Chapter 412: Victory
Lucario, in mid-air, focused its hands, drew out a bone staff, and slammed it heavily onto the incoming Shadow Ball, sending it flying.
The Shadow Ball was deflected, and Persian's figure arrived before it in an instant.
"Vacuum Wave!"
"Pursuit!"
For Persian, the Fighting-type Lucario was definitely its counter. Now that their strengths were roughly equal, if it were a head-on clash, it would absolutely not be Lucario's match.
But fortunately, Lucario had already suffered considerable injuries earlier, so Pan Shanyu wanted to use this move to see if it could inflict greater damage.
However, the vibrating air didn't completely send it flying, though it successfully interrupted its approach.
Once the advantage was lost, what followed was a one-sided thrashing.
Bullet Punch, Blaze Kick, Mach Punch...
A series of combination punches landed one after another on Persian.
Logically speaking, for a Normal-type Persian, such a dense barrage of Fighting-type moves would likely cause it to lose its ability to battle after just a few hits.
But now, after enduring the entire set, Persian showed no injuries.
Pan Shanyu was initially stunned, but he quickly realized that Hikaru was feeding moves to his Persian!
Rather than feeding moves, it was more like provoking its anger, mocking its previous moves as being no different from tickling.
Moreover, he even added Aura support.
"Luca!" (Honestly, your previous damage was no different from this, too light, too light...)
"Luca!" (All that patting, what damage did it do?)
"Luca!" (A sick cat.)
Realizing this, Pan Shanyu also showed timely anger, "Get up, Persian! Don't let them look down on you!"
His Persian was originally on the verge of Elite Four level, just a step away. Finally, after taking another Low Sweep from Lucario yet standing up unscathed, Persian could no longer endure such humiliation. It stood up and let out a fierce roar, "Meow!"
The aura around its body also began to erupt.
At this moment, it became Elite Four level!
But very quickly, it discovered that even if it became Elite Four level, it was still on the receiving end of a beating.
Because the opponent had Mega Evolved, and wasn't even holding back.
"OK~ All done, wrap it up. You worked hard, Lucario."
Looking at the already fallen Persian, Hikaru breathed a sigh of relief and quickly deactivated the Mega Evolution mode.
Lucario, having reverted to its original form, staggered.
This battle, the initial beating, plus the subsequent pressure on Persian and the Kaioken it used when Persian rallied, had actually pushed its stamina beyond its limits.
Fortunately, the commentator above quickly flew down. After an inspection, he announced, "Persian is unable to battle! The winner of this match is Hikaru!"
Hikaru promptly recalled Lucario. Viridian Force permeated, nurturing Lucario's weary body.
Honestly, after this match, there wasn't much left to fight in the remaining matches.
At that time, he could just let two Pokémon go up and finish things off.
Just as Hikaru was about to leave the field, Pan Shanyu over there shouted.
"Thank you, Junior Brother."
Hikaru returned a smile, "Then I should also thank Senior's Persian."
This sentence made the former feel inexplicably ashamed, because he had gone in wanting to defeat the opponent's Lucario, while Hikaru, from the very beginning, had intended to help Persian advance...
...
The remaining matches were for the top three. Hikaru returned to the contestants' seating area.
Perhaps knowing that the champion would be decided today, the originally somewhat empty contestants' area was packed today.
Hikaru, having just come out, was immediately surrounded.
Sakura (Ye Ming Shuang), Hu Yan'er, Ye Tian, Ye Huo, Ash and his group were all there.
As for Mu Wanqing and her brother, they had already left.
The first to greet him was Sakura (Xiao Ye). The girl had been waiting for a long time. The moment he came out, she hugged Hikaru. This scene stunned Sakura (Ye Ming Shuang) and Hu Yan'er who were waiting beside them. Then they exchanged a look, an "everyone understands" expression on their faces.
It seemed,
They had finally made it official.
Hu Yan'er even let out an "Yi?" and then said teasingly, "Tsk tsk tsk... this sour smell of love."
These words made Sakura (Xiao Ye) a little embarrassed. She shyly hid beside Hikaru, but still held onto his arm.
Hikaru also awkwardly scratched his head.
"I believe in you, Hikaru! This championship is definitely yours!"
Xiao Zhi (Ash), however, casually patted Hikaru's shoulder, his face full of trust, then sniffed around him doubtfully, "There's no sour smell?"
"..."
Hikaru was even more speechless and took a step back.
Ash didn't mind, instead cheerfully extending another invitation, his eyes blazing with fire, "Hikaru, in the future, we will definitely have another battle!"
With that, he took the two of them and continued on his journey.
And Hikaru and Sakura (Xiao Ye), after being teased by the two senior sisters, quickly left the contestants' area. No one followed, perhaps afraid of disturbing their time alone?
Judging by today's match progress, the finals would probably be held tomorrow.
So, it was best to go home first~
Xue Nai didn't participate in the competition, so naturally, she couldn't enter the contestants' area. She had also arrived a bit late, and the tickets for the audience seats were long sold out. Even if she really wanted to be there to cheer for Hikaru, there was nothing she could do. In the end, she could only obediently stay at home and watch the live broadcast.
Having one beautiful young girl by his side, and another at home, gave Hikaru the illusion of "keeping a beauty in a golden house."
Campus, the small path home.
Sakura (Xiao Ye) held Hikaru's hand. They had actually held hands many times.
But in this capacity, it was actually the first time.
The tree-shaded path seemed quiet, with only occasional specks of light filtering through the leaves.
Perhaps because of classes and the competition, there weren't many people around.
Sakura's (Xiao Ye) hand, holding his, gently squeezed a little, "Bro?"
The girl's charming face still carried a hint of a flush, looking extremely alluring.
"What's wrong?"
Hikaru slowed his pace.
"Bro, after the Youth League is over, will you be leaving Kyoto?"
Hikaru nodded, "Mhm, there are some things I need to take care of."
These past few days, Randa from Team Rocket had also been urging him, saying he had found another Plate and wanted to exchange it quickly.
Hikaru wasn't in a hurry and just kept him hanging.
But now that the Youth League was over, this matter should be dealt with.
"Oh..."
Sakura's (Xiao Ye) expression turned a little gloomy as she lowered her head.
"Do you want to come along?"
Hikaru's other hand patted Sakura's (Xiao Ye) head. Before, he lacked strength, so it was normal not to let Sakura (Xiao Ye) follow.
Now, Latias was also almost fully recovered.
Taking her along would be very simple.
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