The next morning, after finishing his guidance for the Gym trainees and his ancient language studies with Old Man Fuji, Jiang Fan and Zhu Lan once again stood on the battleground.
The area was filled with onlookers, including Gym trainees and volunteers from the Pokémon House.
“Jiang Fan, you were lucky yesterday. Today, if you dare to let Munchlax use Metronome again, I refuse to believe it can unleash a Legendary Pokémon’s move as powerful as yesterday’s.”
Before the battle began, Zhu Lan gritted her teeth.
Her defeat yesterday was still fresh in her mind; afterwards, she even contacted her grandmother for confirmation.
She described the Pokémon from the spatial rift to her, and her grandmother was shocked, stating that it was a Legendary Pokémon from their Sinnoh region, a great god said to control the power of space—Palkia.
Defeated by the move of this great god, she had nothing to say, but she was unwilling.
Unwilling to be defeated by the opponent’s luck.
How much luck would it take to roll its move? She guessed this might be the first such instance in history.
“Then let’s try it.”
Facing Zhu Lan’s exasperation, Jiang Fan remained composed.
At the same time, he also wanted to know if Munchlax could still unleash a divine move later.
If it could, then this would truly be a high-probability event.
Half a minute later, with Xiao Hao, the part-time referee, giving the signal, Jiang Fan and Zhu Lan’s second battle began.
“Munchlax, Metronome.”
Jiang Fan once again directly issued the Metronome command.
“Car~”
Munchlax’s hands glowed white.
Everyone around widened their eyes.
They hadn’t expected Jiang Fan to still have Munchlax use Metronome directly in the second battle.
Old Man Fuji said in surprise, “Again? Jiang Fan wouldn’t think Munchlax can replicate yesterday’s luck, would he?”
“You’re really letting it use Metronome again! Hoping for another Legendary move?”
Zhu Lan also widened her eyes, not expecting Jiang Fan to actually listen to her.
Everything she said earlier was out of anger, a provocation.
“In that case, my Gabite is going to avenge yesterday’s instant defeat.”
“Gabite, charge forward, Dragon Claw!”
“Gah~”
Gabite let out a Roar, its face showing a fierce determination to avenge yesterday’s defeat today, and charged towards Munchlax.
Its sharp claws were enveloped in a faint glow.
But,
Just as it took two steps,
An anomaly arose, and just like yesterday, the sky once again looked like the end of the world.
It darkened in the blink of an eye.
The only difference was that everything around seemed to be in slow motion.
Falling leaves dropped frame by frame.
Gabite also charged forward frame by frame; two seconds passed, and it hadn’t even moved half a centimeter.
“No way, it’s really happening again?”
Old Man Fuji, who also felt the slow motion, was greatly shocked in his heart.
Yesterday was a spatial rift, and today it’s time slow-down?
“Oh-ho, another divine move? Which Legendary Pokémon control time?”
Jiang Fan also felt the slow motion and was overjoyed in his heart.
Zhu Lan slowly opened her mouth: “Are—you—kidding—me—again?!”
The Gym trainees shouted in their hearts, “I’m convinced, this is definitely a Legendary move too! Whose Legendary power is this?”
At the same time,
In an area of time turbulence,
In a massive palace, a huge Pokémon, dark blue all over and massive in size, was sprawled on a throne. It suddenly opened its eyes from its sleep.
“Roar~”
In an instant, the time turbulence seemed to freeze.
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Violet Gym.
“Car~”
At this moment, the only one unaffected by the time slow-down was Munchlax.
Its mouth was wide open.
Countless deep blue light points appeared out of thin air, converging in its mouth, about to be spat out.
Seeing this scene, everyone was certain that this was definitely another divine move comparable to yesterday’s.
Old Man Fuji murmured in his heart, “My life is complete. I’ve witnessed two Legendary Pokémon’s moves with my own eyes, but how can they be used by Metronome?”
Zhu Lan’s eyes were bloodshot, and she felt wronged in her heart: “Does it have to be so disgusting? How can its Metronome be so outrageous? It’s one thing to roll Palkia’s move once, but how can you get another Legendary move? Whose move is it this time?”
