I caught a Pokémon

However, despite only being able to retaliate passively, Wobbuffet's abilities are undeniable. Not only did it completely block Roseredo's attacks, but it also made several precise counterattacks, leaving Roseredo struggling to cope.

For a time, the two sides fought back and forth, and the situation seemed to be maintained.

But at that moment, Cai Zhong suddenly burst into loud laughter.

"Your Wobbuffet is just as strong as it was yesterday. You used the same method to wear down my Roserade back then. But today, I've already come up with a solution!"

Just as she finished speaking, Cai Zhong and her Roseradore suddenly changed their strategy.

Instead of using straightforward attacks, she employed moves like Leech Seed and Giga Drain, draining Wobbuffet's energy until it finally collapsed!

Although Xia You hadn't watched their match yesterday, it was clear that the vegetable seed hadn't used this fighting style before, which directly stunned Wobbuffet.

but……

Xia You glanced at Ya Mi's bulging chest and shook her head inwardly.

Although Asuka could indeed be sucked down, Yami's own milk supply was still far too abundant. If she herself had encountered these attacks, she definitely could...

Oops!

My apologies, my apologies, how could I have thought of such a thing!

Startled, Xia You quickly shook off these dross thoughts and focused on the game in front of her.

(To reiterate: Yami's appearance is not based on the shriveled look in the original animation, but rather on her appearance in episode 10 of Advanced Generation: The Forest Mansion. Those who haven't seen it can search for it themselves or check the group album.)

After recalling Wobbuffet, Yami sent out a second Pokémon.

This is a ball carried by the wind.

In terms of appearance, this Pokémon looks like a hot air balloon that is more than a meter tall. Its upper part is purple and its lower part is light purple. Its eyes look like two red dots, and there is a yellow X-shaped pattern in the mouth area.

To be honest, although Xia You had seen it before, not many trainers used this kind of Pokémon in battle, and he had never battled with it, so he was not very familiar with this Tayrule.

Seeing that Xia You was staring at the Pokémon, Xiao Yao smiled slightly and handed her Pokédex to Xia You.

Speaking of which, since she accompanied Yami to the battle yesterday, she had naturally seen this Pokémon beforehand and had already learned about it through observation. Now, seeing Xia You's curious look, she couldn't help but take out her Pokédex, intending to show off in front of Xia You.

Xia You was well aware of her little scheme, and shook her head with amusement. She didn't discourage her, but instead leaned closer to the encyclopedia and took a look.

The label reads: "Turbo, the hot air balloon Pokémon, Ghost and Flying type. It is said that this Pokémon is formed from the gathering of souls who have lost all hope. The gas inside its body is made from souls, and it creates or exhales gas to adjust its altitude in the air. Some say that if Urbo's body becomes shriveled, it will take people and Pokémon away. According to rumors, if someone is caught by Urbo riding the wind at night, they will be transported to another world. There have even been cases where men who traveled on Urbo disappeared without a trace."

Seeing the description in the encyclopedia, Xia You stroked her chin.

The description above is so frightening, mentioning ghost Pokémon and rumors about them taking away souls. I really don't understand why the timid Yami would still catch it.

Isn't this just scaring yourself?

However, it's clear that Mimi isn't the only one who's afraid of Ghost Pokémon.

It can be said that when it appeared, Xiaoyao, Yami, and Caizhong all showed some discomfort.

Fortunately, Xiao Yao was the furthest away, and Xia You was sitting next to her, so she looked normal. But she would never dare to get close to the Wind Ball.

As for Yami, perhaps because she had spent a lot of time with the Wind Ball, or perhaps because the Wind Ball's hot air balloon-like shape didn't look so scary, she also looked quite normal, though her face was somewhat stiff.

The only thing severely affected was the vegetable seeds.

She was already very sensitive to ghostly auras, and the moment she saw the Wind Ball, she looked extremely uncomfortable. You could see the resistance on her face, but she had no choice but to bite the bullet and fight, which was quite a dilemma.

"You...you actually released it again, just as I...expected! But I'm different today than I was yesterday!"

Although Cai Zhong tried to appear relaxed, her tone betrayed her true feelings.

Just then, Xiaoyao whispered in Xia You's ear, covering her mouth and laughing softly, "You didn't see it, but it was really interesting when Miss Caizhong was battling this Windball yesterday. Her voice was even trembling. But she seems to be much better today. She must have been cheering herself on all night!"

"How dare you say that about her?" Xia You rolled her eyes at her with amusement. "The three of you are just like the pot calling the kettle black, aren't you all the same?"

"You're so annoying!" Hearing Xia You's teasing, Xiao Yao immediately punched him with her little fist.

Just as the two were joking and playing around, the battle in the arena had already begun.

Despite Cai Zhong's nonchalant tone and air of "I've seen through your tricks," her Roserade was quickly defeated when the battle actually began.

