"Luca..."
Emerging from its Poké Ball, Lucario narrowed its eyes at the terrifying beast before it, which stood twice as tall as a person.
(Rhyperior, a textbook case of getting uglier with every evolution...)
Every single opponent this time really was outrageously strong!
"Poni-yo!"
By the time Ogerpon landed, it had already raised its Ivy Cudgel high, streams of water gushing around it. The usual Teal Mask on its face had also changed into the Wellspring Mask, representing the Water type.
Even inside its Poké Ball, it had seen every bit of Rhyperior's underhanded surprise attack.
Naturally, Ogerpon had no friendly looks to spare for this hulking brute that had nearly hurt its Trainer.
This was supposed to be a fair battle between Pokémon, yet you actually tried to take out my Trainer first?
Ivy Cudgel in hand, Ogerpon was now utterly furious.
At a single command from Qingyu, it would unleash its full power and teach these villains who dared attack its Trainer a painful lesson!
Normally, it was incredibly timid, startled by even the slightest disturbance...
But once Ogerpon got angry, its fighting strength became terrifying!
"Vee!"
Sylveon was equally unfazed by the invisible pressure of Rhyperior's massive frame. It poised its four ribbons for an attack, ready to unleash a move and finish its opponent in one go.
"Tch..."
Having only just dodged the surprise attack, Qingyu was still shaken.
Just what I'd expect from people in Kanto. Every last one of them was ridiculously sneaky.
Giovanni had stalled him with that conversation to give his Pokémon a chance to launch a surprise attack, hadn't he?
Fortunately, he had been watching out for precisely that.
Qingyu was indeed unfamiliar with no-holds-barred battles, but he knew that practically anything went in them. Every sort of dirty trick was