"Nice! That Baton Pass felt great!"
Beside me in the stands, Green slapped his knee. Indeed, passing along a Substitute and maximized Speed should work very well.
"But why not stack some swords, too? Dancing is pretty standard. If it were me, I'd definitely dance."
"Yeah. Hm? Oh, I see."
"Right, that Pokémon probably doesn't need it."
"Actually, you should stack them before passing it on. Unless..."
"I see. That gives us a pretty good idea of what Mr. Yuto is aiming for. If that's his plan, there's absolutely no need to stack anything."
We couldn't help nodding at the Pokémon that appeared in Scizor's place. As we understood it, stacking swords for that Pokémon this time would be a wasted effort.
"Hey, hey, I have no idea what's going on here. What are you talking about?"
Right, there was someone here who hadn't been with us before. Incidentally, Mr. Fifth, Mr. Ye, and Mr. Silver were all at the tournament Headquarters, not here.
"Shinji, this is one of the main strategies when using Iron Armor."
It was Shinji, whom I'd fought in the third match. I didn't know how long it would last, but apparently, like me, he'd taken Mr. Yuto as his teacher. Since it had only been a day or two, his Pokémon Lecture didn't seem to have progressed much.
"What kind of guy is that?"
"Oh, right, right. Do you know who Shinji's opponent is?"
"Of course I do. Isn't he the Dark Messenger? He's insanely strong. Has he ever lost?"
Hmm. So that was how it was. Come to think of it, the spectators around us also expected Mr. Taka to win. Still, I couldn't imagine Mr. Yuto losing to him at all. That guy seemed to have provoked Mr. Yuto(?) before, so I felt