Aisha Vs Wally's Semi Final Start

The following day, the Indigo Plateau Conference semi-finals were held in the main venue.

Starting today, not only was it broadcast live, but an exclusive live stream was launched on the internet.

The commentators took their places in the studio, and there were also some heavyweight guests as commentators.

As Professor Oak took the commentator's seat, the main venue was abuzz with excitement.

The large soccer stadium was packed to the rafters, the audience, the stands and the stands were filled with people, the cheering was as loud as a mountain, and the fans of one of the contestants were cheering even before the contestants came out.

Mr. Goodshow appeared on the stage for the first time since the opening ceremony.

Behind him was a silver fire pit burning with flames, and the sound of birds chirping between the flames was loud and clear.

The little old man with a white beard smiled and waved his hand towards the cameras and the audience.

"I declare the Indigo Plateau Conference Semi-Finals to begin!"

After the president's announcement, a colorful salute rose into the sky.

The atmosphere in the main hall was brought to a climax by the colorful haze in the sky.

"Let's welcome Aisha from Dayan!"

The commentator beside Professor Oak shouted excitedly.

Rotom, an aerial camera with the latest technology from the Galar region, flew in front of the contestants' aisle at one end.

The figure of a long, dark-haired young man taking steady steps from the shadows to the light was reflected in the screen of the broadcasting room.

In an instant, the screen exploded!

"Instructor Ai, Instructor Ai give me a charge!"

"Handsome, handsome, handsome, Instructor Ai is too handsome!"

"Today's live broadcast can be seen here first..."

"Upstairs, it's unbelievable, but Instructor Ai is really cool, I love it!"

"Let's have another matchup with no opponent, Instructor Ai, I'll watch you kill the whole match first!"

The official commentators in the broadcast room were stupefied by the amount of barrage.

It's no exaggeration to say that the Indigo Plateau Conference's live webcast was a feature developed solely for Aisha.

The live broadcast was shown on the big screen of the Levincia Gym in Levincia, Paldea.

"Good morning, good night, hello, ciao!"

Iono, wearing a wide yellow coat and two Magnemite headdresses on her head, raised her hands in the air on the stage with a happy look on her face.

"We're here today for the semi-finals of Instructor Ai's Indigo Plateau Conference, so don't say Iono's slacking off."

Iono looked at the screen.

It was the moment when Aisha stepped out from the shadows of the contestants' corridor and was completely exposed to the bright sunlight.

Under the sunlight, the young man's overly beautiful face released an unrivaled charm.

"Tsk..."

Iono smacked her lips.

"Instructor Ai is a real face anchor..."

Iono's side of the screen was also abuzz.

"Instructor Ai abused Iono a thousand times, Iono treats Instructor Ai as her first love, she's really, I'm crying."

"The ship I knocked is real, great, Instructor Ai and Iono lock dead!"

"Iono doesn't live stream her favorite game, she saves her time to watch Instructor Ai's matches, is this the bond between anchors?"

"No, Elesa from next door is also live streaming Instructor Ai's game, what's going on?"

"Oh no, I'm so jealous of Instructor Ai!"

Iono blushed as she looked at the screen.

Back at the Indigo Plateau's main venue, here, with Aisha's appearance, the cheers that erupted from the auditorium went straight up to the sky, a thunderous roar.

"Go Instructor Ai!"

Early to occupy the position of the bleachers, as Instructor Ai's most loyal support group when the group of five dogs high to no end.

Blaze even danced with two glowsticks.

"It's..."

In the audience, Brock was in a sweat.

"Instructor Ai's popularity is too high."

Misty, on the other hand, was not surprised and said, "There's no way, this monster is truly an all-around idol, not bad at any of the aspects of battle, games, and breeding Pokémon, and his good looks make me a little bit obsessed, and it seems that he participated in an idol event with two Electric-type Gem Leader before, so it wouldn't be strange for me to say that I'm not surprised to hear that he's going to debut as an idol, or that he acted in a movie in the past."

