Chapter no.284 Copycat Austin

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" Now move the belt to the left...." Trodaire's words echoed through the old dojo as he showed Austin how to wear a Karate Gi meanwhile onto the side, some students were complaining to the Old Master.
" Master, is this really necessary?"
" Yeah, that brat doesn't even know how to wear a Gi, how is he supposed to fight us ?"
While his students complained, the Old Master listened to their every complaint.
" That brat has offered to pay us 10,000 pokedollars if we spar with him."
The Old Master's words caused everyone to freeze.
10,000 Pokedollars!
If they get that money, they could pay off the dojo's lease for a few months.
...
" Lucario, Isn't Ash going to get hurt ?" Yellow asked with visible worry on her face as she hugged Pikachu tightly.
" In terms of physical strength, no one in this dojo should match upto Austin and in terms of fighting prowess, that will soon become a non factor."
Luacrio's words while assuring, confused Yellow.
" Are both fighters are now ready?" Trodaire announced causing Austin and Hideki bowed , "Let the fight begin!"
As Trodaire called for the fight to begin,
Hideki said while taking a stance," Don't worry, I'll go easy on you."
Austin just smiled in response as he tried to take a boxer's stance but everyone could see multiple flaws in the boy's stance.
Seeing Hideki on the defense, Austin took the opportunity to charge forward as he lashed out with a punch.
Hideki simply parried Austin's punch with his palm before his gripped the transmigrator's gi and judo flipped him onto the matt.
( ~ Argh ~ )
Austin grunted as his back was slammed into the old matt while Hideki clasped both sides of Austin's gi before crossing them as he performed a Gi choke on the transmigrator.
Austin's tattoos glowed before he grasped Hideki's hands and forcefully made him break the choke.
Hideki jumped back as he looked at his wrists that had Austin's palmprint of them.
How was this kid so physically strong ?
Hideki thought before turning his attention back to Austin who got up and suddenly under everyone's eyes, Austin replicated Hideki's stance without any imperfections.
The Old Master and all the other students looked at Austin's identical stance. As if they were seeing a mirror version of Hideki.
Hideki meanwhile was the most shocked at Austin's mirroring his stance.
Hideki immediately charged to attack and leapt up and spun through the air, aiming a powerful kick at Austin's head, he was going to going to play it safe at first but after witnessing Austin's freakish strength and his weird mirroring. Hideki had enough as he just wanted to finish the battle.
Austin suddenly dodged Hideki's heel drop who immediately turned to spin of the heel of his foot to deliver a massive roundhouse kick to Austin's head.
( ~ Whoosh ~ )
( ~ Boom ~ )
Lucario smirked at Austin's unconventional use of mirror move while Yellow was mesmerized as Austin parried the roundhouse kick with his palms.
To the eyes of the Old Master, he could see that Austin's parry was exactly one to one to that of Hideki's previous parry.
Mirror Move !
Austin's eyes glowed for a second before he spun on the heel of his foot and landed a devastating roundhouse kick on Hideki's face.
( ~ Thud ~ )
Hideki landed on the matt out cold.
" Pika !"
" Yeah !" Yellow and Pikachu shouted out in excitement as Austin stood over the downed Hideki.
" No, that has to be a mistake." Another one of the student's said as he stepped into the ring with Austin and unlike Hideki, he took on a Jujitsu stance.
Mirror move!
Austin smiled and mirrored his opponent's stance to a tee.
This was the reason why he had came to this dojo. Not because he wanted the Hitmonlee or Hitmonchan rather he wanted to fight these martial art experts and steal their moves into his own with mirror move and unlike pokemon who forget the specifics, human bodies retain the muscle memory and coordination with mirror move. He just needs to see a physical action being performed and he could copy it perfectly.
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[ Sinnoh - Celestic Town ]
' I wonder what Austin's doing right now.'
Cynthia thought while steppinb onto the stage. The roaring chatter of the assembled reporters died down as the Champion of Sinnoh made her presence know.
Everyone had seen the video, by this point. They saw her play an old runic flute at Spear Pillar, and they saw the things that answered her call.
While they weren't the Legendary God of Time and Space, the glimpse of the plane between the four realities had left the entire world shock especially the scientific community.
Cynthia's phone had been ringing off the hook for several days. The government told her, politely but forcefully, that it was time for a public statement. She supposed, in hindsight, that she really should have expected something like this would happen when she had used the old flute. But she had just been too curious, too excited to share her findings with the world.
"Thank you for coming here today," she began. "First, and most importantly, I want to assure everyone there is no cause for alarm. The unknown pokemon have left and the azure flute has been relocated to a secure location."
All the reporters jumped up at once. "Representing the Sinnoh Gazette –" one shouted louder than the others, jabbing a microphone forward. "Does this prove the superiority of the Trinity?"
Cynthia blinked twice, briefly confused. "Well," she said slowly, "pokemon that didn't matching the descriptions of Dialga and Palkia, didn't appear –"
"Yes, but what about those unknown creatures, were they the avatars of the Trinity," the reporter explained. There was an unnerving glint in his eye, the look of a man who has had his world turned upside-down and is now finding a way to explain how it is still right-side-up. "They appeared to protect you from the wrath of Arceus, opposing the false creator. Is that correct?" The other reporters gave him looks of varying contempt and bafflement.
