In the gym.
Everyone looked at the person in the arena in shock.
"Is he crazy? There really are people who are looking to be tortured. The two people from before didn't succeed in the challenge previously, yet someone still wants to challenge the Gym Leader?"
"Who knows? Maybe he just came and didn't watch the two battles just now."
"That's not right. He was standing beside me just now. He saw the Gym Leader's battle. Is he really that strong or is he just trying his luck?"
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The people in the gym discussed fervently, but no matter how they discussed, none of them felt that the Gym Leader would lose. They had such thoughts just by watching the two battles from before.
However, there was only one person who didn't think so, and that was Ryder.
This was because it was Giles who had gone up to challenge her.
He had witnessed Giles' terrifying strength.