Chapter 48: Chapter 48: Debut
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"It was a large bird with black-red flames burning all over its body. Ten of us fought against it together."
"In the end, only Lucario, Mienshao, and I came back alive. The other Pokémon were all cruelly killed by that big bird."
Moltres
Galarian Moltres
He had not expected this underground arena to even have that kind of monster.
Although he was Kubfu, surely his debut would not be against a monster like Galarian Moltres, right?
He would die.
As the expensive headline act they had bought for a fortune, the arena should not let Kubfu die in his first match...
Right?
It was just that Kubfu had a feeling he would eventually face Galarian Moltres.
"Pangoro, can you tell me about what happened in that battle?"
Pangoro swallowed.
"At first, it only released wind blades to toy with us. Then Machamp’s Thunder Punch hit it, and Electivire followed up with Wild Charge."
"Its expression suddenly changed. It released a black-red flame. As long as you were hit, you’d fall into fear."
"At first, if the ten of us cooperated properly, we could barely fight that big bird. But as one after another fell into fear, we completely became food on its plate."
"Only Lucario, Mienshao, and I barely retained some ability to move inside those black flames. That was why we weren’t torn to pieces by the big bird."
The black fire Pangoro mentioned should be Galarian Moltres’s signature move, Fiery Wrath.
It was an aura shaped like flames, transformed from Moltres’s rage, and it could make enemies flinch after hitting them.
In the games, Moltres’s Fiery Wrath only had a twenty-percent chance to cause flinching.
But in reality, when Fiery Wrath attacked Pokémon much weaker than Galarian Moltres, it would almost certainly cause flinching.
During the last Butterfree simulation, Julian had witnessed Galarian Moltres’s divine might more than once.
This was an opponent he truly had to avoid for now and temporarily endure.
Compared to Butterfree, the current Kubfu might not even be able to beat that Butterfree.
If the underground arena’s Galarian Moltres was as strong as the Galarian Moltres on the endless battlefield, Kubfu could only be shredded and eaten.
Kubfu had Inner Focus, which increased his resistance against Fiery Wrath.
Aside from practising Bajiquan, he also needed to strengthen the development of Inner Focus next.
Kubfu sat cross-legged and began closing his eyes in meditation.
Not long after, someone appeared in front of his cell and entered the password to open the bars.
Kubfu opened his eyes.
The person wore a white coat and pushed a small trolley covered in instruments.
It should be a doctor.
Sure enough, it was a doctor. He used the instruments to carry out a full examination of Kubfu.
"His body is very good. No hidden issues. He can participate in battle normally tomorrow."
Twenty minutes after the doctor left, a staff member brought Pokémon food.
Kubfu directly grabbed it and ate.
His eyes widened slightly.
It was Pokémon food specially formulated for Kubfu’s condition.
Julian felt that he could slightly modify this formula and use it to raise his own Kubfu after he caught one.
Very professional.
It felt like the technique was even slightly better than his own, but he could not sense even the slightest emotional investment from the maker when producing the Pokémon food.
Even the food itself gave Kubfu a cold feeling as he ate it.
With this kind of food supporting him, Kubfu was confident he could quickly touch the evolutionary threshold of Single Strike Style Urshifu.
As Kubfu practised his breathing method, the wall of the cell suddenly opened, revealing a hidden television.
Pangoro said, "Brother, watch the television properly. Your big brother is going up to fight. Appreciate my strength."
An ordinary Pangoro was around six feet eleven.
Kubfu’s neighbour was already over nine feet ten, with shoulders more than six feet wide. Standing there, he looked like a gate.
Pangoro’s opponent was a dark-green Tyranitar.
It was nearly thirteen feet tall and had extremely fierce eyes.
Pangoro was very strong, but his fists were extremely flexible.
Tyranitar, on the other hand, seemed somewhat clumsy.
Its Dragon Claw could not hit Pangoro, and even when it did land, Pangoro blocked it with his arms, so the damage was minimal.
By contrast, Pangoro’s fists landed almost every time on Tyranitar’s vitals.
Looking at Tyranitar, its eyes were bulging so much they almost fell out.
Pangoro was very slippery.
After confirming his advantage, he began holding back.
He deliberately created several clever attack opportunities for Tyranitar, making several bloody wounds appear on himself and causing the audience to erupt in thunderous cheers.
After Pangoro returned, Kubfu asked curiously, "Why did you deliberately hold back? With your strength, you could have taken down Tyranitar without suffering much injury."
Pangoro sighed.
"If I didn’t do that, Tyranitar would be finished. Pokémon abandoned by the audience disappear from the arena very quickly."
"I once heard a human say that a Rhyperior I defeated was sent somewhere afterwards. It died in less than three days."
Obviously, those three days must have been very painful for Rhyperior.
The arena provided three meals a day.
When the staff brought Kubfu his fourth meal, he deliberately ate only half.
He knew he had his debut tonight, so he should not eat too much.
The opposite side of the bars opened, revealing a silver-white passage.
The suited man’s voice came from one side of Kubfu’s cell.
"Kubfu, it’s time for you to go on stage."
Pangoro reminded him, "Listen, winning isn’t important. Protect your vitals. As long as you leave the stage alive, there’s hope."
Kubfu tugged the white fur behind his head and raised his spirits.
"Don’t worry. I’ll come back alive."
It was better not to say things like "I will win."
Passing through the silver-white passage, Kubfu entered the lively gladiator arena.
The staff member stood on a flying one-person aircraft, holding a microphone and stirring the audience’s emotions.
"Friends! Today, our arena welcomes a new contestant! A Kubfu, who can evolve into the king of fist arts, Urshifu!"
"The arena will invest resources into raising Kubfu into Urshifu, making him the arena’s trump card. Today, let us test Kubfu’s talent!"
"Let us see whether he is worthy of the arena’s investment!"
From the passage on the other side, a dark-green giant beast walked out.
"And his opponent is the sandstorm tyrant, Tyranitar!"
Tyranitar raised its head and roared, its burning gaze locking onto Kubfu.
Tyranitar also knew very well that if it could not even defeat Kubfu, it would most likely be eliminated by the arena.
This time, it had to win.
Tyranitar was Rock and Dark type, while Kubfu was Fighting type.
Kubfu’s attacks would deal roughly four times the effect against it.
Rock or Dark-type attacks, meanwhile, would be resisted by Kubfu to half effect.
Considering Tyranitar’s personal situation, the arena had clearly chosen Kubfu’s debut opponent very carefully.
"The match begins!"
Tyranitar waved a hand, and stone spikes rose from the ground one after another.
Stone Edge.
Kubfu rolled to avoid them, kicked off the ground, and quickly approached Tyranitar.
The bulky Tyranitar was not good at close-quarters combat. Kubfu had to make full use of his small body and agile movement.
Tyranitar opened its mouth and released a pitch-black wave of energy.
Kubfu abruptly accelerated and lowered his head to avoid Dark Pulse.
He rushed in front of Tyranitar like a flying hawk skimming across water.
Rock Smash.
His fist smashed into Tyranitar’s side.
Then he twisted his body around to Tyranitar’s back and struck with another Rock Smash.
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