"Blissey~"

  Blissey, while teag moves, employed a step-by-step demonstratiohod. First, it expined how the move worked, showg the process while breaking down its intricacies. Afterward, it demonstrated the move several times for Elekid to observe before letting it practice. Meanwhile, Blissey moved on to Ursaring, teag it using the same approach.

  Switg bad forth betweewo Pokémon, Blissey meticulously expined every detail of each move. Thanks to this focused method, both Pokémon were learning at an impressive pace.

  At this rate, they would master their moves in just three days.

  But...

  It wasn't fast enough! Too slow!

  Elekid, who had been training all m without eveing close to uanding Focus Bst, was growing impatient.

  Time was too precious to waste on slow learning. Elekid o push itself to squeeze out even more moves from Blissey's teag.

  Suddenly, a piece of advice Paul once gave surfaced in Elekid's mind: "No matter what you do, set a goal. Put yourself in the experieo truly improve. That's the fastest way to learn."

  "Bzzt! Bzzt!"

  Recalling Paul's words, Elekid bared its teeth at Blissey, signaling it to attack directly.

  Learning moves required taking some hits—it art of the process!

  "e on, hit me! Let me experiehe power of the move firsthand!"

  "Bzzt! Bzzt!"

  "Blissey?"

  Blissey hesitated, gng at Paul, hoping he'd intervene and stop Elekid's reckless behavior.

  To its surprise…

  Paul approved of the idea.

  "That's a solid pn. Blissey, go all out. Just slow your movements a bit so they fully absorb the experience."

  With Blissey's healing powers, a stockpile of medies, and Jubilife City nearby, Paul had no s about injuries. "Go ahead!" he enced.

  "?"

  Blissey hesitated but eventually gave in. Slowly gathering energy, it formed a Focus Bst and hurled it at Elekid.

  Elekid didn't dodge. Instead, it locked its gaze on the Focus Bst, analyzing every detail.

  "Boom!"

  One sed ter, the bst exploded, sending Elekid flying.

  Crawling back to its feet, Elekid winced in pain but grinned with exhiration.

  The si had given Elekid a far more profound uanding of Focus Bst than dozens of attempts ever had.

  It calcuted that, after about twenty more bsts, it would definitely master the move.

  "Bzzt! Bzzt!"

  Elekid turo Blissey, eyes sparkling with determination.

  "If you're my brother, then hit me again!"

  "Blissey?"

  Blissey was bewildered but kept going, ung another Focus Bst.

  "Boom!"

  "Boom!"

  ...

  The repeated explosio Elekid uo stand by the end, sprawled in a crater, battered and bruised but smiling with satisfa. It's eyes glimmered with excitement. The se was oddly surreal, like a broken toy still grinning.

  Blissey gently healed Elekid with its Soft-Boiled move, rest most of it's energy ah. Elekid stood up, ready for another round of bsting.

  The bizarre cycle tinued until Blissey switched its attention to Ursaring.

  Notig Elekid's rapid progress, Ursaring decided to try the same method.

  However, Ursaring wasn't foolish. Before taking hits, it boosted its defenses with multiple uses of Bulk Up. Then it allowed Blissey to hit it with Fire Punch.

  With this strategy, Ursaring could endure more hits, maximizing its learning opportunities within the same amount of time.

  The releraining tinued until Elekid finally succeeded in f its own Focus Bst, and Ursaring, still singed from Fire Punch, began to unleash fiery strikes of its own.

  Focus Bst and Fire Punch: learned!

  "Blissey?"

  Even Blissey was dumbfouhis unorthodox trainihod was astonishingly effective.

  Today's teag sessio like a revetion, opening Blissey's eyes to new possibilities.

  It was likely that from now on, the Pokémo at the Daycare to learn moves would adopt this method.

  "tinue practig your moves. Switch roles. Ursaring and Elekid, you will battle each other, but only with the moves you just learned," Paul instructed.

  "Bzzt! Bzzt!"

  "Rawrr~"

  The two Pokémon exged a knowing gheir eyes glinting with mischievous determination.

  With Blissey's help, Elekid faced repeated defeats, only to rise stronger each time.

  By the following afternoon, both Pokémon had mastered their moves and even picked up profi each other's teiques.

  Two days. Two moves. Mastered.

  "Good. We'll put it to the test tomorrow."

  Paul nodded in satisfa, recalling the exhausted Pokémon into their Poké Balls.

  Jubilife City – Battle Pza – Day 3 of the Victory Cup.

  After two days of fierpetition, the highest win streak stood at nine secutive victories. No trainer had yet achieved the coveted ten-win streak.

  As with most events, the start and the finale drew the rgest crowds.

  Ohird day, spectators flooded the venue, eager to watch the battles.

  Even though Paul arrived early, the limited seating had already filled.

  Today, however, he wasn't here as a spectator. He was a petitor.

  After registering, Paul sat irainers' waiting area, quietly the matches.

  Otlefield, a trainer was anding their Prinplup against their oppo's Roserade.

  The two Pokémon cshed intensely, both bearing visible injuries.

  Prinplup was worse off, while Roselia's injuries were minor.

  "Roselia, use Magical Leaf!"

  "Prinplup, Drill Peck!"

  With the trainers' final ands, the two Pokémon uheir attacks.

  Prinplup leaped high, spinning rapidly as its beak drilled forward with immense force. The Magical Leaf shattered upon impact, scattering intments.

  Breaking through the attack, Prinplup surged downward, striking Roselia directly.

  It's super effective!

  A critical hit!

  "?!"

  Roselia's eyes widened in shock before colpsing without a sound.

  "Roselia is uo battle. Prinplup wins!"

  The referee annouhe oute.

  "Whew… Finally," Prinplup's trainer sighed in relief.

  "gratutions to Theo for seg his eighth secutive victory!"

  "Appuse…"

  "Will Theo tinue defending his streak?"

  The announcer's question hung in the air.

  Prinplup's trainer hesitated, gng at his injured Pokémon and the leaderboard dispying his eight-win streak.

  g his teeth, he decided to press on.

  Just one more po… One more, and I'll tie for the highest streak. After that, I wait for the extra matches at the event's clusion.

  "The trainer has chosen to defend his streak. challenger: Paul from Veilstoy!"

  As the announcer's voice echoed, a stoic, purple-haired boy rose from the waiting area and approached the battlefield.

  For some reason, Theo felt a sudde of pressure upon seeing Paul's emotionless expression.

  Please let him be weak… he prayed silently.

  But then...

  "Elekid, get ready to battle!"

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