"Luucaarr!"
Lucario landed casually beside Ethan.
"Are there more Ghost-type Pokémon?"
After receiving Lucario's warning, Ethan fell into thought for a moment.
"Let's go. First, let's capture all these Ghost-type Pokémon, and then we'll see about the rest."
After thinking for a moment, Ethan took out a Poké Ball and captured Dusknoir.
Then, he directly had Lucario use the Teleport move, and his figure disappeared from the spot.
Originally, he had planned to take the opportunity to experience student life a little, relax, and along the way perfect Lucario's training method during that time.
But Dusknoir's sudden appearance instantly took away all his mood, because that could be related to his own secrets.
"He disappeared! It's the Teleport move!"
"So strong! Is this guy really a student from the medicine department?"
"Since when are medicine students so strong?!"
Bruno and the others were left dumbfounded upon seeing Ethan disappear with the Teleport move.
At the same time, on the other side of the Ancient Battlefield, the university professors had already arrived on the battlefield and were fighting against Chandelure.
However, that Chandelure was truly very strong. That professor had sent out his six Pokémon, and even so, for a moment, he could not defeat it.
Moreover, that Chandelure's flames were very special: they possessed the strange ability to burn the soul, which also forced the professor to act with extreme caution.
"Phew, what a scare. What the hell is going on with this Chandelure?"
"It seems very interested in our Fire-type Pokémon."
One of the students observed the battle between the professor and Chandelure with his heart still shaken by fear.
"That Chandelure is very strong... Could it be that even the professor can't handle it?"
Some students began to worry and raised their eyes to the sky, wanting to see whether more reinforcements were arriving.
"Lucario, use your psychic power."
Just at that moment, a voice suddenly resounded across the field.
Then space distorted slightly, and a figure accompanied by Lucario appeared in the air.
Next, they saw how the Chandelure in the distance was completely enveloped in a blue glow.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
Feeling itself trapped by the psychic force completely surrounding it, Chandelure struggled violently.
But that psychic power was simply too strong. Although it exerted itself to the fullest, it could not break free!
"They immobilized it!"
"Has another reinforcement professor arrived?"
The professor who had previously been fighting Chandelure let out a sigh of relief.
Then he raised his gaze toward the figure that had just appeared in the air, and suddenly froze.
The figure before him was that of a young man who clearly looked like a student.
But it was precisely that student who, at that moment, had enough strength to instantly control that professional-level Chandelure.
"Is that... Lucario?"
"No way... isn't that the student from the medicine department?"
Upon recognizing the very distinctive Lucario floating in the air, they immediately identified Ethan. But precisely because of that, they were even more surprised, their eyes filled with disbelief.
The combat ability of that student from the medicine department seemed even superior to that of their professors!
"So it's a Chandelure?"
"And moreover... it has the ability to burn mental energy?"
Ignoring the gazes of others, Ethan stared fixedly at the Chandelure on the field.
After discovering that it could not escape the psychic restraint using only its own strength, Chandelure's entire body began to burn with strange violet flames.
Under the effect of those purple flames, the psychic force with which Lucario held it captive began to be slowly consumed.
"This really is interesting. Come out, Litwick."
After noticing what was special about that Chandelure, Ethan released Litwick.
As Chandelure's initial form, perhaps Litwick could obtain something from it.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
In the air, the two fire ghosts faced each other.
Seeing that, both the students and the professors gathered at the place were completely stunned.
Facing such a powerful Chandelure, that student from the medicine department had sent out a Litwick?
Not only those present on the field: those watching from the screens also felt confused.
"Is that student named Ethan White?"
Looking at Ethan floating in the air together with Lucario, a professor showed a strange expression.
"That's right, he is an exchange student. Apart from that, I have no other information about him."
Another professor then checked Ethan's identity data.
"There is no information?"
"It seems this Ethan White has an important background."
A professor from the medicine department showed a thoughtful expression.
"Exchange student!"
"Ethan White, Ethan!"
"Damn it! Could this be Ethan Black himself?"
"The youth champion of this year's Pokémon World Championship!"
Suddenly, a professor from the combat department let out a cry of surprise.
"Ethan White, Ethan White... could it be that he is Ethan Black?"
Another professor also realized it and took out his phone to investigate a little.
Before the World Championship, the League had blocked all personal information of the participants for confidentiality reasons, and that restriction still had not been lifted.
Because of that, the word "Ethan" was completely filtered, and his personal data had not come to light.
Most ordinary people only knew his name, but did not have access to concrete information about him.
"By his strength, this Ethan White is already a Quasi-Elite-level trainer."
"Among those his same age, probably only a few of those who participated in the Youth World Championship could reach that level."
"I would say this Ethan White is very likely that Ethan Black!"
A professor from the combat department showed a peculiar expression.
A twenty-year-old world champion!
It was said that even a Divine Envoy had appeared in that battle, and even so, Ethan had managed to defeat him.
Unfortunately, the videos of the World Championship battles had not yet been published; he really wanted to see with his own eyes how that Ethan had defeated the Divine Envoy.
And now, contemplating Ethan's shocking strength, that astonishing suspicion had settled in everyone.
What they could not understand was why Ethan had appeared at Arcaia City Pokémon University, and on top of that, in the medicine department.
While they continued making those conjectures, the battle on the field continued.
The battle style of both Pokémon was similar, and from the beginning the confrontation became a clash of flames.
At first, since Litwick was Chandelure's initial form, no one thought this would be an even battle.
But as the battle advanced, everyone's eyes opened wide.
Chandelure was being suppressed by its own initial form, Litwick!
In fact, in the end, Litwick, thanks to its Flash Fire ability and its capacity to absorb life energy, ended up completely absorbing both Chandelure's flames and life energy, causing it to fall weakly to the ground, unable to continue battling.
(End of chapter)