novelAlta Chapter 574 - 574: 572
Chapter 574 - 574: 572
The sun blazed overhead. The weather was overwritten as a Ninetales let out a long cry.Ability: Drought!
Within the Kitakami Ogre Clan, Kanemitsu specialized in Fire and Grass.
A land without suffering, jagged with strange stones. In the wilderness, there it is.
Hikaru said, "A sun team! Now this, I know very well! Among the Kitakami Ogre Clan, two of them are experts who specialize in weather!"
"Ogerpon, once again, transform!"
"Fighting spirit rising, kagura lion!"
"Mask Change: Fire!"
Ogerpon once again returned to her classic Firepon form.
Kamen Rider Hibiki! Hibiki, Sound Strike Rod, Raging Fire!
For whose sake does the sun shine?
The Hearthflame Mask was her form that drew out the power of fire, her most offensive form. She could control thorny vines like a spear and pierce through opponents, attacking enemies as violently as flames blazing in a furnace.
Kanemitsu said nothing. She only murmured in a strange voice, commanding Ninetales to lead the other two Pokémon in a pincer attack.
Shiftry and Lampent!
"Pe-Pecha!"
Pecharunt had full confidence in this expert.
How strong could a fire mask be? Although it had never seen Ogerpon fight while using the fire mask before, it was not as if it knew nothing!
Right, Munkidori?
"Munkidori!"
As the monkey-headed strategist, Munkidori had been subdued by Pecharunt precisely because it could come up with many ideas and even possessed the power to briefly glimpse the future. There was no reason not to make it a follower. That was why, at this moment, sending out a controlled expert who specialized in Fire types was also deliberate.
Under harsh sunlight, the power of Water-type moves that countered Fire would decrease, while the power of Fire-type moves would rise. Meanwhile, this side had a Pokémon with the Flash Fire Ability.
So victory was certain!
And I foresaw the future. I know Ogerpon will take on the Fire form, not the Rock form! Then again, her Rock form is extremely fragile in special defense and is weak to Fighting.
Big Bro Okidogi has already pulled himself together and is ready to move out!
Even if she becomes Rock type, one Superpower punch will finish her off!
My Future Sight has already seen this!
Her next move is Leech Seed!
She actually wants to play such a dirty trick, but it's meaningless. Fire will burn Grass-type seeds away directly!
Ninetales breathed out a great flame and burned the Leech Seed away.
Munkidori let out squeaking laughter, and the eyes of the other poison beasts also lit up.
As expected of the monkey. Its glimpse of the future was so accurate! Ogerpon was finished!
"That's not certain. Your Observation Haki isn't bad, but it still isn't enough."
Hikaru's voice made Munkidori jolt in shock.
What is this human who doesn't seem human talking about?! My glimpse of the future will never be wrong.
"Fwoosh!"
Ninetales' cry rang out. It wailed as Ogerpon defeated it.
A ground shock wave directly shook Ninetales until it could no longer battle.
"Stomping Tantrum! It turns frustration into power to attack. If the move used on the previous turn failed to hit, its power doubles!"
"M-Munkidori!" Munkidori began sweating, jumping up and down while gesturing frantically.
It's not over yet!
We still have Flash Fire! Fire-type moves are useless...
Bang!
Ogerpon's flaming Ivy Cudgel blasted Lampent, which had the Flash Fire Ability, down from midair.
Although it resisted Fire twice over, the power of Fire was boosted under harsh sunlight.
So that strike still dealt very considerable damage.
"Munkidori?!"
How did that work?! Munkidori looked toward Pecharunt and found its boss glaring at it with an enraged expression.
"Pecha!"
What the hell are you doing? Was your future prediction wrong? Did the tactic fail again?
Why did Fire hit through Flash Fire? Didn't you say there wouldn't be any problem?
Faced with its boss's questioning, Munkidori stammered and could not answer. Then it heard Hikaru's voice and immediately turned its head.
"Under the Hearthflame Mask, Ogerpon's types are Fire and Grass, and her Ability is Mold Breaker. It lets her use moves without being affected by the opponent's Ability."
"Abilities like Flash Fire are useless in front of Mold Breaker!"
Hikaru answered their confusion. Pecharunt and Munkidori looked as if they had just received divine enlightenment, nodding repeatedly. Munkidori even let out a sincere "munk, munk, munk" that meant, "So that's how it is. Thank you for the lesson."
Then, after coming back to its senses, Pecharunt suddenly whipped it.
