In truth, Xia You had never intended to truly hide his trump cards from Ash, Dawn, and the others.
After all, he knew those two very well. Even if they learned something, they wouldn't go spreading it around, much less take the initiative to expose it.
It was just that whenever he had needed to act before, either outsiders had been present or he had been in a public place. Just like now, with Mu Xuan and that silver-haired man around, things were rather inconvenient. That was why he had gone to this extra trouble, planning a covert switch: openly using Gardevoir to fight Giratina, then secretly having Deoxys appear out of nowhere and take over the battle.
As long as they didn't see him release Deoxys with their own eyes, Mu Xuan and the silver-haired man certainly wouldn't know that this Pokémon belonged to him.
One could say he had taken caution to the extreme. He really didn't want any unnecessary complications during his travels, especially in front of villains like these.
Leaving that aside, Giratina had already charged over again.
And its target was none other than Shaymin in Dawn's arms!
But it had barely made it halfway before Gardevoir intercepted it, forcing it to halt.
Gardevoir was nothing like a half-baked fighter such as Shaymin.
Faced with a sudden Psychic attack shooting up from below, Giratina instinctively sensed the threat despite being unable to see the Psychic-type attack's trajectory. It immediately twisted its enormous body, nimbly dodging the attack.
Only then did it turn its gaze toward Gardevoir in the clearing, cautiously sizing up this Pokémon that had suddenly appeared for the first time.
From that petite body, only 1.6 meters tall, Giratina sensed powerful strength being held in check.
Although that feeling wasn't as strong as