The power outage at the Dead Leaf Gym was like a classic scene from a horror movie, and the whole room was suddenly filled with panic. Fortunately, within half a minute, the gym's backup power supply was turned on, and the hall was bright again.
With such a commotion happening, the master naturally couldn't just ignore it, so not long after, Qianye and the others met Ma Zhishi, the master of the Kuye Gym.
He was a tall, square-faced, middle-aged man with muscular body and sharp yellow hair, giving off a faint aura of iron and blood.
Prior to this, Qianye had secretly complained that the Kanto gyms were somehow filled with a childish atmosphere. All the gym masters he had met were basically only slightly older than him or simply the same age as him. This Ma Zhishi was the first gym master who met the stereotype in his mind.
However, Qianye's first impression of him was not very good. As for the reason...
"I heard that someone drained all the electricity, and I thought this gym had finally got a great character. I never expected that..."
Ma Zhishi bent down and looked down at Qianye and Nazi with contempt: "So, you are just two little kids. Hey, what are you doing here? Are you lost?"
This guy... frowned. Based on the principle of less trouble is worse than more trouble, Qianye didn't want to argue with him, so he spoke directly in a serious tone: "I am here to challenge the Dead Leaf Gym. May I start?"
"Challenge the gym? Hahaha! You'd better go home and have a shower and sleep early, little kid. This is a place for adults."
As Ma Zhishi spoke, he laughed together with his two male and female subordinates who followed him.
"What did you say?" Qianye hadn't moved yet, but Nazi couldn't help it anymore. She took a step forward, her red eyes as cold as ice.
"Haha, Boss, the little one is throwing a tantrum, so cute..." Ma Zhishi's male follower laughed and tried to reach out to touch Nazi's head. But before he could touch her, the green telekinesis enveloped him.
The body was pulled off the ground by an invisible force, and the male follower struggled with horror on his face. As Nazhi moved her fingers slightly, he was thrown directly against the wall.
The air suddenly became quiet, leaving only the wailing of the man curled up on the ground. Ma Zhishi's smile froze on his face, and he carefully looked at the girl who he had not taken seriously at first because she looked too young.
As if he recalled something, his pupils trembled: "You are, the one from Jinhuang City..."
Because the two cities were very close to each other, he had heard rumors about the Golden City Witch from many trainers who had come to challenge her. The fear in those people's eyes when they recounted their experiences had left a deep impression on him.
"Interesting! I've long wanted to see your strength. Let's start the gym challenge right now!"
Gym challenge? Nancy's eyes were still cold, with green light flashing, and there was a sign that she was about to activate her superpowers.
"Nazhi." Qianye gently held her little hand, the light in her eyes dimmed suddenly, and she silently retreated behind him.
"I'm sorry, Gym Master, but Nancy is just here with me. I'm the only one who's going to challenge the gym."
"You?" Ma Zhishi looked at the Ibrahimovic lying on the boy's shoulder with a suspicious look, "You are not going to rely on that little guy to fight me, are you? Let me make it clear first, I will never show mercy. If you don't want to seriously injure that cute little guy, you'd better think it over carefully first."
"Don't worry about that. Instead of thinking about it, you should prepare yourself mentally. I'm afraid that if you get beaten by the kid and can't fight back, your heart won't be able to bear it."
Since the other party had this attitude, Qian Ye didn't plan to be polite to him anymore. He raised his head and looked straight into the tall man's eyes.
"Humph, you are quite arrogant." Although he said this, there was no anger in Ma Zhishi's tone. On the contrary, he even smiled:
"Then come with me. Xiaoliu, take the monkey to get treated, and tell him to double his training after he's cured. It's really unbecoming for him to cry and scream for help after being beaten by a little girl!"
"Yes." The female attendant saluted in a standard military salute, walked to the side and dragged the man in the corner away. Qianye and Nancy followed Ma Zhishi's steps and came to the battle room of the Dead Leaf Gym.
"The rules are three against three. The one whose Pokémon all surrender or lose their combat power loses. Is there any doubt about that?"
Seeing that Qianye had no objection, Ma Zhishi took out the Poké Ball directly, and a red light was fired at the battle stage, and another... red and white ball appeared in the same place?
"Show me, how are you going to beat my Thunderball?"
Thunderball is a spherical Pokémon that has a highly similar appearance to an ordinary red and white ball for some reason. Trainers who are unaware of the truth often mistake it for a Poké Ball and get electrocuted.
He is a very fast electric special attacker. In this case, the first person to appear will be...
His right hand touched the Poké Ball containing Kuroko and was about to take it out. However, before he could do so, a gray sphere floated onto the field:
"Hiss~"
Seeing the strange Pokémon floating onto the field from Qianye's direction, Ma Zhishi's eyes suddenly lit up: "Huh, it's Magnemite. Do you also like to use electric Pokémon? I really admire you more and more."
"What is that..."
"Thunder Ball, use the charging beam quickly!" Before the boy started to explain, Ma Zhishi gave the order first.
The Thunderbolt Ball has a pair of angry eyes, and golden arcs of electricity gather into a ball in front of it. After a short accumulation, it emits a dazzling beam of electric current.
"Haha, on the battlefield you have to strike first to gain the upper hand. You still have a lot to learn!"
