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Chapter 74: Battle against Qianli Chenghua! (9k)

Listening to what Rotom said, Sirona gradually came to her senses.

It is obvious that the game author designed it this way on purpose. Only by solving the problem on the third floor of the mansion can you find the so-called map from there and obtain the truth about the key. All of this is linked together.

This brings us back to the question of how to enter the library on the third floor of the mansion that Rotom mentioned.

She recalled the tip she had just seen.

[Blessing from something beautiful...]

For a moment, Shirona really couldn't figure out what this meant.
After all, this description is too broad.

She could only shake her head slightly and choose to put the matter aside for the time being.

Anyway, this mansion will not run away here. Moreover, Rotom has already mentioned that this building has a history of many, many years, and the guy on the third floor has always been here.

In other words, there is still plenty of time for you to explore the mysteries here.

Moreover, compared to the situation on the third floor of this mansion and the key, it is obvious that the "Ultimate Hole" is a more important matter.

Although the fog on the third floor looked very strange, she knew clearly that it had no direct or indirect connection with the Ultimate Cave.

So there is no need to rush to explore it.

With this thought in mind, Shirona took Rotom out of the mansion, walked onto the path, and left the Orange Forest again.

When leaving the forest, Rotom did not return to the Poké Ball. Instead, he looked around Sirona, left and right, and seemed very curious about the outside world.

But he was very timid and would immediately shrink behind Shirona at the slightest sign of trouble, cautiously sticking out half of his head.

From this, it's no wonder that after living in this forest for so many years, Rotom has never considered leaving. It's simply limited by its own courage...

But this seems to be a good thing. After all, if Rotom had not been waiting for Shirona's arrival in the mansion, no one would be able to provide Shirona with so much information about the mansion.

……

After successfully passing through the Chenghua Forest, what appeared in front of Shirona was a road leading directly to Chenghua City.

Speaking of Chenghua City, some memories of playing this game a few days ago suddenly flooded into Sirona's mind.

This was actually the first city they arrived at after leaving Mobai Town. She also taught a young man named Xiaoguang how to catch Pokémon in the grass nearby.

Speaking of this... I don't know what the guy named Xiaoguang is doing now. Is there a possibility that I will encounter him and fight him in the future?
Sirona was thinking.

Suddenly, a middle-aged man wearing a red hat appeared by the pond nearby. He glanced at her, a black exclamation mark appeared on his head, and he came forward excitedly.

"Hey, little girl, I see you seem to have a fishing rod with you. How about it? Do you want to come fishing with me?"

"This pond is great for fishing. I guarantee you won't come up empty-handed!"

Seeing this, Sirona controlled her character to turn around and run without hesitation.

The comments in the live broadcast room also burst into laughter.

Fishing is impossible. I will never fish again in my life.

[Guess how many Gyarados are waiting for Nana-san in this pond?]

【Happy, fishing for the anchor has given me PTSD.】

……

Shirona controlled the character and ran all the way, and soon arrived at the gate of the Chenghua City Gym. The last time she came here, her strength was not enough to challenge the character's father "Qianli".

And now...

As Shirona stood at the door of the gym, her communicator in the game suddenly rang. It was her father Qianli calling.

Qianli: Good boy, I've heard about you. You're amazing, able to grow to this point at such a fast pace.

[I believe you are ready to fight me, and so am I. In that case, I will wait for you in the last room.]

Come on, kid.

Qianli hung up the phone right after he finished speaking, and a burst of discussion broke out in the live broadcast room.

[Looking at the icon at the gym entrance... the protagonist's father seems to be the owner of a Normal-type gym. It seems that Normal-type Pokémon are generally not very powerful.]

[Indeed, doesn't a normal type mean it's unremarkable? Normal types generally don't have rare Pokémon or Quasi-Gods...]

[So, this gym should be less difficult than the previous ones?]

