabuzz's Discharge had connected.
Hearing the pained cry as he ran left, Ryosuke Onodera felt a surge of joy, but he did not slow down.
He had to see Grovyle's condition with his own eyes.
However, just as he reached the left side of the command area, Ryosuke Onodera saw something that made his pupils shrink sharply.
A green figure wrapped in a milky-white aura of energy suddenly leaped out from above and to the side of the smoke.
Small arcs from Discharge still crackled over Grovyle's body, but there were no signs that it had been struck by the full force of the current.
On either side of its arms, emerald Grass-type energy and dark-red Fighting-type energy intertwined, forming a jade-like coating over its leaf blades.
Electabuzz's eyes widened at the sight of the figure. It tried to raise its arms