The battle was fairly simple.
Although Xing Qitian had been brimming with confidence before the battle, and Heracross was quite powerful compared with the Pokémon of other children his age, under Xia You's commands, Eevee used its nimble footwork to keep Heracross at a distance, never giving it a chance to bring its strength to bear. After steadily wearing it down, Eevee easily secured victory with a Swift.
All Xia You could say was that, compared with Heracross, its Trainer Xing Qitian really did command like a child, owing to his age and experience. He simply had Heracross attack, attack, and attack again!
And that was precisely what gave Xia You his opening.
The victory had been far too easy. It was not that there was any gap in strength between the two Pokémon; it had purely been an overwhelming advantage in strategy and brains.
"Huh? The Weekday Brothers actually lost?"
When the children watching saw Xing Qitian's Heracross fall, they began whispering among themselves, only then turning their attention to Xia You.
Until then, they had all been seeing things from Xing Qitian's perspective, so they naturally understood how agile that Eevee was. But they all had an inexplicable faith in the Weekday Brothers and had believed he would turn things around in the end.
Yet, to their surprise, he had stayed on the back foot until he really did lose just like that!
Looking at Xia You in amazement, the children all wondered who he was.
"You idiot! You couldn't even land a single hit on that Eevee. How embarrassing! Watch me!"
Xing Qiliu shoved his younger brother aside with his backside. At just ten years old, he was a little more mature and experienced than Xing Qitian, and naturally brimmed with confidence.
As far as he was