With both sides in position for the two-on-two teachers' match, the battle between Young Master Mao and Candice officially began.
Since she was a Gym Leader from the Sinnoh Region, Young Master Mao still showed her basic respect.
Pokémon Trainers in the Sinnoh Region were generally quite capable. Aside from a certain slacker in the Elite Four.
Seeing Candice lead with Vanilluxe, Young Master Mao silently put down Blaziken's Pokémon Ball.
Forget it. She'll say I was bullying her afterward...
"Salamence, you're up..." Young Master Mao casually brought out a Pseudo-Legendary, making Candice's scalp tingle.
Wait, Ice-types do have an advantage against Dragon-types, but isn't this thing a little too powerful?
Young Master Mao raised an eyebrow. I've also got a pretty old Lucario here. Want to test how strong he is?
Far away at the Tree of Beginning, Regice thought, Tsk, tsk. Well, I certainly don't~
The cheers from the stands grew louder, and the commentator obligingly exclaimed, "Now, let's enjoy this exciting showdown!"
The referee chopped his right hand down. "Begin!"
Candice swept her right hand out, brimming with determination. "Even if I lose, I'll show you the backbone of the Snowpoint Gym!"
Young Master Mao was instantly speechless. Lady, do you even hear what you're saying?
"Vanilluxe! Blizzard!" Candice abruptly launched her attack.
Vanilluxe's Ability, Snow Warning, activated, and light snow began drifting over the battlefield.
As the two-coned ice cream Pokémon blew out a cold wind, a raging blizzard howled toward Salamence.
In snowy weather, there was no need to worry about accuracy. Without a doubt, this was an all-out strike!
"Salamence, Flamethrower!" Young Master Mao remained unruffled. No matter how cold the ice and snow were, they could not break through a barrier of fire.
"Rrgh!" Salamence whipped its head around, unleashing a torrent of