Dynamax in Kitakami (Please vote with your monthly tickets)

Mingyou was dumbfounded. He had thought Calyrex had called Gloria all this way to teach Ralts and the others how to use a computer. He had never imagined Calyrex had used him as bait to lure her here.

What kind of Trainer was I?

A Trainer on credit?!

Calyrex was even more confused. How could he not be a Trainer? He kept so many Pokémon at the Manor.

There were Big Bear and Second Bear, not to mention Latias and Ogerpon, each more outrageous than the last. Could someone who wasn't a Trainer keep that many Pokémon?

"Have you ever seen me train Pokémon?"

"Well... I suppose I haven't."

"Huh? You're not a Trainer?"

Listening to their conversation, Gloria looked just as stunned.

After all that talking, it turned out the three of them had been on completely different wavelengths...

Calyrex had assumed Mingyou was a Trainer and used that as a reason to bring Gloria over from Galar, with teaching Ralts and the others to use a computer as an additional task.

Gloria had thought Calyrex had arranged for Mingyou, a powerful Trainer, to battle her so she could gather experimental data. That was why she had traveled all this way, with doing Big Turnip a small favor on the side.

Meanwhile, Mingyou had known absolutely nothing...

After going around in circles, the problem still came back to Calyrex. Despite observing him for so long, Calyrex hadn't realized Mingyou wasn't a Trainer at all. Calyrex had simply found him easy to get along with and decided to lure Gloria over for a battle.

"..."

Silence fell over them. It was painfully awkward.

In the end, Mingyou cleared his throat twice to break the awkward atmosphere. Gloria had been tricked into coming all this way; he couldn't just send her