The moment the blue Charizard appeared, the viewing gallery erupted in an uproar!
"What is that? Mega Evolution?"
"How could it Mega Evolve right out of a Poké Ball? That's an even rarer mutation!"
"Look at its wings and skin! They both bear traces of Mega Evolution!"
"Most importantly, the flames! The flames!"
The spectators whispered among themselves. The restaurant owner on the second floor and Yani also shot Rai astonished looks. They had both assumed Rai was a man at the end of his rope who had simply found some random Trainer.
And yet—
A blind Meowth had run into a dead Raticate?
Beside them, Rai narrowed his eyes. "Just as I thought. My instincts weren't wrong."
Thinking back to the fated feeling he had experienced upon meeting Heiduo, Rai's heart stirred. Someone ignorant might have mistaken it for love at first sight, but Rai understood that it was fate giving him a sign!
Heiduo was his chance to change his destiny!
With that thought, Rai felt even more at ease about Heiduo.
He had a trait he did not know was good or bad: he liked believing in "fate."
Whether good things or bad things happened, he believed fate was at work.
Thus, he neither fought nor competed. He felt that if something belonged to him, fate would bring it to his side; if it did not, no amount of effort would matter.
A believer in "fate."
Inside the arena.
Roman frowned, feeling slightly uneasy.
Among all her Pokémon was one with a mysterious power that could judge an opponent's strength and threat level out of thin air.
Right now, that Pokémon's assessment of Charizard was: extreme danger!
Even an ordinary Top Trainer's Pokémon would probably only receive such an evaluation!
But that was not the source of