Chapter 502: Challenging the Elite Four, Displaying Martial Force
With Will's consent.
Cynthia told Bellamy about the matter of the Sea Crown.
Only told him alone.
The Sea Crown is not Will's biggest cheat.
But an affiliated cheat under the power of reincarnation, and only one of them.
Even if the Sea Crown is lost.
He can just get another one.
After all, his Sea Crown is from the previous world; this world should still have another Sea Crown.
Moreover.
Whether Bellamy is trustworthy or not.
Is something Will already knew in his previous life.
In the Alamos Town space-time battle in his previous life.
Before Lucario arrived there to seal the space-time vortex, Bellamy had already been swept into the space-time rift during the battle.
Whether he is still alive is unknown.
Highly likely alive, but sent to another era.
Just like Ingo from the Unova region was sent to the Sinnoh region when it was still called "Hisui".
In short.
A man willing to start a war with the dual gods of space and time for the sake of the tiny Alamos Town is equivalent to an Aura Guardian without Aura Power on his side.
Such a man.
What harm is there in telling him the existence and effects of the Sea Crown.
And Bellamy was dumbfounded for a long time after learning about this matter.
On the one hand.
He had never even heard of any Sea Crown.
He knew about Manaphy and the People of the Water, but anything hidden deeper he wasn't clear about.
After all, the People of the Water, this now-vanished race, when they were alive, they weren't in the Sinnoh region either, but in the Hoenn region.
On the other hand.
He was pondering whether it was necessary to deliberately conduct guided PR.
Honestly speaking.
A matter even he doesn't know about.
Probably barely a handful of people in this world know about it.
But it also cannot be denied.
Once this matter is exposed, it might attract some People of the Water. As for what they would come for, that is unknown.
"Leave this matter to me; you guys just focus on preparing for the battles next."
Bellamy waved his hand casually.
"Then when will the battles with the four Elite Four start?"
Cynthia asked.
Hurry up and become Champion.
Then she can immediately read some of the Sinnoh League's secrets.
Cynthia is very interested in those.
"Hm? Um, as for Bertha, we can start right now; she is right here at the League headquarters."
Bellamy thought for a moment, then said.
"Then what about the other three?"
"They are working. You have to go to their doors to challenge them yourself. Calling you to the League for a trip is because before challenging, you have to bring the referee and cameraperson equipped for you by the League, to save and announce the battle process."
"Okay."
Cynthia nodded.
She thought she could challenge the four Elite Four just by coming here.
It looks like it will still take a period of time to become Champion.
Going around knocking on doors to challenge.
Will probably take about a month.
But relatively fortunate is...
The Ground-type Elite Four Bertha happens to be at the League, so she can challenge her along the way before heading to the location of the next Elite Four.
Under Bellamy's personal guidance.
Will and the others first reported to the League, and picked up a referee who also serves as a post-match interviewer and a cameraperson.
Mary and Dai.
They won't follow Will and Cynthia anytime and anywhere, so as not to disturb the challenger's training condition.
But rather, after Cynthia has agreed on the battle location and time with the Elite Four, she will notify them, and they will rush over immediately.
It's just that right now happens to be perfect.
Cynthia is going to have a showdown with the Ground Elite Four Bertha.
So, Mary and Dai also took the opportunity to follow Cynthia, going to meet Bertha with her.
Bertha is not young anymore now.
Over forty.
Belongs to the veteran seniors in the Sinnoh League.
But she doesn't put on airs at all, instead resembling a grandmother next door. When she saw Cynthia, she came up and gave her a head-pat kill:
"Oh my, oh my, in the blink of an eye, Cynthia has grown this big; you can already replace your mother's position."
"Auntie Bertha, long time no see."
Cynthia returned a smile to Bertha and stepped forward to give the other party a hug.
The two naturally know each other.
After all, among the four Elite Four, only Bertha is of the same sex and generation as Kaoru. The two chat relatively more usually, act together frequently, and can be considered half besties.
When Bertha occasionally passes by Celestic Town, she would also specially go visit Kaoru.
Therefore, she has also long seen Cynthia and Will.
"Sigh, truly don't know when this old woman can retire."
Bertha reached out to support her cheek, showing a tired demeanor.
Hearing this, Will couldn't help sweating.
This 'old woman' possesses vitality and boldness surpassing young people. I heard she can calmly chase and capture evil organization members driving a car at a speed ordinary people cannot adapt to.
"Hehe, Auntie Bertha is still young."
Cynthia covered her mouth and snickered.
"Alright, alright, enough chitchat. I'm busy, let's hurry up and start the battle. Just right, let me see how much capability our Sinnoh League's little Champion has, to make the Elders like you so much."
Bertha raised her hand and rubbed Cynthia's head, pulling Blonde-kun to turn around and head towards the League's battlefield.
Mary and Dai exchanged a glance and hurriedly followed.
Will raised his hand and rubbed his shoulder, sighing in his heart.
Today's battle will be very hard.
Not hard to fight.
But hard to pretend.
Will has the Earth Plate on him, immune to the damage of Ground-type moves.
