Pokémon: I picked up a reborn Eevee at the start of the game.

"Rayle, move to the right!"

Yin Yuan's command was ultimately half a second too late.

Just as Jolteon heard its trainer's voice and was about to instinctively make a move, a powerful, almost transparent psychic ball was launched from Gardevoir's chest and slammed into Jolteon's body from behind.

The powerful impact instantly knocked Rayquaza to the ground, where it rolled several times before finally coming to a stop.

The wonderful use of psychological impact lies in this.

Although it is a special attack, it deals physical damage when it hits an enemy.

It is extremely effective against Pokémon like Jolteon, which is heavily biased towards physical and special defense.

Reibu gritted her teeth and got up from the ground, the pain her body was giving her made her gasp for breath.

First came Sylveon's deafening roar followed by a high-speed stellar attack, and then Gardevoir's Psychic Blast.

If her strength hadn't surpassed that of her two opponents, Jolteon would have been severely injured, if not killed, given its durability.

While Rayquaza isn't exactly on its last legs right now, it's close to giving up.

Yin Yuan was somewhat alarmed.

Facing this junior she had defeated a few days ago, she now inexplicably had the illusion of facing Hu Yang.

Although neither Sylveon nor this Gardevoir is quite close to the strength of that Gengar, its control over the battlefield is already showing signs of strategic mastery.

But he lost to himself just a few days ago. How could he have improved so much in just a few days?

Without a doubt, when examining Xia Chen's lineup by controlling variables, the only change is this Gardevoir.

She frowned, staring at the slender, tall figure. Although she had only recently evolved, her strength far exceeded most people's expectations.

Without time to think further, Yin Yuan took out two Poké Balls and shouted, "Volt Switch!"

While taking back the position directly would be safer, given the current situation, not taking a gamble will only lower the odds of winning.

Even if it's damage from Volt Replacement, she still wants to take a chance.

Xia Chen wasn't surprised by Yin Yuan's switch. Judging from Jolteon's condition, he could finish it off with another instant move.

Given Gardevoir's Special Defense, there's no need to use Teleport to dodge with Volt Switch.

Without hesitation, he commanded, "Gardedor, meditate!"

Immediately, Jolteon and Gardevoir unleashed their moves in perfect unison, following their trainer's instructions.

You release your electricity back into the Poké Ball, and I calm my mind and reflect on my thoughts.

A bright yellow light flashed, and Jolteon transformed into a bolt of lightning and returned to its Poké Ball. After being lightly shocked by Volt Switch, Gardevoir began to meditate undisturbed.

…………

Although it was a happy ending for everyone, it was clear that Xia Chen and Gardevoir still held the initiative on the field.

Getting a free Meditation session is already a great deal, not to mention that Gardevoir's Meditation effect is stronger than that of ordinary Pokémon.

On the other side, Gardevoir's meditation had not yet ended when Yin Yuan threw out the Poké Ball.

A flash of white light appeared, and a blue dragon-shaped Pokémon with a ferocious face and a dragon-like appearance, but which was not a dragon-type Pokémon, appeared on the battlefield.

Yin Yuan replaced Jolteon with Gyarados.

As soon as Gyarados appeared, a powerful and terrifying aura emanated from its body, heading towards Gardevoir, who had just finished meditating.

Under the influence of the special energy, Gardevoir felt that a certain power within its body seemed to have weakened.

She understood that this was due to the Gyarados's characteristics.

Intimidate; upon entering the battlefield, it can emit a special energy wave to weaken the opponent's attack power.

However, this characteristic poses almost no threat to Xia Chen's three main Pokémon.

On the contrary, Milos quite liked it, it's just a pity that he wasn't the one on the field.

The appearance of Gyarados was not surprising.

Xia Chen's three main Pokémon have relatively weak physical defenses. A single Waterfall from Gyarados is just as effective as a carefully planned Thunderbolt from Jolteon.

In that battle, Xia Chen was ultimately defeated because he couldn't handle Yin Yuan's Gyarados.

Therefore, even though Xia Chen currently holds the advantage in this rematch, he dares not let his guard down for a moment.

The battle continues on the field.

Gardevoir, having finished its meditation, quietly opened its eyes, a barely perceptible glint flashing in its jewel-like crimson left eye.

Because of the brief pause between the two words "meditation" in Xia Chen's command, Gardevoir's meditation was enhanced by emotional energy.

This was a promise Xia Chen made to Gardevoir after learning about the new move Gardevoir had acquired.

If there is a brief interval between moves when Xia Chen is giving instructions, then Gardevoir will have to use emotional energy to enhance this move.

