"As you said -this time we can only rely on Julian,"
When Will ended up in a rather dejected state, Shen threw him a bottle of water and drank half of the bottle by herself.
Right now, Julian and Shen were the only ones left on their side. But Machamp had fought once already, and while it was still ready to go, it likely wouldn't last much longer in a fight.
On the other side, the Lit High School team had three Pokémon: Gengar, Venusaur, and a Trainer who hadn't battled yet but had a Pupitar waiting. That made a total of three Pokémon they were up against.
Julian would need to take on at least two or maybe even three of those Pokémon if Lake No. 1 school wanted to win this match.
"Lit Middle School has been hiding their strength," Coach Sam said.
"I didn't expect them to have Mega Evolution on their side."
He had thought that the Trainer with Pupitar was the secret weapon for Lit Middle School. While that was true, they actually had two secret weapons.
"Julian also has a Mega Evolution stone," Will added.
"Are you sure about that?" Shen asked.
"Do you really think Julian wouldn't have one?" Will replied.
"Bang!" Shen punched Will lightly on the arm, annoyed.
"Stop answering a question with another question!"
Of course, Julian had the Mega Evolution stone. When his Beldum evolved into Metagross, his dad had given him the stone.
But with such a opponent, Julian didn't need to use Mega Evolution just yet.
"Metagross!"
In a flash of bright white light, the silver Metagross appeared. Its heavy limbs landed softly on the ground without a sound.
"Mega Venusaur, use Leaf Storm!"
The Trainer of Mega Venusaur felt exhausted, knowing their time for Mega Evolution was almost up. They needed to deal a lot of damage to Metagross before they ran out of energy.
Countless green leaves swirled and danced through the air, each one sharp and dangerous.
"Psychic!"
Metagross's eyes glowed blue, and an invisible wave spread out from it, stopping the green leaves in mid-air as if someone had pressed pause.
At the same time, Mega Venusaur realized it couldn't move at all.
"Meteor Mash!"
Metagross floated in front of the controlled Mega Venusaur, smashing its fists down on its opponent's head, surrounded by colorful lights.
"Mega Venusaur, hurry and dodge!"
When the Trainer shouted, the Pokémon felt helpless. If it could dodge, it wouldn't be standing there taking the hit, right?
"Bang!"
No suspense, Mega Venusaur fell to the ground, also losing its Mega form.
"I think Julian wasn't even using his full strength before," Will said, wide-eyed and excited as he watched Julian defeat Mega Venusaur so easily.
"I have a feeling that Metagross is hiding even more power," Shen added, her martial artist instincts telling her that both Julian and Metagross were keeping their best moves under wraps.
"The match is over! Venusaur is unable to battle; Metagross wins!" called the referee.
After the Venusaur Trainer recalled their Pokémon, they gave Julian a deep look before leaving. This Trainer was from a well-known grass-type gym, run by his father. Even if his background wasn't as impressive as Julian's, he was still one of the best in Yale Province.
Julian's name was becoming more and more famous, especially after his first appearance with silver Beldum. His grandfather, John, even praised him as a future champion, making Julian well-known among the wealthy families.
Next up for Lit Middle School was not their last player, Nolan, but the Trainer who used Gengar.
During a previous battle with Blastoise, Gengar had regained some stamina using Dream Eater. After resting in its Poké Ball, it was probably back to about 90% energy.
In terms of type advantages, Metagross had the upper hand. Gengar's Poison moves wouldn't affect Metagross because of its Steel type. Gengar was likely just trying to wear down Metagross and gather information for Nolan, the final Trainer.
"Psychic!"
Gengar's powerful Psychic move hit, but Metagross quickly countered with it's own , controlling Gengar just like it had with Mega Venusaur before.
"Bullet Punch!"
A beam of silver light shot from Metagross as it attacked.
With such overwhelming strength, there was no need for fancy moves—just pure power.
Even though Metagross was only at the Advanced level, it could easily defeat even the strongest opponents, and Gengar, who was slightly above average Advanced level, stood no chance.
"Gengar is unable to battle; Metagross wins!"
In less than a minute, Gengar was defeated, and its Trainer recalled it in shock. They had hoped to use Gengar's tricky ghost-type moves to gather information on Metagross for Nolan, but instead, they were overpowered right away.
Metagross had taken down two opponents in a row, one even being Mega Venusaur, and the audience erupted in cheers.
"Metagross is the best!"
"Venusaur and Gengar didn't stand a chance against Metagross!"
"I really want to see Metagross Mega Evolve!"
"Me too!"
"Hey, my legs are long and white. Want to see them?"
"Private chat, please!"
"Get lost; you're blocking my view of Metagross!"
The chat was buzzing with comments as Nolan, the last player from Lit Middle School, stepped onto the battlefield.
To give the Pokémon plenty of room to battle, especially in a big event like the Yale Provincial High School League, the arena was huge—almost the size of two football fields.
Both Trainers could see each other, but they couldn't see what the other looked like, they can only see their rival's image on the big screen nearby.
When Nolan appeared, the female audience went wild, cheering loudly, making the broadcast screen explode with excitement.
"Come to sister!"
"woof, woof!"
"Nolan, come give a hug to your sister!"
Many comments praised Nolan's looks, while a few criticized.
"It's just a pretty face; what's the big deal?"
"This year's women's aesthetic is really bad; they don't know what a real man looks like."
But those comments quickly faded into the background of the excitement.
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