Chapter 44 44: Taunt!
Yue Qiao lost the match, but she secured the handsome guy's phone number, so she considered it an absolute win.
Her primary career wasn't being a Trainer anyway; she was a Pokémon Doctor.
Entering the Torchic Challenger Tournament was just to prove that Chansey could hold its own in a fight.
Making it to the Top 8 was plenty.
Look at that high-profile Pikachu—it only made it to the Top 16. Rounding it up, didn't that make her Chansey a billion times stronger?
She just wondered what the deal was between that Pikachu girl and Lorze.
They looked like a couple, but maybe not.
Otherwise, why would Lorze agree to date her if he lost?
Thinking about this, Yue Qiao headed home feeling quite satisfied~.
Lorze returned home shortly after. His matches for the day were over.
The semi-finals and the grand final were both scheduled for tomorrow.
He just needed to wait for the results of the other brackets to see who his next victim was.
After that match with Chansey, the fact that Ralts knew Thunder Punch was completely exposed.
What was also exposed was her terrifyingly high physical damage output.
The audience was still reeling from the shock of that one punch, triggering a fresh wave of viral debates.
The forums were flooded with "experts" trying to debunk the physics of that strike.
But nobody was willing to accept the theory that Ralts had Traced the Huge Power Ability.
They believed Xue Tong's miracle was a one-time fluke that couldn't be replicated.
A Ralts couldn't possibly have the same level of Ability control as a Gardevoir!
They were successfully avoiding the correct answer entirely.
Lorze didn't bother clarifying anything; let them keep guessing.
It just helped maintain Ralts's viral status anyway~.
Then night fell.
His mother and Auntie Roxanne returned home together, showering him with praise for his performance.
After dinner, the two women essentially locked Lorze in a bedroom~.
Ruo, as usual, was "guarded" by Ralts.
But tonight, the way Ruo looked at her Bro was different; her eyes were shimmering with a faint, worshipful light.
The stunning display in the arena had clearly caused the young, innocent girl's heart to flutter for him~.
Yet, the enamored girl had no idea that her beloved brother was currently entangled with two exquisite, mature bodies.
His body was already drenched in fragrant sweat, and he was covered in hickeys.
Lorze was like a human sandwich, being aggressively rubbed and grinded between the two beauties.
Sometimes they would arrange themselves into a Taiji-like circle!
Sometimes they would both kneel before him, working together to suck and drain every drop of his sticky cum, until their voices were hoarse the next morning.
Lorze manipulated them as he pleased, posing them in various shameful and erotic positions.
He recorded it all on camera, proof that these two powerful women were now his private sex slaves, ready to be driven to the brink of pleasure at his command.
...
And so, another blissful, degenerate night passed.
The tournament had finally reached its final day.
Whether he could claim the ultimate prize of fully breaching his mother's pussy depended entirely on this.
To his surprise, the livestream today featured two very special guests.
Well, "special" was an understatement; Lorze actually knew them.
Mother Xue and Little Xue (Xue Yi) had arrived at the venue.
The moment the three women of the Xue family appeared on screen, their beauty and figures completely annihilated every celebrity on the platform.
The live chat seemed to literally grow hot with lust.
People were shocked to find that Mother Xue's beauty actually surpassed both of her daughters.
She was noble yet incredibly seductive, radiating the aura of a high-ranking ruler that made her feel untouchable.
Yet, that very aura made people want to throw themselves into her fire like moths to a flame.
If a man could possess all three of these women at once, how insanely blissful would that be?!
Unfortunately, Mother Xue, with her Dark-type talent, possessed a dominating presence that even her daughters feared.
The commentator next to her looked like he was barely able to breathe.
Just being in the same room as her was an exercise in pure mental pressure.
This caused a bizarre mystery to form in the commentator's mind: Facing a terrifying woman like Mother Xue, what kind of legendary man had the balls to knock her up twice?!
Absolute legend, brother!
Fortunately, Mother Xue only made a brief appearance. After providing a massive spike in traffic for the stream, she retreated backstage.
The reason she made the effort to appear was strategic.
Back in her day, Mother Xue was a superstar in her own right, with popularity no lower than the current Xue Tong.
The hype she generated would ultimately reflect onto the pure white Ralts.
This was a clear public statement to the world: Lorze was now under her protection.
Not just anyone had the right to make this "Vixen" appear in person.
When other investors saw this, they would immediately understand that the boy belonged to her.
If they wanted to make a move on him, they'd better measure their own weight first.
The talent and power Lorze had shown over the past few days were enough to shake the professional world.
Especially after that mysterious Thunder Punch yesterday; it had left many veteran Trainers completely bewildered.
Because even veterans... even Master-class Trainers couldn't explain the logic behind that strike.
It seemed only Xue Tong's theory held any weight.
But if her theory was true, it meant another Xue Tong was being born!
No wonder Mother Xue personally came out to mark her territory. It was just too fucking insane!
