"I never expected that trainer to use an Aggron. This battle might prove to be a tough one even for Diantha."
Under the Battle Chateau's rules, before a battle began, the trainers would touch Poké Balls with each other, then send out their Pokémon simultaneously once the battle started.
Upon seeing that his opponent was League Champion Diantha, the trainer named Luke immediately sent out his strongest Ace Pokémon, Aggron, without hesitation.
What he had not expected was that the Pokémon Diantha chose was the Eevee that had been lying on her shoulder the entire time.
Seeing this, the trainer named Luke was actually a little angry.
In his view, Eevee had been resting on Diantha's shoulder the whole time. Rather than a main battling Pokémon, Seiya looked more like a pet.
Meanwhile, his Aggron was his Ace Pokémon. Even if she was the League Champion, wasn't this behavior a little too disrespectful?
In fact, Luke was not the only one who thought this way when they saw the Pokémon both sides had sent out.
After all, Aggron was both a rare and powerful Pokémon. Its base stats were so high that it was even called a "Pseudo-Legendary" Pokémon.
Compared to it, while Eevee was fairly rare as well, the two were simply not on the same level in terms of base stats and strength.
That was why Violet and Drasna both believed Diantha might have a hard battle ahead of her.
Since they knew Diantha personally, both Violet and Drasna were aware of which Pokémon were her mainstays.
And among those main Pokémon, there was clearly no Eevee.
This convinced them that Diantha had come to the Battle Chateau solely to farm experience for Eevee.
But Diantha could hardly be blamed for that. Who could have expected a trainer