Chapter 606: Textbook Play
Torrent is the signature ability of Water-type starter Pokémon. The more injured they are, the more active the Water-type energy in their bodies becomes!
At this moment, with Swampert clinging to life with 1 HP, the Torrent ability was pushed to its absolute limit!
So this change in strategy wasn't a mistake, but a deliberate move by Roman.
He fully trusted his Pokémon. Combined with the brittle bark effect caused by the earlier Screech, this Liquidation tore through the bark and shattered the trunk!
A critical hit!
But the Platinum captain was still shouting, "Hold on, Trevenant! Just three more seconds! Endure! Just three more seconds!"
He knew his Trevenant was almost done for.
But it didn't matter, the opposing Swampert was also almost done for!
Just hold on a little longer!
Wait until the combat continuation effect from Swampert's Endure wore off, and it would be a draw with a double knockout.
The Platinum captain could accept a draw.
He only needed to get 4 points to eliminate the Metro Team. He didn't mind trading one ace Pokémon for another.
Just hold on!
Just—
Smack!
Swampert responded with a powerful slap.
A clean slap knocked Trevenant to the ground, face down in the wetland.
One second...
Two seconds...
Three seconds...
Trevenant couldn't stand up!
The referee raised the flag—
"Trevenant is unable to battle!"
As soon as the words fell, Roman recalled Swampert with the fastest speed possible.
He won!
In an instant, the audience erupted in thunderous applause!!
Swampert was still standing the moment the referee raised the flag, and that was enough!
Victory decided!
Even if Swampert had completely lost the ability to fight afterwards, as long as Roman didn't send him out again, this point wouldn't be lost!
Under desperate circumstances, with a heavily injured body, Swampert descended like a god, completing a miraculous 1v2 feat, forcefully taking down an enemy ace against type disadvantage!
A game that was originally a certain death was incredibly revived by Roman!
The Captain's Match score came to 2-0!
"A Water/Ground-type Swampert actually reversed and overturned a Grass-type Trevenant!!
"This is simply incredible!!
"Roman from Kubfu, a legendary captain destined to be recorded in the history of the Champions Cup!
"He has completely overturned our traditional impression of Kubfu teams!"
At this moment, even foreign media commentators couldn't help but start praising Roman!
In the Kubfu player area, within the Blaze Team, Chloe glanced sideways at Sima Heren.
"Who said Trevenant versus Swampert was a 10-0 matchup just now?"
Sima Heren was thick-skinned. He immediately changed his tune without blushing or skipping a beat. "Well played, Captain Roman! I'm trash."
"..."
His integrity dropped so fast that Chloe couldn't find words to roast him for a moment.
At the same time, the members of the Nine-Tailed Fox Team couldn't change their tune as smoothly as Sima Heren.
Only one person spoke with difficulty. "This year's Kubfu teams seem really different from previous years."
Those around him nodded in deep agreement.
The Metro Team was only Kubfu's fourth seed.
In the past, even Kubfu's number one seed rarely showed such tenacious resilience.
Future Yuzuru watched the somewhat simple and honest Kubfu man on the live screen, arms crossed, silent.
Since her own league's professional season ended, all the defeats she had encountered in just a few months were brought by Kubfu trainers!
Originally, she was just simply unwilling to accept it.
Because of the misunderstanding caused by Specter, she initially had no good feelings for Arthur at all.
But now, her heart was rarely shaken.
Sometimes, pure willpower can really move people.
Roman changed not only people's impression of him personally and the Metro Team.
He was step by step reversing the world's overall perception of Kubfu trainers!
The weight of a miracle is sometimes truly heavy!
And this miracle continued!
In the third round, Roman sent out Ludicolo, relying on the speed advantage in the rain to play a kiting tactic, dragging down the Platinum captain's second ace: Medicham.
3-0!
Roman was the first to obtain the second mid-battle switch authority.
Then he sent out Poliwrath to fight a few rounds with the opponent's last ace Pokémon, Mimikyu.
Poliwrath's Water/Fighting typing was naturally at a disadvantage against Mimikyu's Ghost/Fairy typing.
Fortunately, Roman obtained the second mid-battle switch authority at this time.
After a few rounds, he switched out Poliwrath and sent out a counter-pick Pokémon: Bisharp!
Finally, it was Roman's turn to play with a type advantage.
At the same time, because Mimikyu's Disguise ability had been consumed by Poliwrath earlier, Bisharp attacked fiercely throughout this round. Even if its raw power was inferior to the opponent, it still dealt considerable damage!
Mimikyu's Disguise ability is equivalent to a free passive Substitute. When taking damage exceeding a certain intensity, it triggers automatically, creating an effect similar to the Substitute move, leaving a disguise in place while the main body instantly teleports away.
So as long as the Disguise is intact, Mimikyu cannot be one-shot.
But this ability can only take effect once in a short time. After use, the disguise breaks and needs a long time to slowly recover.
During the recovery period, the ability is essentially invalid.
Roman was a veteran with a career spanning over ten years. Naturally, he was familiar with this ability, so his response was textbook standard!
First, let Poliwrath use a medium-intensity attack just enough to trigger Disguise to break the opponent's ability!
Pokémon abilities are equivalent to passive skills and cannot be manually toggled.
After baiting out Disguise, he switched Pokémon decisively after just a few simple exchanges.
Then he sent out the Steel-type Bisharp, which countered Fairy-types. Upon entering the field, it attacked aggressively, only attacking and not defending!
Striving to pour enough damage into Mimikyu before its Disguise recovered!
Five minutes later, seeing that Mimikyu's Disguise was about to recover, he immediately ordered—
"Bisharp, tank the Play Rough and use Metal Burst!"
Steel-type move: Metal Burst. First, the user enters an overloaded state, accumulating energy when taking damage, then detonates itself after a short charge, releasing all the previously accumulated energy and bombing all surrounding enemies at the same time!
Since it's an explosion, it's naturally an indiscriminate attack.
After detonation, Bisharp itself would also be blown up.
But Roman didn't care anymore!
Because this was the last strike before Disguise recovered!
BOOM!
After a loud noise, the referee decisively raised the flag!
"Bisharp and Mimikyu are both unable to battle!"
At this moment, in the crater of the explosion, the disguise on Mimikyu just slowly re-wrapped its whole body.
Just a few seconds short...
Just a few more seconds, and Mimikyu's Disguise passive would have recovered, and it could have easily teleported away from this explosion.
But Roman seized those last few seconds!
A difference of a few seconds reversed victory and defeat!
A textbook lesson on breaking Disguise.
With this, all three of the Platinum captain's ace Pokémon were wiped out.
The score on the field was 4-1!
Roman was advancing triumphantly!
The miracle continued!
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