"Someone already caught it?!" Hearing this utterly unbelievable news, Shota exploded, shouting in disbelief, "How is that possible?! Who could beat something that terrifying?!"
Having experienced Deoxys's strength firsthand, Shota now clearly understood the gap between them.
Like a firefly unable to rival the bright moon, that overwhelming gulf left him feeling deeply hopeless and suffocated.
Apart from a Legendary Pokémon like Rayquaza, he simply couldn't imagine what Pokémon could stand against it!
Could a Pokémon that powerful really be caught by Pokémon Trainers like us?
He couldn't imagine such a scene at all, so rather than believe Rafe's news that someone had caught it, he preferred to believe something was wrong with his Poké Ball!
Yes, it had to be the Poké Ball!
For some reason, though, upon hearing those words, Ash instinctively thought of Xia You.
In his limited understanding, someone from the Elite Four like Lance should also have been able to defeat such a powerful Pokémon, but when it came to who could catch it, Xia You was the first person Ash thought of!
It could only have been Xia You!
That was already the strongest impression Xia You had left on him!
Besides all his Pokémon being tremendously powerful, his many Legendary Pokémon made him seem most unfathomable to Ash. Only he had the ability to catch a Pokémon like this!
So, could this Pokémon belong to Xia You?
But...
Looking at his Pokémon lying all over the ground, then glancing back at the Pokémon Trainers on the river being attacked by the duplicates, he hesitated again.
Xia You... wouldn't let his Pokémon attack us, would he?
While Ash and Shota stood there in a daze, Rafe had already recalled his Pokémon and was running toward the river in long strides.
Seeing him run, Shota