The Pokémon Racing Championship kicked off with Squirtle's eye-catching Skull Bash, instantly raising the atmosphere to its peak. The trainers, too, began to give it their all. Those who had planned to accelerate gradually, upon seeing Squirtle emerge as the dark horse, no longer held back. They went all out, for if Squirtle were to win, it would truly be something to behold.
And just as everyone was giving their all, Team Rocket initiated their ambush plan.
James once again took out his slingshot, aiming it at Ash's Ponyta.
'Take this, kid! For our honor!'
Whoosh!
James's pebble swiftly approached Ponyta, but just like last time, Ponyta dodged it. Unfortunately, the Tauros behind wasn't so lucky—this time, there was no Ash to catch the pebble. The startled Tauros began rampaging wildly. Although its trainer quickly calmed it down, Tauros's horn still ended up stinging a Nidorina's rear end, and then:
"Nido—" *2
As everyone knows, the Nidorina line of the Nidoran♀ family is female, while the Nidoran♂ line is male. Now that Nidorina got stabbed in the butt by Tauros, Nidorino is definitely going to step up, so—
'Not good—!'
'Tauros, run!』
Seeing the fierce glares of Nidorina and Nidorino, Tauros immediately mustered all its strength and bolted away at full speed.
"It's happening⊥Tauros's reckless charge! Oh my god, the Nidorina and Nidorino behind it are chasing closely too!?!?!"
Watching Tauros desperately flee from Nidorino's horn and Nidorina's bites, Lyn remarked helplessly, 'This must be what they mean by unleashing potential in life-threatening situations.'
Suzy said somewhat helplessly, 'There's no other way, after all, both Nidorino and Nidorina were chasing closely:'
Lara Laramie could tell from Nidorina's humiliated expression and Nidorino's furious look that these two seemed to be a pair.
"This time, it's truly a fight to the death."
Suzy awkwardly smiled while holding Horsea, unsure of what to say. After all, Nidorino's partner had been humiliated, and Nidorina had been harassed.
Team Rocket, who had caused this situation, was left speechless upon seeing it, and Jessie even punched James in the head.
"You missed again! Can't you aim properly?"
"But Ponyta is too fast..."
"Whatever, just aim! There's still the slope ahead with the trap we dug. Dodrio knows the spot—just wait for the show!"
Jessie, who still had a slight lead with her Squirtle and Pikachu, said, 'What about Squirtle then?'
'You dummy, there's a slope before the downhill. Skull Bash isn't good for anything!'
However, an even crazier move followed. Squirtle actually used the recoil from Hydro Pump to go uphill. Although this method was effective, it still wasn't as fast as Skull Bash, so Squirtle and Pikachu were quickly caught up.
'Great! Look—I'll surpass you all!'
Dodrio's trainer originally wanted to put on a good show, but someone was faster than him...and that was the Voltorb.
Ash watched the Voltorb trainer who was performing like a circus act and couldn't help but mutter 'impressive.' However, before Ash could finish his praise, the Voltorb fell into a trap previously set by Team Rocket.
"Whew... looks like the trap wasn't dug in vain, meow.."
Meowth felt a bit sorry seeing Voltorb fall into the trap, but then he chuckled again at the thought of it likely self-destructing.
"Hehe, let's see how you handle this one, kid."
Just as Meowth had anticipated, Voltorb, stimulated by the situation, began preparing to self-destruct. Seeing this, the trainers on the scene simultaneously issued different commands.
"Rhyhorn, use Harden!"
"Go around with Onix!"
"Tauros, charge straight ahead!"
"Nidorino, follow up with them!!"
"Nidorina, you too!"
"What! *4"
Dodrio's trainer and Team Rocket were truly shocked this time, because these trainers actually had their own methods, and Ash even said to Ponyta, 'Just a little explosion, Ponyta—jump over it!'
Neigh⊥⊥⊥⊥
As Ponyta leaped up, the color of its flames unexpectedly changed. What was originally a light red transformed into a profound deep blue.
"What?!"*N
Seeing Ponyta's flames, Ash suddenly understood. 'That's why Ponyta's eyes have always been so shallow... So my Ponyta is one in a million—a shiny Pokémon!'
"Hahaha... So that's why! No wonder I could never make your flame color brighter. So, Ponyta, you truly are... The true flame is blue, the mountain is so handsome."
'Hiss⊥⊥⊥⊥'
Ponyta saw the deep, dark blue flames on its body and understood. Its excited leap just now had awakened its true flames. Its flames were a profound blue. It was the legendary shiny Pokémon that its trainer Ash had said was something countless people could only dream of encountering!
'Oh my god⊥⊥ Ash's Ponyta is actually the legendary shiny Pokémon! No wonder its flame color was so faint despite Ash's excellent training. The true color of Ash's Ponyta's flames is blue! That deep, dark blue is proof of Ash's exceptional training!' "Ohhhhhhh?!_?l⊥⊥!NL"
The appearance of the differently colored Ponyta instantly sent the entire audience into a frenzy. After all, a Ponyta with blue flames was just too beautiful. Meanwhile, the Dodrio following behind Ash grumbled unhappily, 'Tch, so what if it's a shiny Pokémon? What's the big deal?'
'You actually have the nerve to complain?'
'What do you mean by that?'
'My Squirtle is faster than you! Come on, Ponyta, speed up!'
"What?!"
At first, Dodrio's trainer didn't understand what Ash meant, but after seeing Squirtle sliding downhill by retracting into its shell like a skateboard, it finally understood why Ash said that.
"Why is it so smooth on the road when there are pebbles?"
"Pika! (Idiot!?)"
Dodrio would never have guessed that Squirtle activated its defensive ability after retreating into its shell. There was a layer of flowing water protection surrounding his shell.
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