What are you doing?!
I'm nodding because I didn't know!
You're supposed to be my strategist. You didn't know either? What kind of strategist are you?!
And you're still nodding here! You even thanked him!
Think of something!
"Munkidori!"
After being whipped, Munkidori immediately panicked and tried to overstep by issuing commands, but although the remaining Shiftry felt the whole situation was truly baffling, after hearing Munkidori's command...
As a Grass and Dark type, Shiftry suddenly turned around and cursed at it.
Huh?
You're ordering me around? My Trainer is still right here!
Who the hell do you think you are?
"Munkidori!" Munkidori stamped its feet in panic, saying that if it didn't obey, it was about to be blasted apart. However, the stubborn-natured Shiftry directly abandoned the battle and started shouting curses back at Munkidori, leaving all three poison beasts speechless.
Dark-type Pokémon really were not easy to make obedient!
"...!#@￥#!￥" Pokémon profanity.
Shiftry was cursing with great enthusiasm when it turned around and took a strike from Ogerpon's club. Its eyes rolled back, and it went offline on the spot.
Forget it. The last thought flashing through Shiftry's mind was that this whole thing felt baffling anyway, so if it got beaten, then it got beaten.
What exactly are those three guys uglier than me? Shameless bastards.
"Ponio!"
After defeating the three Pokémon, Ogerpon followed her usual routine with Quick Attack plus Low Sweep. With a sliding tackle, she knocked Kanemitsu to the ground as well.
Trainer unable to battle!
"Synthesis!" Hikaru waved his hand. With the help of the harsh sunlight, Ogerpon's stamina recovered to full!
Under harsh sunlight and extremely harsh sunlight, Synthesis restores two-thirds of the user's maximum HP!
"Pecha, Pecha, Pecha!!!" Pecharunt cried in fear.
That was twelve Pokémon defeated already!
Are you farming a record here?!
Quick, quick, quick! Have the remaining three human experts bring their Pokémon and swarm her all at once!
"The expert who specializes in Normal types, Munechika. Pokémon: Aipom, Maushold, Family of Three and an only child, and Munchlax. Other than the mice, none of them have evolved!"
An ogre has twin horns, one long and one short. Climb the shorter one, and there it is.
"The expert who specializes in Fighting types, Kotetsu. No relation to that great god Cameron from the Unova region. This Kotetsu is a woman. Heracross, Gallade, Gurdurr! And... a fourth Pokémon! Hakamo-o!"
The sleepless pool, the hole by the water. Fall into the hole, and there it is.
"The expert who specializes in Ghost types, the eighth member of the Kitakami Ogre Clan and its true boss, Muramasa! Gengar, Crawdaunt, Trevenant, Dusclops!"
There being eight of the seven great experts was completely normal!
"What's interesting is that all of these Pokémon are physical attackers!"
"Ogerpon, praiser of poetry and verse, the ogre of Rashomon!"
"Mask Change: Dark! Transform!"
"Ponio!" Ogerpon put away the Hearthflame Mask.
Kamen Rider Kiva!
She took out the Dark-type Rashomon Mask.
She transformed into the evil-faced mountain lord, the oni god dwelling at Rashomon who praised the poet's ancient verses.
"The wind clears, combing the new willow's hair. Ice melts, washing the old moss's whiskers."
"The so-called ogre of Rashomon has another name: Ibaraki-dōji! Ibaraki means thorns! Its gender is unknown, and in some cases, Ibaraki is regarded as a female oni god."
"Ability: Intimidate!"
All physical attackers had their Attack lowered by one stage!
Every attacking Pokémon had its physical Attack reduced and lost a portion of its strength. Taking advantage of that opening, Ogerpon once again raised Ivy Cudgel.
One, two, three, four, five, nine, ten, eleven!
Other than Crawdaunt, Hakamo-o, and Heracross, not a single Pokémon resisted Dark!
"So strong. She's so strong! Why is Ogerpon this strong?!"
The siblings hiding behind Miraidon were already staring in a daze. Ogerpon kept changing masks, using different powers to take down every Pokémon that came to challenge her.
That made Kieran remember the legend again. No matter how many enemies there were, the ogre was always alone!
Alone, it could defeat every enemy. No matter what situation it encountered, it was never afraid!
"An ogre who can freely change masks... is invincible!"
"Kamen... Kamen Rider! D-Do your best!"
