When Baimu questioned her, the girl with red-and-blue hair and glasses first stared at him in shock, then turned her head away uneasily.
"N-no, that's all right."
Her voice was so quiet that Baimu might not have heard her if his ears had been any less sharp.
She reminded him of the timid classmates he had known in his previous life, the ones who got bullied but were too afraid to tell their teachers or parents.
Still,
he did not jump to conclusions.
Both the Vaporeon and Sylveon she had sent out were in good shape. Neither looked exhausted or covered in injuries.
"Then carry on."
Baimu and Mawile stepped aside to watch.
The Team Star members were having none of it. They rode their Cyclizar over and surrounded him.
"Who said you could—uh."
Before the speaker could finish, Baimu glanced coldly at him. The Team Star member at the front flinched.
Even the Cyclizar beneath him drew back its neck.
As a former Quicksand Team officer and the current leader of the Rainbow Team, Baimu had a natural advantage against delinquents. Against campus troublemakers like Team Star, it was especially effective.
He looked at the other Team Star members. Every one of them wore a frightened expression and turned away from his gaze, like students trying not to be called on in class.
The girl they had surrounded looked baffled.
Team Star had once launched Operation Starfall, openly dragging the students who had bullied them onto the schoolyard for revenge. Now they were a menace at Naranja Academy.
How could they be too scared even to speak?
Even if he was the Orre Champion...
The girl looked up in confusion and happened to meet Baimu's eyes again.
Then,
she lowered her head without missing a beat and studied a