"Pain Split!"
As Shan Ren's words fell.
Blue light flared between Torkoal and Reuniclus, and the former swiftly became listless.
[Pain Split], a Normal-type Status Move.
Its effect was to "friendly" split the remaining stamina of two Pokémon evenly, a supreme technique for defeating the strong with the weak.
Torkoal had suffered a setback, and Tetsuya naturally refused to let it go.
Before Reuniclus could retreat, he swiftly gave an order, causing Torkoal to suddenly raise its head and spew out a torrent of flames!
Reuniclus was blasted away on the spot. Fortunately, its newly restored stamina supported it, preventing it from being taken down just like that.
"Recover!"
Once the recovery move was activated, it was back in fighting shape before long.
At the same time.
The blazing sunlight began to fade.
The prolonged battle between the two Pokémon had caused Sunny Day to disappear, and Torkoal had lost another major advantage.
Shan Ren relaxed considerably as well.
Other than Slowbro, Reuniclus was his only Pokémon with a chance of enduring a full-health Sunny Day-boosted Eruption.
It was not merely because it had mastered many Status Moves, but also because it had always been trained for endurance.
He was wary of Tetsuya's Sceptile.
That made it difficult for Slowbro to take the field, so he had staked the entire game on Reuniclus.
Fortunately, the gamble had paid off.
It had successfully stalled out Sunny Day and weakened Torkoal, preventing it from using another immensely powerful Eruption.
Shan Ren did not dare say he held every advantage, but at least the battle had begun to go smoothly.
After that...
Just as he had expected, Tetsuya recalled Torkoal.
No ordinary Trainer would casually give up a weather advantage, especially when it had only lost half its stamina.
The second Pokémon.
Realizing