Steven Appears

Hoenn Region,

Sunlight spilled across the earth, warm and gentle, making people want to laze around.

The fat Atai lay sprawled across his desk, his eyes vacant as he fell into a daze.

"So boring~"

The fat boy muttered to himself. Ever since Eichi and the others had left, he had felt extremely out of sorts, as if something were missing from his life.

Life had become incredibly dull, without the slightest bit of excitement.

After class, Xiao Na turned around and asked, "Fatty, why have you been so down lately?"

The fat boy lifted himself from the desk and slumped in his seat. "Eichi left, and suddenly life feels meaningless."

"Look at this Five School League. Our school has fifteen slots, and all of them were taken by the 6th Grade Senior Students."

"Our 3rd Grade didn't get a single slot. If Eichi and Asen were here, we would at least have two slots."

In Sinnoh Academy's Selection Match, the 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, and 5th Grade had all been wiped out without earning a single slot.

All the slots had been taken by the 6th Grade. Among the 3rd Grade students, aside from Xiao He, no one else had even made it past the first round.

It was simply too miserable, which made Fatty and the others miss the days when Eichi had been around.

If Eichi and Asen were still here, they would have at least two slots. As Eichi's classmates, that would have felt completely different.

Fatty looked at the scenery outside the window, thinking of Eichi, when a massive figure suddenly streaked across the sky.

That figure swiftly passed over the academy city.

Fatty seemed to see a blue-haired man standing atop a Pokémon.

Thinking his eyes were playing tricks on him, Fatty did not