Xia You would hardly go out of his way to mock Harley.
Any mockery Harley thought he saw was purely in his own head. In fact, Xia You had not even looked at him...
Xia You did not even think much of people like Maxie and Archie, let alone small fry like Harley, who did not even qualify as an opponent.
It might have been somewhat dismissive of him, but that was the truth.
To May, Harley might have been a formidable rival, but to Xia You, Harley's strength did not even measure up to the elite members of those evil organizations. On a battlefield of that grand scale, his Pokémon might even have ended up just like those of the ordinary members, defeated in a single move by Xia You's main Pokémon.
He merely had a few more nasty tricks, which were easily seen through anyway.
It went without saying: why would Xia You bother deliberately mocking someone like that?
Only when Harley could actually pose some kind of threat to him would Xia You give him a second look.
That was just how cocky he was!
Back to the matter at hand.
Winning the Tamamo Contest had undoubtedly brought May another step closer to her goal.
Defeating Harley again had also built her confidence, and that mindset was undoubtedly a tremendous boost to her growth.
At the Contest Hall's rear entrance, Xia You, who had left first, leaned against the wall, calmly watching the spectators slowly leave through the front entrance, still savoring the contest.
When May emerged from the Contest Hall with her Ribbon Medal, brimming with excitement, a radiant smile spread across her face at the sight of him.
She was no fool, either. Naturally, she knew that Xia You must have taught Munchlax the Fling