Chapter 577: No Need to Hide
The contrast in styles between the two sides was stark!
Every move Future Yuzuru used had her unique modifications—
The "Divine Crane Triple Strike" derived from Extreme Speed, and the "renewable" acceleration from Flame Wheel!
On the other hand, Arthur's moves appeared extremely plain and unadorned—
Supersonic, which had no special features other than activating faster, and the standard, textbook Rock Tomb.
Even Arthur's reaction to the enemy's moves was boringly simple: tank it, tank it, and tank it again!
But these seemingly untechnical commands and move executions were precisely what allowed the little dragonfly to beat Arcanine senseless.
Rocks inscribed with slowing runes appeared around them. The little dragonfly used her body to take Arcanine's charge head-on, blocking him while forcing him into unavoidable contact with the rocks!
Runes activated!
Speed drop triggered!
The acceleration effect Arcanine had renewed with Flame Wheel was completely negated!
This meant he still couldn't escape the little dragonfly's grasp.
After easily dodging Arcanine's bite with an arcing flight path, the little dragonfly whipped her tail again, turning him into a large spinning top once more!
This time, even the members of the Nine-Tailed Fox Team wanted to cover their faces.
The gap displayed was just too big.
Neither Pokémon's ability helped much in this situation—Arcanine had Justified, and Flygon only had Levitate.
So, until the next cooldown period was over, Arcanine saw no hope of fighting back.
"Fall back, Arcanine! Don't engage!"
But then, as if things weren't bad enough, it started pouring.
Suddenly, Arcanine's eyes became extremely "wise." He stumbled twice, then suddenly raised a paw and slapped himself in the face.
Confusion effect triggered!
Arcanine had a brain fart...
In return, he received another merciless tail whip from the little dragonfly!
"Tsk tsk, that's brutal."
This time, not only Arthur's acquaintances but even trainers from other alliances nearby started clicking their tongues.
Besides the onlookers, there were many professional trainers mixed in the crowd.
One of them stroked his chin and commented, "That shouldn't be right. Wasn't Kubfu's style in the past few years all about tactics and type matchups? Where did this freak with this fighting style come from?"
However, a companion next to him sneered and retorted immediately, "Heh! Actually, they're still playing tactics. If you followed this year's Kubfu League, you'd know that this kid named Arthur hasn't used a Flygon all year!"
This topic instantly piqued the interest of others.
"Oh? You mean he kept a Pokémon hidden just for the Champions Cup? Wow! That's quite a long-term strategy."
"As expected of a Kubfu trainer, so scheming!"
"If Future Yuzuru hadn't challenged him this time, this tactic would probably have been hidden until the end!"
"Too bad! Sneaky Kubfu people!"
These discussions naturally reached the ears of Aaron and Leo.
Both of them looked strange for a moment.
Hiding Pokémon and tactics?
Did we?
How come we didn't know?
The members of the Blaze Team beside them looked much calmer—after all, they had participated in a Champions Cup before.
Grayson smiled and explained to them, "Don't mind it. These impressions are mostly thanks to the 'Big Three' back home in the past."
This wasn't hard to guess.
After all, who in the domestic league hadn't fought against the Demon King Team?
In the past few years, the team representing Kubfu the most in the Champions Cup was the Demon King Team, and the other two of the Big Three had also participated frequently. It was normal for people from other alliances to have this impression.
Leo, with his easygoing personality, chuckled. "Haha, it's fine. This isn't necessarily a bad thing. If the opponent misjudges our information, doesn't that give us an intelligence advantage?"
Aaron nodded in agreement at first.
This was a very normal inertial thinking for professional players like them.
But he still felt a bit unhappy inside.
After all, those people weren't saying nice things.
However, the next moment, the battle on the field gave them a completely different answer!
"Little Dragonfly, Outrage! Finish him!"
There were gasps from the surroundings.
"Using the ultimate move already?"
"Is that a bit rash?"
But then, the little dragonfly roared, silencing all doubts with action—
She quickly completed her dragon transformation!
And just from the terrifying energy fluctuations surrounding her body, it was easy to see: she was very good at this move! Very, very good!
If Supersonic was her best move when she was still a Vibrava, then Outrage was her signature killing move after evolving into her final form!
Over time, her proficiency with Outrage had even surpassed Old Flame's!
Once activated, the boost to all her stats was terrifying!
And all this was presented to everyone in a shocking manner the moment the skill was activated!
In an instant, she sent Arcanine flying high into the air, then unleashed a frenzy of combos mid-air without stopping!
"My god!! How can this Flygon be so fast after using Outrage?!"
"This power, this speed, this energy fluctuation, this is too exaggerated!!"
"Is he not hiding it anymore?"
In reality, Arthur had never intended to hide any tactics from the beginning.
Why hide?
He didn't care about this so-called intelligence advantage!
Just like even if the Sakura people knew his Pokémon had a melee advantage, Future Yuzuru's Arcanine still couldn't stop the little dragonfly's devastation!
He wasn't the Demon King Team; tactics didn't weigh that heavily in his mind.
So at this moment, what surprised all those who speculated with dark thoughts was: he openly gave away the information that the little dragonfly excelled at Outrage.
Leaving those people bewildered and uncertain.
Watching this, Aaron's first thought was also whether this was too rash.
But then, looking around and seeing those people who had criticized Arthur for hiding Pokémon and being cunning now shocked, angry, and speechless, he felt inexplicably satisfied.
More importantly, he heard—
"How do we counter this Outrage?"
"The boost from Outrage can't be dispelled by Clear Smog..."
"F*ck! Feels like we can't stop it!"
In this moment, Aaron suddenly felt relieved, the smile on his lips growing more obvious.
All thoughts of agreeing with Captain Leo were thrown to the winds.
Indeed, true powerhouses don't need a trivial intelligence advantage.
Even if you know my best move, so what?
You still can't stop it!
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