[I think that's probably the case. After all, he's the protagonist's biological father. Would he really beat her to death? He'd probably let her off a bit, right?]

[Hey, why isn't my dad the gym owner? I really envy the protagonist.]

……

Obviously, regarding the difficulty of the Orange Gym, this time, the comments in the live broadcast room all thought that it would not be particularly high.

But at this moment, when Shirona was standing in front of the gym gate, she suddenly had a bad premonition in her heart for some reason.

……

Compared to the previous gyms, there are no complicated mazes or various mechanisms inside the Orange Gym.

The challenge method is quite direct: starting from the first room, constantly choose one of the two paths to enter the next room, and eventually you will be able to successfully reach the location of the gym owner Qianli to fight in the gym.

The only difference between these rooms is that the NPCs inside the rooms seem to use different Pokémon, and Sirona also noticed that there are different labels at the entrances of these rooms.

However, she did not quite understand what the labels meant. For example, the labels on the left and right sides of the gym were:

[Lightning-fast speed] and [impregnable physical defense]

According to her guess, this should be explaining the abilities of the Pokémon behind these two doors?
After a brief thought, she chose [Imperishable Physical Defense] to enter.

Because if it is really as she thought, with the powerful special attack abilities of Rakuten Kappa, Oobleck, and Rotom, they should be able to easily break through the opponent's physical shield Pokémon.

The next moment, as Shirona entered the room, a big sister with purple hair came up to her.

"Are you the owner's little daughter? I've heard about you before, but even so, I won't hold back!"

The next moment, countless Poké Balls flashed across the game interface, and the battle began instantly.

A red light flashed, and the opponent also sent out his Pokémon first.

It was a creature with a strange shape and a body like a red teapot. Its orange head and limbs protruded from the grooves on the surface of the teapot, making it look quite cute.

This is the dual-attribute Bug and Rock Pokémon, Pot. In Sirona's memory, the physical defense of this Pokémon is indeed outstanding, even quite amazing.

However, this Pokémon also has a fatal flaw, which is that its physical strength limit seems to be very low. It is extremely difficult for it to engage in continuous combat or withstand some damage with fixed skills.

So generally speaking, no one would breed this kind of Pokémon as their own Pokémon.

I didn't expect to be able to see it in the game at this moment.
However, the appearance of this Pokémon indirectly proves that Sirona's guess is correct. The content of the slogan above the room represents the characteristics of the Pokémon that the trainer in this room will use.

While Sirona was thinking, her starting Pokémon, Owl, had already come on the field.

Ever since discovering the rain-making ability of Nopal, Nopal has become his most common starting Pokémon.

After all, when you don't know the opponent's combat strength, there is no problem in starting with the "rainy day" strategy that is beneficial to your own team.

As the toucan came on stage, light rain began to fall and the first round officially began.

Without hesitation, Shirona directly selected Water Wave, a special attack move that can cause double damage to rock-type Pokémon. Even if Hu Hu's defense is high, it is meaningless.

However, the next moment, as the round began, it was the purple-haired older sister on the opposite side who moved first.

She suddenly appeared behind Hu Hu and threw out a dark purple oval prop in her hand.

[The purple-haired girl Lisa uses Defense Enhancement! ]

A dazzling blue light suddenly appeared above Hu Hu's body.

[Huhu's defense has been greatly improved.]

Looking at this prompt, Sirona couldn't help but widen her eyes slightly.

According to her experience, the "substantially improved" prompt in the game means that a certain ability of a certain Pokémon has been strengthened by two levels.

In the world of Pokémon, most skills can only be enhanced by one level. Only a few top-level enhancement skills like Swords Dance and Trickery can increase the Pokémon's physical attack ability by two levels at once.

But correspondingly, the preparation time for this skill in the real world is also quite long.

But now the opponent just used a prop to directly increase the defense of this pot by two levels?
While Shirona was thinking, the water flow had already condensed and formed in front of the big-mouthed gull and hit the pot on the opposite side.

