Pokemon: Spiritual Master

Chapter 608 - So This Is Teacher Johan's True 'Trump Card'?

Eevee?

Seeing the Pokémon summoned by Teacher Johan, Dulse was obviously taken aback.

In the information he had obtained, there was no mention of Teacher Johan having an Eevee.

Could it be a Pokémon Teacher Johan had just captured?

Although this was an exhibition match, using a newly captured Pokémon to battle him—wasn't that a bit disrespectful?

Dulse couldn't help but have such thoughts.

In fact, he wasn't the only one thinking this way; many Blueberry Academy audience members shared similar thoughts.

"Dulse, show Teacher Johan what you're made of!"

"Dulse, show Teacher Johan the experience you've accumulated from being held back three times!"

"Come on, defeat Teacher Johan, Dulse!"

"..."

Saying it was "mass excitement" might be an exaggeration, but this rare opportunity to defeat Teacher Johan—Dulse, you must seize it!

Some people even wished they could replace Dulse on the field. How did such a "good" opportunity fall to Dulse?

However.

As the announcer declared the official start of this exhibition match, after Johan issued his first command, everyone including Dulse did a complete 180-degree turn on their previous opinions.

"'Eevee', Misty Terrain!"

"Ee-vui~~"

With 'Eevee's' gentle call, the light pink Misty Terrain immediately spread rapidly, covering the entire field at incredible speed.

This left everyone stunned.

"Wait! I may not be well-read, but Teacher Johan, don't fool me—can Eevee use Misty Terrain?!"

"Eevee? This isn't the Eevee I know!"

"Teacher Johan! Is your Eevee legal?!"

Eevee could actually use Misty Terrain?

Then Groudon could probably fly too!

But the facts were right before their eyes. The Blueberry Academy students couldn't help but feel amazed and began to doubt... whether the knowledge in their textbooks was wrong?

At this moment, Dulse also realized.

Perhaps... Teacher Johan's Eevee wasn't as he had imagined.

Instantly, Dulse focused all his attention, clearing all extraneous thoughts from his mind.

"Kingdra, Rain Dance!"

"Doru~!"

Kingdra raised its head, blue light flickering in its eyes. Dark clouds quickly gathered above the arena, and torrential rain began to pour down.

Large raindrops fell on Kingdra's body, soaking its scales while creating a thin mist around its body.

In an instant, Kingdra's gills and the fins on its back fluttered, and bathed in the rain, its body seemed to become more agile and flexible.

Swift Swim!

[Swift Swim: Pokémon with this ability have their Speed doubled in rain or heavy rain weather!]

Undoubtedly, this was an ability that perfectly complemented rainy weather.

Immediately after, Dulse unhesitatingly took out his fully charged Terastal Orb and threw it toward Kingdra.

"Splash freely in the rain, Kingdra!"

Crack-crack-crack——

Crystals rose from beneath Kingdra's feet, completely enveloping it before quickly shattering and scattering into glittering points that disappeared. Kingdra's appearance also changed somewhat.

Its entire body was covered with a layer of transparent crystals, making it look as if it were carved from crystal.

At the same time, on Kingdra's head was a crown representing the Water type, carved from brilliant blue crystal gems.

Terastallization! Tera Water, Kingdra!

Surprisingly, it didn't choose its most proficient Dragon-type Terastallization, which was somewhat unexpected.

However, combined with the rainy weather and Kingdra's natural Water typing, it made sense.

Enhanced by Terastallization, plus the benefits of rain, Kingdra was now in peak condition.

Seeing that Teacher Johan's Eevee had only used Misty Terrain and then made no further moves, Dulse immediately understood—Teacher Johan was letting him go first, giving full "performance" opportunity to this exhibition match!

Naturally, Dulse wouldn't waste this chance. He had already abandoned any previous thoughts of underestimation.

"Kingdra, move! Dragon Dance!"

Splash-splash——

Rainwater had accumulated in a thin layer on the field. Kingdra rode the current like walking on waves, its body dancing with special rhythm, its aura beginning to soar, and its already considerable speed was enhanced once more.

"Ee-vui~~"

'Eevee' sat in front of Johan, watching the imposing Kingdra with apparent leisure as it licked its paw and groomed its fur, looking completely relaxed.

