"The match between Pokémon Connoisseur Mr. Cilan and Pokémon Coordinator Miss Lusana will be a one-on-one Pokémon battle!" The night passed uneventfully. Early the next morning, after enjoying a hearty breakfast, the six participants-Liu Yuan, Lusana, Ash, Dawn, Cilan, and Iris-gathered at the training ground in the villa's backyard to resume the battles they had left unfinished yesterday. Jeremy continued to serve as their temporary referee and announced the rules.
"Did Dawn and Liu Yuan already battle Cilan yesterday?" Watching from the balcony, Liu Qing looked at Liu Yuan, Dawn, and the others sitting on the stone steps beside the flower beds outside the field, then at Cilan and Lusana standing at opposite ends. He turned to Cynthia beside him and asked.
"Yes. Yesterday's first match was between Dawn's Piplup and Cilan's Pansage, but the battle was so beautiful that it caught Meloetta's attention, and it ended in a draw. Then Liu Yuan's Corsola battled Cilan's Dwebble. Corsola used Icicle Spear to stop Rock Slide and Aqua Ring to defend against Dwebble's X-Scissor. Then it used Earth Power to force Dwebble to use Shell Smash and leap out of its shell into the air, where it landed a Rock Blast and won!" Cynthia gave him a brief account.
"Oh, Corsola!" Liu Qing nodded approvingly. He had helped Liu Yuan choose that Corsola and had some affection for it himself, so hearing that it had defeated its opponent made him happy too.
"Having sampled the flavors of two Coordinators, let me see what the final Coordinator can do. Go, with the aroma of the Bountiful Earth, Tynamo!" Cilan threw the Poké Ball in his hand. A flat, brown, fishlike Pokémon with a yellow exclamation mark on its back appeared on the ground, flipping and hopping about.
"Then let me see how