The Strongest Female Trainers' Showdown

If it had been anyone else, they might have been unable to stay calm by now. But Eichi was different. He remained composed.

Although he was not certain of victory either, he never panicked when faced with something important like this.

People who had seen grand occasions did not lose their heads over such things.

After breakfast, everyone headed to Indigo Stadium as usual.

Everyone was quite excited. Today's matches were the semifinals—they were infinitely close to the championship now.

Who would claim the championship would be decided today.

Sitting in the stands, Eichi glanced at Zog across from him.

Zog looked back at Eichi as well. From the very beginning, Zog had been extremely aloof. Since the first day, he had sat in his seat without saying much of anything to anyone.

He had maintained that cold, distant demeanor the entire time. Still, it suited his status and strength quite well.

Before long, the other officials arrived as well. However, to everyone's surprise, a familiar group came in behind them.

They were the eleven Elite Four members. Seven of them had not been seen for several days, and everyone had initially assumed they simply could not be bothered to watch the matches in person.

To them, battles at this level might have looked like weaklings pecking at each other.

But that was not the case at all. Eichi had overheard people from other academies chatting in the cafeteria, saying that several Elite Four members were not even at the hotel. Their rooms had been empty.

Eichi had specifically asked Director Liu about it, and only then did he learn that the Pokémon League had needed several Elite Four members to help with something.

What could possibly require the help of seven Elite Four members? Don't tell him they had