The next day, Roy, Wallace, and Steven went to each other's newly built Pokémon Contest dojo and saw that it was fully equipped and had a very modern architectural style.
It has to be Devon Corporation's Machamp Construction Crew is really impressive.
Roy briefly explained his ideas, and then he and Wallace worked together to develop the rules, event schedule, participants, and other preparations for the next Pokémon Contest.
However, he actually suggested that Wallace rent a dojo in Lilycove City to hold a Pokémon Contest themed around his name.
After all, coming to Sootopolis City is too troublesome, and you have to go through layers of checks.
After listening to Roy's suggestion, Steven nodded in agreement, but he knew that Wallace's status as the Gym Leader meant he could only stay at the Gym.
Although he doesn't have to personally fight every challenger, he still needs to oversee the Gym.
The three of them had just returned to the Sootopolis City Gym after watching the Grand Festival.
Roy noticed a man with full red hair, slightly taller than himself, standing in front of a large tree in front of the Gym, observing a flower emitting a seven-colored light in front of the tree.
Beside the man stood a woman with pink hair and orange goggles, who was warily scanning their surroundings.
Neither of them crossed the fence; the man simply stayed in place, quietly watching the Eternal Flower in front of the tree from outside the fence.
Lysandre!
Roy recognized Lysandre at a glance; the man's features were so distinctive that he hadn't expected him to be here.
The pink-haired woman next to Lysandre is Malva, one of the Elite Four of the Kalos Region, known for her Fire type Elite Four.
What is Lysandre doing in the Hoenn if he's not in Kalos?
Lysandre stood by the fence, looking at the flower called the Eternal Flower under a large tree in front of the Sootopolis Gym.
So this is the Eternal Flower of Hoenn.
It is indeed quite beautiful...
However, his target was not the flower, but a Flabébé with black petals and bright scarlet edges, held in one hand.
Sigh~
Looking at the beautiful flower that was radiating light, Lysandre sighed in disappointment; he had wasted his time again.
Over the past year, Team Flare has reached its peak.
Scientists from the Team Flare at the Lysandre Institute, named after him, developed stereoscopic imaging Holographic Communication capabilities.
His subordinate, Malva, defeated the Grass type Elite Four Elite Four from the previous Kalos League and replaced him as the Fire type Elite Four Elite Four.
However, this did not satisfy him. For the future development of Team Flare, he needed an inside agent within the Pokémon League to keep track of every move the Kalos League made.
So he gave the 3D imaging technology to the Kalos League for free, without taking a single penny. The price was that Malva had to serve as the image consultant for the 3D imaging and the top news anchor for Kalos TV Station.
The Kalos League, unaware of the relationship between Lysandre and Malva, assumed he was in love with her and readily agreed.
After all, the value of this technology cannot be measured in Poké Dollars, and Malva is the Pokémon League's Elite Four, so it's a win-win situation no matter how you look at it.
Little did they know that Lysandre had swindled them out of even their underwear.
Don't think that being a full-time news anchor is useless, just casually broadcasting the morning and evening news.
With her status as the top news anchor in the Kalos Region, coupled with her status as one of the Elite Four and her considerable talent, Malva has now completely taken control of the Kalos Region's news industry.
She can get some intelligence about the Pokémon League in advance, so she can help cover up any actions or tricks Team Flare might take.
Moreover, as an image consultant, whenever people open the 3D image Holographic Communication function on their Communicator, Malva's 3D image will automatically pop up, subtly embedding Malva's image into the minds of the public.
Everything is ready except for the final push.
But the east wind was slow to arrive; a year ago, he had caught A Z on the shore of a remote island in Kalos, the closest island to Galar.
He thought that capturing AZ would allow him to control the Ultimate Weapon, but no matter how much they pleaded and begged, AZ refused to cooperate and wouldn't tell him the location or how to activate the ultimate weapon.
The key point is that AZ is the former king of the Kalos Royal Family, and one of his ancestors, so he has no way to force the other party to comply with the law through torture.
That leaves only one option: to find the Eternal Flower Floette, that AZ has been desperately seeking.
He knew that the Eternal Flower Floette was AZ's weakness. If he could find the Eternal Flower Floette, he could force AZ to reveal the location of the Ultimate Weapon.
But the Eternal Flower Floette is not so easy to find; AZ has been searching for three thousand years and still hasn't found it.
His men searched all over the Kalos Region but found no trace of the Eternal Flower Floette.
He even suspected that AZ had deliberately let him capture her so that he could take her place in searching for the Eternal Flower Floette.
(A reader raised a point yesterday that before Mega Starmie gained the Huge Power Ability in Zul'Age, its Attack stat was 140, but after gaining the Huge Power Ability, its Attack stat was changed to 100.)
The stats are indeed a bit overpowered, so I've changed the previous settings to 100 Physical Attack and the Huge Power Ability.
Everyone is welcome to speak freely about any questions they may have, as information gathered through work can sometimes be inaccurate.
However, with a base Attack stat of 100 and the Huge Power Ability, plus Special Attack stat of 130, this dual-wielding build seems pretty overpowered.