At Cynthia's villa on the outskirts of Wyndon.
Red, Lance, and the others had been invited over again,
to enjoy dinner together.
However, Zhihong and the others had yet to arrive. They had gone to Wyndon's market to buy prepared food.
Li Wei, Brock, Xiao Meng, and Cynthia had returned first to get things ready.
"Wait?!"
Dayou's shriek
instantly drew everyone's attention.
"What's wrong?"
Dayou had suddenly thought of the most terrifying possible matchup.
"If things go as expected, Li Wei will probably lose to Red in the next round and drop to 2-1."
"Then Cynthia will beat Siebold, assuming things go normally. Won't that put both of them at 2-1?"
Mizuki quickly realized what Dayou meant.
"You mean they could get drawn against each other at 2-1?"
"Exactly, exactly!"
Dayou nodded vigorously. He could already picture them going at each other.
"So what?"
Li Wei shrugged as he prepared dinner.
Li Wei's mother, Wen Hui, nodded.
"Exactly. So what?"
Cynthia couldn't help smiling. "What, are we supposed to break up over a match?"
Even if they really did end up at 2-1 or 2-2,
and Li Wei and Cynthia were unlucky enough to face each other,
it wouldn't be a big deal.
They could just give it their all in a battle.
After all, Li Wei and Cynthia had never actually had a proper official match.
Although their Lucario and Milotic often sparred with each other, they had never had an official battle.
Mostly, Li Wei wasn't particularly interested in battling Cynthia, and Cynthia had never brought it up either.
Compared with battling Li Wei, Cynthia preferred discussing Pokémon breeding and myths and legends with him.
Besides, they hadn't even been drawn against each other yet.
Cynthia wasn't particularly interested in something that hadn't happened and only had a