Outside the festival venue.
Baimu looked at Ash in front of him and asked, "You're leaving already? Not staying another day?"
Battle Festivals usually lasted around two or three days.
That gave contestants from all over the world a chance to take the field and battle.
"More exciting adventures are waiting for me!"
Ash chuckled, and Pikachu on his shoulder echoed, "Pika!"
Perhaps Pokémon Journeys' greatest change was that it had gone from a road movie to a full-fledged episodic series. They looked similar, but the difference was enormous.
At the very least, Baimu always watched the ending credits whenever he watched a movie, simply because the scenes of Ash and the others strolling through the fields, paired with the music, made him feel especially relaxed.
"Let's battle again someday!"
Baimu watched Ash and the others leave. Pikachu deliberately twisted half his body around and waved a paw at him in farewell.
So cute.
It would be even better if he used fewer cheats.
The human cheat silently entertained this extraordinarily hypocritical thought.
"I never expected that after only a year, you would have become this powerful," Gurkinn, the former Shalour Gym Leader, remarked from the side.
Back then, he had been the one to find Baimu after Rayquaza tossed him onto Mega Island. He had invited him to the Tower of Mastery, where Baimu proceeded to give his granddaughter a thorough beating.
And now Baimu had come to Shalour City again and beaten Korrina up once more.
As her grandfather, Gurkinn was not angry in the slightest. Instead, he greatly admired Baimu as he was now.
"To reach this level without relying on Mega Evolution... I knew I hadn't misjudged you!"
Wait, you had such high expectations of me?
Baimu grumbled inwardly, but politely accepted the praise on the