Greninja approached at an astonishing speed, its eyes burning, its arms swinging behind it, sharp white light gathering in its palms.
In an instant, the two were within close distance, Greninja crossed his arms and slashed out a blade in the shape of the Chinese character "一"!
"The fighting style is too reckless."
Lu Ye stretched out his arm and said, "Hit head-on!"
"Ga!" The Cong Youbing's eyes focused, and instead of retreating, he advanced and raised his lance.
The tip of the scallion flashed with a sharp light, piercing through the surface with a knife-like light, and stabbed straight into the chest of Greninja.
Greninja was startled, looked down at the tip of the lance, and crossed his arms to defend himself.
However, the Cong Youbing stepped forward, stretched out the tip of his gun, and a cold light flashed!
Xiaozhi was startled and yelled, "Get out of the way, Greninja!"
"Kuga!" Greninja's pupils shrank. Facing the terrifying power of the lance, there was no way to avoid it.
Bang!
Black smoke billowed from the explosion, and Greninja flew backwards, falling to the ground with a thud, baring its teeth in pain:
"Kuga..."
"Teacher Lu has stopped." Wanlong said softly, "Otherwise, the winner would have been decided."
"After all, it's mainly for guidance." Zhulan crossed her arms, "Probably, I want to stimulate Greninja's potential."
The onion soldier took back the onion, stood still with its snow-white body, and looked down at Greninja with its sharp and indifferent eyes.
"Gah...┌(.Д。)┐"
Eh... I've become so strong.
Lu Ye was speechless.
Xiaozhi's Greninja has reached the level of a top-notch main force after the bond evolution.
And Cong Youbing, after special training from Master Ma and two martial arts bear masters, has mastered the "secret of one strike" and the "secret of combo strikes" and has already reached the championship level.
But the ducks in my own home... are so timid.
It’s like a top laner who only wants to develop himself, but because the opponent doesn’t let him take the tower damage, he has no choice but to kill the opponent alone.
He was a slacker in the team, but he became the champion due to internal competition...
He is indeed a soldier with great luck!
Lu Ye looked forward.
The level gap is huge, and this "head-on attack" with double restraint is enough for Greninja to withstand.
Xiaozhi frowned tightly and said, "Can you still fight, Greninja?"
"Kuga..." Greninja held on to his body with a determined look in his eyes.
In Greninja's vision, the Onion Soldier looked arrogant, holding a sword and shield, standing out from the crowd.
Just standing there, it has an aura as immovable as a mountain.
But... I can still become stronger!
"Kuga!" Greninja stood up, his eyes burning, and took a fighting stance.
An invisible waveguide wrapped around its body, and water gathered behind Greninja, like a pair of butterfly wings breaking out of a cocoon.
Cattleya's eyes moved slightly, and she said indifferently: "The emotional fluctuations between the two of them have become stronger."
"The 'binding phenomenon' proposed by Dr. Bratano..." Zhu Lan's gray eyes were focused.
"Greninja—"
Xiaozhi turned the brim of his hat, looked stern, and said: "The stronger the opponent, the stronger we will become!"
"Here we go, Greninja!!" Xiaozhi stretched his arms towards the sky, as if his own Greninja BGM.
"Kuga!!" Greninja stretched its arms toward the sky, croaking loudly, and a surge of water rose from under its feet.
The eyes of the two overlapped, burning with flames and high morale.
Mr. Lu's "wave power" senses that Xiaozhi and Greninja's waves have merged into one. If Greninja is hurt, it will also be fed back to Xiaozhi himself.
"What kind of fantasy fusion setting is this..." Lu Ye complained silently.
No matter what, witnessing the bond evolution of Greninja with his own eyes still makes XY Mi Lu teacher excited.
The official translation of "Bond Evolution" is "Bond Transformation". Although the translations are different, they belong to the same type of evolution.
When the trainer and the Pokémon are united in mind and body and share the same beliefs, coupled with the Pokémon's own potential, there is a slim chance of achieving a 'Bond Transformation'.
Since the trainer can also feel the damage done to the Pokémon, the negative effect is huge. Even someone as strong as Ash often faints after the "Bond Transformation".
Snow flakes fell and the water flowed away.
Greninja has a red pattern on its head, which corresponds to Satoshi's hat. It has a tall and straight body, a flying scarf-like tongue, and a huge water shuriken condensed on its back.
"Kuga!" Greninja's eyes were sharp.
After learning that Greninja's 'scarf' was actually its tongue, Mr. Lu was disillusioned for a long time.
But I have to say that Ash's version of Greninja is a little arrow-eating round wizard - a sparrow eating a cricket.
"Ga... Σ(?Д?;)" Cong Youbing looked at his opponent and was stunned for a moment.
This guy, how come he suddenly turned into a duck!
“Nice look.”
Lu Ye commanded: "Onion Rangers, Leaf Blades!"
“Gah!”
The green onion soldier rushed towards Greninja, and the green onion gathered green light, and slashed it with ease. Greninja took down the huge shuriken behind it, and blocked it in the middle with a "clang". It was pushed back several meters, stirring up a row of dust, and crouched down with one hand on the ground, holding the flying water shuriken with its hands behind its back.
