Chapter 665: The LeBlanc of Sinnoh
Sinnoh fans and Kubfu fans were at each other's throats.
Sinnoh's team operations always liked to pull strange stunts that annoyed people.
But if there was one player from Sinnoh whom people couldn't hate, Gwyneth would likely be the first name to come to mind.
She was a woman with an aggressive style in the arena but a modest and polite personality offstage.
Because of her elusive combat style, she and her Alakazam were often called LeBlanc (The Deceiver), but she herself was never as unapproachable as a witch.
On the contrary, in their previous encounters, she had left a very warm impression on Arthur.
Including this time today.
Before the battle started, she even smiled and thanked Arthur first.
"Thanks for your care in the Ashen Desert before. But I will still give my all today. I hope this match with you leaves no regrets."
Her words immediately sparked the imagination of many spectators.
What does "thanks for your care" mean?
Sounds like there's a lot of story there!
However, Arthur clearly remembered that he hadn't spent much time with Gwyneth in the desert.
But Arthur quickly understood after a second thought—
Gwyneth had promised back then that she would dig for the truth herself and not wrongly accuse Arthur based on biased positions.
It seemed she had found out part of the truth.
The "care" she mentioned here might not be thanking Arthur for helping her personally, but thanking Arthur for preventing the Sinnoh Alliance from making a grave mistake.
Gwyneth had always been someone who distinguished right from wrong and wouldn't blindly be hostile to Kubfu just because she was from Sinnoh.
This made Arthur appreciate her.
The "Deceiver" title only applied to her fighting style; in terms of character, Gwyneth wasn't deceptive at all. On the contrary, her character was very upright.
This made Arthur appreciate her very much.
"Thank you. I hope neither of us has any regrets."
He replied to Gwyneth with a smile as well.
He couldn't bring himself to hate this opponent.
She was a respectable opponent.
However, their simple conversation quickly heated up the atmosphere at the scene.
Fans had already imagined a stirring gossip drama!
But as the referee's whistle blew, these off-field factors were quickly expelled from the players' minds.
The match started!
Going all out was the best respect for the opponent!
In the first round, both sides revealed their Pokémon simultaneously. Gwyneth immediately brought out her signature ace: Alakazam!
And Arthur, having guessed this move, chose Specter, whose typing was targeted against it, as his starter.
This was a rare occasion in this Champions Cup where he didn't choose Lina to start.
However, some people asked, "From the perspective of type matchup alone, wouldn't sending out Mismagius be better?"
This argument made some sense: Psychic is weak to Ghost, but Psychic is super effective against Poison.
Gengar versus Alakazam was a mutual weakness relationship, but Mismagius might not have this weakness.
But these doubts only came from the audience off the field.
Professional players had almost no such doubts.
Because they all understood—
"Arthur's choice is fine. It's better to be safe and use an ace against Gwyneth's Alakazam. Using a counter-pick Pokémon might easily lead to being swept if one is careless."
The audience only saw type matchups, but the players understood strength suppression.
Gwyneth's Alakazam wasn't an existence that could be casually stopped by a counter-pick Pokémon!
This was a legendary Pokémon with its own title!
A few years ago, like Arthur's Lina and Future Yuzuru's Carbink, it was a Pokémon that stunned the world upon debut!
And now, this legend had become even more mature.
"Specter, evolve!"
"Mei, evolve!"
Gwyneth named her Alakazam Mei.
And her Alakazam lived up to the name.
Unlike the typical Alakazam with thin limbs like an alien and a long beard like an old fox, Gwyneth's female Alakazam seemed to fit human aesthetics more in every aspect.
The proportions of her limbs were more coordinated, her features softer. Being female, her beard was very short, and after Mega Evolution, she completely abandoned the white beard, the excess hair extending to the back of her head, turning into flowing white long hair.
This made her look completely unlike the little old men of her species, but more like a chibi fox girl.
This was a major reason why she earned the title LeBlanc—because visually, she subverted the traditional image of Alakazam, looking more like a white-haired enchantress sitting in the air.
The kind that makes white hair lovers ecstatic.
This match was a rare Mega battle!
Both sides revealed Mega Power right from the start!
Then Arthur struck first. "Specter, use Phantom Force!"
Gwyneth ordered simultaneously, "Mei, Kinesis!"
Psychic-type move: Kinesis. Alakazam's signature move, but also an extremely niche one.
Perform a spoon-bending trick for the opponent, planting a psychic suggestion to blur the enemy's senses.
On other Alakazam, this move was completely useless. Not only did it deal no damage, but the suggestion effect was generally mild, often less practical than Confuse Ray or Psybeam.
However, the commentators were extremely excited!
"There it is! Gwyneth's signature spoon-bending skill!"
Others' Kinesis might be useless, but that didn't mean Gwyneth's Alakazam's was!
Specter vanished into the void, attempting to launch a surprise attack!
Since Mega Gengar's ability after evolution was Shadow Tag, as long as he closed in, the fragile, high-mobility Alakazam would be halfway to losing.
Shadow Tag completely counters all high-mobility elusive playstyles.
Pin down, no showing off!
However, this time, two seconds later, something happened that made Arthur frown.
Space broke open!
Specter emerged from the void and swiped with his claw!
But surprisingly, he missed...
Gwyneth's Alakazam had been floating in place without moving, yet Specter's attack missed by more than ten meters.
After missing, Specter looked back, finding it hard to believe.
Was my sense of space affected?
Immediately after, a strange feeling rushed into his heart. In a trance, the Alakazam in front of him seemed to split into a dozen.
Shaking his head, Specter realized things weren't simple!
This dizzy feeling appeared and disappeared, verifying that it affected his sense of direction and space.
Yet he didn't feel like he was under any status condition!
Sure enough, it's not that simple!
Arthur sighed inwardly.
A Pokémon with its own title was indeed not easily taken down.
The Kinesis, which originally could only slightly interfere with the enemy's five senses, in the hands of Gwyneth's Alakazam, could even affect spatial perception after vanishing into the void!
"Indeed, it's not that easy to get close."
With a simple attempt at the start, Arthur hadn't expected to win easily.
He just didn't expect the opponent to resolve it so lightly and effortlessly.
As expected of the famous LeBlanc?
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