Faced with Bugsy's first Pokémon, Xia You gave it little thought and sent out his Eevee.
He had already decided to let Eevee battle when he first arrived at the Azalea Gym three days ago. His aim was to train Eevee and help it grow quickly.
Since leaving Ecruteak City to accompany him, Eevee had seen quite a bit of the world along the way. Although it had only fought a few one-on-one battles during that time, it had taken part in plenty of melees, large and small, and had accumulated considerable battle experience.
Its strength was hardly outstanding, but it could still put up a fight.
With a flash of blue light, Eevee appeared before Spinarak, then looked left and right, brimming with excitement.
Bugsy was not particularly surprised to see the eager Eevee.
Having been a Gym Leader for so long, he had seen countless Eevee-not just Eevee themselves, but evolved forms such as Flareon, Vaporeon, and Jolteon. He had even seen plenty of stranger, rarer Pokémon.
Seeing a common Pokémon like Eevee still unevolved instead made Bugsy feel that the challenger before him was quite ordinary as well.
Otherwise, why would Eevee still be in its initial stage after traveling for so long?
After all, given enough time together, Eevee could evolve into Espeon or Umbreon without even needing an Evolution stone. To him, aside from the small possibility that this Eevee did not want to evolve, its unevolved state most likely meant it had yet to click with its Trainer. The two clearly were not close enough.
It had to be said that Bugsy did have a discerning eye, able to see that Eevee's bond with Xia You was not deep. Of course, he did not know that Xia You had only recently obtained Eevee, and