The Day Pryce Went Senile

"I won't hold back in battle, so I hope you'll give it everything you've got. It doesn't matter if you lose—show me all your strength."

If Heiduo hadn't known Pryce's true identity and what he had done, he really would have thought the kindly old man in the distance was a very patient Gym Leader.

But unfortunately, none of those disguises worked on Heiduo.

The Seel that had led Heiduo here wriggled over to Pryce's side of the field with a clunk-clunk sound when Pryce finished speaking, then turned to face Heiduo.

"My first Pokémon will be this Seel." Pryce picked up his high-tech cane and said to Heiduo with a chuckle, "Now it's your turn to send out your Pokémon."

Heiduo was slightly taken aback and opened Seel's status panel.

[Pokémon: Seel / Gender: Male / Level: 53]

[Ability: Thick Fat / Type: Water / Trainer: Pryce]

[Moves: Icy Wind lv6 / Aurora Beam lv5 / Headbutt lv5 / Sleep Talk lv5]

[Ice Beam lv5 / Rest lv5 / Safeguard lv5 / Take Down lv5]

A master was still a master. Even his Pokémon were far stronger than average.

Still, it was barely within Heiduo's limits.

Heiduo raised his hand and threw a Poké Ball.

Bang!

A flash of white light!

A massive purple cobra burst out of the ball. Its rather heavy body hit the ground as it growled lowly at the Seel in the distance.

Pryce's narrowed eyes slowly opened. "Oh? An Arbok? It's been raised quite well."

To capture the Celebi hidden within the cracks of time, Pryce had specifically trained several Pokémon whose types countered it. Among them were the Fire- and Dark-type Houndour, the Poison- and Bug-type Ariados, and the Poison- and Ghost-type Gastly. Although he still disliked using evolved Pokémon as