"All-Out Pummeling?"
Crasher, who had successfully run under Gardevoir, stopped in his tracks and put Prinplup on the ground, panting heavily.
If he had only been suspicious a moment ago, now he was certain.
That world-shattering power, that long yet domineering name.
What Pheromosa had just used was a Z-Move.
Kingdra, who had been momentarily stunned by the mention of female Horsea, felt this power even more viscerally.
'My god, don't talk about Horsea this time, I feel like I nearly lost my life!'
Almost instinctively, Kingdra threw all the surging Water-type power in his body out in front of him.
Feeling it wasn't stable enough, he also simultaneously used a Protect skill.
The next moment, the force of the All-Out Pummeling slammed down.
Centered on Pheromosa, the entire Gym instantly became starkly divided.
Behind her, the places where Axel and Platinum stood were completely unharmed.
But in front of her, it was as terrifying as the end of the world.
The gym's floor and pool were instantly torn up, countless fragments of building debris shot out along with water droplets.
Before the move even hit Kingdra, half the gym had already collapsed.
BOOM!
Finally, the move struck.
The raging Fighting energy detonated explosively; a mushroom cloud rose into the air, and the shockwave quickly spread toward the still-intact half of the Gym.
Looking up, even the sky had turned red.
Under this apocalyptic scene, Platinum was already frozen in fear.
Crasher's mouth hung open; he couldn't form a word.
As the Gym Leader of this Gym, he knew the building's structural strength.
Unlike ordinary buildings that can only withstand a full-power hit from a Gym Leader's Pokémon, this Gym had been built with many special materials.
He had even invited top Rock-, Steel-, and Ground-type trainers to help reinforce it.
A Gym Leader–level Pokémon wanting to destroy this Gym would normally require several hours of full-power fighting.
But now it was almost wiped out in a second?
'You bring this kind of power to my Gym?'
'Miss Jenny specifically asked me to cooperate with you.'
'Even more ridiculous, that girl Maylene said this bodyguard would be easy to deal with.'
'What the hell, are you all treating me like Team Galactic!'
'No wonder there are no Gyms left in Alola, they've all been wrecked by island second-generation elites?'
Just as Crasher was about to continue complaining, the shockwave reached him.
He first wanted Prinplup to use Protect.
But after looking at the little one's clear-eyed gaze, he sighed, scooped the kid up, and kept running toward Axel and the others.
Fortunately, Glastrier was used to big scenes and reacted quickly, raising its hooves to block in front of Platinum.
At the same time, a medium-sized ice wall rose up, sheltering the kneeling, dazed, blank-eyed Crasher inside the wall.
When the shockwave and Fighting energy fell, the original arena position had already become a huge pit.
The entire Gym had disappeared, leaving only a few broken bricks held back by Glastrier and the ice wall.
Shiiiiii~
After doing all this, Glastrier suddenly had a huge halo appear over its head.
It looked at Crasher proudly; its voice had a slight echo effect.
["Am... I handsome or what!"]
Crasher: "..."
'Handsome my foot!'
Crasher cursed wildly inside his head, 'Your small-team Pokémon just wiped out my Gym; saving me is literally your job, right?'
'And you ask me if you're handsome?'
'Cut the torment!'
But seeing Glastrier's expectant eyes, and remembering how effortlessly it had blocked that terrifying shockwave, Crasher could only force a grin that was uglier than crying.
"Handsome, ridiculously handsome."
Seeing Glastrier proudly boost its image, Axel shook his head with a smile.
"Alright, Gym Leader, don't mind Glastrier, that's just how he is."
Crasher brightened up; it seemed Axel still had some humanity.
Knowing his wallet and Pokémon had just been trashed, Axel still spared him a bit of dignity. Unlike this big pony, who didn't care at all.
Just as Crasher showed a sincere smile and reached for his badge to hurry Axel away, Axel grinned.
"Now that the battle I requested is finished, could you have a match with Platinum?"
Crasher: "???"
'What, you were waiting for me here!'
'No way, absolutely not!'
'I'm a Water-type Gym Leader, not a Ground-type Gym Leader.'
'You want to bully me?'
'Nope!'
Crasher glanced at the Gym, which had now become rubble, and felt even bolder inside.
If the Gym were still standing, he might have to give Miss Jenny face.
But now the Gym was gone; she couldn't force him to keep taking hits, right?
"Miss Platinum, Mr. Axel, I'm not refusing you on purpose, it's just that the Gym's gone, I need to raise money to rebuild it."
"If you want to challenge the Gym, why not come back in a few months?"
"Eh?", Platinum blinked, looking puzzled.
A few tufts of hair on her forehead had been blown up by the shockwave, making her look like she'd stepped out of a comic strip.
"Why a few months? Is raising money that hard?"
"This is already fast," Crasher counted on his fingers, planning to give Axel and Platinum a thorough lecture on how hard it is to make money.
Axel nodded inwardly.
Making money really is hard, didn't the head of the Emberpine Pokémon Center have to empty his savings to come up with a few million a few months ago?
Maybe he should help Gym Leader Crasher make some cash.
Like open a tactics training class?
After all, this Gym's destruction was one hundred percent related to him and Pheromosa accidentally using a Z-Move...
Just as the two were commiserating, Platinum's Rotom phone suddenly rang.
Platinum answered; a robust voice came through.
["Miss, Master just told me to transfer this month's allowance to you. You usually don't spend much at home, only a little over a hundred a month. Now that you're out, don't be stingy, I'll give you a thousand. Is that enough?"]
Platinum blinked, "No need, Butler Grandpa, I can't even spend a hundred."
Crasher sneered to the side, 'You can't spend a hundred a month and you ask why raising money is hard?'
'Even if you had a million a month, rebuilding would still take years!'
Still, the girl was filial; spending so little on the road showed she understood how hard it was for her family to make money.
Maybe he could work a little harder and let her challenge Prinplup?
At that moment, Platinum's call ended, and a pleasant robotic female voice announced.
["Five hundred billion has been deposited into your account. Current balance: seventy-nine billion nine hundred thirty-six million one hundred sixty-two thousand."]
Crasher: "???"
'Your five hundred is five hundred billion?'
'That's too niche!'
'Also, why does your account balance stop being precise at the "ten-thousand" unit?'
'Why is my balance exact down to the unit digits?'
Axel sighed softly, "Forgot to tell you, her surname is Berlitz."
Crasher: "!!!"
Platinum put her Pokédex away, turned to Crasher, and said, "Could I trouble you for a match? I'm really in a hurry; Axel still has other tasks."
"After the match, I'll pay to rebuild your Gym, okay? Also, your Kingdra looked pretty shaken, I'll give him a Leftovers Treasure."
Crasher blinked and immediately put away all his pride, stepping back and bowing to Platinum.
"Miss, you're too kind. As a Gym Leader, accepting Trainers' challenges is my duty!"
"It's just that the Gym's gone?"
"As long as Trainers come and as long as I'm alive, I will accept challenges!"
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