Pokémon: The Zen Trainer

This will-o'-the-wisp of the candle spirit is rather strange.

Kawauchi clenched his fist tightly.

As an experienced trainer, he knew he had lost.

But he still wanted to give it a try and gamble on whether luck was on his side.

He looked at Pidgeot and said, "One last, maximum-range air slash!!"

"Compare!!"

The eagle flapped its wings rapidly.

Several air slashes poured down towards the ground—this was its full power!

All the students watching the battle instinctively held their breath.

This is a skill attack of this scale and over such a wide range.

They had only seen it on TV, and now they were seeing it for real.

They were somewhat shocked; how could that tiny Candle Spirit withstand such a scale of damage?

"It was their last struggle."

The teachers commented as they watched the battle.

"Yes, Kawauchi is relying on his last bit of luck."

...

Luck? No luck at all, as he watched Pidgeot's skills.

He commanded the Candlelight Spirit to release the murky mist once more.

"Candle!!"

The purple mist on the ground spread rapidly.

"boom!!"

The air slashes continued to bombard the ground.

The murky fog on the ground kept churning.

Everyone stared intently at the murky fog.

"Did you hit it?"

"do not know."

At this moment, Pidgeot had reached its limit and felt that it could no longer maintain its flight posture.

But it still held on, gambling that its skill might have hit the Candle Spirit.

Such an initial Pokémon only needs one hit from its own skill to win.

The murky fog slowly dissipated.

However, there was no sign of the Candle Spirit on the ground.

???

"What about Candlelight Spirit? Does it also have the ability to burrow?"

"Bullshit! How could a Candlelight Spirit dig a hole? Does it burn with the candle on its head?"

"Where did the Candlelight Spirit go?"

Everyone looked at the ground.

The teachers also looked towards the field.

Suddenly, a sharp-eyed student pointed to the huge block of ice that had fallen to the ground and said...

"It's there!"

Unbeknownst to them, the Candlelight Spirit had already burrowed into the ice sculpture created by the Snow Fairy.

At this moment, the Candlelight Spirit is emerging from the ice sculpture.

The ice sculpture was covered with countless cuts.

These are marks left by a hawk.

"Compare!!"

The result we see right before our eyes.

Pidgey could no longer bear it, closed its eyes, and plummeted headfirst to the ground.

"Come back and compete with the eagle."

Kawauchi retrieved the Pidgeot.

Looking at Bian Xiang, he said helplessly, "I lost."

He had a feeling that he might never be able to beat Bian Xiang again.

A group of teachers watched this situation from below the stands.

"When?"

"I probably noticed that ice sculpture a long time ago while I was thinking about it."

"The hollow interior is perfect for Lidgment to hide in. Pidgeot's failure to hit you so many times is not due to bad luck, but entirely the result of thinking up tactics."

"Each time the turbid mist is released, let the Candle Spirit go inside, and let it come out when the turbid mist dissipates."

"More importantly, this ice is hard enough! Even though it hit me several times, it only left scratches."

Several teachers looked at the ice in surprise and said...

"That's obvious! This ice was created by the freezing beam, and it instantly killed the Arrow Eagle."

"Its energy intensity alone is extraordinary."

"How did the candlelight spirit burn such a hole?"

A group of teachers fell silent; their sprites couldn't possibly burn a hole in the ice in such a short time.

Because the Candle Spirit burns the ice blocks made by the Snow Witch every day.

Bian Xiang looked at the candlelight spirit and smiled.

Despite shrinking in size, he focused all his fire energy and burned a hole in the ice sculpture created by the Snow Fairy.

This is just one idea; the biggest challenge is to burn a hole in the Snow Fairy's ice sculpture that the Candle Spirit can crawl through.

This is something that Candlelight Spirit could never have done before.

As expected, battles are the fastest way for Pokémon to improve!

"Candle!!"

The Candlelight Spirit excitedly ran towards the side.

She jumped into Bian Xiang's arms.

I won!! I won!!

"Candle!!"

Well done, Candlelight Spirit!

He pinched Candlelight Spirit's cheek.

"Snow Fairy~"

The force released by my own freezing beam just now was relatively small in order to control the turn.

The Snow Fairy glanced indifferently at her ice sculpture.

Then I glanced at the Candlelight Spirit; although the hole it burned was small, it had indeed melted through.

It seems I'll have to put in more effort next time I make an ice sculpture that melts the candlelight spirit.

Let this kid experience the love and care of his seniors.

"Candle~~"

Candlelight Spirit suddenly trembled in Bian Xiang's arms.

Why do I suddenly feel a chill?

He glanced at the cold-faced snow fairy beside him.

He gently embraced the Snow Fairy.

"You worked hard too."

"Snow Fairy~"

In an instant, the snow demon woman transformed.

Snow Fairy nuzzled Bianxiang's chin with her head.

Then he glanced at the Candlelight Spirit beside him.