Looking at the young man with a complicated expression, Ma Zhishi, who mistakenly thought that the other party was caught off guard, laughed out loud and raised his eyebrows at him as he spoke.
There was no time to issue an evasive command. I thought that Magnetron had taken the charging beam and even if he didn't fall down, he must have been seriously injured. When he looked at the location where the charging beam hit with this thought, he was stunned.
Golden electric light flickered on Magnemite's body, and the next moment it was all sucked into the magnetic ball. It looked at him with its dull one eye, full of inexplicable mockery.
He coughed a few times to ease his embarrassment, and then gave the order: "Thunderbolt Ball, fire the charging beam continuously!"
Part of the energy accumulated from charging is stored in the body, and the Thunderbolt Ball continuously sprays out beams of lightning as instructed, each one more violent than the last.
All the golden beams hit Magnemite, and then... they were all absorbed.
Seeing that Magnetron was not affected at all and even looked more and more energetic, Ma Zhishi fell silent. Without giving any orders, the gray ball took the initiative to float closer to the Thunderbolt Ball, shaking the horseshoe magnets on both sides and circling around it, as if asking:
"Anything else?"
At this moment, the Thunderbolt Ball's eyes widened, and its upper body became redder and redder. Then, it exploded with anger... yes, it exploded in the physical sense.
The jade and the stone were shattered, and the move commonly known as the self-destruction left a hole on the stage. The entire ball of Thunderbolt Lightning turned black and fell down, completely losing its combat capability.
He took out the red and white balls, and took back the ball that looked like a red and white ball but wasn't. Ma Zhishi touched the bridge of his nose and laughed out loud again, but the laughter sounded uncomfortable:
"Ahahaha, not bad, not bad. You were able to pass my test successfully, which proves that you are indeed qualified to challenge me. Of course, Thunderbolt is only my weakest Pokémon. I will have to be a little more serious with the next one."
"Go, Raichu!" Grabbing the new Poké Ball and swinging it hard, the orange "big" Pikachu made a brilliant appearance.
Raichu, Pikachu's new form after evolving with the help of the Thunder Stone, is much stronger than Pikachu in all aspects. However, its popularity is slightly lower due to its reduced cuteness after evolution.
But Ma Zhishi obviously didn't care about these external factors that hindered his strength. Raichu stood confidently on the field with his hands on his chest. His domineering appearance seemed like he and his master were carved from the same template.
"Raichu, use 100,000 volts!"
The golden electric sac symbolizes a power storage capacity far exceeding that of Pikachu. As Ma Zhishi gave the order, several electric sparks emerged from the electric sac, and dazzling golden light burst out. The lightning column caused explosions in the air and descended on Magnemite.
Qianye's expression was unusually solemn. The destructive power of the Raichu in front of him was indeed considerable. If Kuroko and the others were to take the field, they would also need to deal with it with caution... However, the one on the field now was the Magnemite.
It's not that I don't care about the opponent's Pokémon because it's not my Pokémon, but... after seeing that guy directly withstand the high-voltage power grid and "eat up" all the electricity in the entire gym, I no longer think that purely electric-attribute moves can be of any use.
He had no impression that the Magnemite species had properties like lightning rods. Could it be that they were simply very good at eating?
As expected, a huge pillar of lightning came down with a loud bang, and when it landed on Magnemite, it was just like giving it a bath, and there was no change except making the metal surface brighter.
Seeing this, Raichu rubbed his eyes, and after confirming that he was not hallucinating, he fired another 100,000-volt bullet in disbelief.
As expected, he fed Magneto another dessert. He fired two 100,000-volt bullets, which consumed a lot of his own power, but the opponent still kept a dead fish eye. He couldn't help but support himself with both hands under the huge gap -
I'm so sorry that I couldn't feed Magnemite-sama enough.
Seeing his Pokémon in such a state of despair, Ma Zhishi no longer cared about his own face and immediately shouted at the top of his voice, "Raichu, don't give up! Since the special moves don't work well, let's use physical moves and use the Thunder Fist!"
Hearing his master's encouragement, Raichu lifted up his fighting spirit a little. With golden lightning flashing on his fist, he roared and punched Magnemite.
It's true, this punch really had some effect. Magnemite was caught off guard and flew away. After bouncing back up, he stared at Raichu with dull eyes, as if he didn't understand why the kind-hearted rat, who was feeding him just now, suddenly started to attack him.
It's broken! After all, Magnemite helped him defeat one of Ma Zhishi's vanguards, although its original intention was probably just to eat... He couldn't just sit there and watch it get beaten, Qianye immediately shouted anxiously:
"Magnemite, use the Cannon Beam... or the Lightning Beam, anything will do!"
What a mess! Hearing the boy's strange instructions, Ma Zhishi frowned, but he didn't just wait: "Raichu, thunder and lightning fist combo!"
The attack worked, and the excited Raichu rushed forward and punched a few more times, sending Magneto flying. It seemed that Magneto, who was hitting the combo from above, didn't seem to notice that a blue pupil appeared in its big single eye, sweeping up and down its body.
"Hiss~"
The analysis is complete.
Silver spots of light gathered in his eyes, and in an instant formed a thick beam of light that erupted, piercing through the ceiling above the Raichu that was so close that it had no way of avoiding it and blasting it away.