As for Diantha, she clearly hadn't expected that merely making a guest appearance at a Poké Showdown would stir up such a huge uproar.
But even if she had known, Diantha probably would not have cared too much, because she was quite busy herself right now.
What she had said to Ash before had not been mere flattery. She had truly been deeply grateful to him.
It was because of that Pokémon battle with Ash that Diantha had realized she had never been able to bring out Seiya's full strength.
Mega Evolution was only secondary. Compared to other Pokémon, Seiya's greatest advantage was actually the ability to switch and combine different attributes.
This had already been fully demonstrated in that battle against Ash and Greninja.
Diantha had seen firsthand just how strong Ash and his Greninja were.
It could be said that even Sableye without Mega Evolution would not have been able to defeat them.
Yet during that Pokémon battle, Seiya had not even used Mega Evolution. Relying solely on the attribute coordination between Vaporeon and Jolteon, he had effortlessly defeated the opponent.
Diantha had originally had even more ideas regarding Attribute Coordination Tactics. After all, Seiya had eight evolved forms, and combining their attributes with one another could produce at least a hundred different combinations.
Unfortunately, Greninja had been too weak at the time. Just as she had wanted to test other tactics, the opponent had already lost the ability to battle.
But once such thoughts had surfaced in Diantha's mind, they became like weeds, making it impossible for her to settle down.
To verify her ideas and tactics, she needed some fairly capable Trainers to serve as opponents.
However, events such as the "Eight Masters" had fixed schedules, and it was quite difficult to encounter elite Trainers in