Lin Doudou said, "Then let me show you what I can do. Go, Butterfree! Use Confusion!"
The airborne Butterfree fired a blast of Confusion at Dratini on the ground!
Hu Bin smiled and said, "Dratini, use Flamethrower!"
Dratini rapidly gathered fire energy, then unleashed an enormous pillar of flame at Butterfree!
The powerful Flamethrower quickly smashed straight through Confusion and surged toward Butterfree!
Butterfree was engulfed by Flamethrower. Fire-type moves were super effective against Bug-types, so the outcome was never in doubt. Dratini's Flamethrower knocked Butterfree out in a single hit!
Another one-hit knockout! Everyone watching the match applauded enthusiastically!
The referee announced, "Butterfree is unable to battle! Dratini wins! The winner is Hu Bin, who advances to tomorrow's Hundred-Person Team Battle!"
Lin Doudou quietly recalled Butterfree and gave Hu Bin a small smile. "Congratulations on advancing. You're really strong!"
Seeing how upbeat Lin Doudou remained after losing, Hu Bin felt some admiration for him. He had real promise!
Hu Bin said, "Thanks. You've raised your Butterfree well. Let's battle again sometime!"
Lin Doudou smiled and nodded.
With his matches for the day finished, Hu Bin had nothing to do, so he grabbed an ice cream and wandered around watching the other battles!
He wanted to see whether there were any skilled Pokémon Trainers.
When he reached the battlefield in Area D, one Pokémon Trainer's battle caught his attention. That Trainer's Pokémon also struck Hu Bin as quite interesting!
Resting his hands on the railing as he watched, Hu Bin said, "I never thought I'd run into a Pokémon Trainer with a Gengar at a Rookie Tournament like this. And that Gengar looks pretty strong!"
Under its Trainer's commands, Gengar soon won the match!
The referee announced, "Pocket Flower is unable to battle! Gengar wins! Pokémon Trainer Xia Liu advances