None of them had expected Surf, a move they had already seen, to suddenly become so powerful. A single hit had taken out both Mienfoo and Kangaskhan. That kind of power was absurd.
They were not the only ones shocked. In the stands, Franklin and the others looked equally alarmed. None of them felt confident they could withstand a Surf of that magnitude. This strength had already gone beyond the bounds of Elite Class.
"It must be a stat boost. Earlier, Snorlax used Belly Drum to max out its Attack outright. Milotic must also have some special way of boosting its control over its power," Janice explained as she consulted her Pokédex.
"But we didn't see Milotic use any moves, did we?" Jefferson asked in confusion.
"Sometimes, it doesn't have to be a move. There are Abilities too, like Competitive!" Janice said.
"Competitive? This Pokémon has Competitive?" Everyone froze. Milotic's appearance hardly matched a fierce competitive streak. And what was its classification again? The Tender Pokémon. A tender Pokémon actually had Competitive?
"Well, that's what this article says. And the author is someone from China named Xiao Ran!" Janice lowered her Pokédex with a helpless expression.
Everyone fell silent.
"So it looks like Aura Sphere's defense-lowering effect triggered Milotic's Competitive!" After a long silence, Franklin rubbed his brow.
"From what we've seen, that seems to be what happened!" Janice nodded.
"No wonder he didn't dodge Aura Sphere earlier. So the fatty basically did himself in?" Jefferson said, realization dawning on him.
"Well, you could put it that way, but you really didn't need to say it out loud!" Janice shrugged, displeased with Jefferson's choice of words.
Meanwhile, no matter how hard Chubby racked his brains, he could not figure out why he had lost. Milotic was an extremely rare Pokémon,