Lumiose City, the Lumiose Conference.
The much-anticipated Lumiose Conference had opened yesterday, and today's matches were now officially underway.
With both Ash and Alain competing, this Lumiose Conference boasted perhaps the strongest lineup yet.
"At this Lumiose Conference, show us everything you and your Pokémon can do!"
After Kalos Champion Diantha delivered her opening address, the tournament officially began.
"I hereby declare the Kalos League Conference officially open!"
Li Wei had to admit that, although Diantha might rank near the bottom when it came to performing her duties as Champion...
She was still consummately professional on occasions like this...
How did she project her voice like that without a microphone? Those vocal cords were genuinely gifted...
The first match was Alain against Trevor.
Li Wei could only observe a moment of silence for Trevor. He was actually quite talented, but facing Alain meant he would be eliminated in the first round.
And that very first match featured a showdown between two Charizard.
More specifically, Mega Charizard X and Mega Charizard Y.
In the games,
Mega Charizard Y was much more useful than Mega Charizard X.
But this was reality.
"Dragon Claw!"
Mega Charizard X's Dragon Claw tore through Mega Charizard Y's Flamethrower.
There was an enormous gap in level between the two Charizard. Alain swept all three opposing Pokémon with Mega Charizard X, successfully sending Trevor packing.
Cynthia lightly rested her chin on her hand. "Compared with last year's Master League, Alain's Charizard has improved considerably."
The Master League would be starting soon, too.
Cynthia had already made all the necessary adjustments to her Pokémon.
They had spent the past year training hard.
Last-minute cramming would not do much good.
What she and her Pokémon needed now was rest.
With nothing else to do, Cynthia watched the Lumiose Conference with