A little over ten seconds later, when the dust cleared, the fallen boss Aggron and the battered Porygon-Z were both floating in the air.
"Boss Aggron is unable to battle!"
Boss Aggron had collapsed completely, losing the ability to move.
At the same time, Reflect vanished. This was the outcome of a battle that overturned type matchups: the Normal-type Polygon Z had defeated the Steel/Rock-type boss Aggron.
"Boss Aggron, thank you for all your hard work."
Daigo recalled boss Aggron into the ball and expressed his gratitude. There had been nothing wrong with Daigo's commands. On the contrary, given Polygon Z's low durability, those commands had been inevitable.
Yet Steven keenly sensed that he had been forced into giving those inevitable commands. The proof, one could say, was that his opponent had bought time with Double Team and deliberately set up Reflect. Because his exclusively physical moves had been read, he had ultimately lost to an opponent called Polygon Z, whose matchup was favorable.
I know just how thoroughly you've studied me.
I turned my gaze toward the entrance Cynthia had emerged from. A man stood there, watching me expressionlessly. Kaim's information-gathering ability was considerable; taken on its own, it even surpassed Cynthia's and Steven's. If Cynthia had devised countermeasures based on the information Kaim had collected, then this strength made sense. Steven thought these powerful herbs had most likely been simulated based on Kaim's information.
"Haha, I don't want to lose too much."
At present, Steven was one step ahead, but at this level, he could not establish a real lead. He knew how many battles he had experienced as Champion. All he had to do, then, was trust his Pokémon and fight with everything he had.
"All right, next! I'm counting on you, Peter!"
Steven's next move was