Pokemon: Master of tactics

Alex was walking down the streets of Pewter City towards the Gym when a young man came to him and stopped him.

"Are you Alex, the winner of the last rookie tournament?"

The guy had blond hair and looked like 18-19 years old to Alex. And from the 4 Pokéballs on his Pokébelt, Alex figured that he was a Pokémon trainer too.

Alex doesn't meet fans too often. But he occasionally he will come across them from now and then. So, he already knew how to react to this situation.

He gave a modest professional smile and said, "Yeah, can I help you?"

The young man said with a delighted expression, "Ohh! You really are Alex. I'm Luca, and I've always wanted to fight you after I saw you in the tournament."

Alex, who was not receiving such a request for the first time, said, "I'm sorry, but I don't have time at the moment. Maybe some another day."

For Alex, trainers whom he cannot recognize are mostly rubbish and not worth wasting his time.

Of course, there are some trainers who are very talented—not on the level of Gym leaders or Elite Four, of course—but that is a rare case.

Most of the time, trainers, whom Alex can't recognize, are garbage who doesn't even have a level 30 Pokémon or a Silver Pokémon.

Luca, who heard this, felt as if he was being looked down upon. He retaliated with a loud anger-filled voice, attracting the attention of others, "Hey! Why don't you want to fight me? Just because you won the tournament, you think you are better than me! We won't know for sure until we battle."

The other people who were passing by Alex and Luca overheard this and began looking curiously in the direction of Alex and Luca. There were some people who even took out their mobiles and started filming the whole situation when they saw that there was a (slightly) famous person, Alex, involved.

Alex realized that he now had to handle this situation cautiously, or his reputation might suffer if things went out of hand.

He doesn't want to have a bad reputation like Brock and cause problems later in the future when he might need help from the Alliance.

Alex gave a fake smile, "There's no need to be so mad. I'm not looking down at you at all. I really don't have much time right now."

Luca gave a suspicious look when he said, "What about a quick 1 v/s 1 then. Let me tell you, I have been a trainer for 3 years, so I think we can both benefit from this fight."

Alex, who heard how this guy had been a trainer for 3 years, started taking him seriously.

Although the time one has been a trainer is not always equated with his strength, it is often a good indicator of how strong a trainer is.

Most trainers don't survive their first year as a rookie, so being a trainer who has survived their first year shows that this person is not weak.

Alex looked at Luca and said, "Ok, let's go to the open park then. We can use one of its small battlefields to fight."

Luca showed a content smile and followed Alex, who was walking in the direction of the park of Pewter city.

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After 5 minutes, Alex and Luca came to the big park and saw a couple of trainers fighting each other in the distance.

Alex only saw weak Pokémon fighting in this park when he took a quick look at the information out of curiosity.

He looked at Luca and said, "How do you want to do this? My strongest Pokémon against your strongest Pokémon or a battle with Pokémon on similar levels. You can choose whatever you prefer."

Luca looked at Alex and said, "I saw you in the tournament, and I think it would be the fairest if you use your Kirlia in this fight."

Alex looked at Luca with unsure eyes. "Kirlia has already evolved into Gardevoir, and she is now much stronger compared to when she participated in the rookie tournament. Are you sure?"

Luca showed a confident expression when he said, "Yeah, let's go."

Alex said nothing and called Gardevoir out of her Pokéball.

When Luca saw Gardevoir, he couldn't help but be shocked. "Gardevoir is already on the Elite-level? And it doesn't seem like she is a weak Elite-level Pokémon either. Is it your strongest Pokémon?"

"Yes," Alex simply said, "How strong is your strongest Pokémon?"

Scizor, who heard this in his Pokéball, violently shook his Pokéball to inform Alex indirectly that he was dissatisfied with his statement.

At the same time, Crobat did the same thing as Scizor. Alex just slightly smiled seeing this.

Luca showed a slightly embarrassed expression when he said, "My strongest Pokémon is at level 30. Do you have a Pokémon at a similar level?"

Without waiting for Alex's words, he took a Pokéball and called his Pokémon out of his Pokéball.

A Raticate popped up in front of Alex, and Alex immediately noticed that this Raticate was a bit smaller for its species.

Alex immediately looked at the information.

Alex didn't show any emotions on his face but thought, "3 years as a trainer, and he is still such a garbage. What a joke! He must be one of those trainers who never dare to train in the wild, or his Pokémon would not be on this level. Why didn't he buy a Silver Pokémon? Does he not have enough money for a Silver Pokémon?"

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Pokémon: Raticate

LV: 30

Type: Normal

Ability: Run Away

Gender: Male

Potential: Shallow Bronze

Moves:

- Tackle, Tail Whip, Quick Attack, Focus Energy, Bite [E], Super Fang, Crunch, Hyper Fang [E]

- (TM) Protect, (TM) Dig [E], (TM) Toxic, (TM) Facade

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3 moves on the Expert-rank from someone who has been a trainer for three years. Even if Raticate is a Bronze Pokémon, this development is still way too slow to explain logically. That's why Alex believes that this trainer is not only trash but also lazy, someone who hardly trains his Pokémon.

Alex didn't show the disgust he was currently feeling on his face as he thought, 'Lazy, untalented and stupid. What a joke!'

None of Alex's Pokémon is weaker than this Raticate by level. And from what he had observed, this Raticate seemed to be physically very underdeveloped.

Even Shuppet and Vulpix could easily win against this Pokémon.

Shuppet, whose best attack move is Phantom Force, can easily defeat such a garbage Pokémon.

Alex just wanted to finish this quickly.

He threw Shuppet out of his Pokéball and defeated this trainer without any problems. This fight can be best described as a joke.

Even when Raticate used [Bite], this underdeveloped Pokémon couldn't even deal as much damage as a normal wild Raticate that survives on bad food or eats too little. Plus, with his level disadvantage, he reduced only 15% HP of Shuppet per hit, which is really little when you consider that Shuppet has bad Def.

If the audience wasn't recording this person challenging him and this fight on the camera, he wouldn't even waste time with such garbage.

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[EN]: When I saw how this guy was using a Raticate: "I need confidence in my life like this guy."

And when I saw author didn't waste time to describe the fight since he is that much of fodder. "Weakness disgusts me."

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