"Damn, so envious..."

Gold bit his handkerchief and looked at Instructor Ai standing at the end of the field, full of envy.

"Go ahead, it's not yours to envy." Silver chimed in.

At the commentator's side, looking at Aisha, Professor Oak was just as pleased.

The young man's vigor reminds him of himself when he was young, and he also sees the shadow of Red and Blue a few years ago.

"What a good boy."

Professor Oak recalled his first encounter with Aisha.

At first, he could tell that this boy was extraordinary.

And so it was... ...Instructor Ai has never been a pool of talent.

"The Indigo Plateau Conference is just the beginning of your greatness. Let me, an old man, see how high you can go, Ai-chan!"

Standing on the field of battle, Aisha looked around.

Suddenly, he tilted his head and saw three familiar figures.

"Admin, we're here meow!"

"Admin, this is the seat we bought with our extra turnover, we're here to cheer you on!"

"Admin, win handsomely!"

Meowth, James, and Jessie sat the closest to him, waving happily at him.

Aisha smiled at them.

These three idiots were really heartwarming at times.

Then, Instructor Ai looked ahead of him.

There stood the thinly built Wally.

Unlike himself, Wally was the son of an outcast in the main arena...

No one is cheering him on.

He's surrounded by Instructor Ai fans.

This is the worst away game ever...

With this level of popularity suppression, it's possible for a mentally unbalanced trainer to leave without a fight.

However, Wally was clearly not such a person...

Although the green-haired boy's face inevitably took on a touch of nervousness, he still tried his best to smile and look at Aisha in front of him.

"Instructor Ai, I will fight with all my might!"

At this moment Wally, there was no fear or trepidation in his heart, there was only a surging will to fight.

He looks up to Ruby and Sapphire as his role models, and has been coached by Norman, the head of the Petalburg Gym in Petalburg City, as well as Steven.

A young man who travels to be recognized for his work, and goes through many obstacles.

Today's all-out six-on-six battle was the time for him to test the fruits of his training and show his maturity to those he cared about!

"Me too."

Aisha had the same gentle smile on hisface as always.

This smile reassured Wally, even though Instructor Ai was actually his opponent.

"Beee-!!!"

The referee blew his whistle, and the shrill sound of it tore through the surrounding clamor.

The two trainers each held a Poké ball.

"The match begins!"

The two Poké balls were thrown into the air.

"Aggron-!!!"

In a flash of light, a steel beast clad in heavy silver-gray armor crashed to the ground, and it let out a heart-stopping roar amidst the smoke and debris.

It was an Aggron that stood over two and a half meters tall, more than one head taller than the average individual recorded in the catalogue, a beast without a doubt.

"Oh!"

Professor Oak became interested and said, "This is Aggron, a powerful Steel-type Pokémon that is very famous in the Hoenn region!"

"This is the child that Mr. Steven entrusted to me..."

On the field, holding Aggron's Poké ball, Wally muttered.

Although Steven's love of fossilized Pokémon made him seem like a Rock-type Champion.

However, his favorite Pokémon is undoubtedly Metagross and Aggron...

This Aggron is the Pokémon that Steven gave to Wally when he was practicing in the Hoenn region.

At that time, Aggron was just an Aron.

Its development nowadays was a clear indication of Wally's interest in it.

"Uhh!"

Wally's eyes changed, and he looked firmly at the Pokémon on Instructor Ai's field, with a look of certainty on his face.

"Me-ta-!!!"

A metallic sound with a mechanical texture reached his ears.

Silver-white body, golden claws, the Pokémon sent by Instructor Ai was, just as Ruby had guessed last night, a shiny Metang!

"Aggron!"

Gazing at shiny Metang, Wally's Aggron let out a roar.

Again, shiny Metang didn't take a step back, and the metallic sound overpowered its growl.

"What?"

"Oh?"

Wally and Aisha noticed something strange about their Pokémon at the same time.

