Pokémon Padea Adventure: The Journey Continues

In a blink of an eye, after Ash's Coolspine and Mimoli's Snowmoth were eliminated, this doubles battle turned into a singles battle between Mimoli's only remaining Pokémon and Aoki.

Facing Mimori's battle-hardened Magical Masked Cat, and using its "Transformation" feature to change itself to only one evil attribute, it overcame the attribute restraint advantage of Tan-Sama. On the other hand, Tan-Sama had just hatched and the rift between him and Aoki, who was afraid of him as a fire attribute Pokémon, had just been resolved. When comparing the strengths of both sides, it was clear which one was superior.

But... in Pokémon battles, the mutual trust between trainers and Pokémon, the trainers' fighting styles, the Pokémon's cooperation and extraordinary performance, etc. are all full of variables. Compared with the former, the level gap between Pokémon can be said to be the least worth mentioning of these variables.

After taking a deep breath, Xiaoqing adjusted her mindset and thought to herself.

"Huh..., it's all my fault for being so coy. That's why Xiaozhi and Coldspine are out. We haven't lost yet! We have to save face for Piper in front of the former teacher and the students of the academy taught by Principal Clavier, and we have to win with Xiaozhi and Coldspine!"

"But then again..., how should I win together with Tan-sama? Trust alone is not enough. If it were Satoshi, how would he give the order?"

Just as Xiaoqing was thinking, Tan Xiaoshi on the battlefield looked at Xiaoqing like this and felt a little uneasy. Suddenly, Mimoli took the lead in giving the order.

"Magical Masked Cat, use "Thousand Changes" on Tan-sama again!"

The moment Magic Masked Cat raised his hand, several bouquets of flowers floated around the venue again. Looking at these "time bombs", Tan Xiaoshi, who had just escaped from the "hay of bullets", was still frightened.

Faced with the bouquets of flowers hung in the air by invisible threads, Xiaoqing was also very troubled and didn't know what to do... At this moment, Xiaozhi and Pikachu behind her were encouraging Xiaoqing.

"Xiaoqing, I believe you can do it! Face it bravely..."

"Pika! Dongga!"

Encouraged by her companions, Xiaoqing watched the changes in the battle situation with a frown, and suddenly she had an idea.

"Invisible thread? Invisible... Got it!"

After Tan Xiaoshi waited anxiously for instructions, he finally heard the order from Xiaoqing.

"Tan-shi, use "Clearing Smoke"!"

The charcoal servant did not dare to neglect it. Facing the threat of the "Thousand Changes and Flowers" all over the field, the charcoal servant quickly extinguished the flames above his head, and then white smoke rose up...

"This is how the same thing?"

Mi Moli was puzzled, watching the battlefield gradually covered by white smoke, and suddenly she understood Xiaoqing's intention and hurriedly gave the order.

"Magical Mask, quickly attack Tan-sama!"

Just as Magic Masked Cat used the "Thousand Changes" attack to bombard Tan Xiaoshi in the center of the field, the white smoke on the field had already covered the field, and Tan Xiaoshi disappeared. When Magic Masked Cat's bouquets of flowers rushed into it, they only disturbed some of the swirling smoke.

"Bang bang"..., Magical Masked Cat's "Thousand Changes of Flowers" exploded violently after falling into the white mist, but people didn't know whether the explosions attacked Tan Koshiro's body or missed and hit the ground.

Just as the smoke was disturbed by the wind from several explosions and spread everywhere, the smoke in the whole arena slowly dissipated at this time, revealing the original battle ground. The ground was charred by the fierce bombardment of "Thousand Changes", but there was no sign of Tan Xiaoshi.

At this moment, Xiaoqing's voice of giving orders came.

"Now, Tan-sama, use Dark Shadow!"

Although Mimoli and Magic Masked Cat were slightly alert after not noticing the figure of Tan-sama, they were still hit by the terrifying phantom it showed. Looking at the black shadow appearing from behind Magic Masked Cat, Mimoli hurriedly reminded.

"Be careful, Magic Mask-nyan! Behind you..."

At Mimoli's reminder, when Magic Masked Cat turned around to look behind him, he met the black shadow and was hit hard by it. With that heavy blow, Magic Masked Cat's body was knocked away and fell heavily to the ground.

