Pokemon: Master Of Tactics - Chapter 389

This fight was relatively close and can be counted as a victory for Janine.

From a pure 1v1 Janine easily won against Alex and if she didn’t have the pressure to quickly defeat Alex she could even use other safer methods.

What can Alex do if she just waits until Alex runs out of psychic energy and then attacks him? (she doesn’t know of Alex’s [Poison Syringe])

But Alex’s plan was not to win against Janine from the start. He just wanted to get real combat experience and test how effective [Covering] is against such strong humans.

It wasn’t like he didn’t have an emergency plan.

Alex is a thinker and plans for all kind of situations, so of course he had a plan b if Janine beats him.

Ditto, who had changed to the fake watch, that is on his wrist, since the start of this test, was his emergency plan.

No matter how strong Janine is, she isn’t strong enough to defeat a mid-elite Pokemon. Even Sabrina at her current age is only as strong as a low-Elite level Pokemon.

Alex stopped using his [Covering] and he almost fell straight to the ground. After not even a few seconds he was moveless on the ground.

It wasn’t because he was tired but because Janine’s paralyzing poison was starting to take effect.

Alex had no natural resistance to the venom, nor did he take the right anti-venom prior to the fight.

The poisons that Koga and his daughter use are numerous and it is difficult to find an antidote for every poison. (they don’t just use Pokemon poison).

Alex couldn’t say which poison exactly Janine will use.

The reason Alex wasn’t affected by the Paralysis Poison, during this fight, is because he uses his [Covering] cleverly.

[Covering]: [Hardness], has the disadvantage that the body parts become extremely stiff and immobile after a certain degree of hardness.

For example, Alex can make his entire body much harder than even steel, but that would render him unable to move. He would not even be able to use his eyes and see in this state if he use it on his whole body.

He would become a real sculpture that is harder than steel until his psychic energy ran out.

Alex uses this disadvantage to counter Janine’s paralyzing poison.

Immediately after getting an injury from Janine’s Kunai, he used [Covering] and made that spot much harder than steel.

That’s also why he could only walk very slowly after his leg joint was injured. His injured leg was far too stiff to walk normally.

Gardevoir started looking for Janine’s “Watch” after she passed out. In the end, she found this “watch” in Janine’s sock.

She took out this watch and walked towards Alex.

The rest of Alex’s Pokemon are already circling Alex and looking at him with various expressions.

Crobat, Scizor, Bastiodon, and Blaziken even use this time to “motivate” Alex.

“Wow, you’re useless.”

“Pathetic.”

“Next time you will definitely win.”

“Haha dad you’re really weak, well not everyone is a fighting genius like me.”

Alex’s expression doesn’t change because of the paralyzing poison but he would normally show an irritated expression when he heard those statements.

Of the 4 Pokemon that want to “cheer” him up, only one didn’t make fun of his defeat.

Umbreon heard the words of the 4 Pokemon and she said, “He has given his best. Why are you so mean to him?”

Gardevoir who just got their, answer for the 4…3 Pokemon, “They’re just kidding. Don’t worry sister Umbreon”

Umbreon shows a joyful and relieved expression when she hears this.

Maria’s, Daniel’s, and Elise’s Pokemon(s), which have good ears, heard this conversation and showed all shocked expressions when they heard it.

These Pokemon saw how cruel and sadistic Umbreon kills Pokemon and they couldn’t believe that such a Pokemon could say those words.

The youngest members also take advantage of this opportunity. just in their own way.

Zweilous took the chance and started to bite Alex with his two heads.

Ninetales started stepping on Alex’s back and she showed a proud expression as she saw that there was nothing Alex could do to stop this.

Banette was the only one who took advantage of this situation and didn’t mistreat Alex. He just hugs Alex and doesn’t do anything mean.

Kingdra and Shinx do nothing and just watch the other Pokemon treat Alex.

Gardevoir uses her Psychic energy and control to expel Janine’s paralyzing toxin from Alex’s body faster.

It only accelerated the natural process and was not an instantaneous cure.

Alex couldn’t move his mouth optimally, but he could still talk telepathically.

“Gardevoir do that after you heal Maria. Also, give Maria this watch afterward too.”

Gardevoir nodded and walked towards Maria. She used [Heal Pulse] and healed the injuries on Maria’s body.

“And you all, Stop this now or you will see what I will do if I can move again. I’ll let you train for so long that….”

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Several minutes later.

Maria woke up and she used the display of this watch to disqualify Janine.

Janine was eliminated from the test and Alex only had to defeat Marco to win this test.

Also, with the help of Gardevoir, Alex was able to move his body again. he start looking at the battlefield from the Pokemon side.

Although all of Janine’s Pokemon were unconscious on the ground, each of those Pokemon was alive and without life-threatening injuries.

Alex’s team also had a few Pokemon(s) that were unconscious, but most of the Pokemon(s) were still in good shape.

He immediately healed all Pokemon(s) from his team so that they are quickly in the best fighting condition again.

It cost him several [Hyper Potions] but he had bought more than enough for this test so it’s no problem to use it.

Janine opened her eyes and realized that she is probably now disqualified from the test. She felt that her watch was not in her sock so it was not hard to guess.

Alex noticed that she woke up and he went to her.

“It was a good fight but it’s over for you.”

Janine showed a puzzled expression as she said, “I thought you were still mad at me for hurting your partner so much.”

Alex’s expression twitched a bit when he heard that, “…Yes, I’m still a bit angry.”

Janine just looked at Alex as if she was waiting for Alex to say “but”. But that didn’t happen and Alex just looked at her without a word.

Alex just looked at her without a word. He didn’t want to kill her or anything but he was really mad that she treated Maria like that.

Janine said for a few moments, “I’ll make it up to you. …with a warning”

“a warning?”

Janine nodded with a serious expression. “Yes, a warning. …Marco is a very dangerous person and I would be careful if I were you.”

Alex showed a puzzled expression. He couldn’t understand why Marco got such an evaluation from Janine.

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