A World Championship He Could Not Claim

Yes, after returning to Clear Stream Village from Hack City, Mark experienced insomnia for the first time in a long while.

In fact, Mark had stopped sleeping long ago, usually using Calm Mind in place of sleep.

After becoming an immortal, he no longer even needed Calm Mind.

So-called insomnia was really just a feeling.

Inside Clear Stream Gym, the little ones chattered noisily as they teamed up with Bulbasaur Little Fairy to play "Pokemon Battle."

Among them were two unfamiliar Pokemon.

One was Lugia, who kept secretly watching Mark, while the other was Necrozma, curled up in the corner.

Under normal circumstances, Mark should have stopped the little ones and asked Lugia and Necrozma where they had come from.

But Mark truly was not in the mood for that right now.

Besides, he did not know how to tell the Pokemon about what had happened not long ago.

"Sigh..."

Looking out at the clear night sky beyond the window, Mark let out a soft sigh.

In a daze, time returned to two hours earlier.

As for Clear Stream Village being upgraded to Clear Stream Town, Mark had not encountered much trouble. Things had proceeded fairly smoothly.

The process was just somewhat tedious.

Since village chief Uncle Qian Three was absent, Mark, as the acting village chief, had to complete a great many procedures.

There were also the lingering issues from the Chaotic Pokemon Tide, as well as the unclear registered identities of Clear Stream Village's population. Mark had to provide a great deal of additional documentation.

As a result, for the entire day, Mark had been constantly filling out forms between Hack City's Urban Management Center and the Hack City branch of the Pokemon Alliance.

To settle these matters as quickly as possible, Hack City's Urban Management Center had