Tetsuya stepped down from the Battle Platform, his expression calm.
His opponent, Iron Man, was feeling terrible.
If it had only been paralysis, he could have accepted it. Why did he have to get burned too?
Had his luck really gotten this bad?
During the clash between Combusken's Thunder Punch and Hitmonchan's Mach Punch just now, Hitmonchan had unfortunately fallen into a paralyzed state.
Its movements were severely restricted.
Naturally, Tetsuya would not let that opportunity pass. He switched to having Combusken use its same-type Fire Punch to increase the damage.
Who knew Hitmonchan's misfortune would continue? After taking a few punches, it fell into a burned state as well.
Now it was completely unable to fight at close range.
Every so often, several Electric Arcs flashed across Hitmonchan's body, and its movements would stiffen.
Just when it finally managed to endure that, flames flared up from its burns and scorched it again. The pain slowed its reactions even further.
What followed was Combusken's relentless barrage.
With a final uppercut followed by Double Kick, Hitmonchan fell straight down and lost its combat capability.
Throughout the entire battle, aside from suffering a minor injury at the start, Combusken had only expended stamina afterward.
After leaving the field, Tetsuya handed the two Pokemon that had battled over to Miss Joy, who had been assigned specifically to handle treatment. They were fully recovered before long.
Right then, the host announced that the morning matches would temporarily come to an end. The remaining twelve matches would continue at 12:30 in the afternoon.
Tetsuya subconsciously did the math. It seemed each match ended a little faster than he had expected.
After returning to his room and preparing lunch for himself and his Pokemon, he briefly reviewed the morning's matches.
Roggenrola's performance had surprised him somewhat.