LRAB Chapter 79 The Only Way to Win
Chapter 79 The Only Way to Win
In the days of ignorance, people often imagined Houndoom's terrifying howl as the call of death from hell; now, when they appear in their super-evolved form, humanity will see the true flames from hell!
Despite being a game, the developers have done a great job of recreating the power of Mega Evolved Pokémon. After Mega Evolution, Houndoom's size increases dramatically, its original large dog-like body becoming even taller than Rapidash.
The bone rings on its forelimbs seemed unable to withstand the heat within its body and broke in the middle. Its horns, which had been curved, now bent upwards. A bone-white suit of armor hung in front of its neck, with the bony horns along the edges of the armor pointing outwards in all directions. The triangle at the end of its tail split in the middle, becoming a fork-like shape.
If the original Houndoom was a servant of the devil, then the current Mega Houndoom is the devil himself!
What suddenly appeared before the old man Tiexuan was a hellhound, its sharp teeth spewing out blazing serpents that blocked the path of the super lightning beast like chains binding sinners.
The narrow terrain of the interconnected caves severely limits the movement advantage of mounts. Faced with sudden situations, even the most perfectly executed electronic scripts are rendered useless.
Furthermore, the opponent clearly knew the map extremely well, and the timing of their attack coincided perfectly with the end of the acceleration granted by the Tower of Refinement, completely thwarting any opportunity to use the acceleration to overcome the deceleration.
As expected, Electabuzz ran head-on into Mega Houndoom's attack and took full hit from its slowing effect.
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"I've never committed a foul."
The detective's relaxed and cheerful voice came through the call channel—
"Since you mentioned invisibility, I guess Mr. Tie Xuan must have checked the minimap halfway through. Thank you for your trouble. Actually, if players want to be invisible on the game minimap, they don't need to modify the game data. Just move your position directly above the save point, and the glow of the save point marker will naturally cover the player's position flashing—it's that simple."
The exit of the connecting tunnels serves as a data recording point for the journey.
“Now, Mr. Tie Xuan, I have been waiting for you for quite some time.” The detective whispered into the microphone attached to his headset.
At the same time, Chimchar appeared at the exit of the connecting burrows, manipulating Mega Houndoom backwards, and a large mouthful of thick "Flame Ray" slammed into Mega Evolve's cool lightning mane!
"But why did you appear in front of me? Raiden was clearly leading the way... No! That's not right, it's a detour! You didn't even pass the save point in Myriad City, you went straight from Luna City against the flow of traffic to get here! Is this your plan!?"
The interrogation boomed from the other end of the earpiece, severely damaging Hugo's ears. The detective, wincing in pain, turned down the volume before fluently explaining—
"As I said before, there are two ways to win this race. One is to get ahead of you, pass through all the checkpoints in the middle of the track in order, and finally reach the finish line first. The second way is to use every means to deplete Electamon's hidden health bar before you reach the finish line."
As Hugo spoke, Houndoom's flames continued to scorch its opponent. After Mega Evolution, Houndoom's "Flamethrower" became much stronger, and its duration was nearly doubled.
Chimchar skillfully cranked the handle. It must be said, while Mega Houndoom looked imposing and powerful, the way it swung its limbs and ran backwards seemed rather comical to the onlookers at Featherwood Residence. It was truly remarkable how smoothly Chimchar could reverse.
As soon as the power of "Flame Burst" weakened, Houndoom unleashed its already cooled-down "Flame Burst," combined with the still-slowing flames. A loud bang rang out as the flames struck Electamon's head directly, even stunning it.
A burst of cheers erupted around the sofa in Yuqi Residence.
Keep in mind that at this moment, this little monkey, whose skill level is no less than that of an e-sports player, still had two Dark-type harassment moves, "Dark Pulse" and "Roar," that it hadn't yet used.
As if he hadn't forgotten the grudge from being yelled at earlier, Hugo continued to verbally harass her. However, in Officer Jenny's eyes, the detective was clearly enjoying himself, not satisfied until he finished explaining what he had to say.
"Of the two ways to win, we first ruled out the first one, because even if we raised our skills to the level of a game master, we still couldn't compete with your superior skills, Mr. Tiexuan. So, after eliminating the impossible options, what remains must be the truth, which is that if we want to win, we must give up the race for the save point and focus all our efforts on hunting down your Thunder Beast!"
