Pokémon, you're not allowed to expel me from human form!

That's a force that no human could possibly generate with a punch.

Even though there was no physical contact, that immense and terrifying power still swept up the wind, the air, and the entire world!

Whether it's dust or grime, from the audience's perspective, the world in front of Luo Ke seems to have regressed as a whole!

Everything that was flowing was moving backward, as if it were fleeing from Rocco, as if the people were making way for their impending tyrant!

As the mixed dust was compressed onto one side of the arena, Luo Ke also disappeared from his spot with the force of a punch!

Akiyama's gaze was still fixed on Luo Ke's afterimage. Only on the field, the elf wearing the mecha sensed something was wrong and slightly raised his head.

Then it saw it.

Seeing Luo Ke tear open his chest and bend his waist in mid-air to pull his fist to its limit!

They watched as the sunlight was gradually obscured by the creature that flew overhead!

Seeing Rocco's enormous shadow engulf and swallow it up!

Before it could even raise its hands to defend itself, Luo Ke's fist had already fallen and slammed into its head!

That's a punch that can make the world back!

That's a fist that can make everything flee!

Unparalleled speed combined with devastating power...

That's Luo Ke's fist!

Snapped!

The elf, encased in the mecha, exploded under Roco's punch!

The elf itself seems to be protected and cherished by the world, and will not suffer irreversible damage easily; it will only lose its ability to fight. But the mecha on its body is different.

Under Rocco's power, the alloy was no different from foam; as it exploded, various parts flew everywhere.

Several storage tanks containing three types of powder were blasted into the sky by Rocco's power, exploding like fireworks in the simulated sky!

At this moment, Luo Ke glanced at the Dream Eater lying on the ground, and his eye twitched almost imperceptibly.

Is this your power?

You can't exactly name your Dream Eater "Hawk Power," can you?

'Tinnitini~'

Loco's inner monologue was picked up by Victini, so its bark mixed with laughter rang in Loco's ears.

Hearing this sound, and confirming that the Dream Eater had indeed lost its fighting ability, Luo Ke decisively turned around and calmly left.

Without a doubt, the winner of this competition is—Luo Ke!

...

The first match had such an effect that the audience started discussing it enthusiastically while the staff were cleaning up the arena.

"I remember Mr. Akiyama's spirit hidden inside the mecha was a Machoke last year, but this year it's a Dream Eater!?"

"It makes sense to switch to the Dream Eater. Mr. Akiyama lost badly last year. I remember that in that match, his Macho Might didn't even touch his opponent. All the damage was caused by the Poison Powder. Maybe that match made Mr. Akiyama have this idea and simply changed his strategy."

"Mr. Akiyama has had a lot of bad luck this year too—do you think if Mr. Akiyama hadn't changed his Pokémon and his mech was still Machamp, would Machamp have been able to fight against Mr. Rocco's Ditto?"

It's unclear who first raised this question, but those who heard it immediately showed somewhat subtle expressions.

Let Mr. Akiyama's Machamp and Ditto fight?

You're going to get beaten up!

Who knows what that Ditto, disguised as Mr. Rocco, actually turned into?

Maybe it will actually become superhuman strength!

Otherwise, how could such an effect be achieved?

It must have been done by a superhuman!

While they were thinking this way, they were also considering another question.

That is...

"Where exactly did Mr. Rocco cheat?"

"Hmm... I just saw Mr. Rocco's Ditto's eye and the Pokémon next to him's eye glow the same way. It might be some kind of off-field support ability..."

"That's all!?"

"...That's all."

The audience came to this conclusion, and while the other contestants watching were stunned, they also felt that this was the case, even Alice was no exception!

As for the suspicion that Luo Ke on the high platform is a shapeshifter...

No normal person would think like that!

Only Eureka, who was watching the match live in Los Angeles, recognized that the one on the field was not Ditto, but Rocco himself!

At this moment, its bluebird made a strange cry.

Upon hearing this voice, Eureka understood that the Altaria was saying—the most terrifying thing was not that Rocco himself went up on stage, but that no one suspected him when he fought against others!

Yuri stared blankly at the screen, responding softly to the Tanabata Bluebird.

"Luo Ke did not cheat."

The words she said puzzled the Altaria, but because they understood each other, the Altaria quickly grasped Eureka's meaning.

It realized something!

That's because no one with a brain would do something like that—the trainer stepping in themselves. So...so...

There are no rules prohibiting trainers from playing in other league competitions!

It doesn't count as cheating!

......

56. Enhanced Big Bang!

Rocco was in the first match, so after he won, he had plenty of time to lie in the lounge, hugging Victini and Ditto, squeezing in with Scabbard, and watching the other matches on the big screen.

This cheating contest was indeed a great entertainment event; at least Luo Ke seemed to enjoy it, even eating a roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) with a Pikachu smiley face on it while watching.

Bictini is also holding a box of sticky rice bananas, which comes in various flavors; it likes to eat this.

Ditto and the single-blade scabbard are both good at handling food.

However, unlike Ditto, which eats whatever Roko eats, Sheath, even if not picky about food, does have its own preferences when given a choice.

