Waves of water roared past. With its incredibly slow Speed, Probopass had no chance of dodging.
"Protect!"
Without much hesitation, Masaki imdiately gave the life-saving command. But upon seeing Protect, Absol's eyes actually lit up with excitent.
Feint… a direct counter to moves like Protect!
Before Probopass's green energy shield could fully form, Absol broke straight through it with Feint.
Thanks to its Speed advantage, Absol made the correct move before Sato even issued a command…
Superpower!
Absol's agile form glowed red, muscles bulging beneath its white fur.
It gathered all its power into its right front paw, then struck Probopass's big red nose with all its might!
Being a Steel/Rock-type, Probopass's body was incredibly solid. But it was precisely that hardness that made it brittle under the right pressure.
And under a quadruple weakness to Fighting-type moves -combined with the overwhelming power of Superpower- even its terrifying physical Defense couldn't hold up.
CLAAAANG!
C-Crack- Crack…
A deafening blow rang through the arena, so loud that nearby spectators covered their ears, faces grimacing in pain.
On the battlefield, cracks spread like spiderwebs across Probopass's red nose, and it collapsed quietly to the ground.
As expected, Probopass was down. Masaki was left with just one Pokémon.
A flash of red light. The heavily damaged Probopass was recalled, and Masaki quickly handed the Poké Ball to the dical staff for imdiate treatnt.
As he walked back to the command zone from the edge of the battlefield -just a few dozen ters- Masaki had no idea how he got there.
The current Ace Tournant Champion… was being completely crushed by a forr champion.
From any perspective, it was headline material.
But by the ti Masaki returned to his position, he had already forced himself to adjust his mindset.
'AT THE VERY LEAST…! At the very least… defeat one of his Pokémon!'
"…tagross, I'm counting on you!"
A flash of red light, and a deep-blue, steel crab-like Pokémon appeared on the battlefield. The aura of a High Ace pseudo-legendary instantly put Absol on full alert.
This one was tough!
Sato raised his eyebrows. He clearly hadn't expected Masaki to hold back such a powerful Pokémon until the end.
But thinking it over, based on the quality of Masaki's previous five Pokémon, he truly didn't seem worthy of the Ace Tournant Champion title…
'This Masaki… was most likely a "1 5" type of Trainer.'
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So-called "1 5" referred to pouring the majority of resources into a single Pokémon, training it into an overwhelming ace. The other five, while not just filler, were relatively average and lacked standout traits.
Later on, such Trainers would build an entire tactical/battle system centered around that ace Pokémon.
In many spectators' eyes, Cynthia was a "1 5" type of Trainer, with Garchomp as her undisputed ace.
But Sato, who knew her well, understood that while Garchomp was Cynthia's strongest Pokémon, every mber of her main lineup could easily carry a match on their own.
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Masaki was still "too young" to build a complete tactical system around tagross.
But without question, this tagross was no pushover!
And now… Masaki had revealed the Key Stone bracelet on his wrist.
"TAGROSS, GA EVOLUTION!"
A burst of multicolored light flared. Both tagross and Masaki were instantly engulfed by the glow of ga Evolution.
In just about three seconds, the previously horizontal tagross stood upright. Its four massive steel claws grew thicker, longer, and more flexible.
Sato frowned as he watched the scene unfold; there was no doubt tagross's power had already reached the Peak Ace level.
Absol had grown a great deal, but it still wasn't absurd enough to leap across two full levels in just three years.
Still, it's just ga Evolution. It's not like he didn't have it too…
"Hmm… Absol."
"Sol~SOL!"
Absol responded excitedly, locking eyes with Sato, eyes burning with fighting spirit!
"ga Evolution!"
Multicolored light burst forth once more; this ti enveloping Sato and Absol.
Unlike tagross's drastic transformation, Absol's ga Evolution seed to add just a pair of gliding wings.
Looking closer, the crescent blade on its head had grown larger, and the bangs that used to cover one-third of its face now covered half.
But without question, ga Evolution had given both Pokémon a huge power-up in a short amount of ti.
In and outside the arena, the crowd was just as fired up by the appearance of ga Evolution.
Even if the outco was already obvious, it didn't stop them from enjoying an even more spectacular "ga" battle.
And so, under the excited, eager eyes of the crowd, the battle resud!
ga tagross couldn't wait any longer. The mont the referee's flag ca down, it shot toward ga Absol with bullet-like speed.
Bullet Punch… Quad Combo!
ga tagross swung all four of its massive steel claws, slamming down hard on ga Absol. Its large but agile body pinned Absol beneath it, giving it no chance to escape.
{ First.}
At the critical mont, Sato's command was instantly transmitted to ga Absol through their synchronized resonance.
"SOL!"
Sensing ga tagross pressing down from above, ga Absol zeroed in on one of its tal arms and drove its crescent blade directly into it.
Four steel arms were incredibly powerful. But because it had four, ga tagross couldn't focus all its power into just one.
And that's exactly where ga Absol excelled!
One-fourth of ga tagross's power versus ga Absol's full-force blow, amplified by the nature of First.
Absol forcefully broke through tagross's hold and escaped!
"Night Slash."
"Sol!"
Just as it "broke free", ga Absol didn't even think about retreating. It specialized in physical attacks too.
ga Absol whipped around sharply. The crescent blade on its head was now coated in dense Dark-type energy as it slashed ferociously at ga tagross!
"teor Mash, counter it!"
DUANNNG~
teor Mash collided with Night Slash head-on. Thanks to type advantage and superior Attack power, ga Absol forced ga tagross into a backward retreat.
But ga Absol had only one crescent blade… and ga tagross had four giant steel arms!
Seeing it couldn't hold the clash, tagross didn't hesitate; it swung its most convenient arm straight at Absol.
With the weight and hardness of its steel arm, even without a move, it could deal significant damage to Absol.
Helpless, ga Absol leapt backward to dodge the blow.
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