This brought the score back to 1-1.

After taking a deep breath and trying to calm herself down, Cai Zhong released her second Pokémon.

She sent out a tortoise.

As the final evolution of Torterra, one of the starter Pokémon in the Sinnoh region, Torterra reaches a height of 2.2 meters! Coupled with its heavy shell, massive body, and the large oak-like tree on its back, it looks like a behemoth, giving people a strong sense of awe!

Those who know about Ash's journey in Sinnoh know that Torterra was one of Ash's Pokémon in the later stages of Sinnoh. Of course, although its record was rather dismal, and it lost more than it won after evolving into Torterra, it was very brave and had its moments of glory. It can only be said that it was Ash's own command problem, but it cannot be said that it was weak!

These Pokémon possess enormous bodies resembling beautiful gardens and are incredibly strong. They live in groups deep in the forest, traversing mountains and fields in search of clean water. Sometimes, smaller Pokémon gather together and build nests on the back of a motionless Torterra. Some Pokémon are even born on Torterra's back and spend their entire lives there. In the distant past, people even imagined that a giant Torterra existed beneath the earth, believing that it held up the entire continent.

Xia You also learned from Xiao Yao that Cai Zhong's Earth Tortoise did not actually play yesterday. It seems that, just as Cai Zhong herself said, she did make full preparations and adjusted her strategy. This Earth Tortoise should be the one she prepared specifically to deal with the Wind Ball!

From an attribute perspective, the Flying-type Tayrule undoubtedly has a strong suppressive effect on Torterra, but there must be a reason why Naga dares to send out Torterra as the second move.

Or rather, the vegetable seed actually intended to determine the winner against the Wind Ball through its attributes!

At the start of the battle, she commanded Torterra to use Sandstorm. Instantly, the entire battlefield was covered by yellow sand. Under the blowing of the wind and sand, Tadpole couldn't control its body at all and was directly swept into the sandstorm!

So that's what you were planning!

Now everyone understands the strategy for planting vegetables.

However, it must be said that as a Grass-type Gym Leader, Cai Zhong taught her Torterra the Rock-type Sandstorm, which shows just how much she was driven to this point by this Tayrule.

However, it has indeed achieved good results.

Not only could Mimi's commands not reach Tadpole through the sandstorm, but it couldn't even recall the Pokémon!

Yami could only watch helplessly as the earthworm from the vegetable seedlings moved its massive body into the sandstorm.

Then, the green energy representing the grass element flickered intermittently within the sandstorm...

Chapter 960 Handsome Guy: Brother Xia You

When the sandstorm subsided, the group hurriedly looked towards the battlefield, only to see Yami's Windball lying on the ground, and in front of it, the Earth Platform Turtle stood there like a small mountain.

The outcome is already decided...

This result can be said to be both reasonable and unexpected.

After all, the sandstorm had the same concealment effect on both trainers. Not only Sparrow, but even the commands of the Windseeker could not reach Torterra's ears. And without command, Torterra was still able to defeat the Windseeker. It seems that the Windseeker had indeed practiced this tactic more than once in private.

Feeling a bit emotional, Xia You was about to say something to Xiao Yao when her phone rang.

Ok?

Who would call you at this time?

Puzzled, Xia You took out her phone and saw that it was a handsome guy calling!

This surprised Xia You, since handsome men rarely contact her first, let alone at eight or nine o'clock in the morning.

Xia You gestured to Xiao Yao, then got up and left the audience seats. She didn't answer the phone until she reached the corridor.

The next second, the handsome guy's voice, which sounded like he hadn't woken up yet, rang in his ears.

"Brother Xia You, are you in Baidai City right now?"

Xia You wasn't surprised that the handsome guy knew his whereabouts; he was just curious why the handsome guy would contact him at this time, and why he would get straight to the point right away.

"We're in Baidai City. What happened? What's wrong?"

The handsome man on the other end of the phone laughed, but the laughter, coupled with his extremely haggard voice, sounded incredibly weak no matter how you listened to it.

How many nights have you been staying up...?

"Of course something happened, but wasn't it all your doing? You're in Baidai City, you should know better than me."

With just one sentence, Xia You knew that the handsome guy must know about her raid on the Galaxy Team's base, her capture of Jupiter, and her defeat of the team members at the museum.

But there's nothing strange or big deal about that. He never intended to hide it, and it was only a matter of time before the handsome guy found out.

Xia You laughed and said, "If you came here specifically to thank me, then there's no need for that. With our relationship, is there any need for such formalities?"

At this moment, the sounds of battle came from the battlefield again. It was obvious that the fourth match between Cai Zhong and Ya Mi had started again. The sounds of battle were so loud that they could be clearly heard in the corridor.

This forced Xia You to walk further away to hear the handsome man's voice clearly.

