Well done!
After glancing at the Pancham that had already collapsed, Lu Ze smiled and rubbed Whimsicott's head in praise.
Whimsicott looked at Lu Ze proudly, then happily swayed over to his head and sprawled across his hair.
Listening to the cheers from the surrounding audience, Lu Ze smiled happily as well.
Now that he had won the quarterfinals, he would not need to worry about the upcoming matches.
While he could not directly choose to forfeit, deliberately losing a match would be simple enough.
They were already contestants competing for a spot in the semifinals. Surely they were not so weak that they could not even beat him when he deliberately threw the match?
Lu Ze was in high spirits. Once Riolu had been treated, he would discuss the plan with them.
They needed to figure out how to throw the match.
Seriously, surrendering directly would have been so much easier. Everyone would be happy.
But no, for the sake of the match's entertainment value, they were not allowed to surrender before a battle began.
Lu Ze happily made his way toward the Pokémon Center.
Meanwhile, the girl holding Shaymin had already begun her battle in the arena.
Her opponent was Contestant Number Fifty-Two.
Since Shaymin had already been exposed, she did not return it to its Poké Ball.
Holding Shaymin in her arms, the girl confidently commanded her Noibat to attack her opponent's Pokémon.
Her opponent's Pokémon were not weak either, but under the pressure of the Shaymin in the girl's arms, Contestant Number Fifty-Two seemed to have no fighting spirit at all.
From the look of it, he seemed to be here merely to go through the motions.
Still, that made sense. Even if Shaymin was not a Legendary Pokémon with exceptionally powerful combat ability—
—it was