"The finals of the Lily of the Valley Conference will officially begin today!"
After yesterday's buildup, the Lily of the Valley Conference finals immediately pushed the excitement to its peak.
Especially after—
Yesterday, Xia Yan had used a single Darkrai to reverse-sweep Tobias, who had also made his name with Darkrai, achieving the spectacular feat of putting six opponents to sleep with one Pokémon. The calls for Xia Yan to claim the championship had reached an all-time high.
And his opponent today—
Looking at the guy standing across the field, constantly rubbing his nose with a goofy grin on his face—
Ash!
Xia Yan could not help rubbing his forehead.
He had originally thought that even if Ash avoided Legendary Pokémon Tobias, Ash would surely fall when facing Aidas, who also had Legendary Pokémon, and Xia Yan's Heatran.
Who would have thought—
Ash had actually won!
As for the reason—
After finishing his battle with Paul, Ash no longer had to insist on using only Pokémon he had caught in the Sinnoh Region.
That was right.
Ash had called over all the strongest Pokémon he had ever caught.
It had to be said—
Once Ash stopped acting like a "Super Rookie," he was actually quite capable.
Although this was already the fourth conference he had participated in, making it seem as though he was very experienced and an old hand at being a Trainer—
In truth, less than a year had passed since Ash left Pallet Town to begin his journey.
Even if he had not won a tournament championship right from his debut like Red, his rate of improvement was still astonishing.
Especially since—
The Pokémon he had left in Pallet Town and in various other places had all been trained by powerful figures.
What Ash had originally lacked