Roy...?
At close range, his shout finally had an effect. Primeape's speed involuntarily slowed. Blinded by rage, his hazy eyes saw another figure besides Headband Guy.
Seeing Primeape stop, Roy ignored the fact that Primeape's eyes were still crimson. He crouched down, pulled Primeape into his arms, and gripped the right fist wreathed in black energy.
"Primeape, it's all right now. It's all right..."
As Roy called to him again and again, the crimson in Primeape's eyes faded, and he regained his senses.
Primeape was now less than a meter away from Throh. He could feel Roy tightly gripping his fist.
What... happened to me just now?
Primeape had no idea what had happened.
Charizard had already flown above Primeape with the host on his back.
Seeing Primeape stop where he was, the host ordered Charizard to stop blocking him and had Charizard stand in front of Throh to prevent Primeape from going berserk again.
Only after doing all that did the host dare let out a breath. But there was still one thing he could not understand. Why had Roy run faster than his Charizard could fly?
The strongest human soldier?
Throh's Pokémon Trainer recovered from his fear and hurried down from the command platform to recall Throh into his Poké Ball.
He did not dare accuse Roy or Primeape. The way Primeape had looked at him just now had made it seem as though Primeape wanted to smash him to pieces with one punch. He finally understood why Throh had not dared to attack Primeape first at the start.
The referee immediately held up a yellow card at Roy.
Although Roy had stopped Primeape from attacking, Primeape's earlier intent to attack still earned Roy a yellow-card warning from the referee.
The reason was that, after already winning the