"Master?"
It's Master!
Iono, who was idly flipping through his Communicator, saw a familiar figure in the live stream on the Communicator and called out.
"Master is still as handsome as ever!"
"Bellibolt, Mismagius, look! It's Master!"
A round, bouncy frog, resembling a sturdy, fat frog, with a refreshing Blue body and a soft, gelatinous texture, looked at the Bellibolt Iono's Communicator along with the Mismagius.
"Dream?"
"That's right, your mentor is the one who mails you Pokéblock every month."
Mismagius looked at Roy on the screen, she felt a sense of familiarity with Roy even through the screen, though she didn't know why.
"Master is actually going to participate in the Martial Arts Tournament?"
Iono quickly turned on the Communicator's live stream interface and pointed the screen at himself.
"That's strange, why is Iono starting its broadcast so early? Usually, Iono doesn't start broadcasting until the afternoon."
"Yeah, I even set my alarm for Iono's live stream."
"Ohayo! Iono- chan!"
When faced with questions from the live stream audience, Iono was no longer the naive person he was when he first started broadcasting. He immediately uttered one of his signature lines.
"Using Electroweb to grab your attention, who's narrating this strange tale? The Iono is here! Good morning, noon, and evening! Hello!!"
It's time to watch Iono's amazing story live stream!
The signature smile, the iconic row of little shark teeth, and the consistent pose, culminating in a final tap of the screen.
Before anyone knew it, Iono had become a popular streamer in the Paldea region. In a short time, thousands of people flooded into Iono's live stream room.
With the number of viewers about to exceed 10,000, Iono switched the feed to the live stream of the Martial Arts Tournament.
"What is this? Where is this Iono?"
"Martial Arts Tournament? Iono- chan likes Martial Arts Tournaments? That's so... I love it!!"
Looking at the comments in the live stream, Iono opened a small window and said:
"Yes! It's the Martial Arts Tournament! I'm also very interested in this year's Martial Arts Tournament. Let me, Iono, guide you through the process of this year's tournament over the next couple of days!"
The Cianwood City, thousands of miles away from Paldea.
Roy had no idea that Iono was also paying attention to this Martial Arts Tournament. Right now, he was just like the apprentices guarding the Gym, helping them check the information of the challengers participating in this year's tournament.
Time quickly passed to noon, and just as the information verification was about to end, Roy saw a strangely dressed man.
Despite the still somewhat hot weather, the man was wearing a black overcoat, a black top hat, and carrying a Walking Stick.
They practically had my suspicion written all over their faces.
However, Roy recognized the man who was disguised so well at a glance: Gurkinn.
The reason is that the other person's extremely long, ✓-shaped eyebrow was not concealed. Not even trying to disguise such a long eyebrow is simply blatantly obvious.
Gurkinn?
Roy remembered that it was the other party who first posted the Mega Evolution video on IQ, and then disappeared as if nothing had happened.
I never expected to run into them here!
Are they also here to participate in the Martial Arts Tournament?
Since Gurkinn is also here, then...
"Grandpa, hurry up, let's go register! Otherwise we'll be late!"
A woman with long Golden hair, wearing a white training shirt, black shorts, a roller skating helmet, and roller skates appeared next to Gurkinn.
Sure enough, Korrina appeared in Roy's line of sight.
The cheerful and sunny girl before them was Korrina, the future Gym Leader of the Shalour City Shalour Gym in the Kalos Region.
Roy's assessment of Korrina was summed up in two words.
Benevolence and righteousness!
The fake female lead only throws snowballs at Ash when he can't beat the Gym, while the real female lead gives Ash a power-up when he can't Ash.
In the anime, Korrina lent Ash her Mega Evolution Bracelet, allowing Ash to participate in the Masters Eight Tournament with three Battle Systems.
Gurkinn was about to tell Korrina not to worry, he suddenly felt a gaze on him, though only for a moment, he still felt it.
Who is it!?
Gurkinn ignored Korrina's call and turned to look for the gaze that had been spying on him.
But when he turned around, he found that everyone was doing their own thing, registering or signing up, and even the reporters were directing the cameras to shut down. Nobody was paying attention to him at all.
Gurkinn wondered if he was being overly sensitive.