Chapter 22: Flat Noodles With Chaos, Zuo Hang’s Approval
Natu is a green little bird with very short wings and an upright feather on its head.
Pancham is holding a leaf in its mouth, with an expression that looks quite angry. Pancham glares at opponents during battle because it looks quite cute, so Leer has no effect, and it often fails when using Leer.
“Pancham! Tackle!”
“Natu! Peck!”
“Cough cough cough” Zuo Hang choked on a sip of cola.
He had thought Pancham might start with Work Up or Find a Friend. Natu would probably take advantage of its Flying Type superiority to rise into the air.
Now it seems
Sorry, he was overthinking it
These two are really just ordinary newcomer trainers
Natu’s speed is clearly a bit faster than Pancham’s. Its wings flap, rising from the ground. Skill flowing light shines on its beak. With a second flap, Natu shoots toward Pancham like a bullet, its sharp beak aiming at Pancham’s chest.
Tackle was a beat slow, but it activated just as Natu was about to collide!
The two collide. Pancham steps back, suddenly wrapping its arms around Natu who wants to rise into the air.
“—Dong~” A Headbutt smashes into Natu’s skull. Pancham jumps half a meter high from the ground, pouring its entire body weight onto Natu. When it stands up again, Natu has already lost its combat ability.
From start to finish, only Tackle and Peck two skills were used. Pancham might have used Leer too, it just had no effect.
Mismagius brings over two bowls of steaming squid pancake noodles, the rising steam momentarily blocking the screen.
Pancham’s last move had a bit of Body Press flavor.
Zuo Hang thinks this Pancham is pretty good. Wang Wenchuan must have taught him some Body Press moves. Both Pokémon are Fighting Type, and they’re trained quite properly, so Wang Wenchuan’s family probably has a trainer who specializes in Fighting Type.
He picks up a chopstick of noodles and blows on it.
Golden noodles that look appetizing just by sight. Zuo Hang thought squid pancake noodles were that kind of spicy stir-fried noodles, but unexpectedly, what was served was soup noodles.
Chewy and bouncy in the mouth, very satisfying to chew. The diced squid pancakes paired with the ultimate aroma from a hint of spices, the wonderful texture of noodles and squid sliding into the mouth together, teeth crunching the squid pancakes, juicy tenderness overflowing the mouth from inside~
“—Sss~”
Nanchuan East Road’s squid pancake noodles, I love it!
Jiang Xia eats noodles alone in the corner, somewhat out of sync with the atmosphere of the three. Jiang Xia is very embarrassed right now; she just wants to finish eating quickly.
The Dedenne beside her hasn’t lifted its head since Zuo Hang came in, just keeps gnawing at the blueberry-flavored puff pastry in its little bowl.
Dedenne has been traumatized by Pikachu. He doesn’t want to see any yellow things that discharge right now.
“Pika~” The Electric Mouse greets Dedenne. The Dedenne standing on the table gets startled and trips flat on the ground, nearly face-planting into the puff pastry.
Jiang Xia coldly looks at Zuo Hang, but the person focused on eating noodles completely ignores her.
“Pika~” The Electric Mouse shrugs its hands; it really just wanted to say hello.
The victory or defeat on Xingye’s side is also decided. Squinting-eyed Lin Ping easily beats Yuan Wenfeng. This tall muscular guy is just as simple as he showed in PE class; his Pokémon seems to only have one Small Fist Stone.
Not only Yuan Wenfeng practiced skills all morning, but he was the only one who stood out, so Yuan Wenfeng successfully became the target others had their eyes on.
That evening, eight o’clock.
After sending Zuo Rou back to the dormitory, Zuo Hang opens a private training room in Training Ground No. 5, the closest to the dormitory.
100 contribution points per hour, surprisingly expensive.
Releasing Darkrai and Gardevoir, the three Pokémon begin their evening sparring.
