[Hahaha—if Gym Leader Grey really wanted to do it, I think he's qualified to serve as one of Kanto's Elite Four. But I believe he has even greater ambitions.]
[After all, Grey is a trainer acknowledged by Lance.]
Once those two messages appeared, the rest of the chat instantly piled on with their own reactions.
[Huh? I just said it casually—this is actually a thing?!]
[Damn, if Grey becomes Elite Four later… or even Champion… does that mean we've basically traded blows with a future Champion?!]
[Wait, can I pretend I have no badges and bring baby Pokémon to fight the weakest ones in the dojo a few times? Grey probably has baby Pokémon on him, right?]
[Hot fact: Gym Leaders can set a rule like "you need at least X badges to challenge the Gym." So if the streamer gets even stronger later, he'll definitely do something like Blaine and Gym Leader Giovanni.]
[Crap, then I gotta head to Saffron City.]
[I… I also want to go to Saffron City to talk to the streamer about Ralts, but… but my family won't let me…]
A pinned comment suddenly popped up.
It caught a lot of people's attention.
And that trainer from the Hoenn region typed out his situation in full.
After reading it, plenty of viewers teared up a little.
No other reason—it really was touching.
They were this close to spontaneously starting a donation drive for whoever was behind that comment.
Of course, the person didn't ask for money.
As for what was really going on… they'd only find out after Grey ended the stream.
For now, they needed to focus on the Gym Challenge match.
Another exchange of moves had just ended.
Clefable's injuries had piled up even more.
And Heracross?
It was sleeping like a baby—while beating people half to death!
If it were awake, Heracross would probably hold back a bit.
But right now, Heracross was asleep. Not only did it have no sense of restraint, it also had Guts boosting it!
And on top of that, its Sleep Talk rolls were completely ridiculous!
"Clefa…" (Why does this bug roll such high-damage moves every single time…?)
Clefable was going numb. It looked at the scratches on its arms, then looked at the wobbling Heracross.
Its Dazzling Gleam just now had been interrupted by a single Earthquake.
What it couldn't understand was this: they were about the same level, so how could Heracross possibly know so many moves?
That was beyond insane!
Even if you smashed TMs into its head, it shouldn't be able to learn that many moves in just three days, right?
Clefable desperately wanted to ask Heracross if it was using a cheat and forgot to turn it off.
"zZ…"
But all Clefable got in response was Heracross's snoring.
"Clefa!" (Damn it! Can you wake up already?! If you've got the guts, stop sleeping and fight me properly!)
Clefable was starting to crack.
It was working itself to death, and everything it did kept getting dismantled by a Heracross that was literally asleep.
At this point, it really felt like no matter how hard it tried… it just couldn't win.
"Clefable—stick to our rhythm. Use Flamethrower on Heracross!"
Green took a deep breath and ordered a full-on assault.
"Clefa!"
Clefable nodded lightly. After drawing in a huge breath, its pink cheeks puffed up.
The air around it warped from the heat, and the inhale made an orange-red glow bloom in its chest!
WHOOOOSH!!!
A fire pillar, condensed to the extreme, erupted from its mouth!
The stream of flame was shockingly intense as it shot straight toward Heracross!
The Flamethrower hit perfectly—blazing heat swallowed Heracross whole.
"Heracross!"
The high temperature forced Heracross awake on the spot.
A pained cry came from within the red wall of fire—this move clearly hit hard.
"Clefa…?" (Did we… do it…?)
Clefable's lung capacity wasn't that great, so it couldn't maintain Flamethrower for long.
But after hearing Heracross's voice, its expression finally improved.
At least it had dealt real damage. It wasn't slacking off in the fight!
With that, Clefable's flames finally died down.
As Flamethrower faded, only sparks drifted down.
Heracross's armor was covered in scorch marks. Thin trails of smoke rose from its joints, and little flickers of flame kept popping up, painting its whole body red.
Clearly… Heracross had been burned.
"???"
Seeing that, Green wasn't happy at all.
She stared with her mouth open, unable to believe her luck was showing up in this way?!
According to the League's official data, Flamethrower's burn chance was only 10%. Real-world conditions might vary, but not by much.
And yet, Clefable's Flamethrower had burned Heracross?!
Wasn't that basically stacking buffs on the enemy?!
Green had a Kanto swear word she really wanted to shout, but at this point, no amount of cursing could change the fact that Heracross was burned.
She lifted her head and stared at Heracross.
That terrifying existence didn't weaken from the burn.
Instead, the pain stimulus pushed it completely over the edge!
The eyes that usually looked honest and thick-headed were now bloodshot under the flames. Heat waves rolled off its body unnaturally, and even its insect wings vibrated so fast they left afterimages.
The agony of being burned sent it into a kind of berserk state!
This… was the horror of Guts.
Ignoring the burn's Attack-halving effect, and even boosting its Attack further!
"Heracross, it's our counterattack time!"
Grey's voice sounded like a warning to Green.
At this moment, the horn of counterattack had already been blown.
If she didn't want to be defeated, she'd have to use everything she had to stop it!
"Heracross!" (I know! Come on!)
Heracross slammed its fists together. Sparks exploded outward, and the shockwave from the clash warped the air itself.
"Clefable, we're going to show our own spirit too!"
Green was fired up by Grey's words.
"Clefa!" (Alright! The final blow—right now!)
Clefable nodded. Fairy energy wrapped around its entire body.
"Clefable—use Moonblast!"
In that instant, Green and Clefable reached a brief synchronization. Their movements matched perfectly.
Green raised her hand—Clefable raised its hand too.
Their motions flowed together as a full, massive pink sphere of light gradually formed, shining brilliantly!
A Fairy-type Moonblast!
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