People in the Elf: God rewards hard work and I become stronger at the speed of light Chapter 129

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– 小茂: Shigeru

– 大木博士: Professor Oak

– 小智: Satoshi

“Using Mimic!”

As the saying goes, one move can conquer the world. For Zorua, who inherently lacked long-range offensive moves, Mimic was a divine skill!

Therefore, facing the Blastoise’s sudden Water Gun, Zorua showed no panic.

Clap!

Its small front paws slapped the ground, and streams of water rapidly surged from the ground in a straight line, meeting the attack head-on.

“Glare! Then use Extrasensory!”

Immediately after, almost in the blink of an eye, Bai Ze’s next command was swiftly issued.

“Woo~!”

Zorua lived up to expectations, and as it glared at its opponent, red light emanated from its eyes.

Blastoise couldn’t help but tremble the moment their eyes met.

A faint glow flickered around its body, and its defense was lowered.

Not only that.

This momentary daze was also exploited by Zorua, who seized the opportunity to pull hard, and an invisible mysterious force instantly yanked it up.

“Pull it over! Knock Off! Fury Swipes!”

Swish—

The brightness in Zorua’s eyes deepened. While pulling Blastoise, it pushed off with its hind legs and slapped Blastoise’s belly in mid-air.

Immediately, a deep energy surged and struck. With a ‘pat’, the ‘Mystic Water’ necklace around Blastoise’s neck broke… The ‘Mystic Water’, which could completely act as a source of energy during battle, was knocked aside.

And then…

Zorua’s sharp claws, extended like blades, crisscrossed and swiftly slashed Blastoise’s body.

Countless blue and white streaks of light flashed by. The next second, Blastoise was sent flying back with a cry of pain, rolling towards the ground.

Bai Ze, with matters weighing on his mind, was clearly not the same as before.

His offense was swift and fierce.

Around him, there was even a faint aura of transcendence, held in check.

“Blastoise!”

Shigeru’s face was filled with shock. The huge gap between trainers left him almost no room to retaliate. Fortunately, it wasn’t too late at this moment, and he still had time to counterattack: “Blastoise, withdraw into your shell, use Rapid Spin!”

Bang—

“Blastoise…”

Blastoise managed to flip its body the moment it landed, using its shell to cushion some of the damage.

Then, it used the rebound from its shell to retract its body into the shell and, taking advantage of the momentum, began to spin rapidly like a top.

It must be said,

To complete this series of reactions under such conditions, this Blastoise truly lived up to the system’s evaluation of ‘excellent growth in terms of balanced abilities’… Its reactions, pressure resistance, even its endurance, and understanding of commands were all outstanding, with no weaknesses whatsoever!

However…

Clap!

With a crisp snap of his fingers, Bai Ze’s clear voice came again: “Taunt! Scary Face! Foul Play!”

Another series of consecutive commands!

“Hehehe~”

Zorua’s movements today seemed exceptionally agile. Accompanied by a slightly playful chuckle, and under the strange connection of power, the rapidly spinning Blastoise smoothly changed direction and headed towards Zorua’s face.

At the same time, behind Zorua, who was making a scary face on its charming fox-like visage, a pair of dark energy pupils faintly appeared in the void.

Immediately,

The rapidly spinning Blastoise instantly slowed down.

And a dark energy shockwave followed closely behind, pushing towards Blastoise in mid-air!

“Blastoise, use Protect!”

Facing such a situation, Shigeru had no choice but to use the crucial Protect skill.

Instantly.

Buzz—

A shimmering green energy shield immediately rose, enveloping Blastoise as it faced the Foul Play.

The dark torrent arrived in an instant.

But under Shigeru’s astonished gaze, the dark torrent directly pierced through the shield formed by the Protect skill and Blastoise itself.

Then,

It dissipated into nothingness in mid-air, as if losing its color.

Thump—

Blastoise, which had been holding its breath, immediately crashed to the ground. As the shield shattered, it poked its head out of its shell and stumbled forward a few steps, somewhat unsteady on its feet.

“Not good!”

Shigeru’s face changed instantly. A flash of inspiration struck him, and he suddenly remembered the snap of Bai Ze’s fingers earlier.