"...If it were just a simple thank you, I wouldn't need to call you. After all, as you said, we're old friends, so there's no need for excessive formalities. Of course, I really should thank you for this. I didn't expect that you would destroy a Team Galactic base so soon after arriving in Sinnoh. Your efficiency is far superior to ours! It even made Lila and me look good in front of those people at headquarters!"

The handsome man chuckled and first praised Xia You, but then he changed the subject: "But... it seems you're being watched!"

Upon hearing this, Xia You frowned, instinctively thinking that Team Galactic had discovered her disguise!

If that's really the case, then I was extremely careless!

Just as she was about to speak, the handsome man continued, "When you were acting, did you use that Gengar disguise from before?"

The handsome guy was naturally familiar with Xia You's disguise, after all, he had worn that outfit before when he participated in the operation in the Johto region with Sabrina, in which the Interpol attacked Team Rocket's base. It can be said that it left a deep impression on the Elite Four members Kazuki and Rika at the time!

Do you remember what code name Xia You gave herself back then?

Oh right, I think it's called player?

That's a really strange code name.

Xia You nodded, then asked with some confusion, "That's right, is there a problem?"

"Haha, I knew it!" the handsome guy laughed. "Actually, even before I received the report, when I heard that someone wearing a Gengar mask had attacked the Team Galactic building, I knew it must be you. So... when people asked me about you, I kept it a secret!"

"Someone asked you about me?" Xia You frowned, a thought flashing through her mind. She immediately thought of someone and tentatively asked, "...The person you're talking about, wouldn't it be Zhu Lan...?"

"That's right! It's her!" The handsome man's voice was a mix of amazement and schadenfreude. "I really don't know how you offended her. Last night, she directly asked me for information about you. Of course, she didn't know your real identity. She just asked me if I knew someone who wore a Gengar mask and had great strength who was active here!"

Xia You never expected that it would be Zhu Lan who inquired about him!

And she actually went to the International Police to find herself!

Is it really necessary?!

Didn't I just dig one... well, two holes for her?

"How did you answer?"

"Don't worry," the handsome man laughed. "I sensed something was off about her tone, so how could I possibly leak your information? I just said we didn't know either. By the way, you should also inform Lila about this. She knows about your disguise. I don't know if Zhulan will ask her, but at least we should take precautions."

With a sigh, Xia You thanked her.

It's worth noting that Cynthia is also a champion, and her reputation in the Sinnoh region is unmatched. She is equally important to the Interpol. The fact that she would go to such lengths for him shows that the handsome guy truly considers her a friend.

After all, once Zhu Lan discovers that the handsome guy has deceived her and kept it a secret, her impression of him, and even of the entire Interpol police force, will instantly plummet.

Willing to take such a risk, it's definitely worth the effort...

At that moment, the handsome man couldn't help but ask, "By the way... what exactly did you do to her? Why is she so eager to know your identity? It couldn't be you...?"

"What are you thinking? Am I that kind of person?"

After making a complaint, Xia You didn't hide anything and recounted how she had twice diverted everyone's attention to Zhu Lan in order to conceal her identity.

handsome guy:……

After a long silence, a wry laugh came from the other end: "You're too mean! This is basically making Zhu Lan draw all the fire for you! If it were me, I would find you no matter what!"

Boom!

Another violent explosion occurred at the arena, shaking the entire Hyakudai Dojo.

Xia You and the handsome man exchanged a few more casual pleasantries, and just when he thought their conversation was over, he keenly sensed that the handsome man seemed to have something he couldn't say.

"What's wrong?" he couldn't help but ask. "Why are you stammering? Did you get fired by Interpol?"

Xia You meant to make the handsome guy relax with a little joke, since they could talk about most things as long as it wasn't a matter of principle. But she didn't expect that even after the joke, the handsome guy still seemed hesitant.

This made Xia You curious again.

Under his persistent questioning, the handsome man finally spoke up: "Um... Brother Xia You, there's actually something else I wanted to tell you when I called this time."

From his tone, Xia You knew that the matter was definitely not trivial, but she didn't care too much: "Just say what's on your mind."

"Ahem." The handsome man cleared his throat and smiled sheepishly. "It's like this, the Jupiter you captured yesterday was rescued last night..."

He paused for a moment, expecting Xia You to be shocked upon hearing the news, but instead he only received an "Oh".

This left the handsome man speechless, unable to utter any explanation he had prepared.

"Huh? Aren't you surprised?"

Faced with the handsome man's question, Xia You was rather puzzled: "Surprised? Why should I be surprised? At most, I'm just a little surprised. After all, he's just a mere officer of the Galactic Team. I've seen countless people with this kind of strength and status. So what if he ran away? We can just catch him again next time we meet him. Besides, in my opinion, they're no different from ordinary team members. Of course, I'm referring to their combat strength."