Watching the two Pokémon brimming with fighting spirit, Ye Qing stopped and suggested, "How about a battle?"
The young man scratched his head, looking somewhat conflicted.
Only after a moment did he reluctantly nod. "Oh, sure."
Ye Qing was defeated by his shyness. He really couldn't imagine how someone with a personality like that could tame Pokémon.
But judging by the Gardevoir beside him, he probably wasn't anyone simple either.
They found a reasonably spacious spot, and Ye Qing and the young man stood facing each other from a distance.
"My name's Ye Qing. What's yours?"
"My name's Wangchen."
The young man was still somewhat shy, speaking very softly as he introduced himself.
Ye Qing asked in puzzlement, "Is that even a surname? Your name's pretty unusual."
Wangchen nodded. "Mm. My master gave it to me."
"Hera!"
Heracross felt that these two were talking far too much. He kept stamping his feet, sending dust flying.
Wangchen studied Infernape carefully, muttering to himself, "Infernape, huh? I wonder if he knows Fake Out."
"Double Team, Aerial Ace!"
When he entered battle mode, Wangchen seemed like a completely different person. His bashfulness and shyness vanished, replaced by confidence and decisiveness.
Heracross swiftly conjured more than a dozen illusory doubles, surrounding Infernape.
"Find him."
With the understanding between Ye Qing and Infernape, there was no need to explain what to do step by step.
Often, a simple sentence or a glance was enough for Infernape to understand.
Infernape pressed his back against the ground, sending a long tongue of flame from his mouth whipping around him!
"What move is that?"
Wangchen was clearly baffled by Counter Shield. He hadn't expected Flamethrower could be used like this.
"Defend."
Fortunately, he wasn't an inexperienced Trainer either. After observing carefully for a moment, he spotted Counter Shield's