Watching Riolu trot over, Lu Ze was a little surprised.
The battle partner Riolu had chosen was actually Treecko, one of the few Starter Pokémon.
Lu Ze did not step forward. Instead, he watched with great interest to see how Riolu, who was slightly socially anxious—or rather, lacking confidence—would handle this bit of "socializing."
After trotting a few steps, Riolu quickly caught up with Treecko, who was listening intently to Turtwig's grand speech.
"Um, um..."
Riolu walked up and, without thinking, patted Treecko on the shoulder. When Treecko turned around and looked at him with confusion, Riolu suddenly stumbled over his words.
He had rushed over in a burst of excitement, but he had not figured out what to say.
"What is it?"
Only after noticing that Treecko beside him had stopped did Turtwig spot Riolu following behind them.
With Turtwig speaking first, Riolu finally gathered his courage and spoke to Treecko.
"Um, um, can you have a battle with me!"
After mustering up the courage to say it, Riolu immediately began to regret it.
That was not right. That was not what he had meant!
Hadn't he wanted to come over, make friends first, and battle later?
Riolu panicked a little.
What he did not know was that Treecko also panicked when he heard that. He instinctively looked at Turtwig beside him.
Turtwig narrowed his eyes, looking first at the nervous Riolu, then at Treecko, who appeared expressionless but had panic written in his eyes.
"A battle doesn't seem impossible," Turtwig said as his eyes rolled thoughtfully.
He had just been telling Treecko that he wanted to battle.
Although Treecko had not said anything, Turtwig could tell that he was interested.
Still, they had only just been born. While they could battle, of course—
It was clearly impossible for