Elf: No, it's because he was made the gym leader!

That's quite rare.

In the audience, a muscular man with a mole on his face said to Coco Bulb next to him, "Is that roller skating girl your granddaughter? She has quite the bearing."

Upon hearing this, Cocoble laughed and said, "Not at all, King Shiba, you flatter me. My granddaughter is still a bit lacking in experience."

Of course, this is just a polite remark; what grandfather doesn't want others to praise his granddaughter?

The old man was alone; it was none other than Shiba, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Kanto region and a judge for this Fighting-type Expert Tournament.

Because he was wearing a high-tech mask newly developed by the Alliance, the surrounding audience did not recognize him.

“However, the opponent also sent out Lucario, and the two are evenly matched in terms of strength, so it all comes down to the trainer’s command,” Shiba continued.

Cocoble squinted and chuckled, "And the bond between the Pokémon and its trainer."

"Huh?" Suddenly, the old man let out a soft exclamation.

"What's wrong?" Shiba asked.

"It's nothing." Cocoble looked away and shook her head. "It was probably just my imagination. I just felt a very strong waveguide."

Meanwhile, Riolu sat alone in the audience, watching the battle between the two Lucarios.

As Lucario is its own evolved form, it's necessary for me to learn about it beforehand.

Although these two Lucarios are only so-so in terms of strength.

"Lucario, Comet Punch!"

"Lucario, pay me back double!"

Lucario, Swords Dance!

"Lucario, Stand!"

The two girls continued to clash.

At this moment, Ah Li felt no sisterly affection whatsoever; all she saw was a desire for victory.

"Lucario, use Shadow Clone! Create distance and unleash Aura Spheres repeatedly!"

Wave Missile: Generates wave power from within the body and launches it at the opponent; the attack is guaranteed to hit.

Korni: ?

In a Fighting-type tournament, you're already using Special Attack, but you're also using a kiting tactic?

If you really want to win, then tell me!

Under the relentless barrage of Aura Spheres from Ari's Lucario, Korne's already exhausted Lucario finally collapsed.

"Luka."

Damn, there's a sixth brother here.

"Lucario is unable to battle, the winner is A-Li!"

As the referee blew his whistle, Korni's originally cheerful face suddenly turned somewhat ugly.

Ah Li, you still want to be friends with me, right?

"I never expected to see this kind of fighting style in a combat competition. It's really inhuman," Coco commented.

"I think it's fine," Shiba said, somewhat puzzled.

"Of course," Cocoble looked at Shiba speechlessly.

Who has such superhuman strength that they can collapse the arena in close combat?

at this time!

Riolu, who had been sitting cross-legged in his seat, suddenly opened his eyes.

The power of the waveguide then surged forth.

"Oh!"

I understand now! I finally understand!

For a moment, the surroundings seemed to freeze.

As Riolu's thoughts stirred, its figure began to blur, and then afterimages identical to Riolu appeared out of thin air in the audience.

These afterimages are so lifelike, with different movements, that they seem like real individuals.

However, this wondrous sight did not last long. Just moments later, the shadows scattered in various places quickly converged back towards their original forms, like birds returning to their nests.

After all the shadows merged back into Riolu's body, it slowly opened its eyes, which were a deep blue and as dazzling as jewels.

Immediately afterwards, Riolu put his hands together and began to rub them quickly.

In a short while, a sphere of light radiating dazzling brilliance gradually took shape in its palm.

Wave missile!

"A wave missile!" Cocoble exclaimed from behind.

As a Mega inheritor from the Kalos region, he had seen many talented Lucarios, but this was the first time he had ever seen one that could learn Aura Sphere at the Riolu stage.

Not only that, but this waveguide so dense it's almost tangible... could it be the legendary waveguide hero?

There have been rumors circulating in Sinnoh recently about the Aura Hero.

While Coco was still reminiscing, Lu Yuan found Riolu in the audience.

"Leo, what are you doing here? Our race is about to start."

"Oh?"

"Wasn't the plan to use Chansey?"

"There's nothing I can do, plans can't keep up with changes, I'm off." After saying that, Lu Yuan took out a Poké Ball and put Riolu into it.

Seeing this, Cocoble concluded: "Lu Yuan is the Waveguide Warrior who has been appearing recently."

Chapter 111 Twisted Psychology

Waveguide Hero...

As Coco watched the departing figure, a wave of emotion welled up in her heart.

When he was young, he also fantasized about becoming a world-renowned Aura Hero alongside Lucario.

But fantasy is just fantasy. As we grow older, it eventually fades into a dream, leaving only a youthful yet nostalgic memory.

Now, the true Aura Warrior appeared before him, radiating unparalleled light.

Cocoble stared at the other man, his eyes filled with both admiration for his heroic figure and a hint of regret that he could not hide.

"But if it's a wave guide hero, they should be able to control this thing well, right?" Cocoble murmured, looking at the stone in his hand that emitted a seven-colored glow.

On the playing field.

Xiao Gang and Lu Yuan are ready.

As the referee's flag fell, both players simultaneously threw out Poké Balls.

"Go on, you bad frog."

"Riolu," Lu Yuan said, "Close combat!"

Xiao Gang: ? ? ?

Are you in such a hurry?

Two beams of white light shot out from the Poké Ball.

As soon as the rascal opened its eyes, it saw several fists coming straight at it from Riolu.

It takes one second for a Pokémon to emerge, two seconds to build up its attack, and three seconds for the attack to fully arrive. Meanwhile, Riolu charges up inside its Poké Ball, compressing the time to build up its close-range attack to one second, for a total of four seconds.

While it can't compare to Red Pikachu's three-second 100,000-volt attack, it's still sufficient.

Several fist shadows attacked the unruly frog like a storm, and the sensible audience had already covered their eyes beforehand.

Another poor elf who was tricked by Lu Yuan.

However, facing Riolu, who was right in front of him, the scoundrel moved swiftly and a blurry shadow flew out from behind it.

Golden cicada escapes its shell?

No, it's a stand-in.

More accurately, it should be called danger prediction.

The scoundrel sensed danger while inside its Poké Ball and used Substitute to block Riolu's close-range attack.

Riolu was alarmed when he realized that his move had been anticipated.

Its ability to predict in advance indicates that its strength surpasses mine; its strength surpasses mine...

Dangerous!

Riolu's forehead was covered in cold sweat, as if a huge, bright red "danger" character was conspicuously appearing on it.