Elf: I'm the only one who understands Pokémon

"Mr. Maitang, welcome to your arrival. The staff is ready and can start at any time."

At the entrance of the competition venue, the receptionist greeted Maitang politely.

Although the main venue for the gym competition is in the Qingying Plateau, even in places like Longguang City or Dianjian City where land is at a premium, there is at least one competition venue nearby.

Just like Fang Zhu and the others, the Jade Chong Arena is directly operated by the Jade Chong Gym.

In addition to allowing the main apprentices to train, it is also rented out to some customers who are interested in gym competitions on weekdays.

The customer groups are mainly students, company employees and ordinary apprentices who are not qualified to participate in gym competitions.

Because they cannot provide precious emergency teleportation devices, these confrontation fields often have rules that prohibit direct attacks on trainers.

But except for this, the other configurations are exactly the same as those for the gym competition, and business is pretty good on weekdays.

After deducting operating costs, the proceeds will become part of the gym's funds.

Walking into the gate, you will see the connection between the two confrontation venues, with several lounges on the left and right.

After temporarily saying goodbye to the seniors who had graduated from the gym, and agreeing to start the competition in 10 minutes, Fang Zhu and his group rushed into one of the rooms and began to discuss the tactics for the upcoming competition.

……

After half a day.

"Hiss, the firepower is too strong, especially Fang Zhu. Are you really only in the first grade?"

"This year's offensive team has the highest firepower in the history of Yu Chong Gym."

"The reconnaissance is very good. If you pay more attention to the details, it will be perfect."

"The future is promising, and I am very optimistic about you!"

After the game, facing the compliments from the seniors, the six main candidates couldn't be happy at all.

Several people tried their best to smile and thank their seniors for their encouragement, but the frustration on their faces could not be resolved.

Fang Zhu, in particular, has a deep understanding of what it means to compete in a team competition. Individual strength does not mean everything.

To be honest, before the war started, even if they were facing seniors, the main six-member team did not panic at all.

Although none of them are arrogant, they were inevitably a little carried away by Maitang's praise during this period.

Occasionally when we have dinner together in the evening, a few people will even talk about what posture to pose when winning the championship.

Fang Zhu became even more convinced that he could win after using the training assistance system to look at the Pokémon of his seniors.

Except for Koma Liang's Ancient Dragonfly, which reached the gym level, the Pokémon of the other five people were all at the quasi-gym level.

At that time, Fang Zhu silently sighed in his heart. The later the stage, the greater the distance between Pokémon qualifications.

It is estimated that the Pokémon of these seniors have already reached the quasi-Gym level when they graduated. Due to their talent, they still have not broken through the bottleneck of the Gym level after so many years.

Looking at his luxurious team of four gym-levels and two quasi-gym levels, Fang Zhu was even thinking about how to play better.

In the end, the expressions on the six people's faces reflected the result - they were defeated.

First, the offensive team was seriously lacking in vigilance.

Fang Zhu, Mu Fan and Wen Yuan had agreed before the start to use a strong attack method to directly capture the flag and run to the finish line, in order to show off their momentum in front of their seniors.

Then they fell down.

Duan Mu released the iron ants with lazy characteristics and used a move called "Finding a Partner".

The effect of finding a partner is: dancing to a magical rhythm.Make the opponent imitate your actions, thus changing the characteristics to the same.

As soon as they met, Heracross and the giant needle bee danced together and became lazy.

Under the influence of the laziness characteristic, every time Heracross and the Stingy Bee attack, they will involuntarily be lazy for a while, and the other party will still attack.

In a situation of similar levels, despite the full resistance of the Needle Bee and Heracross, the influence of the laziness characteristic cannot be ruled out.

It stands to reason that this skill can be cracked by simply exchanging elves or staying far away for a while.

However, in gym battles, Pokémon are not allowed to enter Poké Balls unless they are eliminated.

As for escaping temporarily?

Guan Shan sent out three gophers. Under the influence of the characteristics of the sand cave, the Pokémon of Fang Zhu and others were firmly locked and unable to escape.

In this case, Wen Yuan's Centipede King showed great bravery, and the Needle Bee and Heracross tried their best every time they attacked.

But the opponent did not fight head-on, dodging left and right, and Shao Chao's auspicious eggs constantly restored the physical strength of his teammates and provided battery life.

Although Fang Zhu and the others successfully knocked down each other with their hard power, they were delayed for a long time.

On the other side, Wu Ying and the others from the defense team were fooled around.

Oulupu's powerful reconnaissance power was taken advantage of by the seniors. They took the initiative to expose their whereabouts and occasionally fought against them, thinking that they were indeed trying to invade the east.

Koma Liang walked alone to the finish line with the extremely fast ancient dragonfly and the flag.

When Koma Liang reached the finish line, Long Yao was even happily fighting other people's Pokémon.

……

"Thanks to the seniors for their guidance, we have learned a lot."

As the captain, Mu Fan stood up at this moment and expressed his gratitude to the seniors.

It is not a bad thing to be poured cold water on at this time, it is better than being upset and eliminated in the official game.

"It's been a long time since I played this match. It feels like I've returned to my youth. Maitang, thank you for the invitation."

The oldest Duan Mu said, then looked at Mu Fan and others.

"Don't be discouraged. Apprentices of your age generally have relatively clear minds. The gym competition will probably still focus on head-on confrontation. We don't have many tricksters like us."

Duan Mu consoled him. As a teacher, his occupational disease suddenly broke out and he couldn't help but comfort a few people.

"You have done a very good job just now, you just lack experience."

"Senior Duan Mu, I would like to ask, during the battle just now..."

Fang Zhu raised his head at this time and mustered up the courage to speak out.

He is not the kind of person who cannot afford to lose. How to improve after losing is what he should focus on.

Looking at the six people having a lively discussion with their seniors, Maitang on the side had a silent smile on his face.

It was not that Maitang was unaware of their excessive self-confidence, but preaching had a smaller effect, and naked reality played a bigger role.

Mu Fan's failure in this battle was within his expectation, and it could even be said that he did it intentionally.

Although these former apprentices of Yu Chong Gym may not be the strongest in terms of physical strength, they all performed brilliantly in the gym competition at that time.

With this small setback, I believe Mu Fan and the others can go further.

……

At night, Fang Zhu sat at the table in his dormitory, reviewing the process of today's match.

List your shortcomings, and then silently write down the thoughts in your mind in your notebook bit by bit.

For example, in the actual battle later, can the real body of the giant sting bee be temporarily ambushed around, and the real shadow clone follow him?

Although the strength of the shadow clone changes with the energy and physical output, and can only be up to [-]% of the original body, under normal circumstances it is difficult for the opponent to tell the true from the false.

In this way, the next time you encounter an opponent, you can use disgusting skills such as "find a partner". With the clone on your side, you can also deceive the opponent.