Tan-sama used the "Clear Smoke" skill to create white smoke for cover, avoiding the "Thousand Changes" attack of Magic Masked Cat, and then launched a surprise attack from behind. At this time, Magic Masked Cat, which was a single evil attribute, was hit by Tan-sama's ghost skill "Night Demon Shadow", and the damage was excellent.

Although Magic Masked Cat was seriously injured, he still managed to stand up. Mimoli, who was standing on the other side of the field, praised him.

"Very good, you use the "Clear Smoke" skill to instinctively return the opponent's state to the starting point, but you don't use its original function, but use it for another purpose... You are really worthy of being a student of "Orange & Grape Academy". The ability taught by Principal Clavier seems to have its mysteries in the test."

Facing Mi Moli's praise, Xiao Qing appeared modest on the surface, but was actually extremely panicked, thinking...

"This is not how the teachers in the academy teach us. The teachers would never explain the use of a move in such a random way... This is a surprise attack I made based on my understanding of Xiaozhi. Only Xiaozhi would do something so random..."

As she spoke, Mimoli looked up at the weather in the sky. She saw a dark cloud-covered sky with cold wind blowing. It looked like another round of blizzard was coming. So, Mimoli took out the Taijing Pearl, and in the gloomy weather, the Taijing Pearl in her hand shone brightly.

"Xiaoqing, let's use the Taijing War to end this off-campus test!"

Xiaoqing also took out her own glowing Taijing Pearl and replied.

"Okay, let's fight it out!"

The already dark sky became even more cloudy, and the trainers on both sides threw their glowing Tai Crystal Beads in the direction of their respective Pokémon. The crystals that emerged from the ground enveloped both Pokémon... As the excess crystals faded away, both Pokémon entered the Tai Crystal state.

This time, it was Tan Xiaoshi’s first Taijing battle. Above Tan Xiaoshi’s head, which was flashing with Taicrystal light, there was a crystal of a “flame candlestick” suspended, indicating that Tan Xiaoshi’s Taicrystal attribute was fire.

Xiaoqing said happily.

"Sure enough, the crystallized attribute of Tan Xiaoshi is fire attribute! This is its first crystallized battle. Come on, Tan Xiaoshi!"

When Xiaoqing looked at the battlefield opposite through the fiery red, sparkling body of the Tan Xiaoshi, she found that the body of the Magic Masked Cat, after being crystallized, was not light green like before, but was glowing purple.

Looking at the top of its head, it is a crystal with a "purple playful expression", which is the same as the Tai Crystallization attribute of Xiaozhi's Slasher, indicating that the Tai Crystallization attribute of Magic Masked Cat is evil.

The deep purple light emitted from its crystallized body made the mask-like dark green long hair on its face look even more evil. After it raised its hand to lick and tidy up its hair, it looked towards Xiaoqing and Tan Xiaoshi with a gloomy face.

Then, Mimoli gave the order again.

"Magical Masked Cat, use "Thousand Changes" again!"

The "Thousand Changes" skill is enhanced by the ability of Tai Crystalization. After the Magic Masked Cat raises its hand, it throws out several bouquets of glowing flowers. From the ground, they look as bright as a sky full of stars.

Faced with the terrifying attacks of the "Thousand Changes of Flowers" skill several times before, Xiaoqing and Tan Xiaoshi became adept at dealing with those bouquets of flowers controlled by invisible threads.

Mi Moli on the opposite side was still talking proudly.

"Xiaoqing, use the "Clear Smoke" skill again this time! Hide in the smoke in time. The body of the charcoal servant, which is emitting a crystal-like light, will make it impossible for it to hide anywhere, not to mention that there is such a large "flame candlestick" crystal floating above its head... How will you deal with it this time?"

Xiaoqing was not panicked at all and spoke with confidence.

"No matter how gorgeous and magical the Magic Mask Cat's "Thousand Changes" is, it is always subject to its control with invisible silk threads. As long as I burn those silk threads, this is not an unsolvable problem! Tan Xiaoshi, use "Flame Vortex"!"

The charcoal servant raised his arms high and crossed them above his head to accumulate strength, then suddenly moved his arms back and stretched his head forward. The flames above his head quickly strung together and swirled into a fire dragon that meandered upwards. The "flame vortex" hovering in the air passed through the layers of suspended bouquets in the air in an orderly manner, and they actually fell down one by one.

