Chapter 99: The Man He Couldn't Have
"Carbink, Stone Edge!"
Hearing Bai Feng's words, Carbink immediately wanted to attack, but the sluggish feeling from its Body slowed its reaction by a step.
At this moment, Mashu also ordered Aromatisse, "Aromatisse, Meditate."
After hearing Mashu's words, Aromatisse completed the ability enhancement in just an Instant. Meditate is a Move that can greatly increase a Pokémon's Special Attack Power.
At this moment, Carbink's Stone Edge finally activated, but Aromatisse's speed suddenly became extremely fast, dodging the Rock Spears flying towards it in the blink of an eye.
Carbink kept firing spears, while Aromatisse dodged and continued to use Meditate to enhance its Special Attack Power.
This was simply a Situation that could make one's mentality explode.
Carbink hadn't learned the Light Screen Move from Bai Ye yet and currently had no ability to enhance its Special Defense. So, if Aromatisse kept enhancing its Special Attack, even if its Special Defense was originally strong, the Situation would become very troublesome later.
While Carbink continuously attacked, Bai Feng began to ponder with his Head lowered. He tried to find a Method to break the stalemate brought by Trick Room.
At this time, Aromatisse finally finished enhancing. It stopped dodging Carbink's Stone Edge attacks.
"Aromatisse, Moonblast!"
With Mashu's command, a crescent moon suddenly appeared behind Aromatisse. The bright moonlight poured onto Aromatisse, which controlled it to form a silver light beam that blasted towards Carbink.
Suppressed by Trick Room, Carbink had no way to react and dodge in Time, and could only take the Moonblast with its Body.
"Carbink!"
Bai Feng shouted worriedly. Carbink shook its Body, indicating it was fine. Its Special Defense was high, so taking a couple of hits was no Problem.
At this moment, Bai Feng glanced at the square Trick Room and suddenly had a brainwave.
"Carbink, use Harden."
Although Carbink didn't understand why Bai Feng wanted it to enhance its attack at this moment, it still did as told.
Its entire Body's edges suddenly flashed with white light, especially the Part embedded with Diamond, which faintly revealed a sharp feeling.
"Aromatisse, Moonblast!"
Seizing the Opportunity, Mashu once again commanded Aromatisse to attack Carbink.
Boom!!!
The silver light beam blasted onto Carbink again. Carbink shook its Body but remained steady.
"Carbink, continue Harden!"
Now not only Carbink was confused, but even Mashu was puzzled.
Did he want to continuously enhance Carbink's attack and then go for a one-hit knockout? But just enhancing attack Power is useless if you can't hit Others!
Thinking this, Mashu continued to shout, "Aromatisse, Moonblast!"
Bai Feng ignored Aromatisse's attacks and only kept telling Carbink to enhance its attack. After taking the fifth Moonblast, Carbink was already covered in injuries.
During this Time, Trick Room expired once, but Aromatisse quickly renewed it, achieving a seamless transition. This showed that Aromatisse had a certain level of mastery over this Move.
Aromatisse began preparing for the next wave of attack. Just then, Bai Feng suddenly shouted:
"Carbink, Stone Edge, Form Two!"
miexi~
Hearing this, Carbink's eyes suddenly became sharp. After multiple rounds of enhancement, its attack Power had reached its peak.
It slammed forcefully onto the Ground. In an Instant, countless Stone Pillars rose from the Ground within the entire Trick Room, instantly filling the entire Grounds.
Aromatisse, which was brewing Moonblast, was caught off guard and hit head-on by a Stone Pillar. The Move it was halfway through brewing was interrupted.
It tried to fly elsewhere, but the Stone Pillars erected everywhere in the space greatly restricted its movement.
"Carbink, Stone Edge, Form Two!" Bai Feng shouted again.
Stone Edge doesn't just have the Rock Spear Form. Depending on the user's development, it can appear in various Forms, and Stone Pillars are one of them.
Carbink had been trained by a master like Zhi Huo, so its mastery of this Move naturally wouldn't just be superficial.
With Bai Feng's command, countless Stone Pillars rose from the Ground in the Trick Room once again.
You're fast at moving, are you? Then I'll leave you no space to move. Anyway, Carbink is just a stationary turret and can't move at all. The Stone Pillars don't Influence it and can even serve as a defensive shield for it.
Because of the attack Power enhancement, every Stone Pillar Carbink created now was incredibly thick and sturdy.
