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With a proud expression, Xiao Mao spoke in a rather arrogant tone; the smooth sailing he had been on all the way had made this little brat arrogant.
"Okay, the rules for battles at the Viridian Gym are 33: the Gym Leader cannot trade Pokémon."
Aizen smiled nonchalantly, not getting angry, and grabbed a Poké Ball from his waist, tossing it out: "Go teach this kid a lesson about humility as a Pokémon Trainer, Kingler."
"click"
The giant king crab, its two pincers clashing together, stared at Shigeru with a provocative attitude as soon as it appeared.
This level of pressure caused Shigeru to slightly soften his attitude. As the grandson of the Pokémon Professor, Shigeru had a fairly clear understanding of the strength of Pokémon.
This opponent is no pushover! Having made this judgment in his mind, Xiao Mao knew that if he didn't take this battle seriously, he might really lose.
However, driven by his pride, Shigeru hesitated for a moment before choosing one of his Poké Balls, giving it a light kiss, and then tossing it out with a showy air: "Go for it, mine!"
"Awooo!!!"
The handsome dog with red fur and black stripes roared with its head held high, its white fur making it look even more majestic, instantly shattering the giant crab's imposing aura.
Seeing this, Aizen smiled with some surprise: "Fighting against elemental resistance, this decision isn't very wise."
"Hmph, Arcanine won't be defeated just because of a type disadvantage."
Aizen himself neither confirmed nor denied this.
In terms of base stats, Kingler is indeed very poor, almost 90 points worse than Arcanine. Otherwise, Giovanni wouldn't have repeatedly trained a second team of 22 that were only at level two.
Now look at the Ironhide Tyrannosaurus. Before it even evolved into Super Ironhide Tyrannosaurus, Giovanni trained it to become an Elite Four member. Another unevolved Ironhide Rhydon is already close to becoming an Elite Four member. That's the difference.
However, this doesn't mean that Giovanni's Kingler Crab is weak.
If he were to command seriously, Aizen could not only take over an entire enemy team, but also all the Pokémon they were raising at Oak's lab.
After all, compared to Sakaki, an "ordinary person," Aizen had a much broader perspective.
I don't know how much higher
With the referee's whistle, the match officially began.
"Flame Jet!"
"The light from the bubbles overwhelmed him."
"Ouch!"
"Click!"
Since the opponent used elemental attacks to fight head-on, Aizen didn't bother to think much and simply had the Kingler Crab retaliate.
It must be said that, even though the other creature has a higher base stat, it is still inferior to Kingler in terms of strength, despite being of the same level.
Furthermore, due to the collision of opposing attributes, even though the flame jet itself was more powerful than the bubble beam, it was still overwhelmed by the seemingly fragile bubbles.
Xiao Mao's brow twitched; he clearly hadn't expected the difference to be so significant.
After a moment's hesitation, Xiao Mao immediately ordered, "Shadow clones, spread out around us!"
"hail."
"What! This skill can be used indoors too?"
Seeing Aizen's nonchalant command, Shigeru was terrified.
The scene that unfolded the next second completely made Gary doubt his previous knowledge of Pokémon: frozen clouds appeared in the empty gym room, and fine ice shards fell from the sky.
In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen Arcanines were reduced to only one by ice shards; if they imagined encountering a real object, they would be pierced through.
Aizen's eyes were mocking.
The Tokiwa Dojo is so big, yet it lacks any special environment. In fact, the indoor conditions are not conducive to the release of moves like those related to earthquakes. Do you really think there are no conditions that would be advantageous to the dojo owner?
The spaciousness, comparable to a stadium, provides the conditions for creating an indoor environment.
However, Pokémon that haven't specifically studied weather-related moves can't unleash them, and even if Kingler manages to use it, it's unlikely to cause any real damage.
Unfortunately, this just happened to expose their deception.
Two consecutive defeats completely awakened this genius.
