"Luck is part of strength, too!" Lorelei murmured with a faint smile at Liu Qing. She took out a Poké Ball and recalled Cloyster, then looked down at the ball. "Thanks for your hard work, Cloyster. Get some rest now!" She then threw her third Poké Ball. "Go, Slowbro!" As the white light faded, a vacant-looking Slowbro appeared on the field. It was hard to tell whether Slowbro was even looking at Togekiss; that blank expression never changed.
"Slowbro, huh!" Liu Qing murmured. Looking at the heavily panting Togekiss, he gave the first attack command. "Togekiss, Shock Wave!"
At his command, Togekiss cried out, blue electricity flashing across its body before shooting toward Slowbro.
"Slowbro, Ice Beam!" Despite that vacant look, Slowbro reacted remarkably quickly to Lorelei's command. It swiftly gathered power and fired an icy-blue beam that collided with Shock Wave in a violent explosion.
"Aura Sphere!" Dust filled the air, but it could not block an attack that locked onto its target's aura and never missed. Togekiss reacted quickly to Liu Qing's command, immediately gathering power into a blue sphere that rapidly grew larger.
"Disable!" But Lorelei's next command came just then. Slowbro raised both arms, its whole body glowing blue as it stared at Togekiss's position. In an instant, Togekiss stopped moving. A layer of blue light enveloped its body, leaving it as motionless as stone, and the power of Aura Sphere dissipated.
"Pull it over just like that, then use Ice Punch!" Lorelei ordered coldly. With a gesture of Slowbro's arms, Togekiss floated helplessly toward it.
"What kind of Disable is that?" Liu Qing was startled. Disable was supposed to prevent an opponent from using the move it had used on the previous turn. Yet this Slowbro's version did far more than seal a move-it immobilized