Their movements were perfectly in sync. A full, massive pink sphere of light slowly formed, shining brilliantly!
A Fairy-type Moonblast!
This time, the orb was even more dazzling than before. Clefable lifted that pink "moon" high over its head, and the radiant Fairy energy washed the entire battlefield in a dreamy glow.
Heracross's eyes were completely flooded by the light—its vision filled with nothing but sweeping pink moonshine.
The glow was so intense that even its hard shell reflected an eerie rosy sheen!
The power was terrifying!
"What a beautiful Moonblast! With your current strength, this move is already really solid."
Grey couldn't help praising it—but then his gaze sharpened. "But if you think you can beat my Heracross with that, you're still a bit short! Heracross—use Smart Strike!"
"Heracross!"
With a furious roar, Heracross's horn suddenly burst with metallic, icy light!
That single horn extended rapidly, as if pulled longer by an invisible hand, its surface flowing with cold Steel-type energy!
And the instant Smart Strike completed, Heracross charged without hesitation—its Steel-energized horn tearing through the air with a shrill screech!
SHHK!!!
At the moment it collided with Moonblast, that pink lunar brilliance was split cleanly in two, scattering into countless points of light.
It looked like someone had just cleaved a real moon in half.
"Huh?!"
Green's pupils shrank as she watched Heracross slam her Clefable up into the air—then finish it with that proud steel horn!
BOOM!!!
Clefable was unable to battle!
At that moment, two of the Poké Balls beneath Green's large profile icon dimmed out.
Only her final Pokémon remained unused.
"…"
Green choked on her words. She really wanted Grey to go easy on her, but after thinking about it, she dropped the idea.
With Heracross in this state, beating her would be effortless.
As easy as crushing an ant.
One stomp, and her Pokémon might end up "owing a few lives" on top of it.
So… what Pokémon should she use next?
Wartortle, Venusaur, or Granbull?
In the three days she'd been gone, Green had caught an Ivysaur in an unbelievable garden—and that Ivysaur was already strong. The very next day after she caught it, it evolved into a Venusaur.
It was the Pokémon with the highest base stats on her team.
If she used that… could it actually threaten Grey?
As for Wartortle…
Yeah, no.
Sure, Wartortle joined her team early.
But you had to look at reality!
Grey had fought multiple Wartortle already—and he'd even beaten their evolution, Blastoise.
Green felt that with her own Wartortle's half-baked skills, she should stop embarrassing herself in front of the stream.
It would have "good livestream effect," sure—but everyone would instantly think she was acting out a scripted match.
And Granbull?
Mmm… also no.
Her other two "big sisters" had already gotten taken advantage of at range. Granbull was a Fairy-type built for close-range brawling—sending it out now would just be handing over a free KO.
Wait… didn't she still have Ditto?
Green remembered her last partner—Lil' Ditto.
It could transform, after all. Grey had said that back then, his Ditto could even trade a few rounds with the Team Rocket boss's Beedrill.
Ever since then, her Lil' Ditto had been itching to battle.
"Lil' Ditto, do you want to take the final match?"
Green patted her "Poké Ball."
Then the Poké Ball at her waist suddenly revealed two little "bean eyes."
That's right—this "Poké Ball" was Ditto!
"Ditto?" (Me… fighting Grey?)
Ditto glanced at the battlefield, and the moment it realized the opponent was Grey's Pokémon, it immediately chose to bail.
If it was some other trainer, it might've had a chance to test the waters.
It could even break Lance's patterns.
But Grey?
Nope.
Ditto knew it wasn't built for that.
Grey knew Ditto inside and out, and he knew exactly where Ditto's weaknesses were.
And Ditto was just a shapeshifter—going up against Grey would basically be delivering its own head as a gift.
So Ditto chickened out.
It made it very clear: as long as it wasn't battling Grey, Ditto would be the first one to jump in for anything else!
"…"
Green was speechless.
Of course she knew what her Ditto was thinking.
She just wanted to spark a little fighting spirit in it.
Instead, it surrendered before the match even started.
At this point, she was pretty sure that if she asked Granbull or Wartortle, they'd react the same way.
They all knew how outrageous Grey was.
"Fine then—guess I'll have to send you out!"
Green straightened up and reached for the second Poké Ball on her belt.
"Bulby—let's go!"
The Poké Ball hit the ground, and a Venusaur that was a full size larger than a typical top-tier trainer's Venusaur emerged grandly, taking the field!
[Pokémon: Venusaur]
[Type: Grass / Poison]
[Level: 33]
[Ability: Overgrow]
[Moves: omitted…]
Like the classic starter lines everyone knows, Green's Venusaur was also the classic "burst mode" Venusaur.
And what exactly was "burst mode"?
Any Pokémon with Overgrow qualified as part of that "burst mode" school.
"Ah—this is the second trainer I've seen using Venusaur. By the way, when did you catch this one?"
Grey was genuinely curious where Green had found it.
She'd raised it pretty well.
He remembered that when Green left, she only had five Poké Balls—now she had a full team of six.
So this Venusaur had definitely been caught outside.
"You mean Bulby? I caught it in a secret garden. I even used it to battle Miss Erika once!"
Green put her hands on her hips and grinned smugly.
[Big sis, are you sure that's "Bulby"? That thing is NOT small.]
[The League says a normal Venusaur is about 2 meters tall. This girl's Venusaur looks like… at least one Blaziken tall.]
[What do you mean 'one Blaziken'? Is that a Hoenn unit of measurement?]
[It means 2.5 meters, lol. But yeah, that Venusaur is huge. Props to her—she raised it well.]
[Why do I get the feeling she basically picked it up off the ground? It still has that wild vibe on it.]
[Bro how can you even tell that?]
[I'm a Venusaur specialist. I can tell the difference between trained and wild. For a Venusaur to grow this big, either it was raised from young with crazy care, or it lived somewhere in the wild with super rich nutrients.]
[There was that "mysterious secret garden" full of Bulbasaur outside Celadon City a while back. I'm guessing she caught it there.]
The chat erupted into intense discussion about Green's Pokémon.
Even Heracross's expression grew serious.
The Venusaur in front of it… was no weaker than it was.
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