Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

"So, this is just a small setback for you. God wants me to pay more attention to you."

"Is that alright?"

is it?

“Yes.” Xia Yan’s smile widened as he looked down at it.

"Cha-cha-yi~~"

That makes sense.

Even without God's blessing, as long as Xia Yan is there to protect it, that's enough for Togekis!

The other elves nearby couldn't help but smile when they saw their "boss" regain her energy.

"Chocolate!"

Pokkis smiled again.

Setbacks, you know.

When Tokis was struggling to survive alone in the dark cave, didn't he go through a lot?

My life has been too comfortable lately.

Does Xia Yan have to comfort her even after a single setback?

That's so useless!

Pokkis roused himself and stood up.

It spread its wings and rubbed its face, looking as if it wanted to cheer itself up.

just.

When it raised its head again, it revealed narrow, cunning eyes, a grinning mouth with slightly upturned corners, and the feathers on its head split into two, puffing out as it closed its wings, looking exactly like a Gengar.

“Heh heh—” Pokkiss lowered his voice.

"Huh?"

Zoroar stared curiously at Togekiss, rubbed its snow-white fur, and truly transformed into Gengar.

"Buyi!"

Sylveon also came over, half-squatting down, pinching its ears to make them long and thin, and puffing out its mouth, transforming into Clefairy.

"Huh?!"

"Masha Masha!"

Marshall also joined in the fun.

It stirred up the floating black mist and transformed into the shape of a Piccolo, only a black Piccolo.

The little six-tailed fox stared wide-eyed at the Togekiss, Zoroa, Sylveon, and Marshadow changing back and forth, as if it had discovered a new continent.

It directed Sylveon to move closer to Marshall and Togekiss to move closer to Zorua.

The surprise in his eyes grew stronger.

"Waaah!"

At Sixtails' prompting, the other Pokémon gradually noticed something amiss.

Zorua transformed into white mist, enveloping Togekiss, who had a wicked grin on its face—it was Gengar.

Marshadow transformed into a black mist and covered Sylveon's body—it was Pixie!

Aside from the different expressions.

They were surprised to find that...

Gengar and Clefairy look exactly alike?!

It was like discovering a new continent.

Tokiss flapped its wings and surrounded the other four little guys.

"Cha-ko-ee~ Cha-ko-ee~"

They muttered something under their breath.

In return, the other three little ones nodded their heads in unison.

"This is a big secret, we must keep it. Next time we encounter Xia Yan's Gengar, we'll expose it!"

It turns out that Gengar is Clefairy wearing a black coat!

This earned the unanimous approval of the four little ones.

The "Gengar Exploration Team" is officially established!

Captain Togekiss, members Zoroah, Sylveon, Vulpix, and special member Marshadow.

Xia Yan, sitting next to them, crossed his arms and watched the little ones playing, a slight smile playing on his lips.

Did you only realize it now?

He turned to look at the Dorombalutto hovering beside him.

"Next time the kids are being noisy, please help keep them in line."

"Baruya~~"

Draco nodded. "Is Agatha's Gengar someone you can just mess with?"

Even if it has now successfully reached the champion level, it doesn't have much confidence in being able to withstand that Gengar.

These kids' ideas are too dangerous.

"I meant for you to keep an eye on Gengar."

Dorombaluto: ? ? ?

Aren't you curious?

Dorombalto blinked, hesitated for a moment, and then clapped his hands.

Makes sense.

Xia Yan is becoming increasingly adept at respecting the nature of the elves...

"how are you feeling?"

After a while, Xia Yan asked again.

Dorombalut, curled up, scratched his head.

Feel?

"Baruya—"

It feels like there used to be a shackle restricting it, but now that shackle is gone.

Xia Yan nodded.

Dorambaruto possesses champion-level strength, but it lacks experience and cannot fully utilize it.

That's why this progress looks so easy, as if it happened naturally and effortlessly.

And its method is something that other elves cannot learn from.

Unlike other Pokémon that have reached the Elite Four or Champion level, Dragapult is simple-minded due to its long-term imprisonment and lack of combat experience, thus it has no personal fighting habits or rhythm.

It had been following Xia Yan since it left its cage, so naturally it was covered with Xia Yan's marks. After being completely subdued by Xia Yan, the two of them didn't need any adjustment period; their tacit understanding had already been established, just as if they had been trained by Xia Yan.

If you were to capture a fully-developed Elite Four or Champion-level Pokémon, simply adjusting their battle habits and rhythm would likely take the trainer several years or even longer.

Habits are the hardest things to break.

However, Pokémon like Dramberto are rare and hard to come by.

"What about the 'enthusiastic' state?"

Dorombalto rubbed his chin, opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything coherent.

I just felt that state was particularly comfortable.

"You started your 'enthusiasm' by 'criticizing' it. Did you think that 'criticism' was controllable at the time?"

Xia Yan asked again.

If the 'Reverse Scale' becomes controllable, then Dralongaru's power will be terrifying.

Upon hearing this, Dorombalto pondered for a moment before shaking his head.

The "enthusiasm" state only makes it more focused, and the power of the "reverse scale" becomes stronger, but it seems impossible to control the "reverse scale".

Xia Yan wasn't surprised.

He gently patted its back. "It's okay, I know who can teach you. We'll go find it next time."

"Baruya~~"

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The clouds dispersed, the rain stopped, and the sun shone faintly.

A light drizzle fell on the Baiyin Mountains, nourishing everything in this vast forest.

When the rains have passed and the sun shines again, the city of Baiyin becomes even more splendid under the sunlight, exuding a fresh and vibrant atmosphere.

Today is the fourth round of the Masters tournament. After this round, the top 64 will be officially determined.

Once you make it into the top 64, you'll be ranked.

Even the top 64 in the Masters tournament, when averaged across different regions, would be considered top ten in their respective regions.

This is among the top ten of the elite trainers!

From this day forward, every match is destined to become exceptionally exciting.

The two sides are becoming increasingly evenly matched.

A complete and overwhelming victory is no longer possible.