He really was tough as nails.
Shiko couldn't help sighing in admiration.
From the previous few exchanges...
he could already tell...
that Zudomon's strength was extremely impressive.
After taking two attacks like that head-on...
Suicune could still stand back up.
It was certainly an excellent tank.
Then Shiko looked at Suicune again.
It was absorbing pure Water-type energy...
from the rain falling around it...
and using that energy to rapidly recover from its injuries little by little.
Shiko shook his head.
What a troublesome opponent.
Since that was the case...
then he would give it a small taste of shock and despair.
And so...
Shiko slowly raised his hand.
He extended a single finger...
and pointed toward Zudomon.
It was an extremely simple gesture.
Yet the moment Belotti saw it...
his heart felt as though an earthquake had struck it.
Damn it!
That gesture again!
During the previous battles...
this guy had made the exact same gesture!
And afterward...
every single one of the strange creatures he had sent out...
had evolved!
That alone wasn't the worst part.
The crucial issue was...
those creatures had already possessed Third-tier Legendary combat strength before evolving.
After evolving...
their strength underwent a qualitative leap!
They immediately reached the level of Second-tier Legendaries!
Their combat strength became so overwhelming...
that they had completely crushed Belotti's Pokémon!
The moment he remembered those previous battles...
Belotti couldn't stop himself from trembling.
My god!
Don't tell me...
the exact same thing was going to happen again?!
Belotti wasn't the only one who noticed Shiko's gesture.
The spectators throughout the venue noticed it as well.
The broadcast director immediately caught Shiko's movement on camera.
After the image was enlarged on the screens...
the spectators froze for a moment.
Then—
the entire venue erupted into astonishing applause and cheers!
Everyone knew exactly...
what that gesture meant.
Even though they had already seen it happen three times...
who wouldn't want to see it again?
Who wouldn't be looking forward...
to seeing that massive creature standing on the battlefield...
evolve into an entirely new form...
and become even stronger?!
Shiko didn't disappoint the spectators.
Amid the thunderous applause and cheers...
an invisible stream of data energy flew from his hand.
The energy entered Zudomon's body.
The moment Zudomon sensed...
that his body was being overwritten by new data...
and his genetic structure was being rewritten...
his entire body was enveloped in brilliant white light.
"WHOOOA!!"
The spectators' cheers became even louder!
That white light...
could only mean one thing.
Zudomon...
was really evolving!
How could the spectators possibly remain calm?!
They were thrilled.
But Belotti...
and Suicune, who stood opposite Shiko as his opponents...
were about to be in for a world of pain.
Within the white light...
Zudomon's body continuously transformed.
At the same time...
the aura radiating from him...
continued rising higher and higher!
Again!
It was happening again!
As Belotti stared at the silhouette inside the white light...
an overwhelming sense of helplessness surged through him.
(End of Chapter)
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