harleyscars Chapter 99: Boarding Battle and Chaos
Chapter 99: Boarding Battle and Chaos
Faced with the enormous Wailord, Captain Doug employed the ancient boarding tactic, using the anti-aircraft gun at the bow of his ship to launch all the Pokémon on his body, bringing them close to the giant whale's body for a close-quarters melee.
As the Poké Ball landed, about a hundred meters in front of the Victini, a red figure in a karate uniform appeared abruptly like a boulder on the water's surface.
The wrestling demon that the detectives had seen before landed first on Wailord's huge blue head.
The moment it landed, this sturdy humanoid Pokémon used the momentum of its fall to deliver a shoulder tackle. This is a variation of the "Mountain Slam" move, delivering a powerful blow to the opponent with a high probability of hitting a vital point.
The moment the Throwing Demon launched its attack, another blue Pokémon dressed in a karate uniform arrived on the battlefield.
The sprite named Strike Ghost abruptly abandoned all its defenses and went into full-scale attack mode.
Fists, feet, joints—every part of the body that could be used as a weapon moved in a storm. With a whooshing sound, the attacks rained down on Wailord.
This is a high-powered fighting technique called "close combat".
As a result, even though he still had enough energy to sustain himself, the whale king no longer had the leisure to sing whale songs or unleash its "water spout".
Under the combined attack of two Fighting-type Pokémon, the giant whale let out a low roar in pain, trying to dive into the water to escape the enemy's attack.
"Want to escape?"
In the captain's cabin, the old captain, like a beast about to pounce on its prey, shouted commands into the radio in front of him: "Mama, King Eel, Geometric Snowflake, use 'Discharge' and 'Freeze-Drying' to block the target's escape route!"
A long, dark gray figure floating in the distant sky appeared in response, its strange, serpentine arms outstretched, releasing a burst of bluish-white lightning into the sea below. This caused Wailord, who was trying to dive away to escape, to momentarily freeze in place.
Then another hexagonal crystal-shaped Pokémon emitting a ghostly blue glow appeared in the broken waves. It exhaled a large blast of cold white gas at the rear half of Wailord's body. The gas immediately adhered to Wailord's tail and instantly condensed into a large patch of ice crystals.
"Alright, now's the time! Toad King, Constructor! Deliver the fatal blow! Use 'Earthquake' on Wailord!"
A giant blue toad and a burly humanoid Pokémon wielding two concrete pillars—two Pokémon of different but equally robust builds—posed in the same charging-up pose.
In normal land-based battles, the "Earthquake" move attacks the opponent by destroying the terrain, primarily causing damage. In reality, it's just rocks flying everywhere after the skill is executed.
However, the battle against Wailord was completely different. The damage that would normally be absorbed by the terrain would now be absorbed by Wailord alone. Even with its massive health, this giant whale would be unable to withstand the combined "Earthquake" attacks of two Pokémon.
Old Doug's combo left Azure in awe.
The battle strategy was shrewd and clearly divided into three phases: cover, disruption, and output. The six Pokémon had distinct roles: first, they used fast-paced Fighting-type moves to disrupt Wailord's attack rhythm; then, they used Thunder and Ice to deprive the target of its ability to escape the battlefield; and finally, they concentrated their power to output damage.
Most importantly, they have an excellent grasp of timing. Whether it's the six Pokémon or Mr. Doug, they are all veterans who have practiced this tactic for a long time.
However, before Azure could finish her reflection, the situation had already reversed.
The "earthquake" skill used by the Toad King and the Old Builder did not play a decisive role in the battle, because the sound of their skill activation disappeared into thin air over the radio.
"Oh no, Old Doug! A Tentacruel has joined the battle! It's using its tentacles to bind King Toad and Old Master Repairman. Earthquake failed! The enemy seems to have realized we're using radio commands and has attacked the Pokémon's heads with Knock Off!"
Naoki was observing the battle through binoculars through the porthole when, faced with a sudden unexpected situation, he chose to loudly notify the captain.
"Wait, there are more enemies!" The old man's hoarse voice rang out again before it had completely faded. "Another Big-headed Gull is fighting with the Throwing Demon and the Striking Demon. In addition, there are two swimming wolfhounds. They dragged the Mama Eel King and Almost Snowflake into the sea!"
"It's the little people inside the whale's belly who jumped out! Damn it, there are at least three trainers on the other side!" The old man immediately made a judgment. "I can't command the battle from a distance. I need to move the ship closer to meet the Pokémon."
"No, perhaps it doesn't need to be that complicated."
Suddenly, the assistant beside him spoke up, brushing aside a strand of hair that was obscuring her eyes and revealing a composed smile: "Mr. Doug, do you have any spare radios?"
The girl in front of him no longer seemed to be the detective's assistant who followed Hugo around all day and played a supporting role, but had instead become a Pokémon master that people couldn't help but trust and rely on.
"There's one more." The old captain, puzzled, handed a small spare headset to Azure. "What do you need this for?"
The girl didn't answer. She took out a Poké Ball and released a purple-red, slimy Pokémon. Then she threw the communicator into the mud and used the Poké Ball to recall the purple Pokémon.
Under the captain's astonished gaze, Azure imitated him and stuffed the Poké Ball containing Ditto into the device on the control panel.
"Is this the launch button?"
Doug nodded, and then Azure pressed the launch button without hesitation.
boom.
The Poké Ball containing Ditto flew towards the battlefield like a cannonball, drawing a beautiful arc.
"What can you do with just one Pokémon? There are at least three trainers on the other side, and the battle is taking place on Wailord controlled by the enemy!" Old Doug seemed to realize just then how stupid he had been, and he flew into a rage.
“Some people have a rigorous and ruthless fighting style. They calculate every detail of the battle to the last detail, and achieve final victory with absolute rationality.” Azure recalled her childhood friend with brown hair and a hedgehog-like hairstyle, saying this while remembering his arrogant taunts.
"Some people ignore all the established rules in a match, playing wildly and recklessly, but they always trust their partners. This often allows them to turn the tide in desperate situations and become the final winner." At this point, Bilan couldn't help but adjust his sun hat.
"My tactics are completely different from those two. To me, Pokémon battles are like a grand ball waiting for the main character to take the stage. We use moves to keep the beat, commands to create melody, and exhilarating battles to perform on the stage..."
Ditto's Poké Ball landed in the center of the fierce battlefield.
Below the Poké Ball was the menacing Wailord, along with Pelipper, Mightyena, and Tentacruel that were overwhelming Doug's Pokémon.
"And what I'm best at is heating up the atmosphere the moment the ball starts! Okay, one, two, three, now, everyone look at me!"
Perhaps it had been too long since she'd had a proper Pokémon battle, because the girl's voice was surprisingly cheerful. Accompanying this was the explosive sound of a gigantic object hitting the water!
The azure Ditto transformed into another Wailord the moment it appeared, and with a headbutt, it forcefully slammed the object it was imitating into the deep sea!