Pokémon: My Titles Know No Limits! [607]

[Aqua Tail]!

Goodra swung its tail wrapped in swirling water, lashing fiercely at Spiritomb.

Spiritomb, who had just emerged from the shadows, collided head-on with Goodra’s incoming tail.

Bang!

Spiritomb was sent flying by Goodra’s tail strike, the purple wisps atop its head instinctively retracting into the Keystone. It rolled across the ground several times before coming to a halt.

When Spiritomb reemerged from the Keystone, it appeared dizzy.

But Goodra, still furious from being tricked earlier, immediately fired a Dragon Pulse directly at Spiritomb.

A purple energy beam slammed into Spiritomb, sending it flying once more.

Fortunately, Spiritomb’s special defense was extremely high, and after siphoning off some of Goodra’s health earlier, it narrowly avoided being knocked out by this attack.

“Goodra—”

Just as Diantha was about to order Goodra to press the advantage, a sinister black glow flashed across Spiritomb’s energy-composed face.

[Curse]!

Before Goodra could even attack again, Spiritomb collapsed, fainting due to its own move.

“Spiritomb is unable to battle! Goodra wins!”

Despite seeing Spiritomb faint, Diantha couldn’t feel happy at all.

Goodra’s health was already being relentlessly drained by the Curse.

Cynthia wasn't like this before, Diantha thought gloomily.

The change had clearly come about because of August's influence.

While Diantha quietly complained in her heart, Cynthia wasted no time, quickly sending out her second Pokémon—

Togekiss!

Togekiss, its white body adorned with red and blue triangular patterns, hovered gracefully in mid-air, riding the gentle breeze.

“[Fairy Wind]!”

Cynthia launched her attack the instant Togekiss appeared on the battlefield.

Fairy-type winds swept toward Goodra with every flap of Togekiss’s wings.

Goodra had already lost considerable health and was struggling with the Curse. Facing the super-effective Fairy Wind, it immediately cried out in pain, showing clear signs of distress.

Seeing Goodra’s state, Togekiss shone brightly, swiftly dealing the finishing blow—

[Dazzling Gleam]!

“Goodra is unable to battle! Togekiss wins!”

Now down one Pokémon to Cynthia’s two remaining, Diantha’s situation had become extremely grim.

She knew Cynthia very well—clearly aware she was no longer a match for her rival, especially after losing two of her core Pokémon.

But thinking was one thing; battling on was another.

“Go, Aurorus!” Diantha sent out her Aurorus.

The fossil Pokémon, revived from an ancient era, exuded an aura of elegance and gentleness. Despite its dragon-like appearance and name, just like Gyarados, Aurorus had no actual dragon typing—it was a Rock/Ice-type.

Compared to her other Pokémon, Aurorus was currently her only remaining team member capable of effectively countering Togekiss.

“Aurorus, [Ice Beam]!” Diantha commanded, initiating this final battle decisively.

Facing Aurorus, Cynthia smiled calmly and counterattacked.

“Togekiss, [Dazzling Gleam]!”

Brilliant light exploded from Togekiss, using Dazzling Gleam like a flash grenade.

Using the blinding brilliance to distract Aurorus, Togekiss suddenly surged forward at high speed!

[Aura Sphere]!

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!

One after another, Aura Spheres rapidly materialized and shot toward Aurorus.

Aurorus was massive, making it slow and clumsy, and in the face of Togekiss’s sudden assault, it quickly became overwhelmed.

However, Aurorus was still a Pokémon Diantha brought to the World Championships—it naturally had impressive resilience.

“Aurorus, [Blizzard]!”

Aurorus raised its long, graceful neck, its crystalline forehead gems glowing icy blue. The translucent sails behind its head fluttered gently, and the next second, a fierce blizzard erupted, swallowing everything in its path—including Togekiss.

An Ice-type Blizzard was devastatingly effective against the Flying-type Togekiss.

But before Diantha could even feel relieved, Togekiss suddenly burst through the raging snowstorm with a mighty flap of its wings.

