After Skyla finished speaking, she waited for Xia You to accept the result dejectedly, like the challengers who had lost before him, or at least show some reaction.
Yet Xia You simply listened quietly, then curled his lips into a faint, cold smile tinged with mockery.
"This is your Imagination Battle?" Xia You looked straight at Skyla. "Based on your limited knowledge of my Greninja and your idealized assumptions about your own Pokémon's abilities? Your simulation rests on the premise that my Greninja will fight according to the patterns you know. But the truth is, you have no idea how I'll fight, and you've seriously misjudged my Greninja, too."
He paused, took a step forward, and spoke with greater emphasis. "But I can tell you plainly that in reality, my Greninja cannot lose. The battles it's been through, the techniques it's mastered, and its rapport with me all far exceed your imagination. The stamina consumption and pacing you're talking about are trivial. Your Pokémon cannot beat it."
Perhaps the Pokémon Trainers around them had never encountered a man who spoke so arrogantly before. After hearing Xia You's words, they could not help whispering among themselves.
Skyla's expression had also turned rather unpleasant.
Xia You's words were tantamount to outright rejecting all the Imagination Battles she had conducted over such a long time.
To her, this man had come here to make trouble!
If he did not want to accept it, he could simply have stayed away from her Gym. But since he had come, yet refused to follow its rules, surely he had ulterior motives!
"So you think you can really defeat all three of my Pokémon in an actual battle with just this one Shiny Greninja?" Skyla's voice was cold. It had been a long time since anyone had