"It would be difficult for us to move around in such a confined space. Let's head to the battlefield so we can see each other's full strength."
"Good. I'll handle the riding."
Red and Green followed Mewtwo onto the battlefield. The other Champions followed suit, but Kaim stayed where he was. Seeing this, Cynthia stopped and called out to him.
"Kaim? What's wrong?"
"Cynthia. I'm going to make my move now."
Cynthia's eyes widened at Kaim's words, but she quickly realized that he must have something in mind.
"Do you have a good idea?"
"Yes. Besides, with my abilities, I can't keep up with this battle at all. I might as well gather more information and find a way to solve this."
"That's the right choice."
The earlier exchanges involving Green's and Lance's teams had shown that Mewtwo's cloned Pokémon were stronger than the Pokémon Red's team had trained. They did not seem to have received any technical training, but their raw stats were remarkably high. Even an Elite Four-level Trainer could be defeated by sheer brute force.
"Then I'll go too. I'm not much use in battle either."
Sonia also volunteered to accompany Kaim. Indeed, Sonia was of no use in battle; one could say she had already been dragged into it. Given that, she decided it would be better to gather information with Kaim.
"That's right. Kaim, please protect Sonia."
"Yeah."
"It's Kaim, so it'll be all right."
Leon stepped out of the crowd and turned his gaze toward Kaim. Kaim froze for a moment under his gaze, then immediately looked back at Leon, assuming this was about Sonia.
"I didn't expect things to look this dangerous. Can I ask you to look after Sonia?"
"Yes. I'll do something."
"Good answer."
Leon nodded, patted Kaim on the shoulder,