Through the refracted sunlight, everyone saw clearly: Togekiss’s wings were glowing white.

[Steel Wing]!

Bang!

The wing crashed into Aurorus, making it grimace in pain. Just like Aura Sphere, Steel-type moves were a devastating quadruple weakness for Aurorus.

Still, Aurorus—aware it was Diantha’s last Pokémon—desperately steadied itself, determined to continue fighting to win for its trainer.

But in that moment, Togekiss attacked once again.

An Aura Sphere swiftly condensed and shot toward Aurorus.

This time, Aurorus had no chance to evade.

Boom!

A thunderous explosion echoed through the arena.

Aurorus staggered, having taken the full force of the Aura Sphere, and then collapsed heavily to the ground.

“Aurorus is unable to battle!”

“Diantha has no Pokémon left to battle, so the winner is Cynthia!”

As Diantha’s final Pokémon, Aurorus, fell unconscious, the referee officially announced the results of the first match of the Masters Tournament.

It matched everyone’s expectations perfectly.

After all, Cynthia was the runner-up of the previous tournament—second only to August himself…

For Diantha, the outcome was at least acceptable—still better than being utterly swept as a certain Champion had once been.

Elsewhere, Alder, disguised among the spectators, suddenly sneezed loudly.

He had the strange feeling someone was talking behind his back.

With Cynthia and Diantha’s match concluded, the tournament entered a brief intermission.

August watched staff clearing the battlefield below.

“Giovanni, don’t you want to comment on Pryce and Geeta’s upcoming match?” August asked casually, turning toward Giovanni.

Giovanni remained silent. Unlike August, who enjoyed loudly critiquing anyone and everyone, he had absolutely no interest in such idle chatter.

At the moment, he was busy studying Leon’s information.

After all, Leon was once known as the "strongest Champion." Giovanni didn’t want to lose in the first round and become the target of August’s ridicule. He was genuinely taking this seriously.

Seeing Giovanni not even bothering to look up, August suddenly felt bored.

Luckily, at this moment, Cynthia had already left the contestants' lounge, coming up into the stands.

As soon as she arrived, Blue and Sabrina immediately dragged her aside, whispering excitedly.

It was Diantha instead who, upon spotting August, approached with a resentful expression on her face.

August: “?”

What happened? Why are you looking at me like that?

“It’s your fault Cynthia turned bad!” Diantha accused, citing the earlier match as evidence.

The Cynthia she knew from before would never have used moves like Curse!

August: “…”

How exactly did I corrupt Cynthia...?

That’s just a simple tactic, okay!

If you’d ever seen a real disgusting, drawn-out battle plan, you’d know this was nothing.

While the cleanup crew finished tidying the field and August was getting ready to watch the next match—

Mew tugged at August’s sleeve, its face full of grievance.

Yesterday you promised me cake…

August froze for a moment.

Seeing his expression, Mew’s eyes widened. You wouldn’t trick even a cute Mew, would you!?

“Cough… how could I? When have I ever lied to you?” August said.

He’d simply forgotten—almost completely forgotten about it.

“Relax. It’s already being made. This time I’m even having Sirfetch’d and the others use the finest ingredients…”

As he spoke, August sent a message to Gold back home, telling him to let Sirfetch’d prepare the ingredients.

Mew narrowed its eyes suspiciously at him.

“Mew?”

Really? Don’t lie to me.

“Really,” August replied firmly.

Hearing his confirmation, Mew quickly relaxed, cheerfully running off to play with Ponyta again.

Watching Mew riding Ponyta around, August chuckled.

Mew was still easy to fool.

Then he turned his head—and met Gardevoir’s steady gaze.

August soothed Mew easily enough.

And at last, the next battle began!

Geeta looked at the figure being wheeled into the arena opposite her by a Delibird and smiled as she called out a greeting.

Before this match, she had researched her opponent carefully.

Even as Paldea’s premier Champion, after watching Pryce’s battle footage, she still couldn’t truly understand just how strong Pryce was.

But from the way Pryce had defeated Alder before—even with just a single Swinub suppressing a normal Champion-level opponent—she couldn’t help but wonder.

