Chapter 19: Hirasawa Ichiro's Challenge
Although the target has been decided, the riverside is the main battlefield of the Lotus Leaf Boy, and also the evolved form of the Lotus Leaf Boy: the Lotus Hat Boy, so we must first find the one who is alone.
It is not difficult to find a lone lotus leaf boy. The lotus leaf boy is very quiet, not as naughty as the lotus hat boy. Generally, when the sunlight shines down, they will gather together to carry out photosynthesis. Usually they will stay in the water with only the green lotus leaves above their heads exposed.
The Lotus Leaf Boy fits Lin Chuan's understanding of the word "soft persimmon", so he has no objection to Kaliya's decision.
If he were asked to fight against the Lotus Hat Boy, he would definitely refuse without saying a word. The Lotus Hat Boy is at least level 14 and can kill him in seconds with one shot from his water gun. So why bother fighting?
The Lotus Leaf Boy not only has a low racial value and is a soft persimmon, but is also slow. The most threatening move for Lin Chuan is his water gun technique.
After finding a lone Lotus Leaf Boy, the battle began. Under Kalia's command, Lin Chuan first attacked the Lotus Leaf Boy, and there was a spark at the beginning.
After the Lotus Leaf Boy felt that he was being attacked, he also began to fight back. Although they are usually quiet and easy-going, any elf will fight back if they encounter a hostile enemy.
"Charmander, dodge the water gun moves."
The Lotus Leaf Boy had not yet released his moves, but had just dived into the water, but Kalia had already given the order.
Lin Chuan was a little surprised that Kalia could actually predict the Lotus Leaf Boy's moves. Although he was skeptical, he believed it the next second.
When the Lotus Leaf Boy reappeared on the water surface, his mouth bulged and a stream of water sprayed towards Lin Chuan.
Thanks to Kalia's reminder, Lin Chuan reacted quickly and dodged the water gun from the Lotus Leaf Boy.
"Very good, Charmander, continue to use Sparks before the Lotus Leaf Boy enters the water." Kalia encouraged and continued to give orders.
Because the Lotus Leaf Boy is in the water, the spark moves will only be effective when he comes out of the water. Otherwise, if he hides in the water, the sparks will not be able to hurt the Lotus Leaf Boy no matter what.
Lin Chuan was a little surprised. When Kalia gave the order, it was exactly the time when he could continue to release sparks. Her control over time was very precise.
However, Lin Chuan was also prepared to release sparks as soon as possible. He seized the opportunity, opened his mouth, and the first spark flew towards the lotus leaf boy.
The sparks hit the Lotus Leaf Boy, but unfortunately because there was water all around, the effect of the sparks was not as good as usual. There was nothing that could be done about it. When the elves fight, the impact of the environment is also very huge.
When using fire-type moves near a river, their power will definitely be reduced because there is water energy all around.
Kalia's command was very mature. The only mistake was that Lin Chuan failed to aim, causing the Lotus Leaf Boy to dodge it, but it was not a big deal.
After a battle, the Lotus Leaf Boy was defeated.
Lin Chuan basically did not suffer any injuries . He estimated that his score for this battle should be D. Although he won without any injuries, the Lotus Leaf Boy had limited physical strength, so D was already very good.
"That's a good performance, Charmander, but your spark accuracy is still a little lacking."
After the battle, Kalia first praised him, then took out a pen from her backpack, found a stone, and drew a circle and a dot.
Afterwards , Kalia asked Lin Chuan to use sparks to attack the center of the circle to improve the accuracy of the sparks.
After all, agile elves can easily dodge the opponent's moves in battle, especially special moves like sparks, which can be dodged as long as the reaction is fast enough.
Practicing the accuracy of sparks is very important for Charmander, and this kind of practice is not only helpful for releasing sparks, but also greatly improves other similar long-range moves.
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Time passed, and three days went by in a blink of an eye.
During these three days, Lin Chuan trained with Kaliya, mainly practicing the accuracy of sparks. However, how could he practice well? Basically, he trained for two minutes and slacked off for an hour.
Kalia was helpless about this. She had never seen such a lazy Charmander. He was either sleeping or eating, and sometimes he would secretly rummage through her backpack.
Compared to Kalia's helplessness, Lin Chuan was very comfortable. He had a very relaxing and happy life during these three days, eating, drinking and sleeping every day. Although he would occasionally fight a few battles, this was just to avoid wasting the daily battle score.
Lin Chuan did not use all the combat scores accumulated over three days to improve special attack all at once. He wanted to accumulate combat value and wait until after the upgrade, when it was confirmed that combat value could affect racial value, to improve special attack all at once to bring about a qualitative change.
Currently, Lin Chuan has a combat value of about 500, which is the result of three days of hard work. Although it seems like a lot, Lin Chuan knows that if it is all used to improve special attack, it probably won't increase much.
Lin Chuan guessed that he should be able to upgrade after today's training, and he would be able to see the increase in special attack after the upgrade in the evening.
Dense grass.
