"Eat up, eat up, don't hold back! This Vortex Seafood Pot is our signature dish. Ordinary people have to book at least a month in advance if they want to try it."
In an upscale restaurant that looked unremarkable from the outside but was a different world within, Zhengdong warmly entertained Sato and Tajiri Ii.
Besides the three of them, there was another quiet, taciturn middle-aged man, the other Elite Four level Trainer stationed in the Whirl Islands.
The Ice Artist, Bian Zhe.
From his title alone, it was clear that Bian Zhe was exceptionally good at using Ice-type Pokemon and had even begun leaning toward becoming a Coordinator.
Moreover, Bian Zhe held tremendous prestige in the Whirl Islands, because his Ice-type attacks were highly effective at fending off natural disasters.
After Zhengdong and Sato finished their match that morning, Tajiri Ii and Bian Zhe had also competed that afternoon.
Although Tajiri Ii had won in the end, Bian Zhe's Lapras and Walrein had left an extremely deep impression on Sato.
And tomorrow, Sato would face Bian Zhe, while Tajiri Ii would battle Zhengdong.
Still, that did not stop Zhengdong from warmly inviting the two of them.
With the schedule more than halfway through, most contestants had already roughly predicted their rankings and placements. Zhengdong and Bian Zhe were no exception.
So, for the battles ahead, they both approached them with the mindset of sparring and improving, without too strong a desire to win.
After all, their current scores were too low. They were destined to miss the finals.
More importantly, Sato had been sensing the two men's emotions through Dark Power the entire time, yet he had not found anything unusual from beginning to end.
But in truth, toward contestants like Sato and Tajiri Ii, who had kept winning