Pokémon Court-Chapter 515: Fallarbor Contest (3)

The second half of the performance round began, with the remaining contestants who had yet to perform taking the stage one by one. As the audience enjoyed the performances, the three judges scored each contestant according to their own standards.

The competition continued...

After Aiko and Sora, another young Coordinator's performance moved the audience.

This young Coordinator walked with steady steps and wore simple attire. From his demeanor and clothing, he didn't seem like someone participating in a Pokémon Contest. However, his performance was truly outstanding. His Solrock combined Fire-type moves with Confusion and Rock Throw, creating a unique technique rarely seen in Pokémon Contests.

In the end, he achieved an almost perfect score.

With Solrock using Fire-type moves and its sun-like appearance, it truly resembled a huge blazing sun. The audience members sitting closer to the stage could even feel the intense heat from the flames.

Witnessing such a visually stunning scene, the audience erupted in cheers.

After the young Coordinator, Yamato, stepped down, Vivian glanced at the form in her hand. The remaining contestants who had yet to appear were now fewer than ten.

"..."

"Next up, Contestant Chisana."

On the main stage, as the primary judging approached the end, Vivian announced a name.

Hearing this name, Terrance perked up slightly and focused intently on the stage.

Chisana, who had followed in his footsteps to become a Coordinator, was someone whose talent Terrance recognized. He had merely given Chisana some guidance, yet Chisana had designed Zubat's training path through his own efforts. Since then, however, Chisana's progress had not been fully displayed in front of Terrance.

Stepping onto the stage, Chisana took a deep breath and threw out his Poké Ball.

In the next moment, a Crobat appeared in the air above the stage!

The Zubat from before had now evolved into Crobat.

"Venoshock." The moment he stepped onto the stage, Chisana's demeanor changed, calmly calling out to Crobat.

Swish!

Crobat spun rapidly in midair and, in one swift motion, spewed out a large stream of poisonous liquid toward the sky. Immediately after, it exploded with a loud bang.

From bottom to top, the stream of poisonous liquid began to burst apart, transforming into countless tiny droplet-shaped purple liquids, falling like a rain of poison.

The poisonous rain was exceptionally dense, with each droplet spaced just enough to barely fit Crobat within the gaps. Under such a dense downpour of poison, it was truly like being caught in a rainstorm, making it impossible to think of a way to evade it.

"Supersonic?" Terrance quickly understood Chisana's intention upon seeing this.

Like Aiko, who had received a perfect score earlier, Chisana also chose the simplest yet most effective way to showcase his Crobat's skills.

First, there was the impeccable control over the move—training Venoshock to such a level must have taken a year of hard work day and night, which seemed very normal to Terrance.

Secondly...

The most critical aspect of the performance: faced with the densely packed poisonous rain, where each droplet left just enough space for Crobat's body, if Terrance's guess was correct, Chisana intended for Crobat to weave through the poisonous rain unscathed, dodging every single drop!

"Crobat... closed its eyes..."

Standing at the edge of the stage, Vivian gasped in astonishment as she watched Crobat beneath the poisonous rain.

Crobat's fierce, glaring eyes slowly closed, and the audience was suddenly struck with an absurd thought—was Crobat really planning to dodge all those falling droplets without using its eyes?

The process lasted only an instant. The droplets of poison rained down at an incredibly fast speed, and the moment Crobat closed its eyes, the poisonous droplets came pelting down in a rapid succession!

The scene was no different from an actual rainfall—except in this case, the raindrops had turned into harmful liquid filled with poison...

"I see now... It's trying to showcase Supersonic by closing its eyes, increasing the difficulty of the challenge as a display of skill?"

...

"Zubat has no eyes, so Supersonic is an extremely important instinct for it. However, after evolving, Golbat and Crobat develop eyes. Once a Zubat is captured by a Trainer, its nocturnal habits are certainly not retained. Therefore, once it evolves into Golbat, which has eyes, Golbat relies even less on Supersonic. During the daytime, its eyes become the primary tool for perception, gradually replacing Supersonic."

"During the Zubat stage, without eyes, it has no choice but to depend on Supersonic. After evolving and gaining eyes, and being captured by a Trainer, being active during the day becomes a habit. The utilization of eyes is certainly greater than that of Supersonic, so the replacement of Supersonic is an inevitable process."

This was Chisana's judgment at the time, and Terrance was very surprised that Chisana had such profound insight.

After all, many Trainers only have a superficial understanding of Pokémon. Few take the time to explore the changes that come with evolution, their physiological structure, feeding habits, or movement patterns.

[But the scenes that eyes can see are ultimately limited!]

[However, if one can truly master Supersonic, then whether it's day or night, Zubat could effectively have eyes that can watch all directions, detecting many things including movement and moves!]

Recalling Chisana's thoughts at the time, Terrance smiled. Then let me see the results!

The challenge Crobat had created for itself was so difficult that even with eyes, dodging the poison rain would be nearly impossible—virtually hopeless.

But Crobat had closed its eyes, limiting its evasive method solely to "Supersonic." Whether it could accomplish this feat by utilizing the detection of Supersonic... Terrance was very much looking forward to it.

Buzzzz!!!

A sound wave swept out, forming a massive ring that enveloped the entire sky above the stage.

Countless droplets of poisonous liquid were instantly caught within its range.

And then... as if Crobat had foreseen the trajectory, timing, and position of every single drop, it swiftly began to move!!

Its movements were fluid, without a hint of hesitation, weaving through the narrow gaps between the falling droplets, making many spectators sweat in nervousness.

Each time it passed through, it almost brushed past them, yet—shockingly—Crobat did not get hit by a single drop of poisonous liquid!

Even if a smaller Pokémon were put in the same situation, it would be nearly impossible to pull off such a feat—let alone while keeping its eyes shut.

Crobat's purple body glided through the poisonous rain, its wings flapping gracefully, moving like a phantom—an absolutely stunning sight.

Many Coordinators watching Crobat's agile movements began to feel deeply worried. If Crobat could dodge such densely packed droplets so effortlessly which were similar to attacks, wouldn't it be even easier for it to evade their Pokémon's moves in battle?

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