Even the battle against the Kitakami Ogre Clan made Kieran's blood boil. It really was just as Big Bro Ogre had said: friend and foe shared the same origin!
Defeating Pokémon was not enough. Trainers had to be defeated too. This was how the "ogres" had fought several hundred years ago!
"M-Munkidori!"
When Munkidori heard Kieran cheering, it immediately grew furious.
The tactic failed so hard it became a joke. As the monkey-headed strategist, how was it supposed to carry itself in the future?
As for all kinds of battle knowledge, that terrifying human understood it better than itself!
He was worlds apart from the man they had killed in the past!
How could this be? There was actually such an expert among humans. He practically wasn't human!
"Munk!"
But saying that Ogerpon, who could freely change masks, was invincible under heaven was simply looking down on Munkidori!
It would show them the powerful move brought out by the mighty psychic power stimulated by the toxin it had received from its boss!
Dog Bro, start boosting!
Flying Chicken, you help me too!
"Pecha!" Pecharunt commanded the remaining two Ogre Clan members while glancing at Munkidori.
You monkey-headed strategist, just don't do anything ridiculous again, like praising the enemy or even expressing that you learned something!
Hurry up and think of a way to deal with that Ogerpon who's slaughtering everything!
Munkidori clapped its hands.
Don't worry, Boss. Leave it to me!
"Munk!"
"Fez!"
Munkidori and Fezandipiti hit it off immediately. While Ogerpon was fighting the remaining three Pokémon, they launched a "sneak attack."
I foresaw it!
That Trainer is too confident. He actually didn't send out any other Pokémon to fight us!
In that case, Ogerpon lockdown tactic, begin...
"Munkidori!"
Munkidori gave Ogerpon a thumbs-up and began praising her with extravagant, flowery words. For a moment, even Pecharunt behind it froze.
Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing?!
I told you to deal with Ogerpon. Why did you start complimenting her?!
"Munk!"
Munkidori had no time to explain to its illiterate boss that this was not actually praising the enemy. This was called killing with praise, understand? It was a move!
Flatter!
It flattered the opponent, causing confusion while raising the target's Special Attack.
And Fezandipiti, who was using a move together with it, used Attract!
After all, he was a courtesan, even if he was male.
From an ugly duckling into a purple swan... Ah, wrong franchise.
But it was more or less the same idea.
The toxin had given him powerful pheromones. Stimulated by the toxins released from the chain wrapped around his body, he had gained a beautiful figure and voice. He could flap his gorgeous wings and scatter pheromones, making humans and Pokémon fall head over heels for him.
Boss, did you forget? Long ago, to pin Ogerpon down, Fezandipiti also used this fighting method!
Although it had been completely useless against Ogerpon, who was burning with rage at the time.
But the past was the past, and the present was the present. If we treated the past as the present, why don't we just go die?
Ogerpon is always female, and Fezandipiti is always male!
So while she is confused, Attract will definitely take effect!
A Pokémon in love has a 50% chance of being unable to act when choosing a move. It becomes difficult to use moves!
Suppress Ogerpon, make her confused and infatuated, then let Dog Bro punch her straight to heaven. Then we seize the nine masks, tame that powerful human and take him under our command too. Wouldn't that be perfect?
Munkidori had a beautiful plan in its heart.
Its Flatter took effect!
[Munkidori became confused! It attacked itself without knowing why!]
"Munkidori?!"
[Fezandipiti became infatuated! It is difficult for it to use moves!]
"Fe-Fezandipiti?!"
The monkey and the courtesan suddenly fell into abnormal states. In the instant before the abnormal statuses took hold, Munkidori's Observation Haki saw a brief future!
A pink... a pink cloak! A mask like jade and a sacred mirror?!
Come on! It's showtime!
Kamen Rider Wizard! Transform!
"Ponio!" Ogerpon waved the club in her hand at her two confused and infatuated sworn enemies.
In the past, there truly would have been no good way to handle that, but the past was the past, and the present was the present!
"Mask Change: Fairy!"
"Moonlit jade branches, resplendent words, the false so perfect it can pass for truth!"
"Ability: Magic Bounce! While she is on the field, she remains continuously under the effect of magic reflection, nullifying certain status moves that target her and reflecting them back at the user!"
"Furthermore! Because it activates as an Ability, its duration is permanent for as long as she remains on the field! At this point, the status moves used by the opponent become completely invalid."
After Ogerpon became Fairy type, she also gained suppressive power over Dragon types.
