Chapter 597 "Zhuge Kongming"

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After laughter, finally they entered the densest forest at the top of Mount Hokulani.

The trees grew densely here, more than one degree compared to the foot of the mountain and the mountainside.

And.

As soon as they entered, let alone Pokémon, even Natsu can smell Berry's strong scent.

Very strong kind.

It's like someone planted a berry forest here.

Much bigger than the Berry forest guarded by the Gumshoos group we encountered at the foot of the mountain.

"It seems humans have settled here." Natsu muttered to himself.

Because it's possible

Whether it's the Pokemon with great tactical planning along the way, or the dense forest here, there are traces of human activity.

Not good.

There is a possibility that Natsu will meet a man who lives in seclusion in the mountains.

Maybe still old-person.

Maybe a Champion has been hiding here for who knows how long

Just kidding.

But it also gave Natsu more attention.

Playful Pokémon also shed their playful mentality.

"Kazaam."

Approaching where the Berry Forest is, Alakazam suddenly warns Natsu.

Natsu frowned when he heard Alakazam's warning.

"You said you sensed someone's Psychic sensed us?" Natsu looked at Alakazam.

In this regard, Alakazam firmly nodded.

Because of that he also activated Psychic Perception, it felt very clear when someone brushed against them.

Although it is not clear.

The other party also seems to cover it well, but Alakazam's Psychic is not bad. He had put together the slate fragments again and again and awakened the Mew gene. Even though his strength was still at the Gym Leader level, his Psychic quality had already surpassed a ordinary Gym Leader level Pokemon.

Natsu also doubts that Alakazam is wrong.

"Interesting, I'm getting curious as to what kind of existence is inside." Natsu narrowed his eyes slowly.

One after another dense trees, full of multi-colored Berries.

The Pokemon that eats the Berry is too careful not to approach it rashly.

Pa-ta-

A shadow jumped down from the Berry tree with a crisp sound, like the sound of carapace colliding.

Pa ta ta ——

Moving towards them, every step was extremely clear.

When the other party walked out of the shadow of the Berry tree and entered moonlight, Natsu and the others finally saw this Pokémon.

This is the purple crab Pokémon, the forked horns, arms and belly on the head are rice yellow. There are blue stripes from the bottom of the belly to the back, and there is a pair of big blue pliers, the tips of the feet are also blue.

His distinguishing feature is that his left eye is wide and his right eye is half closed by a blue eyelid, which looks like a boxer who was hit in the eye.

Crabrawler-!!

Natsu recognized this Pokemon.

Even though Crabrawler is a crab, they is not a Water-Type Pokémon.

They are Fighting Type Pokémon.

As the name suggests, the character is very strong.

Whether it's in front of an opponent, or in front of his own person.

Even to compete with their peers, they would choose a higher position.

That's why Pokemon like Crabrawler mostly appear on mountains.

They love to eat berries, and they often knock down berries on trees with one blow.

A Crabrawler?

Definitely not only.

Crabrawler is a gregarious Pokémon.

Natsu only heard more "pa ta ta" sounds, the sound of Crabrawler's ankle joints colliding as they walked.

More and more Crabrawler are coming out of the Berry forest.

"Craaa!!"

With a grunt, Crabrawler stepped aside.

You can see a Pokemon that also looks like a crab, but is wrapped in snow-white hair, holding a pair of sandbags and a big fist, and stepping out from behind the Crabrawlers.

Crabominable!

Crabrawler evolution.

Because Crabrawler likes to climb high, the higher they climb, the colder the environment will be, so to fight against this severe cold, the Crabominable appeared.

They have evolved from the original Fighting-Type Pokémon to Fighting-Type and Ice-Type Pokemon.

It is also the only Pokémon in the Pokémon world to combine the attributes of Fighting-Type and Ice-Type.

Natsu remembered, however, that Crabrawler didn't evolve until Mount Lanakila.

As with Vikavolt, evolution is more demanding.

But look away.

Outside Mount Hokulani.

Through the mists of the night and Icirrus, a large silhouette could be seen, namely Mount Lanakila.

Mount Hokulani is right next to Mount Lanakila, so it made sense to develop that way.

