You're Always Braver Than I Think!

Inside the City Battle Hall, at the main battle arena.

Mu Yun soon took his place on the red side's elevated Trainer platform.

The main arena was much larger than the ones used in the group stage. After all, it had to accommodate seven thousand spectators.

To make it easier for Trainers to give commands, each platform had a loudspeaker they could choose to use.

Once Mu Yun was in position, a boy stepped onto the blue side's platform in the distance.

Compared with the punk-styled boy and girl he had arrived with, this fellow Huaxing High School student looked much more ordinary.

He had no strange hairstyle or unusual hair color. He wore Huaxing High School's Western-style uniform and looked perfectly normal.

He and the girl who shared his surname were complete opposites.

"Both sides, release your Pokémon!" the Chimecho referee called in a deep voice as Mu Yun was thinking this.

Mu Yun and Feng He, across from him, opened the Poké Balls in their hands.

Pop! Pop!

Two figures of different sizes appeared in the spacious arena.

Mu Yun had sent out Xiao Du again.

Feng He had sent out a black dog.

It stood over half a meter tall, with gray bony growths on its forehead, back, and ankles. Its sharp gaze gave it an imposing air.

It was Houndour, a Pokémon commonly seen with villains in the anime!

Houndour was synonymous with loyalty and teamwork.

A lone Houndour might not be particularly strong, but when several gathered, their excellent coordination let them hunt creatures stronger than themselves.

``` [Pokémon: Houndour]

[Gender: Male]

[Type: Dark Type + Fire Type]

[Level: 23 (Veteran Level)]

[Ability: Flash Fire (When hit by a Fire Type move, absorbs the flames and boosts the power of its own Fire Type