Chapter 222: Fouls and Tactics
Even though this stadium was Sea Carp's home turf, the commentator couldn't help but start hyping up the Otter Team at this moment.
Because the direction the situation was tilting was indeed very clear.
After the lightning strike, Weavile's body was half-charred, and its movements appeared paralyzed for a moment. Subsequently, it was pinned to the ground by Raichu and relentlessly beaten!
"Water Shuriken!"
At this moment, only Arthur still hadn't given up.
Three shuriken shot towards Raichu, three towards the Pelipper high above. The remaining two water kunai slid into his hands, and Greninja charged forward, rapidly closing in on the rampaging Raichu.
Even when faced with such a disadvantage, Arthur never lost his fighting spirit!
Raichu entering its cooldown period allowed him to let Greninja use Water-type moves with confidence.
Forced to react, the opposing Raichu could only let go of the Weavile on the ground, whipping its tail to shatter two of the water shuriken. However, the third one still managed to hit it.
Immediately after, Greninja arrived with big, meteor-like strides, leaped up, vaulted over the corpse-like Weavile on the ground, flipped its wrist in mid-air to adjust its grip on the water kunai, and then plunged down from the sky, carving a beautiful, water-blue arc.
The commentator, like grass on a wall, swayed back again. "Ooh~~ A beautiful save! Sea Carp's Greninja single-handedly charged in to save its teammate!"
Subsequently, Greninja's two kunai swung as fast as the wind, pressing Raichu back step by step.
Seizing this opportunity, Weavile finally managed to scramble up from the ground, instinctively wanting to retreat and recover.
But right at this moment, Arthur roared at Asher.
"You can't retreat!!"
Asher was stunned by the roar.
His almost-frozen mind started turning again. He gritted his teeth and followed Arthur's rhythm.
"Go after it, Night Slash!"
As a veteran, Asher was not stupid. He had just been overwhelmed by the immense pressure, causing his actions to become distorted.
After calming down, he quickly understood Arthur's meaning—
You can't retreat when facing "Thunder"!
The range of this move could be considered infinite within the small arena!
As far as the eye could see, heavenly punishment could arrive at the snap of a finger!
Retreating was purely self-deception.
No matter how fast you retreated, you could never be faster than a lightning bolt.
With the rain clouds covering the entire field, they could only advance, not retreat. It was do or die!
There was no second path to choose!
Weavile seemed to feel its master's will. It let out a great cry, leaned forward, raised its sharp claws, and its charging posture was like that of a crazed tiger.
They had no way out!
To coordinate with Greninja's pressure, this time it didn't use the cumbersome and time-consuming "Triple Axel," but instead went straight for a clean and simple claw strike!
However, the opponent didn't just let them do as they pleased.
"Pelipper, Icy Wind!"
As the support player, the opposing Pelipper had been playing extremely timidly the entire time, spending most of its time hiding in the dark clouds it had summoned high above, not daring to come out.
Now, seeing Raichu attacked from both front and back, it finally couldn't sit still and flew down to join the battle.
An extremely cold wind blew over.
The damage was limited, but the slowing effect was quite annoying.
"Give it a ladder."
With Arthur's simple sentence, Asher immediately understood his meaning.
"Weavile, give Greninja a hand!"
Immediately, Greninja jumped back. Weavile rushed over, caught its teammate's feet with its huge claws, and then, with a swing of its arms, forcefully threw it into the air!
The target was aimed straight at the Pelipper in the sky.
Faced with the rocket-like ascending Greninja, the Pelipper was so scared it instinctively tried to dodge higher into the sky!
But right at this moment, the referee suddenly blew the whistle—
"Pelipper has remained at high altitude for a prolonged period, passive play, first warning! It is prohibited from using skills for eight seconds!"
At the same time, on the scoreboard corresponding to Pelipper, an eight-second countdown immediately began.
As mentioned before, the rules of modern Pokémon competition were very well-developed.
To prevent Flying-type Pokémon from staying airborne for long periods to bully ground-based Pokémon, or Ground-type Pokémon from digging underground and hiding for a long time, the competition had strict rules governing such behaviors.
For example, if one side's Pokémon all lack the ability to fly, then the other side is not allowed to linger outside the maximum range of conventional attack skills for a long time. Otherwise, it is considered passive play and will be warned by the referee and penalized by being unable to use skills for a certain period of time.
For repeat offenders, the penalty time would accumulate, and after three warnings, it would result in a direct loss.
This was also an important means of preventing long, drawn-out "bladder-testing" matches in modern competitions.
Otherwise, if a Pokémon that could fly just hid in the clouds whenever it was losing, never mind the players' mentality, the audience would definitely not be able to resist shouting "RNM, REFUND!"
Previously, that Pelipper on the other side had been very timid. It had stayed at high altitude for a very long time, almost always flying down to harass them for a moment at the very limit of the rule's time limit, and then immediately pulling up again to hide in the clouds after clearing the accumulated time.
It could be said that it was repeatedly dancing on the edge of a foul.
And Arthur had noticed this early on.
There was no doubt about it; this move was intentional!
Having Greninja leap into the high sky was in itself an extremely risky move. Greninja couldn't fly; if it was accidentally hit by an electric attack in the air, it would have to suffer additional secondary damage from falling.
But he took the gamble!
It was precisely to force that annoying thing dancing around in the sky to step into his trap!
Pelipper were very timid Pokémon; in the wild, they often played the role of being eaten.
Greninja had already injured it once with Water Shuriken. This time, its rocket-like ascent, full of momentum, instantly scared it.
The opposing player hadn't anticipated Arthur's intention, and his command was a step too slow.
By the time that person shouted the "Don't pull up!" command, Pelipper had already received the penalty for passive play.
Subsequently, Greninja, already at a high altitude, flung the long tongue wrapped around its neck downwards.
Weavile caught its tongue and, with a powerful pull, helped it quickly return to the ground.
Seeing that its objective had been achieved, Greninja immediately retreated from the high altitude in this manner, not giving the opponent any chance to intercept it in the air.
Its thinking was exceptionally clear!
This made the fence-sitting commentator switch sides even further.
"Heavens! A beautiful tactical execution! This rookie from the Sea Carp Team has truly made us see him in a new light! In a situation of great disadvantage at the start, he cleverly used the rules to put Pelipper in an unfavorable position! At this moment, the situation seems to have been turned around by Sea Carp again!"
At the same time, on the sidelines, Bella and Luna also couldn't help but clench their fists tightly.
"Beautiful!!"
A mere rookie, facing the opposing team's ace pair, under the desperate situation of a heavenly punishment from the dark clouds, Arthur had managed to deliver a huge surprise to everyone with his tactical wisdom!
Simply unbelievable!
However, while they were excited, they also knew in their hearts.
Arthur's move was god-like, but to say the situation had been reversed was probably still too early, because—
"Raichu, Thunder!"
While Greninja was rapidly descending, Raichu had already rushed up and sent the grappling Weavile flying with a punch, even adding a tail whip for good measure.
Subsequently, Greninja landed and continued to charge towards Raichu.
However, after a few exchanges, the latter had once again passed its cooldown period.
The ultimate move "Thunder" was here again!
So far, it had only used this one skill. The six skill slots were a complete waste on it.
But just this one move was enough to make everyone's scalp tingle.
In an instant, the hearts of Arthur and Asher, which had just relaxed slightly, tightened once more.
The lightning was coming again.
This time, who was going to get struck?
(End of Chapter)
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