In the stands, many people subconsciously stood up, wished she could turn their eyes into cameras, snapping away to record this historic moment.
On the field, a Jumpluff that had temporarily broken through to Pseudo-Elite Four Beginner was panting heavily.
Opposite it, a Jynx covered in scars lay flat on her back with her head tilted up, already incapacitated.
But the referee was stunned as well. It seemed that even he could not believe Elite Four Sato had misjudged the outcome.
"Elite Four Sato, could Jynx... be playing dead?" The host seemed to be trying to salvage something, but it was clearly a case of one fan outweighing ten thousand haters.
Clap! Clap! Clap! Firm, resounding applause rang out. Sato was the first to clap, giving recognition to the Jumpluff that had overturned his prediction.
Then came thunderous cheers from the entire venue. Everyone was so excited that it felt as though they were not clapping with their own hands.
Zhuzhen stared blankly at Jumpluff. For one fleeting moment just now, he had felt that he was Jumpluff, and Jumpluff was him.
Then, he and Jumpluff had won.
It was not until cheers erupted throughout the venue that Zhuzhen truly realized they had won.
Excitedly pulling the drifting Jumpluff into his arms, Zhuzhen could not help looking toward Sato at the Judging Panel.
No one knew—not even Sato himself, perhaps—that the person who had first set Zhuzhen on the path of a Trainer was Sato!
From the moment Zhuzhen left Spirit Fruit Town, there had always been a towering figure in his heart for him to chase.
And that figure had risen as brilliantly as a comet, again and again shattering the records left behind by other geniuses and becoming one of the current Johto Elite Four with unstoppable