Seeing this, Dulse's brow furrowed slightly.

Just allowing the opponent to strengthen without any other action?

Dulse took a deep breath and suddenly swung his hand, shouting: "Hydro Pump!"

Although Dragon Dance strengthened physical attack, Dulse cautiously chose the long-range Hydro Pump to probe, trying to gather more information about the opposing 'Eevee'—know yourself and know your enemy.

"Doru~!"

Kingdra coiled its body, immediately spitting out a powerful, thick water column from its mouth, surging toward the petite 'Eevee'.

The water column, enhanced by the rainwater as it flowed, gained even more power.

Johan smiled slightly and said: "'Eevee', dodge."

"Ee-vui~"

Hearing Johan's words, the leisurely 'Eevee' finally moved.

Just as the water column from Hydro Pump was about to hit 'Eevee'.

How could it dodge... the audience thought.

The next second.

'Eevee' turned into a white flash, actually managing to sidestep just before the Hydro Pump hit, precisely and skillfully "brushing" past the water column to avoid it.

Even the water droplets kicked up by the column didn't manage to wet its fur.

"Such incredible speed!" Dulse's pupils contracted as he exclaimed in surprise.

But then the two words that came from Teacher Johan's mouth surprised him even more.

"Thunderbolt!"

Eevee?

Thunderbolt?

This...

Before the audience could process their confusion...

"Ee-vui!"

Zzzt-zzzt-zzzt——

The fine sound of electric current suddenly rang out as brilliant golden electricity burst from 'Eevee's' body, shooting toward Kingdra at a speed faster than Hydro Pump.

"Kingdra!" Dulse shouted loudly.

But the electricity gathered by Thunderbolt struck Kingdra precisely, bathing it in lightning!

For a moment, the entire arena fell silent.

The announcer held the microphone, mouth agape, stammering for a long time before managing to say: "What an excellent Thunderbolt! It dealt massive damage to Kingdra!"

Eevee's Thunderbolt—everyone kept repeating these words in their minds.

"Too-too fake..."

"Eevee can actually use Thunderbolt?"

"Honestly, since Eevee can already use Misty Terrain, what's wrong with using Thunderbolt?"

"This Eevee... couldn't it know all of Eevee's moves?"

"Huh?! Huh?! Don't say that, you really shouldn't say that..."

Someone proposed a bold hypothesis—Teacher Johan's Eevee... might be able to use all Eevee evolution moves. Misty Terrain belonged to Sylveon, Thunderbolt belonged to Jolteon...

Even Dulse was starting to think this way.

Johan just wanted to say that their imagination was quite rich, so please make their imagination even bolder and richer.

"Kingdra, Wave Crash!"

Splash-splash——

Water flowed from the scattered raindrops, from the accumulated water on the field, from the streams Kingdra spat out, quickly wrapping and entwining around it, forming a huge water ball.

At the same time, Kingdra began moving rapidly around the field. The water ball seemed to continuously absorb more water during movement, making it even more powerful! _{𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒑𝒖𝙗.𝒄𝒐𝒎}

[Wave Crash: Cover the whole body with water and tackle the opponent with tremendous force. The user also sustains serious damage.]

This was an extremely powerful Water-type physical move, which could be considered the Water-type version of Double-Edge, with comparable power.

With Rain Dance and Swift Swim ability, Kingdra's speed was extremely fast. The enhancements from Tera Water, rain, and Dragon Dance also made this move exceptionally powerful.

"Ee-vui!"

'Eevee' finally got somewhat serious. Facing the charging Kingdra, it turned and ran!

Moreover, Kingdra, whose speed had been enhanced by rain and Swift Swim, actually couldn't catch up to this 'Eevee'!

For a moment, the audience seemed to be watching a scene of a cat chasing a mouse but never being able to catch it...

This speed...

The audience expressed: We're used to it, really, we're already used to it. If this Eevee uses Extreme Speed next, we could accept it... like hell we could!

If such a Kingdra couldn't catch up to 'Eevee', how could they fight?

Forget the audience—even Dulse was dumbfounded.

This was unlike any battle he had ever participated in...

Even when battling Champion Alder earlier, although he could feel pressure and the gap in strength between them, it wasn't to the point where... he couldn't even touch his opponent.

