"As your uncle, I should teach you a good lesson."
Rainbow Giovanni said indifferently, tossing out a Poké Ball from his hand.
A strong and burly Nidoking landed heavily in front of Rainbow Giovanni, growing at Selene.
"Huh? Then I'd like to see it."
Selene snorted coldly, but since the opponent was 'Giovanni', Selene didn't want to say anything unpleasant.
After all, he had her father-in-law's face.
"Incinerate!"
Selene also sent out her first Pokémon.
It was already well-known that Selene's starting Pokémon was almost always Incineroar.
But in reality, this starter wasn't really a true starter, because Incineroar had a fixed strategy.
The Intimidate ability lowers the opponent's physical attack by one stage + Fake Out for free damage + Swagger to lower the opponent's dual attacks again, then switch out.
It could be said that after this whole process, the opponent would definitely be disgusted.
Not only did they not touch a single hair on Incineroar, but their own physical attack was lowered by two stages + special attack by one stage for free, and they also got slapped for free.
Who could endure that?
If they didn't want to fight with weakened stats, they could just switch out Pokémon, but that would undoubtedly force them to reveal their team composition first, and Honestly, it was quite a blow to morale.
And Selene had just given Rainbow Giovanni this full package, making Rainbow Giovanni frown slightly.
Looking at the Melmetal that was switched in after Swagger, Rainbow Giovanni thought for a moment and still switched out Nidoking.
He sent out Nidoqueen to battle.
But Selene didn't hold back at all and immediately started Gigantamaxing, the Mega Melmetal, like a cyclops described in myths, stood tall on the earth.
Rainbow Giovanni could only have Nidoqueen Gigantamax to counter.
However, compared to Selene's Mega Melmetal, the Gigantamax Nidoqueen was clearly at a disadvantage, even though it had a type advantage.
After the Gigantamax duration ended, Melmetal forced his way in with Double Iron Bash, defeating Nidoqueen.
Although Melmetal's condition wasn't great, it still had combat capability.
But Selene didn't let Melmetal stay on the field and decisively switched Incineroar back in.
"That disgusting thing again."
Rainbow Giovanni's eyes were somewhat gloomy. He knew that he could only let one of his main Pokémon take Incineroar's debuffs.
"Nidoking!"
Then, naturally, it goes without saying, Intimidate + Fake Out + Swagger, Incineroar once again elegantly returned to Selene's Poké Ball.
Nidoking's face was red with anger, its neck bulging. It had come out twice, done nothing, been slapped twice for free, and had to endure Incineroar's 'foul language' insults.
Hmm, Swagger is insulting, so Incineroar probably cursed quite a bit.
"Articuno!"
Selene sent out her third main Pokémon, Articuno.
"I see, deliberately consuming my Gigantamax?"
Rainbow Giovanni narrowed his eyes slightly, gazing at the Articuno, one of the Kanto Legendary birds.
Articuno, which could fly, was indeed suitable for dealing with his Pokémon, because Ground-types are weak to Ice.
But with Gigantamax, it would be different. Articuno's Ice + Flying typing makes it four times weak to Rock.
With Gigantamax, a Max Rockfall covering almost the entire field would leave Articuno dead or crippled.
But because he had to resist Selene's Mega Melmetal, Rainbow Giovanni had already used his Gigantamax.
This girl... is indeed not simple, no wonder she can rank second among the Eight Masters.
"Rhyperior!"
Rainbow Giovanni thought for a moment and still sent out Rhyperior. Although Rhyperior was also weak to Ice.
However, it had the Solid Rock ability, so it had some damage reduction against super effective moves, and although Groudon couldn't fly.
But it also had ranged attacks like Stone Edge and Rock Slide, which could forcefully trade damage when Articuno attacked.
This way, as long as Stone Edge could hit, with a four times super effective hit, trading damage would definitely be a gain.
However, Selene clearly understood this, so she directly Terastallized Articuno into Water-type.
This way, Articuno was no longer weak to Rock at all!
Rainbow Giovanni's brows furrowed again; his opponent's difficulty was beyond his expectations.
After a fierce battle, Articuno successfully defeated Rhyperior, and due to its aerial advantage, Articuno itself was not seriously injured.
But even so, Selene still switched out Articuno, and then the ferocious and domineering Incineroar appeared again.
Seeing this Incineroar, making its third appearance.
Rainbow Giovanni: "..."
"Nidoking!"
He could only send Nidoking out again to take Incineroar's combo.
Nidoking: ",!!!"
After being slapped and cursed for the third time, Nidoking's eyes were bloodshot, on the verge of going berserk.
But Rainbow Giovanni had no choice, after all, Incineroar's combo was almost unsolvable, unless he could slap it first before it used Fake Out.
He could only make Nidoking suffer a bit.
"This Incineroar is really dirty."
In the audience, Rosa clicked her tongue, "Haven't you seen that Nidoking and Rainbow Giovanni's faces aren't looking too good?"
"Hmm, and it's very difficult to deal with," Hilda agreed wholeheartedly.
The main thing was that Incineroar's debuff combo was just too powerful. Two stages of physical attack + one stage of special attack, plus a slap, it was like getting everything for free.
Which Pokémon could withstand such a debuff?
"However, it seems this parallel world's Uncle Giovanni can't withstand Selene's attacks right now."
