Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 300, the Championship Challenge, but the former champion

Quartz Plateau.

While Link was negotiating with the alliance represented by Chairman Damaranchi, less than half a year after their departure, a trainer from Pallet Town defeated his opponent to become the winner of this year's Indigo League.

As the winner of the tournament, one can usually choose to bypass the champion's path and challenge the champion.

However, since champions in the Kanto region have historically retired at lightning speed, Wataru has been the one accepting challenges in recent years.

However, this year's situation is somewhat special—there is a temporary champion to choose from.

Ash didn't hesitate at all between the Elite Four and the Champion, choosing without a second thought to challenge the stronger latter.

Thus, the answer was revealed: another rookie trainer who defeated the Elite Four and entered the Kanto Hall of Fame at the end of last month was officially announced.

It turned out to be the trainer he had met at the Mewtwo banquet more than two months ago, the one who had battled Mewtwo!

The intense rest and preparations quickly came to an end, and the day arrived for Ash to challenge Link...

……

"In the end, I still didn't have the chance to bring Bulbasaur and Chikorita."

As the battle drew near, Link was filled with emotion. He never expected that his adventure team, which had only rested for less than half a month, would embark on another adventure.

The elf who will be in charge of leading the team this time is the Evil Spirit, who is also full of curiosity about another world.

With various team changes, his final lineup for this match became:

Arcanine (with headband), Porygon (with Light Clay), Snorlax (with Evolution Stone), Dragonite (with Assault Vest), Jirachi (with Scarf), and Grimtar (with Revive Seed).

You need to bring items to fight with all your might.

"Based on my understanding of Ash (a creative trainer who can only use fast attacks and rarely triggers Static, and whose additional effects are only available a few times in his life)... I'll give the starting position to Munchlax."

"Gangbi!"

Standing at just over two meters tall, the little Kirby is quite imposing. Even though it hasn't been battling with everyone lately, it hasn't missed a beat from its daily training sessions!

Although you can't bring unconventional items like hammers or armor into this kind of battle, its power is no joke.

"Ow..."

The Dragonite standing to the side still can't understand whether a Snorlax that's grown up is still a "small" Snorlax.

"Don't overthink it. Even Professor Oak has certified that it's in perfect health. It's time for us to take the field."

As the commentators and host introduced the trainers, the two trainers took to the battlefield.

"Melmeta, it's you I choose!"

"Kirby, get ready for battle."

Ash sends out a mysterious Pokémon whose body is made of silvery-white liquid metal, and whose head, shoulders, torso, and fists are all nuts.

Melmetal, the Nut Pokémon, is a Steel-type Pokémon. Melmetal's punches, powered by centrifugal force propelling its heavy nut, are considered among the strongest in the Pokémon world, and it is revered for its ability to generate iron. For unknown reasons, it suddenly awakened after 3000 years.

They start with mythical beasts, what do you mean by "first-generation divine beast man"?

In theory, Snorlax is at a significant disadvantage against physical attackers, but a Pokémon with an Evolution Stone has unparalleled durability.

"Huh? This is a Munchlax?"

Ash paused for a moment upon seeing his opponent's Pokémon, then quickly launched his attack: "Melmetal, Thunderbolt!"

This completely stumped Link.

Huh? You want Melmeta to use "100,000 Volts" instead of "Cannon Beam"??
Is Pikachu getting used to using it?
In any case... it's definitely worth it to be able to use ranged moves to get away with something before closing the distance between two clumsy Pokémon. But Link and Munchlax won't back down because of this level of attack.

“Rounding, bulging belly, and rolling.”

The Munchlax, having received instructions, completely ignored the insignificant "Thunderbolt" and immediately began to "Drum" to strengthen itself by curling its body into a ball.

Ash's keen intuition alerted him to the approaching danger.

“Melometa, we also use ‘scrolling’.”

The liquid metal body gives Melmeta great flexibility and malleability, allowing her to easily transform herself into a wheel with a metal outer nut inside, crushing her opponents.

Rather than "rolling," its moves are more like "iron rollers."

Munchlax, on the other hand, simply rolled without any skill.

The ball of flesh collided with the roller in the center of the field, resulting in Melo Meta being knocked away.

Munchlax's "Roll" was not yet over, and Melmetal's injuries were much less severe than they appeared.

Upon realizing this, Link murmured, "The 'Iron Roller' exhibits rigidity on the outside upon impact, while its crucial internal structure remains fluid, thus avoiding the vast majority of damage?"

Melmeta's stamina, attack, and physical defense are unparalleled, which is reflected in its near-physical immunity.

Unless the damage is great enough to cause the liquid metal to fatigue and lose its properties, Melmeta is invincible against pure physical attackers.

However, the characteristic of "Rolling" is that as speed and potential energy accumulate, the Snorlax after "rounding" and "bulging" is enough to break through most shields.

The paws and the roller clashed again, and Ash quickly realized Melmetal's disadvantage.

The current venue is not suitable for it to roll around.

"Melumeta, come back and rest."

Therefore, he decisively recalled the Pokémon, allowing Melmetal, which possesses regenerative abilities as long as its metallic components remain, to recover its condition inside the Poké Ball.

Then another Pokémon was released: "Abandoned Monkey, it's your turn to shine!"

A gray-black Incineroar with white, burning fur was rotated in, making it look like a different, unconventional Incineroar.

But Link knew that Ash had suddenly pulled out a very outrageous Pokémon out of nowhere...

Forsaken, the Angry Monkey Pokémon, is a Fighting/Ghost type. It gathers the anger hidden in its heart into its fist, and its power can penetrate deep into the opponent's bones, crushing them.

Kawhi didn't care about any of that and just kept "rolling".

However, in the next instant, it passed right through the body of the abandoned monkey.

When Infernape's anger exceeds a certain threshold, it gains the power to break free from physical constraints.

Immunized by its own special ability, the Abandoned Monkey immediately turned around and used the force of the attack to deliver a powerful punch. The injured Snorlax did not cancel "Rollover" but maintained its high speed to move away from its opponent and return to its trainer.

"Come back, this isn't right for you."

Munchlax doesn't have much of an advantage when facing Ghost-type Pokémon.

The next Pokémon Link sent out was a Darktail.

A giant fish, seemingly engulfed in flames, descended from the sky and looked down at the furious, deadly Fire Monkey.

Upon seeing this, the latter immediately erupted in anger, his entire face and white hair turning a fiery red as if on fire.

What are you looking at? So what if a fish can fly?!
The next instant, the abandoned monkey, freed from its physical constraints, defied gravity and soared into the air!
(End of this chapter)