Turn-the-Tide Blaziken

The moment Golisopod appeared, the leaders on the VIP Stand lit up. Among them, the beautiful blonde teacher leading the Sinnoh Region team asked curiously, "Where is this Pokémon from?"

"It looks pretty impressive!"

"Director Liu, aren't you going to explain it to us?"

Director Liu chuckled. "This Pokémon is called Golisopod. It's a Fighting-type and Water-type Pokémon."

"It evolves from a Pokémon called Wimpod."

"It's a Pokémon from the Alola Region."

At the mention of the Alola Region, only one person reacted, clearly having heard of it.

Everyone else looked utterly baffled. They had no idea where the Alola Region was.

The Alola Region was still quite remote and had not yet connected with the Pokémon League, so it was normal for them not to know about it.

"So it's the Alola Region. I once heard a friend mention that there was a place called Alola far away from us, where all the Pokémon were ones we had never seen before."

"But I don't know exactly what it's like," that person briefly explained.

On the field, judging from appearances alone, both sides looked cool. Blaziken was Elite Four level, so Golisopod held no advantage in terms of level.

However, Blaziken was Fire-type and Fighting-type, while Golisopod was Bug-type and Water-type.

It had a type advantage over Blaziken, so once that was balanced out, their odds of winning were about even.

But even if they were evenly matched, Eichi was guaranteed to win, because he still had two Pokémon stronger than Golisopod.

That was what Asen believed.

Blaziken and Golisopod stared each other down.

Blaziken's eyes were filled with fighting spirit, and Golisopod was the same. However, there was something else in Golisopod's eyes—confidence.

Golisopod was extremely confident in itself. It was not blind confidence, but confidence with solid grounds.