Rosa watched the Dugtrio and Articuno battling on the field with great interest.
Although Rainbow Giovanni was strong, he was clearly being thoroughly outmaneuvered by Selene. Selene was indeed a formidable opponent!
Rosa smiled, but her eyes were full of solemnity.
And at this moment, the situation on the field was gradually tilting completely towards Selene.
Rainbow Giovanni's Dugtrio was once again defeated by the Water-type Terastallized Articuno, and Articuno was more heavily injured.
Then Selene rotated Incineroar again, and Rainbow Giovanni could only send Nidoking out again to take the slap.
Rainbow Giovanni's fifth Pokémon was Golem, Terastallized Ground-type, and Selene sent Articuno to battle.
After heavily injuring Golem, Articuno was defeated, and then Selene switched in Melmetal, which fainted along with Golem.
Subsequently, Selene sent out Incineroar again, and Rainbow Giovanni naturally sent out Nidoking.
Nidoking successfully took its fifth slap of the battle, roaring in anger.
Then Incineroar rotated out, and Selene's fourth Pokémon was Dragonite.
Rainbow Giovanni did not switch out Nidoking this time but let Nidoking battle Dragonite. However, Selene's Dragonite was also astonishingly strong.
With only a small cost, it defeated the weakened Nidoking, and Nidoking finally rested in peace.
Clap clap clap~
"Amazing~ Truly amazing, Selene, your strength is beyond my expectations."
After recalling Nidoking, Rainbow Giovanni applauded admiringly, and after adjusting his mindset, he looked at Selene again.
Rainbow Giovanni truly couldn't imagine that he would be beaten like this without using Mewtwo.
All five of his main Pokémon had lost their combat capability, while the opponent had only had two defeated.
The key was, this girl was only seventeen years old!
"Hmph~ Of course!" Selene put her hands on her hips proudly.
"No wonder, I really didn't lose unfairly back then. This world... is indeed too special."
Rainbow Giovanni's smile faded as he looked towards the audience, immediately spotting Mammon sitting there, then he looked at his parallel universe counterpart, Giovanni.
For the first time, a feeling of envy arose in Rainbow Giovanni towards Giovanni.
Yes, even when he was defeated by Giovanni back then, he was actually unconvinced. He still believed that he was the strongest 'Giovanni'.
If it weren't for Calyrex's sneak attack from behind, how could his Mega Mewtwo Y not have been able to defeat Primal Groudon?
But now, Rainbow Giovanni truly envied Giovanni.
Having a son like Mammon, and a daughter-in-law like Selene, plus Giovanni himself, such a family... And the key was, Mammon's wives were not just Selene, but also Platinum, Cynthia, Caitlin, and them.
This family, even without forming factions, relying solely on their own strength, would be enough to run rampant, right?
How could Rainbow Giovanni not be sent?
But thinking about these things now was meaningless, after all, he himself was just a 'prisoner in a cage' trapped in this world.
"But Selene, as long as you haven't defeated my ace, you still can't defeat me."
Rainbow Giovanni straightened his back, took out his last Master Ball, and his lips curved into his signature malicious smile once again.
Selene's expression also became slightly serious.
"You are very strong, but can you defeat this guy?" Rainbow Giovanni threw out his last main Pokémon.
A flash of white light, and the silver-white Genetic Pokémon slowly floated down, landing expressionlessly, its eyes filled with deep Psychic power calmly looking at Selene.
Mewtwo!
Selene was no stranger to this Pokémon; After all, Mammon had a Mewtwo, only Mammon's was black.
"Mewtwo, huh~ Perfect, let's try my great lion!"
Selene didn't use Incineroar to weaken it. Although Fake Out was fast, Mewtwo's Psychic barrier, which was almost instantly deployed for both offense and defense, was already common knowledge.
Selene decisively sent out one of her ace Pokémon.
"Solgaleo!"
Accompanied by a powerful roar, the legendary 'Beast that Devours the Sun' descended from the sky, landing heavily in front of Selene.
Its majestic eyes looked down at Mewtwo, and its immense, heavy pressure was astonishing.
"Hehehe~ Solgaleo, is it?"
Rainbow Giovanni felt Solgaleo's enormous pressure, laughing in a low voice as he slowly raised his hand.
A flash of evolution light on Mewtwo, Mega Evolution!
In the blink of an eye, the even taller and more robust Mewtwo X appeared.
This was another Mega Evolution of Mewtwo, with Psychic + Fighting typing!
Unlike Mewtwo Y, which enhanced its mental power to the extreme, Mewtwo X's muscles were enhanced by mental power, so it was more adept at close-quarters combat!
Solgaleo's typing was Psychic + Steel, giving it four times resistance to Psychic-type moves, and Solgaleo was a powerful Close Combat Legendary Pokémon.
Therefore, Rainbow Giovanni would naturally have Mewtwo evolve into Mewtwo X, which was also skilled in close-quarters combat.
This way, at least Mewtwo X's STAB Fighting-type moves could deal normal damage to Solgaleo.
And there was no need to fear engaging Solgaleo in Close Combat, because Mewtwo X's Close Combat ability was also terrifyingly strong!
"Selene~ I'll let you understand why I used to call Mewtwo the strongest Pokémon!"