The Dancer finished her dance.
Iono gradually came out of her daze.
She glanced at the livestream's viewer count—
You felt Iono clasp your hand tightly. Excited, she asked whether you'd ever considered becoming a streamer.
Now it was the Dancer's turn to be stunned. At a loss, she stared at the Gym Leader before her, who looked hardly any older than she was and whose eyes sparkled.
Iono.
The Levincia Gym Leader and a famous streamer.
She wore two Magnemite ornaments on her head, each nearly as big as her head itself. Even in the world of Pokémon, few could rival her outlandish fashion.
Her mouthful of sharklike teeth and sweet smile made her hugely popular with the younger generation.
How to put it?
She was just plain adorable.
Before the Dancer could refuse, Iono said she'd only mentioned it in passing. The Dancer, who had worried that turning her down might affect the Gym battle, breathed a sigh of relief.
Your second Gym battle was about to begin.
The battle was once again held in the center of Levincia, in a plaza-like space surrounded by enormous horizontal billboards.
Multicolored lights shone up from beneath the Battle Arena. It looked spectacular.
Probably blinding, too.
As before, the Dancer led with Quaxly.
Water-types were at a serious disadvantage against an Electric-type Gym, but her faith in Quaxly made her throw the ball without hesitation.
Quaxly didn't disappoint her. Once it started dancing, it reacted far faster than the Wattrel Iono sent out, dodging its electric attacks several times.
Of course, it wasn't faster than electricity.
It had simply read where Wattrel's attacks would land.
It was much like dodging projectiles...
Even so, it was astonishing. Mawile was quite skilled at dancing too, but even she couldn't