"What on earth happened? Why didn't your Florges take any damage?"
Lance was in no hurry to send out his next Pokémon. A voice sounded through the referee's headset, and the referee did not urge him to continue either.
After he asked that question, the vast Silver Conference Hall fell silent.
Clearly, everyone wanted to know the answer.
Chen Shi shrugged. "Didn't I already tell you?"
"Sometimes, knowledge is power!"
"That's true of Mega Evolution, and it's true of Florges!"
"And I happen to be someone with a great deal of knowledge. I just never showed it before!"
Lance froze for a moment, then asked in confusion, "Then why didn't you show it?"
As far as he was concerned, whether it was that special evolution from earlier or the move Florges had just used, revealing either would bring enormous benefits.
Why hide them?
He could not understand.
Hearing this, Chen Shi thought for a moment before answering frankly, "Because I was afraid of dying!"
At that answer, Lance froze again, unsure whether to laugh or cry.
But before he could say anything, Chen Shi spoke again.
"I'm different from you. You have the Dragon Tamer family behind you, so of course you can face anything without fear and show off everything you've got. But my grandparents are old now. They can't protect me anymore."
"So I had no choice but to hide what I could do from childhood."
"You all think I became an Intermediate Breeder at fourteen, but let me tell you-that isn't true."
"I became an Intermediate Breeder at eleven and a Senior Breeder at fifteen. Before I came here, I could already make top-grade potions."
Chen Shi's tone was calm. Ever since he had decided to make a serious bid at the Pokémon World Championships, he had