As a result, many senior Trainers had actually traveled to this "rookie" event just to see if the pure white Ralts was a fluke or a monster.
In previous years, this would have been an unthinkable scenario.
Under this global spotlight, the first semi-final match was opened by Lorze.
His opponent was confirmed: a Pokémon that was extremely rare in the country.
A Murkrow—Dark and Flying type.
The moment Lorze saw the opponent, his expression turned quite bizarre.
Based on typing alone, a Dark/Flying Murkrow was a nightmare hard-counter to a Psychic-type Ralts.
But after watching yesterday's match, surely nobody still thought Ralts was only good for telekinesis, right?
That Thunder Punch deleted a tanky Chansey; what hope did a fragile Flying-type Murkrow have?
I'd say it's looking grim.
If things went as expected, this might be the fastest match since the Top 16.
Even the Murkrow's Trainer looked grim. The Thunder Punch was too bizarre, and he knew his Murkrow couldn't tank it.
BUT! His Murkrow wasn't without hope.
Especially when everyone was counting him out, he felt like he had the "Underdog" buff...
Alright, even ignoring the metaphysics, he actually had a massive winning chance.
The Ralts's Teleport + Thunder Punch combo was undeniably broken, but it required one critical prerequisite: Teleport.
What if Ralts lost the ability to Teleport?
A Ralts that can't close the distance instantly loses half its threat, and its only reliable form of evasion.
Without Teleport, she would have lost to the Pikachu a long time ago.
If he could ban Teleport, Ralts would just be a piece of meat on a cutting board.
And as luck would have it, his Murkrow possessed that exact ability!
If Lorze and Ralts got careless for even a second, he could take this win.
Soon, with the referee's signal, the first semi-final match began.
The moment Ralts and Murkrow materialized, Murkrow—already primed with its strategy—struck first!
"TAUNT!"
Murkrow crooked its finger... or rather, its wing, at Ralts, initiating a Taunt.
The crowd froze, then immediately began mourning for Ralts.
Even Mother Xue hadn't expected the opponent to hide such a move; she frowned slightly.
She had just personally boosted the hype for the boy; if he choked and lost in the next second, it would be incredibly embarrassing.
[Taunt: Enrages the target, forcing it to use only damaging moves for 3 turns.]
In other words, the non-damaging move, Teleport, was now banned.
Lorze raised an eyebrow. He was genuinely surprised a rookie would go out of their way to learn such a technical move.
After being hit by Taunt, Ralts's mind was flooded with a surge of irrational rage.
In her heat-headed state, she completely forgot to even try using Teleport.
Seeing the plan work perfectly, the Murkrow's Trainer immediately commanded his Pokémon to use its Dark-type ultimate: "Dark Pulse!"
With her Teleport sealed, Ralts stood there as the high-speed wave of Dark energy screamed toward her.
She was obviously too slow to outrun it with those tiny legs.
If she took a direct hit from a Dark move, she was going to get brutally knocked out under the gaze of millions.
"THUNDER PUNCH! TANK IT!"
Lorze wouldn't let her take it with her bare body; she had to at least wrap herself in Electric energy first.
Ralts's tiny, glowing fist slammed into the Dark Pulse head-on, triggering a violent explosion of clashing energies.
The overflowing Dark energy acted like a predator, momentarily swallowing Ralts's tiny frame.
Fortunately, the Thunder Punch had neutralized much of the force, but Ralts was still visibly injured and shaken.
The match had taken a sharp, disastrous turn for Lorze.
Seeing the combo work, the Murkrow's Trainer didn't hesitate to order another Dark Pulse.
This time, even if Ralts used Thunder Punch to block, the cumulative damage would surely knock her out!
"IT'S OVER! DARK Pulse!"
"Not quite!"
Lorze's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and he instantly entered Telepathic Resonance Mode with his partner.
In this mode, their minds were inextricably woven together.
Ralts felt the presence of the most important person in her life right beside her.
The lingering, toxic fog of rage in her mind was instantly pacified by his presence.
The seal on her Teleport was broken.
In the games, Taunt lasted for a fixed three turns. But in reality, there were no "turns."
In the real world, Taunt's effectiveness was a battle of mental will and focus.
If the user's mental strength was vastly superior to the target's, the Taunt would last a long time.
If not, the duration would be drastically shortened.
Obviously, a Murkrow's mental capacity was nothing compared to a Ralts that literally lived and breathed mental energy.
Even without the Telepathic Resonance Mode, Ralts likely would have snapped out of it a split second before the second Dark Pulse hit.
But with the finals in sight, Lorze couldn't afford to gamble. The safest way was to use his "cheat."
Ralts broke free from the rage far earlier than anyone expected.
Then, things became very simple.
Successfully executing a Teleport, Ralts materialized directly above Murkrow.
Huge Power activated.
Thunder Punch + Strength-style power generation slammed directly into Murkrow's skull...