"Togetic!"
As the Magic Leaf was about to land on Solrock, Togetic cried out.
Beedrill and Abra, possessing a remarkable synergy, instantly understood its intention.
The premonition of the Sharp Fang's additional effect was caught by Togetic!
Seizing the moment, Beedrill retracted its wings, allowing the Magic Leaf to surpass it, and then flapped its wings again, closely following the Magic Leaf.
Thud, thud, thud—
With the efforts of Beedrill and Abra, the Magic Leaf successfully hit a Solrock.
And as Togetic sensed, the Sharp Fang's additional effect, aided by the Celestial Grace Trait, was triggered; the Solrock, taking the attack, not only suffered significant damage from the Grass-type technique but also fell into a withered state.
What it now faced, following the Magic Leaf, was Beedrill's attack.
Deadly Needle Stab!
Bam!
The Solrock, in a withered state, had no chance to resist, being hurled to the ground by Beedrill's long stinger, instantly losing its combat capability.
One down!
With the completion of the takedown, the additional effect of the Deadly Needle Stab appeared, significantly boosting Beedrill's attack power.
However.
The situation for Beedrill did not improve but rather became more dangerous.
It found itself surrounded by a group of Solrock.
Considering the Psychic Type's advantage over the Poison Type, if all the Solrock attacked Beedrill simultaneously, even at Elite Level, it would be hard to withstand a round of attacks.
"Togetic!" Togetic's crisp voice wasn't loud, but it reached the ears of every Solrock, and its glowing aura successfully captured their attention.
Look at me!
Still, due to the large range and numerous Pokémon involved, Togetic's "Look at Me" technique couldn't fully capture the attention of all the Solrock.
A few stronger Solrock were steadfastly locked onto Beedrill.
Suddenly, numerous techniques came rushing forth.
"Abra!"
Abra sensed the crisis facing Togetic and Beedrill, and its angry voice echoed in the caves, rapidly flicking the Buddha beads in its hand, a surge of psychic power erupted from it.
The rippling psychic power instantly reached a peak, with a hint of faint pink-purple stardust in the depths of its azure eyes.
With Abra's psychic barriers, Beedrill found a brief escape, and it didn't disappoint Abra, once more using Dark Energy from "Smack Down" to break out from the Solrock encirclement.
"Beedrill!"
Beedrill's scarlet compound eyes glowed. Now was its time to demonstrate its strength.
Meanwhile, having drawn much of the Solrock's attention with the "Look at Me" technique, Togetic was also about to face attacks.
However, just as the Solrock's psychic attacks were about to hit, a red light flashed.
In a pinch, Natsuhiko summoned a Pokémon again.
And the one that appeared was the Water and Dark Type Pokémon, Sharpedo!
The Dark Type Pokémon immune to Psychic-type techniques, and Sharpedo, blocking Togetic, absorbed numerous Psychic attacks yet remained unaffected.
Just having appeared, it was a bit bemused.
Without understanding the situation fully, it was swept by psychic power, leaving it somewhat bewildered.
"Togetic!"
Well done, Big Mouth!
Togetic visibly breathed a sigh of relief while continually praising Sharpedo.
"Big Mouth" was, naturally, the nickname Togetic had given to Sharpedo.
Hearing Togetic's words, Sharpedo sluggishly began to comprehend.
"Sharpedo?"
It got hit?
With Sharpedo's vengeful nature, it obviously couldn't tolerate that.
Opening its gaping maw, water began to flow over its body.
"Stay."
However, before Sharpedo could counterattack, the familiar and nightmarish voice reached its ears.
Turning its head, wasn't it just Natsuhiko?
Sharpedo's aggressive stance instantly deflated, revealing an awkward smile and nodding obediently.
"Alright..."
Fine, stay here, stay here; who else is more suited to be the meat shield than Sharpedo?
And so, Sharpedo stood steadfastly in front of Natsuhiko and Togetic.
Natsuhiko's focus was no longer on it, nor much on Beedrill fighting a group of Solrock, but rather on Abra beside him.
Abra's state was somewhat special.
Sitting cross-legged, levitating in mid-air, an endless surge of psychic power gushed out from its body, supporting the Beedrill at the forefront, aiding it in dodging some unavoidable attacks.
With its left hand pressing the Little Monk Ann Ci's Buddha beads, flicking one bead after another, its mouth continuously moved, releasing obscure syllables, from the slit of its slightly opened eyes, the faint pink-purple glow became increasingly pronounced.
It seemed to have entered a trance-like state, continuously outputting psychic power to assist Beedrill, ignoring everything else.
This very state was why Natsuhiko prevented Sharpedo's attack intent.
Abra had evidently reached a certain threshold.
Facing Solrock, the same Psychic-type Pokémon with more power and number, Abra's long-dormant psychic talent was fully unleashed.
Reflecting on Abra's journey.
Its mother, Yujira, emerged from Rocket Team's laboratory, with some experiment making Yujira's psychic power immensely strong, but also weakened its self-control and consciousness, yet Yujira daily nurtured Abra, then a Pokémon Egg, with its psychic power.
Thus, Abra showed extraordinary psychic talent at birth.
Upon birth, under Natsuhiko's diligent efforts, Abra began consuming energy-rich Energy Blocks.
In subsequent events, Abra successively acquired the Buddha beads from Ann Ci, learned the meditation technique from the first half of the "Phoenix King's Words" left by the Divine Beast Ho-Oh, overcoming its need for long sleep to restore spirit.
Afterward, it absorbed a considerable amount of life essence and crystal through psychic means and received fragments of what seemed to be a Superpower Stone Plate from Ghost-type Elite Four Agatha.
With its naturally competitive nature, feeling the pressure from Beedrill and Togetic's growth, it committed to a routine of deep meditation refining its psychic power.
Perhaps.
Even Abra doesn't understand to what extent its psychic power has reached now.
As it perceives itself to be only so strong, that is exactly how strong it is.
Nonetheless, the benefits it accumulated through various encounters and coincidences had not been fully tapped or exploited.
Due to the rarity of Psychic-type Pokémon, Natsuhiko hadn't seen many.
Yet on this Meteor Falls journey, encountering the Psychic-type Solrock, their use and strength of psychic power finally sparked Abra's potential.
Further, Natsuhiko's training regimen to compress the Psychic Arena gradually stirred its latent talents and abilities.
Confronted with the stronger Solrock, amidst Beedrill and Togetic struggling, Abra finally erupted.
For Abra, besides its bodily reflexes, its consciousness became somewhat blurred.
Vaguely, it found itself in a distorted, eerie, foggy, and fantastical world.
Seeing several shadowy, indistinct figures.
Solemn and austere.