Splash, splash, splash.
The enormous Tentacruel continued stirring up winds and waves over the sea.
However, no matter how it raised giant waves, the power of Slowking and Lucario always continued suppressing the strong winds and the enormous waves of the sea.
"Come out, Melmetal."
The Poké Ball in his hand opened, and Melmetal appeared.
Immediately afterward, Melmetal was seen bringing its two hands together in front of itself, while electricity accumulated without end.
Afterward, all that electricity converged toward the nut on Melmetal's chest.
Finally, all the current transformed into a beam of light that shot directly toward the enormous Tentacruel in the sea.
Within the water, the enormous Tentacruel also felt the danger. Its figure quickly descended and sank directly into the ocean.
At the same time, the electric beam struck the surface of the sea, penetrating directly into the water. A terrifying current spread violently across the entire sea surface!
Under the attack of that electricity, all the Tentacool and Tentacruel on the surface of the sea were struck by the current. Immediately, one after another, they began to float, losing the ability to battle.
"Those Tentacool and Tentacruel... all of them..."
Seeing this scene, everyone present opened their mouths in surprise.
At the same time, the surface of the sea could be seen suddenly stirring. The enormous Tentacruel also floated up.
Under that terrifying attack, not even the enormous Tentacruel could resist!
With a single blow, the enormous Tentacruel, together with the Tentacool and Tentacruel of the entire sea area, were instantly defeated.
"Elite-level strength. Another Elite-level Pokémon."
The Trainers present turned their gazes toward Melmetal and let out a slow sigh.
Ethan's strength was too great. He had more than one Elite-level Pokémon.
"Slowking, take me there."
Seeing the enormous Tentacruel fall, Ethan patted Slowking.
Afterward, through Slowking's Teleport move, his figure appeared above the enormous Tentacruel.
"Go, Poké Ball."
He threw the Poké Ball, which struck the enormous Tentacruel.
With a flash of light, the enormous Tentacruel's figure was absorbed into the Poké Ball.
Without much resistance, the Poké Ball stopped moving. Slowking took it with telekinesis and transferred it to Ethan's hand.
"Good work, Slowking."
"I captured this enormous Tentacruel."
Ethan smiled slightly, his gaze fixed on the Poké Ball in his hand.
Such an enormous Tentacruel could still be stored inside a Poké Ball.
The Poké Ball really was the number one artifact of the Pokémon world!
After sighing with emotion, Ethan returned to the shore through Slowking's Teleport move.
"Thank you very much for taking action this time, Mr. Ethan."
Seeing Ethan's figure return, the commander of the coastal defense approached.
"It was nothing."
Ethan smiled and shook the commander's hand.
Then he saw that the commander's gaze turned toward the Poké Ball in his hand.
At this, Ethan naturally guessed what the commander was thinking.
Although the enormous Tentacruel had been defeated by Melmetal with a single blow.
Just from the fact that it could raise waves dozens of meters high, its strength could already be seen.
If they could obtain such a powerful enormous Tentacruel, they could undoubtedly greatly increase the defensive capacity of the coast.
However, that enormous Tentacruel would also be of great use to him. Therefore, he did not consider handing it over to the commander at all.
As for after researching the enormous Tentacruel, if the coastal defense line needed it, he could consider it.
In the end, while the commander seemed to want to say something but held back, Ethan directly left the coastal defense line.
After the enormous Tentacruel, which acted as the commander, was captured, the Tentacool and Tentacruel all scattered at once.
In that way, the crisis on the coast was resolved. Next, only preparations to face the typhoon remained.
In that aspect, the Daleron League experienced several typhoons every year, so it could be considered quite experienced.
After leaving the coastal defense line, Ethan arrived at the Slowpoke farm.
Currently, his identity was already completely different.
With the title of Pokémon Professor, he could now be considered someone of distinguished status.
Upon arriving at the Slowpoke farm, he received a warm welcome.
When he explained the reason for his visit, the other party also agreed to cooperate very well with Ethan's request.
Without paying too much, he managed to capture a Slowbro that he found quite satisfactory.
Bringing Slowbro and the enormous Tentacruel back to Solaria Town with him, Ethan's trip could also be considered a complete success.
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"What a huge Tentacruel."
Back in Solaria Town, Professor Harris and the others looked at the enormous Tentacruel in front of them, and all were very surprised.
Such a gigantic Pokémon was truly rare. Aside from that giant Dragonite from Dragon Valley, it could be said that this was the first time they had seen a giant Pokémon.
"Why can this Pokémon grow so big?"
Alex was also clicking his tongue in amazement at one side, circling around the enormous Tentacruel as he examined it.
"That isn't clear. But if we can find the reason why the enormous Tentacruel was able to grow so big, it would undoubtedly be a revolutionary discovery."
"Alex, do you want to try? If you succeed, perhaps you could become a Pokémon Professor in one go."
Ethan looked at Alex with interest as he spoke. Alex had followed him and helped him tremendously. If he could give him a hand, naturally he would.
"Leave it to me? Really?"
Alex's face showed excitement.
Pokémon Professor. For any researcher, that was something they dreamed of.
However, thinking of the difficulty of the matter, Alex once again hesitated quite a bit.
"Try it. All of us will help you."
Seeing Alex's hesitation, Ethan smiled.
In addition, he also explained his idea for developing Cacturne's Growth move to him.
That might become the starting point of Alex's research on giant Pokémon.
"Alright, then I'll try."
Alex nodded, and excitement appeared in his eyes.
Very soon, a project called Giant Pokémon Research was established.
And the research location would naturally be the Life Transition Research Institute. After all, giant Pokémon research was also related to Life Transition Research.
At the same time, Professor Harris, Professor Reynolds, and the others would also help Alex with his research, which gave him much more confidence.
After the research began, Ethan also had Cacturne cooperate with the research.
Hearing that this was an opportunity to break through to the Elite level, Cacturne also became very excited.
During this time, it had seen how one companion after another found methods to reach the Elite level, and in its heart, it also felt very anxious.
Now, its own opportunity had finally arrived. That made it secretly clench its fists, determined to seize this chance and complete the breakthrough in one go.
(End of chapter)