Natsu's impression of Crabominable is mainly in the game.

Good physical attacker in space team.

Because Crabominable's physical attack ability is very strong, but their slow speed is also their obvious weakness, only the space team can barely make up for it.

"Craboo!"

Crabominable came out, glanced at Natsu and his Pokemon, and made a disdainful hand gesture.

Means say.

Take out your strongest Pokémon and fight.

This Crabominable doesn't have a cover, so it's not hard to judge its strength.

Gym Leader Level.

While not a Totem Pokémon, it is also the Boss of this Crabrawler group. It shouldn't be weak.

Seeing this posture, he was preparing for a one-on-one battle.

Natsu nodded.

He doesn't care about Crabominable's arrogance, which is a trademark of this Pokémon.

Looking towards Alakazam and winked.

To deal with the Fighting-Type and Ice-Type Pokemon, Alakazam is definitely quite suitable, Togekiss is controlled by Ice-Type, and Beedrill is not very good at dealing damage.

As for Aegislash.

Natsu was afraid Aegislash would be festive, and he would succeed in raising the competitive spirits of all Crabrawlers on the opposite side, and they would all come to him.

"Kazaam."

Alakazam nodded slightly, but did not refuse.

Stepping out, "Teleport" makes him appear not far from Crabominable.

This move took the simple-minded Crabominable by surprise.

But he jumped swiftly and jumped like a boxer, one fist after another, towards Alakazam.

Then in a split second, Crabominable suddenly appeared.

The large fist was wrapped in powerful Fight-Type energy, and with powerful steps underfoot, he headed straight for the punch.

In his view, Alakazam's thin arms and thin legs couldn't stand it at all.

However.

Alakazam's spoons crossed, Barrier as transparent as glass, appeared in front of Alakazam.

Reflect!

bang! !

Crabominable hits directly on "Reflect".

Visible cracks appeared on the transparent glass wall.

Alakazam's brow wrinkled slightly, took two steps back, looked at Crabominable with slight surprise.

Even though this man looked simple-minded, his limbs were actually stronger.

"The Characteristic Traits of 'Iron Fist'?"

This is just a test, with Alakazam's speed and mastery of space, it's not difficult to deal with this Crabominable.

However.

What neither Natsu nor Alakazam expected happened.

Sriiing-

Behind Crabominable.

A black transparent space like Formation opened up, covering Crabominable and Alakazam.

After being shrouded in this space, Alakazam felt shackles on his body, no matter how fast he didn't lift.

On the other hand, Crabominable, on the other hand, shows joy.

It was originally very slow, but in this black transparent space, it suddenly exploded at an extremely fast speed.

Coupled with decent attack power, Alakazam was temporarily suppressed.

Natsu stopped Beedrill, who was about to move up to help.

It just makes Crabominable faster.

He frowned looking into the shadows of the overgrown garden.

This step was too familiar to him.

This is the core movement of the space team.

Trick Room!

A move that allows Crabominable to play to its greatest strengths.

The simple explanation is, in the "Trick Room", all the speed of upside down Pokémon, the slowest becomes the fastest, and vice versa.

That's the magic of the Pokemon world.

And the only thing that can handle magic is magic.

If you want to destroy the "Trick Room", you can only wait for it to finish, or use the "Trick Room" again.

So.

Is there really a Trainer here?

Natsu was really interested.

Psychic Light appeared in his eyes and used telepathy to connect with Alakazam.

On the opposite side, Crabominable's eyes actually have Psychic halos too.

Of course it couldn't be Crabominable's.

It must be hiding in the shadows.

Maybe it was the other party's Psychic-Type Pokémon.

Meanwhile.

In the Trick Room, after the speed of Crabominable's biggest weakness was neutralized, he appeared in front of Alakazam, his momentum was great, his strength with "Ice Punch" straight to come.

bang!

The lingering "Reflect" finally shattered under Crabominable's fist.

But it still creates enough space and opportunities for Alakazam.

Woosh——

The psychic fluctuated, and Alakazam appeared in another corner of the "Trick Room" with a "Teleport", pulling the furthest distance from Crabominable.

