Inside the Gym, Sabrina had already walked over to the spectator stands and picked a seat at random.
From her position, she had an unobstructed view of the entire battlefield, as though she were watching an underwater show.
At that moment, she sat with her legs crossed, looking perfectly relaxed. Clearly, she believed from the bottom of her heart that Xia You would win this match easily!
After all, this was only a private Gym. Its strength could not compare to that of official Gyms. Unless Xia You slipped up through carelessness, there was no way he would lose!
Meanwhile, underwater, Ryūji stood in the Trainer's command area. Seeing Xia You look over, he pointed at the signal light beside them.
Since they could not speak underwater, they could only communicate through simple hand signals and the signal light.
Xia You turned to look. Through his diving mask, he saw the light turn from red to green and knew the match had officially begun!
He waved at Dragonair. Understanding his signal, Dragonair immediately charged at Qwilfish.
Although Dragonair was not a Water-type Pokémon, it could still swim as nimbly as a sea snake underwater. However, being unable to give spoken commands was undoubtedly a tremendous test of the understanding between Xia You and Dragonair.
Compared to Xia You, Ryūji and his Pokémon seemed to have no such difficulty, since they often rehearsed dances underwater and were extremely comfortable in the water.
Ryūji merely gave a glance, and Qwilfish immediately launched an attack in perfect sync with him.
As it sucked in seawater, its body swelled continuously. Once it reached a certain size, it exerted itself sharply, firing more than a dozen poisonous needles at Dragonair at once and covering a wide area!
Faced with the sharp needles shooting toward it,