"Go on. Inside is your last—and most familiar—old friend in this world."
Pushing open the heavy, ornate final doors of Indigo Plateau, they found a red-carpeted passage stretching all the way to the Champion's throne at the far end.
There, a familiar figure with spiky hair and arms folded across his chest stood with his back to them in an arrogant pose.
[Rival: Hahaha! You finally made it! I've been waiting for ages!]
[Rival: I completed the Pokédex and assembled the perfect team! Now, I'm the strongest Pokémon Trainer in the world! Come on, I'll show you what an absolute gap in strength looks like!]
The internet café hall fell silent as they watched the pixelated little figure boast on the screen.
"This brat..."
Di Tian pointed at the screen, his golden slit pupils filled with speechless disbelief. "Wasn't that the same guy who got beaten until he was crying his eyes out at the entrance to Victory Road an hour ago? How did he manage to get beaten up one second and boast so shamelessly the next?"
"Perhaps that is the game's unique Schrödinger's memory," Gu Yuena commented blandly, a trace of boredom flashing through her violet eyes.
"Enough nonsense! Since his skin is itching, this old man will loosen his bones again!"
Long Xiaoyao gave the rival no chance to put on a show and immediately pressed the battle button.
The stirring Champion battle music began, but what should have been an evenly matched clash at the pinnacle became another one-sided beatdown.
Still not satisfied after fighting the Elite Four, everyone poured all their pent-up violence onto the newly crowned Champion.
Di Tian's Dragonite brought down the rival's Pidgeot with a single Outrage.
Gu Yuena's Articuno froze Rhydon into an ice sculpture with one Ice Beam.
Ye Xishui's