Chapter 110: Canned Food In The Arena
Suicune leaped down from the roof of the Pokémon Day Care and stood beside Zuo Hang together with Gardevoir.
“Legend?” Madame Blood Dragon said softly.
Seeing Suicune’s posture like this, he was probably Zuo Hang’s Pokémon.
This kid seems to have just turned 15 according to the intel on Aether.
At this age, plus a Legendary Suicune…
Madame Blood Dragon suddenly thought of another person, also a boy, also possessing a Legend.
Zuo Hang’s eyes were very calm, but within that calmness was a hint of defiance. The other boy she thought of also had eyes as calm as Zuo Hang’s, but deep in his eyes was a trace of laziness.
Thinking of this, Madame Blood Dragon couldn’t help but feel regretful.
She heard that after Han Hao got the championship, he went home to open a Gym, and the location was just Feiao City.
“Fine, 6v6 group battle, but the space here is too small. Let’s change places.” Zuo Hang’s voice pulled Madame Blood Dragon back.
“Change places? Sure, I’m not familiar with here. You pick the spot.” Madame Blood Dragon said.
“Feiao Arena, it’s not far from the Pokémon Day Care. Come with me.”
With that, Zuo Hang reached for Doublade’s Poké Ball…
“Sha la~” Gardevoir pressed Zuo Hang’s hand.
“Sha la~（ Let me do it, I fly fast）”
Her beautiful big eyes carried a hint of desire. Like an unemployed female driver…
“Hiss~~” Zuo Hang took a deep breath, “Alright then… you do it… wait…”
“—Whoosh!”
Before he could finish the second half of the sentence, Zuo Hang was lifted by a Psychic Field, his face feeling the familiar wind pressure, distorting into a comical shape under the high-speed flight.
Seeing this, Madame Blood Dragon instinctively took this high-speed flight as a provocation from the opponent. She leaped onto Salamence’s back and patted his neck, “Fly at full speed. Don’t let those wings lose to Psychic.”
“—Roar~~~!!!!!” Salamence flapped its wings and took off, letting out a high-pitched dragon roar. Though starting later, it caught up to Gardevoir with just one flap.
Compared to wings, Psychic was still a bit inferior. Gardevoir naturally wouldn’t accept defeat, but… she overlooked one issue.
—This was Feiao City, a small city.
The distance between the Pokémon Day Care and Feiao Arena was short enough for her to cover with one acceleration.
Suicune leisurely followed behind the two Pokémon, condensing a layer of water curtain under his feet that he could step on.
A levitation method similar to Snowy Child’s, but Suicune was clearly more proficient than Snowy Child.
……
As soon as Zuo Hang and Madame Blood Dragon landed, they immediately attracted a large crowd’s attention around them.
Though it was a small city, plenty of people came to the arena every day. Pokémon like Gardevoir and Salamence with high rarity easily drew passersby’s gazes.
Zuo Hang heard various exclamations, most of them about Madame Blood Dragon’s Salamence.
Zuo Hang wasn’t much of a celebrity, but Madame Blood Dragon was. The Paris League had just ended, and she was a highly notorious figure globally.
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“Don’t even think about it, Canned Food Bro. King Han won’t come to the arena.”
“Heh, King Han’s Gym is in Feiao City. Can’t get into the Gym? Can’t I at least enter the arena?”
The man called Canned Food was a Top 100 in Bilibili’s Battle Zone, his most popular “Myth of the Finishing Move” series videos having tens of millions of playback volume at their peak.
Most protagonists in “Myth of the Finishing Move” were Phantom King Han Hao, but after winning the League championship, Han Hao announced his retirement publicly.
Rumor has it he’s now a laid-back Gym Leader, serving as the Arena Champion in his own Gym. Only challengers who beat the top three Gym defenders in Phantom Gym’s challenge match get a chance to see him.
Though Canned Food was a Top 100 in Battle Zone, he himself wasn’t a particularly strong Trainer, and Phantom Gym was an S3-level Gym. Winning even the first stage was extremely difficult for him.
Without King Han, Canned Food’s “Myth of the Finishing Move” series had long lost its former popularity, dropping from tens of millions of playback volume to millions, and the recent episodes struggling to even break a million.
Squatting at Feiao Arena was the only method he could think of. Even if he didn’t spot Han Hao, other strong Trainers would do.
Though Feiao was a small place, many awesome Trainers from the League came from here. Canned Food’s intuition was always spot on; he’d been squatting here for nearly half a month… and today… he already smelled the scent of material.
“Canned Food Bro, look at that Salamence! Isn’t that Madame Blood Dragon’s? Huh?? There’s a guy next to her! Behind that guy seems to be a Gardevoir! It’s Gardevoir!!”
A little girl holding a monocular telescope stood on the top floor of the arena. She was Canned Food’s assistant and Bodyguard, an Elite-level Trainer.
“Madame Blood Dragon??” Canned Food snatched his assistant’s monocular telescope.
“Holy crap! It’s really Blood Dragon! Quick quick! Hurry! Material’s here!!”
“Hm?” Canned Food let out a light sound of surprise, “Why is there a Suicune behind them?!”
“Holy shit! It’s really Suicune! I told you Feiao hides dragons and crouching tigers! Quick quick! Little Maple, hurry downstairs!”
The two carried a bunch of equipment and ran downstairs.
Zuo Hang and Madame Blood Dragon were fighting a 6v6, and the only place in Feiao Arena for 6v6 battles was the outdoor Battle Arena on the first floor.
No AT Field protection, no audience seats, just an open area paved with ordinary Battle Venue sand.
Zuo Hang stepped onto the Battle Arena to test it; it was a bit rough underfoot.
“Pikachu, Gardevoir, Suicune.”
“Pika~”
“Sha la~”
The three Pokémon walked into the Battle Arena simultaneously. At the same time, Zuo Hang also pulled out the remaining three Poké Balls from his lower back.
—Charizard, Ninjask, Darkrai!
Madame Blood Dragon also pulled out her remaining five Poké Balls.
—Garchomp, Hydreigon, Flygon, Haxorus, Turtonator!
Madame Blood Dragon lived up to her title as a Dragon-type specialist Trainer.
“Electric Terrain! Misty Terrain! Charizard, Swords Dance to max! Suicune, Gardevoir, start Meditation! Darkrai, Dark Void! Ninjask, Double Team for cover!”
Gardevoir was the first to activate Seal. At the first moment, she could only choose one target, and Gardevoir’s choice was undoubtedly the suspected ace Salamence.
Ninjask split into hundreds of afterimages. The sky-covering Ninjask revealed the scythes on their forearms; his purpose was to cover his teammates to complete their stats improvement.
“Garchomp! Draco Meteor!”
The best way to deal with this kind of otherworldly Pokémon using Double Team was to use a large-scale group attack.
Garchomp held an orange light cannon in its mouth, tilted its head back, and shot the light cannon into the sky!
“—Boom~~~!!!”
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