Siebold stared at the Gyarados caught in a tangle of vines, utterly dumbfounded. Was this really the main course? It was hardly suitable for children! Come to think of it, he felt as though he'd heard of something like this before... Hadn't someone pulled the same stunt at the Junior Cup?
"Heh, more than delicious food, I like the kind that comes with a surprise!"
Mingyou smiled and gave his verdict in Siebold's own style. It was precisely because his opponent was a Water-type Elite Four member that Servine had volunteered to recreate their classic Junior Cup strategy. After all, nobody had said a Pokémon couldn't carry an Everstone, right?
Evolving hadn't changed Serperior's personality much. She wound herself tightly around Gyarados. From a distance, they looked like two enormous serpents, one blue and one green, twisting and wrestling in midair.
Caught at such close quarters, Siebold could only admit he'd been outplayed. Every part of his opponent's strategy followed the rules, yet no ordinary person could ever have anticipated it. Mingyou was an opponent whose unpredictability matched his strength!
"Let's finish this with Hurricane!"
"Why not make that hurricane even fiercer?"
Mingyou picked up Siebold's cue and shouted with a grin.
As the words left his mouth, Gyarados thrashed through the air. A fierce storm sprang up around him, releasing a barrage of white, crescent-shaped wind blades.
At that moment, Serperior's glossy scales shone green. An equally powerful storm formed around her, sharp leaves sweeping through its winds. It followed the flow of Gyarados's Hurricane, the two storms spinning faster together until they engulfed the entire Battlefield!
"Wait... Shouldn't they be colliding head-on?"
For the first time, Siebold genuinely couldn't understand what Mingyou was doing. Two storms blowing in the same direction wouldn't cancel each other out. Their energy