Pokémon, Inkaros, my starter Pokémon

At this critical moment, Shi Dou casually gave the order:

"Hilda, use Purify."

Purify: Removes all stat boosts from the target, similar to the effect of the Black Mist in Pokémon.

In the arena, Hilda raised a scythe-like arm, pointing it at Raichu, who was gathering destructive energy.

In an instant, a soft and pure white light wave spread out like ripples, silently sweeping across Raichu's body.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, no roaring collision of energy.

After the white light wave swept past, the lightness that Raichu felt from the high-speed movement vanished instantly, and the surging special attack energy within him, which was about to burst out of his body, disappeared without a trace like a punctured balloon!

All the auras representing Raichu's enhanced abilities completely dimmed, and even the tiny arcs of electricity that had been naturally dissipating due to energy overload around him disappeared as if wiped away by an invisible hand.

One second Raichu was like Thor descending to earth, invincible and powerful, the next second he turned back into a...

A regular Raichu that has just finished strenuous exercise.

Raichu remained in the posture of tilting his head back to gather power, blinking blankly as he felt the immense power that had suddenly returned to normal within him, and his body, which had even felt slightly tired from the previous strengthening, let out a confused sound:

"Ray...Chu???"

What's going on?

The arrogance and excitement on Ma Xueshi's face froze completely. His mouth was agape, his eyes were wide open and almost bulging out of their sockets, his mind was blank, and all that remained was endless bewilderment and a sense of absurdity.

Ma Zhishi: "???"

What happened?!

The entire Vermilion Gym fell into an eerie, deathly silence once again, with only the out-of-tune rock music playing in the background.

Seeing Raichu's bewildered expression and Lt. Surge's worldview crumbling, Tokito gently shook his head and said:

"Is that all? It seems I overestimated you. I'm truly disappointed."

"you……!"

Ma Zhishi was trembling with rage, his blood pressure soared, and he felt like he was about to explode. This humiliation of being manipulated was even more unbearable for him than being defeated outright.

However, Shi Tou simply smiled and said:

"Do you understand now? I set the rules. I can strengthen myself, and I can weaken you. And with purification... who gave you permission to strengthen yourself in front of me?"

"Finally, Mr. Lt. Surge, you should be thankful that Hilda only purified your enhancements. If it had shattered your dream attack... you would be completely finished by now."

Shattered Dream Strike: Fighting type, 130 attack power, absorbs the opponent's stat boosts, and if successful, deals double damage for the next 2 turns.

If Hilda learns that, then your enhancement will become the skill that allows me to instantly kill you.

Without giving Ma Xueshi any time to breathe or think, Shi Dou's eyes narrowed, and he solemnly gave the order:

Hilda, gather your energy!

Upon hearing this, Hilda immediately lowered her body, crossed her two scythes in front of her chest, and her aura instantly became incredibly refined and sharp. A powerful and fierce aura spread out from her center, her eyes became even colder and more focused, and her critical strike rate increased significantly.

"Oh no, interrupt it quickly! Raichu, use Voltorb!!"

Startled from his shock, Ma Zhishi felt the chilling sharpness of the aura and hurriedly shouted.

"Raichu... Raichu!"

Raichu was intimidated by Hilda's overwhelming aura and felt fear, but under Lt. Surge's repeated urging, he hurriedly condensed a huge, crackling ball of electricity and threw it at Hilda!

However, it was too late!

Hilda had already completed her charge just before the electric ball came. Facing the whistling electric ball, she neither dodged nor avoided it, but suddenly crossed her arms and swung them forward with her scythes!

"Vacuum Thousand Fierce Break!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Hilda quickly gathered her power, and then a huge green cross-shaped wind blade, condensed to its limit and capable of tearing through space, suddenly erupted!

The wind blade, carrying a high-frequency oscillating airflow, emitted a piercing shriek as it head-on towards the electric ball with overwhelming force!

laugh--!

There was no violent explosion. The highly compressed electric ball was cleaved in two by the green cross-shaped wind blade as easily as a hot knife through butter. The energy of the cleaved electric ball went out of control and exploded on both sides of Hilda's body, scattering sparks, but it failed to harm her in the slightest!

The Vacuum Thousand Fierce Breaker, which continued its relentless advance, suddenly shone with a dazzling red light the moment it cleaved through the electric ball!

Hit the mark!

With the deadly edge of gathered energy, the power of Vacuum Thousand Fierce Break was increased to the extreme. Like an invitation from the Grim Reaper, it instantly crossed the distance between them and slashed fiercely at Raichu, who was frozen in place due to the energy backlash!

"boom!!!"

This time it was a solid hit!

"Ray-chu!!!"

Raichu let out a shrill, short scream as his body was violently slammed away by the terrifying power contained in the cross-shaped wind blades. He crashed heavily into the wall behind the gym, shaking off a cloud of dust, before slid softly to the ground. His eyes had turned into spiral shapes, and he had completely lost his ability to fight.

Instant kill!

The entire audience was stunned!

Everyone seemed frozen in place, mouths agape, eyes wide, staring blankly at Raichu, who was rendered unable to fight, beneath the wall, and then at Hilda in the center of the arena, who slowly sheathed her scythe as if she had done nothing of importance.

