Chapter 279: Little Eevee's Debut
"Kingler, use Razor Shell!"
The professional player's Kingler immediately turned its attention to dealing with Little Eevee.
Kingler's pincer opened, and as it swung, a slender stream of water shot out, forming a blade that could cut through anything!
This was a classic and powerful move for shell, crab, and lobster-like Pokémon.
"Indeedee, use Follow—"
Seeing this, Monica immediately started to offer help.
Her Indeedee knew the move Follow Me, which was the main reason her friends had insisted she join the school team for the university tournament.
Bella's Togekiss had demonstrated this move before; its effect is to force enemies in front of it to target the user, a very powerful taunt.
But Arthur immediately grabbed her hand, stopping her.
"Stick to the plan we made before the match."
Monica paused for a moment, then chose to trust Arthur, changing her command: "Use Helping Hand!"
At that moment, Little Eevee used the overturned belly of the Corphish as a springboard, leaping several meters into the air and narrowly dodging Kingler's sweeping Razor Shell. It proved with its own skill that even without a teammate's taunt, it could handle such an attack.
After landing, it rolled to absorb the impact, then quickly moved to intercept the ball of light from Indeedee's Helping Hand.
After absorbing the orb of light, Little Eevee's entire body ignited with a pale, whitish-blue energy.
It then dodged another of Kingler's pincers, hopped back two steps to adjust its position, and brought both Kingler and Corphish into its attack range. Then—
"Eevee, use Hyper Voice!"
Arthur's command instantly stunned the entire arena!
Little Eevee opened its mouth and let out an adorable, milky "Awoo~"
In the next instant, that sound was amplified dozens of times, booming like thunder across the battlefield!
It turns out that even the cutest, most adorable sound, when amplified to over a hundred decibels, becomes a demonic assault on the ears…
Both Kingler and Corphish were dazed by the sonic blast.
This was Hyper Voice, a move that stands at the pinnacle of power among all sound-based attacks!
Its destructive force is on the same level as Thunderbolt and Ice Beam, making it a very high-tier direct damage skill.
And this one attack was boosted by both Indeedee's Helping Hand and Little Eevee's own Adaptability ability!
Adaptability: The power of moves that match the user's type is further amplified.
With a single blow, the Corphish, which had just gotten back on its feet, began to wobble, its eyes nearly spinning.
Little Eevee seized the opportunity, rushed forward, and with a headbutt, knocked it to the ground again.
This time, the referee raised his flag directly—
"Corphish is unable to battle!"
In an instant, the entire stadium fell silent.
This…
A one-year-old Eevee, as the host had just said, had knocked out the fan's Pokémon in just two moves at the start of the match…
How was that possible?!
The brief silence was followed by a tsunami of roaring sound waves.
The entire audience had exploded!
"Is Hyper Voice a move that a one-year-old Eevee can even learn?!"
"I've raised an Eevee before, don't lie to me!!"
"Is it possible, and I'm just saying possible, that this is an official conspiracy to trick us into buying Eevee?"
"Damn it, are pro players using the All-Star Weekend to hawk products now?! You think you can fool me? Not a chance!"
One person had just righteously expressed his refusal to his friend, only to immediately start asking around.
"Didn't that girl in the intermission show say Arthur's Eevee was a gift from her family? Does anyone know who that female fan is? Give a bro a chance, I don't want to work hard anymore."
Unfortunately for them, Monica, on whom the audience had placed such high hopes, was herself wearing a look of utter astonishment, her mouth wide open, unable to speak.
This…
We both have an Eevee, so why does yours seem to be from a completely different genre than mine?
Did you use some kind of special effects?!
At this moment, the host and commentator finally let out a delayed gasp of amazement.
"My heavens!! Hyper Voice?! This Little Eevee just used the advanced skill Hyper Voice! It dealt a ton of damage in an instant, and Corphish has been forced to retire less than thirty seconds into the match!"
Following this, Kingler immediately intensified its pursuit of Little Eevee!
The match was still ongoing!
Arthur, however, was not affected by the surrounding atmosphere, maintaining a calm expression as he continued to command.
"Circle to the left! Watch out for its larger pincer! Keep moving in an arc!"
Kingler's two pincers are not symmetrical; one is larger than the other. In most cases, Kingler is more adept at attacking and using moves with its larger pincer.
While some main Kingler on the professional circuit have trained their smaller pincer to be just as formidable, the one on the field now was clearly not a main.
Arthur judged that its smaller pincer wasn't as flexible.
And the facts proved his judgment to be correct.
Little Eevee ran in circles around Kingler, always keeping itself on the side of the smaller pincer, thus avoiding most of its attacks!
For a moment, the two Pokémon were locked in a stalemate.
This only made the audience's excitement and fervor grow.
The host was also fanning the flames.
"Heavens! Incredible! Even in a one-on-one against a professional player's Kingler, Little Eevee is not losing ground!! I'm even starting to doubt the truth of Arthur's pre-match statements. Is this really a one-year-old Eevee?!"
After another missed Razor Shell, the opposing pro player finally made a tactical adjustment.
"Kingler, use Icy Wind!"
You had to hand it to him; for a benchwarmer, this Kingler's move pool was quite diverse. It even knew a relatively difficult-to-master Ice-type move.
The main point of Icy Wind isn't its damage, but its ability to slow the opponent.
However, upon seeing this move, Little Eevee was delighted.
"Copycat!"
As they exchanged blasts of Icy Wind, Little Eevee's was visibly superior to Kingler's in terms of freezing efficiency, ice formation speed, and slowing effect!
Others might not believe it, but Icy Wind was the very first skill Little Eevee had ever learned. It was the move it had practiced the most.
Even Luna's evolved Alolan Ninetales probably didn't have Little Eevee's level of mastery with this one move!
Its micro-control was so precise it could condense water vapor with the icy wind to sculpt a lotus flower!
Its skill proficiency was better than a whole host of genuine Ice-type Pokémon!
Monica then commanded her Indeedee to attack with the Grass-type move Magical Leaf.
Little Eevee hopped back to create distance, making it difficult for the more heavily slowed Kingler to catch up.
Shortly after, Arthur gave another command: "Use Copycat!"
And this time, Little Eevee copied Indeedee's Magical Leaf!
Grass is super-effective against Water.
Even though Magical Leaf itself isn't a particularly powerful move, being hit repeatedly by two different Pokémon using a super-effective move was just too much for a mere benchwarmer Kingler…
As a backup Pokémon, it had shouldered far too much pressure that it shouldn't have.
A few rounds later, Little Eevee finished it off with another Hyper Voice!
Amidst the high-decibel, milky "Awooo," the overwhelmed Kingler collapsed to the ground.
The referee raised his flag—
"Kingler is unable to battle!"
Arthur's Little Eevee, at the tender age of one, had scored a double kill, stunning countless people!
The title of "Miracle Rookie" would likely have another legendary chapter added to its name.
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