What had happened?
The situation had changed in an instant, leaving Qingyu's opponent, David, dumbfounded.
In theory, there should have been nothing wrong with his play just now.
All Exeggutor had needed to do was withstand that move, then seize the chance to slip away and put some distance between them. Once it picked up speed, Lucario's stubby legs would surely struggle to catch it.
Even if Lucario used its specialty, Aura Sphere, it would barely scratch Exeggutor.
That was how things should have played out...
But why had Lucario just punched straight through Exeggutor's Protect?
H-how was that reasonable?
Normally, there were only two possible reasons for something like this:
Either the gap in strength between the two sides was enormous, or Lucario had some special power similar to the Infiltrator Ability, only even stronger-strong enough to ignore Protect entirely.
Judging by what had happened, it seemed to be the former. After all, his Exeggutor had been flattened by a single punch from Lucario. The gap certainly looked huge.
But that only confused David even more-
He had, after all, made the quarterfinals of the Silver Conference two years ago. By now, he shouldn't have been much weaker than an ordinary Gym Leader.
This Exeggutor was also his first partner. Even against an Elite Four-level opponent, David had been confident it could hold its own for a while.
Yet Exeggutor had suddenly been knocked out in one hit, and David still hadn't recovered from the shock.
And... when Lucario had pulled its fist back, black energy had still been rising from it. It looked like some kind of Dark-type move.
That made even less sense!
A Lucario using a Dark-type attack? Seriously?
Still, with the battle ongoing, he didn't have time to dwell on it.
At a pointed glance