"Is this ltan?"
When he saw the Pokémon Ethan had sent into battle, a look of surprise appeared in Samuel Silver's eyes.
At the sa ti, the other spectators also fixed their gaze on ltan, and murmurs imdiately began to spread throughout the venue.
Although ltan had appeared quite so ti ago and had also shown up in various major tournants, it was still an absolutely unique Pokémon in the world, which inevitably inspired amazent in anyone who saw it.
And even more so in Ferraria City, where Steel-type Pokémon were especially revered: upon seeing ltan, the audience's attention multiplied instantly.
"According to the rules, it's my turn to attack first," Ethan said with a faint smile. "So then, go ahead... use Magnetic Control!"
Ethan smiled slightly. He could clearly feel ltan's eagerness to enter the Steel Secret Kingdom, so from the very beginning he decided to use a powerful move.
"Zzzt!"
After hearing Ethan's words, ltan let out a soft buzzing sound, and its Magnet Pull ability activated abruptly.
The spectators, who had been extrely excited upon learning of the arrival of a gym evaluator and were expecting to see a balanced and intense battle,
were left completely dumbfounded by what they were witnessing.
What had they just seen?
The Steel-type Pokémon of Leader Samuel had been defeated so easily by that mysterious Pokémon called ltan!
And not just Magneton: even the Aggron that ca out afterward was completely suppressed by ltan, unable to mount even a decent resistance.
"Aggron loses the ability to battle! ltan is the winner!"
When the referee's voice fell, the spectators finally reacted. In an instant, the entire venue erupted in a deafening uproar, and one after another stared at ltan in disbelief.
They had personally witnessed how strong Samuel's two Pokémon were, and yet they had been defeated with such ease... so just how terrifying must that ltan be?!
Not only the audience: at that mont, Samuel himself was completely stunned. Rembering the words he had spoken earlier, he suddenly felt like digging a hole and hiding in it.
This defeat had been far too humiliating!
Only then did he understand why Lucas Silver always looked so helpless when talking about Ethan. Evidently, he too had suffered greatly at the hands of that ltan.
"Could it be that this Pokémon is truly related to that legendary Pokémon spoken of in the legends...?"
At that instant, that thought crossed Samuel's mind, and his gaze toward ltan began to shine intensely.
"Good work, ltan."
As for Ethan, he paid no attention at all to the commotion in the audience.
He had experienced similar situations far too many tis and was already accustod to them; scenes like this were not enough to alter his expression.
Even so, he was still a bit surprised by the progress ltan had made during that ti. Evidently, after the defeat it had suffered in the Emberfall City Gym battle, ltan had trained seriously, and now the results were more than evident.
"Zzzt!"
ltan floated in front of Ethan and let out a couple of cheerful buzzes, clearly satisfied.
There was still one last Pokémon left. Samuel hesitated for a mont, running his hand over the row of Poké Balls on his back, until he finally stopped at the last one.
With a flash of white light, a Scyther appeared on the battlefield.
"Scyther?"
Ethan was montarily taken aback, and then a smile appeared at the corner of his lips.
Although Ethan was not surprised that a Steel-type gym would send out Scyther, the audience present completely exploded. Clearly, no one could understand why Samuel had sent out a Pokémon that was not Steel-type; wasn't he damaging his own reputation?
"There's no problem with Leader Samuel sending out Scyther," a staff mber from the Pokémon Trainers' Guild intervened at that mont. "After all, Scyther's evolved form is the Steel-type Pokémon: Scizor."
His words left everyone stunned once again.
Scyther could evolve?
A new Steel-type Pokémon, Scizor?
"What the hell?! Can Scyther really evolve into Scizor?!"
"Our Steel-type Pokémon army has a new mber!"
The others finally reacted, and one after another began to shout enthusiastically.
So people were already asking around everywhere for information about Scizor.
"Damn it, Scizor is insanely cool!"
No one knew who had obtained an image of Scizor, but it began circulating wildly among the crowd.
However, upon seeing the exchange conditions for obtaining Scizor's evolution thod at the Pokémon Researchers' Guild, everyone sucked in a cold breath: that was not sothing an ordinary person could afford.
"Wait, now that I think about it..."
"I think I've seen a related article at the Pokémon Researchers' Guild."
At that mont, a Pokémon Researcher suddenly spoke up, drawing everyone's attention.
"Let think... the author of that article seed to be called... Ethan Black?"
The Pokémon Researcher slapped his forehead and spoke in surprise. But right after saying it, he froze completely.
Ethan Black?
Why did that na sound so familiar?
Wait... the challenger standing on the stage right now is also nad Ethan Black!
And that ltan... damn it!
When he finally reacted, the Pokémon Researcher opened his eyes wide and stared at Ethan.
What an absurd coincidence!
"What?"
"The evolution thod for Scizor was discovered by that student who's fighting right now?"
After hearing the Pokémon Researcher's shout, the spectators showed expressions of surprise and, in unison, turned their gaze toward Ethan. Little by little, their eyes began to burn with enthusiasm.
If the very discoverer of Scizor's evolution thod was standing right in front of them... wouldn't there be a chance to obtain that thod directly from him?
"It seems I've caused you so trouble," Samuel said, shrugging as he saw the entire audience staring fixedly at Ethan.
Ethan also felt sowhat helpless under those burning gazes and let out a soft sigh.
"Let's set that aside for now. First, let's finish this battle."
Samuel withdrew his gaze from the audience, and his eyes, as he looked at Ethan, also began to shine with fervor.
"Alright, then let's do this."
"ltan, use the Flying Sword."
At Ethan's command, ltan's body began to twist. The moves Acid Armor, Harden, and Iron Defense activated at the sa ti, transforming it into a long sword floating in the air. A silvery flash crossed the field as it shot straight toward Scyther.
The speed was so extre that no one managed to react in ti!
Boom, boom, boom!
Scyther responded imdiately. Swinging its scythes, it collided head-on with the sword that ltan had beco. The clash between the two looked, in that instant, like a close-quarters duel between two true swordsn.
The spectators watched the battle, and especially upon seeing ltan's peculiar fighting style, blinked several tis... but they could no longer even feel surprised.
The truth was that Ethan had given them far too many surprises that day.
So many that they had already beco numb to them.
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