I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE A VERY WISE IDEA. YOU'VE BEEN AT THIS FOR A YEAR, AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT HALF THAT TIME. MY POKEMON WOULD PROBABLY BE AT A DISADVANTAGE, AND THOUGH I HAVE NOTHING TO BASE THIS OFF OF OTHER THAN YOUR EARLIER CRIMES, I SUSPECT THAT THIS PLAYING FIELD OF YOURS ISN'T AS LEVEL AS YOU'RE CLAIMING.

[From his experience, criminals aren't typically on the up and up when they offer something like that.]