Lin Guang said helplessly, "After all, Mr. Blaine, your fondness for wigs and riddles is just too distinctive."
"The Gym challenge will be a three-on-three match. As the challenger, you may switch Pokémon freely during the match, and there is no time limit."
Blaine explained the rules of the match to Lin Guang.
"Mr. Lin Guang, are you ready?"
Lin Guang smiled confidently. "Of course I'm ready. I hope you won't disappoint me, Mr. Blaine, former Fire-type Elite Four member!"
Hearing Lin Guang's words, Blaine laughed and said, "Good! Then this will be my first contestant."
The Poké Ball opened, and an elegant Pokémon landed in the Battle Arena.
Lin Guang smiled faintly. "As expected, your first Pokémon is Nine-Tails, Mr. Blaine."
Nine-Tails was a foxlike, quadrupedal Pokémon with gleaming golden fur and nine long tails. Cream-colored fur covered its body, and it had a pair of vivid crimson eyes. Its well-proportioned body gave it a noble, elegant appearance.
Its nine tails were sleek and slender, with golden-yellow highlights at their tips. A long-lived Nine-Tails would develop golden fur.
Blaine said, "That's right. My first Pokémon is Nine-Tails. So which Pokémon do you intend to send out against it?"
Lin Guang smiled faintly. "Then I'll send out the first Pokémon I caught. I choose you, Gyarados!"
Blaine smiled confidently. "Just as I expected, you're using a Water type. Go, Nine-Tails! Use Fire Uzumaki!"
As soon as the match began, Blaine's side launched the first attack.
"Wooo!"
A powerful Fire Uzumaki shot out, heading straight for Lin Guang's Gyarados.
But neither Lin Guang nor his Gyarados was any pushover. "Gyarados! Use Aqua Tail to scatter Fire Uzumaki!"
Water rose around Gyarados's tail, coiling around it. With a vicious slam of its enormous tail, Gyarados scattered Nine-Tails's Fire Uzumaki with Aqua Tail.