Fortunately, this Pidgeot was fairly familiar with him, and they knew each other reasonably well.
This was different from the opposing side borrowing each other's Pokémon earlier. Many of the veteran Pokémon at the research institute knew Xiao Ran.
Some had even been cared for by Xiao Ran when they were young. After all, he had often spent time at his grandfather's research institute as a child.
So this Pidgeot was fairly willing to listen to Xiao Ran. Their flight here had also given him some understanding of how well this Pidgeot had developed.
"Pidgeot, take to the air!" Xiao Ran called.
Why would a Flying-type stay on the ground against a close-range fighter? To serve as a target?
"Infernape, Taunt!" Young Master Lin naturally wouldn't let Pidgeot fly away so easily. He needed to build up some experience fighting Flying-types.
"Roar!" Infernape unleashed one taunting gesture after another, even turning around to slap its own monkey backside.
Enraged by the taunting, Pidgeot immediately turned and swooped down at Infernape.
"You won't hit it by diving like that! If you're going to attack, hit it hard! Sky Attack!"
This time, Xiao Ran didn't give his command in the usual way. Pidgeot wouldn't listen to him while under the effects of Taunt, but what if he fueled that anger instead?
"Pidge!" Hearing Xiao Ran's words, Pidgeot thought, That's right! If I'm going to hit it, I should hit it hard! It immediately unleashed its strongest move.
"Whoa, an ultimate move right off the bat! This is getting exciting!"
"Yeah, yeah! With this wind, I feel like I could get blown away!"
"Ah! My skirt!"
The opening Sky Attack set the crowd's excitement ablaze. Pidgeot plunged down amid a raging storm, and Young Master Lin's expression changed completely.
He hadn't expected