Chapter 22: Pikachu Slays the God! Formal Proposal to Promote Pikachu to God!
On the screen.
Faced with Mr. Shindai's trickery again.
Having gained experience, Satoshi didn't hesitate this time.
He immediately made the most correct judgment!
"Good!"
"Use Iron Tail first, then Thunder!"
Pikachu's eyes were firm!
Its tail instantly hardened like iron!
"Pika—chu—Pika!"
The ice pillar instantly shattered into pieces under the attack of Iron Tail!
Then.
Pikachu seemed to transform into a bolt of lightning!
It ran at lightning speed on the ice!
"Pika—Pika Pika Pika Pika—!"
Golden yellow lightning covered Pikachu's body!
At this moment, Pikachu was no longer the familiar Pikachu to the audience!
It was an existence comparable to a legendary Pokémon!
It was the Thunder God descending!
At the same time, the audience realized.
The outcome of this battle was about to be decided!
The winner was about to be determined!
Just as Pikachu was about to charge in front of Regice, Regice once again successfully woke up.
"Ice Beam!"
Shindai shouted loudly!
Pikachu lightly dodged to the side.
Its speed was so fast that it was like lightning itself!
The Ice Beam didn't cause Pikachu any trouble at all!
"Go!"
Satoshi waved his fist, standing behind Pikachu and shouting loudly!
The next second—
A flash!
Pikachu was already in front of Regice!
Thunder!
Lightning!
With a bang!
Faced with Pikachu's full-powered attack, Regice didn't even have time to react before being violently knocked away by Pikachu!
"Regice!"
Mr. Shindai shouted in panic, calling Regice's name.
Regice was directly knocked out of the field by Pikachu!
Its entire body lay on the ground!
It completely lost consciousness!
"Regice is unable to battle—"
"Therefore, the winner is Satoshi from Pallet Town!"
...
The winner is—
Satoshi from Pallet Town!
At the moment they heard the referee's announcement.
Audiences all over the world widened their eyes, speechless.
They, they saw what?
They saw a battle that even their imagination couldn't conceive!
Pikachu, a normal Pokémon, VS Regice, a fully-healed legendary Pokémon!
In the end...
It was Pikachu, the one that wasn't favored by anyone, who won!
A one-hit kill against a fully-healed legendary Pokémon!
This...is this Pikachu really Pikachu?
"I...I think my eyes are having problems? Haha...otherwise how could I see such an unrealistic illusion?"
"Yes, yes! You're right! My eyes must be wrong! To the hospital! We'll go to the hospital now!"
"Stop fooling yourselves, you're not mistaken, Pikachu won! Pikachu successfully killed the god!"
"Ah ah ah! Fake! This must be fake!"
"No! I don't believe it! How could Pikachu defeat a legendary Pokémon!"
"Mr. Shindai! Yes! It must be Mr. Shindai letting the other Pokémon win!"
"Really...I can't accept this result...no...but even if Pikachu was replaced with a Pokémon of the same level as Metagross, or even Gardevoir, or if not, even Charizard, I could accept it! Why is it Pikachu!?"
"I think the problem must be with Pikachu! Satoshi's Pikachu, it must not be Pikachu! Maybe it's some legendary Pokémon in disguise!"
"...Thank you, the video of Pichu evolving into Pikachu is still there."
Well.
Good.
Suddenly, it makes sense.
Why, at the beginning, did they show that clip of Pichu evolving into Pikachu?
It was to prepare for this moment, their doubts!
There's solid evidence in the video.
Even if they doubt that Pikachu is not Pikachu.
The facts cannot be changed!
But...but the more you think about this result, the more impossible it is for everyone to accept it calmly!!
The ordinary audience's shock and disbelief at this result.
For those Champions and Elite Four members.
It's the same level of shock.
【Drake: Well! So this is the one chosen by Ho-Oh? This is the chosen one!】
【Cynthia: Chosen one...I agree with that title! After all, whose Pikachu can slay a god! Don't you agree, Shindai?】
【Diantha: Pikachu, strong, Satoshi is really amazing, but maybe Regice is just too weak. Don't you agree, Shindai?】
【Steven: Regice is too weak...a bit unacceptable, I'd rather believe that someone was letting the Pokémon win. Don't you agree, Shindai?】
【Agatha: Hahaha! This old man doesn't really have anything to say? I just want to join in the fun! Don't you agree, Shindai!】
【Shindai: ...Shut up, all of you, if you don't speak, no one will think you're dumb! What's wrong with me losing! Look at that Pikachu! Is that an ordinary Pikachu!】
【Shindai: Also that Thunder! Go to hell with Thunder! Look at the power, does it look like a normal Thunder to you! I, Shindai, officially suggest changing its name to Million Volt!】
【Shindai: I'm not wrong for losing to Million Volt!】