Chapter 660: Checkmate
After Specter launched his attack, the opposing robotic cat remained motionless for a long time.
"What's going on?!"
The audience was surprised.
But the professional players vaguely understood something.
"Could it be that the Rotom's spirit body is actually very weak?"
Ghost-type Pokémon are wondrous creatures. They have physical forms, possessing normal biological characteristics when materialized, but can also freely become intangible, exhibiting ghostly traits.
Most Ghost-types cannot maintain intangibility while attacking, so their attacks are correspondingly physical. Like Shadow Ball or Shadow Claw, a hit guarantees a crater on the ground—very physical, not mysterious at all.
But a small number of Ghost-type moves are different.
They are attacks that strike directly at the soul!
Like Night Shade!
Dealing fixed damage based on the user's level, this move cannot be strengthened through training and has no room for expansion.
But it is one of the few attacks that ignore external objects and physical bodies, striking directly at the mind and soul.
Similarly, this move cannot be blocked by technological creations!
This is true mystery, a realm beyond Newton's jurisdiction.
Unfortunately, Future Yuzuru's Rotom was far inferior to Specter in this field.
Night Shade was visibly super effective.
Rotom was so scared it almost detached from its possession state. The sophisticated robotic cat crackled with electricity, as if suddenly overloaded.
The effect of this hit was so good it needed no further description. At this moment, the professional players were more curious about—
"How did that Kubfu guy see it?"
"Why was he so confident that the Rotom was inferior to him in the spiritual realm?"
Mental and spiritual confrontations are very metaphysical fields, unlike physical strength which can be directly observed.
How to judge spiritual level? Even with current human technology, this cannot be accurately analyzed.
This is also why the move Night Shade has always been niche in the arena.
After all, there are no visible Pokémon levels in the real world.
But Arthur still analyzed this weakness of his opponent from various clues!
Although Future Yuzuru's Rotom had strong energy attacks and top-tier compatibility with its possessed creation, in the fields of spirit and soul, which cannot be cheated by technology, the gap between it and Specter was absolute!
The existence of Night Shade allowed Specter to ignore the high-tech simulated fur of the robotic cat in front of him, avoiding any physical confrontation, and dragging the battle into the opponent's weakest field!
After two hits, the robotic cat's operation showed obvious stagnation.
The circuits were normal, the mechanical structure ran well, but the internal command transmission just went wrong.
After three hits, the robotic cat found it increasingly difficult to respond to Future Yuzuru's commands.
Rotom possessing it even detached from the appliance carrier at one point, revealing its phantom body with an exceptionally painful expression.
After four hits—
Future Yuzuru was forced to take out her Poké Ball and recall Rotom. The metallic robotic cat lost its core and fell completely silent.
Specter very honestly kept using Night Shade. Since entering the field, he only used this one move throughout, without changing tactics, but the opponent just couldn't crack it.
As Arthur said: in this game, he had checkmated her!
The professional players grew more alarmed as they watched.
"Judging by this effect, that Gengar's spiritual level must be terrifyingly high!"
"And fully understanding the weakness of the opponent's ace Pokémon after just one match, the trainer's suppression is also unquestionable."
"It seems the debate over the most talented rookie in the world this year should be settled."
When Future Yuzuru recalled Rotom, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the direction of this match was becoming clear.
Previously, everyone questioned why Arthur didn't switch out Greninja mid-battle to save combat power, but seeing that he was confident in completely suppressing Rotom in the second round, this group of spectators naturally switched sides, praising Arthur's foresight.
"It's steady now! Still holding the switch authority, how can the opponent turn this around?"
"Playing too steadily, giving the opponent no chance!"
"Beautiful suppression!"
Completely forgetting that a few minutes ago, they were analyzing Arthur's mistake and recklessness in not switching Pokémon just as seriously.
So audiences are fickle these days. As long as you play well, they are all fence-sitters, swaying wherever the wind blows.
After switching out Rotom, Future Yuzuru entered a long period of contemplation.
She only had two Pokémon left, and one of them was the Sableye specifically used to seal Lina, which she dared not release!
Sableye with the Prankster ability was purely a support role, good for sneaky tricks, but fragile in a head-on confrontation.
At this time, Arthur still held the switch authority, and he only needed one more point to reach match point!
Because Starlight and Frost led by two points in the regular singles and doubles segment earlier, in other words, Future Yuzuru had no room to retreat!
Checkmate!
Arthur's words still rang in her ears.
A few minutes ago, she dismissed this statement.
She had clearly caught up by three points, and she also obtained the second mid-battle switch authority. The situation on the field was clearly developing in a good direction.
But in just these few short minutes, Arthur saw through her weakness, striking fatally at her core!
Next, if she wanted to target Gengar, the best way would be to send out a Dark-type Pokémon. However, the only Dark-type Pokémon in Future Yuzuru's team was a Grass/Dark-type Shiftry.
However, Grass-type is weak to Fire.
Arthur still had a Charizard ready to go.
As a rookie, Future Yuzuru actually faced the same problem as Arthur: insufficient Pokémon reserves.
It was true she was a genius, and her wealthy family allowed her to train Pokémon from a young age, stepping onto the trainer's path far earlier than others.
But this still couldn't change the fact that she was only in her early twenties.
Training four ace Pokémon took up too much of her time, leaving her with no energy to raise a large number of counter-pick Pokémon.
Facing Arthur's lineup, Shiftry was actually unsuitable, but helplessly, Future Yuzuru had no other choice.
She could only send out such an average-strength Shiftry.
However, as expected, after having Specter bombard with two rounds of Sludge Bomb, Arthur made a very steady switch, sending out Lina.
Not letting Specter take risks, sealing all possibilities of accidents with the steadiest decision!
Another point taken!
Match point secured!
Victory was within reach!
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