The music had stopped sometime earlier.

The only sounds in the dojo were the heavy breathing of the crowd and the gasps of Lt. Surge, who was in utter shock and disbelief.

His strongest trump card, after being upgraded to its limit...

He was swiftly and decisively defeated by his opponent in a single move.

The pride of the Vermilion Dojo was shattered at this moment.

Lt. Surge mechanically sent out his last Pokémon, Magneton.

But like its trainer, it was distracted and unable to even generate a steady current when faced with Hilda's cold gaze.

The result was as expected: a one-hit kill.

In less than ten minutes, all three Pokémon were utterly defeated by the same Pokémon.

"The challenger wins the fight!"

Lt. Surge stared blankly at his three incapacitated companions on the field, feeling an unprecedented sense of defeat and pressure. At that moment, even the noisy air in the dojo seemed to freeze, and all the cheers and shouts from his underlings came to an abrupt halt until the referee announced the result in a trembling voice, which snapped them out of their daze.

"you lose."

Shi Dou said calmly.

Mascher's lips moved, but no sound came out. In the end, he just lowered his head in despair.

Tokito walked up to him and said:

"My Hilda has a very strong attack, and there's a huge gap in strength between us. You should be glad this was just an exchange match. If it were in the wild or in a more intense battle, with your previous style of fighting that disregarded the opponent's Pokémon's limits, your Pokémon would likely have suffered more than just being unable to battle; it would have been left with irreparable injuries. As a Gym Leader, your responsibility is to guide and test your challengers, not to simply unleash your power, understand?"

Lt. Surge's body stiffened. He recalled the Pokémon he had knocked into the Pokémon Center, then looked at his three fallen companions before him. His face burned with embarrassment. After a moment of silence, he finally nodded heavily.

"……understood."

At this moment, Shi Dou took out his phone.

"You...what do you want to do?"

Ma Zhishi asked warily.

"If you lose the game, there has to be some kind of wager, right? I don't want your badge. How about this, you grant me one small request."

Shi Dou said matter-of-factly while turning on the camera.

Like a beautiful girl who lost a competition and had to write a tally mark on her leg!!

Looking around, Shi Dou's gaze fell on the cheering banners and ribbons from before. On a sudden inspiration, he had one of his underlings, who was ashen-faced, find a whiteboard and a thick pen. He wrote a few large characters on it and then stuffed it into the hands of the bewildered Ma Zhishi, making him hold it in front of his chest.

The whiteboard read:

"I lost, I'm BABY (T_T)"

"Come on, look at the camera and smile."

Ignoring Lt. Surge's expression of near-suicidal shame, Tokito forcibly put his arm around Lt. Surge's shoulder, made a victory sign at the camera, and clearly recorded the moment that the Vermilion City Gym Leader most wanted to erase from his life.

……

Sundae was still brimming with excitement as they left the Vermilion City Gym and headed towards the port.

"Mr. Tokito, you are truly amazing! Now, Master Lt. Surge should really reflect on his actions!"

"It's nothing. Someone has to teach him a lesson for his style, otherwise he'll kill the enthusiasm of new trainers."

Shi Dou smiled, then casually posted the striking group photo from earlier to his fan account, along with a concise yet deadly caption:

[Daily interaction at the Goldenrod City Fighting Gym: Guiding Lt. Surge, the Vermilion City Gym Leader, to deeply understand the true meaning of "love and peace" in combat. (Attached image: Lt. Surge holding up a sign that reads "I lost, I'm BABY")]

When they returned to the Pokémon Center to rest for the last time, Nurse Joy at the front desk saw Tokito and her eyes lit up. She immediately came over with a tablet computer.

"Mr. Tokito! Is this you?"

Shi Dou looked down and saw that the tablet was displaying the official community page of the Kanto Alliance. A popular post that had been reposted by the official account was the group photo and title that he had just posted!

The league's comment was added next to the title: "Promoting a healthy gaming atmosphere is commendable!"

The comment section below the post has completely exploded:

Wait a minute! Who is this handsome gym leader? Has the Saffron City Fighting Gym reopened?

[Well done! I've been fed up with M.S. for a long time! Every challenge he takes feels like a brush with death!]

[The wicked will be punished by the wicked... no, I mean, the allies of justice have arrived! How satisfying!]

[Haha, I could laugh at this photo for a year! Lt. Surge's expression is priceless!]

[What Pokémon is Mantis? It's so cool and powerful!]

[Followed! Followed! This is how a curator should be!]

The number of comments skyrocketed, and Shi Dou watched helplessly as his account's follower count soared like a rocket. The numbers jumped rapidly, and finally, amidst the cheers of countless netizens expressing "extreme satisfaction," and the cathartic support of trainers who had been "tortured" by Lt. Surge, the number abruptly froze—

100, 800, 1000!

One hundred thousand!

Breakthrough!

Shi Dou's heart skipped a beat, and an indescribable excitement surged into his heart.

The goal of 100,000 followers... has been achieved!

So... according to the rules of bracelets...

The third spirit from another world can finally be summoned?!

Shi Douqiang suppressed the urge to try it immediately, but the excitement shining in his eyes could not be concealed.

What will be the new partner?

Shidou was filled with boundless anticipation for this.

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