How exactly did he train them…?

These thoughts passed through her mind, but the smile on Geeta’s face didn’t falter. She bowed slightly to Pryce. “Please go easy on me in this match.”

And she sent out her first Pokémon—Glimmora.

Opening with Glimmora was a clear sign Geeta was taking this seriously.

As Paldea’s Champion, she represented not just herself but her entire region. If she were swept by Pryce, it would disgrace all of Paldea.

Pryce tapped his cane lightly against the ground.

A moment later, the Delibird who had just pushed his wheelchair—and carried a bundled tail like a parcel—hopped into the field.

It was Pryce’s first time in the Masters Tournament sending out something other than Swinub.

The crowd’s attention sharpened instantly.

“Delibird? A new Pokémon… can it repeat Swinub’s feat of sweeping Alder?”

“No way. Geeta’s definitely stronger than Alder, right?”

“Well… yeah…”

Alder, wearing sunglasses and a hat to avoid being recognized: “……”

He was well and truly nailed to the pillar of shame now.

But… maybe his thoughts were a little dark, but right now he just wanted Pryce to perform well enough to drag Geeta down with him.

Two people nailed to the pillar of shame was better than one alone.

And if enough people were nailed to it, then a pillar of shame wouldn’t even be a pillar of shame anymore.

On the field, under everyone’s tense gaze, the match began!

Glimmora took the initiative!

Right from the start, Glimmora scattered Toxic Spikes across the ground—a clear sign Geeta was setting up control.

But Delibird’s response was just as swift.

The moment Glimmora released the spikes—

Whoosh—!

A gust of icy wind swept across the field, blowing the falling spikes off course. Most of the spikes that should have fallen on Pryce’s side were redirected back toward Glimmora’s own half.

Glimmora’s body pulsed like a jellyfish in midair, seemingly unharmed by the Icy Wind.

Seeing this, Pryce’s expression didn’t change. He simply tapped his cane on the ground once more.

Delibird opened the bundle it was clutching with its tail and looked up at the sky.

The next second, heavy snow began to drift down.

[Snow Warning]!

Geeta had her Glimmora scatter spikes, but Pryce immediately had Delibird change the weather.

Watching the snowflakes fall from above, Geeta furrowed her brow slightly.

But she wasn’t overly worried. Just a weather change? Glimmora can do that too.

As Geeta commanded Glimmora to whip up a sandstorm, Pryce’s Delibird moved.

It leapt into the air with incredible force, accelerating toward Glimmora at a speed Geeta couldn’t quite believe.

Delibird can fly this fast?

Just as she was reeling in surprise—

[Ice Beam]!

The speeding Delibird fired an Ice Beam at Glimmora, forcibly interrupting its attempt to summon the sandstorm.

Glimmora’s petal-like limbs propelled it out of harm’s way just in time, the Ice Beam freezing the ground into glittering crystals instead.

But Delibird had expected Glimmora to dodge. The attack had been meant to disrupt, not strike.

[Blizzard]!

The instant Glimmora’s move was interrupted, Delibird unleashed a Blizzard.

This was the Blizzard of the Delibird that had once defeated Ho-Oh—its power was tremendous.

Especially in snowy weather, Blizzard’s effects were amplified, its area of coverage expanding to the entire field.

The extreme cold of the Blizzard triggered the arena’s safety systems. Defensive barriers automatically rose, sealing the battlefield under an energy dome.

Spectators could hear only the howling of the storm and catch fleeting glimpses of the two Pokémon’s silhouettes.

The most frustrated person wasn’t the ticket-buying crowd, but the commentator Ball Guy himself.

Unable to see inside the blizzard, even he had no way to describe what was happening.

He was very anxious.

Fortunately, Hammerlocke Stadium’s facilities were thorough. When visibility dropped to zero, the thermal imaging system activated.

On the screens, the outlines of Delibird and Glimmora appeared.

Except…

“What is even going on here?” Ball Guy stared at the monitor, a giant question mark in his eyes.

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