Chapter 265: Fully Automatic Jessie, Move on Your Own
2024-05-15 Author: Samsung Charmander
"Golem!"
With a roar, Golem suddenly condensed several rocks in the palms of its short, stubby hands and mercilessly hurled them toward the target.
Rock Blast!
"Boom!"
The earth-gray rocks shot forward, exploding violently as they neared the Pink Butterfree. The sound of the blast was immense and powerful.
"Mee mee…"
Butterfree could only flap its wings, constantly moving to dodge, its large, cute eyes furrowed in concentration.
"Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!"
Rock Blast was a continuous attack. Golem launched several rocks in succession, forcing the Pink Butterfree to be constantly on the run. Its line of sight was obscured by the debris from the unending explosions.
"Gole!"
As the rock debris settled, before Butterfree could regain its composure, a sudden roar echoed in its ears. A massive figure rapidly grew larger in its vision. The heavy Golem had already used this opportunity to close the distance, even leaping up—a full 3 centimeters.
Adding its own height and the length of its arms, it reached a terrifying height of 2 meters and 7 centimeters!
"Smack!"
Golem swung its sturdy arm and knocked Butterfree out of mid-air, the terrifying force slamming it hard onto the ground and kicking up a spray of gravel.
Smack Down!
"Butterfree!"
Ash was shocked. He hadn't expected this Golem to be so fast; he hadn't even seen how it had gotten so close.
As soon as Butterfree hit the ground, the Golem that had just leaped 3 centimeters changed its stance again. It lowered its center of gravity, its body becoming like a heavy boulder as it smashed down on the ground.
"Rumble, rumble, rumble!"
Earthquake!
In an instant, the ground shook violently. The entire Viridian Gym trembled wildly as rubble and chunks of earth flew everywhere. Everyone's vision blurred, and they had to grab onto something just to stay upright.
The target of the Earthquake was in an even worse state. The Pink Butterfree, lying on the floor, took a massive blow. Its body felt like it was about to fall apart, and it was covered in wounds.
When the Earthquake ended, the Viridian Gym finally stopped shaking. On one side, Golem swaggered, flexing its muscles, while on the other, Butterfree was already a flickering candle in the wind.
"So strong…"
A look of astonishment appeared on Ash's face. He had thought today was just a training exercise, but he never expected that once freed from Jessie's command, this Golem could be so capable.
First, it used the hard-to-hit Rock Blast to obscure the line of sight, then it closed in to use the move Smack Down.
Smack Down knocks a Pokémon from the sky, making it 100% vulnerable to Ground-type moves.
So, don't even talk about Precipice Blades not being able to take down a Pidgeotto. First a Smack Down, then a Precipice Blades—not even ten thousand Pidgeottos could withstand that.
Once Smack Down hits, it's instantly followed by a big Ground-type move, Earthquake, for explosive damage.
"This Golem is so strong..."
"Mee mee."
The Pink Butterfree struggled to flap its wings and rise again, its expression grim.
While Ash's side was facing a formidable foe, Team Rocket was in high spirits. Meowth had even pulled out champagne, and the three of them were sipping from their glasses on the sidelines.
It had already fast-forwarded to the victory celebration.
James held up his champagne and said with a smile, "As expected of Jessie, this is all thanks to you!"
It was like a professional team that had underperformed for years. But after one of its members retired, the team was completely reborn, winning the World Championship that very year. Naturally, the retired member received the primary credit.
With Jessie's command, Golem was a blockhead.
But without Jessie's command, Golem was like a demon-slaying lord descending from the heavens.
So, naturally, Jessie deserved all the credit!
"Ahahaha, it seems I do have the aptitude to be a powerful trainer after all."
Jessie laughed with her hands on her hips, a smug expression on her face. Then, she sneered and waved a thumb.
"Golem, get to it! Move on your own!"
There are many styles of trainer command: the cautious style, the aggressive style, the reckless style, even the type-disadvantage style. But today, Jessie had finally created a brand-new, groundbreaking trainer style.
The Fully Automatic style!
"Gole!"
Golem nodded and began to move again.