【Excellent effect! 】

There is no doubt that Huhu, who has fragile blood and low defense, had his blood bar emptied instantly under the attack of a restraining skill, and lost his combat ability.

The purple-haired girl also took back the pot, with a somewhat surprised expression on her face.

"As expected of you, Master Qianli's daughter. Keep going! Keep going. Your father is waiting for you in the last room."

After saying that, she turned and left.

At the same time, the commentators in the live broadcast room also noticed the existence of those props and started discussing them.

[Is there an item that can directly increase a Pokémon's power-up status? Isn't this just a manual cheat?]

[What the hell is this cheat? Didn't you see it takes a full turn to use? ]

[It takes a turn, but it can strengthen two states at once. Isn't that strong enough?]

……

During the discussion in the barrage, Sirona did not move forward directly, and her character stood still.

She was already lost in thought.

The same question as the one raised in the second comment was that the item called "Defense Enhancement" did not provide any substantial help in this battle, but instead wasted the opponent's turn.

——Although according to this situation, Huhu, who does not have the initiative, will be taken away by the water wave of the toucan in the first round even if he uses his moves normally.

But as a champion, Girona was keenly aware of a problem.

Since there are items that enhance defense, are there also items that enhance other attributes such as special attack, speed, and physical attack?

If it really exists, it would be quite extraordinary.

This kind of item is equivalent to allowing any Pokémon that is good at physical attack to perform sword dance in battle, or any Pokémon that is good at special attack to perform trickery in battle.

You should know that these two skills are extremely powerful enhancement skills, and not every Pokémon can learn them. Some Pokémon are born with difficulty in comprehending such moves, and can only choose some weaker enhancement skills that correspond to their own attributes.

The appearance of this item... is equivalent to a perfect replacement for these two key moves!
In addition, the use of props takes precedence over the judgment of speed, will not be interrupted by the opponent, and will definitely succeed first.

This is just an output-type enhancement item.

If it is a defensive type, it can allow some Pokémon that are slower and do not have the initiative to further improve one of their defensive abilities at the beginning of the battle, so that the opponent's moves will cause less damage.

If there were speed-boosting items... you could even reverse a mid-speed Pokémon's priority of attack, allowing it to always take the initiative in the rounds following this battle!
However, in this game, the amount of information and depth of meaning brought by such props are already quite rich and important.

In fact, if it were just this, it would not be enough to make Shirona stop and cause violent fluctuations in her heart.

Can……

What if such props exist in reality?

——You must know that reality is not a game. Although the effect of the strengthening props will not be as shown in the game, it can directly double a certain attribute of any Pokémon. It will provide different effect bonuses based on the specific level and situation of the Pokémon.

But in the real world, using such props does not require a so-called "turn".

The moment the battle begins, the props can be used directly, allowing Pokémon to directly gain a boost on a certain attribute.

If there were no restrictions on its use, it would even be possible to instantly increase all of this Pokémon's attributes by two levels.

This effect can no longer be described simply by the word "exaggerated"!

But after a brief excitement, Sirona gradually calmed down.

This item seems to be the same as the "magic candy" that I have seen before. It should be a special item made by the game author in this game.

Although we have to admit that many things in this game are reasonable and based on reality.

But after careful consideration, Shirona did not think that these two things would exist in the real world.

Otherwise, I'm afraid that the entire scientific research community and the training field will be shocked and crazy!

After realizing this, Shirona felt a little regretful for some reason.

Being able to quickly and effectively improve the combat effectiveness of Pokémon is naturally a good thing for a top trainer like her.

She sighed slightly in her heart.

Never mind, it’s already pretty good that the game makers can design such interesting props.

If I have the chance in the future, I'll see if I can get my hands on some similar power-up items. Perhaps they'll help me progress through the game and overcome more difficult challenges?
With this thought in mind, Sirona took a deep breath and pushed open the door of the next room.

