Gaomei recalled Gyarados, her face deathly pale. Gyarados looked utterly battered, blood staining more than half its body red. It clearly could not keep fighting.
Besides, did this really count as a battle?
At least in her own life, she had never encountered a battle like this.
Beside the field, the referee also raised his flag and declared Gyarados unable to battle.
Unlike Blastoise, which Xia You had voluntarily recalled earlier, Gyarados truly could no longer fight. Blastoise had not lost and still had enough strength to battle, so it could return to the field at any time.
Although it had not yet lost consciousness, large patches of flesh were exposed beneath its missing scales. If it kept fighting, it would surely die on the field. As the referee, he could not possibly stand by and do nothing. After all, if something like that really happened, it would be a serious tournament incident. Aside from public demands for accountability, he would not escape responsibility either.
In the command area, Gaomei also knew Gyarados was in terrible shape, so she had no objection to the referee's ruling.
She took a deep breath and looked up at Red Gyarados again, once more meeting its blood-red eyes!
The battle just now had eased her frightened state of mind a little. Although she still could not face it calmly, she was no longer as afraid of this monster as before.
But...
This Gyarados is too strong. How am I supposed to turn this around now?
Faced with the situation before her, Gaomei hesitated.
She had originally wanted to send Chinchou out again. With its Electric-type moves dealing quadruple damage to the Water- and Flying-type Gyarados, it ought to have a chance of defeating this Red Gyarados!
But when she remembered how it had lost