Everything that needed saying had been said.
It was time to fight.
Kale took out a Poké Ball and looked at Xu Mu gravely.
The boy he had once bullied on a whim had finally grown strong enough to stand as his equal.
And that was without considering social standing.
In terms of strength alone, Xu Mu was among the strongest in the world.
He was still a little behind his dad in raw power, but that was no great problem.
What a Trainer lacked in ability, he could make up for with a little cheating.
"I'm counting on you, Greninja!"
Greninja had now reached the early Champion level. After transforming through Battle Bond, he had the strength of a peak Champion.
He was nothing like he had been back then.
"Metagross, I'm counting on you!"
The same was true of Kale's Metagross.
At the late Champion level, it could reach the peak through Mega Evolution.
Xu Mu really wasn't using any Legendary Pokémon to bully Kale in this fight.
If anything, he had made it as fair as he could.
Mainly, that was because Kale had known better than to push his luck and had proposed a one-on-one battle from the start.
If they had gone with the original plan—a full six-on-six battle—
Kale might have lost so badly he wouldn't know what hit him.
Six Legendary Birds at once would have broken him!
"Greninja, do you remember back then?"
"I told you not to rush. Sooner or later, we'd get here and have this kind of strength."
Xu Mu looked at the familiar scene and spoke slowly.
"Groak!"
[Of course I remember!]
Greninja's eyes burned with fighting spirit.
There was nothing else to say. Kale had crushed him back then, and this time he was going to settle