The bouquets of "Thousands of Flowers" exploded one after another after falling to the ground. A few of the bouquets were swallowed up by the "Flame Vortex" before landing on Tan Shi. Tan Shi, who was in the venue and protected by the "Flame Vortex", did not suffer any harm.

Magic Masked Cat was somewhat dissatisfied when he saw that his attack, which had fooled countless opponents, was easily broken. Mimoli also felt a little tricky. "Thousand Changes" could no longer play tricks in front of Xiaoqing and Tan Xiaoshi.

Then, Mimoli spoke as if she had made up her mind.

"It's the final blow, Magic Masked Cat! Use "Sneak Attack"!"

"Mask!"

Facing the attack of the magical Masked Meowth that is as dark as a shadow, Tanjiro is no longer as immature as in the previous battle. He has become confident and calm. This change, in addition to his own growth, is also due to his trust in his trainer Aoi... At this time, Aoi still keeps encouraging Tanjiro.

"Well done, Tan-sama! Thank you for trusting my orders. I also believe in your abilities. No matter how strong the opponent is, I have absolute trust in you. I will no longer be afraid of fire, because you are my companion. Let's end the battle with the final blow... Come on, use "Charged Flame Attack"!"

The two people who were in tune with each other made Tan Shi burst out with even more incomparable power. His feet kept stomping on the ground, and raging flames burst out. After merging with the fire above his head, Tan Shi's young body was covered by the flames. Having regained his strength, Tan Shi rushed towards his opponent.

Tan Xiaoshi continued to accumulate strength to increase his speed, and his speed became even faster. After a while, he rushed into the arms of Magic Masked Cat...

"What? This..."

"Mask!"

As Mimori and Magical Masked Cat were astonished, the Tan-no-Shinobi emitted a scorching heat that hit the opponent's chest, knocking it away.

"let's go!"

"Tan Tan!"

Before Magic Masked Cat could use its "secret attack" to cut its opponent, it was knocked away and fell heavily to the ground. After the cloud of smoke disappeared, Magic Masked Cat was revealed lying on the ground, its eyes shaped like "mosquito coils", and it had lost its ability to fight.

The walking whale next to Papa was jumping back and forth happily, while Papa announced the result of the battle.

"Magical Masked Meowth lost its ability to fight, and Tan-san won, so the result of this doubles battle is that Xiaozhi and Xiaoqing won!"

"Great, Xiaoqing and Tan Xiaoshi won!"

"Pika pika!"

Xiaozhi and Pikachu, who were happy for their companion's victory, walked towards Tan-sama, who was sitting on the ground after his crystallization was lifted. Xiaoqing also came to Tan-sama first, leaned over and gently stroked the back of his head to thank him.

"Thank you, Tan-shi! Thank you for representing Papa, Xiaoqing, Principal Clavell, and the students of the academy and for fulfilling your mission and winning this battle."

The unconscious Magic Masked Cat slowly opened its eyes and found that Mimoli had come to its side and gently lifted her upper body so that it could nestle comfortably in her arms.

"Fake..., fake..."

When Magic Masked Cat tried to stand up and apologize, Mimoli did not blame him at all, but thanked him instead.

"It's okay, don't force yourself, Magic Mask-nyan..., you did a great job, this was a really good doubles match..."

As she spoke, Mimoli looked in the direction of Xiaoqing. Later, Papa and Zoujing also joined Xiaoqing and the others, cheering and encouraging their victory, and continued.

"…It is true that the younger generation pushes the older generation forward. With the students of Orange & Grape Academy, the future of the Padilla region will surely develop better and better."

Mimoli, who was helping Magical Masked Meow to slowly stand up, found that Xiaozhi, Xiaoqing and others had come to her side and congratulated her.

"Congratulations, Xiaoqing! Your Tan-sama is really strong, and Xiaozhi's Chillback, if he can master the "Dragon Wave", my Magical Masked Meowth will still be no match. Papa, you have two powerful juniors, your future prospects are limitless..."

Faced with Mimoli's affirmation, Xiaozhi and his friends were embarrassed and humbly thanked her... After a while, Xiaozhi, who was concerned about the battle at the "Frost Gym", tendered his resignation.

"...Okay, Miss Mimoli, thank you for your off-campus teaching, but we still have to go to the top of "Frost Mountain" next, so I will resign from you here."

At this moment, Mimoli rejected the answer.

"Wait, Xiaozhi and everyone, you can't go to the top of Frostsmooth Mountain yet..."