"Charge in and use Shadow Claw!"
Seeing Mimikyu charge forward again, Qingyu couldn't help smiling.
Still too young, kid.
If I gave you a chance to power up, of course I had a counter ready!
"Eevee, Protect, then Substitute!"
Before Mimikyu's pitch-black claws struck, Eevee was already ready to defend.
A transparent barrier rose in front of Eevee, absorbing much of the force behind Mimikyu's Shadow Claw before shattering.
While Protect held the opponent off, Eevee repeated the same trick, retreating several steps in quick succession to escape Mimikyu's attack range.
In that instant, Eevee moved again, quickly shaping energy into a double identical to itself.
Based on Qingyu's earlier training experiments, when two Pokémon were close in strength, even if Protect couldn't fully block an attack, it could still buy enough time for a Pokémon to retreat to a safe distance.
That was why he dared to use this famous strategy in a real battle.
Substitute-Protect-Toxic!
As the name suggested, Substitute-Protect-Toxic referred to the three moves Substitute, Protect, and Toxic.
Individually, the moves might not seem like much, but together, they formed a simple, timeless stall strategy.
Once Toxic landed, it steadily drained the opponent's stamina over time, while both Protect and Substitute bought as much time as possible at minimal cost.
Protect was a manifestation of a Pokémon's instinctive reactions, and learning Substitute wasn't difficult for Eevee either.
The only problem was the most important move, Toxic, which Eevee theoretically couldn't learn.
But as everyone knew, with enough imagination, anything was possible in the Pokémon world.
Using the residual energy in Poison-type Tera Shards, combined with the move Sketch that Eevee had learned, made it possible for Eevee to temporarily acquire Toxic.
And the ultimate result was...
Young Okamoto's Mimikyu now had a very hard time dealing any