SWDnovel Chapter 54 Pikachu with a Hat, Secret Technique - Electric Speed Boost!
Chapter 54 Pikachu with a Hat, Secret Technique - Electric Speed Boost!
Making Xiaoxia surrender is obviously not a good idea; otherwise, he would have just accepted the water droplet badge from Changpu in the first place.
This idea only flashed through Xiaozhi's mind before he dismissed it.
After Ash caught Ralts and put it back under his feet, he stood up again and looked at their opponent with Pikachu, who was also relieved.
"I almost thought you were going to put Ralts in the game."
"How could that be? I'd rather go myself than let Ralts go."
Xiaoxia: ……
Is this something a human could say? God himself should do it.
If someone else had said that, Xiaoxia would have definitely retorted, "If you're so capable, why don't you go and fight them yourself? It's such a foolish thing for a human to fight an elf."
But if the person is Xiaozhi, Xiaoxia chooses to silently swallow all her words.
This guy can actually fight against elves!
Moreover, judging from the power he usually displays, even a peak elite-level Pokémon might not be his match.
If Ash were to personally take the field, he might actually have a better chance of winning than Pikachu.
"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!!" After a brief exchange of words, Ash took the lead and commanded Pikachu to launch an attack.
A burst of brilliant golden lightning erupted from Pikachu, slicing through the sky and heading straight for Starmie.
"Starfish, use high-speed spin to bounce it away!" Xiaoxia didn't let the starfish dodge, but instead chose to use high-speed spin.
The starfish's entire body began to spin, quickly transforming into a high-speed spinning top with unimaginable rotation speed.
A dazzling bolt of lightning pierced through space and struck Starmie's body, only to be deflected by Starmie's spinning motion. Not only that, Starmie continued its high-speed spin as it charged towards Pikachu at breakneck speed.
"Get out of the way!"
"Bang!!"
Pikachu also tried to dodge Starmie's attack, but having just used Thunderbolt, it hadn't recovered from the aftershock yet, and Starmie's speed far exceeded Pikachu's.
Even though Misty's Starmie's Speed stat is only D, and Pikachu's is C to B, the level difference between them is enough to erase or even ignore this difference in stats.
If Pikachu's current stats were to reach S-rank, then perhaps the situation would be reversed, and Pikachu would be able to ignore the huge rank difference.
Pikachu was hit by the high-speed spin and its body flew backward, rolling more than a dozen times on the ground.
Fortunately, there was some water on the ground to cushion the impact; otherwise, Pikachu would have suffered even greater damage.
Even so, being hit like that by the opponent with such a large level difference is still a very serious situation for Pikachu.
At this moment, Pikachu was still able to stand up, but its legs were already trembling.
"Give up, Ash. Your Thunderbolt has no effect on Starmie, but Starmie's attack has already turned Pikachu into this state. I won this battle. You shouldn't have wasted so much energy attacking the field."
"If you had Butterfree and Pidgeotto had taken turns creating strong winds on the field at the beginning to increase the tornado's binding force on Starmie, and then switched to Pikachu to use Thunderbolt, you might have had a chance of winning, but now..."
Seeing the battered and bruised Pikachu, Xiaoxia shook her head and said this to Xiaozhi.
These words also highlight the responsibility of Xiaoxia's Gym Leader. When facing a challenger who is about to be defeated, instead of directly defeating him with a single blow, she explains to him the flaws and shortcomings in his performance, allowing him to learn something from them.
Not to mention that this time the challenger is Ash, so Misty will do her best to help Ash fill in any gaps in his knowledge.
As for the badge... Ash actually performed quite well this time, but he was a bit off-target. For a beginner trainer, he was already at the top level. Even if he hadn't won the battle, he deserved a badge.
Just as Xiaoxia was fantasizing about how to arrogantly teach Xiaozhi and point fingers from the high ground of education, Xiaozhi suddenly smiled.
"I lost? That's hard to say. The battle isn't over yet; who knows what the outcome will be?"
"What do you mean? You still don't want to give up? If this continues, Pikachu will suffer even more damage. Giving up at the right time is something a qualified trainer should do." Xiaoxia paused for a moment, then frowned slightly as she tried to dissuade her.
"But my Pikachu hasn't given up yet, so how can I make the decision for him?"
Upon hearing this, Xiaoxia looked at Pikachu and noticed that although Pikachu's legs were trembling slightly, its face was still full of fighting spirit.
He did not lose his fighting spirit because of the huge difference in rank; on the contrary, his fighting spirit became even stronger.
"The word 'never give up' is ingrained in our instincts, right, Pikachu!"
"Pikachu Pikachu!!"
"Very well, let Misty see our true power!" Ash said, taking off his hat and throwing it onto the field.
Pikachu leaped up, catching the hat perfectly on its head, before landing smoothly on the ground.
At this moment, Pikachu is wearing Ash's red and white hat, which gives people a strange feeling, but for some reason, it also has a natural sense of unity, as if this kind of Pikachu... is the perfect form?
Xiaoxia's gaze froze at this thought. The Pikachu wearing the hat was the Ultimate form? How could such a thought even arise? A sense of foreboding crept in…
"Let's go, Pikachu!" Ash's eyes lit up with a bright blue light, and Pikachu did the same—in Aura Fusion mode.
"Electric moves are useless against my Starmie. What method do you plan to use to attack?" Misty suppressed the strange feeling in her heart and said calmly.
"That's not necessarily true. As long as I can hit you before you use Rapid Spin, that's fine, right? Pikachu, use Electric Speed Boost!" Ash shouted, waving his hand.
Electric acceleration? What kind of skill is that?
Following the previous Aura Strike, this is another move that has never been seen before. At least Aura Strike was a move that Ash taught Pikachu using his own Aura Power, but this Electric Speed Boost... does Pikachu even know this kind of move?
Never mind, let's defend first: "Starfish, high-speed spin..."
"Pikachu Pikachu Pikachu!!" Before Xiaoxia could finish speaking, Pikachu had already touched the ground with all four limbs and its entire body turned into a bolt of lightning and disappeared from the field.
All that could be seen on the field was a flash of golden lightning. Before Xiaoxia's voice could even finish, Starmie had already been sent flying backward!
"boom!!"
A deafening sound rang out, and the entire venue seemed to shake.
Xiaoxia stared blankly at the starfish that had been blasted against the wall, her pupils unfocused.
What just happened?