Chapter 95: The Scene is Full of Bro's Legends
This round of offense by Pidgeotto genuinely amazed the two professional players, Bella and Luna.
Truthfully speaking, the skills it used weren't particularly high-end; just a pre-applied "Agility" boost and a decisive "Air Slash" from its wings to seal the victory.
But what was truly impressive was Pidgeotto's courage in that instant to charge straight into the barrage of "Icicle Spear" attacks despite the type disadvantage, and its ghost-like evasive maneuvers that allowed it to dodge every single icicle within that confined space!
Such extreme evasion was a highlight reel moment rarely seen even on the professional competitive stage.
"Who is that person?" Luna couldn't help but ask immediately.
"Uh... His name is Justin. He's a student here," the bystander replied honestly.
Luna pressed further, "This guy's Pidgeotto is quite something. How many years has he been here? Is he about to graduate?"
However, the bystander and the fan who initially asked for an autograph looked at each other, their expressions becoming somewhat complex.
"No, no, he just arrived in the second half of last year. This is only his first year."
"What?!"
Luna couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
Compared to Luna's astonishment, Bella was more focused, single-mindedly intent on inquiring about her little handsome boy.
"You told us to look over there just now. Does that person have some kind of relationship with Arthur?"
"Ye... yes." The fan's expression was a bit stiff. "That guy has been calling himself Arthur's little brother since the very first match. Anyone who has ever spoken ill of Arthur, he hits them particularly hard during their duels."
Judging from the fan's evasive eyes as he spoke, he was presumably also one of those who had been beaten badly.
Now, Luna was even more incredulous.
"With that kind of strength, he still calls himself a little brother?"
"..."
The fan and the bystander before them fell completely silent at this point.
Because they were honestly too embarrassed to admit that not long ago, they themselves had been mocking that person as bottom-tier trash.
Nobody could have ever imagined that in just this short half-year period, that kid's Pidgeotto would undergo such a complete transformation.
Regardless of whether they used recently purchased, expensive Pokémon with high potential, or their old partner Pokémon from their amateur competition days, none of them could defeat that guy.
They usually observed that Justin didn't seem to spend much money on buying classes, yet over the same half-year period, the growth in this kid's strength was baffling to them.
Many people had been whispering privately these past few days about what kind of cheat Justin was using.
However, in reality, he wasn't using any cheats. He had simply received a massive confidence boost from Arthur when his own resolve had been wavering, and uniquely learned one single word: Train!
Think you're too weak? Just train until it's done! As long as you're not dead yet, even if you only have one breath left, you can still train!
Justin's most profound memory was from shortly after returning from the sea, when he asked Arthur how to help Pidgeotto train its evasion ability.
Arthur had wordlessly taken him to a small patch of woods not far from the base outskirts, pointed towards an area occupied by a Beedrill swarm, and said, "Let Pidgeotto fly in there. Then, you throw a rock and randomly hit one of the Beedrill. For the first time, set a limit of ten minutes. Don't allow Pidgeotto to fly out. She'll naturally figure out how to practice evasion."
At that moment, Justin was completely stunned by what he heard.
Beside him, Pidgeotto glared sideways, strongly implying, 'If you dare to do this, I'll sever all ties with you on the spot.'
However, Arthur didn't give him much chance to choose. As soon as his voice fell, a stone thrown by Frogadier using the "Fling" skill had already flown out, hitting a Beedrill squarely on the forehead.
Buzz!
In that instant, the entire woods seemed to explode into a chaotic uproar.
"Holy crap?! No way, Bro Arthur! I wanted Pidgeotto practice evasion, I wasn't planning practice this myself! Don't! No! Help me!!"
Later, after the man and bird had been chased by the entire woods' worth of Beedrill for over half an hour, Arthur felt that the duration for this stage of practice was finally sufficient.
So, he nimbly donned a thick coat, put on a helmet, took out the pre-prepared mountain axe (registered with the police department), and strode into the depths of the woods.
Less than ten minutes later, the Beedrill chasing Justin scattered like birds and beasts fleeing in panic.
A few minutes more, and Arthur calmly walked out of the woods carrying the body of the Beedrill queen, split into two halves.
Finished, he even comforted Justin, saying, "Relax. Beedrill's reproductive ability is very fast. Within a couple of days, they'll be able to choose a new queen within the clan. The population size will hardly be affected much. You can continue coming here to train in a couple of days. Don't worry about this."
As he spoke, he waved the half-corpse of the queen in his hand.
The stinger on this thing's tail can fetch a good price back home. Would be a pity to waste it.
At that time, Justin sat collapsed on the ground, huddled together with Pidgeotto. Man and bird trembled together.
That was the first time he profoundly understood what Arthur meant by "as long as you don't die, train yourself to death."
His understanding of "train" and Arthur's "train" perhaps had a one-hundred-million-point deviation.
Turns out, other people's classes cost money, but Bro Arthur's classes cost your life!!
However, it was undeniable that after that experience, his Pidgeotto's agility advanced by leaps and bounds, improving with incredible speed!
From initially returning covered in stings after one session and needing to recover at the Pokémon Center for over half a day, she progressed to being able to handle more than ten minutes deep within the woods with ease, occasionally even managing to slash down one or two Beedrill.
That cheat-like speed of progress was, in reality, hatched from these repeated training sessions filled with injuries.
During this period, the actual technical guidance Arthur provided was minimal. Mostly, he just pointed out the path, and most importantly, forcefully recharged Justin's confidence.
Previously, Justin, due to Pidgeotto's potential assessment report being merely "average for the species," had fallen into self-doubt for a long period.
Compounded by the constant nagging from surrounding new trainees led by Galen, he had reached a point where he didn't even know if he should continue raising Pidgeotto.
Until he met Arthur.
What truly influenced him the most was Arthur explaining a very simple principle—
The Pokémon belonging to you lot are nowhere near the point where you need to compete based on potential.
Admittedly, when truly approaching the mountain's peak, those standing at the heights are indeed that small handful of Pokémon with excellent potential.
This was also why Arthur had previously agreed with Galen's statement that "an innate gap exists between Pokémon."
But simultaneously, Arthur also taught Justin—
You bunch of rookies who haven't even caught sight of the halfway point up the mountain yet, stop worrying about matters concerning the mountaintop for no good reason.
Unconvinced? You can't even handle a mere swarm of wild Beedrill in the forest, and you still claim you're not a rookie?
In that moment, Justin, sitting collapsed on the ground and trembling, truly had no f**king rebuttal...
It was precisely because of this that his confidence was reignited. Together with Pidgeotto, he gradually managed to keep up with Arthur's almost inhuman training intensity.
Until the current ranking tournament, where he looked around and found himself facing no opponent who could last a single round against him!
Only then did the other trainees discover with astonishment that this former bottom-ranker had actually become so strong.
What was even more exaggerated was that whenever he won, he would invariably mention the name of someone supposedly much stronger than himself.
Consequently, even though the ranking tournament had only just begun two days prior, more than half of the Sea Carp Club's youth training camp had developed a sense of awe and respect towards Arthur.
This truly embodied the saying: Though Bro is no longer in the scene, the scene is everywhere full of Bro's legends...
(End of Chapter)
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