"Thank you for the compliment, Gym Leader."
Ye Qing had not expected this Electric-type Gym Leader to be so interested in Psychic-type Pokémon, unlike the previous Rock-type Gym Leader, who had eyes only for stones.
To get a better look at this Kirlia, Ma Yinlei decided to change the Gym Challenge rules, giving Ye Qing a chance to send her out.
The only pity was that he had no Pokémon on hand with a quadruple weakness to Kirlia. Still, this would do; it would keep his actions from seeming too deliberate and arousing the Trainer's suspicions.
Walking to his position on the opposite side, Ma Yinlei took advantage of having his back to Ye Qing to pull out his phone. Using his privileges as a Gym Leader, he logged into the Pokémon League's internal website and quickly searched for information on Ye Qing.
Kirlia, Infernape, Milotic, Lairon?
Milotic was weak to Electric-type moves, so he probably would not send her out.
Then, as long as he dealt with Infernape and Lairon, Ye Qing would probably send out that Kirlia.
Ma Yinlei smiled confidently, turned to Ye Qing, and announced, "You know the Electric-type Gym's challenge rules, right? Three on three. The side left standing at the end wins."
"Three on three? Didn't it say two on two online?"
Ye Qing paused, asking in some confusion.
Ma Yinlei explained with a smile, "Those were the old rules. Later, I realized that three-on-three battles let me offer better guidance to Trainers who came to challenge me, so I changed the rules. The website will be updated accordingly."
Ye Qing frowned slightly. Although it felt a little strange, the man was the Gym Leader, after all. There was nothing wrong with him wanting to change a rule.
Besides, changing from two on two