But he just happens to be weak to Ground-type, so Bertha will definitely keep using Ground-type moves.
But the thing is.
Will also doesn't want to expose the matter of himself being immune to Ground-type move damage. After all, he's already immune to Water-type.
Immune to a Ground-type on top of that.
That would truly be too incredible.
Even if it doesn't attract the research desire of evil forces, it will definitely attract curiosity and visits from other people in daily life.
Just thinking about it is troublesome.
'Can only try to dodge as much as possible.'
Will curled his lips.
The situation requiring no disguise is, dodging all Ground-type moves.
That way there's no need to pretend to take massive damage.
As for the final appearance.
Letting Cynthia rely on Garchomp and the others to defeat Bertha...
That is impossible.
Before Lucian and Flint grow up.
Bertha is the strongest one among the current stage Sinnoh Elite Four.
But Lucian and Flint aren't even Elite Four now, at best they are quasi-Elite Four. Even with better talent and harder work, wanting to surpass Bertha will still take at least 10 years.
This also means for the next 10 years, Bertha is the strongest Elite Four of the Sinnoh League.
After all, she is not an ordinary Elite Four.
But an Elite Four with quasi-Champion strength.
Bertha's Rhyperior has Champion-level strength, its level even higher than Will's, probably around Lv. 82.
The levels of her other five Pokémon are also basically above mid-tier Elite Four.
Among them, there might be four that are on the same level as Garchomp.
Around Lv. 78.
If looking only at the main team's average level.
Bertha is stronger than Cynthia.
But battles cannot only look at average levels. If they really fight, having bystanders look, it's truly hard to say who has a better chance of winning.
Because Cynthia's team crushes Bertha in terms of typings.
On the surface.
The only one weak to Ground is Will.
But.
How powerful Will's Water-type ultimate moves and Ice-type ultimate moves are, is equally obvious to the whole world.
Hydro Pump in the front, Ice Z-Move in the back.
Ground-type?
That's just a squishy (fragile).
So.
Under the situation of one-on-one single combat, Cynthia might expend a lot of effort fighting Bertha, but her chance of winning is also very large.
It's just the premise is that Will must appear.
"Does Elite Four Bertha need to do a pre-match exclusive interview?"
The referee and reporter Mary walked to Bertha's side and softly asked a sentence.
"Don't call me Elite Four, and I don't want to do an exclusive interview either."
Bertha slowly shook her head.
She is a very low-profile person; doesn't like others calling her Elite Four, and doesn't like being on TV either.
She loves 'incognito visits'.
Integrating into society with the identity of an ordinary person.
When she appeared in the anime.
She used a pseudonym, and stopped Brock, who recognized her, from speaking her identity.
"Okay."
Mary obediently nodded and retreated to the side.
Every Elite Four's personality is very distinct; this can also be considered their trademark.
Bertha's low-profile personality has made these bad guys in the Sinnoh region suffer a lot.
After all, robbers wouldn't think.
The roadside grocery-shopping auntie they are robbing is actually an Elite Four who can take them down single-handedly.
"Will Auntie Bertha go easy later?"
"Hehehe~ Although Cynthia-chan is very cute, but regarding battling, Auntie has always gone all out together with her partners."
Bertha narrowed her eyes and grinned, giving people a feeling like Drasna,
"Cynthia, are you afraid?"
"Just what I wanted."
Cynthia showed the same smile.
The aura on the two was invisible, but the sharp hum from their collision and friction seemed to have already reached Will's ears.
This is a showdown involving the face of the Sinnoh League.
Both sides have to bring out their strongest strength, displaying the level of the Sinnoh League Elite Four and the new Champion.
Later, the common people of various regions will inevitably bring out the Elite Four and Champions of different Leagues for comparison, treating it as after-dinner conversation material.
So this battle cannot be careless.
Going easy and being soft-hearted is just talk.
When they really fight, they won't hold back in the slightest.
Both sides in position.
This battle is a bit different from ordinary Pokémon battles.
That is, there is the concept of 'field environment'.
As the challenged party, Bertha can choose the field environment.
And she chose the [Sand] environment without any hesitation.
Yellow sand everywhere is not particularly friendly to Cynthia's Pokémon other than Garchomp; their movement will be considerably affected.
Cynthia stood at the command stand and looked at Will beside her.
Exchanged a glance.
She understood Will's thoughts.
"I'll leave the first match to you, Spiritomb."
Cynthia's first choice was baby Spiritomb.
The Ghost and Dark typing has no connection with the Ground type, and is also the only Pokémon on their side with neither typing advantage nor disadvantage in the matchup.
Moreover.
Spiritomb doesn't care about the terrain.
Her Odd Keystone won't be affected under any terrain, and cannot move either.
So.
The sandy terrain for her has no difference from being on flat ground.
"A quite rare Pokémon indeed. Then... my side is this child. Be careful, this child has a very violent temper."
Bertha smiled slightly and threw the Poké Ball in her hand.
A ferocious big guy instantly appeared on the sand.
Hippowdon.
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