The way shiny Metang and Aggron were looking at each other, it was obvious that they weren't in a normal chess match...

It was more like they had known each other for a long time.

"You know each other?"

Aisha looked to hisown shiny Metang.

shiny Metang nodded.

When shiny Metang was still a shiny Beldum, it lived with Aron in Steven's mansion.

Later, Steven gave Aron away.

A year later, shiny Beldum joined Instructor Ai.

I thought I'd never see it again.

I didn't expect to meet again today at the Indigo Plateau Conference semi finals.

"Ha."

After realizing what shiny Metang meant, Instructor Ai laughed and laughed.

"This is really fate."

Wally also understood the situation and couldn't help but laugh.

In that case, let's let them compete... Who's the better breeder of Steven's Pokémon!

"Metang, Stealth Rock!"

Aisha didn't hesitate to give the first command.

In an all-out six-on-six battle, the first one to scatter nails would have the advantage.

Aggron didn't have the means to get rid of the nails, so if it didn't do it now, when would it wait?

"Aggron, let's use Stealth Rock!"

Wally commanded Aggron to throw out a handful of rock nails.

Immediately, along with the roar of the two steel monsters, the spacious field was covered with sharp rocks that were glittering with cold glints.

"Yes!"

Wally clenched his fist in excitement.

Once Stealth Rock was buried, it would be of great help to his subsequent battles.

This was Wally's big weapon against Instructor Ai's Charizard!

"Aggron, Earthquake!" Wally hurriedly followed up with the command.

However, Instructor Ai's words made his face change.

"Metang, Magnet Rise."

"Me-ta-!!!"

A tangible electromagnetic force was released from underneath the shiny Metang's body, which caused it to float a great deal higher once again.

"Aggron!"

Aggron violently raised his thick arm in the next moment, like swinging down a heavy hammer, and slammed down on the ground with a loud bang.

However, the boiling ground attribute energy fluctuation on the ground could not hurt shiny Metang one bit.

"Heh."

Instructor Ai laughed.

Aggron's Pokémon may look powerful, but it actually has a lot of problems.

The combination of steel and rock not only made him four times weaker to Fighting and four times weaker to ground, but also severely affected his striking range.

At the very least, against shiny Metang, he only has the grounded moves that extend from his rock attribute to be effective.

And, throughout... Ground-type moves have a blind spot in the air.

It's just too easy to deal with!

"What?"

Wally froze for a moment as he watched Aggron's attack.

Then, his face turned ugly.

Shiny Metang had locked Aggron's Ground-type move with an electromagnetic levitation, but Aggron was notorious for his poor moves.

The remaining steel and rock moves are all two times resistant by shiny Metang.

Steel Pokémon are also known for their strong physical defense...

"Hiss!"

Wally sucked in a breath of cold air.

For a moment, he couldn't think of a good solution.

If he doesn't change Pokémon, the next battle will be Aggron's crazy scraping at shiny Metang, but shiny Metang has Earthquake move that's four times more effective against Aggron. If he attack, his Aggron will definitely suffer; if shiny Metang Pokémon is played in rotation, Stealth Rock on the field is not just for fun, this...

"Metang, Earthquake."

"Me-ta-!!!"

Without giving Wally any time to think, Instructor Ai gave the order to attack.

The first move was a killing move!

"Boom!"

Shiny Metang's silver-white arms that were sparkling with bright light smashed onto the ground, and in an instant, the earth tumbled.

The roaring ground attribute energy all poured on Aggron's body, even though it has up to one hundred and eighty physical defense racial value, at this moment is also a painful roar.

"Aggron!"

"No, Aggron, use Smack Down!"

"Go ahead, Earthquake."

Wally's brain spun rapidly, finally finding a move from Aggron's skill list that would work in this situation.

"Aggron!"

Aggron stepped on the ground, and it created a very huge rock between its two arms, and violently threw it at the tiny Metang in front of it.

At the same time, shiny Metang's second Earthquake was used.

"Boom!!"

"Boom!!"