As more and more Stone Pillars appeared in the space, Aromatisse's movable range became smaller and smaller. It also had to constantly guard against Stone Pillars popping up from who knows where, or it might be sent flying if it wasn't careful.
It wanted to attack Carbink, but Carbink was hidden behind layers of Stone Pillars, leaving it helpless.
At this moment, Bai Feng spoke, "Carbink, Gravity, then Stomp!"
Aromatisse, carefully exploring among the Stone Pillars, suddenly felt a restraining force. The next second, it was pressed to the Ground by the Gravity Move.
Then the Earth began to shake, and the Stone Pillars erected in the space also began to shake.
"Aromatisse!"
With Mashu's cry of surprise, all the Stone Pillars suddenly fell towards Aromatisse, which was pressed to the Ground.
Rumble~~~
In the blink of an eye, Aromatisse was buried Below countless Stone Pillars.
After a long while, the Stone Pillars formed by Rock-type Energy finally turned back into light points and slowly disappeared into the Air. Aromatisse was also able to emerge from the pile of Stone Pillars.
However, it was now unconscious.
"Oh dear~~ I lost, I lost." Mashu said regretfully while taking out a Poké Ball to recall Aromatisse.
Bai Feng walked to Carbink's side, looked at Mashu, and said, "Keep working hard, you will definitely get the Badge."
"Of course, you wait and see, I will definitely be back!" After recalling her Poké Ball, Mashu turned and ran off.
After Mashu left, Bai Feng released Larvitar from its Poké Ball, fed it a Berry, and had Chikorita use Healing Wave on it. Only then did it slowly wake up.
Remembering how it was defeated by Mawile, Larvitar immediately fell into self-isolation.
It had actually shown such an embarrassing display in Pokémon Battle and lost so helplessly. It was too shameful.
Bai Feng comforted it, "It's okay, everyone has a first Time. It's just a Pokémon Battle, just keep working hard in the future."
Yo... yo~
Larvitar shrank into the Corner, drawing circles on the Ground with its little finger, completely lost in self-isolation and unwilling to say a word.
At this moment, Carbink came over and said to it, "Don't worry, I will train you well in the future. If you encounter this kind of Situation again, you will definitely be able to handle it."
As Rock-type Pokemon, Larvitar had indeed learned a lot from Carbink, not just Moves, but also Pokémon Battle techniques.
So when Carbink said this, Larvitar believed it. Its previous depression was swept away, and it happily followed behind Carbink.
Seeing Larvitar recover its Emotion, Bai Feng shook his Head helplessly: This Emotion really comes and goes quickly.
Next, Bai Feng continued to guard the Gym. When no one came, he read Books and studied. Time flew by in the blink of an eye.
In total, only Mashu came as a Challenger that day. As soon as the Sun set, he packed up his Stuff and went Home.
Bai Feng helped Grandpa Fu guard the Gym for three days in total and received two Challengers. Besides Mashu, another male Challenger came the next day. He also did not get a Badge from Bai Feng.
After Grandpa Fu returned, he listened to Bai Feng recount his Battle Records and shook his Head helplessly.
"As Gym Leaders, it's not that we definitely don't issue Badges if the Challenger loses. That Rookie Trainer girl you received on the first day, you could have given her the Badge.
If you do it this way, probably not many people will be able to get a Badge."
Bai Feng said speechlessly, "How would I know that? You didn't tell me."
Grandpa Fu sighed, "Forget it, but if she still wants the Badge, she will definitely come back. It is indeed in line with the Rules to lose and not get the Badge."
"That's right, that's right, exactly." Bai Feng quickly nodded.
Seeing this, Grandpa Fu slapped him on the back in annoyance, then said, "Since you helped me look after the Gym for a few days, I brought you a Gift this Time."
Bai Feng's eyes lit up when he heard this, "What Gift?"
After Grandpa Fu returned, he didn't tell Bai Feng why he went to Chaoxiang Town this Time, and Bai Feng didn't ask. But with a Gift, Bai Feng was naturally welcome.
Grandpa Fu turned around and rummaged through some Stuff, then took out a U-shaped Magnet. The Magnet wasn't big and looked very small.
"This is for your Heliolisk. When it holds this, the Power of its Electric-type moves will increase."
So it was this! Bai Feng smiled and took the Magnet, saying to Grandpa Fu, "Then I shall gratefully accept!" After saying that, he released Heliolisk and handed the Magnet to it.
