Xia Chi was nothing if not blunt.
He said exactly what was on his mind. "Mustard, how old is the dojo's Kubfu? What's its personality like?"
He hadn't directly asked, "Will you really give me one if I win?" but his meaning couldn't have been clearer.
Leon gave Xia Chi an amused look and teased, "Didn't you say your next Pokémon had to be one that could carry you through the sky?"
Xia Chi tried to defend himself. "Why couldn't it? Once it evolves into Urshifu and crushes every opponent in a tournament, wouldn't that count as carrying me?"
Leon: "..."
So that was another way to interpret being carried?
Xia Chi asked curiously, "Leon, why didn't you catch a Kubfu?"
With both looks and strength, Urshifu was so cool that Xia Chi couldn't imagine anyone turning one down.
If Leon really had an Urshifu, Cynthia probably wouldn't even be in the running for the strongest active Champion.
Leon smiled wryly. "My teacher's Urshifu have very few offspring. The first went off to explore the remote mountains of the Galar Region and still hasn't returned."
"The second is the one at the dojo now. It's only a little over two, but it's even more stubborn than its parents. No one has earned its approval yet."
Xia Chi asked in surprise, "Not even you, Leon?"
If even a Champion Trainer couldn't do it, Xia Chi wasn't feeling very confident either.
He had enough self-awareness to know just how vast the gap between them was.
After thinking it over, Xia Chi decided not to approach this with an ulterior motive.
Whether he could catch Kubfu would be up to fate.
After lunch.
When the dojo students heard that Mustard was going to battle the guest who had arrived that morning, they forgot