"Greninja, Shadow Clone!" said Xiaozhi.
In a flash, Greninja's shadow clones surrounded the field, and snowflakes fell in the shadows. More than a dozen shadow clones raised shurikens at the same time. The shurikens kept spinning in the air above their palms, and the water flow was like a whirlpool, covering the surface of the shurikens, forming a sharp water blade.
"Ga..." Cong Youbing was in the center of the shadow clone, looking around.
"Take this opportunity now and use the Flying Water Shuriken!!" Xiaozhi yelled while clenching his fists.
"Kuga!!"
Shadow clones filled the sky, throwing out spiral shurikens at the same time!
"Find the real body." Lu Ye said calmly: "Close your eyes and use See Through."
"Close your eyes!?" Xiaozhi was shocked.
Isn’t that Master Qinglu’s “mind’s eye” technique
When you close your eyes, the trainer becomes the eyes of the Pokémon, commanding and launching the attack the moment you block the attack!
"Ga..." Cong Youbing closed his eyes.
In the darkness, the shurikens from all directions gradually disappeared, leaving only a rotating water shuriken.
The shadow clones surrounding the courtyard also dissipated, leaving only Greninja leaping high in front of Xiaozhi.
Suddenly, Cong Youbing opened his sharp eyes.
“Gah!!”
The flying water shuriken kept spinning, creating a strong wind, and hit the shield with a clang, splashing blue light.
However, the shuriken could not penetrate the shield wall, and the water flowed away after it was exhausted. The green onion soldier suddenly lit up his blade, and at the moment when the body of Koga Greninja fell to the ground, he charged forward!
"Sneak attack on the vital points!" Lu Ye shouted.
Seize the momentary gap to cut the opponent and hit the vital point easily.
The green onion of the Cong Youbing glowed with a dark metallic luster. When they passed each other, Iai slashed them and the painting seemed to turn into red and black.
Saucy!!
All the shadow clones in the sky were swept away.
Greninja stood behind the Onion Soldier, his body stiff, trembling and turning his head: "Kuga..."
Boom!
Greninja fell to the ground.
Serena covered her mouth and said: "Greninja..."
"It's already pretty good... Facing Teacher Lu, I can perform at this level." Xitron exclaimed.
"Bond transformation, Mega evolution..." Zhulan raised her lips, "This Miare Conference will be very interesting."
"Beep... The winner is the Green Onion Ranger, Loto!" Rotom waved his flag.
Xiaozhi covered his abdomen, feeling real pain, and with cold sweat breaking out, he went forward to help Greninja up.
"Greninja... it's okay."
"Kuga..." Greninja put his arm around Satoshi's shoulder and looked at the Onion Soldier with awe and gratitude.
In Ash's version of Greninja's moveset, "Iai Slash" is an indispensable part.
However, the power of "Iai Slash" is questionable, and Greninja has not mastered the advanced version of "Sneak Attack".
But from Cong Youbing's personal demonstration, Greninja felt that he had gotten some inspiration.
"Ga..." Cong Youbing nodded calmly.
At that moment, Yaya’s mind rang with Teacher Lu’s thoughts.
"Instructions for use."
Snowflakes fell, and Coach Cong stretched out a green onion and gently patted Greninja on the shoulder.
"Ga..." Cong Youbing looked indifferent.
Young man, I have high hopes for you.
"Kuga..." Greninja's eyes flickered and he nodded vigorously.
I will strive to... master the "secret attack key" as soon as possible!
Cong Youbing nodded with satisfaction, turned his head away, and rejoiced secretly.
"Gah... (????)σ"
Yay, I managed to trick you... and it didn’t even show up!
…
The Miare tournament adopts a limited-four competition system, and players can change their moves before each game. Players' moves are extremely important.
In the anime, Satoshi's version of Greninja's moveset are: Swallow Return, Flying Water Shuriken, Shadow Clone, and Iai Slash.
"Sneak Attack" is a superior alternative to "Iai Slash", but Xiaozhi's Greninja obviously doesn't know this move.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of the game to let YaYa give some guidance was also Teacher Lu's good intention.
In addition, Mr. Lu is very interested in the "bonding phenomenon" of Greninja.
The explanation of the "bond phenomenon" in the animation is that in the Koga Ninja Village, there is a legend of Koga Greninja. Bond Greninja can be regarded as a special form of Koga Greninja.
I wonder if my Pokémon can have 'bonding phenomena' or special forms.
Lu Ye fell into deep thought.
There must be a strong bond, a common belief, an ancient legend...
Teacher Lu silently turned his gaze to Cong Youbing.
A brave warrior who has fought many battles, a soldier riding on a white horse, a soldier riding on a white horse
Since there was a legend of the Koga Greninja in the Koga Ninja Village.
Then it makes perfect sense that the legend of the Green Onion Soldier 'King of Ducks' spread in Galar!
"Gah!" The soldier felt a chill on his spine, as if a thorn was stabbing him.
Yaya turned her head to look at Teacher Lu, her whole body shuddered, and she quickly looked back.