Jiang Fan muttered in his heart, “This seems to be the move of the great god of time, who is as famous as Palkia.”
And at this moment, the most desperate was Gabite.
It looked at the deep blue beam of light heading towards it, slowly closed its eyes, and tears streamed down its face.
“Gah~” — It’s over, I’m going down again.
Whoosh—
The deep blue beam of light shot out from Munchlax’s mouth.
The beam instantly struck Gabite, carrying it flying backward, and at its end, a time wormhole appeared, sending Gabite inside.
It, once again, disappeared before everyone’s eyes.
At that moment, the anomaly dispersed, and all the time slow-down vanished.
Facing this scene, Zhu Lan was on the verge of collapsing again; yesterday she was banished to a spatial rift, today she was sent into a space-time wormhole.
“Gabite, I’m so sorry for you…” She collapsed to her knees.
At the same time, everyone else present stared intently at the space-time wormhole that had not yet dissipated.
Old Man Fuji muttered, “Yesterday a Legendary Pokémon appeared, I wonder if I’ll see another Legendary Pokémon today.”
Just as he thought this, Gabite was thrown out of the space-time wormhole.
And just like yesterday, it had lost its ability to battle.
Zhu Lan quickly went forward to give it medicine.
Then, everyone saw a huge Pokémon fly through the time wormhole.
That Pokémon also looked at the people in the real world through the space-time wormhole, and everyone felt a sense of awe.
Zhu Lan, who had just finished feeding Gabite medicine: “My grandmother said it’s the other great Sinnoh god who controls time! Was that its move just now?”
Old Man Fuji was incredibly excited: “It’s worth it, this old man’s life is truly worth it! I’ve seen Legendary Pokémon two days in a row. I wonder if the one born from me can battle these two.”
The trainees: “Who knows which Legendary Pokémon this is? And who’s stronger compared to yesterday’s?”
Jiang Fan murmured in shock, “The God of Time, Dialga.”
Yesterday was Palkia, today is Dialga. Will the next time be Giratina’s move, and the time after that, the Creator God’s move?
And Dialga glanced at everyone, or more accurately, at the Munchlax beside Jiang Fan, then twisted its body and disappeared into the colorful time turbulence.
After it left, the space-time wormhole created by Munchlax’s move, Roar of Time, vanished in the blink of an eye.
“Car~”
Just like yesterday, after using its move, Munchlax plopped down onto the ground.
Jiang Fan quickly took out several Snorlax-specific energy blocks.
Old Man Fuji, without Jiang Fan needing to remind him, went to get food for Munchlax himself.
After pushing a cart full of food to Munchlax, he couldn’t help but give Munchlax a big thumbs up.
Then he said to Jiang Fan, “Jiang Fan, next time if Munchlax has another battle, remember to call me. This old man must observe.”
Although deep down he still felt that Munchlax was lucky to roll two Legendary Pokémon’s moves in a row,
Who can say for sure if there will be another stroke of luck for a third time? Such an opportunity to witness a Legendary Pokémon’s move is something ordinary people might not get once in their entire lives.
“Miss Zhu Lan, would you like to make time for another match?”
Facing Old Man Fuji’s request, Jiang Fan turned and shouted to Zhu Lan.
After winning the second battle just now, Munchlax successfully broke through from level 27 to level 31, gaining four levels. This leveling speed was truly addictive.
Before Zhu Lan could reply, Gabite, who had just regained consciousness, shook its head frantically like a rattle drum.
Then Zhu Lan spoke, glaring angrily at Jiang Fan with red eyes.
“No more! You can battle whoever you want, but I’m not having Pokémon battles with you anymore.”
She swore that she would never battle a Pokémon that used Metronome again.
No battle skill whatsoever, just pure luck.
When this dog’s luck kicked in, it was simply outrageous.
Yesterday the God of Space, today the God of Time. If it happens again, will it send her Gabite to the Distortion World and then draw out Giratina, the God of the Distortion World?
Jiang Fan raised an eyebrow.
Was this future Sinnoh Champion, the league’s top female Trainer, now crying because of Munchlax?