The Invincible Garchomp Takes the Field!

Watching the two Pokémon play so happily, even the referee subconsciously forgot to announce the start of the battle.

It was only after the commentator reminded him that he came back to his senses and realized that it was precisely because he had not announced the start that the two Pokémon had been able to play so happily.

"Ahem!" The referee coughed a few times to ease the awkwardness, then hurriedly announced:

"The halftime break is over. The battle begins!"

Togekiss VS Dragonite!

Hearing the referee's voice, Togekiss and Dragonite immediately stopped playing around, wiped the smiles from their faces, and grew serious.

Playing around normally was fine, but they were on the battlefield now. This was a battle!

It concerned their respective trainers' future "family thrones"!

"Type-wise, Togekiss has a huge advantage. Looks like Big Sister predicted that Teacher Jing He would switch Dragonite in during halftime." Watari stroked his chin thoughtfully.

"Big Sister is freaking awesome!" Volkner had already transformed into Cynthia's most loyal supporter.

"However, in terms of strength, Teacher's Dragonite clearly has the advantage over Cynthia's Togekiss." Steven Stone analyzed rationally.

No one objected to that.

Cynthia had clearly raised Togekiss later than Milotic and the others. Though it had now grown strong enough to hold its own in the Masters Tournament, still—

Its opponent was Jing He, the person currently known to be closest to a "Legendary"!

"But if Big Sister's Togekiss gets rolling with Tailwind, Dragonite might even get locked down to death." Watari had seen that kind of Togekiss before. Six consecutive Air Slash flinches—no one could withstand that.

"Teacher's Dragonite... for some reason, its luck is also unbelievably good." Steven Stone said. He had seen Teacher Jing He's Dragonite get absurdly lucky before.

And not just him. Quite a few people present