The opponent he was facing was no ordinary gymnastics team... This was the Viridian Gym, known throughout the Kanto region as the hardest to obtain badges from! A subtle change in his expression had passed, but Gary's face became completely serious.
Even if Shadow Clone is useless, Arcanine still has advantages that Kingler can't match.
Lightning fast!
"Hehe, this is finally getting a bit interesting."
193.10000 horsepower, an amazing guess 18/21
Upon hearing "lightning speed"
After receiving the order, Aizen's smile deepened slightly.
Even if he's careless and performs poorly, it's not easy to let him off the hook.
Arcanine's speed attribute is indeed outrageous; it can run a full 100 kilometers in a single day and night, regardless of...
Is this day and night half a day or a full day? Even if we consider it a full day, it would still take about a quarter of a day to travel the equator.
To be even more precise, it's about 115 seconds.
However, this is only Arcanine's lower speed limit, and its normal speed without using battle skills.
The ability of Extreme Speed is already faster than other acceleration abilities like High Speed Boost or Quick Attack. It is almost the strongest speed-enhancing move. Even the weakest Arcanine can at least break the speed of sound, let alone this not-so-weak elite opponent.
While it might not be considered a Champion-level champion, this Arcanine is still quite good for its class.
With combat power at the highest level and supersonic speed, they would definitely have a significant advantage in battles of the same level.
Aizen himself quite liked Pokémon like Arcanine; he remembered the original red and green versions.
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The Pokédex in Pokémon describes Arcanine as a "legendary Pokémon from Chinese mythology."
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It's clear that when the Pokémon game was first designed, it wasn't intended to have a completely independent world view as it later became. Instead, it was planned to have a semi-independent world view based on the real world, but this plan was later cancelled.
With its good looks, a base stat total of 555 surpassing the ultimate forms of the starter Pokémon, high speed, loyalty, and petting quality, even Aizen once had the urge to raise one.
That feeling has faded considerably now, but I still have some fondness for it.
Compared to Kingler, Arcanine has an almost overwhelming advantage in speed.
"Rocks sealed off the area, then came the crab punch!"
Aizen commanded in a calm tone.
Swish swish.
Just as Arcanine hurtled towards them, Kingler, having received the command, managed to release Rock Seal.
Bang! "Crack!"
The giant crab, its eyes half-closed, was sent flying and cried out in pain, but it still managed to release Rock Totem to seal off the surroundings despite the pain. Seeing that Arcanine had nowhere to hide, it raised its larger left pincer and smashed it down.
Seeing Aizen's response, Shigeru was secretly surprised, but on the surface he remained calm and shouted, "Fight him! Big Bang!"
The outcome is decided.
Boom! The Kingler, blasted away by the flames, finally managed to smash into Arcanine at the last moment.
Both let out a mournful cry and were sent flying backward.
However, it looked like Arcanine crashed through several rocks before falling to the ground, its disheveled state appearing even more pitiful.
Aizen glanced at the creature, which was almost burned into a claw-like shape, and used a ball to retrieve it.
Since the Gym Leader is not authorized to trade Pokémon, recalling the Giant Pokémon means the opponent wins the first round.
"King Crab is unable to fight; Shigeru wins."
"Growlithe!"
Looking at the Arcanine struggling to stay upright, Gary looked on nervously.
"Ow!"
Even with its eyes barely open, the Arcanine forced itself to share in the joy of victory.
Xiao Shiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and used the ball to recall Arcanine: "You did a great job, Arcanine."
Arcanine hasn't completely lost its fighting ability. Even if it gets caught in a ball and slowly recovers, it won't be disqualified. However, its strength will still be significantly reduced.
Aizen watched this scene with amusement, once again affirming that the opponent's Arcanine training was quite good.
To be able to train Arcanine to this level in just one year, honestly, aside from his bad temper, Gary's talent for training Pokémon is truly remarkable.