……

The situation of the NPCs in the following rooms of the Orange Gym was exactly the same as what Shirona had guessed.

The slogans above each room represent the characteristics of the Pokémon that the NPC in that room will use, and they will also use special strengthening items corresponding to different attributes in the first round of battle.

Although the effect of strengthening two attributes at once is indeed quite powerful, there is only one Pokémon in each room after all.

So in the end, Sirona easily defeated all the NPCs blocking her way and stood in front of the door of the last room.

At this moment, the live broadcast room was filled with laughter.

[I feel like these NPCs are even weaker than the ones in the previous gyms. As expected, what father wouldn't go easy on his own daughter?]

[Haha, indeed. It's possible that when we go to the last room later, Qianli will directly give the badge to Nana-san.]

[Alas, all fathers are like this.]

……

At the same time, Shirona also discovered that the person waiting for her at the door of this room was actually her character's biological mother.

Shirona still remembers that when she got the Pokémon from the research institute and left home, the protagonist's mother was waiting for her at the door. After giving her some instructions, she gave her a pair of shoes that could speed up her running speed and asked her to come back often.

I didn't expect to see you again so soon.

At this moment, the protagonist's mother stepped forward with a smile on her face.

"Son, you're growing up so fast! Daddy and I are so proud of you."

"Come on, take a break, then give it your all and prove to dad that you can become a better trainer than him!"

As the protagonist's mother spoke, a prompt flashed across the screen.

[The status of all Pokémon in the team has been restored! ]

The next moment, the protagonist also stepped forward and entered the last room of the Orange Gym.

The person who appeared before her was a handsome man with short hair, wearing a red sports suit and gray sweatpants.

A deep and experienced male voice, filled with emotion, rang out in the room.

"I never thought this day would come so soon... Son, I'm happy to have a real battle with you."

The next moment, his tone suddenly changed and he spoke in a high-spirited voice!

"But Pokémon battles are no joke. As a Gym Leader, I will do everything in my power to win!"

"Then let me take a good look at your full strength!"

Amid the sound of passionate music, countless Poké Balls flew across the interface.

Qianli also sent out his Pokémon first, and a line of prompts suddenly popped up!
[Qianli's "Great Swallow" (Lv.45) has appeared! ]

The audience in the live broadcast room took a look at Sirona's Pokémon team, whose average player was less than level 36, and then looked at the level of the King Swallow on the opposite side, and question marks slowly emerged.

【? 】

【? ? ? 】

No, buddy, what about the promise of letting the water go?
Isn't this your own daughter?!
Could you explain what this level 45 means?
The audience in the live broadcast room looked at the level of the big king swallow at this moment, and naturally felt dumbfounded. They originally thought that what Qianli had just said was just a polite remark.

But now it seems that he was serious about what he said.

Is this really a murderous act against one's own daughter?
——Oh my god, is it so cruel?
However, what the audience did not know at this moment was that when facing Qianli who was serious, Shirona's mouth curled up slightly into a smile.

She quite agreed with what Qianli had just said: Pokémon battles are battles, no kidding. Now that it has begun, we must give it our all and deal with it seriously!

This is true even if the opponent she is fighting against is her own family. As a champion, she has been able to reach this point today, and her awareness of fighting has already reached such a high level.

But what she didn't expect was that she would actually hear such words from the owner of a gym.

This situation even ignited Shirona's fighting spirit for the first time in a long time. She took a deep breath and entered a state of excitement.

But at this moment, her heart was still calmly thinking about the situation of this battle.

Qianli sent out the Flying-type Swallow. Sending out Lizard and Lotte Kappa was clearly unwise, as both have Grass attributes and are quite vulnerable to Swallow, which has both impressive attack and speed, and can counter them.

Under such circumstances, there is naturally no need to send out the toucan to prepare for rainy days.

