"The final clash! Who came out on top, Dragapult or Tyrantrum?"
Pachira's words held everyone in suspense.
Countless eyes stared at the churning smoke, waiting for the dust to settle and Deng Pei to deliver his verdict.
On the big screen,
close-ups of Diantha and Baimu appeared before everyone.
But compared with the stern-faced Champion actress, the rising Champion looked remarkably calm.
As though he didn't care about the outcome.
It made people wonder: was he that confident, or was he forcing himself to hide his true feelings?
Many fans joked, "Maybe his face freezes up during battles?"
After all, in every recorded match, Baimu had remained unusually composed no matter how his Pokémon were doing. He rarely showed strong emotion.
Not only that, he gave commands less often and in less detail than other Trainers. The stronger he grew, the fewer commands he seemed to give.
It was as though he left every decision to his Pokémon and merely watched with cold detachment.
In reality, everyone knew that after his opening commands, Baimu usually spoke up only at critical moments.
He might call for a decisive attack or a Status Move to turn the tables, or step in when a Pokémon hesitated over an opponent's tactics and couldn't settle on a course of action.
He wasn't slacking off. His understanding with his Pokémon had long since gone beyond words.
Most of the time, the move they were about to use was exactly the move Baimu wanted.
Often, he gave a command mainly to bolster their confidence.
Besides, Trainers didn't communicate with their Pokémon through words alone. Sometimes even a reaction to an opponent showed how well they understood each other.
And when it came down to it, Socially Awkward Dragon and the others owed their relatively independent fighting style