This was a battle with Pokémon's lives on the line. There was no need for courtesy or politeness. Seizing the initiative as quickly as possible was what mattered most.
The five commands each corresponded to one of his five Pokémon. Sylveon, who was only Entry Class, charged to the front first, using Baby-Doll Eyes to draw the opponents' attention and buy time for the others.
A faint pink mist rose from the ground, dark clouds began gathering overhead, and invisible layers of space overlapped. A thin coating of Rock Armor appeared on every one of his Pokémon.
"Baby-Doll Eyes! Misty Terrain! Those are two moves exclusive to Fairy-types! As we can see, a faint mist has already begun rising across the battlefield!"
"And that's not all! Dark clouds have filled the sky. Milotic's Rain Dance was unbelievably fast! I can already feel a light drizzle falling!"
The commentator shouted from outside the arena, stunned by the appearance of Fairy-type moves and equally amazed by Milotic's Rain Dance.
It had been a long time since the arena had seen such a fast, precise Rain Dance. Even a Gym Leader Class Pokémon Trainer might not have been able to execute it any better.
"Hmph! I'll give you that—you're fast! Wobbuffet, use Safeguard on everyone! Mr. Mime and Solrock, use Hypnosis!"
"Exeggutor, Leaf Storm! Slowbro, Psychic! Xatu, Confuse Ray!"
As Xiao Ran sprang into action, Bruce refused to be outdone and rapidly issued orders to his Pokémon.
Yet hearing those commands made Xiao Ran grin. This really was an ignorant, spoiled brat.
Misty Terrain is already up, and he's still using all these control moves? What is he trying to do? Put on a show?
Only Exeggutor's Leaf Storm and Slowbro's Psychic were of any use. But expecting an attack from just those