Darkrai’s opponents successfully become the Electric Mouse and Gardevoir together. Darkrai sighs inwardly; he knew this day of mixed doubles would come eventually. He just didn’t expect it to come so soon.
Indoor venue, the three Pokémon dare not make too much noise. Even though the training ground’s outer wall uses shock-absorbing reinforced concrete and the room walls use special steel plates for double protection, it still can’t withstand the Electric Mouse’s full-power Thunderbolt.
However
This has no impact on the battle situation.
Even without high-power skills, Darkrai can’t withstand the Electric Mouse and Gardevoir’s mixed doubles.
The Electric Mouse and Gardevoir are very accommodating and don’t attack first, instead waiting for Darkrai to release several Gusts first.
—Gust: Ghost Type special attack, suddenly whipping up a chilling storm to attack the opponent, sometimes raising all of its own stats.
A dark energy storm whips up in the venue. Pikachu and Gardevoir silently retreat to the side, watching Darkrai’s momentum continuously rise in the storm.
One breath.
Two breaths
Darkrai’s stats have basically been raised to the current limit.
Third breath, battle starts!
Golden electric arcs fill the entire training ground. Gardevoir suddenly appears behind Darkrai. The summer moon high in the sky above White Dragon Academy condenses into a pale pink energy in Gardevoir’s palm.
—Moonblast!
Fourth breath.
Moonlight and electric arcs explode on Darkrai at the same time.
Darkrai knew this situation was coming and preemptively opened a Nightmare Space under its feet with Dark Void. Dark Void is no longer the eerie killing move that drags others into dreams but becomes Darkrai’s shelter to evade the thunder and Moonblast.
The Electric Mouse has a move weaving an electric net from dual-color lightning, which can effectively prevent Darkrai from using shadow sneak.
Darkrai’s special ability is to turn into a shadow to dodge opponents’ attacks, but this move is completely useless against Pikachu, so Darkrai practiced opening a hole under its feet.
Can’t turn into shadow? Then turn into a nightmare!
Sounds cool, but it’s actually just to avoid getting hit.
Darkrai sighs inwardly.
Day after day… when will it end?
Only Darkrai itself can enter the Nightmare Space. The two outside are useless no matter how skilled, unless they are strong enough to interfere with another space.
Darkrai is plotting a counterattack inside the Dark Void when its Nightmare Space suddenly distorts. Some red light appears in the dark environment, clinging to the inner walls of the Nightmare Space, trying to crush this layer of space.
This…
This is Psychic?!
Darkrai gets scared and quickly darts out of the space. Dual-color electric light just happens to press down on its emergence.
Darkrai wants to use Double Team to dodge but discovers Gardevoir’s Psychic has covered around its body at some point. The Psychic that previously crushed the Dark Void makes Darkrai instinctively panic, forgetting that Psychic is actually a Psychic Type skill.
Darkrai is immobilized under Psychic’s control. On the surface, it looks like Psychic has pinned Darkrai in place, but actually Gardevoir just trapped Darkrai in a Psychic Barrier shaped like its body. A little force would break it, but Darkrai clearly hasn’t realized this.
It has already given up resisting.
Darkrai maintains an indifferent expression amid the electric current.
Isn’t it just electricity? It’s been almost a week of getting zapped, come on, whatever! Already accepted it.
“Zzz~ Zzz~~”
Darkrai’s form scatters from the electricity; the shadow-like form can no longer hold.
Pikachu held back. Can’t zap too hard the first time; it’s only eight o’clock now. Zuo Hang’s evening training time is usually around 4 hours, meaning Darkrai needs to battle Pikachu and Gardevoir until 12 o’clock.
Long night ahead, only electricity for company~
I guess no one doesn’t know that Moonblast is the former Moonblast and Moon Power, right.
（ps2: Recommending a book《 Pokémon Life》, by Jiangjiang, super healing writing style~ Because Qidian randomly swallows links, so specially writing a ps~）
