"Big Brother Tetsuya, it's only a test. It won't be enough to stump me."
Gary's face was full of confidence.
Though he was still quite young, Tetsuya could already see many traces of the future Gary in him.
From a certain perspective, that was not necessarily a bad thing.
What a person should fear was not having enough confidence, but becoming so overconfident that they misjudged their own abilities and ended up in a terrible situation.
Or, conversely, believing they could do nothing at all.
The education Gary had received would not let him fall into either of those undesirable extremes.
The reason Gary seemed somewhat overly proud in the future was also largely due to the appearance of Ash, that unexpected "rival."
However.
Just in case, Tetsuya felt that, as his Martial Uncle, he needed to properly guide him.
"Let's have a battle. I'll command a Pokemon used for Gym Battles, and you'll command your Scyther. Don't worry, I'll pick one with a lower level."
He said with a smile.
Gary froze for a moment, then put away his confident smile and began to think.
If it had been anyone else, they would probably have agreed in wild excitement already.
After all, even if Tetsuya was an Elite Four Level Trainer, with the advantages in both level and species, the odds of victory seemed quite high—at the early stage, a Pokemon like Scyther was undoubtedly far stronger in every respect than the basic forms of most other Pokemon.
But Gary knew very well.
Tetsuya's Trainer rank was far from enough to reflect the true extent of his strength.
And the gap in Battle Experience between them was simply too great.
He had only been with Scyther for a few months.
Even if Tetsuya was commanding a Pokemon used for