"Whoooosh!!!"
Even Alakazam itself was instantly engulfed by the surging water.
"It worked!"
Anabel pumped her fist, finally breaking into a smile. But out of the corner of her eye, she caught sight of Yong standing calmly across the field... and her joy gradually faded.
Did he have another trick up his sleeve?
Could even a wave this powerful...
The boy watched the boiling water and the bubbles that had joined together, forming a cage that completely enclosed both Pokémon. The violently churning current concealed their figures.
That was Alakazam's Confusion at work.
But why... was more and more white mist appearing inside the water prison...?
A flash of shock crossed Anabel's face.
Before her eyes, a red-gold light burned stubbornly in the water, growing from a tiny glimmer into a thick Fire Spin!
"This is..."
"Let it all loose, Larvesta!"
Yong's voice finally rang out.
"Use Fire Spin!!!"
"Hiss!!!"
Thick white mist... no, steam suddenly began pouring out from inside the water prison!
The red-gold flames kept growing thicker, their spinning radius spreading outward.
The sudden rise in temperature made the air throughout the field warp and ripple, spreading like a curtain from the water prison across the entire space!
"Boom!!!"
Under everyone's shocked gazes, a red-gold Fire Spin stretching from the ground to the sky effortlessly swallowed all the water, evaporating every last drop!
Raging flames spread across the field. The pool below instantly began boiling, constantly sending out scorching waves of heat and white mist...
A strange sight appeared on the field.
Below, the blue pool water began boiling! Above it, thick white steam churned endlessly!
The fiercely burning Fire Spin rose like a giant fiery tornado, raging upward before wrapping around Alakazam.
The scorching heat twisted its face in pain.
Worse still, the center of that