The huge rock sent shiny Metang flying, and it landed back on the ground.

However, after landing on the ground, shiny Metang looked indifferent, and was not injured at all.

On the other hand, Aggron's Earthquake from shiny Metang hit it solidly, and it fell to the ground in a terrible state.

"This defense..."

Above the hidden stands, Blue frowned, looking at Aisha's shiny Metang.

During the Viridian Gym Challenge, this Pokémon didn't play because Aisha's Charmeleon suddenly exploded and evolved into a Charizard.

However...

As a 'Breeder', Blue could tell that this tiny Metang had such a strong physical defense, probably because it was carrying Eviolite.

"Tsk!"

Blue smacked his lips.

"That's too much of a trick..."

"That trainer's strength is good." Red gave Wally an expressionless look, and then, with his eyes locked on Instructor Ai's body once again, said, "However, it's nowhere near as good as Instructor Ai, in every aspect."

"At least it's someone Steven has his eye on..."

On the field, Aggron stood up dizzily, his footsteps wobbling.

Even with its physical defense, it was a bit overwhelmed after taking two Earthquake shots from shiny Metang.

"It's okay now."

Wally breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Aggron, use Earthquake at full power!"

"Metang, same on our side, full power Earthquake!"

Aisha smiled and followed Wally's orders.

At this moment, shiny Metang and Aggron's eyes met in the air.

In the next moment, the two pairs of arms slammed down onto the dying ground under their feet at almost the same moment.

"Boom!!!"

Two destructive forces spread out in one breath, confronting, eroding, and exploding!

"Me-ta-!!!"

"Aggron!"

Shiny Metang and Aggron, who had lost their electromagnetic levitation, were caught up in the roar of the earth.

Between the roaring Earthquake, the teeth-rattling sound of steel rubbing against steel came out from both of them, and the cracking rubble and smoke filled the field together.

"Oh?"

Brock couldn't help but look over his shoulder.

As a master of the rock attribute, he admired Wally's well-bred Aggron.

Finally, the roar of the earth stopped, and the smoke and dust gradually fell.

On the field, the Aggron was lying between the rubble, its barely exposed head had closed its eyes, and it was easy to see its state.

In the contest of strength and defense, it lost to shiny Metang...

In the audience, there was a "wow!!!" thunderous applause erupted from the audience.

The semi-finals had started with such an intense, eye-popping head-to-head battle that the crowd's emotions had risen to an outrageous level.

Some said that a Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon is still a Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon, even in its second stage, it still has a lot of power.

Some people said that it was Instructor Ai's fault, it looked like Aggron and shiny Metang were going head to head in the end, but in fact, Instructor Ai had already commanded shiny Metang to hit Aggron with Earthquake twice, and Aggron, who was four times weaker, couldn't take it anyway. Aggron couldn't take the third Earthquake, but shiny Metang had only taken a Smack Down with two times the resistance and not much power, so the matchup was a slam dunk.

Far away in Hoenn, Steven was also watching the fight.

As he watched Aggron fall under the attack of shiny Metang, his face was filled with emotion.

"Instructor Ai is worthy of being Instructor Ai."

Steven smiled, but he was equally satisfied with Wally's nurturing of Aggron - there was no shame in losing to Instructor Ai.

The two Pokémon he had given away were now following the right trainer and possessing great strength.

"Aggron has lost his ability to fight, Wally please change your Pokémon!" The referee's voice came from the TV.

"Oh?"

Steven watched with interest as Wally retrieved the defeated Aggron and threw a second Pokémon.

A familiar figure appeared in front of Wally.

In the arena, Aisha looked at Wally's new Pokémon and raised an eyebrow.

A fierce-looking Pokémon with red armor, a yellow pentagram on top of its head, and two large pincers that "clacked" around.

It's a Crawdaunt!

"Crawdaunt, Knock Off!"

Wally ordered.

Seeing his own Aggron scraping to death, Wally was able to guess the props carried by Instructor Ai's shiny Metang.

