Pokemon: Master of tactics

Alex went to Blaziken and patted her shoulder as he proudly said, "Good job."

Blaziken looked at Alex and replied, "Not really. I've had tougher fights."

Alex suddenly felt that he had already experienced this exact situation and he tried to remember where he had already heard these words.

After a few seconds, he remembered that Scizor had used exactly the same words after his victory against the two Pokémon from Brock.

Alex gave a small smile when he said, "I have to admit, as long as you use Scizor's good qualities, he's not a bad role model."

Blaziken wanted to contradict Alex's argument and say that Scizor has only good qualities but remembers how often Scizor and Crobat argue and have to agree with her Father on this point.

Erika, who had healed her Pokemon, went to Alex and handed him an A-rank Rainbow Badge with a gentle smile.

Alex and Erika shook hands when a staff member announced that the TV broadcast was over.

Erika showed a slightly relieved expression when she said "I hope I haven't embarrassed myself too much and that my fans are not disappointed with my performance."

Alex showed a smile. "Most trainers understand that this fight was extremely unfavorable for you and that you don't use a Pokemon that you train with often so I wouldn't worry about your performance."

Erika smiled softly when she said "You are very nice but I know that my performance in this fight was really bad. To be honest, I'm a little disappointed with myself."

Alex could understand what Erika was feeling right now.

"It might help you to watch the fight again later and think about whether you could do something better. So you can really see whether you really had a bad performance at this fight or not."

Erika looked at Alex with a smile and said, "You are really an interesting person."

Alex had a confused expression. "Huh, why are you saying that?"

Erika gave a big smile as she said "A normal person would normally react differently when they see that a person is a little sad or at least most of the people I know. I'm not saying that your behavior is bad, just that you are a special kind of person. "

Alex looked at Erika and said curiously "how would a normal person react?"

He thought he knew how most people would react to such a situation, but he wanted to make sure his assumption was correct.

Erika started to laugh softly. "hehe .... that's a good question, but I don't think that's really important."

She gave a gentle expression as she said "You are you ... and you are a great person as far as I can see."

Alex smiled as he said nothing and thought inwardly

'I hope for her that her eyes for boyfriends are better than those who judge a person's morals.'

Erika and Alex were talking as a blond woman who was similar to Erika's age, came before Alex

Alex saw how a trainee of Erika appears next to him and he looked away from Erika and began to look at the blonde woman who was looking at him.

The blonde woman looked at Alex and said "Hello, I know it's a bit rude but I want to challenge you to a 1 vs 1 fight."

Erika looked at the blonde woman and said "Emilia, please don't make any trouble for the challenger just because you are dissatisfied with my performance."

Emilia's eyes softened when she looked at Erika but she still said with a firm tone. "Erika, please forgive me if I overstep my limits a but I do this for the whole gym. I also hope to be able to show the world that we are not weak."

Alex looked at Emilia and said with a smile "I can understand why you are doing this, but it would be better if Erika challenges me with her strongest Pokemon if you want to show the power of the Gym."

Erika heard Alex's words and said in a serious tone "No, we won't do that. A fight like that doesn't make sense and that wouldn't prove anything."

Alex knew that Erika was right but he wanted to offer it to her so that she could look good in front of her "fans".

apart from the fact that he was interested in seeing a Pokemon from Erika's main team.

Emilia who heard the serious tone of Erika shows an expression of remorse.

"I'm sorry Erika. I didn't mean to ..."

Erika saw Emilia almost start crying and said softly "It's okay. I understand why you wanted to do that. You worried how people will think of me when they see how I lost so easily today"

after a pause She started to smile when She looked into Erika's eyes "don't worry, I can take a bit of criticism."

Alex who saw this heartwarming moment suddenly felt that he was very unsuitable here.

Fortunately, neither of them ignored Alex and started to talk a little with each other.

In the end, it was decided that Emilia can fight Alex but that it will not be broadcast and is just a friendship fight.

Erika warned Alex that Emilia is the second strongest in her gym after her and that he shouldn't send a Pokemon below level 49 if he want to have a good chance of winning.

Alex who heard this felt that Emilia should be really strong for her age.

She is only a few years older than Alex but already has Pokemon that is a higher level than him and almost at the same level as Brock.

Although She told him that She only has two elite-level Pokémon, both Pokémon are mid-elite-level so they shouldn't be underestimated.

Fortunately, this wasn't an official match or Alex had to call his Pokemon at the same time which would make it impossible to choose the perfect Pokemon against Victreebel.

Emilia knew that Alex's Pokemon all have a level disadvantage and therefore offered to show her Pokemon first to give Alex an advantage so that the fight is "fairer".

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Pokémon: Victreebel

LV: 51

Type: Grass / Poison

Abilities: Chlorophyll

Gender: Female

Potential: Shallow Gold

Moves:

-Vine Whip, Growth, Wrap, Acid, Sleep Powder, Poison Powder, Stun Spore, ​Razor Leaf, Poison Jab,

-(innate talent) Toxic [M], (innate talent) Solar Beam [E], (innate talent) Mega Drain [E],

-(TM) Protect, (TM) Sunny Day [E], (TM) Reflect, (TM) Venoshock [E], (TM) Sludge Bomb, (TM) Grass Knot, (TM) Sludge Bomb, (TM) Facade, (TM) Swords Dance, (TM) Substitute

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Alex looked serious as he considered what the best option would be.

'Crobat who is immune to her master rank move should be a perfect choice. It is not impossible to poison a poison-type Pokemon but fortunately, this can only happen with a very large difference in strength, which fortunately is not the case in this fight. Together with all the other factors, Crobat should have the best chance even if the level difference is a bit big. '

Level 47 against Level 51 is no small difference and this fight should be very difficult to win even if the master rank move is useless.

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[AN]: Hey, I actually wanted to skip this fight and only briefly summarize it at the beginning of the chapter, but if you are interested I can show the entire fight. just say your opinion in the comments

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