Whether it was Anabel now or the Anabel who would become an International Police officer in the future, she had always been a difficult opponent.
He still remembered how, in the anime, Ash had lost to her once, then spent quite some time training specifically to counter her before defeating her on his second visit.
That alone showed just how strong she was.
And that was not all. The tomboyish Anabel before him had possessed the ability to sense Pokémon's thoughts since childhood. She could communicate and converse with wild Pokémon, and supposedly even achieve a union of minds. Although, in theory, this was not a psychic power but rather a heightened sense of empathy, people still regarded her as someone with psychic abilities.
According to Scott, when Anabel got fired up during a match, she would sometimes transmit her thoughts directly to her Pokémon, commanding them without saying a word, just like Telepathy. In those moments, Anabel was, in some respects, the strongest Frontier Brain.
Of course, that was only Scott's opinion. Everyone had their own standards for judging who the strongest Frontier Brain really was.
Regardless, Anabel's strength put her among the top tier of Frontier Brains.
However, he did not seem to have sensed this ability from the Anabel in the International Police before. It appeared that, after passing through an Ultra Wormhole and losing her memory, that Anabel had also lost this ability.
After glancing at the Alakazam on the battlefield, Xia You took out the Poké Ball he had prepared.
With a flash of blue light, his Dragonite made its dazzling entrance.
Xia You had settled on this lineup before coming here, and this was part of his regular rotation. Even if Anabel had sent out a different Pokémon, he would still have chosen Dragonite.