Faced with an attack from three Double Team copies, N had no way to tell where the real Hisuian Zoroark was. He could only guess a direction at random and order an attack.
Unfortunately, he guessed wrong.
Zoroark gathered Dark-type energy and attacked the shadow on the left. The energy it spat out struck the shadow, but merely shattered it before flying onward until it disappeared beyond the Battle Field.
Right afterward, the real Hisuian Zoroark appeared on Zoroark's right and extended its sharp right claw. It used no energy of any other type, merely clenching its right claw into a fist, using no other energy, and raked Zoroark viciously with this Normal-type attack.
It was precisely this ordinary attack that created an opening for Hisuian Zoroark despite its type disadvantage.
Struck by that powerful swipe, Zoroark staggered backward several steps before barely managing to stop.
Even though it was only a Normal-type move, Hisuian Zoroark's tremendous attack power still inflicted considerable damage on Zoroark's frail little body.
At this sight, Xia You formed a rough assessment of N.
Though his expression and bearing were composed, he was undoubtedly an arrogant person.
During that last attack, he had not left the choice to his Pokémon and allowed it to fight on instinct. Instead, he had ordered it to follow his instructions, and clearly, those instructions had been wrong, leaving Zoroark to take the full brunt of the blow.
Even if Zoroark had chosen for itself, it might still have judged incorrectly, but keeping the choice in his own hands hardly matched N's claim that he treated Pokémon as friends.
Still, it was easy enough to understand.
As mentioned before, N had no long-term Pokémon. All his battling Pokémon were caught and then released. Under that arrangement, he could indeed become