Guan Zhou, a Reserve Top Trainer in his early thirties, felt utterly humiliated.
Facing an examinee more than a decade younger than himself, he had been completely outmatched.
He had even been suppressed throughout the entire battle, unable to take down even one of his opponent's Pokémon.
...That Mega Swampert had felt absurdly, overwhelmingly strong.
Guan Zhou recalled how his Pokémon's moves had repeatedly been interrupted by it. Especially Kingler's Crabhammer—even after the Water-type energy had formed, it had been scattered by a single punch!
One could only imagine how terrifying Mega Swampert's moves were.
He held no hope that his remaining two Pokémon could defeat Swampert.
Unless Heiduo was stupid enough not to withdraw Mega Swampert and Arbok, allowing Perish Song to take effect.
—How could that be possible?
The moment Venomoth entered the field, Heiduo had already recalled Mega Swampert and the others.
The Perish Song timer was about to run out. If he delayed any longer, Mega Swampert and Arbok's stamina would hit zero.
In their place, he sent out Electivire and Beedrill.
And by now, because the rainfall when Rain had been activated had been set to wash away the Sleep Powder mist, the relentless downpour had finally stopped.
"Perfect timing."
Heiduo glanced at his watch. Naturally, he knew exactly how long Electivire's Rain Dance lasted, and he had been keeping count the whole time.
This way, Beedrill no longer had to worry about its condition declining because of the torrential rain.
The battle continued.
"Electroweb, Pin Missile."
"Psychic! Thrash!"
In a Double Battle, once the opponent had seized the initiative, the most important thing for a Trainer to do was determine which Pokémon the opponent was targeting.
Then they could make the right response.
Guan Zhou's chosen response was to use Psychic on Beedrill, have