"Damn it!"
Tamechi's face was full of resentment.
He was about to succeed, so close to success!
As long as the Shining Charizard could break free from Agatha's restraint, he could choose to abandon a few Pokémon and escape on his own.
Compared to the Shining Charizard, his other Pokémon were much weaker.
He was confident that he could quickly train a few more Pokémon with decent strength.
By then, he could completely build a true Elite Trainer team with the Shining Charizard as the core.
In the past, he also struggled to grow and survive, capturing Pokémon without much planning, but only after gaining his current strength did he understand that what he lacked was a core Pokémon.
So he directly chose the strongest as the core and rebuilt the team.
This is the difference between consciously and unconsciously choosing to train Pokémon.
Or rather, the difference between him and those League Direct Lineage Trainers guided by professional knowledge.
But now.
Because of a "pretending" Haunter, his plan was about to fail.
Agatha's Ekans and Mismagius rebounded strongly, defeating his Mightyena while his Swalot was found and defeated by them together.
Now Tamechi was left with only the heavily injured Seviper and the relatively well-conditioned Chandelure.
But relying on just these two Pokémon, wanting to resist Agatha's Ekans and Mismagius was like a fool's dream.
It seemed.
There was no way out.
Tamechi's eyes showed a moment of dimness.
The foreseeable failure dealt a heavy blow to his ideals.
The beautiful dream realm was shattered.
"Hehe—"
Tamechi suddenly laughed softly.
Then the laughter turned into wild and unrestrained laughter.
"Hahahaha—"
He glared viciously at Agatha and Natsuhiko, who was hiding in the tunnel and had never shown his face.
"Since that's the case, no one is going to get away with it!"
Crack!!
Tamechi's hand gripping the black gem suddenly tightened, his face turning as pale as gold paper, and with the closing of his hand, a sound like the shattering of glass was heard.
Then, black powder slid through the gaps of his fingers.
On the other side, the Shining Charizard's movements suddenly halted.
The next second.
When Agatha was about to capture this special Shining Charizard.
Suddenly.
The flapping of wings stirred up a fierce wind.
"Roar!!!"
The resounding dragon roar echoed throughout the cave.
The body moved again with a special rhythm, the Dragon Dance letting it rise into the air once more.
Its originally red eyes cast a terrifying gaze, its wings fiercely flapping, headed directly towards the top of the cave, knocking aside the Golbat trying to intercept it.
Next, it spewed out a dark flame that instantly vaporized the cave's ceiling, and with another flap of its wings, it rushed out.
Without Tamechi's black gem's restraint, the Shining Charizard was like a dragon entering the sea, spewing flames freely, burning the earth.
Agatha, with a grim face, also quickly rushed out of the cave under the cover of shadows, leaving the Arbok and Mismagius to settle Tamechi's remaining two Pokémon.
Tamechi, when he crushed the black gem, was left with only one last breath.
Lying on the ground looking at the rampaging Shining Charizard in the air, his mouth curled up as he slowly lost his vitality.
Natsuhiko hesitated slightly.
Said to Abra: "Let's go up and take a look, Haunter, remember to protect me."
"Gastly!" Haunter patted itself.
Under Abra's psychic envelop, they also left the place.
But no one noticed, in the shadow of the corner, a small misty figure, orange eyes looking at the Shining Charizard in the sky with a hint of sympathy and pity.
...
...
Arriving on the ground.
In the midst of a forest, only this forest was being wantonly destroyed by the Shining Charizard.
However, Natsuhiko's first reaction upon reaching the ground wasn't to look at the Shining Charizard and Agatha, but his gaze was drawn to a not very large tree in the distance.
This tree seemed ordinary, surrounded by grassland, with other large trees a few meters away, seemingly lonely.
But the point is...
This tree, Natsuhiko recognized!
"Isn't this the fruit tree that bore two Insect Fruits? The location where it grows..."
Natsuhiko fell silent.
Because if he didn't miscalculate the distance, the location where this tree grows happens to be right above the cave where thousands of wild Pokémon carcasses are piled up.
