I'm popularizing ecology in the Pokémon world.

Kitamura Yu was taken aback by Chen Mu's words; he couldn't quite grasp their meaning.

Therefore, he didn't say anything more, but coughed and said, "Then I'll trouble you, Teacher Chen, to cooperate with me to demonstrate doubles matches to the students. The equipment cabinet is over there. Teacher Chen, would you like me to help explain the functions of the equipment?"

"No need, thank you."

Chen Mu politely thanked him.

As he approached the equipment display case, students in the surrounding stadium stands waved enthusiastically at him, shouting, "Mr. Chen! Mr. Kitamura's main Pokémon are Excadrill and Proboscis! Go for it, you have to win!"

Currently, in this indoor venue, the number of students supporting Chen Mu is significantly greater than that of Kitamura Yu across the street.

On the one hand, Chen Mu has a stronger online influence; on the other hand, many students, even those who haven't watched Chen Mu's live stream, are somewhat displeased with the school's deliberate arrangement.

At this moment, a student in the stands said with a hint of dissatisfaction: "Teacher Chen's Pokémon, whether it is their characteristics or skills, have been shown in the previous live broadcast. They have been fully revealed, but Teacher Kitamura has not shown his main Pokémon much."

Moreover, one of them specializes in teaching combat, while the other teaches ecology. Isn't this arrangement by the school a bit unfair?

However, some people didn't care much, saying, "What are you thinking? It's just a teaching incident."

A few even cheered from the sidelines: "We should let the professional battle instructors train properly, otherwise do you all really think that an ecology instructor is omnipotent? Our Pokémon Battle Academy is the strongest department in our school!"

Despite the various and chaotic voices, Chen Mu's mindset remained unshaken.

On the contrary, the information provided by the student who had just supported him was indeed a great help.

He felt he had already guessed what tactics the opposing team would use.

Perhaps this time it's really time to increase the intensity.

However, it's hard to say who will play for whom!

After selecting their battle items, the two sides returned to their respective ends of the arena.

The battle arena in the school's indoor gymnasium is the most basic rectangular battle arena. Each side stands at one end of the long axis. In the middle of the arena, there is a Poké Ball pattern on the ground. On either side of the Poké Ball, there is a "冖" shaped mark, which is the starting position of the Pokémon for both sides according to the battle rules.

A student volunteered to act as referee at the edge of the field and shouted, "Both Pokémon, enter the field!"

Chen Mu and Kitamura Yu simultaneously threw out Poké Balls with great ceremony.

Since it's a competitive match, there will be time for everyone to retrieve the ball later, so tossing it around looks cool.

Chen Mu had no choice but to field Kirlia and Eevee.

"chatter!"

"Buyi!"

On the other side, just as the students said, both Nose-Facing and Gopher were on the field at the same time!

Both sides brought props, but they kept them hidden from the start and didn't reveal them immediately.

After the student acting as referee on the sidelines announced the start of the game, Kitamura Yu made a very clever instruction.

"Dragon-headed groundhog, hide behind North-facing nose!"

This was to avoid Kirlia's line of sight.

Although Chen Mu's Ralts evolving into Kirlia surprised him slightly, he clearly knew Chen Mu well enough to know that Kirlia's ability was Copy.

He doesn't want Kirlia to copy Excadrill's abilities!

Clearly, in his tactical system, the Dragon Head Mole is far more important than the North Head Nose!

The Copy ability is automatically activated when a Pokémon enters battle, so Chen Mu has no choice but to select it slowly.

The next moment, Kirlia's eyes flashed, and her entire white skin was coated with a layer of yellowish-brown net-like patterns, which disappeared in an instant.

"Gazelle!"

Kirullian was telling Chen Mu through her voice that she had copied the Sturdy trait.

This means that the characteristic of a north-facing nose is that it is sturdy.

This is a very common characteristic.

The effect is that a Pokémon will not be knocked out in one hit when it is at full health, and can retain at least some health to continue fighting.

And the North-facing Nose happens to have a "sleep" skill that can instantly restore its status to full, so it fits this characteristic quite well.

The opposing Kitamura Yu's tactical positioning for Asahibi is to be a tanky front-line tank and support, which is a perfect match for their synergy.

At the start, Chen Mu gave the order without hesitation: "All of you, charge forward!"

This somewhat reckless style of play further boosted Kitamura Yu's confidence.

He's least afraid of the opponent's fast break!

Because his tactic was—

"Heads north, use Sandstorm!"

Rock-type move: Sandstorm, which creates a sandstorm in a small surrounding area.

This sandstorm, caused by the extraordinary power of Pokémon, can significantly boost the Special Defense of Rock-type Pokémon!

With Nosebridge's naturally strong defenses and special defensive abilities, along with the items he specially selected, he believed that his sturdy and robust front-line Pokémon was strong enough to withstand the onslaught of the enemy's fierce attacks like a city wall!

Kirlia can only be a Special Attacker!

Facing Nose-Upon, whose special defense is significantly enhanced during sandstorm weather, he was confident that all fast attacks would crash and bleed under his blue wall!

Even as the sandstorm rose from the ground and the wind swept across the sky, Kirlia and Eevee did not stop moving forward.

This made Kitamura Yu slightly wary, and he deliberately paused when giving the command to the dragon-headed mole.

But that moment of hesitation caused him to completely lose his first advantage at the start!

Chen Mu slightly curled the corners of his mouth.

The opponent's tactics were already exposed the moment their lineup was revealed!

He saw through it long ago!

and so--

"Kirlia, use a trick on Nose Bridge!"

"Varied--?!"

Kitamura Yu was truly dumbfounded.

It wasn't even an attack move? The two Pokémon pressing forward together at the start wasn't for a quick attack?

Moreover, when did Kirlia learn "magic tricks"? There was absolutely no mention of it in the information he had.

For a fraction of a second, a sliver of hope lingered in his mind.

There are over fifty standard battle items in competitive matches. Do ecologists who aren't very skilled in competitive battles really know how to choose the right items? Randomly using "tricks" to exchange for items might just end up aiding the enemy.

But this naive idea vanished completely when he saw Kirlia pull out a white headband with red and blue patterns from behind her back!

How could this be a scholar who isn't very skilled in competitive battles?

This was clearly premeditated! Come on, deceive us! Come on, launch a sneak attack!

They ambushed him, an old comrade in his forties!

This targeting couldn't be more obvious!

The item Kirullian pulled out was called the "Elegant Headband".

As a very sophisticated battle item, it provides a considerable attack boost, increasing a Pokémon's attack by approximately 50% before reaching Gym Leader level! (Once a Pokémon reaches Gym Leader level, the effectiveness of all items will decrease significantly.)

However, as a trade-off, it will lock the Pokémon's moves, meaning that only one move can be used throughout the entire battle.

Now that Kirlia has tricked Nosebridge into giving it to Nosebridge, it means that from this moment on, Nosebridge will only ever be able to use the "Sandstorm" move repeatedly!

Unless it can find an opportunity to disengage, calm its own energy, and thus break free from the resonance binding with the item.

But it's obvious that Chen Mu won't give it that chance!

As for the high physical attack boost from headbands, the North-facing Nose can't even use attack moves, so even a high boost is meaningless.

Kitamura Yu didn't even have time to look up at the north nose right now.

Seeing that Little Eevee had somehow produced a pair of glasses, he didn't hesitate for a moment and immediately shouted, "Excadrill, run! Use High Speed ​​Spin, run!"