Let's shoot it down first!

"Metang, Bullet Punch!"

Aisha frowned and commanded Metang to attack.

Crawdaunt was indeed a threat to Metang.

"Ow!"

As soon as Crawdaunt appeared, the Stealth Rock on the ground hit its body, slowing down its moves.

Then, the UFO-like Shiny Metang came in like a real bullet, and slammed into its face, causing Crawdaunt to stumble.

Knock Off missed...

"Metang, Thunder Punch."

Aisha smiled.

His own shiny Metang had no shortage of ways to deal with Crawdaunt.

"Me-ta-!!!"

An incomparably brilliant electric light blossomed from the shiny Metang's right arm.

It slammed it at the unsteady Crawdaunt.

"No good!" Wally was shocked.

"Crawdaunt, Aqua Jet!"

"Ow!"

The angled Crawdaunt raised its pincers, and a current of water propelled it to smash into shiny Metang's fist with great speed.

"Zzz!"

The shrimp pincers wrapped in water collided with the iron fist wrapped in lightning.

"Boom!"

A small explosion exploded above the fists of the two Pokémon, and they both retreated a few meters.

"Adaptability Crawdaunt, that's quite an attack."

Aisha, after visually inspecting the shiny Metang's still healthy state from the back, said in her heart: "If it used two moves, the props it was carrying were not the usual Choice Band, but..."

An answer appeared in his heart, and Aisha looked at Wally's Crawdaunt.

As expected, after Crawdaunt stabilized itself, a faint look of pain appeared on its face.

It wasn't the after-effects of his fight with Shiny Metang, but the physical exertion of Life Orb.

"Good..."

In a flash of thought, Aisha read out a new command.

"Metang, Earthquake!"

You don't say, you don't say.

Earthquake is really too good.

When an attacker doesn't dare to fight in melee, Earthquake is its best option.

"Me-ta-!!!"

Shiny Metang skillfully threw his fist.

On his side, Wally commanded Crawdaunt to use Knock Off again.

"Ow!"

The mighty and domineering Crawdaunt waved its two pincers, and ran wildly without fear of death.

Against the fierce Earthquake, it slashed its pincers, which were wrapped in black evil energy, towards shiny Metang with great vigor.

"Boom!" With a muffled sound, the pincers smashed into the top of shiny Metang's head.

The silver-white steel monster smashed directly into the ground.

Then, it exploded into a cloud of smoke...

"Huh?"

Wally stared.

"Substitute, I didn't realize that the tiny Metang that Crawdaunt had been fighting with was actually just a Substitute!" the commentator, who had been holding his breath for a long time, shouted, "When exactly did Instructor Ai's tiny Metang use a Substitute, and where did it hide its main body? Where is it hiding?"

Before the commentator could say anything, the pile of rubble five meters in front of Crawdaunt moved.

"Metang, Thunder Punch."

"Zzzz!"

Aisha's command caused the pile of rubble to be blown apart by a ball of lightning, a silver-white shadow wrapped in lightning roared out and slammed into Crawdaunt's head, who hadn't even had time to raise its pincers before the pincer fell, hitting the giant yellow pentagram.

"Ow!"

"Me-ta-!!!"

Crawdaunt was knocked to the ground by shiny Metang's punch, and another attack of Life Orb left it in a winded state of exhaustion.

"How is that possible?"

Wally exclaimed.

So did Brock in the audience.

His squints widened as he said, "How did Substitute's Earthquake not hit the main body?"

That's what most of the audience was wondering.

As we all know, the disadvantage of Earthquake and Surf is that it doesn't distinguish between the enemy and us.

At this moment, Professor Oak opened the microphone with a smile and said: "Aisha's Metang, after defeating Aggron, opened Earthquake immediately, and hid its body within the rubble caused by the previous Earthquakes, and I don't know if you have noticed that when Metang used Earthquake against Crawdaunt, the Ground-type energy did not spread uncontrollably like the previous times. Instead, it was carefully gathered in front of Metang and spread in a fan shape, which just avoided the body hidden directly behind Substitute, creating a perfect cover effect... This is only possible with the proficiency of the moves and the control of energy. You can only master the trick after your strength reaches a certain level."