Cynthia blinked again. She did not recall learning that particular fact in church, not that she ever tried to attend that place. "I am… not certain if that is wholly correct," she said carefully. "The pokemon that appeared where only for a short time, but they did not appear to be communicating with one another. But on that topic, I wish to urge everyone –" She raised a hand as the hubbub rose again. "– I wish to urge everyone not to jump to conclusions. We havenot only confirmed that the four realities exist, but have also gained the understanding that a new type of pokemon resembling the human alphabetical language appear to reside in the plane between the four realities, but the possibility of Palkia and Dialga still is up in the air; it's been longstanding academic consensus that they did exist in some form. That does not necessarily mean the ancients were correct in their beliefs surrounding these pokemon –"
She was drowned out by shouting, and another reporter jumped up. "People are arguing that this proves they are the creators of the universe, disproving the superiority of the Trinity and all other religions. Do you have any comment on –"
"That proves nothing!" the Sinnoh Gazette reporter exclaimed. "The Trinity could still have come first. Surely, higher thought and emotion would have to come before the creation of base physical aspects. As Champion Cynthia says, there is no need to jump to conclusions."
"Calm yourselves," a reporter called from the back, her Kalosian accent giving her words a nasally air. "Let us look at this rationally, please. The ancients may have been bedeviled by their power, but we need not be. They are only pokemon."
Cynthia had to stifle a sigh of relief. Finally, someone sensible.
"And no pokemon could have created the universe. After all, God made us in his own image."
There was a brief moment of complete silence. Then, "Well," the Sinnoh Gazette reporter said tightly, "well, that is certainly one opinion, but the Trinity of the Lakes –"
A reporter across the room stood up. "Kanto Times here," she said sharply, "could these pokemon fit in a lake?"
Cynthia stared at her blankly, feeling like she was rapidly losing track of her own press conference. "…Yes?"
"Okay, then." The Kanto reporter snapped at the bickering Sinnohans, "There you have it. They're your lake gods. Now, onto an actually important question," she said, turning back on Cynthia, "how do we know these unknown pokemon will not attack again? You claim they 'left', but do you have any evidence for this?"
Cynthia relaxed. This was easier territory. "I am quite certain that if they were still anywhere on the globe, we would know. A new organization is currently being built to monitor and study these unknown pokemon and the mystery relating to the four realities.They have returned to wherever they were before."
"But that doesn't mean they'll stay there," the reporter insisted, staring her down. "What if they are only preparing for their next move? If they can manipulate space and time, could they not appear at any moment? Will they retaliate against your attack? Have you doomed us all, Champion?"
"Indeed," a thin voice said before Cynthia could respond. She looked for the source, and found it came from a small group in one corner, all wearing the same strange outfit: a jacket studded with Giratina's golden ribs, and a tall hat jutting out with Dialga's crest. "How best may we appease the new gods? Tell us precisely what happened."
The strange man and his entourage were, briefly, more interesting to the reporters than Cynthia herself, and she was grateful for the moment to compose her answer. "Truthfully," she said as the attention turned back to her, "I am not sure if they want anything at all."
The room rose to a clamor again.
"But if you angered Arceus –"
"The False God attacked Arceus, should we be concerned about potential conflict –"
This time she held up her hands for silence. "Please," she said firmly, "let me explain what happened. After I played the summoning melody, those unknown pokemon appeared. I am aware there is a popular belief that my actions may have enraged Arceus, but nothing happened to me."
She paused, trying to think of how to describe that indescribable moment. She settled on, "...things got weird. I would not say the unknown pokemon protected me, but nor do I believe they were trying to attack us. It was an unpleasant experience, but no one was harmed.
" Those pokemon to me felt like they were asleep and my use of the flute may have woken them up and those unknown pokemo. vanished a moment later, again not paying us any mind."
A skittering sound came to her attention, and her eyes were drawn to the strange group. As one, they had pulled out notepads and were scribbling notes furiously. She stopped for a moment to stare at them. "Honestly," she managed after realizing the silence had stretched out for too long, "I think they just want to be left alone."
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[ Omake Paragraph ]
Rhydon is a fairly unremarkable species of pokemon, a middle stage beast which generally does not become truly fearsome until it evolves into Rhyperior. Although impressive in appearance, like Onix they lack the fighting ability to back up their terrifying stature and roar. And yet not only have they been the official Indigo League mascot from its founding, but Rhydon are a pokemon so beloved among that organization that they flank their gyms with magnificent statues of them.
The roots of this tradition are older than the Indigo Pokemon League, and some say they are as old as the Indigo Plateau itself. According to legend, the plateau was formed in the aftermath of an earthquake on Mount Silver caused by a rampaging Rhydon, who became the god of the local shrine outside Victory Road. While the veracity of this fanciful story is considered by scholars to be doubtful, Rhydon have long been a symbol of the region, depicted on coins and statues and in other works of art originating from the area; some have been found as far away as the ruins of Alph.
In recent years, as the league has grown, there has been a movement away from the usage of Rhydon as a symbol in favor of a pokeball. Traditionalists and Rhydon trainers have met it with protests, and the brief removal of Rhydon from the official logo was followed with a League tournament full of Rhydon and Rhyperior; the championship team was no exception in this regard. The League backed down, the old logo was reinstated, and a statue the champion's Rhydon delivering its knockout Rock Wrecker to win the final bout was placed outside the League's entrance as a show of respect for this noble pokemon.