After the two exchanged a few pleasantries, the Rotom Drone flew in.
They both looked up at it, then took their places on opposite sides of the battlefield.
"Will both contestants please send out their Pokémon."
As the Rotom Drone's voice fell, the two simultaneously sent out their Pokémon.
Lu Ze chose Ceruledge.
Alain, meanwhile, chose Bisharp.
Seeing that Lu Ze had sent out Ceruledge, Alain was somewhat surprised.
After all, he had chosen Bisharp as his lead simply because it had relatively few weaknesses.
Other than Fighting type, it was only weak to Ground type and Fire type.
And Lu Ze did not have any Ground-type Pokémon.
If Lu Ze had chosen Lucario or Iron Valiant, he would have immediately switched Pokémon.
At the same time, he was probing, hoping to catch Lu Ze's Gengar or Metagross.
But he had not expected Ceruledge.
Though it was a Fire- and Ghost-type Pokémon, Ceruledge's move pool also contained quite a few Fighting-type moves.
Fortunately, like his Bisharp, Ceruledge was also a Pokémon that excelled at close combat.
Moreover, his Bisharp possessed Master-level strength.
Ceruledge, on the other hand, was only at Elite Four Level, Stage Three.
To be honest, Lu Ze was also rather surprised to see that Alain's first Pokémon was already Master level.
But thinking about it, Alain had already reached fourth place in the Pokémon World Championships. The Pokémon in his hands had probably all reached Master level.
Thinking of that, Lu Ze felt somewhat helpless.
He had originally thought Alain's first Pokémon would also be at Elite Four Level, Stage Three.
He could only say that he seemed to have overlooked something.
It had already been a long time since his last battle with Alain.
"Mr. Lu Ze, would you like to switch Pokémon?"
Seeing Lu Ze's