It leaped three centimeters in place, tucking in its limbs and head until its whole body contracted into a giant, spherical rock. Then, it began to roll toward the target.
Rollout!
"Rumble…"
The ground trembled continuously from its rolling. The rapidly spinning boulder looked truly imposing.
"So that's how it works…"
Ash finally understood how Golem's heavy body had managed to approach his Butterfree so quickly before. It turned out that if you were too fat to move your legs, you could still roll.
"Pika."
The eyes of Pikachu, who had been watching from the sidelines, also lit up brilliantly.
Nice move. I'm copying that.
After learning this move, I probably won't have to walk anymore...
The battle continued.
"Mee…"
Butterfree hurriedly flapped its wings to dodge, rising to a height of 4 meters in the sky.
"Golem!"
A giant boulder flew up right after it.
Previously, Golem couldn't jump high with its legs, but now, its rolling body used the surrounding terrain to successfully leap to a height of 5 meters, continuing its charge toward the target.
Butterfree had no choice but to flap its wings and dodge.
"Rumble…"
It dodged the first Rollout.
"Rumble…"
It narrowly dodged the second Rollout.
"Rumble…"
"Rumble…"
It dodged four Rollouts in a row, with the speed and momentum of each one increasing. This brought Butterfree's stamina to its absolute limit. The stamina of a Bug-type Pokémon was not great to begin with, not to mention it was already in the state of a flickering candle in the wind.
Finally, the fifth Rollout came, its speed faster than ever before. The rolling rock itself exuded an incredibly dangerous aura, making Butterfree feel as if it were facing a great enemy.
Golem rolled back and forth on the ground, looking for an opportunity, its momentum building to a breaking point.
"Gole!"
Suddenly, it moved, attacking from an incredibly tricky angle. It was an angle Butterfree couldn't dodge, and the timing was perfect. It had to face it head-on!
Ash quickly commanded, "Butterfree, use Dazzling Gleam!"
"Mee!"
Unable to dodge, Butterfree's body erupted with pink energy, which almost instantly transformed into a blinding white light like a sharp sword, aimed at Golem's eyes.
But this time, Golem was prepared. After setting its direction, it closed its eyes on the spot and shot forward in mid-air like a cannonball. For a moment, it was unstoppable. Dazzling Gleam had no effect.
"BOOM!"
In the span of a few blinks, the wildly rolling Golem had smashed head-on into the Pink Butterfree. The terrifying force was enough to instantly render the latter completely unable to battle, fainting on the spot.
The terrifying force of the energy even created a series of sonic booms in mid-air.
"Butterfree!" Ash cried out anxiously.
Having landed the blow, Golem was confident that the bug before it could never have withstood the attack. It unfurled from its rolling form in mid-air, revealing its limbs and head with a smug look.
"Haha! As expected of my Golem, it's too strong!"
Below, Jessie was also laughing smugly with her hands on her hips.
But before Golem could fully land, the situation changed again.
A brilliant pink light suddenly flared up on the Pink Butterfree's body, which was covered in wounds. The Fairy-type energy was several times more intense than its previous Moonblast or Dazzling Gleam, and it continued to condense and compress…
And then.
"BOOM!!!"
The light suddenly exploded, and terrifying Fairy-type energy erupted forth. The entire Viridian Gym trembled violently, as if its roof had been blown off!
And Golem, being the closest, was the unluckiest of all. It took the full force of a terrifyingly powerful energy explosion head-on, completely defenseless!
"What's happening? What's happening? What's happening?"
Ash stared wide-eyed at the pink energy explosion that had suddenly occurred in mid-air. After being hit by that max-power Rollout, Butterfree should have been unable to battle on the spot. How could it still use a move?
And why does this move look a little familiar?
The Pokédex chimed in. "Beep. This is Butterfree's passive ability—Misty Explosion: Once it loses the ability to battle, it will automatically use Misty Explosion."
Ash: "?"
Misty Explosion. The name sounded impressive, but it was basically the Fairy-type's version of Self-Destruct.
Speaking of which, didn't he make Butterfree forget this move? How was it so deeply ingrained that it had become a passive ability?
(end of chapter)