Xia You had originally wanted to battle the three brothers' main Pokémon to train his second- and third-string teams, but now...
Forget it.
With that thought, he took out his newly caught Snivy's Poké Ball and released the Pokémon inside.
When they saw that it was only a Snivy, Cilan and his brothers exchanged another glance.
Burg chuckled. "Somehow, this Snivy doesn't seem like a very good match for you."
He did not mean that Snivy's personality or anything else was incompatible with Xia You. After all, he had only taken one look. Even an A- or B-class connoisseur could not possibly tell from a single encounter whether a Pokémon and its Trainer were suited to each other.
He only said it because a challenger who wanted a full six-on-six battle against them had sent out a mere unevolved Snivy as his first Pokémon. It hardly seemed to match his bold words.
But they had clearly forgotten that, compared with the first-stage Snivy, their Pansage, Simisear, and Panpour were also unevolved Pokémon.
All one could say was that these connoisseurs often scrutinized others and lectured them, yet had long since forgotten that they were no different from ordinary people themselves.
Perhaps seeing this Snivy and feeling that it did not seem particularly powerful had reassured them somewhat, for Cress was the first to step forward.
"Although my Panpour has a type disadvantage, I'd still like to be the first to face you. What do you say?"
What could Xia You say?
A punching bag had volunteered to step forward and take a beating. Besides doing justice to its kind offer, there was really nothing else he could do.
"Of course."
Unlike the ordinary battlefields in some other Gyms, the Striaton Gym's Battle Field was actually a Rock Field. This was