After five grueling minutes against Bloodmoon, Urshifu finally fell. The quarterfinals were over.
Everyone had pinned their hopes on Urshifu, but no one had expected Bloodmoon, a Pokémon they had never seen before, to beat it so effortlessly. Some even suspected Bloodmoon was a Legendary Pokémon.
But Mingyou's Snorlax drew the most attention. It had taken down two of Gloria's Pokémon almost single-handedly, barely suffering a scratch. Trainers raising Snorlax everywhere saw hope.
Tomorrow's matches gave them even more to look forward to. Akari versus Lacey in Group A, and Ash versus Mingyou in Group B. Neither Akari nor Mingyou had been a favorite to win, yet both had made the semifinals.
Far away in the Paldea Region, Iono was nearly laughing herself sick while commentating on the livestream...
That afternoon, Mingyou finally escaped the venue after shaking off the reporters. "These people ask way too many questions! They even wanted to know how many hairs I have! What's next, the color of my underwear today?"
If he hadn't needed to maintain his image and promote the Manor, he would have loved to have Bloodmoon blast the whole lot of them away with a Blood Moon.
"The media's a pain, isn't it, Youyou? I can't stand them either. Luckily, I haven't appeared in public much these past two years because of work, so they've stopped paying attention to me."
Gloria's voice came from beside a tree. She had left without a word after her match; Mingyou hadn't expected to find her waiting here.
He looked over. She had changed back into her Tartan Skirt outfit and was wearing her backpack, as though she was about to leave.
"You've got me completely beat. To think you were still holding back Bloodmoon's strength when we battled in Kitakami. I bet only my