After all, even if Lotte Kappa triggered the free-swimming characteristic, it would not be able to fight against this royal swallow, and if the toucan and the royal swallow were to fight head-on, it could definitely not be said that the toucan had the advantage.

As for the remaining bear, there is no need to say more. As a fighting-type Pokémon, it is also extremely afraid of flying-type Pokémon.

It can be said that before entering the Orange Forest today, Shirona's team was quite embarrassed when facing Flying-type Pokémon.

But now the situation is completely different. Facing this starting Pokémon, there happens to be a Pokémon in his team that can deal with such a situation.

That's Rotom, the one Sirona just captured!

It is an electric and ghost-type being. Not only can it restrain the Great King Swallow, but all the general-type skills that the Great King Swallow possesses cannot cause any damage to Rotom.

The ghost-type ability that Rotom possesses is a killer move and trump card for Chisato, a normal-type gym leader.

To be honest, Shirona didn't want to use Rotom so early to consume its status, but facing the big king swallow in front of her, it seemed to be the best choice.

So Sirona no longer hesitated and directly threw the Poké Ball, sending Rotom onto the field.

A red light flashed, and Rotom's figure appeared before her. It first turned its head excitedly and curiously, looking around.

Then, it turned to look at Shirona, and then looked at the king swallow in front of it.

"What's this doing? Am I supposed to fight it?"

Sirona nodded.

"Yes, that's right. Use Thunder on it. Don't miss it this time. Please be accurate."

Rotom was stunned for a moment, then nodded. "Okay, Boss!"

Intense lightning condensed on its body, but it was not the first to attack!

As Shirona input the command, the first round began. A flash of red flame suddenly appeared on the body of the opposing king swallow, burning and igniting its feathers.

A line of prompts follows.

[The flame orb carried by the King Swallow has been triggered! ]

【It fell into a burning state! 】

Looking at this line of prompts, Shirona suddenly had an ominous premonition, and a familiar scene seemed to appear before her eyes.

Could it be that……?
Sure enough, the next moment another line of prompts appeared!

[The King Swallow's perseverance characteristic has been triggered! ]

A deep red light flashed across the giant swallow's body, causing its momentum to suddenly rise!
Across the field, Rotom's expression suddenly changed, and he turned back cautiously.

"Boss, it's on fire, Eloto..."

As soon as the words fell from its mouth, the King Swallow suddenly opened its eyes, spread its wings, and rushed into the sky, transforming into a dazzling bird-shaped light. Like the legendary phoenix, it swooped down towards Rotom and slammed into its body!
[The King Swallow uses Brave Bird Attack! ]

Logically speaking, this skill can only cause half damage to the electric-type Rotom, and the effect is very limited.

But when the prompt "little effect" popped up, the health bar above Rotom's head suddenly plummeted like a roller coaster, and instantly hit the bottom and flashed red!

Brave Bird, a Flying-type move with a power of 130, deals massive damage at the cost of 1/3 of its damage reflection. This is further amplified by the Swellow's STAB boost and the Guts ability.
Even when the effect was minimal, Rotom's low HP and base stats almost killed him with this skill!
Of course, what is more important is the level gap between the two Pokémon. Fortunately, after capturing Rotom, Sirona raised Rotom's level by fighting with several NPCs in the gym leader's gym.

Otherwise, if Rotom's level was one level lower, he would even be directly killed by the Brave Bird's fierce attack of the King Swallow.

Fortunately, there were no "ifs" in battle. Rotom relied on his remaining red health. Dazzling lightning condensed on its body, transforming into a thunderbolt that obscured the sky and suddenly struck the King Swallow.

The prompt of "Excellent effect" popped up, and the blood bar above the King Swallow's head, which originally had only 2/3 of its health left, began to fall madly and was emptied in an instant.

It wasn't as lucky as Rotom, having some remaining strength.

After all, defense itself is not an ability that Pokémon like King Swallow are good at. Faced with an equally powerful thunder skill that can cause restrained damage to it, it is naturally completely unable to resist.

