To defeat Tian Xu, Dragonite only had to stomp its foot.
It wasn't that Tian Xu was truly weak. He had spent two years holed up deep in the mountains, after all, and he could hold his own against a prodigy like Yang Qianqian.
Xu Mu would have had a hard time beating him easily.
Unfortunately, Tian Xu made too many mistakes. When it came to commanding Pokémon, Xu Mu completely outclassed him.
Just look at what happened with Slaking.
Kale had been cursing up a storm. How could that idiot fail to spot even the simplest Baton Pass strategy?
If you switched Pokémon, why would Xu Mu keep using the same one against you?
And Uproar? Yelling at the top of your lungs? What were you thinking?
There had to be something wrong with him!
Then Dragonite defeated Tian Xu's ace almost immediately. That one-sided battle laid bare the gap between the two Trainers.
It wasn't that Kale's standards were too high. Tian Xu really was nothing special.
His Pokémon were strong, but he fell short as a Trainer!
What, the audience and commentators hadn't spotted it either?
Bullshit!
They were spectators. Was it strange that they couldn't tell?
It was like the young woman who had won the year's first gold medal. She had trailed her opponent the entire match.
Did you realize that was a tactic?
Had you heard of the strategy of coming in second?
If you weren't an expert, you shouldn't make sweeping judgments about an expert's field.
But Tian Xu was a Trainer, and Xu Mu had outplayed him from start to finish. Then he'd shouted in defiance and stolen Xu Mu's line. That was on him.
The real battle starts now!
That was a classic line from the anime protagonist Yugi Muto. What