And,

Zorua’s strange ‘hiding’ technique…

Shigeru suddenly looked up, and sure enough, he once again saw Zorua’s familiar small figure under the ceiling, rapidly falling towards Blastoise!

Between its small front paws, an extremely unstable purplish-black energy ball pulsed, as if it could explode at any moment.

“Blastoise! Watch out for your head…”

Before Shigeru could finish speaking, Zorua in the air had already launched its attack. Its swift body charged downwards, propelling a large amount of compressed Dark-type energy factors, heavily impacting Blastoise, who instinctively squatted down, covering its head.

Boom boom boom—

Black energy exploded outwards from Zorua’s paws, forming a small, semi-circular spinning energy field.

Blastoise, without wasting any of the attack’s power, directly bore the full force of Foul Play. It was directly caught in the center of the energy impact, and under repeated Dark-type energy attacks, it quickly lost its ability to battle.

[You commanded Zorua to defeat Oki Shigeru’s Blastoise. You have gained some insights. Battle experience + 5, Zorua experience + 8, Mimic proficiency + 1, Scary Face proficiency + 1, Knock Off proficiency + 1, Fury Swipes proficiency + 1, Taunt proficiency + 1x 5, Foul Play proficiency + 1]

As the system’s prompt sounded, the smoke dissipated.

Zorua, with Dark-type energy factors constantly surging around it but being suppressed, stood with one foot on Blastoise’s shell, head held high, letting out a victor’s howl: “Awooo~~~”

While howling,

It also carefully glanced around with its eyes, constantly scanning Bai Ze’s face with its peripheral vision… That guilty and charming little look was simply adorable!

Pfft—

Bai Ze couldn’t help but chuckle softly.

Zorua’s eyes immediately lit up, and it scampered over on its short legs, pouncing into Bai Ze’s embrace, whining and acting spoiled.

“You, you…”

Bai Ze couldn’t help but lightly tap Zorua’s forehead with a bit more force, sighing with a touch of helplessness.

He wasn’t actually too angry.

He was just slightly puzzled and annoyed by Zorua’s sudden action.

“We’ll talk more about today’s events when we get back!” Saying that, Bai Ze kneaded and rubbed the little guy in his hands vigorously, as if it were dough.

“o(////▽////)q~~~” Zorua immediately whimpered.

At first, it was fine.

But as he listened, Bai Ze suddenly felt something was off, because Zorua’s voice gradually became more drawn out, not sounding like it was begging for mercy, but rather filled with a sense of ‘joy’…

On the other side, Shigeru had reattached the Mystic Water to Blastoise and recalled it into its Poké Ball.

“As expected of Brother Bai Ze, once he gets serious, I have no chance to fight back at all…”

He sighed slightly.

Although there was reluctance in his eyes, Shigeru’s expression was very calm, which made Professor Oak unable to help but smile.

Meanwhile, Satoshi felt an unprecedented sense of unfamiliarity from this… It was as if his most important ‘rival’ since childhood was about to completely widen the gap between them at this moment…

This inexplicable sense of panic made him feel somewhat annoyed.

And not only that.

Although the battle wasn’t over yet, Shigeru’s demonstrated strength, far superior to his own, also left Satoshi’s heart in a mess… Had he unknowingly been left so far behind by Shigeru?

For the first time in his life.

Satoshi fell into deep thought…

Listening to Shigeru’s sigh, Bai Ze, who temporarily cast aside the strange thoughts in his mind, raised an eyebrow slightly and chuckled: “What, you’ve realized the gap, so you’re not going to continue fighting?”

“How could that be!”

Shigeru replied cleanly and concisely, “Running away without a fight, that’s not my style!”

“Oh?”

“Brother Bai Ze, let me see your true strength in the final battle!” Shigeru’s eyes blazed with fighting spirit, “I want to battle Beedrill. I want to know how big the gap between us truly is!”

“Is that so? Alright then…”

Bai Ze nodded slightly, casually placing Zorua, who had a ‘massage’ expression on its face, onto his shoulder. He took out Beedrill’s Poké Ball from the front of his waist.

He lightly pressed the button.

The Luxury Ball, the size of a ping-pong ball, immediately expanded to the size of a tennis ball.

A red and white flash shot out, revealing Beedrill’s metallic figure the moment it landed. It stood still, spear in hand, insect eyes lowered, like a motionless statue, silent and still.

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