Leuko : Blind to the Sunshine

Chapter 47: Blackout

Chapter 47: Blackout

"Hahaha! I didn't know you were that resistant dragonite! I've rarely had the occasion to test it, so let's make it full of it!" Lance laughed maniacally as his pokemon continued to bombard it with its ultralaser without giving it a single second of repy, which forced the hologram to stay on the defensive without any hope of counterattacking.

...or that's how it looked, as despite reaching such a predicament, our teacher didn't seem surprised at all, in fact he was even shaking his head remorsefully, as if he was already expecting things to get worse.

I was probably the only one who noticed that, as the rest were too dazed to even react anymore. And it wasn't from the showcase of power that Lance gave them, instead, it stemmed from their fear of, if I had to guess, the Broken War. Some of them were grabbing their ear to stop the sound from reaching them, others closed their eye to stop seeing the flash in colour... others did both...some were able to do neither and could only watch the collision of the lasers with fright.

Even Iono had difficulty concentrating on her performance, as each time she tried to entertain the audience, she was forced to stop by her flinch coming from the sound of the explosion behind her. Even those who watched her from poke-live didn't add any commentary; they were only focused on watching the show...not that they gave any comment even before that.

...I hate this...they aren't having fun...and it's because of him...maybe...Maybe I should make him stop...or maybe I could erase the feeling of discomfort from everyone here? Maybe then they would have no choice but to have fun.

...I just need someone to give me the order to.

However, my concern seemed to be unnecessary, as after staying on the defensive for so long, it finally retaliated.

The illusionary scale on the floor that came from the injury of the hologram suddenly floated in the air before going straight for the eye of Lance's pokemon.

But Lance already suffered from a similar trick from Geeta, so he wasn't about to let himself suffer a loss from it again and ordered his pokemon retreat. "Dragonite, dodge these scales!"

The dragonite finally noticed the incoming attack with the help of its master order, and frowned as he realized he too was also taken by the same trap as before. The simple reminder of that defeat only fueled it with rage, so instead of dodging the attack, it changed the aim of its attack toward the scale instead.

The scale got pulverized from the attack, but it also allowed the hologram to finally take a step back to avoid the line of sight from the dragonite.

Lance grew angry as he realized that now his target had managed to escape. "You idiot! Why didn't you..."

But he immediately shut down his mouth when he saw an extremely fast scale moving right before its face. "What?"

Lance was too stunned to react in time, so the moment it reached one inch away from its face, he barely started to raise his arm to block the attack. But it ended up being useless, as the scale also stopped once it reached that point.

Its objective was never to harm Lance, but simply to distract him long enough to stop using its power on his dragonite, which the hologram immediately used to its advantage to take the air and grab the neck of its opponent.

But instead of tightening his grip to try to strangle the pokemon, it flew even higher as he launched a powerful attack in the air.

With all of its energy, purple smoke started to condense together to form a massive rock filled with energy that was prepared to rain down on the ground.