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Agatha had already experienced the terrifying power of Chandelure's Inferno, but she showed no anxiety now. Instead, she smiled confidently and raised her left hand, which had been resting on her cane. Using empty air as her paper and her finger as a pen, she traced a series of intricate curves, as though drawing some kind of pattern.
"That's so creepy. I've got a really bad feeling about this!" Agatha's movements caught the attention of many spectators, and Lusana shuddered outright.
"Agatha's legendary secret art!" Cynthia murmured, just as eager to see what would happen next. Liu Yuan and Jun exchanged looks. If someone had told them before that a person could draw in midair, they would certainly have thought that person was an idiot. Now, reality had proved that they were the idiots.
As Agatha moved her finger, the markings on Arbok's neck began to change. Just as Inferno was about to hit, she seemed to finish drawing her pattern, and Arbok's neck markings now looked completely different from usual. A purple blur flashed past, and Arbok dodged Inferno in an instant. Keeping low, Arbok slithered rapidly across the ground toward Chandelure. Only then did Agatha slowly utter a few words: "Death Makeup: Speed!"
Death Makeup. So she's finally brought out her trump card! As far as Liu Qing knew, Arbok was Agatha's strongest battler after her ace Pokémon, Gengar. The reason was that Agatha could alter Arbok's neck markings with movements of her fingers. Each pattern had a different meaning and could drastically boost a corresponding ability. Along with Lorelei's Jynx's weaponized hair and Bruno's Hitmonlee's extendable arms, it was one of the secret techniques that had kept the three in their Elite Four positions for so many years. It was also why they, together with Lance,