In the Electric Gym of Mauville City, Hoenn, the old man, Iron Whirl, paid no heed to the detective's deductions. He was frantically switching between the controller and the computer, attempting to modify the program to brute-force a seemingly simple but actually unsolvable encounter and pursuit problem—
Faced with Houndoom reversing, Iron Whirl wanted to use a move to counterattack, but Houndoom was moving away from where the Electamon's move would land, making it impossible for Electamon's berserk lightning to hit.
What's even more disadvantageous for the old man is that his Thunder Beast is charging in the opposite direction of the opponent's backward attack, making it increasingly difficult for him to maneuver and dodge.
"Drain their health bars. We have to accomplish this seemingly impossible task. Fortunately, the map for the game is in the Carlos region, and the complex and varied tracks, as well as the diverse item designs, make this strategy possible."
Tie Xuan finally gave up fighting back and devoted all his energy to dodging attacks.
Despite the impressive visual impact of skill attacks in the game, they actually deal negligible damage to the mount. He only needs to reach the finish line before the detective depletes the Thunder Beast's health bar to secure victory!
"You might think that the damage from skills in the game is negligible, and that as long as you persevere, you can still achieve final victory." Hugo's understanding commentary came from the other end of the headset, but it sounded even more sarcastic.
"This would naturally be true for your earlier games where you still roam the electronic racetrack, but don't forget, we're playing the eighth installment in the series, where the highly anticipated Super Evolution system has been launched. Let me introduce it to you—"
Inside the Feather Residence, the detective in the white coat raised his arm towards the air.
"Mega Houndoom, the Pokémon with the highest attack power in Pokémon 8, caused quite a stir among players when it first appeared in the game: 'Pokémon 8 is finally transitioning into a competitive game!' Its area-of-effect attack, 'Flamethrower,' boasts the most efficient HP-based damage in the entire game. Among high-damage moves, it has the shortest cooldown, and among short-cooldown moves, it deals the highest damage. It can even be combined with 'Fire Blast' for a combo attack! This Pokémon is the foundation of my strategy!"
"On Route 16, northeast of Luna City, in a patch of grass somewhere along this road known as the 'Sad Road,' you can find this unique Mega Stone. I went there immediately after veering off course. After Mega Evolving, I reversed back through Luna City and ambushed the exit of the Pit Link. And then, as you can see."
Hugo heard his opponent's heavy breathing through the earpiece.
The race footage returned to Miare City, and following the normal map guidance, the Iron Cycling should have passed through this romantic city with its towering iron tower once again, with the Carlos Circuit lying across the right half of the figure-eight.
However, Mega Electamon's forward speed was nearly halted by Houndoom's suppression, and its once bright yellow, lightning-like mane was now covered in charred black. And on the other side, Houndoom—
That bastard once again saw his position spawn and he consumed the newly spawned PP potion. The evil, devilish hound was once again full of energy, opening its mouth and spitting out purplish-red flames, unleashing its skill "Flame Emission" once more.
Given that the script had completely malfunctioned, it was now Old Man Tiexuan who personally took to the field. Being so wronged and beaten like this, one could only say that the sense of immersion was extremely strong, and the veins on his fists gripping the handle were already bulging.
The renowned hacker master, the gym leader of Mauville City, the founder of Mauville City, the electric-type battle expert, the white-bearded old man, Iron Spin, sighed heavily.
The defeat is inevitable; continuing to persist will only bring more shame. As one gets older, one naturally becomes more accepting of certain things. Only children would throw tantrums over trivial wins and losses.
However, the willfulness of the elderly can sometimes be even worse than that of children.
Hugo finally heard his opponent's reply—
"Excuse me, children, but I've suddenly come to a realization..."
"?" The detective was somewhat bewildered by the situation.
"The power of technology is truly amazing!"
After saying that, the old man in the earphones didn't speak again, and instead, there was the clattering sound of keyboards.
At the same time, the little fire monkey witnessed a horrifying scene.
The lightning beast on the television screen suddenly took flight and began to fly towards the finish line at rocket speed.