Even now, Cynthia still remembered the scene of Ash, after defeating his destined rival Paul, charging all the way from the semifinals to the finals, defeating contestant Tobias and the runner-up of that year's Lily of the Valley Conference, then challenging the Champion League.
Unfortunately, although Ash had that Lucario that seemed to have come from Olden City, when he faced the first hurdle of the Champion League, Aaron, Sinnoh League's Bug-type Elite Four, the final result still ended in regret.
Against the powerful Elite Four, he still needed much more training.
As the Sinnoh League Champion, Cynthia had also heard that Ash had earned the title of inaugural Champion in the newly established League here. Out of curiosity, she temporarily handed her work over to Lucian and the others, then came to the Alola region to enjoy its beautiful natural scenery while carrying out her usual archaeological work.
Before coming to the Alola region, she had naturally done plenty of research and gained a certain understanding of the Ultra Wormholes unique to Alola, phenomena rarely seen in other regions.
Generally speaking, the opening of an Ultra Wormhole meant that Pokémon from another world—the Ultra Beasts—were invading.
To be honest, Cynthia was very interested in this. Interested enough that she stopped her usual sparring with the Totem Kommo-o in Poni Canyon, recalled Milotic, who could not fly, and sent out her Dragon-type and Ground-type Garchomp to investigate from the sky.
Inside the Ultra Wormhole.
Because Hisuian Braviary found it difficult to stir up strong winds within the Ultra Wormhole passage, Su Hao sat atop Metagross.
After all, even if Metagross could not levitate through magnetism, it still had Psychic-type power to keep them safe.
Perhaps that was why both Solgaleo and Lunala had the Psychic-type attribute.
By Su Hao's estimation,