This Is Your Horse! (Two-in-One)

"Just you?"

Hearing Xia Yan's undisguised contempt, Malva clenched her teeth in secret.

Though she was not as famous as Xia Yan, and her results in every tournament had not been as outstanding as his, part of the reason was that, as Lysandre's spy planted within the Kalos League, she could not afford to be too high-profile, nor was she allowed to be.

As long as she secured a fairly decent ranking in each tournament and let the Kalos League see her potential and willingness to cultivate her, that was enough.

So although Malva acknowledged that she was inferior to Xia Yan, she felt she should be roughly on par with Siebold.

Siebold had been able to trade blows with Xia Yan in tournaments, so she believed she should at least be able to hold Xia Yan off for a while.

Besides.

She was not alone here. There were so many Team Flare members, even executives.

As long as she held back a few of Xia Yan's Pokémon and kept him from focusing on the other Team Flare members, things would become simple once Xerosic returned.

So Malva did not hesitate, throwing out Poké Balls one after another.

As a trainer specializing in Fire-type Pokémon, her Pokémon, like those of most single-type specialists, were all Fire-types.

The most eye-catching among them was a red-and-yellow fox holding a wand resembling a withered branch, flames burning at its tip.

It was Delphox, the final evolution of the Fire-type Starter Pokémon of the Kalos Region!

"Chakoi~~" Togekiss nudged Alakazam with her wing.

'Big fox, there's a fox on the other side too.'

Alakazam rolled his eyes irritably.

What did a fox have to do with him?

Aside from Delphox, Malva's other Pokémon all possessed impressive presences as well.

A female Pyroar, a Torkoal