Pokémon: Dreams Come True Starting in Sinnoh

The first round of judging was a foregone conclusion. Ash demonstrated what pure violence meant with Snorlax, ending the battle with just one Ice Punch. After using Ice Punch, he saw the Fang Cage lying on the ground, leaving not only the audience bewildered but also Snorlax itself.

It just scratched its head with its paws, seemingly not understanding why its opponent was so weak. Seeing this, Ash regretted bringing out Snorlax.

After all, such a simple battle wasn't very interesting for Snorlax... but the audience had never seen such a pure display of strength, and after Snorlax and Ash won, they all started clapping. Nurse Joy on the judges' panel looked a bit troubled.

After all, she does have some expertise in Grand Contests. While it's not impossible to turn a Grand Contest into a Pokémon battle, since controlling one's strength during a match isn't very realistic, viewers who simply enjoy Grand Contests would probably feel frustrated and bored if such a situation actually occurred. Fortunately, today's battle took place in a small village like this.

After Ash, Sweetie, Jessie, and Lina left the field, Dawn also had a simple battle with a random trainer.

It was so simple that even Dawn defeated her opponent within five rounds. The trainer who battled Dawn was so bad that he couldn't even give basic commands. Throughout the battle, he stammered and couldn't even give a few complete instructions. The only reason he passed the first round of review was because he didn't make any major mistakes.

Now, in the final battle of the second round of audits, Ash Ketchum vs. Dawn Ketchum.

"..."

Looking at Ash across from him, Dawn felt a mix of emotions.

At first, she was right to hope that Ash would participate in the Contest with her, but she never expected that Ash would be so skilled in the Contest. The performance in the first round seemed to be just a piece of cake for him. Now she has to compete with Ash for the Ribbon Medal... This is so difficult.

Please don't use Snorlax anymore!

Xiao Guang prayed silently in his heart.

Compared to Dawn, Ash didn't have as many thoughts. He simply sent out Aipom as soon as he heard the match had started, and Dawn felt relieved the moment she saw Aipom.

"In that case, I... I'm counting on you, Bogarman!"

"Poga!"

When facing Ash, Dawn will no longer use Pachirisu, which is currently quite unstable. Compared to Bumblebee, Piplup has better synergy with her, so the win rate should be higher if Piplup is used to battle Ash.

"High-speed star!"

At the start of the battle, Ash took the initiative and launched an attack.

As Aipom's tail swept across, countless stars flew towards Piplup. Although the attack came quickly, Dawn was not one of the local trainers who were not yet mature and accustomed to battle. Even when facing Ash's fast attack, she could easily deal with it.

"Foam Ray!"

The collision of the two mid-to-long-range attacks resulted in neither side gaining an advantage, as the power of the attacks weakened as their flight trajectories increased. However, before Hikari could even feel relieved, she discovered that Aipom had somehow used Shadow Clone, and six or seven clones began rushing toward Piplup's location.

"Eh?!"

Hikari looked around, trying to figure out the true form of the Aipom, but even when she was an audience member, she couldn't find out its true form. How could she suddenly find it in the more stressful environment?

"Bubble... Bubble Ray, shatter all the clones!"

After a brief hesitation, Xiao Guang recalled the method Xiao Zhi had told her about breaking the Shadow Clone Technique.

No matter the situation, the most cost-effective method is to use skills to break all the clones at once. This method saves the most time and effort and is also the least likely to cause accidents.

"Poga—"

Just as Hikari commanded, Piplup began to use Bubble Beam to sweep away all the clones on the scene. However, Ash, who knew how to counter Shadow Clone, would not sit idly by. With a wave of his hand, he changed his attack strategy again.

"All clones, jump up and use High Speed ​​Star!"

Ash still chose to avoid a direct confrontation with Piplup when using Shadow Clone, opting to preserve as many Aipom clones as possible.

Xiao Guang had seen this scene many times before. A confident smile appeared on her lips, and she said, "Use Peck, follow them!"

Not letting any clone escape is, in Xiao Guang's opinion, the most important step in defeating Aipom.

In the previous battles between Ash and Aipom, Ash was able to use Double Team because his opponent easily let him have it. After learning from the mistakes of others, Ash will not repeat them.

only--

"So can you tell which one is the real one?"

"?"

Seeing that Dawn still hadn't grasped his meaning, Ash decided not to explain further. After all, adaptability requires time and experience. Dawn probably thought he had grasped the key to breaking Shadow Clone Technique and had absorbed the experience from watching previous battles.

But she never thought about this question: if a novice trainer like her could understand it so easily, why couldn't those people who had battled her before understand it?

Seeing Piplup leap to chase the nearest figure, Ash seized the opportunity and commanded Aipom, "Swift!"

"High-speed star...?! Could it be..."

Hwang finally realized what Ash meant, but unfortunately, it was too late.

There's nothing wrong with ordering the clones to be destroyed one by one, but the problem is that Aipom deliberately spreads each clone very far apart. The clone closest to Piplup doesn't necessarily mean it's the one that jumps the lowest.

"OKI~!"

The long-tailed monster arm closest to Piplup, but also closest to the ground, raised a smug smile, then swung its tail at Piplup in mid-air. Countless stars erupted again, striking Piplup, who had just broken through its first clone, in a beautiful arc.

"Poga—"

Piplup, who was shot down in mid-air, let out a wail, but this was not the end.

"Concentrate your attack!"

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