"Liu Yuan, your training has paid off. It's time to put the results to a proper test." A few days later, while Togekiss and Roserade were getting used to their strength after evolving, the Pokémon Center in Lilycove City put up a poster announcing a Pokémon Contest in Mossdeep City on a neighboring island. Although their planned training period had not yet ended, a few days hardly mattered. Liu Qing and Liu Yuan boarded a passenger ship bound for Mossdeep City.
"Yes, Misdreavus has improved a lot lately. I'm going to win this contest with it," Liu Qing declared confidently.
"I'm also going to challenge the Mossdeep Gym and earn my sixth Badge," Liu Qing murmured to himself, looking toward Mossdeep City.
"Big brother, apparently this city isn't just a space launch base. It's also where Steven, the Hoenn Region's former Elite Four Champion, lives." The Navigator in Liu Yuan's hands had been specially developed and prepared by their family, so naturally it also contained information on prominent people.
"Steven Stone, the heir to Devon, one of the Ten Houses?" Liu Qing raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Hehe, he's a genius every bit as talented as you, big brother. He's about the same age as Lance, and the two of them are known as the League's strongest young Elite Four Champions. But now he's handed the Champion title over to a new Champion, Master Wallace, the revered master of Pokémon Contests in Hoenn. Uh, to be precise, we could also call him our brother-in-law or our older cousin on our mother's side," Liu Yuan said with a chuckle.
"Brother-in-law?" Liu Qing looked slightly puzzled. "What do you mean?"
"Big brother, you know that all the Flying-type Gym Leaders across the three continents of Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh are members of