This wasn't just a gap in strength—this was a chasm!

"Ahem," Johan cleared his throat, feeling that since this was an exhibition match, this fighting style really wasn't appropriate.

So.

"'Eevee', Thunder!"

End it.

"Ee-vui!!"

'Eevee' suddenly accelerated to temporarily distance itself from Kingdra, then lightning burst from its body into the dark clouds above.

The next moment.

BOOM!

A bolt of lightning tore through the dark sky like ripping open black silk, precisely striking Kingdra wrapped in water.

Brilliant lightning instantly bathed Kingdra, earning a pained cry.

"Doru..."

Splash-splash——

Water scattered everywhere as Kingdra's eyes rolled back and it collapsed on the ground.

This time the audience was truly "used to it"—whether they liked it or not, they had to get used to it. Eevee using Thunderbolt and Thunder—what was wrong with that?

Very reasonable!

"King-Kingdra is unable to battle—"

Just as the announcer was about to declare the result, Johan on the side gave 'Eevee' on the field a look.

It was just an exhibition match—the fight was... ahem, a bit much, so...

'Eevee' immediately understood. Facing the water scattered from around Kingdra, it "ran into" it, then "splash," fell to the ground.

"Ee-vui~!"

With a dramatic cry, it fell down alongside Kingdra.

Announcer: "..."

Audience: "..."

Dulse: "..."

After falling down, 'Eevee' even opened its eyes and winked at Johan, as if asking—was my acting standard? Then it went completely still.

Johan covered his face.

Holding his forehead, he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Mew needed to work on its acting skills.

"Ahem!" Johan cleared his throat again.

The announcer immediately reacted, hurriedly declaring: "Kingdra and Eevee are both unable to battle!"

Hearing this, if the announcer wasn't a teacher they recognized, the audience would probably be jumping up and cursing right now.

But they had to admit...

"As expected, this really was a true 'teaching match.' It reminds me of when I first captured my Pokémon and faced my first battle class teacher..."

"Teacher Johan is really... so gentle. I'm crying!"

"Calculate Dulse's psychological trauma area—no prize competition!"

"..."

Johan and Dulse walked to the side of the field under the announcer's direction, shook hands, and accepted interviews.

"Teacher Johan, I've learned a lot," Dulse said seriously.

He understood Teacher Johan's meaning—just becoming first at Blueberry Academy was nothing. The world was vast; don't be a frog in a well. Feel the strength of trainers from the outside world.

What did you understand... Johan thought confusedly, but still maintained his gentle smile, holding 'Eevee' with one hand while patting Dulse's shoulder with the other.

"Keep it up. Your talent will serve you well in the future."

"Yes!" Dulse nodded seriously, looking completely "reformed and educated."

"Ahem." The announcer began the interview with the microphone, starting with Johan:

"Teacher Johan, how would you evaluate Dulse? How would you evaluate Blueberry Academy?"

Johan smiled: "Dulse is excellent, and so is Blueberry Academy. The students here are well-behaved, speak nicely, and are all talented individuals. I really like it here."

These words immediately earned Johan another wave of adoration from the Blueberry Academy students.

"Teacher Johan! Why not stay at Blueberry Academy!"

"Teacher Johan, Blueberry Academy welcomes you!"

"..."

Then the announcer interviewed Dulse with a smile, asking about his thoughts on this encounter with Teacher Johan.

Dulse pondered for a long while before saying:

"Before battling Teacher Johan, I actually... had some doubts about Champion Alder's statement about a 100-0 match."

He took a deep breath and continued:

"But after this encounter, I somewhat understand why Champion Alder said that."

Looking at the Eevee in Johan's arms, Dulse's eyes flickered.

This was probably... just part of Teacher Johan's full power that Champion Alder mentioned...

Hearing Dulse's words, the audience finally reacted, each showing looks of realization.

So what Champion Alder was talking about was Teacher Johan's ace like this? This Eevee was just one of them?

If Teacher Johan had other Pokémon like this Eevee, then Teacher Johan's strength might... truly be immeasurable!

Champion Alder was indeed knowledgeable and experienced!

Alder: ???

Regarding Johan's 'Eevee', Alder could only say: I have no idea...

Actually, seeing Johan's 'Eevee', the most excited person was probably someone in the Galar region.

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