Pokémon: Golbat
Gender: Male
Level: 42
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Jolly
Potential: Excellent
Affection: 255 HP: 154 Attack: 122 Defense: 113 Sp. Atk: 108 Sp. Def: 118 Speed: 132
A black shadow instantly slashed towards Sabrina's neck. Sabrina's sixth sense told her she had to dodge; if she didn't, this blow would be enough to sever her head!
"Alakazam!"
With an angry roar, Alakazam moved. Its psychic power was no longer focused on Ace. Its spoon turned, and a wall of psychic energy blocked Golbat's path.
Golbat gathered Dark-type energy in its mouth. Facing the invisible wall, it slammed into it without hesitation!
"Crunch!"
The psychic wall shattered in response, but this momentary obstruction significantly reduced Golbat's speed, allowing Sabrina to seize the opportunity to dodge Golbat's deadly slash!
Golbat flapped its wings, turned its body, and swiftly charged towards Alakazam. Alakazam used Teleport, dodging Golbat's Bite.
Golbat's attack missed. It flapped its wings, hovering in place. Blood slowly trickled from the wound on its forehead; forcibly smashing through the psychic wall had caused significant damage to Golbat.
After all, it was a Poison-type Pokémon. Although it used Dark-type power to break through some of the psychic energy, the remaining psychic energy was enough to threaten Golbat.
If this were in the game, that single blow would probably have depleted two-thirds of Golbat's HP.
This was type advantage. Even though Golbat's current strength was formidable, it was still at a disadvantage when facing an opponent it was weak against.
"Fast speed, strong attack power. So, obviously, your Golbat's HP and defense definitely can't keep up."
Sabrina stood upright and looked at Ace, who had also risen. She said coldly, "Using Golbat to attack me? You must be out of your mind. Well then, I'll take care of your Golbat first!"
Alakazam suddenly appeared behind Golbat, pointed its spoon at Golbat, and a Psybeam surged towards Golbat!
"Leech Life!"
Ace shouted loudly. Golbat fiercely flapped its wings, swiftly dodging Alakazam's attack.
But as Sabrina guarded against Golbat's Leech Life, Golbat flew to Ace's side at an incredibly high speed.
It suddenly opened its mouth and bit Ace's arm.
"Are you insane?!"
Seeing Ace's action, Sabrina was stunned.
A large amount of blood was absorbed, and Ace's face turned pale.
However, Golbat knew its limits and didn't absorb too much of Ace's blood. After absorbing the blood, Golbat once again charged towards Alakazam.
"What good is a little HP recovery? Alakazam!"
Alakazam raised both hands, and an even more ferocious Psybeam lunged towards Golbat.
"Pfft!"
Golbat sneered. It suddenly opened its mouth, and a stream of blood shot out, directly hitting Alakazam's eyes.
It was Ace's blood!
With its vision obstructed, Alakazam couldn't track Golbat's movements for a moment. Its previously steady hands began to tremble, and the Psybeam veered wildly off course.
"Now's our chance!"
"Alakazam, behind you!"
Alakazam was about to turn around, but it was too late. Golbat darted in, biting Alakazam's shoulder.
Alakazam cried out in pain as a large amount of venom injected into its body. Golbat immediately disengaged from Alakazam, simultaneously dodging the burst of psychic energy from Alakazam.
The strong poison began to wreak havoc in Alakazam's body. Sabrina had said Golbat was fast and powerful, but Alakazam was just as much so.
Moreover, Alakazam, specializing in psychic abilities, had a weaker physical constitution than even Golbat.
With the potent poison in its system, Alakazam stumbled, barely holding on.
"Trouble."
Seeing Alakazam poisoned, Sabrina frowned.
On the other side, Kadabra, without Sabrina's guidance, was no longer a match for Gastly. Gastly defeated it with a Hypnosis followed by a Dream Eater.
Sabrina looked at the defeated Kadabra and the wobbling Alakazam, and sighed slightly, "It seems I can't do anything to you for now."
"Trying to run?"
Ace threw a Poké Ball, and his Pokémon instantly surrounded Sabrina.
"Ace, is it?"
No fear appeared on Sabrina's face; instead, she looked at Ace calmly and said, "I'll remember you."
After speaking, Sabrina swiftly recalled Kadabra and Alakazam, then another Kadabra appeared beside her.
"Gastly, Golbat, Mean Look!"
Seeing Sabrina attempting to flee, Ace immediately shouted to Golbat and Gastly.
But it was clearly a bit late. Sabrina gave Ace a slight cold smile. The next moment, Sabrina and Kadabra vanished without a trace.
Mean Look missed its mark. Ace looked around the now ruined research facility and sighed helplessly, "I hope Professor Oak doesn't make me pay when he gets back. Anyway, the League has money, let them build a bigger lab."
After a sigh, Ace looked at the side quest.
"Side Quest (Mortal Enemy) completed. Quest Rating: C. Quest Reward: 30,000 Gold, 2 Task Points."
"Only a C?"
Ace was momentarily stunned, then gave a wry smile. "It looks like to achieve an S rating, I'd probably have to completely defeat all three executives."
However, for Ace, trying to defeat Sabrina was still quite difficult.
Who knew how many Psychic-type Pokémon she had? And given how adept she was at using Teleport, she had likely used it to escape more than once or twice before.
Unless Teleport could be completely sealed off, it would be almost impossible for Ace to defeat Sabrina.
"Sabrina has escaped, so all I need to do is wait for Ash and Gary here, gather them and Blue, and then head to Saffron City together to complete the main quest."
Ace had his Pokémon tidy up the ruined research facility, salvaging as much data as possible.
Although there was nothing particularly valuable left in the lab, Ace was still very eager for some of Professor Oak's Pokémon research data.
Last time, his main goal was to complete the quest, so he couldn't have any ulterior motives.
But now that the lab was in ruins, Ace naturally wouldn't waste any of the research data. He would collect as much as he could.
If Ace could fully comprehend it all, it would be of great help to his future journey as a trainer.
As Ace cleared the ruins and collected some useful data, a system prompt appeared before his eyes.
"Title Quest initiated!"
"Title Quest evaluating..."
"Scanning host's entire body..."
"Scan complete. Please check the Quest Panel for the Title Quest."
Ace was somewhat bewildered by this sudden turn of events.
This system, who knows what new trick it was pulling now…