If N's elegant bearing made him seem like a young nobleman, then Xia You was more like a blade with its edge concealed, yet still radiating a bone-chilling cold.
He simply stood there, lacking N's ethereal sense of being at one with nature, but possessing an immovable composure honed through countless real battles and a sharpness that seemed to see through everything.
Even N, under the scrutiny of those eyes, felt like prey caught in a hunter's sights, helpless to resist.
Unable to withstand the pressure in the end, N sent out his Pokémon first.
He elegantly tossed the Poké Ball in his hand, and amid a flash of blue light, his Pokémon appeared a moment later.
"Show your strength, Zoroark."
As the blue light faded, a Zoroark with an agile build and keen eyes appeared on the field, its dark red mane dancing like flames.
Its stance was elegant yet wary, and faint illusion energy lingered around its body. It was the form most familiar to people.
But, as coincidence would have it...
At the sight of this Pokémon, a flicker of surprise passed through Xia You's eyes before a meaningful smile curved his lips.
He opened his own Poké Ball, and with another flash of blue light, his Hisuian Zoroark appeared on the field too!
At the same time, he said casually, "What a coincidence. I didn't expect us both to send out Zoroark, but unlike yours, mine is a Hisuian Form."
Aside from Dawn and Cheryl, who already knew Xia You had a Hisuian Zoroark, neither N nor Makomo, watching from outside the field, had expected Xia You to possess such a wondrous, unbelievable Zoroark.
"Hisuian Form?!"
N quietly repeated the words twice, while Makomo's eyes widened as she stared unblinkingly at the Hisuian Zoroark on the