Watching this unfold, Misty widened her eyes in disbelief. "Huh? Is Xia You's Gengar going to battle!?"
"No way..." Ash's mouth fell open. "If he joins in too, how are you supposed to fight?"
As mentioned before, precisely because Ash knew him, Xia You's Gengar was the Pokémon he least wanted to face!
Beside them, Brock rubbed his chin and sighed. "It looks like Gengar's participation is inevitable. But that's not what concerns me right now. Tyson knows very little about Xia You, and he has no idea how terrifying this Gengar is. How is he going to face him?"
All three fell silent, casting helpless looks toward Tyson.
In the rest area, Tyson naturally had no idea that Ash's group of three was worrying about him. Once the break ended, he slapped his cheeks hard, forced himself to calm down, and only then walked toward the battlefield with a determined expression.
No matter what, I have to win the coming battles!!
But when he stood in his command area and saw Gengar beside Xia You across from him, he was suddenly startled again!
What's the deal with this Gengar?
After all, he had watched all of Xia You's battles since the tournament began, and he had never seen this Gengar take the field.
Is he another hidden trump card?!
He was puzzled, and somehow, he kept feeling that the way this Gengar looked at him seemed a little... ill-intentioned.
Most importantly, he had originally planned to send out Hypno for the fourth match. But with a Gengar here who had an advantage against Psychic-type Pokémon, he could only abandon that idea.
With no time to think of another strategy, he quickly made his choice at the referee's reminder and took out his fourth Pokémon.
"Go, Swellow!!"
He tossed the