"Pawmot, now! Dragon Dance!"
Iono's command reached everyone's ears through her headset.
Volkner: "..."
The audience: "..."
Seriously, buddy, did you even hear what you just said?
You wanted Pawmot to use [Dragon Dance]?
Who did you think you were, Xia Chi?
The next instant.
Watching Pawmot immediately start shaking its chubby belly in a vigorous dance after slapping Raichu, everyone fell silent.
Only the live chat remained fired up.
[Seriously? Dragon Dance Pawmot now? Who taught you to raise illegal Pokémon?]
[My friend (meaning Xia Chi) raised it for me. Got a problem with that?]
[Iono: My Pokémon haven't gone bad. I have!]
[It's over, girl. You've caught Xia Chi. You're going to turn bad!]
[Aaagh, can Xia Chi turn me bad too? My Caterpie says it wants to learn Dragon Dance!]
[Caterpie? Come back after you've evolved once into Rayquaza!]
[As everyone knows, Xia Chi isn't just an excellent Trainer, breeder, mythology scholar, and Pokémon researcher. He's also an excellent teacher. He can even teach Pawmot Dragon Dance!]
[Garchomp shed tears of envy!]
[Could illegality really be sexually transmitted?]
Although Xia Chi was nowhere to be seen on-screen and no one had mentioned him.
The moment everyone saw this Dragon Dance Pawmot, which couldn't possibly have been more illegal, Xia Chi was the first person who came to mind.
Now, that was what you called a reputation!
Without a doubt, Iono, who had once been an ordinary Trainer, had developed not only strange tactics but strange Pokémon as well.
The reason was... she'd caught Xia Chi!
Although most of the chat was joking around, the envy and jealousy were impossible to hide.
Of all the people in the world, who didn't want to become a powerful Trainer?
Watching Iono go from a first-round casualty to a serious contender