If he hadn't switched careers to become a researcher halfway through his career, whether he could have become a champion is another question, but becoming a superstar before the age of 15 is the absolute minimum.
The term "Elite Four" here doesn't refer to having a single Elite Four Pokémon, but rather that the entire team is at least level 10 or higher.
Unfortunately, he ran into an unreasonable, overpowered player.
Of course, it wasn't difficult for him to help the Kingler Crab win the match earlier.
In that situation, facing Arcanine's incredible speed, it would be foolish to use abilities like Shadow Clone or Quick Attack to dodge or simply avoid it, because Kingler's speed is insufficient to dodge.
The second method is to use moves like Rock Block, Protect, and Endurance to defend, which is a more experienced approach. However, this method requires the trainer to have quick reflexes and the Pokémon to be receptive and agile. Otherwise, it is common to be knocked away before you can defend.
The third method, which Aizen considered the most perfect, was...
A substitute fishes, the crab punch inflicts a heavy blow, and the finishing blow is delivered.
Let's just have an earthquake, then finish them off.
The former still tests reaction speed, but the success rate is extremely high. For the latter, whether you can strike first is not important. Even if you get hit, just unleash an earthquake while taking the damage. In reality, the attack power that a lightning speed can cause can never be more severe than the impact of an earthquake.
To put it bluntly, if you can't avoid it, then don't try to avoid it. Violent destruction or substitution is the best approach.
However, Aizen chose to use the Rock Tomb to release the water. Given the speed of the Kingler Crab, it was impossible to block the opponent with rocks, so he simply took the damage once to cut off the opponent's possibility of creating distance and escaping, and then dealt the opponent a heavy blow.
If Aizen had given the order earlier, Gary wouldn't even have had a chance to order the Unleash the Great Counterattack.
Without the buffer of the Big Bang, Crab Punch can instantly kill Arcanine.
This is no joke.
There's a reason why Pokémon aren't weak; Kingler's large pincers can unleash a power of 100 horsepower when used at full force.
This is not a unit of weight, which may be difficult for many people to understand, so here's a conversion.
One horsepower means that it can move a 75-kilogram object one meter.
That means 75 jin (37.5 catties), which means that Kingler has the power to knock back a 750-ton object by one meter with a single punch! This is the same as the official data for Arcanine, which is the basic lower limit for every Kingler. You can imagine how powerful a Kingler's punch can be.
It's hard to say whether hitting him in the Marvel universe would instantly kill the Hulk, but hitting him and smashing Spider-Man would be entirely possible.
Even Krabby, with a base stat total of 475, has such potential; it's perfectly understandable that Pokémon are strong.
Although, in Aizen's opinion, Kingler Crab's combat ability is actually quite average among Rank 5 characters, even though its strength may be at a level that some Rank 5 characters cannot reach, Kingler Crab has serious deficiencies in speed, reaction and other aspects.
No matter how strong you are, it's useless if you can't hit anyone.
"No! If a force can knock back a 750-ton object by one meter, then the ground should have been shattered by the impact of the giant crab's pincers!"
Suddenly, Aizen's eyes changed, and considering Sakaki's super strength, a startling guess popped into his mind.
He looked at Xiao Mao immediately.
Aizen, eager to verify a certain answer, frowned slightly as he dispatched his second general, Nidoking, and, too lazy to say anything more, threw out the level-one Golem.
Chapter 203 Sakaki is mentally ill 19/21
The second round of the fight ended very quickly, with 22 seconds remaining.
Compared to Arcanine's narrow victory over Kingler in the first round, Nidoking overwhelmingly defeated Golem in the second round.
The fundamental reason is that Aizen no longer had the mind to play along with the other party at this point.
He only issued two orders from beginning to end.
Harden, roll.
It may seem like a universal tactic, but in reality, it's a tactic that any trainer with a little experience can use. Excellent trainers usually have other methods to further develop and enhance the Rollout tactic.
Aizen, however, was simple; he only needed a set of very basic techniques.
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