"Are we fighting for real today?"
Seeing Slaking full of energy and apparently ready to take on its opponent, Xu Mu hurried to ask.
Honestly, Xu Mu hoped Slaking would give him a proper fight.
Bluffing opponents was satisfying for Slaking, but it put Xu Mu in an awkward position as its Trainer.
I'm your Trainer, not a decoration! When you bluff like that, I can't do a thing. I might as well not be here!
"Uhoh!"
[We fight!]
[No bluffing this time!]
Slaking hadn't fought in ages. After all that special training, it was finally getting to go first in an official match.
Of course it wanted to fight to its heart's content!
"You want to sweep the whole team?"
Seeing Slaking take things seriously for once, Xu Mu was a little puzzled.
Don't tell me this guy wants to take on all six?
"Uhoh!"
[Until I drop!]
Sure enough, Xu Mu had guessed right. Greninja's strategy couldn't have been simpler.
Fight head-on!
Just charge in!
If Slaking could sweep the opponent's team, it would.
If not, it would fight until it dropped, and the next Pokémon would take over.
"All right, got it."
A good Trainer had to learn to follow his Pokémon's lead.
Xu Mu was clearly an excellent one.
"Electivire, use Thunder Wave!"
Electivire looked like a bruiser, but it had plenty of dirty tricks up its sleeve.
That was the kind of Pokémon Electivire was.
Electabuzz grew up small and scrawny, which gave it a personality much like Meowth's.
In other words, it was sneaky!
That was why, even after evolving, Electabuzz—or rather, Electivire—often used moves that left Trainers scratching their heads.
Moves like Thunder Wave and Encore were status moves you'd expect from cute Pokémon.
Electivire knew them all. More than that, it had