As the challenger,
Out of courtesy, Red needed to send out his Pokémon first. It was an unwritten rule between Trainers.
But before the battle began, they still needed to agree on the rules.
After thinking for a moment, Xia Yan said, "How about three Pokémon each?"
Red agreed without hesitation. "No problem."
Still, Red was a little surprised.
Xia Yan had said earlier that he hadn't brought any of his main Pokémon, yet he was still willing to battle with three Pokémon.
That meant Xia Yan was at least a fairly outstanding Trainer.
Following Professor Oak's wishes, Red had collected Pokémon, gathered Pokédex data, and caught a large number of Pokémon.
But a person's energy was limited, after all. It was impossible to truly train every Pokémon he caught.
At least,
Given his current circumstances, he didn't have the time to train so many Pokémon.
Combined with the air Xia Yan gave off,
And the strong confidence Red sensed from him,
Although Xia Yan's confidence seemed far less overt than that of Red's childhood friend Blue, Red felt that Xia Yan's confidence was simply more restrained. It was no less abundant than Blue's.
So Xia Yan left a rather deep first impression on Red.
This was a very powerful Trainer!
Of course.
The stronger Xia Yan was, the more excited Red would undoubtedly become.
Taking Xia Yan's impression into consideration, Red pondered briefly before tossing out the Poké Ball in his hand.
"In that case, I'll leave the first match to you!"
As he spoke.
Red light flashed.
"Blastoise!"
A sturdy blue body, a thick shell, two metallic cannons extending from its back, and an imposing cry.
Blastoise!
As one of Red's main Pokémon and one of the Kanto Region's Starter Pokémon, this Blastoise gave Xia Yan a very