Hydrapple.
The Apple Hydra Pokémon.
It was formed from a group of fickle Applin living together inside a giant apple made of syrup.
It moved extremely slowly. Against Fighting-type Pokémon, which were generally mobile and agile, it was practically a sitting duck.
And that was exactly what happened.
On the screen, Hawlucha faced it in battle.
Relying on its agility, Hawlucha kept dodging the incoming Bullet Seeds.
The pixel-art battle made Hawlucha's evasions look almost like teleportation.
[You felt your fighting spirit stir for the first time in ages.]
As the winner of the Silver Conference, the Dragon Tamer had challenged the Elite Four before.
He knew better than anyone how powerful they were.
Therefore—
[You came fully prepared to challenge the Elite Four. No matter what, you were going to clear the first hurdle!]
The narration laid out the simulated trainer's thoughts—and even switched to the first person?
It was strangely stirring!
Anyone would think the Simulator's graphics were incredible.
They were just pixels.
Baimu shifted position with a dismissive look, just in time to see Hawlucha dive from above with Flying Press—only for Hydrapple to spray it with sticky fluid from head to toe...
Uh, syrup.
The move was called Syrup Bomb, and its syrup continually lowered the Speed of anyone stuck with it.
Hydrapple's Supersweet Syrup Ability kicked in too, lowering Hawlucha's evasiveness.
With both effects dragging it down, Hawlucha could barely spread its wings!
The Dragon Tamer seized the moment. All five heads unleashed Random Beam at once, taking Hawlucha out.
[Your Hydrapple defeated Hawlucha.]
He had to admit, the sight of Hydrapple's five heads firing beams together looked a lot like Ghidorah's big attack in Godzilla 2.
Baimu felt an odd tug at his heart. This was starting to look like something he'd love.
"No."