Half an hour after the match ended.
The battle that had stunned the world dominated trending searches across the internet.
The top trending search was—
[Mega Dragonite Appears! (Trending)]
Next came [The Strongest Dragon-type Pokémon (Trending)], [This Man Might Be Invincible (Trending)], and more.
Mixed in among them was even [Kanto's Indigo Stadium Collapses: Where Did the Taxpayers' Money Go? (Trending)].
Though that search vanished quickly, the sight of the Quartz League stadium in ruins would not fade from viewers' minds around the world.
Many Kanto residents felt humiliated. They banded together to file complaints and protests with the Pokémon League Executive Committee, catching Charles Goodshow's attention and prompting an investigation into the stadium's maintenance over the years.
Charles Goodshow chaired the Pokémon League Executive Committee. He oversaw the leagues in Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh, and Wally had called him "the greatest man in the Pokémon League."
He had the investigation's results within two hours.
As it turned out, maintenance and upgrades to the stadium had long been outsourced. The company contracted for the work had plenty of experience. Its best-known project was a tourist island called Pokémon Park.
The amusement park had been filled with giant mechanical Pokémon, but it had been destroyed years ago for unknown reasons.
Last year, that same company had run into financial trouble due to another unknown setback, so it had secretly diverted funds meant for stadium maintenance.
Of course, it had taken money before—just not this much.
If not for Hydreigon's final, overwhelming burst of power, the problem likely would never have come to light. Judging by past League Conferences and Champion League battles, the stadium's setup from five years ago should have been more than enough.
Who could have expected...
More embarrassing still, by the time Officer Jenny sent people to