After a moment of stunned silence, the host quickly came to his senses and announced the end of the game.
But when the camera turned to Roy was smiling Ancient Gengar into its Poké Ball. Although he lost the match, he was still honorable.
But when another camera focused on Lance, the victorious Lance was anything but happy.
How am I going to explain this to the old lady in my family after fighting like this to an Arena opponent?
After Roy and Lance's battle ended, the big screen switched to the Saffron City Arena.
Lorelei, Lorelei had just been in the Dynamax Arena, slowly walked over and also selected an opponent from the big screen—a Intermediate King level Pokémon Trainer was also very strong.
Having learned from Lance's earlier lesson, Lorelei, emulating his opponent's overconfidence, brought out her Trump Card: a spiny clam with a thick, double-layered shell, its overall color a deep bluish-gray with a hint of purple, and the edges of its shell covered with hard, sharp, cone-shaped Cloyster.
He was nicknamed "Dragon-Slayer Shell".
Her opponent sent an Intermediate King level Blastoise to challenge Dragon-Slayer Shell.
After using its Shell Smash, Cloyster defeated Blastoise with five consecutive Icicle Spear, without any hesitation or delay, completely lacking the passion and intensity of Roy and Lance's earlier battle.
That mid-level Elite Four didn't even last 5 minutes on the field before being knocked off.
Just as the group of trainers in the preparation room were about to offer some words of comfort to their opponent, they saw that the Pokémon Trainer showed no sign of disappointment at being instantly defeated. Instead, he excitedly shouted from inside the preparation room:
"I was defeated by Lorelei Elite Four!! I was defeated by Lorelei Elite Four!!!"
"No way, bro, you've been beaten to a pulp and you're still so happy?"
One of the contestants in the preparation room couldn't stand it anymore and spoke up.
"You don't understand, she's different!"
The player who just spoke:...
This behavior made the other players wonder if this person was a masochist.
The players who were closest to the target all took two steps back.
The battle between the two contestants and the two Elite Four has now come to an end, and today's Elite Four exhibition match has come to a successful close.
The last part was when Lance and Lorelei at the Advanced Division preparation room, mainly to greet the Pokémon Trainers who hadn't been selected for the Advanced Division.
The regional Elite Four are nominally the strongest Pokémon Trainers besides the Champion.
Lorelei wasn't particularly interested in greeting any of the players; she wasn't a flamboyant person herself. She felt that her biggest Harvest from the day was watching the match between Lance and that boy named Roy.
But this was a mission given by the Pokémon League, so he had no choice but to come to the preparation room with Lance.
Lance, on the other hand, greeted the contestants in the preparation room warmly, shaking hands and signing autographs, just like he was back home.
When the contestants in the preparation room greeted him, Lance responded to each one, and even called out the names of some of them.
He had previously battled at the Saffron City Arena for a period of time, achieving a 100-win streak two years ago, so he knew some of the Pokémon Trainers at the Training Grounds Saffron Battle Arena.
After his battle with Lance ended, Roy returned to the preparation room. The battle with Lance had earned him nearly 7 million points of Popularity Points.
This was also the highest Popularity Points he had ever received since Agatha dragged him to the Saffron City Arena to participate in the battle.
This is definitely a worthwhile investment.
Seeing Lance and Lorelei at the preparation room, Roy was also ready to face his idols.
However, Roy's gaze was completely elsewhere, not on Lance.
Roy felt excited as he watched Lorelei walk towards him. Lorelei seemed even bigger in real life than she had on the screen.
Lorelei was almost this way, and Roy had already extended his hand to greet Lorelei, "Hello, Miss Lorelei."
But by sheer coincidence, Lance saw Roy's outstretched hand and, recalling their Dynamax Battle, instantly changed direction, grabbing Roy's outstretched hand just before Lorelei arrived.
Feeling Lance's somewhat rough hand grasp his own, Roy's mood shifted from sunny to partly cloudy to a torrential downpour.
He instantly performed a Sichuan opera face-changing act, his face turning bright red.
Is this for you to shake hands with? You're going to shake it?
If he could beat Lance, he would definitely teach him a lesson.
Seeing Roy's flushed face, Lance assumed he was just excited. She hadn't realized he was actually a fan.
Lance, however, spoke in a dismissive tone, as if a senior were instructing a junior:
"Roy, your Gigantamax Gengar is very strong. Train hard, and I hope to see you at the Indigo Plateau Conference this year. Also, my cousin Clair has mentioned you before."
Clair?
Roy recalled the scene on the S.S. Anne where he used the Dusclops to disgust the other party.
If Lance hadn't mentioned it, he would have almost forgotten that Clair was Lance's cousin.
Hearing Lance say this, Roy initially thought that Lance was going to vent his anger for his sister and torture him again.
Unexpectedly, Lance, seeing what was going on, simply laughed heartily twice and then said:
"You young people should handle your own affairs; I don't have time to meddle in so many things."
Young people?
According to Agatha, Lance in front of her was at most 5 years older than her, but he seemed to be about 20 years older.
After saying that, Lance paused for a moment, then continued:
"By the way, if you're interested in the profession of League Prosecutors, you can also contact me. I can pull some strings for you."
Amidst the envious gazes of the other contestants, Lance proactively added Roy's contact information, then turned around dramatically, his cloak billowing in the wind, and left the preparation room of the Saffron City Arena without looking back.
Seeing Lance putting on such a grand show in front of him, Roy was speechless. The other guy actually wanted to recruit him to be Prosecutor?
What do you mean by saying Giovanni is his older brother?
Should he also bring Giovanni into the Prosecutor's office?
Wait a minute! I almost forgot about the important thing, where's Lorelei?
When Roy went to look for Lorelei again, she had already disappeared.
Nurse Joy was standing nearby, said that after Lorelei greeted her, she was about to walk over to Roy, as if she had something to say to him.
However, because he and Lance were exchanging contact information at the time, Lorelei and the others became impatient and left the Arena. They may have already left Saffron City by now.
Lorelei already left?
Did she have something else to say to herself?
Roy: Dragon Tamer!! (Five stacks of Blood Rage)