Pokémon the Movie: The Journey of a Slate

Chapter 271 Interesting

"boom……"

Ma's last punch landed heavily, and Suicune's consciousness was already a little dazed. Seeing this, Ma silently put away the next punch he wanted to throw, and then slowly stood up.

After all, the other party still needs to leave, so there is no need to beat Suicune unconscious.

Ma turned away with cold eyes, and the moment he turned away, his eyes softened.

"Very handsome, Ma." The boy's praise made Ma raise his head slightly. To bring victory to the person in front of him, to improve himself and gain the power to protect his recognized companions, these were the reasons for his fighting.

[You have good control over energy.] Darkrai's brief words expressed his approval of the energy coat that Ma put on him during the battle. This was the first time he saw him use such a technique, so this should have been conceived by Ma not long ago. If it is further developed, this technique may play a big role in Ma's future battles.

"Did you see that?" Mary looked helplessly at the Poké Ball hanging around her waist. To be honest, this battle was a pure crushing defeat, a perfect illustration of the importance of combat experience and skills in battle. The girl did not expect this battle to provide any inspiration to her own Pokémon, after all, it ended a little too quickly.

Level, skills, experience, talent, items, and will are six aspects that have an important impact in a battle. Except for the level, Suicune lags behind Ma in almost every aspect. The opponent is cheating and has a slate. It is hard to say whether he can win. Correspondingly, the learning value brought by this battle is not great.

As expected, except for the long-haired troll who had some ideas because of Ma's technique of attaching skills to his hands to attack, the other Poké Balls did not even shake.

What are they learning from this?

"Okay, it's okay. It's not your fault." Mary patted the Poké Balls gently to comfort them.

The laughter not far away naturally reached Suicune's ears. He looked at the blue sky with lifeless eyes after his defeat. As a legendary Pokémon, a genius in his tribe, how could he not be arrogant when he had been well-off and "spoiled" since he was a child? That was just hidden by his lazy and sloppy personality.

But in just less than five minutes, Ma crushed Suicune's arrogance. That disappointed and indifferent look deeply hurt Suicune's sensitive and proud heart, causing the arrogance that had always been brought about by his status to collapse.

The current blank time gives him the opportunity to truly begin to examine himself.

Lost just like that? Not even a few decent counterattacks... Why is the gap so big? Did I slack off in my training in the past... It seems to be true.

Suicune recalled his experiences over the past decades. He had never trained hard. He had spent all his time sleeping while learning skills and accumulating experience. He had everything he wanted to eat, drink and have fun. So what had he been so proud of? Was it his talent that had been wasted?

……

Only strength can allow him to support his arrogance.

……

"Well... he should be okay, right?" At this moment, Eslo suddenly looked at Suicune, who had been lying on the shallow river surface in a trance. He was worried that the other party would become mentally exploded and depressed because he was defeated by an elf who was younger than him and not a legendary elf. After all, the other party was sent by the King of Phoenix. If he blew up the talented junior under the King of Phoenix, Eslo would still feel embarrassed.

Ma, who had not yet stepped ashore, turned around to look at Suicune and shrugged to indicate that he was not sure.

And the next moment, Ma's eyes suddenly became serious because he saw Suicune slowly standing up.

"Woo..." Suicune stared at the figure with his back to him. The way Ma looked at him with the sidelong glance made Suicune's fighting spirit, which had not appeared for a long time, ignite in his heart again.

He challenged Aislo and Ma again, this time not to slack off, nor to act, nor to threaten anyone, but just to fight with all his might.

"Ah?" Ma slowly turned around and looked directly at Suicune who was trying hard to recover himself not far away. The invisible pressure gradually dissipated.

"Woo——" Suicune's roar was more powerful than before. Should we say that he is worthy of being a spirit with the characteristic of mental power? His will is really firm.

Seeing this, Ma and Aislo looked at each other, and after the young man nodded, the corners of his mouth gradually curled up, and then he hooked his finger at Suicune, signaling him to attack first.

Last time he gave Suicune a warning first, and this time he let Suicune make the first move, which was fair.

Now, the second round begins!

"Woo--" Suicune uttered a long cry, and then began to move his four legs rapidly, and a faint fluorescent light gradually began to shine on Suicune's body.

——So fast!

Suicune ran on the water, leaving behind one afterimage after another and ripples on the water. He circled around Ma several times, and his terrifying speed brought up gusts of wind, causing the water to surge, and it was about to form a waterspout.

Ma's eyes were calm, he stood there quietly, not moved by Suicune's actions at all, because he understood that the waterspout could not affect him, and Suicune also knew this, so the rising water column now was just a decoy, Suicune's real attack was hidden behind the tall water curtain.

Interesting...but not enough.

Suddenly, Ma leaped into the air, his figure was light and graceful, and a small black ball instantly condensed in his right claw. At this moment, Suicune was rushing past Ma at a speed that could not be captured by the naked eye - His attack missed.

But Ma's attacks will never miss.

"boom--"

There was another explosion, and the dark blast exploded directly on the back of Suicune. (Refer to the Night of the Nine-Tails, Minato vs. Obito)

But this time, Suicune was not stunned. Instead, he endured the pain and turned his head as if he had expected it, opened his mouth and launched the attack he had prepared in advance.

A high-pressure water column as thick as a building gushed out and directly knocked Ma away. This water cannon caught Ma off guard, but fortunately he reacted in time. When he was carried to the air more than 70 meters above the ground by the impact of the water flow, he released his defense to resist the continued attack. However, this still could not prevent Ma from being forced to a height of hundreds of meters.

“Ahhh——”

Ma's face darkened, but the fighting spirit in his eyes grew stronger.

——That’s what makes it fun!