"The Group A Double Battle in the first round of the second judging stage of the Pokémon Contest Grand Festival at the Indigo League Conference has ended! Next up is Group B. Within the five-minute time limit, what dazzling moves will they use to attack? How will they whittle down their opponents' points-or will they finish the battle in one go?!" After a short intermission, Lilian appeared onstage again. Following her energetic introduction, she gestured toward the big screen. "Now, let the Group B battle begin! Contestant Liu Yuan versus the Prince of Love Songs, Xiaohua!"
"Are you ready?" Lilian asked the two contestants already standing onstage. Both nodded, and she immediately struck a pose to fire up the crowd, loudly announcing, "Here we go!"
"Come out, Corsola, Altaria!" Liu Yuan threw his Poké Balls first. As the two balls reached their highest point and opened, Altaria flapped its cloudlike wings and danced through the air. Corsola flipped over and landed on the stage, raising the horns on its head into a battle-ready stance.
"Delicate clouds weave their art, shooting stars carry lovers' sorrow, across the distant Silver River they steal. One meeting amid golden winds and jade dew surpasses countless earthly trysts. Tenderness flows like water, their meeting seems a dream; how can they bear the journey home across the magpies' bridge? If love between two hearts endures, what need have they for every dawn and dusk? My lovely, beautiful, gentle ladies, both older and younger, please cheer for me again!" Xiaohua recited the poem with affected solemnity, then blew countless kisses toward the audience, drawing adoring screams from the women throughout the stands that nearly lifted the roof off the venue. With an outrageously flamboyant flourish, she threw two Poké Balls. "Go! Ninetales and Tyrogue!" As they opened,