Pokémon: The Climb

"Now begins the match between the trainer Yohiko Oki and the trainer Bart. There is only one Pokémon that can be used in the match. When one side's Pokémon loses the ability to fight, the match is considered to be over. Now, please send out Pokémon from both sides."

"Come out, Digger!"

"Crossword Bat, prepare to fight!"

Bart is a boy who looks younger than Yang Yan. This is of course not true. It is entirely due to the difference in development between the two.

In the eyes of outsiders who don't know the specific situation, they usually think that Yang Yan is 16 or 17 years old, rather than that he is only 12 years old.

Bart opposite is just the opposite. His real age is 15 years old, but he looks only 12 or 13 years old.

Through his simple clothes, it can be basically judged that this is a very ordinary trainer, so ordinary that he can barely maintain a living level.

Digger is a Pokémon that looks fatter, but Bart's Digger is just as stunted as himself.

The most important thing is that Digger Rabbit only has intermediate strength.

Facing the high-level and well-bred Crossbat, people can judge the outcome of this battle just by the momentum exuded by both parties.

Yang Yan believed that Bart could also see it, but there was no look of fear in his eyes, only full of fighting spirit.

Even though he knew he was outmatched, he still had no hesitation.

Yang Yan admires this kind of person very much.

Among the contestants, there are many who are similar in strength to Bart, but few have such spirit.

Or is it just Bart?

There was no time to think about it as the referee announced the start of the game.

"Cross-shaped bat, trick followed by provocation!"

Even though the strength of the two sides was obviously not of the same level, Yang Yan still did not relax his vigilance and still started with conventional tactics.

"Digger, dig a hole!" Bart gave the instruction at the same time as Yang Yan spoke.

Digging is an attack skill, but it is used before the provocation is launched.

The cross-shaped bat loses its target and provocation cannot be activated.

Yang Yan was a little funny: "Isn't it a bit naive to think that you can escape this way?"

When facing flying-type Pokémon, flightless Pokémon are already at a disadvantage before the fight even begins.

This is inevitable.

Bart chose to hide underground, which is a common tactic when facing flying Pokémon, but that is for wild Pokémon.

But this is a competition ground, and you can't win by just hiding underground.

"Cross-shaped bat, aim at the hole and use poison!"

It doesn't matter if he doesn't come out. Yang Yan directly seals the hole with poison. If he's not afraid of being poisoned, just hide.

But just as the Crossed Bat spewed out its poison, the Digger Rabbit suddenly emerged from the ground.

And right at the feet of the Crossed Bat!

Unfortunately, the Crossed Bat flew too high and the Digger Rabbit couldn't reach it.

"Use Knock Down!"

"Sludge bomb!"

When Yang Yan gave the instruction, his expression changed slightly, because he noticed that the Digger Rabbit was a little different from before, and its aura was obviously stronger.

"It should be that he used buff skills underground, which is interesting." Yang Yan guessed.

Knockdown is a rock-type skill, which can restrain the cross-shaped bat.

The Digger Rabbit used extremely fast techniques to throw rocks as big as its fist.

The cross-shaped bat reacted faster and used a series of sludge bombs to block the rocks and launch a counterattack.

If they are of the same strength, the two skills will most likely cancel each other out.

Unfortunately, the Digger Rabbit is not strong enough and is already showing signs of being counter-suppressed.

"Use Yanhui!"

Yang Yan suddenly changed tactics.

Forked Bat did a backflip and attacked the Digger Rabbit with lightning speed.

"No," Bart's expression changed, and he instantly realized that he was going to suffer: "Hurry up and guard!"

Yang Yan raised the corner of his mouth: "It's useless!"

With the speed of the cross-shaped bat, it can easily bypass the guard and attack from behind.

That's exactly what happened.

Bart obviously didn't expect the Crossed Bat to be so fast.

Before Digger could react, he was hit in the back by Yan Hui and was knocked into the air.

"Continue to attack, and the air blades will fire continuously!"

Bart clenched his fists and said unwillingly: "It's over..."

Yes, very few Pokémon suppressed by Crossbat can adjust, and will be worn to death by its continuous fast attacks!

Attacks hit the Digger Rabbit one after another. It was unable to fight back in mid-air, and it had lost its fighting ability before it even hit the ground.

"Okay, stop it!"

Upon seeing this, Yang Yan immediately ordered the attack to stop, otherwise the Digger Rabbit might die in the hands of the Crossed Bat.

"The Digger Rabbit has lost its ability to fight, and the Crossed Bat wins. Congratulations to Trainer Ogi Yohiko for advancing to the next round!"

A crushing victory.

"Come back, Crossword Bat."

Yang Yan took back the cross-shaped bat. It was right to defeat an opponent of such strength, so there was no need to praise him.

Return to the player area.

"Yang Yan, you won beautifully!"

"Congratulations on winning!"

Everyone sent congratulations one after another.

"Thank you." Yang Yan said modestly, "I believe everyone can pass this round."

"Of course, I, Gao Liu, will not fall in the first round!"

Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere was much more relaxed than at the beginning of the game.

After so long, everyone could see that there were many people of average strength, so on the premise of sending the strongest Pokémon, almost no one thought that they would fail in the first round.

"By the way, Yang Yan, when did you conquer the cross-shaped bat? And it seems that you have trained it well." Gao Liu was very curious about this.

It's easy to understand that these people need to capture new Pokémon. After all, they haven't assembled a team before.

Yang Yan was different. When he was on the boat, everyone knew that he had 7 Pokémon with him, and each one was of good strength.

Now that he has subdued a cross-shaped bat, aren't he afraid that he won't be able to take care of it?

"Crossword Bat is a Pokémon I captured when I was in Hoenn. I kept it at home and asked my parents to help take care of it. You also know that our carrying space is limited, and there is no Poké Ball transmission machine on the ship, so everyone doesn't Know."

"So that's it." Everyone understood.

I just can't figure out why Yang Yan has conquered so many Pokémon.

But no one asked, after all, there are also many trainers who like to conquer a large number of people.

Regarding the cross-shaped bat, Yang Yan’s words were mixed.

Heiluga will say the same thing later.

Of course, Yang Yan would say that he conquered the three-in-one Magnemite in Kalos.

After all, they can’t all be conquered before, right? It all sounds a bit fake.

After Yang Yan's game ended, everyone began to prepare to return.

There aren't many games left, so it doesn't matter whether you watch them or not. And even if you want to watch it, you can always watch the officially uploaded video.

Before going back, everyone went to the restaurant again for dinner.

An hour later, everyone returned to their rooms.

Taking out another mobile phone, Yang Yan clicked on the only number in the address book and dialed it.

The call was quickly answered.

"Akao, how is the matter I told you going?"