What an overbearing thing to say!
The visiting Trainers exchanged looks.
Most of the Arena Trainers bristled, feeling deeply insulted. Only a handful gave any thought to what Baimu had said.
Silver Horse looked anxious. He had no desire to see the Arena Trainers clash with Baimu and part on bad terms.
Not for any reason.
Yet Silver Ape, who should have stepped in to mediate, chose to watch from the sidelines, as though he weren't the Arena Trainers' leader.
Otsuka and the others looked amused. Once, they hadn't even been worth these people's attention. Now their positions had reversed: Rainbow Team was practically an administrative body in Pyrite Town, while the Arena...
Was, at best, a club that provided a venue for battles.
Of course.
They weren't mocking the difference in status. The Arena Trainers were weak to a man, yet with a free chance to grow stronger right in front of them, they still couldn't get their attitudes straight.
And they called themselves people of Pyrite Town?
If they hadn't been unwilling to contradict Baimu in public, they would have urged their boss to return to Rainbow Team territory long ago. Better to teach the little kids who wanted to raise Pokémon than this lot.
Ayana silently went over the three battles. The glimpse of a wider world filled her with joy, and her mind hungrily absorbed everything that could make her stronger.
On the Battle Arena floor.
Kendall's emotions churned as he looked across at Baimu, calm and confident, a faint smile on his lips. The anger that had surged up when his composure broke had drained away with his outburst.
In its place came confusion.
That outburst had seemed aimed at Rainbow Team's boss, but Kendall had really been questioning Silver Ape, who had stood by