Kaliya commands the Wood Gecko. Compared to Lin Chuan, the Wood Gecko has experienced more battles in the past two days than he can count with two hands, and his strength has also improved by leaps and bounds.
However, she still hasn't learned super absorption, but Kalia feels that she will be able to do it soon, in these two days.
"Take a break, Woodshougong."
After defeating another wild insect-type Pokémon, Kalia prepared to take a rest and heal the injuries of the Wood Gecko first.
Just then, there was movement in the bushes, attracting Kalia's attention. Looking up, she found that it was a boy with a flat head.
The flat-headed boy was a little embarrassed when he saw Kalia, and said sheepishly: "Sorry, I just saw the wood geckos fighting from a distance, and I thought they were wild."
Kaliya said calmly: "It's okay, but my elf and I are resting, just don't disturb us."
The flat-headed boy smiled apologetically. He thought the wood gecko was ownerless. Now he thought he was too naive. How could there be a wild wood gecko?
However, this trainer actually has Bikololi as his starting Pokémon. How come I have never seen it in Pokémon competitions? Was it eliminated in the first round?
Um?
The flat-headed boy was thinking about it, when suddenly his eyes caught sight of the little fire dragon sleeping soundly next to him, its fiery red body was particularly eye-catching.
Is this her spirit too?
The flat-headed boy suddenly felt a little jealous. He was a civilian trainer, and his parents spent a lot of effort to buy him a batch of Poké Balls and a wild Sandshrew.
Just these things have used up half of the family’s savings. After all, a Poké Ball is very expensive and can be easily damaged in the process of capturing Pokémon.
He aspired to become a professional trainer and set out on a journey to challenge gyms. He happened to come to Kana City and signed up for this competition.
He was lucky enough to win the first place in the competition and was rewarded by the mayor of Kana with a very rare Thousand Fragrance Fruit, which can increase the resistance of the elves that eat it to water-based moves.
Although he was full of pride, he felt at this moment that everything he had worked hard for was not worth mentioning.
Charmander and Bimbisara are both very suitable Pokémon for novice trainers. They have gentle personalities, cute looks, and great potential.
The flat-headed boy recalled when he first got the sandmouse, although the sandmouse was very timid, it had a bad temper and scratched his arms with its claws several times.
It was not until a period of adjustment that the Sandshrew finally listened to him. However, due to its timid nature, the Sandshrew was still unable to fight.
Countless times, his companions laughed at him and advised him to change an elf, but he didn't believe them. After unremitting efforts, he finally gave the sandrat the courage to fight.
Only he himself knows the hard work involved.
But the trainer in front of him casually owned two rare Pokémon, and both were docile Pokémon.
"Hello, my name is Ichiro Hirasawa." The flat-headed boy smiled and introduced himself.
Kaliya politely replied, "Kaliya."
Hirasawa Ichiro suddenly said: "Well, I want to have a spirit battle with you, how about it?"
Kalia did not answer immediately. Hirasawa Ichiro took the initiative to invite her to a fight. She wanted to refuse, but she had some impression of this man. It seemed that he was the first place in that small-scale elf competition and had some strength.
Although Kalia didn't pay attention to those small-scale novice competitions, she had heard people talking about them in the hotel, so she knew something about it.
"Okay." Kalia nodded slightly. Although the two Pokémon had been fighting all the time, they were all with wild Pokémon. The battle between trainers could better reflect the cooperation between trainers and Pokémon.
Ichiro Hirasawa is a good opponent.
"That's great." Ichiro Hirasawa's face lit up. He wanted to prove his strength. Even when facing a trainer like Kalia, he believed that he would be able to win.
"So, what are the rules of the game?"
"I only have two Pokémon, so let's do 2v2, elimination system." Ichiro Hirasawa said. In the elimination system, Pokémon cannot be replaced. Only when a Pokémon loses its combat effectiveness can the next Pokémon be sent, unless the trainer voluntarily admits defeat.
The elimination system is rejected by many trainers. After all, they don't want the Pokémon to be too seriously injured. Generally, it is a rotation system, that is, after the Pokémon fight for a round, the trainer can propose to replace the Pokémon.
The rotation-based battle mode can prevent some trainers from maliciously harming their opponent's Pokémon, while also adding some fun to Pokémon battles.
Kalia has no objection to the elimination system. She is confident that she can defeat Ichiro Hirasawa. At the same time, she can also see the results of her training in the past few days.
Seeing that Kaliya agreed, Hirasawa Ichiro said again: "Let's go to the battle field in the Elf Center of Kana City."
The reason why he didn't fight here was naturally because the forest environment was advantageous for Grass-type Pokémon. In this way, once his Sandshrew fought against Wood Gecko, without being able to replace Pokémon, it would be exhausted by the agile Wood Gecko and eventually be defeated.
Kalia knew Ichiro Hirasawa's thoughts and plans, but in the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy or trickery was useless.
"Charmander, wake up."
Kalia tickled Lin Chuan's fat belly and then shook it hard.
Lin Chuan was shaken awake and opened his eyes with an unhappy look on his face. He was sleeping so soundly, it was really annoying.