Hakamo-o, which had previously resisted Dark, broke out in a cold sweat. A thorny greatclub shining with pink light like the power of the moon sent it flying.
Hakamo-o was one of the representative Pokémon of the Alola region, yet for some reason, it was also distributed in Kitakami. The scales it shed when struck could be processed into woks or frying pans. Because they conducted heat well and were easy to use, they were highly regarded and counted as one of the legendary cooking utensils.
Its evolved form, Kommo-o, possessed glittering scales. Legend said this was because it drove away the darkness covering the world. Perhaps for that reason, people believed that Kommo-o desired battle in order to gain the strength to overcome darkness.
"Jangling! Mo!"
Hakamo-o looked at its fallen companions around it, then at its own Trainer behaving strangely, and fell into confusion.
Something feels wrong.
I've been growing stronger to drive away the darkness shrouding the world. So why does it feel like I'm now acting as a thug for the forces of darkness?
"Oh, you actually noticed that... But if a Pokémon doesn't obey its Trainer's orders, Pokémon like that seem very rare."
Hikaru spoke to Hakamo-o, whose breathing was faint. The latter glanced at its Trainer, Kotetsu.
It seemed to make some sort of decision. It raised its fists toward Ogerpon, then...
It spun around and punched its Trainer in the face!
Isn't this problem easy to solve?
I want to save my Trainer, but I can't disobey her orders. In that case, all I need to do is knock my Trainer down!
If my Trainer is defeated, she can't give me wrong orders anymore!
Hakamo-o directly dragged its Trainer away, picked up the Poké Balls of its other companions, and ran off in a flash.
The Kitakami Ogre Clan disbanded on the spot!
"What an absolute genius!"
"As expected of a Hakamo-o that trains to drive away the power of darkness. Its sense of justice really is strong. To think it would counterattack its own Trainer after she fell into a puppet state. That isn't disloyalty, but a display of exceptional loyalty."
Kotetsu had been carried away, Munechika had been knocked down, and now the only remaining member of the Kitakami Ogre Clan was its true boss, Muramasa.
And Muramasa's Pokémon...
Only Crawdaunt remained!
He was clearly an expert who specialized in Ghost types, but his team had a roadside Water and Dark crawfish. However, that crawfish happened to suppress the other Ghost Pokémon on the team, so perhaps this was also a way to keep the team harmonious and stable.
"Pe-Pe! Cha! Runt!"
Watching Ogerpon tear through everything and even defeat the Another Riders of the Kitakami Ogre Clan, Pecharunt became more and more terrified.
Munkidori and Fezandipiti were useless too!
One tried to flatter someone else and ended up confusing itself.
The other tried to use its charming body to infatuate the enemy and ended up being charmed by the opponent instead.
Ugh, truly useless!
But while terrified, Pecharunt had not done nothing.
In Munkidori's plan, there was one item that was very much worth affirming.
That was using toxins to control the human in front of them and tame him!
Yes! That was it!
Pecharunt did not even bother looking at those two kids. Although it was also a child... No, no, no. There were differences even among children!
"Pecha!"
In other words, as long as it controlled this human, this terrible battle would end immediately!
Once it controlled the human, his Pokémon could be used by Pecharunt! Those powerful Pokémon, the bamboo that had appeared earlier and could use Explosion, the empty cicada husk with invincible power, and all the others. The Poké Balls on his back would all belong to Pecharunt!
Pecharunt opened its shell to the widest extent.
It was not doing nothing. It was making mochi!
It kneaded toxins into mochi, giving off an extraordinarily sweet scent, and the taste was also extremely delicious. No one disliked eating it. Everyone loved it!
Just like how everyone would dote on Pecharunt!
You are no exception!
Pecharunt hurled a large amount of mochi toward Hikaru like a torrential storm.
What move was this?
This was not a move. It was simply throwing a pile of toxin mochi.
However, the mochi struck a golden shield. A moving single eye and a massive golden greatsword had appeared on the battlefield at some point, frightening Pecharunt badly.
Aegislash!
"..." The Eye of Spiritual Power looked at Pecharunt with great interest.
It seemed that the being before it was also some sort of legend, which was why it had appeared, but from the look of things, there seemed to be no need for "certification"!
The mochi Pecharunt threw struck Aegislash's body without making the slightest sound, then fell to the ground with soft plops.
No poisoning, no confusion, no Toxic Chain control.
Nothing happened!