This was their first attempt in actual combat, and it went relatively smoothly.

Although the time spent on intensive meditation is long, the effects afterward are quite remarkable.

If a normal Meditation buff is +1, then a Gardevoir with the [Meditation Buff] bonus will have a buff effect of +1.25.

Then, after meditation with 1.5 times the emotional energy, it can almost reach +1.9.

This is an effect that an ordinary elf would need to meditate twice to achieve.

Gardevoir, on the other hand, only needs to be used once.

What's even more frightening is that the opponent is unaware of this.

…………

"Gyarados, Dragon Dance!"

Yin Yuan, who knew nothing about Gardevoir's power, gave his first command to Gyarados.

To everyone's surprise, it was actually a Dragon Dance enhancement.

Has this person become so greedy?

Faced with a Gardevoir that is in perfect condition and still under the enhancement of meditation, should I directly use Dragon Dance?

Are they desperate to turn the tide?

Is she betting that Gardevoir won't be four times stronger than Gyarados's Thunderbolt?

It seems that this is the only reason.

Everyone thought that way, except for Xia Chen.

He remained unmoved as he watched the Gyarados floating in the air, seemingly about to dance.

"Gardevoir, use Psychic again!"

Xia Chen's command surprised the audience even more.

No, if others dare to gamble, do you really think you wouldn't?

These days, who doesn't know how to use Thunderbolt to cover their weaknesses?

Do you know how to use Gardevoir?

If you don't know how to use it, give it to me. It's such a waste to have this shiny Gardevoir in your hands!

Many viewers were so anxious they wished they could run onto the battlefield, kick Xia Chen aside, and use Gardevoir themselves.

But what happened next on the field left them completely baffled.

"Gyarados, get out of the way!"

Just as Gardevoir unleashed its Psychic Blast, Gyarados, which was only half a second away from completing its Dragon Dance, surprisingly abandoned the dance and dodged the Psychic Blast.

Although she avoided the damage, she also interrupted her Dragon Dance, which she was just a little short of completing.

?

The audience was filled with questions.

However, when they typed the question mark, it wasn't because they felt there was something wrong with themselves, but rather that they felt there was something wrong with the two people on the battlefield.

Did you all bet on the other side to win, and are you throwing the match?

Obviously, no one would be running a betting pool for this kind of school selection competition; that possibility simply doesn't exist.

So the only possible answer is that they are playing with something very new that no one else can understand.

…………

"I understand!"

Suddenly, an excited voice came from a corner of the audience.

In the midst of a heated discussion in the audience, this voice wasn't particularly abrupt. As a result, the curious onlookers around him, their eyes practically bursting with curiosity, all turned their burning gazes toward the guy who claimed to understand, ready to listen to his profound insights.

The man pushed up his glasses and said confidently, "Yin Yuan isn't afraid of Gardevoir using Thunderbolt. On the contrary, she hopes her opponent will use that move because her Jolteon's ability is Charge!"

Yes, if Jolteon's ability is to store electricity, then that makes sense!

The surrounding audience wasn't stupid; they immediately realized that the series of actions that had just defied common sense were a game between Xia Chen and Yin Yuan.

The ability [Electric Charge] means that when a Pokémon with this ability is attacked by an Electric-type move, it will not take damage but will instead recover HP!

This is not a common characteristic. Apart from Jolteon, the Pokémon I have are all low-charge Pokémon like Max, Pachirisu, and Lantern, which rarely get a chance to be used.

And no one would waste their time using Electric-type moves to attack Jolteon, which is already resistant to Electric.

So for a while, no one remembered that Jolteon also had the ability to store electricity.

Naturally, they all overlooked this simple, self-evident reason.

"Yin Yuan wanted to lure Gardevoir into using Thunderbolt to attack Gyarados, which is four times weak to Electric. If Xia Chen really did that, she would immediately switch to Jolteon to absorb the energy of the Thunderbolt and heal herself."

"With this shift in power, Yin Yuan could not completely reverse the previous disadvantage, but he could at least turn the tide to a large extent. Unfortunately, Xia Chen did not fall for it."

"When Yin Yuan saw that Xia Chen hadn't fallen for the trick, she was unwilling to let the main force of this battle suffer a mental shock after meditation enhancement in exchange for her own Dragon Dance improvement."

"So at the last moment, Yin Yuan made Gyarados stop Dragon Dance and instead dodge the attack!"

Following the bespectacled man's hints, the people around him filled in the gaps in their understanding of the psychological battle between the two.

They looked at the two people still fighting on the field with admiration.