Chapter 354: Masked Messenger

Chapter 354: Chapter 354: Masked Messenger

Chapter 354: Masked Messenger

After being guided by Ms. Ayako, the bond between May and Skitty became even deeper, and May decided to use Skitty to compete in the upcoming Verdanturf Contest.

Twinleaf Town is not too far from Verdanturf Town, just a half-day journey. After bidding farewell to Ms. Ayako, Ash’s group quickly arrived at the Pokémon Center in Twinleaf Town.

However, as soon as they entered the Pokémon Center, the group saw Drew holding a heavily injured Roselia.

"Drew, you really came too!" May said.

Hearing this, Drew turned his head and looked over, "It’s you guys!"

"Drew, what happened to your Roselia?" Ash asked, looking at the heavily injured Roselia in confusion.

"It’s nothing, I just ran into a strange guy and lost, that’s all." Drew’s tone was a bit low.

"Hmm... Ash, May, you guys are also here for the Verdanturf Contest tomorrow, right?"

Ash and May nodded: "Of course."

"If you run into a guy wearing a strange mask who uses a Dusclops, you should be careful of him."

After saying this, Drew left with a dark face.

It makes sense; before the competition even started, getting into a wild battle and being beaten so badly that it affected the next day’s competition—anyone would be depressed.

"A guy wearing a mask? Could it be that someone is targeting contestants before the competition starts?" Brock asked in confusion.

May said somewhat naively: "Surely they wouldn’t be that despicable, right?"

Ash said thoughtfully: "Regardless, it’s better to be careful."

One shouldn’t have the desire to harm others, but one must always be on guard.

After registering for accommodation at the Pokémon Center, Ash’s group found an empty park to practice.

Hmm... mainly because May wanted to conduct consolidation training for Skitty.

"Skitty, use Double Slap."

May threw three small balls in succession, which Skitty caught with its tail and alternately tapped into the sky, performing back and forth.

"Skitty, keep the force consistent!"

"Meowth~~"

Skitty nodded slightly, and then the interval between the three balls gradually became consistent.

"Not bad, Skitty has improved a lot!" Ash said.

"That’s for sure. Skitty, next use Blizzard."

May intended to increase the difficulty and show off, but the Blizzard sprayed by Skitty was either inaccurate or hit-or-miss.

"May, don’t be too anxious. Skitty isn’t proficient with Blizzard yet. Take it slow; the performance you just did is enough for tomorrow’s first round of judging," Ash reminded her.

He didn’t want to see May, like in the original story, go on stage and perform a Blizzard with neither wind nor snow.

It would be fine if he wasn’t competing; if May made a mistake, she could still advance to the second round. But the problem was that Ash intended to compete tomorrow.

The second round still only allowed 4 people to advance; a single mistake by May could ruin the rest of the competition.

May said: "I got it!"

Suddenly, a strange gust of wind blew by, and a Masked Messenger wearing a black cloak, a top hat, and a Dusclops mask on his face appeared out of thin air before them: "Are you Trainers who are also participating in the Grand Festival?"

"A guy wearing a strange mask?" May looked at the other person in confusion.

Upon hearing this, the Masked Messenger immediately retorted: "It’s Masked Messenger!"

Ash stood in front of May, "Masked Messenger? You sound like you’re pretty strong. How about we have a battle?"

"You’re so confident, fine. It wouldn’t be interesting to duel without battling someone with guts," the Masked Messenger said.

"Then I’ll be responsible for refereeing!" Brock volunteered to act as the referee.

"Five-minute time limit, the rules are the same as the Grand Festival."

"No problem. Sableye, I choose you!"

Ash was the first to release his Pokémon.

The Masked Messenger also threw a Poké Ball: "Then I’ll use this one. Go, Dusclops!"

[Pokémon: Dusclops] [Type: Ghost] [Gender: Male] [Level: Gym Beginner] [Ability: Pressure] [Potential: Elite] [Moves: Shadow Punch, Will-O-Wisp, Psybeam, Hyper Beam,...]

"Sableye, use Shadow Claw!"

"Dusclops, use Shadow Punch!"

Sableye’s level was higher than Dusclops’, and the speed of Shadow Claw’s release was extremely fast; Dusclops had just raised its hand when it was scratched by a claw.

"Such fast speed!"

The Masked Messenger’s pupils shrank.

Ash didn’t give him a chance to breathe at all, "Sableye, Phantom Force!"

Sableye turned into a shadow and disappeared from Dusclops’ field of vision, and suddenly Dusclops panicked.

The next moment, Sableye appeared behind Dusclops, a mysterious smile curling at the corner of its mouth, and then, right under the Masked Messenger’s nose, it knocked Dusclops down with a claw.

"Dusclops is unable to battle, Sableye wins!" Brock announced loudly.

"Two... two moves..."

The Masked Messenger was still in a daze, but the next second, the sound of screeching brakes pulled him back to reality.

"Oh no!"

He scrambled to recall Dusclops and then ran towards the small forest.

"Masked Messenger, don’t run!"

At this moment, a middle-aged noblewoman with a plump figure ran out of a stretched limousine.

"I told you not to run!"

The noblewoman shouted while chasing.

"Damn it, who exactly is that guy? His strength is actually that strong!"

The Masked Messenger was clearly panicked, and he accidentally got scratched by a branch while running away.

And this scene was just happened to be seen by the noblewoman, "Good, now you’ll admit it, right!"

The Masked Messenger didn’t dare to speak, took a glance, and then bolted into the depths of the small forest.

"Hey, don’t run!"

The noblewoman still wanted to chase after him, but she tripped and fell by accident.

However, in this fall, she also discovered a pen dropped by the Masked Messenger.

"This is..."

Seeing this pen, the noblewoman had a vague, bad guess in her heart.

"Are you okay?"

Ash and the others also came over.

"I’m fine. But you guys, are you companions of that guy from just now?" The noblewoman looked at Ash and the others and asked.

"Huh?!"

Ash and the others were dumbfounded.

But the noblewoman seemed to have already confirmed this, shouting loudly: "What on earth did you do to my cute Kimmimaro? Speak clearly..."

"You’ve misunderstood, we don’t know that guy from just now at all!"

"That guy took the initiative to come up and ask for a battle, we really don’t know him!"

"..."

Ash and the others hurriedly explained.

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