Alakazam's speed was slowed down by "Trick Room", but the speed stretched by "Teleport" was not affected at all.

This distance.

For Crabominable who has to run on all fours, Alakazam does well.

Alakazam first added "Reflect" for himself.

Then immediately use "Future Sight" on Crabominable.

And this, no doubt, allows Alakazam to predict Crabominable's next move well.

Eventually.

The real role of space team is in double teamwork or full battle.

If that's just a warning, with Crabominable's pure output Pokémon, it's hard to completely limit what Pokémon can flexibly dodge with "Teleport".

If there is a current presence, you can give Alakazam a "Quash".

That's really limiting.

And only Crabominable "Trick Room" without support, almost no damage.

Alakazam often predicts action.

Alakazam didn't need to face him head on, dodged several times, added "Future Sight", and silently waited for Crabominable to fall on its own.

Of course.

Crabominable, who was running around the "Trick Room", finally stopped running when he dashed into the center.

It appeared due to the trauma caused by "Future Sight".

Alakazam would not pass up such an opportunity.

Several "Psyshocks" in a row, no matter how slow, were faster than Crabominable being injured and temporarily paralyzed.

Natsu closed his mouth.

"The Trick Room shouldn't be playing like this."

He thought he had met a "fellow man", so he was very serious, but he was a little disappointed.

Poor thing.

If it's a double battle, that might actually make it more interesting.

In fact, "Trick Room" can't be used for 1 vs 1, but the premise is that it can't be a Pokémon like Crabominable, which only has offensive abilities without limiting means.

Alakazam could learn "Trick Room", but Natsu never got the chance.

It gave him some inspiration today.

bang!

The fight with Crabominable ends with Alakazam's final shot from "Psychic".

Excess Attributes, excess Pokemon Items, and excess abilities cannot be compensated for with just the "Trick Room".

After Crabominable fell, "Trick Room" finally ended.

Alakazam returns to Natsu.

He gently brushed off the ice crystals on his body, with calm expression on his face.

But his eyes locked on to an existence hidden under the tree's shadow.

"Go out." whispered Natsu.

The secret hidden by Mount Hokulani.

When his voice fell.

The hidden silhouette was no longer hidden, and slowly walked out of the tree's shadow.

But when Natsu actually saw what he looked like, he froze uncontrollably.

"Gorilla?!"

Walking upright with both feet, even if bent, but looking at the shadow alone, it's really not much different from humans.

Biggest feature.

He is holding a fan made of Leafage and his own hair.

The person who appeared in front of Natsu at this moment could also be called "Kongming".

Or the more plain "Zhuge Kongming".

He.

Oranguru!

Natsu thought he was "playing" with the Trainer here.

Didn't expect, it's Oranguru.

The Oranguru Pokémon is definitely one of the Wise Pokemon in the Pokémon world.

They are good at using human Items.

Oranguru has even been seen using a Poke Ball.

Oranguru will treat Pokémon in the forest very gently, giving them medicine to heal their wounds, helping hungry Pokémon, and even teaching them some fighting skills.

This also explains why previously encountered Wild Pokémon, would more or less have a tactic or two.

And once the tactic is solved, it becomes not much different from regular Wild Pokémon.

All taught by Oranguru!

The unknown Psychic Perception that Alakazam sensed must also come from this Oranguru's hand.

While fighting Crabominable.

The "Trick Room" was opened by Oranguru.

It is also a Crabominable telepathic conductor.

Think of something that doesn't make sense.

Natsu actually fights Pokémon tactics, battle for battle, battle for win.

But this is Oranguru.

They looked down on those novice and inexperienced Trainers.

Only trainers with rich combat experience and a good tactical reserve can get in-depth contact with this Pokémon.

For that, it's probably a test of Natsu's abilities.

But what surprised him the most.

Or Oranguru's power.

Strong!

Much stronger than Crabominable.

Judging based on Psychics captured by Alakazam in occasional flashes before.

This Oranguru could very well possess quasi-Elite powers!

Oranguru had a smile on his face.

His wise eyes fell on Natsu.

"Chihwa~~"

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(End of this chapter)