After recalling Latios, Tobias truly had one foot over the edge of a cliff.
Just two more losses would eliminate him outright-and it would be a humiliating elimination before countless eyes, with his entire lineup of Legendary Pokémon losing to an ordinary team.
How could he accept that?
So even if he could no longer win this Conference, he had to give it everything he had and defeat one of this man's Pokémon, if only to salvage a little dignity.
With that thought, he made up his mind, took out a new Poké Ball, and released his fifth Pokémon.
All one could say was that Tobias had gone from brimming with confidence, certain he would become the Conference winner, to surprise, then taking his opponent seriously, and finally believing he had to defeat just one of Xia You's Pokémon to salvage a shred of dignity. That change in mindset had been both swift and abrupt, yet utterly helpless.
But giving up resistance and conceding outright was even more impossible.
Amid a flash of blue light, his fifth Pokémon appeared before the crowd.
It was actually a Regice!
Regice, also known as Ice Pillars, was a Pokémon Xia You had dealt with when battling Brandon, so its various abilities were naturally nothing unfamiliar to him.
And now, with Darkrai, Latios, Thundurus, Heatran, and this Regice, not one of the five Pokémon revealed so far was ordinary. He truly lived up to the name "Legendary Pokémon Guy."
Yet although the spectators were surprised by Tobias's Regice, they merely marveled for a moment before looking away and turning their attention to Xia You.
At this point in the battle, after realizing this man's strength was unquestionably above Tobias's, they were even more curious about what Pokémon he would bring out next.
They wanted