Bab 81: Fierce Victory!
Once Machoke appeared, it flexed its muscles in excitement upon being summoned again so soon. Machoke took in the situation as it was being summoned, there was a fight on its hands.
'Hehe, perfect!' Robert laughed inwardly. He knew that Machoke was a physical attacker, and he had just the right move for these types.
Everyone let out a sigh of relief. Gan didn't summon some insane Pokemon that could heavily affect the terrain and environment as a whole.
"Ninetales, use Flamethrower!" Robert initiated the offense with Ninetales' strongest move. All at once, flaming particles began to gush from Ninetales' jaw.
What followed was a funnel of fire being unleashed from Ninetales' mouth.
"Use foresight and head to the safest route to dodge this attack!" Gan quickly commanded.
Machoke's eyes flashed with white light for a second before he started moving in the general direction to dodge.
"Remember your training. Keep the fire going, he can't dodge forever!" Robert glared at Machoke, as long as he couldn't get close; there wasn't much it could do.
Anyone in their right mind would know not to get close to a muscle-bound Pokemon like this. Robert had no experience or advanced understanding of Grimer—since it was rarely seen or used in public.
The only other guy rumored to use one was Koga—a Gym Leader back in Fuchsia City. No! Koga used the evolution of this Pokemon mainly, which was far worse!
Machoke continued to dodge, but there didn't seem to be any leeway for him to get close. Gan knew that Ninetales couldn't keep this up forever, so he waited a bit.
Sure enough, after a period of time, Ninetales finally stopped using Flamethrower. Gan was surprised that it could keep its Flamethrower going for so long.
This was because of its training.
"Machoke! Bulk up!" Gan smiled and took the time to have Machoke boost its stat for more damage.
Machoke's muscles expanded as veins began protruding over the surface of its skin. In quick succession, Machoke's body flashed with red light.
"No good! Disable it!" Robert hurriedly said. Ninetales' eyes became sharp as they locked onto Machoke's figure.
Machoke suddenly felt something, it was almost like chains were restricting him. He manage to use the move Bulk up, but for some reason, he didn't have the option to use it again.
Gan didn't bother telling Machoke to try and dodge, it was a move that couldn't be evaded. It was a move based on the eyes—unless he could blindside Ninetales; there was no other way to evade it.
Robert found Pokemon like Machoke disgusting to the eyes, so seeing its muscle expand like that was gross. However, the kids seemed to enjoy watching Machoke Bulk up like that.
"Machoke is a fighting type, right? It's so much cooler than a Primeape!"
"Yeah, Primeape is just a mad monkey that can't think straight at all. It's all muscle and no brains, that's probably why it lost so fast."
"No, I heard that it's the trainer's fault when a Pokemon loses a battle and not the Pokemon."
All of the kids talked among themselves and nodded in agreeance at the latter's statement.
"Ninetales, use Confuse Ray, let's shake him up a bit." Robert grinned and waved his hand upon giving out his orders.
"Damn it!" Gan knew this Pokemon would be annoying, it had moves that were 100% accurate.
He simply hated facing Pokemon like this!
Suddenly, a ray of light shot out in all directions, its target was Machoke. Things became blurry and obscure to Machoke, as swirls appeared in its eyes. Machoke took a step back and started looking at its hands in confusion.
This was an attack on the brain and consciousness itself; which caused one to attack themselves into deceiving them into believing they were hitting the target.
"Hahaha! Look at him!" Robert laughed mockingly at Machoke's confused stupor. He loved seeing his opponent's Pokemon like this the most, it was too funny.
"Machoke, snap out of it! Come back to your senses!" Gan called out to Machoke to bring him back to his sanity, but it didn't seem to work.
"Oh, boy, time to wear him down. Ninetales, use Will-O-Wisp; this will also cut its attack in half." This was his firm strategy in beating most opponents, and that was to wear them down.
'Will-O-Wisp?' Gan smiled secretly to himself.
Ninetales opened its mouth and shot off a blue wisp of fire that floated over and into Machoke's body.
The old man sighed, he had seen the smile on Gan's face and he understood what it meant.
Right as the wisp entered Machoke's body, it acted as some sort of stimulation! Its attack had increased and its muscles had increased greatly.
'I just need one hit from a powerful fighting attack and that'll seal the deal in this battle.' With a plus one in attack and the Guts boost, he was certain that Ninetales couldn't withstand one strike.
"Hehe! Ninetales, Incinerate!" Robert laughed happily, this battle was in the bag at this point. It was yet another move that couldn't be dodged, at least, not so easily.
Off to the side, Mr. Mimes had put up barriers to block any stray attacks. This time, high levels of heat began to release from Ninetales' body. The sole target was Machoke, of course, it was fast and hard to dodge.
"Machoke, use Super Power! Snap out of it and rush it!" Gan kept thinking, one time for the one time—don't get confused and hit!
Machoke seemed to have come out of its daze for a moment, before rushing towards the intense fire.
"What an idiot, he rushed the fire, hahaha!" Robert continued to mock, this Machoke's power was cut in half, so even if it hit his Ninetales, what amount of damage could it do?
Its body was engulfed in an orange blinding aura. This was the Aura of a fighting-type Pokemon and the powerful attack it was using!
"What?!" Robert saw Machoke burst out of the fire while crushing toward Ninetales. Its body was bursting with energy, as its muscles had increased in mass. Machoke's eyes were burning with orange radiant light—as if it was putting its all into this attack.
"Switch it up, Flamethrower!" Ninetales couldn't dodge after using so many moves in succession, so Robert opted to switch moves. He wasn't worried because Machoke's attack was cut in half, it shouldn't do much.
