>>56217179>There is no expectation that they'll battle me because (previous events where they were NOT on their own ground and were surrounded and outnumbered by the region's authoritiesWhy do you refuse to answer the argument?
>shittier than the gruntsAnon, they're grunts. they use grunts to protect themselves. That's why they're fucking called GRUNTS
>they were never going toSo what would have happened if the gym leaders never came? Surely you're not THIS retarded....
>moment with the gym leaders that makes no actual senseThere is NO part of this scene that does not make sense. Not one.
except for the striatons not coming They were about to finish you off all at once, but then the gym leaders held the line for you. There is nothing wrong with that. You're even at the point where you're asserting they would not have battled you. Stop being retarded.