Losing two heavy hitters right at the start nearly broke the girl on the other side.
Did you have to be so ruthless? I'm one of your fans, you know!
Gritting her teeth, she reluctantly summoned her third Pokémon, the Grass-type Shiftry.
"Shiftry, Fake Out!" she ordered the moment her Pokémon appeared.
Shiftry instantly vanished from her side of the field and appeared before Gardevoir, swinging a leaf-shaped arm straight at Gardevoir's soft, pale cheek.
"Ouch, that's brutal!" Everyone winced as though they had been slapped themselves. Gardevoir's left cheek immediately reddened, and the blow left Gardevoir dazed.
"Snap out of it! Teleport, then Double Team!" Xiao Ran reminded Gardevoir quickly. Having landed the first hit, Shiftry was already charging in again.
Bang! Gardevoir vanished instantly, and a crowd of duplicates appeared across the field, leaving Shiftry at a loss.
"Shiftry, Razor Leaf!" the opposing Trainer shouted. A torrent of leaves flew from Shiftry's hands, swiftly slicing through one duplicate after another.
Having confirmed that it was safe, Gardevoir finally counterattacked, raising a hand to unleash Psychic—only for Shiftry to raise an arm and block it.
"Is that... a Dark type?" Xiao Ran paused.
There were simply too many Pokémon. With over eight hundred species and all their different forms, even he sometimes failed to react immediately.
Seeing Shiftry block Psychic so effortlessly, he immediately realized that this Pokémon had the Dark type.
If that's the case, this could be a little troublesome! Xiao Ran thought.
"Shiftry, Sucker Punch!" By now, Gardevoir's duplicates had been swiftly wiped out, and Shiftry was charging toward the real Gardevoir.
"So fast!" Several people gasped as Shiftry moved. Its bulky body was practically leaving afterimages.
Wait, Shiftry shouldn't be this fast. This is... the Chlorophyll Ability! Xiao Ran murmured inwardly, while ordering Gardevoir to