A Man Should Have Some Manly Spirit

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"It's over."

"Yeah, it's over."

Umbreon and Heiduo spoke in tandem.

Both had accepted Hesu's defeat as a certainty.

Heiduo still remembered the first time he had seen Hesu reveal his extraordinary strength. At the time, he had gotten the impression that Hesu would become a formidable opponent for him at the Silver Conference.

But now, it seemed...

It wasn't entirely wrong. If not for these troublemakers, with Hesu's strength and his complete team, he definitely could have fought his way up and faced Heiduo in the semifinals.

Unfortunately, his opponent had cheats.

That left Heiduo feeling somewhat uncomfortable. To say Hesu's failure to reach the semifinals had nothing to do with him would be utter nonsense, but to say it did... Heiduo hadn't wanted this to happen either.

It was all these people!

Heiduo shot Vulture Man below a glare, then stood and said to Longxing, "I'm going to meet Hesu. Coming with me?"

Longxing shook her head. "I'll watch a little longer."

"All right."

Heiduo nodded and called Umbreon over.

At that moment.

Hesu's final Pokémon was Exeggutor, while his opponent had switched in the Dark Pokémon Ninjask, which had a quadruple type advantage over it.

Although Chlorophyll doubled its Speed as well, it still could not match Ninjask's speed.

Unless it had a sudden burst of power.

But even sudden bursts had their limits. Pokémon possessed limitless potential and were indeed willing to risk their lives for their Trainers, but some gaps could not be bridged through sheer desperation.

You were fighting with everything you had, but so was the other side.

And they didn't fear pain. You did.

Before leaving, Heiduo glanced at Tauros. The yellow-furred beast was covered in wounds. Venusaur's Beam had clearly been extremely effective and had dealt it