"Ash, get down already. This is so embarrassing."
May's face flushed as she looked around.
"Well, it's fine. He's not the only one."
Brock sighed.
"Ash, I can't see anything~"
Max helplessly waved his hand.
"Go, go, go, Charizard! Break through the clouds and fly into the sky!!" Miyagi clenched both fists, completely ignoring the pain of his nails digging into his palms.
It seemed that everything he had was entrusted to Charizard. Together, they broke through one Seed Bomb after another, heading straight for that ultimate target!
Bang! Bang! Bang!!
Charizard paid no attention to the pain wracking its body, nor to how many Seed Bombs it had broken through. It simply continued closing in on that ever-nearer blue figure!!
One year, two years? Or perhaps three... Maybe for Charizard, it had been an entire lifetime!!
The target it had chased for its whole life, the one it wanted to defeat, was right here. If it retreated or hesitated now, it would probably be harder for it to accept than death itself.
In the end, only a thin layer of flames remained around Charizard's body.
Yet none of that mattered, because its eyes held only the blue figure right before it.
"Roar—!!!!"
A dragon's furious roar suddenly rang out amid the violent explosion and smoke.
"Jumpluff, do you want to dodge?" Dian quietly closed his eyes, sensing his opponent's emotions with his heart.
It had nothing to do with winning or losing. The moment he stepped onto the stage, he suddenly understood: here, everyone was a winner.
This was a stage where losing didn't matter.
He took a deep breath, then opened his eyes. "Solar Beam!"
Since that was the case, he wanted to see exactly how long this Charizard could hold on.
Amid the smoke of the explosion,