Tobias looked at his fallen Darkrai, then at the Charizard beside it.
He found it hard to believe that this battle had ended this way.
He could accept the opponent defeating his Darkrai after a fierce battle between the two Pokémon, or both sides going down together, but he absolutely could not accept this result.
It was as though... this Charizard was far stronger than his Darkrai.
Was that possible?
He had a Mythical Pokémon, while his opponent... had nothing more than a Charizard.
For a moment, Tobias's expression shifted uncertainly, his thoughts unreadable.
But his standing there in a daze did nothing to stop Xia You.
Taking out a Poké Ball, Xia You pressed its button and recalled Charizard. This brought Tobias back to his senses, but also left him puzzled.
He's recalling Charizard already?
No matter how he looked at it, Charizard had barely taken any damage during that battle. If anything could be called its greatest injury, it was the recoil it had suffered from using Flare Blitz.
So, essentially, Charizard still had plenty of stamina left to keep fighting.
Then why had this man recalled it now?
For a moment, thoughts raced through Tobias's mind.
But the most likely explanation was that he wanted to conserve Charizard's stamina.
After all, in his view, this Charizard had to be the man's strongest Pokémon. Now that it had won, naturally, he would recall it as soon as possible to recover its stamina and get it back into peak condition, while avoiding exposing its weaknesses, so it could face his other Pokémon.
The more Tobias thought about it, the more convinced he became that this was the only answer.
That also allowed him to feel slightly relieved.
Without further hesitation, he took out a Poké Ball and recalled his