[Oh dear! These... these things look like they'd waste a lot of Sacred Ash. How convenient...]
A timid, shy girl's voice sounded beside his ear. The rocket body, even larger than the enlarged Okidogi, had actually stood up again.
Rainbow-colored flames quietly spread around them.
Pecharunt stared wide-eyed, not understanding what was going on. It kept throwing mochi wildly, but it had no effect on Aegislash or Celesteela at all.
Waaah! It's that Explosion bamboo!
Only when Hikaru's voice rang out did the terrified Pecharunt come back to its senses.
Hikaru said, "Foolish."
"So what if it is a Mythical toxin? A poison you rushed to prepare on the battlefield is useless against Steel-type Pokémon!"
"Ogerpon, strongest power, guardian of the divine realm!"
"Mask Change: Dragon!"
Kamen Rider Ryuki!
Masked Rider Ryuki!
If you don't fight, you can't survive!
Once you take a life, you can no longer turn back!
"O-Okidogi!" Okidogi, which had been boosting its own strength all this time, seized the opportunity. A powerful force surged over its arms.
Including the Bulk Up it had used earlier to resist Explosion, the power of Bulk Up had now reached six uses!
Attack and Defense plus six!
Now I am already invincible! This punch will definitely succeed!
Superpower!
Okidogi's punch struck Ogerpon's mask, erupting with a tremendous shock wave and impact. The entire bombed-out plaza began cracking as if mountains were collapsing and the earth was splitting.
Hmph! How about that? The power of this punch, even Ogerpon will...
"Dogi?!"
It had thought this punch would crack the mask, but Ogerpon did not move at all.
"O-Okidogi?!" Okidogi was shocked.
This punch can split mountains and crack stone. How could it be useless when it landed?!
Urgh, that hurts! Okidogi felt as if its arm had been stabbed, then suddenly saw countless phantom thorns appearing outside the mask.
Hikaru said, "Spiky Shield. It blocks the opponent's attack while reducing the HP of opponents who make contact with the user."
"ORA!"
Okidogi was horrified. In its rage, it threw another punch.
Brutal Swing!
ORA!
This punch was not blocked by Spiky Shield, but the effect was still poor.
Hikaru said, "Ability: Multiscale. When a Pokémon with this Ability has full vitality, the damage it takes is reduced."
"You didn't use a same-type move and used a Dark-type move instead. Were you so terrified that your head stopped working?"
"Remember this. As long as the Pokémon's HP is full, this kind of Ability will continue to function. And you hit the mask. It has the item Dragon Scale on it, so how could it possibly break so easily?"
"Now then, it seems you took the chance to raise your Defense by six stages? But even if it is maxed out, so what?"
Hikaru took out a Tera Orb.
"Have you seen Ogerpon in her prime?"
"Kamen Rider, Ultimate Rising!"
"Embody Aspect! Reflect memories in the heart!"
As the power of crystal burst forth in radiance, a gigantic dragon-head mask floated in midair, emitting light that illuminated the night.
"The Dragon God Mask originates from the legendary dragon god. Dragon boats race, bells and drums are displayed, some sing and some dance, their clamor shaking the heavens!"
"When the dragon god moves, heavenly gods, earthly spirits, resentment, and wrath all erupt together."
"She enters the state of being more likely to land a critical hit, equivalent to activating Clangorous Soul!"
"And Ogerpon's signature move, Ivy Cudgel, changes its move type according to her own type. At the same time, its chance of landing a critical hit is one stage higher than most moves!"
"A level-three critical hit chance... is 100%!"
"When a move lands a critical hit, damage increases by 1.5 times. At the same time, all of the defending side's stat changes and any conditions that affect attack and defense, Reflect, Light Screen, and so on, are all ignored!"
The aura of Ogerpon, Dragonpon, rose to its maximum!
Giant Pon Heavenly King: I'm embodying my aspect now! Come on, come on, come on! Hateful poison beasts, lowly rotten peach, die under my thorny lightning!
Type advantage, high base stats, 160 physical Defense, Defense boosted by six stages, Toxic Chain, or whatever else.
Before Ogerpon, their ending had only two options.
Dead, or injured!
"Ivy Cudgel: Dragon!"
Ogerpon blasted Okidogi away with one strike of her club. The big dog's body spun several times in midair as it let out an intense scream, then smashed thunderously into the mountain wall nearby.
Dragon God Mask, critical hit!
Thunder Bagua!
(End of Chapter)
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