CHAPTER 353: AMBUSH

(A/N: Bonus Chapter! Thank you for your continued support! And don’t hesitate to leave a comment or powerstone if you like the story!)

"Has the identity of the other person been investigated?"

"Not yet... There are too many people who look like this person. However, I compared the appearance of all the trainers in the World Pokemon Championship. There’s no one in the Master Ball division who looks like this person. I think he’s just some nobody."

Listening to the goateed middle-aged man’s explanation, Jack nodded slightly. There were so many similar-looking people in the world, and the other party had such a "generic face."

As long as it was confirmed that the opponent’s strength wasn’t formidable, then it didn’t matter what his identity was!

After killing them, he’d throw the corpses into the wilderness, no matter what their identities were!

As for John, he was just a trainer from Draconia’s.

Gym Leaders from Draconia were indeed stronger than Gym Leaders from other countries, but their strength was still limited, not to mention that John had only recently become a Gym Leader.

He was one of the Castelia Federation’s veteran Elite Four!

Veteran Elite Four versus new Gym Leader?

The advantage was his!

"Do it!" Jack’s eyes flashed coldly.

He gestured slightly toward the backs of John and Saul.

Sableye’s figure instantly materialized from it’s invisibility.

At the same time, two sharp black spikes immediately protruded from the shadows beneath John and Saul’s feet, aiming straight for their chests!

This was Shadow Sneak.

Since he wanted to attack, he’d kill them directly! Jack had never been soft-hearted!

But just a second before the black spikes could penetrate their chests from behind, two chubby little hands suddenly emerged from the shadows and grabbed the black spikes, making them impossible to advance!

It was the respective Gengars hiding in John and Saul’s shadows.

"Failed?!" Jack’s eyelids twitched, but he didn’t panic at all.

It wasn’t just Sableye that he’d prepared for this sneak attack!

In front of John and Saul, a Dusknoir spread its arms wide, and a huge black shadow loomed behind it, covering the sky and sun as the entire sky plunged into endless darkness!

Night Shade!

The essence of Night Shade was to build a phantom with the power of "terror" to deter and intimidate opponents. It was a mental move that was impossible to guard against!

However, John had expected this.

Wobbuffet automatically popped from its Pokeball.

"Wobba-ffet!"

It gave a polite salute while activating Mirror Coat.

A light curtain centered on Wobbuffet spread out in all directions, blocking and absorbing Night Shade’s power of deterrence and intimidation.

In the next second, a black shadow appeared on the mirror surface, and an even bigger and more terrifying Night Shade manifested!

Dusknoir turned around in shock.

It was frightened by its own Night Shade!

Clearly, it didn’t look in mirrors very often, otherwise it should have known it had such a terrifying appearance.

Boom!

A massive thunder bolt suddenly pierced through the darkness, directly bombarding the location where John and Saul had been standing.

But when the lightning arrived, John and Saul were no longer there, they had teleported ten meters away.

"Using Dusknoir and Night Shade to build a dark environment while simultaneously hiding Rain Dance

weather effects. Interesting!" John looked up at the sky with appreciation.

Beyond the darkness torn apart by the thunder, thick dark clouds covered what should have been sunny skies, and sparse raindrops began to fall.

Just a little bit more, and he would have been hit by Thunder in rainy weather.

Fortunately, Gardevoir had sensed the Thunder attack in advance with Future Sight and used Teleport to avoid it. Otherwise, no one’s reflexes could react to the attack speed of Thunder moves in rainy conditions.

The result would have been Wobbuffet getting injured while Mirror Coat was active.

"How is this possible?" Jack felt something was very wrong.

His sneak attack tactic involved three closely connected stages, and he had eliminated many strong opponents with it. He hadn’t expected John to counter it so effortlessly.

John’s strength was absolutely not as simple as an ordinary Draconia Gym Leader.

This rival was beyond his expectations.

The caution that had helped him narrowly escape death over the years made Jack naturally want to retreat.

But from the moment he launched his attack, this battle wasn’t something he could stop fighting whenever he wanted!

"Is that it?" John waited a few seconds, but when no follow-up attack came, he turned to look at Jack’s hiding place. "Then it’s my turn to attack."

"Garchomp, Dragon Rush!"

John released a Pokeball.

Garchomp charged out wreathed in colorful light and dark green energy flowing around its body.

It not only used Dragon Rush, but also completed Mega Evolution during the charge.

"Damn it!" Jack’s pupils contracted suddenly, and countless questions flashed through his mind.

How does he know where I am?

How does this person have Mega Evolution?

The situation didn’t allow him to think too much. Jack hurriedly threw a Pokeball.

"Teleport!"

An Alakazam appeared, holding two silver spoons crossed in front of its chest. Psychic energy spread as mental power fluctuated, and it immediately disappeared with Jack.

The goateed middle-aged man was ignored directly, who had time to worry about him in a life-or-death situation?

But Alakazam and Jack had barely moved less than two meters before they were immediately ejected from the teleportation process!

Want to teleport away from Gardevoir, enhanced by the Lustrous Orb with space mastery?

It was somewhat ridiculous.

Jack, who was expelled from Teleport, stumbled as he landed, his head spinning.

What... what was going on?

Could Teleport be interrupted?

This matter exceeded Jack’s understanding.

He raised his head and looked at John.

John was looking at him with the eyes of a cat watching its prey.

"Now isn’t the time to think about these things!" Jack took a deep breath, staring fixedly at John.

His Pokemon returned one after another and stood by his side: Sableye, Alakazam, and Electivire. Dusknoir hadn’t made it back, it had been badly wounded by Wobbuffet’s Mirror Coat and was quickly finished off by Gengar’s Shadow Ball.

It was the first time he’d encountered such a dire situation.

His sneak attack had been easily resisted. Now it seemed his actions had been anticipated, and when he tried to run, his opponent could even intercept teleportation.

A new Gym Leader?

Nonsense!

Did Draconia’s newly promoted Gym Leaders really have this kind of strength?

Who exactly was this person?!