That evening, Liu Qing finally received word from Nurse Joy that his three Pokémon, along with the others he had left with her that morning, had fully recovered. He immediately ran to the Pokémon Center to collect them. When he returned to the dorm, however, he was surprised to find the window open. Liu Yuan was holding a Misdreavus in his arms and spraying medicine on its injuries, while Togepi watched it curiously.
"Liu Yuan, this Misdreavus is..." Liu Qing asked curiously.
"Hehe, big brother, right after you left, several shadows suddenly appeared outside our window. I got curious and opened it to see what they were, and as soon as I did, one of the shadows flew inside..." Liu Yuan explained excitedly.
"Oh? And after it flew inside, you discovered the shadow was a Misdreavus and caught it!" Liu Qing asked with a smile. When Liu Yuan nodded, he asked, "Then what happened to the other shadows?"
"Then a shiny Noctowl flew over and used Foresight... After that, Ash and the others followed the Misdreavus away." Liu Yuan gave him a rough account of what had happened.
Liu Qing nodded and put the matter out of his mind, focusing on preparing for the next day's match.
"All right, the day has finally arrived! The final of the Johto League's Silver Conference—Hua Yan from Jiyuan Town versus Liu Qing from Saffron City—is about to begin! I'm sure everyone is already very familiar with these two competitors, so let's move straight on to selecting the field and deciding who attacks first!" The tournament had reached its final stage. Every seat in the stadium was occupied, and even the aisles were packed with standing spectators. At the announcer's words, everyone turned their attention to the rapidly spinning indicator on the big screen.