"Hey, hey, brother, weren't you bragging earlier?"
"Didn't you say this Alakazam could go head-to-head with Captain Daniel's Breloom?"
"Then how is it that in the blink of an eye this Alakazam was taken out with a single blow? I don't see it being that strong at all."
That Ethan fan from before was now completely fired up. He looked at the student sitting beside him with disdain and mocked him without any restraint.
"Uh... uh..."
"C-could it be... that Big Brother Ethan is just too strong?"
The student was left speechless by the verbal assault and, after being stunned for quite a while, could only give that explanation.
"Exactly. It's not that Alakazam is weak, but that Ethan's ltan is simply too strong."
"That's the Electromagnetic Cannon! The very sa one that forced Captain Daniel's Breloom to retreat!"
"And what did I just see? That bastard ltan can fire it consecutively! Who could possibly withstand sothing like that?!"
Upon seeing this scene, Marcus Foster couldn't help but curse. Just imagining his own Pokémon facing a barrage-fired Electromagnetic Cannon already made his scalp go numb.
"Besides how overwhelmingly powerful that barrage Electromagnetic Cannon is, the truly crucial point was that Alakazam's Teleport move was neutralized."
"If Alakazam had been able to maintain constant use of Teleport and rely on Psychic to carry out surprise attacks, it still would've had a chance to fight."
"And when this sa Alakazam faced Captain Daniel's Breloom, it was precisely thanks to the two moves—Teleport and Psychic—that it managed to hold its own."
"Now that both have been completely countered by ltan, it's no surprise that it lost."
"Moreover, this Alakazam's body is really far too fragile. ltan's Electromagnetic Cannon was already a weakened version, yet even so, this Alakazam couldn't withstand even a single hit."
"Perhaps... that's also one of the reasons why its psychic power is so terrifying..."
Lucas Silver analyzed the entire course of the battle with remarkable accuracy. Even so, this ltan had already grown to a truly frightening level.
"Alakazam has lost the ability to battle! The winner of this match is ltan, and therefore, the final championship belongs to... Ironvale City Pokémon University!"
As the referee's voice echoed out, the entire stadium instantly erupted into deafening cheers.
"Good job, ltan."
Listening to the applause around him, Ethan smiled faintly.
ltan flew back to his side, exhaustion clearly written all over its face.
In this battle, ltan endured attacks from the Psychic move and used the move Substitute a total of five tis.
That's right, ltan used Substitute five tis.
The first use of Substitute was at the very start of the battle, when it used its Magnet Pull ability to break free from the restraint of the Psychic move.
The second through fifth uses of Substitute occurred after being struck by Psychic.
However, in the later uses of Substitute, ltan did not choose to condense them into complete bodies. Instead, with minimal energy expenditure, it condensed them into several small steel balls.
That's right—those steel balls were actually ford from extrely tiny ltan!
Although the substitutes were smaller, they were still capable of executing the Electromagnetic Cannon.
And precisely because of their reduced size, it beca much easier for ltan to use the Electromagnetic Cannon, allowing it to fire it in consecutive bursts.
Even so, ltan's stamina had already reached its limit; at most, it could only use the Electromagnetic Cannon one or two more tis.
"Zzzt!"
After hearing Ethan's words, ltan let out a couple of cheerful sounds.
Although it was extrely tired, at that mont it felt very happy.
After so much effort, it had finally mastered the barrage-style Electromagnetic Cannon without any side effects.
"Go back and have a good rest."
Ethan smiled faintly, took out his Poké Ball, and recalled ltan.
Then, he turned his gaze toward Alakazam, which was embedded in the protective wall in the distance.
"Earlier, this Alakazam clearly entered a state of paralysis, so it undoubtedly has the Inner Focus ability."
Recalling the battle, Ethan arrived at a clear conclusion. In fact, during the fight, once ltan had locked onto the position where Alakazam would appear after using Teleport, it could have defeated it directly with a single Electromagnetic Cannon.
The use of Thunder Wave had been a deliberate order from Ethan to test Alakazam's ability.
"Moreover, this Alakazam's body seems surprisingly fragile. Under normal circumstances, even if Alakazam were struck by a weakened Electromagnetic Cannon, it shouldn't end up in such a miserable state."
Ethan continued to observe Alakazam's condition. Even while unconscious, its eyes remained wide open, which made it sowhat painful to look at.
"Wait... could it be that this Alakazam's developnt path is that...?"
Suddenly, Ethan thought of sothing, and his eyes lit up.
Wasn't this precisely the evolutionary path toward ga Alakazam?
After ga Evolution, ga Alakazam converts all of its power into psychic energy, causing its muscles to completely lose their strength and forcing it to float in the air using psychic powers.
The stronger its ntal power becos, the weaker its body grows.
This Alakazam fit perfectly with the developnt route of ga Alakazam.
This made Ethan recall Champion Leo Cross's Charizard. Wasn't the key to its overwhelming strength and temperature control ability precisely that its body housed the power of ga Charizard Y?
"Alakazam... extrely strong psychic power... Inner Focus ability... ga Alakazam..."
Ethan rubbed his head with a troubled expression. Lucario also possessed formidable psychic power and the Inner Focus ability, but how could he apply ga Alakazam's developnt thod to Lucario?
Moreover, the side effects of this developnt route were enormous. Just like ga Alakazam, converting all bodily strength into psychic power would cause the muscles to completely lose their strength—sothing Ethan absolutely did not want to happen to Lucario.
For a mont, Ethan realized he was being a bit greedy: he wanted the benefits but didn't want to pay the price. Thinking it over, that didn't seem very realistic.
"Maybe I could start with life energy. Physical strength, to a certain extent, also represents life energy."
Ethan pondered internally, evaluating the feasibility of this plan.
If he could use life energy to replace physical strength and transform it into psychic power, perhaps he could avoid the side effect of completely losing muscular strength.
And moreover, by using life energy, perhaps he could even cure Lucario's congenital defect!
Then the question arose: how could Lucario master life energy?
One must know that life energy is a type of powerful energy that is in no way inferior to aura power.
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