Professor Oak answered everyone's questions like a teacher teaching his students.

The audience first looked as if they suddenly realized, and then a series of exclamations and praises entered Aisha's ears.

"That's amazing."

"How does Instructor Ai train Pokémon?"

Hearing this question, Instructor Ai gave a complicated smile.

Controlling the range of Earthquake is a technique from 'Secrets of the Earth'.

Giovanni had used this technique against Instructor Ai himself on New Island.

Closing the range of Earthquake speeds up the release of the move, increases the attack power, and has the advantage of not hurting the opponent...

Since shiny Metang is not a Ground Attribute Pokémon, he didn't practice this move very much, and could only do the last one, but it came in handy today.

"Thunder Punch!"

"Crawdaunt, Protect!"

Shiny Metang's fist slammed into Crawdaunt's scrambled energy shield.

Then, instead of shiny Metang, Life Orb took away Crawdaunt, who was in the wind.

Wally: "..."

Instructor Ai shook his head.

Without Sheer Force or Magic Guard, Life Orb is a double-edged sword.

If it can't kill the enemy quickly, Life Orb will grind itself to death.

"Instructor Ai's skills are... As always, it's amazing."

Red was watching from the stands with excitement.

Blue looked at him with concern.

He's worried that Red might get the urge to run down there and run away from Wally to fight Instructor Ai.

In the ring, Wally retrieves Crawdaunt.

After some thought, he sighed and pulled out an Ultra Ball.

"It was originally a kill move against Charizard, but now I have to use it."

Wally glanced at the field.

Regarding Instructor Ai's tactics, he didn't think twice about it, but the more he thought about it, the more scared he became.

Crawdaunt was killed by the side effects of Life Orb... However, without the damage from the first Stealth Rock, Crawdaunt would have been able to land at least one Knock Off.

If that Knock Off had materialized, the situation on the field would have been completely different.

Unfortunately, there are no ifs...

Instructor Ai has calculated everything.

His shiny Metang wouldn't lose to his own Crawdaunt.

"That was awesome..."

With a sigh, Wally threw the Ultra Ball in his hand.

A sky-blue skinned Altaria with white feathers waved its wings and appeared in the sky.

"What a beautiful Pokémon."

"It looks like a Dragon-type Pokémon?"

"Why is it that Pokémon that look like dragons aren't dragons, but Pokémon that look weird all have Dragon attributes?"

In the audience, many people were discussing Wally's Altaria.

Lance, who was hiding in the dark, had a black line on his face.

He felt that this topic had a deep malice towards him.

"Woo!"

On the field, Stealth Rock appeared, relying on the rock attribute's effect of doubling the Flying-type, it damaged Altaria's stamina.

"Altaria, Defog!"

Wally ordered.

Altaria's cotton wings created a storm that swept away all the Stealth Rocks on the field.

Instructor Ai laughed.

Wally's Pokémon stomped on the spikes that both sides had scattered together, and then cleared the spikes on both sides' fields.

"Metang, Ice Punch!"

"Me-ta-!!!"

After Altaria clears the spikes, shiny Metang punches it in the face.

Quadruple restraint sent this half-baked dragon traitor that was afraid of goblins, dragons, and even ice before its Mega Evolution straight away.

"Hey." Wally took back Altaria.

This Altaria was originally very useful, but I didn't expect it to become a disposable nail remover in actual combat.

"Come back."

Aisha held up the Pokémon ball and retrieved the Shiny Metang.

"Eh?" Wally looked puzzled.

He watched as Aisha took out a second Poké Ball.

"Thanks for removing the nail in my coffin, Wally."

Instructor Ai smiled brightly.

"In return, I won't let Metang spread the second rock spike."

Wally: "..."

I thank you!