It's like right now it's using its spiritual power to control a large portion of ice cream!

This taro-flavored ice cream was specially made in the shape of Gengar, making it look very appealing.

I don't know if it's the shape or the smell that makes it so appealing, but I really like it!

Then, without any mouth or other parts appearing, the ice cream seemed to be bitten by an invisible giant mouth in mid-air, constantly diminishing. According to the sword sheath's explanation, it feeds using spiritual energy!

While spiritual power, a power primarily unique to Ghost-type Pokémon, shares some similarities with mental power, they are indeed not the same thing.

At least mental energy cannot 'eat' food.

At this moment, the atmosphere among them was incredibly harmonious and relaxed, even more comfortable than that of the audience sitting in the stands!

As for the pressure of the competition, there was absolutely none!

At this moment, a scene of Alice appears on the screen.

...

After Luo Ke's match, the second and third matches also showed a lot of new things, but they couldn't compare to the first match at all.

His ideas can't compare to Qiu Feng's, and his actions can't match Luo Ke's.

However, Luo Ke, who was watching the cheating competition for the first time, actually enjoyed it quite a bit.

The fourth match is Alice's match.

When she released the red dream monster, Luo Ke raised an eyebrow, and the sword sheath's spiritual power fluctuated noticeably after seeing the little guy, almost causing it to drop its ice cream!

However, when Bictini looked over, it immediately pretended that nothing was wrong.

Since only its spiritual power and one eye could express its emotions, Victini stared at it for a while, and when it found that it didn't have any other reaction, it helplessly looked away.

Saber Sheath breathed a sigh of relief, while the real trainers in Victini's team were already thinking about how to ask Saber Sheath about this matter!

As for Luo Ke...

He held a roujiamo (Chinese hamburger) in one hand and a Ditto eating a smaller one in the other. Although the Ditto was also smiling, making his expression seem less silly, Victini felt that Rocco's smile now looked a little more goofy than when it first met him!

They were both watching Alice's match with complete focus.

At this moment on the field, Alice's opponent has already revealed his strategy.

This guy's thinking was very clear—the moment he threw the Pokémon onto the field, he took out a high beam from his backpack and turned it on directly at the platform where Alice was!

Then, just like setting up an array, they set up various lighting devices around her, making Alice completely blind and unable to see anything inside the arena!

In this situation, the camera gave a close-up of the players' passage on his side!

It turns out that he left several Psychic-type Pokémon in his tunnel before going on stage!

While Alice was still unable to see clearly, these Psychic-type Pokémon widened their eyes and clenched their fists and stomped their feet, desperately trying to interfere with Alice's Dreamweaver, as if summoning a spirit!

Such blatant cheating would have been stopped long ago in other formal competitions, but it doesn't matter in this arena!

Even his interference with Alice's vision at the beginning was not an act of self-deception, but rather to confuse Alice about the situation on the field, put pressure on the Dream Demon, and make Alice make the wrong decision in her anxiety!

His first phase of the plan was successful, and Alice can no longer see what's happening inside the arena.

However, his second phase of the plan did not succeed.

Because Alice didn't give any instructions at all, she even had a rather confident smile on her face when she covered her eyes.

Because she heard it—

I heard the audience laughing!

This cheating competition is a typical entertainment competition. As such, the contestants will do some strange and bizarre things, and the audience will laugh without any guilt!

Alice's dream monster can absorb happiness as its power!

"Chuckle—"

So under these circumstances, the power of laughter continuously gathers around the Dream Fairy!

Although the power of joy from countless humans and elves was so immense that even if it found joy delicious, its appetite was limited and it couldn't possibly consume it all at once.

However, when these forces converge around it, it still has no problem mobilizing these forces in this battle!

With so many people supporting it from the sidelines, it's just a few Psychic-type Pokémon!

We can't possibly be its match!

boom!

When the light went out and Alice regained her vision and looked at the arena, both the Pokémon sent out by the opponent and the Psychic-type Pokémon she was fighting on the sidelines had all lost their ability to battle!

Just as Alice had initially thought, she won without cheating at all!

Luo Ke didn't understand Alice's line of thinking at first, but after the scabbard reminded him that the dream demon was different, he gradually expanded his understanding to laughter based on the dream demon's ability to absorb fear.

After all, the only emotion that could bring together such a huge force back then was laughter.

This situation made Luo Ke nod repeatedly.

Alice initially impressed him with her fighting spirit, followed by her lightning strike tactic, which only surprised him for a moment when he faced it.

However, during Alice's battle with Tsuneyama a while ago, he unexpectedly discovered that Alice's Pikachu could use grass-pulling and grass knotting!

Furthermore, Pikachu's mastery of these two moves is clearly not something it learned in just a few days, but rather something it has been learning for a while. Its proficiency is similar to its mastery of moves like Electromagnetic Levitation—significantly different from some moves that it has only recently learned!

It was then that he gained a clearer understanding of Alice's tactical depth.

These two moves are not only good for fighting Changshan, but also components of that lightning strike tactic.

After all, with water-based terrain and lightning, Ditto could easily transform into something like Wobbuffet or Swampert, which would be a poor counter!