"Ye Feng, although I lost, I also see you clearly."
Jimu pointed at Ye Feng.
Ye Feng smiled, "See me clearly? What did you see clearly about me?"
"All of us trainers consider Pokémon as our good friends! Partners! The most important beings!!! But you don't!!!"
"Oh? Is that so? Where did you see that I don't?"
Jimu: "Even though they are the opponent's Pokémon, we never attack with such lethal force as you do, harming the opponent's Pokémon!! We always stop fighting when we see the opponent's Pokémon faint, but you! You are a devil!!"
"To force me to surrender!! You threatened me with the lives of your Pokémon!!!"
"You don't value Pokémon lives!!!"
"You are not worthy of being a trainer!!! Let alone owning Pokémon!!!"
"You are simply a despicable scoundrel!!!"
Jimu berated loudly.
The final match, which should have ended, seemed to have a new twist.
The entire stadium fell silent at this moment, everyone listening intently.
Not long after Jimu finished speaking.
Ye Feng's smile remained, but in the next second, a playful smile emerged.
He clutched his stomach and burst into laughter.
Jimu asked him what he was laughing at.
Ye Feng replied, "I'm laughing at your hypocrisy."
Jimu: "My hypocrisy?"
Ye Feng: "Yes, you are hypocritical to the extreme."
His disdainful gaze infuriated Jimu.
"First, let me answer your second question."
"You say I'm cruel? That I don't value Pokémon lives?"
"Congratulations, you are correct. I am indeed a cold and cruel person."
As the venue was silent, and the host had secretly activated the miniature microphones near the player benches, everyone in the stadium could hear Ye Feng and Jimu's conversation perfectly.
When they heard Ye Feng admit what kind of person he was, the entire stadium fell silent, faces filled with disbelief.
"Although I am indeed a cruel person, and I threatened you with your Golem to force your surrender, this is your own fault."
"My fault?"
Jimu was so angry he almost lunged forward.
"Of course, it's your fault."
Ye Feng smiled, "You foolish human, I publicly stated yesterday that in the upcoming matches, I would reveal my true strength, and those who didn't want their Pokémon to get hurt should surrender."
"But did you listen?"
"Before our match, did I remind you again? Did you listen?"
"During the match, I reminded you again: if you don't want your Pokémon to be severely injured or near death, surrender quickly. But you were the one hesitating."
"Your Golem wouldn't have been so badly injured, but its trainer was hesitating."
"Hesitating about what?"
"Hesitating whether victory or it was more important."
Jimu fell silent, his face turning ashen.
Ye Feng was right. That was exactly what he had been thinking at the time.
In the end, he had chosen his lifelong partner, Golem.
"You're right! But that still doesn't change the fact that you're not worthy of being a Pokémon trainer!!"
"True trainers love their Pokémon! They treat them as friends and partners! You clearly don't!!!"
"And your Pikachu too!!"
"The most important thing to determine if you're worthy of being a trainer is to see if your Pokémon relies on you!! How close is your bond!!"
As his voice grew hysterical, the Red-Striped Pikachu, not to mention others, genuinely wanted to bite Jimu to death.
You idiot, are you crazy?!
You angered Ye Feng, why are you dragging me into this?
Is your brain poisoned?!
The Red-Striped Pikachu nervously glanced back at Ye Feng, but fortunately, Ye Feng's attention was not on it.
"Hoo..."
It let out a heavy sigh of relief.
Then, it heard Jimu speak again:
"Pikachu, don't be afraid. If Ye Feng abuses you, leave him immediately."
"Don't be afraid, in front of everyone, he wouldn't dare do anything to you."
Jimu looked at Pikachu gently.
He felt like he was the hero of this Red-Striped Pikachu.
He had given this Red-Striped Pikachu a way out, and it must be very touched right now.
Yes, it was touched, touched enough to want to kill you.
Facing Jimu's words, Ye Feng simply smiled.
"I told you you were hypocritical, and you didn't believe me."
"You keep saying you treat Pokémon as your most important friends and partners. Since you consider them your most important partners and friends, why do you command them to battle?"
"Doesn't it hurt them to battle? Even a physical collision causes pain, let alone being hit by moves. Since you claim to treat them as friends and partners, is this how you treat your companions?!"
"If this isn't hypocrisy, then what is?"
"I!"
Jimu was left speechless.
And it wasn't just Jimu; many trainers in the Indigo Plateau Stadium fell silent.
At the beginning, they had all sided with Jimu.
Everyone felt Jimu was right.
Pokémon were their good friends, their partners, and should be cherished.
They also felt Ye Feng was too cold-blooded; even if the Pokémon weren't his, he shouldn't strike to kill.
But Ye Feng's response was like a slap in their faces, no, not just them.
It was a slap to trainers across the Kanto region, and even the entire world.
Yes, if you consider Pokémon your most important friends and partners, why would you send them to battle?
Lorelei on the main stage also fell into silence.
Ye Feng mockingly taunted Jimu, and even more so, the world:
"Selfish, self-serving."
"You claim Pokémon are your friends and partners."
"But you use them to battle for your own selfish desires."
"You use their battles, their life-or-death struggles, to fight for your own reputation and your future."
"Is this your path of friendship and partnership with Pokémon?!"
His resonant voice continued to echo throughout the Indigo Plateau Stadium.
As well as in the Kanto region, and even other regions, for those watching the match on television.
"Actually, you do consider Pokémon your friends and partners to some extent, but more so as tools, tools to gain fame and fortune."
"Have you ever considered if the Pokémon want to battle?"
"If they are your friends, why don't you let the Pokémon control you to battle?"
"You can taste the flavor of a fight too?"
"Let the Pokémon control you, beat you half to death, oh no, not half to death, just until they faint from losing the ability to battle."
"After you faint, you're sent to the hospital for treatment? Then in the next match, you continue to battle?! Repeating this cycle, living this life?!"
"Is this how you treat Pokémon as your most important friends and partners?!"
Silence!
A long, prolonged silence!
Ye Feng's words had essentially torn off the fig leaf of this world.
So-called trainers.
Were no different from him, Ye Feng, using Pokémon to gain fame and fortune!
"What about you?!"
Someone, it's unclear who, posed the question to Ye Feng.
Ye Feng waved his hand:
"When have I ever said that I consider Pokémon my friends and partners?"
"I am their master! It's a superior-subordinate relationship!"
"Do you understand?!"
"In simple terms, they are the swords in a warrior's hand!"
His handsome face was filled with a manic intensity.
Of course, Ye Feng held back one more thought.
Pokémon, besides being tools, are also food.