In the few minutes since the battle began, the twin brothers had fallen behind on every front.
They had never experienced anything like this before.
And the man before them was an opponent unlike any they had ever faced!
"Oh-ha! Little brother, looks like we need to get serious!"
"Yo-ha! You're right, big brother! Let's go!"
Their exchange left the spectating Pokémon Trainers bewildered. Before they could work out what was happening, the brothers gritted their teeth and urged their Pokémon to give it everything they had.
There was no denying that thirty consecutive Double Battle victories proved these twins had some skill. At the very least, they were undoubtedly stronger than ordinary Pokémon Trainers.
But that was all.
Even fighting with everything they had, they could not match Xia You's casual efforts.
The gap in their tactical thinking, command, and perspective was absolute!
All the time Xia You had spent traveling and all his accomplishments were more than just talk!
Despite having more evolved Pokémon and excellent coordination, their two Pokémon could only cause temporary trouble for Xia You's Chimchar and Frogadier.
Xia You swept his gaze across the field.
The strengths and weaknesses of the twins' Pokémon were practically laid bare before his eyes. With barely any effort, he had already found openings in both of them.
Like others of its kind, this Typhlosion had strong Special Attack and speed, but between attacks, it always instinctively stopped to watch.
Feraligatr excelled at both physical and special attacks, but was somewhat lumbering. Perhaps the twins had recognized this, which was why they favored having it use ranged attacks.
These were what people called individual differences-the subtle distinctions between Pokémon of the same species.
And Xia You used precisely these two points to break the battle open.
Once their weaknesses