Both Charizard focused intensely on each other, then charged with Dragon Rush.
The boiling spectator seats instantly fell silent. Everyone was waiting for the final outcome.
Even the commentator on the platform forgot about commentary. Like everyone in the stands, he watched tensely as the two Charizard were about to collide.
"BOOM!"
With a violent crash, the two Charizard passed each other, but they no longer had the strength to maintain flight.
In just a single breath, they'd exhausted their last bit of stamina. Their wings stopped beating and they fell from the air simultaneously.
"Snorlax, catch him!"
"Arcanine, Torkoal, catch him!"
As the Charizard fell, both Auron and Jace reacted quickly, releasing their Pokémon in an attempt to catch the falling dragons.
In the end, Snorlax caught Jace's Charizard who fell on his side, while Arcanine caught Auron's Charizard.
After the Charizard landed, both pulled out their Poké Balls and recalled their respective Charizard.
Jace stroked his Charizard's Poké Ball, speaking gently to the Pokémon inside.
"You worked hard, Charizard. We didn't win this time, but we'll definitely win next time!"
Then, holding the Poké Ball, he walked toward Auron, preparing to head to the school's Pokémon medical room together.
"I can't believe you, with your thick eyebrows and honest face, tried to pull a sneaky move on me?"
Seeing Jace approaching, Auron said with some displeasure.
Jace curled his lip. "Tch, I did no such thing! Don't slander me!"
Auron was at a loss for words. Indeed, Jace hadn't actually made his Charizard use Sunny Day, and just now he seemed to have exposed the fact that he could see others' moves.
"Let's go. Quick, to the medical room for treatment."
"Let's go."
Auron secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Jace hadn't noticed the slip in his words, and Auron had glossed over it.
"That was so cool! I'm totally fired up!!"
Just as Auron left the battle arena, Tim jumped out and blocked his path.
"When will I get a shiny Dragon-type Pokémon? Tsk, I'm so jealous!"
Before Auron could answer Tim, he saw a massive crowd rushing toward them from behind.
Auron startled and quickly called to everyone, "Run! Don't let them surround us!"
With that, he took the lead and ran.
"Holy crap, that's a lot of people!"
Tim glanced back and quickly caught up with Auron.
But he was already a bit late. After all, the more perceptive Simon, Lena, and Peter had already started running behind Auron.
"Damn, these people are way too crazy!"
After they ran to the medical room and handed their Poké Balls to Audino, Jace finally said while panting heavily.
Tim leaned on his knees and looked up, shooting Jace a look. "No kidding—shiny Charizard! I'd go crazy too."
Lena looked around, then suddenly asked, "By the way, where's Serena?"
Everyone froze. Blind student, you've discovered the crucial point.
"Yeah, where is Serena?"
"Quick, ask! Make sure she didn't get caught in the crowd."
"Right, right!"
"Uh, well... she seems... from the beginning she wasn't... wasn't with us."
Just as everyone was frantically pulling out their phones to call, Simon quickly spoke up. Due to his haste, he even stuttered a bit.
"Oh yeah!"
Only then did everyone have their revelation.
But the question remained—where was Serena?
At this moment, Serena was still in class, listening to her advisor's endless speech, thinking that Auron and the others must be getting anxious waiting.
But she couldn't have imagined that Auron and the others had completely forgotten about her.
Auron: @Serena Where are you?
Serena: [crying cat.jpg]
Serena: My advisor is still talking, hasn't finished yet. Oh my god!
Auron: ...
Auron: Okay, well, let us know when you're done and we'll come find you or you can come find us.
Serena: okk
After putting away his phone, Auron breathed a sigh of relief and told everyone, "It's fine. She's still in class. She doesn't know we forgot about her."
"Phew, that's good."
Everyone also sighed in relief and slumped into their seats. That run had really tired them out.
At this moment, videos of Auron and Jace's battle were already spreading across the school forum.
Starting from the forum, it later spread to TikTok, Kuaishou, Weibo, and more.
Eventually, because the original video was too long, someone made a gif of the moment when the two shiny Charmeleon evolved into Charizard simultaneously.
SleepyDeprived Snorlax: "Holy crap, two shiny Pokémon? And one's a shiny pseudo-legendary! Did he save the galaxy in his past life?!"
Commander Chen: "Person above, maybe his parents saved the galaxy?"
OnTheCrown: "Hey? Does anyone know this guy's background? I know a rich kid who doesn't even have one shiny Pokémon."
Xuanyuan Tiger: "Looking at this battle arena, should be Skyspire University, right? So he must have hatched them from eggs. I think the first comment has a point—this luck must come from saving the galaxy multiple times."
Tenth Blade Yami: "@Xuanyuan Tiger, bro, how can you tell?"
Xuanyuan Tiger: "I'm no genius, just a Skyspire University graduate."
Night Z Ranger: "@Xuanyuan Tiger, what a coincidence, bro, me too! What year did you graduate?"
Xuanyuan Tiger: "Class of '17."
Uz Forever Bekstan: "I'm shaking with anger! Where are my Capital University brothers? Come out and show these Skyspire people we've got class too!"
Double Skin Milk True Fan: "Brother, I'm here! Capital University crew, assemble! Let's show them what's what!"
...
Auron didn't know about what was happening online, nor did he know people were trying to dig up his background.
But even if he knew, it wouldn't matter. With his newly obtained doctorate title, anyone trying to dig up info on him online would probably only find that title and his identity as a Skyspire University freshman.
As for digging up his family's identities? That was wishful thinking. Could online people really expose the families of national treasure-level researchers?
"Ding~"
A sound rang out. Auron and Jace immediately stood up and quickly walked forward to receive the Poké Balls from Audino.
"Thank you, Audino~"
"Dino~"
Audino gave a small curtsy, smiled sweetly at Auron, then returned to work.
"Let's go find somewhere to wait for Serena, then try out the cafeteria food together. Sound good?"
After getting Charizard's Poké Ball back, Auron's mood improved considerably.
"Sure! How about we just wait at the cafeteria?"
Hearing mention of food, Peter immediately perked up and jumped in eagerly.
Everyone thought about it—hey, that actually wasn't a bad idea.
So the six of them happily headed to the cafeteria together.