[Huh?? That makes no sense! How could Flygon lose a Dragon Rush clash against Dragonair?]
[After watching so many of Xia Chi's matches, I feel absolutely nothing. This is the most ordinary one out of all his Pokémon.]
[Treasure this perfectly ordinary Dragonair while you can. Once Lao Shui trains it a little longer, it might not stay this normal, lol.]
[Classic plot: Dragonair gets badly hurt, Dragonair dodges all over the place, Dragonair gets its healing blocked, Dragonair gives its victory speech!]
[Senior Lacey, why are you smiling so happily when Clay just lost?!]
[Daddy's little girl isn't keeping him warm anymore~]
[Hahahaha, the same black-hearted cotton as Whimsicott!]
[Clay: Seeing my daughter smile that happily hurts worse than losing the match!]
[But seriously, isn't Dragonair's damage a little unreasonable when it hasn't even boosted with Dragon Dance or anything?]
In all fairness, under normal circumstances, even with a slight type advantage, taking down a Flygon on the level of Clay's main team with just four moves would indeed have been a pipe dream.
The gap in their raw strength and the meticulousness of their training were plain to see.
The problem was that Clay had spent that stretch outwitting an imaginary opponent.
After those two Dragon Claws, Dragonair had actually been in terrible shape.
At least, from what Xia Chi could sense with his Aura, its condition could only be described as a candle flickering in the wind.
Had Clay simply charged in with Dragon Rush then, or played it safer with Dragon Pulse followed by Draco Meteor...
Dragonair, which hadn't learned [Protect], would have been utterly finished.
Unfortunately, Clay had been far too wary of Dragonair's nonexistent Life Absorb ability.
Not only had he wasted a move on a completely useless Psychic Noise, but he'd also chased