The Battle Factory's interior was almost entirely silver-gray as well, putting its mechanized, metallic design on full display!
Once inside the lobby, Tucker led the three of them to a huge metal wheel made up of two concentric circles, one nested inside the other.
The outer wheel was divided into more than a dozen sections, all marked with numbers! The inner wheel had seventeen sections, each bearing a symbol: triangles, circles, trapezoids, fists, flames, lightning bolts, and more...
Tucker stopped and looked at Scott and Kofu.
"Mr. Scott, spectators aren't allowed during the next part, so please take this young man to the battlefield and wait there to watch!"
"Of course!"
Scott smiled knowingly and looked at Yong.
"You're on your own from here! Good luck!"
With that, he led Kofu toward a passageway on the other side.
Before leaving, Kofu nodded to Yong. The two exchanged smiles, then parted ways.
Tucker pointed at the wheel with a smile.
"The Battle Factory has plenty of rules, but there are only three main ones!"
Seeing the boy's attentive expression, Tucker raised one finger.
"First! You can't use your own Pokémon! We'll randomly draw the Pokémon to be used shortly, with a new draw before each round! That means neither of us will know which Pokémon we'll be using before the challenge!"
"Second! Before drawing Pokémon, we'll spin the wheel. The number on the outer wheel determines how many battles we'll have, while the symbol on the inner wheel determines the Pokémon's type!"
"Among the seventeen type symbols, a few special ones have two meanings... The triangle represents both the Ice type and the Ice Field! The circle represents both the Grass type and the Grass Field! The trapezoid represents both the Rock type and the Rock Field! The square represents both