Those two Insect Fruits... were they grown like this?
Upon closer thought, isn't this fruit tree located between the Dark Ruins and Goldenrod City?
It's not exactly in the middle, but not far off.
Then it makes sense for Weedle to undergo such transformation after consuming two Insect Fruits back then.
Thinking in a more exaggerated direction, Natsuhiko and Beedrill have yet to fully exploit the effects of those two Insect Fruits.
This is something born from the remnants of countless Pokémon life energy!
"Frozen Beam!"
Suddenly, a voice from afar brought Natsuhiko back from his silence.
Looking up.
Like walking out of the snow, Uncle Liu came walking slowly in mid-air, stepping on a thin layer of psychic power. Besides Piloswine and Jynx, he also had a Lapras beside him.
The pale blue Frozen Beam originated from this Lapras.
A Frozen Beam capable of contending directly with this Shining Charizard's flames.
Uncle Liu is here!
Then this matter can be considered settled smoothly.
"I just wonder how they will handle this Shining Charizard..."
Shiny Charizard!
So cool!
Surrounded by two Elite Four, but the raging Charizard remained indifferent, just continuously destroyed, destroyed, destroyed...
"Is this the Pokémon?" Uncle Liu approached Agatha, frowning and asked.
"Yes," Agatha replied flatly.
If they were to deal with this Charizard, it wouldn't be difficult for the two of them, but after all, it is the biggest victim of the Tamechi plan.
Moreover, the strength and potential of this Shining Charizard, it's impossible not to have some thoughts about it as well.
So to completely restrict it, or even to take it down, it's not a simple task.
"Let's stop it from causing more destruction first," said Uncle Liu.
"Alright."
They instructed their Pokémon to prepare.
No conversation, but extremely coordinated.
Uncle Liu commanded his Pokémon to block Shining Charizard's flames, while Agatha began to apply various restraints and debuffs.
"Roar!!"
Shining Charizard roared, but felt increasingly powerless, as if stuck in a quagmire, the more it struggled the deeper it sank.
Then.
"Masha!"
Suddenly, a crisp and lively sound echoed.
A column of Black Mist shot out from the underground cave, spiraled to the top of Shining Charizard's head, condensed into shape, transforming into a petite, somewhat cute Pokémon with a slightly timid gaze.
"This is..." Agatha narrowed her eyes, surprised.
Despite her Ghost Legion's blockade, this Pokémon entered as if unaffected.
Uncle Liu squinted without speaking, but his cautious demeanor undoubtedly showed that this Pokémon posed a significant pressure.
They didn't recognize it.
But Natsuhiko did.
"Marshadow!"
The Phantom Pokémon, a Ghost and Fighting Type Pokémon, legendary Pokémon, Marshadow!
"Masha..."
Marshadow ignored Agatha and Uncle Liu's presence, and disregarded the surrounding Pokémon, merely reached out and gently patted Shining Charizard's head.
"Masha..."
Gradually, Shining Charizard quieted down, the crimson hue in its eyes fading away...
"Roar—" Shining Charizard slowly exited its frenzied state, letting out a low roar.
"Masha!"
Marshadow's eyes filled with delight, once more patted Charizard's head, pointing its small hand.
Shining Charizard understood, spread its wings, vibrating straight in the direction Marshadow pointed, and as for Agatha's Ghost Legion ahead, it ignored them.
"Masha Masha!" Sitting on Charizard's back, Marshadow seemed quite happy, clapping its hands, smiling with curved eyes.
As it encountered the Ghost Legion, it waved its hands, splitting them from the center to either side.
These Ghost Type Pokémon also uncontrollably parted.
Watching Marshadow and Shining Charizard leave swiftly, Agatha and Uncle Liu exchanged a glance, ultimately choosing not to stop them.
Because they felt that the Pokémon appearing later posed an even greater threat.
However, looking at it this way.
It can be considered a good outcome.
"Masha!" After leaving the encirclement, Marshadow waved to Natsuhiko.
Goodbye!