With a flash of blue light, a purple Heracross appeared before Xia You and May.
Its color was completely different from an ordinary Heracross's, making them realize at once that it was actually a Shiny Pokémon!
This was quite unexpected.
Xia You hadn't expected this Bug Catcher, who barely ever left the forest, to have a Shiny Pokémon!
Still, it made sense when he thought about it. Precisely because the boy rarely left the forest and devoted all his energy to searching for Bug-type Pokémon, roaming deep through the woods, he had managed to make such a find.
"I see. So this Shiny Heracross is your ace?"
Faced with a Pokémon like this, May didn't dare be overconfident. She called Eevee back and took out Combusken's Poké Ball.
To her, a Pokémon Trainer like Samurai was neither particularly strong nor particularly weak, making him perfect for practice. At the same time, though, she had to be careful not to suffer an unexpected defeat.
With another flash of blue light, May's first partner, Combusken, appeared before her.
Combusken's flames undoubtedly had an advantage over Samurai's Heracross. This also showed that May had no intention of giving Samurai any chance at all. In that respect alone, her style really was becoming more and more like Xia You's.
She was practically a younger, female version of him!
Shifting his sitting position, Xia You reminded May once more, "Be careful with fire. We're in a forest, after all. One careless moment could cause a disaster."
May nodded. "I understand."
Once both Trainers and their Pokémon were ready, the battle began again.
Right from the start, despite its type disadvantage, Samurai's Shiny Heracross launched a fierce assault, which suited this kind of Pokémon's temperament.
With its enormous horn thrust forward, it used Horn Attack and