The spectators throughout the venue...
fell silent once again.
Then...
just like before...
cheers and applause erupted!
There it was!
Exactly as everyone had expected!
Another Third-tier Legendary!
Another genuine Legendary Pokémon!
Excellent!
Coming to this match had truly been worth it!
Not a single cent spent on those tickets had gone to waste.
Simply being able to witness battles between Legendary Pokémon...
was already enough to make the admission price completely worthwhile.
And on top of that...
they were also getting to see powerful new creatures...
that had never appeared before!
Without a doubt...
this battle in the tournament...
would become a legendary match recorded in history.
The moment Entei appeared...
it immediately displayed the power befitting a Legendary Pokémon.
Its entire body...
resembled a volcano on the verge of eruption.
White vapor continuously rose around it.
The ground beneath its paws...
was heated red by its terrifying body temperature.
More importantly...
the heat radiating from Entei...
immediately dispersed the lingering cold left behind by the previous two battles.
The temperature throughout the entire venue...
quickly became warm again.
So powerful!
As expected of a Legendary Pokémon!
Feeling the changes throughout the venue...
the spectators couldn't help marveling inwardly.
These Legendary Pokémon...
had truly gone far beyond the limits of ordinary Pokémon.
Even when merely standing there...
without doing anything at all...
they could produce such an enormous effect on their surroundings.
After marveling over Entei for a moment...
the spectators' attention...
once again shifted toward Shiko.
That's right.
They were all waiting expectantly...
to see what kind of creature...
he would choose to send out this time.
Because according to the pattern established so far...
whenever Belotti changed Pokémon...
Shiko would switch his own combatant as well.
Even when the creature already standing on the battlefield...
was still in excellent condition.
It almost seemed...
as though Shiko was deliberately targeting Belotti.
As though he was determined...
to fight him exclusively through one-on-one battles.
Or perhaps...
it was a form of humiliation.
Perhaps Shiko wanted...
to completely crush Belotti head-on...
in a series of direct one-on-one battles.
And this time...
Shiko once again fulfilled the spectators' expectations.
He took out a Poké Ball...
and recalled Vikemon...
who had performed exceptionally well.
Then...
he took out another Poké Ball.
That's right!
He really was switching Pokémon again!
The moment everyone realized this...
waves of cheers and astonished cries erupted throughout the venue.
The atmosphere...
once again reached its absolute peak!
Of course...
Shiko wasn't doing this for the reason the spectators imagined.
He wasn't trying...
to overpower Belotti head-on...
and humiliate him.
The entire purpose of Shiko participating in these battles...
was simply to test...
the combat strength of the Digimon he had created.
Belotti merely happened...
to possess Third-tier Legendaries...
which made them ideal opponents for the test.
There was no intention of humiliating him whatsoever.
At least...
that was how Shiko saw it.
Belotti...
certainly didn't see things the same way.
(End of Chapter)
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