Flames were released from her mouth immediately after seeing that fierce and hostile look in Machoke's eyes. However, something astonishing happened, to Gan, it looked like something you'd see in Dragonball Z.
Machoke challenged the flamethrower and tore right through!
"Destroy him!" Gan hollered out!
"No!" Robert was shocked, he didn't know why but he felt that Machoke was stronger than before, but how?!
The old man to the side could only sigh, Robert didn't seem aware of Machoke's ability.
Ninetales was hit directly. Her eyes flicker in and out of existence as if she was trying to hold onto her consciousness.
BOOM!
Another sensation was caused.
Once Ninetales was hit, the area exploded like a bomb, kicking up a large plume of dust.
"Ahhhrg!" Powerful shockwaves tore through the air and sent Robert flying back like a broken wooden puppet. Ninetales remained somewhat close to him and it didn't really move from its position while launching ranged attacks.
Everyone watching was shocked. They couldn't turn away from the battle, it would seem like Robert's wear and tear strategy failed.
"Did he hit?" Gan covered his eyes to prevent dust from getting into them while questioning himself.
Robert struggled but he slowly stood up. He had landed in a grassy area, so he wasn't wounded from being sent flying. However, his back was hurting from being thrown like that.
Robert stared at Ninetales' location, with a grave expression. On the other hand, everyone in the audience waited with anticipation.
The dust slowly cleared, and now, everyone could see the end result of that attack, and yes—the battle!
Machoke and Ninetales were inside a mini crater, However, Machoke was standing above Ninetales, who lay flat on the ground.
She was defeated with one strike!
Ninetales' eyes were white and had no pupils, as her tongue slouched out of her mouth and onto the ground.
"Ahh~! Ninetales!" Robert screamed in terror, as he ran over to check his Ninetales.
"You, you f**k off!" Robert roared at Machoke, who was standing over Ninetales with his mighty muscular figure.
"Come back, Machoke, you came through in a big way." Machoke was still confused, so Gan just recalled him before Robert ended up possibly being punched in the face by him.
"Medics! Come and help, Damn it!" Robert turned towards the medics, who were still stunned before they came out of their stunned stupor and ran over.
The medics examined Ninetales closely and found that she had several broken bones! Robert's expression turned dour when he heard the results of the examination.
"Gan, you've gone too far! You and your dangerous muscle-bound Machoke and hazardous Grimer are too much! This is against the regulations of battle!" Veins began to pop out of Robert's forehead and his clenched fist.
Robert was so mad right now that he wanted to rush Gan and beat him up.
"...." Gan.
"That's enough, Robert! You and the medics take Ninetales away, this ends now!" Allura's Grandpa said seriously.
Robert's figures shook before he gritted his teeth in reluctance. He gave Gan one last cold glare before turning to leave with the medics.
He had been totally defeated!
"Gan, that was an amazing battle, oh, my god!"
"Hey, can you trade me so I can get an amazing Pokemon?"
"No, no, trade me, I have a Sandshrew!"
"Get out of here, no one wants that garbage!"
All of the kids swarmed Gan and wanted to trade with him in some way.
"Gan just finished battling, he needs a break. You guys can trade with him later, so let the guy get some time." Allura's Grandpa hurriedly dismissed the kids who had quickly surrounded Gan.
"Awe, come on!"
"No fair."
Several kids complained but they complied nonetheless.
"Young lad, you have quite the lineup on you, but Grimer? That's a shocker for sure." He couldn't understand why anyone would want to use such a Pokemon, it smelled so bad and was even dangerous to touch.
"Yeah, it's good for staving off Pokemon and troublesome people. It's also a good fighter, I don't mind such Pokemon, but you're right about the smell." Gan still wasn't used to its terrible smell, he couldn't imagine the Alolan variant that always sat in that hot sun.
The smell must be chronic!
"You're right, after all, even a Gym leader uses the evolved version of it." Allura's Grandpa nodded.
"Hehe, Gan I recorded the whole battle, take a look." Allura walked over and held up—what appeared to be an Ipad. However, there was Rotom's face on it that told Gan otherwise.
"Hmm, what are going to do with this recording?" Gan asked with a frown.
"Upload it onto Virtualtube," Allura said with a smile.
"Can you edit?"
"Yes," Allura replied.
"Perfect. I want you to blur my face out of the video for privacy purposes." Gan didn't really didn't want to be put out there like that.
"What? Why? You don't want to be famous, I have so many subscribers!" She showed Gan her Virtual tube page, she had 110k subs.
"....."
"Pretty cool, huh?" Allura held her head high with pride.
"Yes, but I still want my face blurred."
"..." Allura
Allura had no choice, she edited the video and blurred Gan's face out before uploading it. Her mother Natalie also told her to respect people's privacy.
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After talking with Natalie and Allura's Grandpa, Gan was able to get a Thunder Stone from them. They immediately called someone over to bring him one.
Gan thanked them and dismissed himself back to his guest house. Once Gan walked inside, he found that Vulpix, Growlithe, and Eevee were playing hide and seek.
"Alrighty, little girl, it's time to evolve you." Gan smiled and called Eevee over.
Eevee sat next to him on the couch with her tongue sticking out while panting. Gan patted her head before taking the Thunder Stone out. Vulpix and Growlithe stared at the stone closely, it had a bolt of lightning in the center of it.
"Here we go!" Gan placed the Thunder Stone on Eevee's forehead and her body started glowing with blinding white light.
Status Power Mingguan
-- Peringkat
Power 
-- Power
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