"You're up!"
Xu Mu did not look at Ash or Xu Hong. He had saved those two for last.
He strode straight up to Hiroshi. He had been waiting for this moment for a long time.
Hiroshi felt the same way. He had wanted to face this guy who was even cockier than he was!
"Fine. Let's do this!"
Hiroshi gripped his Poké Ball, unafraid.
Xu Mu might have been this world's undisputed prodigy, but Hiroshi was no pushover!
Everything Hiroshi had been through had convinced him that he was the real protagonist of this world, its true prodigy.
Though Ash thought the same thing...
And so did Xu Mu...
After today's gathering, Hiroshi and Ash might not be able to think that way anymore.
"Absol, I'm counting on you!"
Hiroshi wasted no words. He sent out his ace Pokémon at once!
Absol!
An Absol at the late Supreme stage, capable of reaching Supreme Peak after Mega Evolution!
Xu Mu recalled Chaofan, who had just put on such a dazzling display, and sent out his own ace!
Greninja!
"Gren!"
"I am Greninja, and for Xu—"
"Shut up!"
Xu Mu stopped Greninja's embarrassing opening speech immediately and pressed a hand to his forehead.
Other people might not know, but he knew perfectly well!
Hiroshi and Ash both bore marks of a special energy.
Those two could definitely understand Pokémon Language!
If they found out how embarrassingly dramatic Greninja was, Xu Mu would never live it down...
"Hahaha! That's quite an interesting Greninja!"
Sure enough, Ash had heard the first half of Greninja's speech and burst out laughing.
His laughter was hearty and genuine, as bright and upright as he was.
Even so, Xu Mu pulled out a little notebook in his mind and wrote Ash's name in it.
*On this day,