"This Pokémon Trainer named Bai Shi really is strong!"
"No wonder my grandpa keeps singing his praises!"
Watching Bai Shi easily defeat two of Kieran's Pokémon, the white-haired young man Drayton looked visibly impressed from his seat in the stands.
The "grandpa" he mentioned was Drayden, the Opelucid Gym Leader.
As Drayden's grandson, Drayton had already heard about Bai Shi from him.
Seeing Bai Shi in action today gave him a much clearer, deeper understanding of his strength.
"What Bai Shi's shown so far is just the tip of the iceberg!"
Crispin, who was watching beside Drayton, chimed in excitedly.
Bai Shi's terrifying Golurk and his newly caught Legendary Pokémon, Heatran, had yet to take the field.
"Oh, really?"
A glimmer of anticipation flashed in Drayton's eyes at Crispin's words.
"Thanks for your hard work, Grimmsnarl and Porygon-Z!"
"Hydrapple, Dragonite, go!"
Kieran recalled his two unconscious Pokémon and sent out Dragonite and Hydrapple instead.
His opponent was formidable. He had to give this everything he had.
"So this is Kieran's strongest Pokémon? It certainly looks distinctive."
"I never expected Dipplin to have another evolution."
Bai Shi had asked Lacey about Kieran and knew Hydrapple was his ace Pokémon, so he certainly would not underestimate it.
However, Hydrapple was a Pokémon that had only been introduced after Bai Shi crossed over to this world.
Bai Shi did not know much about Kieran's Hydrapple.
He could only plan his strategy around the brief information Lacey had provided.
"Hydrapple, Terastallize!"
Without hesitation, Kieran took out a black orb shaped like a Poké Ball and tossed it toward Hydrapple's head.
Upon coming into contact with the black orb, Hydrapple's body radiated brilliant light.
Under that light, Hydrapple's body became coated in clear, sparkling crystal.
An enormous fist-shaped crystal also appeared above Hydrapple's head.
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