Aibo~ Aibo~
Heliolisk happily took the Magnet and hung it on its Body. The Magnet was securely hidden Below its Neck Frill.
After chatting with Grandpa Fu for a while, Bai Feng went Home.
A few days later, Mashu indeed came to Bi Yi Dojo to Challenge again. She even specifically requested Bai Feng to accept her Challenge.
Grandpa Fu called to ask for Bai Feng's opinion. He decisively refused. Challenge whoever you want, young master's Task is complete, I don't care about anything.
Mashu protested several times, but received no response from Bai Feng. She had no choice but to choose to Challenge Grandpa Fu, then took the Badge and left Couriway Town.
From then on, Bai Feng became the man Mashu "couldn't have".
This day, Bai Feng woke up in the morning and walked out of his Room groggily. As soon as he reached the Doorway, he suddenly felt like he had kicked something.
He subconsciously looked down and saw a little gray cat sitting slumped on the Ground, looking at him with an innocent face.
Meow meow meow? Where did this Espurr come from?
Lim~ Lim~
At this moment, Hatterene rushed into the Living Room and picked up the Espurr slumped on the Ground.
Bai Feng rubbed his eyes. After his Head cleared, he realized that there was another Espurr perched on Hatterene's Body.
So these two Espurr hatched from those two Eggs?
"These two Espurr hatched from the Eggs you picked up?"
Lim~ Yes, it's them.
Hatterene gently held the two Espurr, her eyes full of maternal love.
Bai Feng was a little surprised. He didn't expect Hatterene to pick up two rare Psychic-type Pokémon Eggs. This wasn't easy.
He had even gone to the Police Station to report the lost Stuff because there was no activity on the Road, but no one came to claim the two Eggs.
No, that's not right. A few people did come to claim them, but they were just trying to take advantage. The Pokémon Eggs weren't theirs at all.
Miss Officer Jenny tricked them into telling the truth with just a few sentences and finally severely criticized them.
"Since they've hatched, take good care of them," Bai Feng said.
Lim~ Lim~ Hatterene nodded in agreement.
Bai Feng walked out of the Yard Gate and saw the Pokémon working hard early in the morning.
Bai Ye still had a passionate Sparring session with Talonflame Captain every morning, day after day.
Larvitar and Carbink were huddled together researching how to develop Stone Edge, the Ground covered with the scattered Rocks they had created.
Chikorita was freely expending its overly abundant Energy in the flower bushes, causing the Fairy Flowers to bloom exceptionally vigorously early in the morning, attracting Floette and the Hua Bei Beis to linger.
Bai Feng didn't see Primarina, but he could guess it must have gone to the Reservoir at the Mountain Foot, where it had a group of subordinates needing its "care".
Heliolisk was lying on a large Rock, raising its Head high, spreading its Neck Frill on its neck to the maximum extent, and aiming it at the just-risen Sun to absorb Sun Energy.
Since Bai Feng started Lighting Hidden Energy Circuits for Heliolisk, he discovered that Heliolisk had gained a new ability.
That is, it could generate a large amount of electric Energy by absorbing Sun Energy, and its main organ for absorbing Sun Energy was its Neck Frill.
This ability was something Helioptile didn't possess before.
Because of this, Heliolisk spent a lot of Time sunbathing every day. It also wanted to learn the Sunny Day Move by sunbathing.
After gaining the ability to absorb Sun Energy and generate electric Energy, if Heliolisk could also learn Sunny Day, it would be like adding wings to a tiger in Pokémon Battle.
However, Weather moves weren't that easy to learn. After trying hard for many days, Heliolisk didn't learn Sunny Day, but unexpectedly learned another Move instead - Flash.
How to put it, it was just... well, better than nothing, at least much better than not learning anything.
Seeing that Heliolisk couldn't learn Sunny Day no matter what, Bai Feng finally thought helplessly: Forget it, I'll go ask Grandpa Fu for advice!
Although Sunny Day is a Fire-type Move, Grass-type Pokémon can learn it very easily. As a Trainer specializing in Grass-type Pokémon, Grandpa Fu had quite a few Pokémon that could use Sunny Day.
After eating Breakfast, Bai Feng called Grandpa Fu. Not long after, Grandpa Fu's Tropius slowly landed on Fangxing Mountain.
This Tropius, which Bai Feng had ridden many times, was also one of the Pokémon in Grandpa Fu's possession that could use Sunny Day.
(End of Chapter)