The King Swallow has fallen.

Your team gained 23 experience points, and Rotom's level increased to Lv. 812!

As the system prompt popped up, Rotom, whose health was already depleted on the field, turned around excitedly.

"What do you think, boss? Am I any better than Loto?"

However, just as it finished speaking, another red light flashed across the field, and Qianli sent out his second Pokémon again.

It was a Pokémon with a streamlined body, gray hair, and a rat-like appearance.

[Qianli sends out the Straight Charge Bear Lv. 41!]

Like Olympus, Ursa Major is also a Normal-type Pokémon, but its attribute is purely Normal-type. According to Sirona's memory, this Pokémon is also good at speed.

Its streamlined body allows it to move at an extremely fast speed, but the good news is that this Pokémon's performance in other aspects is not that outstanding, not to mention that its level is only 41, which is 4 levels lower than the King Swallow just now.

So relatively speaking, the threat shouldn't be that big.

While Shirona was thinking, the comments in the live broadcast room were also refreshed.

Everyone seemed to have just recovered from the shock brought by the King Swallow.

[I found the most unbelievable thing about this game is the words "little effect". Oh my god, it's too scary.]

Why do all the NPC Pokémon with Fire Orbs in this game seem to have the Perseverance trait? The damage-boosting effect of this Perseverance trait is a bit outrageous.

[Luckily, Nana-san captured an Electric-type Pokémon, otherwise I don't even know how I'd fight this guy.]

I know the above question, it's very simple. Doesn't Brave Bird's Attack counterattack 1/3? If Lizard and Lotte Kappa each take a Brave Bird's Attack, they can get a two-for-one trade. It's a bit of a loss, but you can't say it's solved.

[6666, the person above is a Pokémon genius. I want to see you at the Quartz Conference this year.]

And after seeing Ursa Major, everyone was obviously relieved. After all, compared to well-known Pokémon like Oolong, Ursa Major is quite unpopular.

Its level is much lower than that of the King Swallow, so it shouldn't be as abnormal as the King Swallow.
Could this guy also have the Perseverance trait and a Fire Orb?
Under everyone's gaze, Shirona paused for a moment, then ultimately allowed Rotom to continue on the battlefield, tapping the Thunder skill.

Although Rotom has the ability to switch forms in the first round of the game, in order to resist the flying skills of the Great Swallow, Shirona chose not to switch and instead retained the electric type.

Now that the first round has passed, it is too late to switch forms.

What's more, Rotom only has a little health left, so there is no point in returning it to the team now.

In response to Sirona's order, Rotom turned around and looked at her with tears in his eyes.

"Boss, I understand. From now on... I'll leave it to the other partners."

After saying that, it turned its head to look at the rushing bear and closed its eyes as if ready to die.

But the next moment.

Rotom found that the attack he imagined did not come, and he opened his eyes in surprise.
—Huh? I'm actually fine.

But soon, its expression suddenly changed.

A stuttering voice sounded in Sirona's ears.

"Boss, how come its belly suddenly became so big?"

Opposite it, the bear's belly suddenly swelled up at an incredible magnitude.

Like a war drum, it rumbled with a deafening sound.

The health bar above its head also dropped below half without any warning and began to flash a dangerous yellow light.

Rotom was stunned at first, then a look of joy appeared on his face, and two lightning-fast little hands were placed on his sides like they were on his hips.

"Boss! Look how powerful I am, Loto! Before I even made a move, it was already bleeding from fear!"

However, as soon as he finished speaking, a line of prompts suddenly appeared.

[Straight Bear used Belly Drum, and Straight Bear's HP was lost! ]

The next moment, an incomparably brilliant aura, accompanied by a red glow as dazzling as the sun, suddenly surged over the body of the charging bear.

[——Please be careful! The attack of the charging bear has increased to 18,000 points!!!]

Rotom:?

Sirona: ???

(End of this chapter)