"Anticipation? No, Mega Absol's Ability is Magic Bounce."
Baimu looked surprised.
What Mega Absol had displayed was its special ability to predict disasters. It sensed changes in the sky and earth through the horn on its head, which was why it was also called the Disaster Beast.
Through Sidney's deliberate training, Mega Absol's crescent-shaped horn had grown longer and even sprouted a second horn. That made it increasingly sensitive to changes around it, allowing it to anticipate the direction of an opponent's attack.
This was neither an Ability nor a move, but an instinct.
After several failed attacks, Poppy quickly switched Pokémon.
But the instant the Poké Ball's red light enveloped Walrein, Mega Absol shot in front of it like a black streak and slammed a claw down.
Pursuit!
Bang!
Smoke parted across the field.
Baimu caught a glimpse of Walrein's twisted expression as its great tusks met the ground, and he could not help touching his own teeth.
That slap was brutal!
Dark-type moves were downright vicious.
Poppy sent out Abomasnow in Walrein's place, and its Snow Warning Ability summoned Hail once more. But after taking a fierce beating from Crawdaunt earlier, it was visibly worse for wear.
As Sidney's Trump Card, Mega Absol was far more alert than his other Pokémon. It met Abomasnow with a Flamethrower to the face.
Without Aurora Veil to protect it, how could a weakened Abomasnow withstand a Flamethrower that was four times as effective against it?
Mega Absol defeated it.
Now each side had one Pokémon grayed out beside its portrait on the scoreboard.
Yet on the big screen, the Rotom Drone's footage showed Poppy still perfectly calm as she silently sent out her third Pokémon—
Glalie.
Poppy kissed the ring holding her Key Stone, and dazzling rainbow light wrapped around Glalie.